Chapter 5

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Our typical Saturday night has consisted of studying physics. That was what I had also expected for this Saturday night to be about when I walked into Sonic and Tails' dorm room until I noticed Sonic was uncharacteristically overdressed for the occasion when he opened the door. I didn't make a remark on that though when Tails himself seemed to be getting ready to rush off somewhere which was a first.

I sent my backpack down at the side of Sonic's desk where Sonic has come caramel popcorn as Tails filled his own with whatever he needed. "Where are you off to, Tails?" I inquired, feeling nervous about being left alone with Sonic.

"I have a group study session tonight so I can't go." Tails replied as he heads out the door with a grin. "It's for the science fair that's coming up!"

"Have fun!" I call out to him as he waves goodbye. "We'll be busy doing studying of our own!"

"No studying will be going on tonight," Sonic says with a smirk as I turn to him with uneasiness. He's planning something I know it. Did he find out maybe?

I feel my stomach drop at the thought but the feeling gets worse when I hear his next words; "We are going to a party tonight

I blink. "What?" I'm flabbergasted.

"You heard me," his grin widens as he fixes his quills in the mirror by the bed. "Some girls from Emerald Coast Academy are throwing this big party tonight and we're invited."

"We? Or do you mean you?" I ask as I munch on some of his popcorn. "There's no way I'd ever be invited to a party where no one knows me. Besides, partying is not my style. I'm not good at parties."

Sonic rolls his eyes at me as he glances over at me expectantly. "Have you ever even been to a party?"

I shake my head.

I haven't.

Not ever.

"Exactly! So how can you know that you won't like it?" He asks, walking over at me and takes some popcorn. "Live a little. It'll be fun!"

I bite my lip. "I don't know…" I don't want to hide from anyone else and risk being discovered. It was already pretty hard as it is and I didn't need any more problems.

"Ames," I hear Sonic say smoothly and I can't help but swoon over his sexy voice. Keep it together Amy! I place a hand over my mouth and take in a breath as I look up at Sonic's hopeful face. Golly, what a stud he was… "Please come."

"Give me one good reason why I should go." I said, looking away from him before I fell captive to his dreamy eyes.

"You can finally meet that girl I told you about," I heard him say which captured my attention instantly as my eyes drew back to him. That's right. The girl he liked went to the girl's academy across the street.

"The girl you like is going to be there?" I ask, slightly curious and sad at the same time for whatever reason.

"Sally Acorn," Sonic whistled out with a boyish grin. "She's the one and only gal that makes my heart beat."

"It's just you sound like a major lover boy," I joked as I threw some popcorn at him and giggled to myself but honestly I hated hearing him talk about other girls. "It's cute!" I lied.

"Hardy har har," Sonic fake laughed as he took a close by pillow and grinned at me. "Making fun of me now?"

I tried not to giggle since it made my sound like a girl and bit my lip with a smile, grabbing a pillow of my own and throwing it at his face only to have him move away from it with ease and grin. Curses, he was fast. At least I was fast to think about running to the door before he caught me. But he did and tackling me to the floor.

We rolled on the floor in laughter as we wrestled playfully with Sonic winning for the most part but I did put up a good fight. Still when he pinned me to the floor we couldn't help but burst out laughing wildly and I looked up at him gleaming.

Our gazes froze on each other and time seemed to also freeze over. Had his eyes always seemed to glow so green? I could almost get lost in them and I swear they seemed to be inching closer until—"I-uh… we should get going!" I was brought back to reality when Sonic released my wrists and jumped to his feet, fixing his jacket hurriedly and laughing nervously. My own cheeks were burning hot as I sat up and looked away from him, fixing my quills in place. "Don't want to be late now, do we?" He laughed.

I nodded and stood up. What had just happened? I stole a glance back at Sonic who I could have sworn was as pink as me. It was almost as if he was about to kiss me. I shook my head. I must be going crazy. There's no way Sonic would ever think of doing something like that with me.

