Author's Note: Been a while, hasn't it?

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the PE uniform on mah back…

Chapter 8-Awakenings and apologies

Black.

The purest black, nothing but deep ebony darkness all around her. A lonely, stark silence, accompanied by a bitter cold, did nothing to comfort her.

Amy Rose wondered if she was in hell.

No, a voice-

A voice was calling her-

A deep male voice-

She felt a thick hand curling around her wrist, feeling her slow, faint pulse.

She opened one eye, wincing at the brightness of the room. A massive, male bear, apparently a paramedic, was standing over her, checking her heartbeat on a screen placed next to her.

" Amy Rose?" He asked breathlessly, in a deep voice.

She nodded feebly, noticing the array of nurses behind him, looking her over anxiously.

Amy tried to sit up, and felt a searing pain in her arm. An IV needle.

" Do not move. You are lucky to be alive. You lost consciousness due to severe dehydration and malnourishment, and you could have very easily fallen into a coma. This young man saved your life." He indicated Sonic, who she hadn't seen behind the huge frame of the bear. Sonic smiled at her nervously. Amy smiled weakly in return.

How many times had he saved her life before? Ten? Twenty? Countless times.

She remembered the first time, when she was just a helpless little girl, and her hero Sonic had saved her from an early death by Metal Sonic…

And she had fallen in love with him.

The tears started to fall. She forced a hand up to wipe them away. She hated to cry. It made her feel weak.

"I'm sorry….,"She said finding her voice, "I..I've caused you so much pain, Sonic…I was so stupid and selfish….I wrecked your relationship with Sally…And…And I broke your arm…" She stopped, voice cracking as tears began sliding down her cheeks. A sob tore from her throat. The doctor gave her a sympathetic look, and left the room, along with the nurses.

Sonic took her hand, and gently pulled her into an embrace, wary of her condition. She sobbed into his shoulder, pulling her frail arms around his neck. He stroked her strawberry pink hair.

" It's okay, Amy…I'm so happy you're alive, I was so worried when you passed out…."

Amy looked up at him through her tears, she looked at his arm, where there was still a massive scar where the bone had ripped through the flesh, and the skin was taut.

He glanced at his arm, and met her gaze.

" I'm sorry too." He said simply, kissing her forehead.

"S-Sonic?" Amy asked. He met her eyes again.

"I…I love you. I want you to know that…" She said softly. Sonic chuckled.

" I think its time we started over, Amy Rose."

Fin

Author's Note: There you go, it's finished. No sequel, but I will do an epilogue.