1Chapter 11

It was the next day. Amy hadn't spoken to Sonic since. He felt horrible and now he was even more unsure of what to do than before. He decided to try and clear his mind by running.

"Hey Amy I'm goin-" he tried to talk to her, but she just angrily turned away without saying a word. He just walked out the door.

It was official, not even running faster than the speed of sound could make Sonic feel better. He felt like he'd reached a new low in his life. All he wanted to do was make the pain go away. However, if he couldn't apologize, since Amy wouldn't listen, what was could he do ?

He decided to stop and think.

It was then that he realized that he was standing outside a video game shop. He looked at the games that were on display. They were very familiar. Both the cases and the television screens showed Sonic 2, Sonic 3, Sonic&Knuckles and Sonic heroes, all of which were based on actual events.

" Sigh Things were a lot less complicated back then" he said . He then noticed a cardboard cut out on top of the window that said "Coming Soon for the Next Gen systems Sonic the Hedgehog". Sonic sighed again as he looked at his past adventures.

"Grow Up" by Simple Plan

"This is who I am and this is what I like" "Chasy Sum and Blink and MXPX rocking my room" "If you're looking for me, I'll be at the show" "I can never find a better place to go" "Until the day I day, I promise I won't change" "So you better give up"

Sonic continued to mope as he walked .

"I don't wanna be told to grow up" "And I don't wanna change, I just wanna have fun" "I don't wanna be told to grow up" "And I don't wanna change, so you better give up, cause I'm not gonna change, I don't wanna grow up"

Sonic walked until he ran into Tails and Knuckles. It made him feel better that he was with his life long friends.

"I like to stay up late, spend hours on the phone" "Hanging out with all my friends and never being at home"

Knuckles then tripped and fell, which made Sonic and Tails burst into laughter.

"I'm impolite and I make fun of everyone" "I'm immature but I will stay this way forever" "Till the day I die, I promise I won't change, so you better give up"

Sonic took off running.

"I don't wanna be told to grow up" "And I don't wanna change, I just wanna have fun" "I don't wanna be told to grow up"

Sonic stopped in the forest of the Mystic Ruins and was faced with a fork in road.

"And I don't wanna change, so you better give up, cause I'm not gonna change, I don't wanna grow up"

Sonic sort of imagined what the paths represented. One side, with a speed booster and I a loop da loop ramp, represented the way things have always been. Fun and adventure. The other path represented the uncertain future.

"I don't wanna be told to grow up, grow up, grow up" Sonic began to move forward. "I don't wanna be told to grow up, grow up, grow up"

He stepped on the speed boost.

"I don't wanna be told to grow up" "And I don't wanna change, I just wanna have fun"

"YEAH !" Sonic cheered . He then landed on the Tornado.

"I don't wanna be told grow up" "And I don't wanna change, so you better give up"

Tails made the plane do tricks in the air.

"I don't wanna be told to grow up" "And I don't wanna change, I just wanna have fun"

Sonic the jumped off and kept running.

" I don't wanna be told to grow up" "And I don't wanna change, so you better give up" "NO I don't wanna change, so you better give up, cause I'm not gonna change, I don't wanna grow up"

Sonic arrived at the house, opened the door and Amy lunged at him in tears and cried out "Sonic all I want is the truth !".