Still, I smiled to myself with sudden shyness, placing my hand to my lips. A girl could always dream.

Music fills my ears instantly as we entejr the house full of people partying and I automatically feel out of place. There was girls dancing in clothes that practically hide nothing to the eye and grinding on drunkenly on guys. I had just gotten here and I already wanted to go home.

I had the sudden urge to hold onto Sonic, and I almost did, until he stopped walking and his eyes focused on someone by the drinks but I couldn't see who with the crowd. I was too short but I gulped and followed him there. I didn't want to loose sight of him.

"Hey ugly, I thought you were grounded." I heard Sonic say to a pretty pink fuschia hedgehog with icy blue eyes as we reached the drinks. Her straight laced suede tie up two piece in powder blue even enhanced her slender body. My heart drops. Could this be the girl? She looks like a supermodel!

I feel my heart clench but I try to desperately ignore it as the girl growls out at Sonic and rolls her eyes, placing a hand on her small waist. "Don't tell me you're actually going to rat me out now after I had your back last time?"

They seem to be pretty close as they began to playfully bicker about whatever past even had happened between them before. I gripped my hands into fists. Why did I agree to come anyway when I knew he'd only came to see some girl? I have a sigh and Sonic seemed to hear me as his eyes flickered back to me and he stepped aside and I came face to face with the fuschia hedgehog.

"This is Sonia my sister," Sonic said and in the process makes my heart speed up again. His sister. What a relief, I think but shake the thought away. I cannot let myself have these thoughts when there's absolutely no chance of something happening between Sonic and I, but my thoughts are interrupted when I hear her purr out.

"Hubba, hubba, hubba, who's your friend here?" Sonia flirtatiously says as she shoves Sonic away from me

"Uhh, hi, nice to meet you," I say meekly. "I'm Rob O'," I cough out and make my voice deeper. "Ah, I mean Rob O' Ames Rose."

"Rob O' Ames Rose," she repeats with peaked interest. "What a particular name, but you're cute."

"Uh, thanks?" I say awkwardly, not really enjoying the cat eyes she's aiming at me at this very moment.

"Sonia," Sonic groans as he rolls his eyes. "Seriously back off. I told you before that my friends are off limits. Remember what happened last time when you tried dating one of them? You made him turn into a total moody dude who's obsessed with working out."

"It's not my fault I lost feelings for Knuckles, okay? He didn't try hard enough." Sonia says with a roll of her eyes. No way. She actually dated the guy in the past? "Besides," she begins as she looks back at me with a smirk. "This one seems different."

I gulp and just when I feel Sonic get ready to scold her again his eyes widen and I swear I can see hearts pop out of his eyes as his eyes fall over to a graceful pretty brown chipmunk in a cut out thigh split maxi dress in red make her way over from the crowd.

By the look of his face I knew this was the girl. And sure enough I'm proved that it is when Sonic starts smiling like a fool and greets her, "Oh, hey there, Sal." He gulps, scratching the back of his neck. "How are you this fine evening?"

"Good," she says simply, eyes drawn to mine with a smirk. "Who's your friend here?"

"Oh, uh," he stutters and morons to me. "Rob O' Ames Rose."

"Well thanks for coming to my party, Rob O,'" Sally says smoothly and I see a twinkle in her eyes but it makes me feel uneasy. It's different from the way Sonia was looking at me. It's like she can read me like a book. "I just wanted to say hi to a new face but I'll see you around."

"Uh, hey, Sally, wait!" I hear Sonic call out to her and before I know it he's gone in a flash, leaving me alone with his sister who's drawing closer to me. Just great. What do I do now?

"She seems nice," I begin awkwardly as I offer am unsure smile.

"Yeah, she is." Sonia says dismissively, taking a sip of her drink and grabbing onto my arm with her chest pressing against it. Instead of making me list for her like any guy would, I feel envious that my boobs aren't as big as hers. "Come on Rob O,' sit with me and play with me and my friend!"

