Chapter six-

Shadow was still thinking about what had happened. Had the news

already gotten to Sonic? What was his reaction. Rouge WAS going out

with Knuckles, so she was cheating on him. With himself. God, this was

turning into a love... square. Heh. Whatever. But he could only love

Maria. So that's a wrap on that. "Mail Call!" Hmm, that was odd. He never

got mail... oh well. He checked his mail box. There was a pink envelope.

From Amy. Oh god. He slowly opened it. It was heavily perfumed and

read:

Dear Shadow,

I would like to thank you for coming to my aid in my time of need. Your presence and comfort really made the difference.

Today, I feel 100 better, because you were there! So, please accept on my behalf, an invitation to the new dancing club.

It opens on Thursday, so I would be honored if you came to accompany me for a night of fun!!

Yours truly,

Amy Rose

Well, well, well. What should he say? He didn't necessarily want to go,

and in yet, he knew he should accept. It would be rude to reject her offer,

especially because it had come in such a formal way. He sighed, tucked

the envelope away, and headed towards Rouge's. It was almost as if she

had been waiting for him to show up, because when she opened the door,

it seemed like she had just been sitting around. "Where's Knuckles?"

Shadow asked. "Oh him? Didn't I tell you we weren't going out?" Rouge

snapped. "Uhh yeah, but Amy said you were, and stuff..." Shadow

stuttered. Rouge looked at him surprisingly, then said, "Well I'm sure

you've heard what happened now..." "Yeah I did. But it shouldn't matter

since you aren't going out right?" Rouge looked beat. "Well... see. We

kinda were going out. But I liked you. So I decided not to tell you. But now

I know that Knuckles likes Amy. So I suppose I like you more." Shadow

considered this, and said, "But wouldn't that be loving me just to get back

at him?" Rouge was very quiet for a while. Shadow looked around

uncomfortably. Rouge asked, "You were lying that day when you said you

loved me didn't you? I meant what I said." Shadow looked away. "Why

should it matter anyways? I never meant anything to you, and you're just

pretending to love me." He quickly stood up, and exited. "So that was a bit

cold. Whatever," he muttered to himself as he walked over to his

apartment.