Alright, now to get to the second chapter already. Why? Well, after how poor my last fic did (which has since been deleted), even one review can be all the encouragement I need.

Miles: Then maybe you should actually work on writing the chapter now, rather than this pointless section.

Me: You break the fourth wall without my permission again, I swear, I'm gonna-

Miles: Just get on with it.

Me: Fine...Oh, right. Disclaimer.

DISCLAIMER: I do not own the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise or any characters from the series. All rights go to SEGA.

Chapter 2
Slower Yet Faster

I couldn't sleep at all that night. I couldn't stop thinking about Angela. Why did she do that? Why so quickly? Why me, of all people? These questions kept filling my head. I don't know when she got here or why she came here. She just appeared in my life, and I'm not sure whether this was a good thing or not.

Through most of the day, I felt so tired, I couldn't stand it. I looked at myself in the mirror. The black eye from yesterday was still there, albeit healing a bit. Just the fact that I managed to give that to myself makes me cringe. I was still wearing the same clothes from yesterday. I quickly changed into a plain red sweatshirt and light-blue jeans. I checked the clock. Seven-thirty. Since I told Angela that we'd meet again at around eight, I decided to call someone. I picked up the receiver and dialed the number.

"Hello?" a voice rang from the receiver.

"Amy?" I responded.

"Oh, hey Tails!" I struggled a groan.

"Can you please call me by my real name?" I asked her.

"Oh, sure Tail-er, Miles. What's up?"

"Well...I was just wondering how you were doing."

"Oh, everything's fine here. You might not be able to believe this at first, but I am done with Sonic." That caught me by surprise. She's been chasing after Sonic for about five years, and now she gives up? Either she's trying to play the jealousy card on Sonic, or she honestly found someone who would return her affection.

"...Wow, Amy, didn't think you had it in you," I replied calmly.

"I know, I just can't stand him pushing me away all the time anymore. I got to know someone a little better than before."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he's way nicer than he seemed at first glance."

"Really? Can't wait to meet him."

"...Uh, you already know him."

"Huh? Really? Hm..." I thought for a moment. Then I glanced at the clock again. 7:45. "...Okay, I gotta go."

"Okay, bye Miles." I hung up and headed for the park.

As I searched the park for Angela, I checked my watch. 7:59. She better be around here. Soon enough, I found her by a tree like last time. I ran over to her and sat by her.

"Hey Angela," I said quickly.

"Oh, hey Miles," she responded quietly. "A-are you okay?" She must have noticed my black eye.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I kinda got into a little...incident. Nothing big." There was no way I would tell her that I punched myself to see if that day with her was a dream.

"Oh, okay." She started to move slightly away from me. "I-I've been thinking about...us."

"Us?"

"Y-yeah, I'm not used to relationships."

"Neither am I. I almost couldn't take it when my first real girlfriend died..."

"Oh...s-sorry, I didn't know."

"No, it's okay, I've gotten over it. Now, I just really want...another chance, you could say."

"W-well...I could give you that chance, if you want." She started blushing strongly at this point.

"...I would love that." We approached each other and our lips connected in another kiss, though this one felt more...passionate. After what seemed like ten minutes, we disconnected and just sat next to each other, hands held.

"That felt...better than the first time," Angela said, breaking the silence.

"Maybe it's because we were more confident about this one," I replied.

"Yeah...maybe."

Well, second chapter down. I'm thinking on having it around 10 chapters, but that's a big "if" there, because I still haven't fully planned this out. Giving feedback in a review is always nice.

Angela: Isn't that basically the same as shouting out "please review"?

Me: Kinda, but this is a bit more...subtle. Anyway.

Next chapter
The True Bond

Chapter quote: "Can you...fly?"