I'm hesitant as she pulls me to a different area of the house. "What are you playing?" I wonder unsurely.

"Poker for now," She winks, guiding me to a couple of people sitting around a couch and table. "we're bidding on money though. Got some cash with you, hot stuff?"

"Only a little bit," that I don't want to waste since I'm low on cash.

"Perfect!" She says anyways and pulls me with her to an open seat on the couch and drawing the attention of the other's sitting there.

"Who's your boyfriend there?" A male mongoose with asks with a girl's arms wrapped around his neck and I recall her being the one who tried hitting on Sonic.

This must be the boyfriend.

"Ah, you're the new guy, aren't you?" A green hawk says, looking me over with a chuckle. "What a joke."

"Shut up, Jet." Sonia snaps, pulling me down onto the couch with her and holding onto my arm. "This is Rob O'. Rob O' meet Ash, Mina, Rouge, and the annoying one there is Jet."

"Bitch." The hawk curse.

"Shut up, fugly ducky." Sonia snaps back dismissively, turning to the rest of them with a wide smile. "Anyways let's have some fun!"

I nod, but I can feel a knot in my stomach just being here. I feel odd being apart from Sonic at such a big party where I know no one. Still I try to relax myself but it's rather hard as I have to bet the few money I have. Luckily we only play for a minutes before Jet lost and started whining.

He huffed, throwing his cards. "This is getting boring, let's play something else!"

"Like what?" Mina wondered out loud.

"We can always go dance," I offer.

"I'd love to but my legs are just so sore," Sonia whines, lifting her exposed leg up to me and onto my lap. "Being cheer captain really does a workout on me." I give her a nervous laugh and look away.

"What about strip poker?" Jet offers with a smirk.

"Yeah, let's do it!" Rouge says with a wink. "Seems like a good twist."

"I don't know…" Mina meeks out wearily,

"Yeah, I don't want anyone seeing my girl naked." Ash argued as he pulled his glasses down. Seriously who wears glasses inside? I wonder but am also glad someone is against the idea.

"Boo, you're boring," Sonia bites out, grabbing onto thigh. "What about you Rob O'?"

"Um," I meek out, leaning away from her as she blinks her eyes seductively when I'm glad I hear someone cough over us. Sally is standing behind the couch looking down at us with an innocent smile. The perfect timing.

"Excuse me but can I have a word with you Rob O'," she says with a soft smile.

"Sally Acorn?" Sonia snaps, clearly not happy with the interruption. "What the hell do you want?"

"Nothing that has to do with you, sweetie." Sally starts blinking innocently, her smile never faltering. "Rob O' mind if I steal you for a moment?"

I smile and nod, but I'm thinking, Oh, thank God!

"Uh, sure!" I mumble.

Sonia groans. "Alright but make it quick. Don't keep me waiting, cutie" she adds with a wink.

I laugh awkwardly and follow Sally as quick as I can as possible as she walks over to the door leading to the balcony. I'm not sure what she wants with me exactly but being in a secluded area with her makes me uneasy. What if she was just like Sonia?

My eyes drifted back to the glass doors as she shut once we got outside. Maybe this was a bad idea, I thought as I swallowed hard but Sally seemed completely relaxed. She walked past me and leaned against the rail, looking back at me with a smirk.

"So Rob O'. How's it going?" She asked, nodding for me to go before her.

I did with much hesitation. "Pretty good, you know working out my abs and such," I say pretending to flex my thin arm which just makes her laugh and look at me impressed. Somehow she makes me nervous. Almost as if she can see right through me.

"Oh, please." Sally smiles knowingly, making me all that more nervous. Is it that obvious? She pursues her lips and says, "Any idiot could see right through your little disguise but luckily for you everyone in the town is beyond repair so you have nothing to worry about. My lips are sealed."

My mind freezes over trying to process what she just said. Did I just imagine it or was it true? She actually saw through my disguise? How is this possible?

"What are you talking about?" I laugh out nervously. "What disguise?"

