This chapter takes place right where the last one ended. Enjoy!

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"Oh, so you're ok!" I heard a familiar voice exclaim. Shadow and I looked up, only to see a somewhat annoying blue hedgehog standing in front of us. We quickly broke free from our embrace, and I blushed. "So…" Sonic tapped his foot. "I see you two made up."

"Um…" That was all I could say.

"We did!" Shadow answered for me. "Just… less than a minute ago!" That was an odd way to put it, but whatever.

"Ok… so what happened?"

"Nothing!" I replied. Sonic didn't seem convinced.

"Well something must have happened! I mean, when Shadow told me you were trapped in Eggman's lair, I—"

"You TOLD him I was trapped in EGGMAN'S LAIR?!" I screamed at Shadow.

"Kind of…" he replied shakily. "He called me after I hung up with the doctor and—" I suddenly realized I was missing something.

"My phone! I left it at Eggman's base!" Shadow pulled out a small silver phone.

"No you didn't. I managed to get it without the doctor noticing." I sighed in relief.

"Thanks Shadow!"

"The story?" Sonic asked impatiently as I suddenly remembered his existence.

"Amy…" Shadow said slowly. "Why did you go to Eggman's base in the first place?" I knew I was in trouble now. There was nothing left to do other than to tell the story.

"I… well… I tried calling you on your cell phone…"

"I noticed. Continue."

"But you never picked up… I thought you were mad at me…"

"Not necessarily mad… just… didn't want to talk to you at the moment… Were you trying to commit suicide by turning yourself in to Eggman? You didn't have to. I was going to call back later." I sighed and shook my head.

"I was not trying to commit suicide. And you were mad at me. I called you from Rouge's phone, and you hung up as soon as you heard who it was!" Shadow stared at the floor in guilt.

"Sorry…"

"Anyway, Rouge said you went to the ARK, and I really wanted to talk to you, so I tried following you there."

"How?"

"By stealing one of Eggman's rockets!! But I tripped and got caught, so the rocket blasted off without me."

"Amy, Shadow, I exist, you know?!" Sonic yelled impatiently. It seemed like even Shadow forgot his existence for a minute. "Why did you have to go to Eggman's, though? You could have just come to me. I could have Chaos Controlled you up there."

"Do you have any idea how horrible it would look to show up there with you of all people?"

"Don't pin this on me! You were the one that hugged me!"

"Ok, so it's not your fault." I pointed an accusing finger at Shadow. "It's Shadow's for having to see it!"

"What do I have to do with this?!" a confused Shadow yelled. Sonic sighed.

"This isn't getting us anywhere. Who do you pick?" A weird feeling overcame me.

"This is a trap, isn't it?" I asked to both identical hedgehogs.

"Don't worry Amy," Shadow assured me. "I won't be worried if you pick Faker over me."

"The thing is I can't pick him."

"Why not?"

"What's wrong with me?" Sonic asked curiously.

"Nothing's wrong with you," I replied. "You're already going out with Elise… and I can see you're happy with her… I can see she's happy with you too."

"I thought you hated her." Elise's words suddenly came back to me.

Flashback:

"Hello Elise."

"I heard about you and Shadow. Aren't you lucky… Are you sure you really like him though?"

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Oh really? You've gotten over Sonic?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure? I mean… Shadow can only give you temporary happiness… What happens tomorrow when Sonic's back in your head?"

"Sonic will never get back in my head."

"So you don't care about him?"

"No! I do care about him! Just not like I used to. He's just a friend now."

"Really? Cause you just lied to yourself and Shadow by saying that."

"Y-you're lying…" Elise cocked an eyebrow.

"I'm not lying… you're just in denial…"

End Flashback

"Elise… she was right. And I was wrong." Shadow and Sonic both stared at me with utter shock and confusion.

"Wrong about what?" Shadow asked.

"She told me that I might be hurting your feelings by going out with you because… because I might not be over Sonic yet… I thought she was lying, and I yelled at her, but she just said I was in denial."

"Where does Faker come into this?"

"I just happened to run into him. Complete coincidence. He insisted that I tell him everything. He told me that I wasn't hurting you in anyway, and I was so relieved, I hugged him."

"Yeah, I only saw that part."

"I know. But… all of this… it wasn't Elise's fault… It was mine… I misinterpreted her words… but she still succeeded…" Shadow seemed to understand, but Sonic was still confused. "She was trying to get me to realize that I could have been hurting you… All this time, I thought she was just trying to make my life miserable… but it's just the opposite… She was trying to save everyone… and me… from my selfishness…" I hung my head as the sorry truth spilled out. "I'm sorry." I stared at the floor in guilt. Shadow walked up to me and lifted my chin, forcing me to look into his eyes. He then kissed my forehead gently.

"It's all right Amy… it's over… there's nothing you can do about it now…"

"I guess I should still apologize to Elise though… I was pretty rude…" I turned on my heel to walk back.

"So who do you pick?" Sonic asked playfully. I cast a cold glare at him.

"Shadow," I replied adamantly. "That's my final answer." I don't know if I was imagining it, but I saw Shadow grow a shade of bright red. "I've got to go. I'll see you guys later." I walked slowly, going over what I was going to say to Elise in my head.

"Amy!" A voice called me from behind. I whirled around. Shadow grinned back at me. "Movie tonight? My house. We'll call Rouge too." I couldn't help smiling.

"Yeah… I'd like that…" I knew Rouge was going to yell at me for some time, but I really didn't care. Everything was fine now. All I had to do was tie up some loose ends, and that started with Elise.

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Basically, this chapter is a recap of all the previous chapters from chapter 2. The fic isn't over yet! PLEASE REVIEW!!