=Chapter 5=
Amy blinked a few times to register the fact that the girls had thrown together a bridal shower for her.
"Ummm...thanks...I don't know what to say?" she stammered.
"A wedding wouldn't be complete without a Bridal Shower." Blaze said.
"So is this what you and Sally were up to yesterday?" Amy asked Rouge.
"You catch on quick, hon." the ivory bat quipped.
Blaze began pushing the sakura hedgehog into a rolling chair.
"Well come on! Let's get this party started!" she chirped.
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Meanwhile, the guys were outdoors in the courtyard, apparently thrown out of the mansion by Rouge so that the girls could have it to themselves. They had no standing orders or instructions from the ivory bat to do anything so they just hung out at the skate park.
"Damn I'm bored." Sonic muttered.
"I don't understand why the girls threw us out." Vector complained. "They could at least let us use the Rec Room."
"It's just a girl thing." Knuckles explained. "And it's not like that thing's gonna last all day."
The guys stood or sat around in a brief moment of silence with Sonic playing around with a skate board with his foot.
"Hey, I got an idea." the blue blur suddenly said. "Since they're having a party, why don't we?"
Shadow's expression quickly turned annoyed.
"Not happening." Shadow growled.
"Aww, come on Shad's." Sonic leered while putting an arm around the ebony hedgehog's shoulders. "We gotta give you something other than a bachelor party."
"Oh yeah, I almost forgot about that." Knuckles murmured. "We gotta plan that pretty soon."
"We can sneak back in and grab some stuff, and go wild out here!" Sonic quipped.
"Shouldn't we leave that for the bachelor party?" Silver asked.
"Okay, we won't use beer, we'll have Champaign instead."
"I'm going to get the dirt bikes." Vector quipped, running off.
Shadow shook his head in annoyance.
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Back inside Castle Mobius, Amy was still seated in a rolling chair, now sporting a crown of white flowers that was made by Cream. The other girls sat around her with cheerful demeanors and passing gifts to the sakura hedgehog. So far, she got gift cards to popular shopping outlets from Blaze, a honeymoon care package from Sally, and a personalized bridal t-shirt from Cream. The next gift was from Rouge.
"Gee, I wonder what this is." Amy said sarcastically.
"I have a feeling you're gonna enjoy it." Rouge teased.
Amy pulled out the purple tissue paper from the gift bag. Then she pulled out black and very revealing lingerie. Amy stared at it with a blush forming on her face.
"Seriously?" Amy muttered.
"Gotta wear something for your wedding night." Rouge sneered devilishly.
"Never mind. I don't wanna think that far ahead."
The other girls started giggling with each other. Amy let out a sigh as she put her gift down.
"Is that all?" the cherry-pink female asked.
"The boys got some stuff." Sally replied.
"Oh boy."
There were four more gifts on the floor waiting to opened. One of them was from all three of the Chaotx. Rouge handed them one by one to Amy. The Chaotix got her a personalized bridal mug, Knuckles got Amy a coffee gift package, and Silver got her a pair of 'him and her' towels for her honeymoon with Shadow. The last one was from Sonic and it was a small bag, leaving Amy a bit curious and raising an eyebrow. When she pulled out the tissue paper and the content from within, her jade eyes widened in shock-as did all the other girls-and her face turned beat red.
"Is that a condom?" Cream asked.
Amy was too stunned to answer.
"I'm going to kill Sonic." Sally growled. "That's not funny."
"Get in line." Amy muttered.
"Boys will be boys." Rouge quipped.
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Shadow and Knuckles were sitting at a table opposite of each other, silent and casually drinking Champaign out of Champaign glasses. The table also had a pyramid of Champaign glasses stacked carefully on each other. Suddenly, Sonic came roaring up on a dirt bike, going up a short ramp at full speed and going into the air. He came in between Knuckles and Shadow, who didn't even flinch, smashed through the pyramid and landed on the ground on the other side.
"YEAAH! WHOO-HOO-HOO-HOOOOO!" the cerulean speedster cried.
"Huh, didn't think he'd clear that." Shadow commented.
"Will wonders ever cease?" Knuckles added, taking a sip from his glass.
Sonic and Vector were rolling around the courtyard on dirt bikes while Espio and Charmy were jumping around on a large trampoline practicing skate board tricks on wheel less boards and throwing around microwavable popcorn in the air. Then Tails came out with another dirt bike with cans tied to strings on the back of the bike.