She rolls her eyes with a smile. "Relax, I just said I wasn't going to bail you but I just wanted to tell you that I'll help you out!" She offered with an open palm.

I let my eyes fall to her open hand. "Why would you help me? You don't even know why I'm doing this." I say in my normal voice which feels strained from always making it deeper.

"I don't have to. I'm just bored and want some sparkle in my life," she says with a wide smile. "Now hurry up and shake on it. My arm is cramping up!"

I smile up at her since she's much taller but that could also be the heels. Our hands interlock and we shake on it and for some reason I feel some weight off my shoulders just knowing there's someone I could trust with this secret. Like I'm not alone in this

"Thanks, Sally." I say and take in a breath. "It means a lot!"

She pats my shoulder. "No problem but I should really take you back to your game. Sonia looked about ready to murder me! Don't worry though, I'm sure they've already picked some other game since Sonia had a curfew."

"Right, Sonia." I said with a giggle. "Thanks for saving me back there."

"Anytime," Sally replied with a smile as she pulls on my hand and leads me back inside, eyes all over us as we walk past the crowd together. Even when we reach the couch again I can see their wide eyes on us. I don't understand. What's the big deal?

I'm just glad I don't see Sonia at the couch anymore or else I'm sure I would not be able to handle the rest of the night. She was just too much for me and I didn't know how to deal with so much attention.

"Here you are guys, just as promised." Sally tells them as I stand by the couch unsurely. But before I take my seat back down, Sally stops me as she tugs my hand and turns it around, taking a pen from the table. "Here's my room number if you ever want to give me a quick visit." Sally says with a wink and I smile back at her as she writes down her number on my palm and walks off with her hips moving side to side more than they usually do.

"Righteousness, man!" Ash applauded me with dazzled eyes and quirky grin. "You got the hottest girls number!"

"Congrats, man!" Another guy says, fist pumping me, and it hurts my knuckles. Guys are way too rough with me.

"And here I was just starting to think she was a lesbian," Rouge jokes and looks me up and down as she sips on her red wine. The very comment makes my heart stop with the irony. Her eyes flash with peaked interest as she says, "But can't say you're not far off with that scrawny look of yours. Out of all the guys in this school she decides to pick the pink one. However," she pauses and reaches over to me and drags a finger down my cheek. "You are quite a cutie!"

My cheeks flush in embarrassment.

I grin like a goof as I look at the number written on my palm. Sally had just purposely helped me gain popularity.

"Yeah, congrats." I heard a familiar gravelly voice mutter behind me sarcastically and my heart sinks when I turn to him holding out two drinks in his hands looking both furious and heartbroken. "Hope you guys are happy together." He says, shoving the drinks to a random guy and storming off.

I gulp as I run behind him and reach him outside as he gets ready to leave. "Wait, Sonic! Come back, it's—it's not what it looks like!" I call out to him desperately. "I don't even care about her!"

"Whoa, what! Don't even care about her?" He eyes snapped to me, fumming and he shoved me back, making me fall in the process. "Sally is an amazing girl so if you dare break her heart I promise I will break your face."

My eyes widen at his sudden aggressiveness towards me and I feel tears threatening to come out but I do my best to hold them back. I don't like seeing him act this way with me especially since I know I did nothing wrong. But then again, he doesn't know the whole picture. Through his eyes I just stole the girl of his dreams.

I'm a horrible friend.

His eyes relax however as he grips his fists. "She deserves nothing but the best…" he says slowly, opening his eyes and giving me a final glare before he turns away from me and walks off into the night. "Don't you dare hurt her." He threatens.

"Sonic, wait!" I cry out to him and try my best not to squeak out a sob but before I know it he's gone just like the wind and I'm left alone with tears dripping down my face.

Well that was a long chapter! So what do you guys predict? What do you guys think will happen next? :D also what do you think of the chapter?

Also the story is about to get a whole lot more interesting! I'm super excited for the next chapter !