Chapter eleven-
Shadow was surprised at the reaction Rouge had given him. He was
definitely taken aback. If she had asked the same question about herself,
would he have paused and stammered as much? Maybe he did love
Amy… There wasn't any way to be sure. He headed over to Tails' for
some information. Tails paused a bit, before letting him in. And he couldn't
blame him. "So… what do you want?" Tails asked. "Information. About last
night." Tails didn't look very surprised, almost like he had been expecting
to be asked this. "Uh, okay, what do you want to know?" "Well, when I was
dancing, did Amy look at me like she was…" "In love?" Tails interrupted.
"Uhhh yeah." Shadow said, uncomfortably, and blushing. "Well… she had
the whole googly-eyes thing going on, so I believe so. Yes, it did look like
she was in love." Two giant weights seemed to be lifted off his shoulders.
The smartest kid in town, or maybe the world, made a theory that she
loved him. So it was probable. Shadow didn't want to let his guard down,
so he added, "You just want Sonic for yourself." Tails blushed, but didn't
reply to that. "You looked pretty in love too." Tails added.
Shadow looked up in half-disbelief. "I-i… uhh…" And went quiet. Tails
understood. Just as any scientist probably would. Shadow did love her,
but he couldn't bring himself to say it. He could only admit love for Maria
because she was dead. He might be able to tell Amy, but how? It wasn't
like something you could just come out and say. It was something….
Special, but hopefully easy to understand. He didn't want to take the
chance, and in yet, he had to know.