"Here you go, Shadow." the kitsune called out. "The honorary 'Groom Bike'."
"I'm not riding that." Shadow muttered.
"Aw come on, Shadow." Knuckles said. "You can live a little."
The midnight male let out a sigh and got up from his seat. He got onto the bike, revved it up and took off. He tailed Sonic around before going off on his own. Then Silver came out with a shape of a wedding bell. Knuckles, still seated at the table, raised an eyebrow.
"Is that thing filled with candy?" he asked.
"Nope, just confetti and stuff." Silver replied. "I was gonna fill it with candy for the bachelor party but I figured, 'What the hell?'."
Sonic, Shadow and Vector came revving up on their dirt bikes as the albino hedgehog came up to them while waving the party prop around.
"Here's the wedding piñata!" he called out.
"I'm sure Shadow would just love to destroy that thing." Knuckles said aloud from the table.
"Give it here!" Sonic said as came up to Silver on his bike.
The snowy male handed him the piñata and the cerulean hedgehog promptly sped of with Shadow and Vector following behind. Sonic held the piñata by a thin rope causing it to flutter at his side.
"Hey Shadow!" he shouted. "Here's your groom bell!"
The cyan male sped up a little further ahead of the guys behind him and dropped the bell shaped piñata onto the ground causing it to violently tumble. Shadow revved his bike and turned it into the director of the piñata. Then the party prop was instantly crushed underneath the wheels of the dirt bike. Knuckles, Tails, Silver, Espio, and Charmy laughed and cheered at this as confetti and stringy paper ribbon came spilling out of the demolished piñata. But Shadow wasn't satisfied on just running over the prop just once. He turned around sharply, nearly hitting a bush and aimed for the piñata again. This time it was harshly kicked along instead of being flattened under the big wheel.
"You know," Knuckles began. "I must admit, this is a lot better than beating the shit out of it with a stick."
Tails and Silver chuckled at the ruby echidna's comment.
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Meanwhile the girls were watching from a window after hearing the loud motors of the dirt bike.
"What the hell are they doing?" Blaze asked.
"Making a mess is what." Sally growled.
The only one not bearing an expression of disbelief or annoyance was Amy. When she saw Shadow mercilessly tear apart the piñata, she couldn't help but giggle in light hearted humor.
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That afternoon when the bridal shower was over, both Rouge and Sally wouldn't let the boys back inside until they cleaned up all the glass, piñata entrails, and popcorn from the courtyard. The guys were still cracking up about how Shadow completely demolished the wedding bell shaped piñata. Amy had put all her gifts and the flower crown in her room before going to the library. She had no 'wedding chores' for the day so she had the rest of the evening to herself. The sakura hedgehog had caught Jane Austin fever and went straight away to reading 'Pride and Prejudice'. A half hour later, Amy was joined by Shadow.
"Good evening, Rose." he said, sitting down beside her and planting a peck on her forehead. "Did you enjoy your bridal shower?"
"Mmmhmmm. The gifts I got were really cute." Amy replied cheerfully. Then her expression changed after remembering a certain detail. "Oh yeah, I got this from Sonic."
The cherry-pink female handed him the 'gift' that the blue blur had bestowed upon her. Shadow's eyes widened and twitched a little when he saw it.
"What the hell is this?" the ebony hedgehog cried in disbelief.
"Exactly what I thought." Amy said.
Shadow's expression then turned into a mixture of rage and annoyance.
"I'm going to murder him!" he hissed, squeezing the condom package in his fist.
"I think Sally might've already beaten you to it." Amy replied.
Shadow emitted a furious growl and placed the condom package in an interior pocket in his coat.
"I surely hope you don't mind that I confiscate this from you." the crimson-splashed male said.
"Go right ahead." Amy replied, shrugging her shoulders.
Shadow after letting out a sigh and shaking his head, cleared his head of the whole 'condom thing', and reinstated his focus on the sakura hedgehog. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her closer to him. Then he buried his muzzle in her neck and a few seconds later, under her chin. The cherry-pink female let out a soft but frustrated sigh.
"You know, I'm kinda trying to read." Amy said.
"Mmmm?" Shadow mumbled while nuzzling her quills.
Trying to get out this was futile. Amy decided that since they hadn't had any 'alone time; for most of the day, it was okay for him to deter from reading.