Yup, I'm back, and the updates probably won't be getting any faster, I'm in high school now, and marching band is eating my afternoons, and it's not fitting well in my schedule, so bare with me.

Italics are thoughts

Meh, I guess I should put some ages up here, eh? (and if the age differences aren't what they should be, deal with it, I could care less)

Sonic: 19

Amy:16

Cream: 13

Tails: 14

Shadow: I dunno, but he looks 19

Rouge: 22

Knuckles: 21

Any others? Remind me if I'm forgetting someone, and again, I honestly don't care if the age differences are what they're supposed to be, but I think it's (somewhat) close?

Disclaimer: I do not own Sonic and Co., Sega does.

Chapter 3: A Healing Heart

In Tails' Plane

"So, where are we going, Tails," inquired Amy.

"To my workshop in Mystic Ruins, where else would we go?" Tails was slightly perplexed that Amy wasn't smothering Sonic with her love, but maybe Sonic had finally gotten to her, that he'd finally shattered her heart for the last time (a/n: yeah, Tails is 14, but he's a freaking genius, of course he's thinking like this!)

"Hm, I guess you're right…" Amy glanced out over to the wing Sonic was riding. Sonic was staring at her. He blushed and quickly looked away, over at some "ever so interesting invisible cloud". Amy was slightly confused, but remembering what he had said to her, she just glared and shifted her gaze to the floor.

At Tails' Workshop

"So, Eggman kidnapped you while you were sleeping, and you managed to sleep through it all? Sonic just stared, How could you not wake up when a cold metal robot was picking you up?

"Yes, now if you'll excuse me, I need to leave now, seeing as a certain someone can't stand my presence," Amy stated while shooting a glare over to Sonic. Sonic could have sworn he felt the room temperature drop at least a couple of degrees.

"Look, Amy, I'm sorry, I just had a lot of crap going on, I didn't mean it!" Sonic spluttered (a/n: is spluttered a word? I like the sound of it… spluttered… XD) Amy just turned away and left the workshop, leaving a shocked hedgehog standing in the middle of the workshop.

With Rouge (I haven't used her much have I…)

Rouge was walking along the sidewalks, thinking of what sort of jewel she would like next, coincidently walking near a jewelry store. She glanced over in to the window, and for once in her life, felt empty looking at the near priceless jewels. She sighed out of loneliness, a feeling she had not felt in a long while.

"Rouge!"

Rouge glanced away from the window, seeing a pink hedgehog walking over towards her, quickly across the streets.

"Um, hi Amy, what do you want?" Rouge never was really a good friend of Amy, but since she had heard what Sonic had done to her, she had felt a little worried about the young teen.

"Well, as you know, Sonic hates me, so in an attempt to try to fall out of love with him, I want a new wardrobe! And plus, this dress isn't very flattering on me. So, maybe could you help me find some clothes?" Amy looked down at her red dress and red boots. Maybe I'll keep the boots…

"Ooh, a shopping spree! I'd love to help you find some clothes! Here, let's go to the mall, it's the only real place where there are clothes worth buying." Rouge turned slightly bubblier than she would have normally felt, but come on, what girl doesn't love shopping?

At the mall in some clothing store

Amy had found only two new outfits, of course, they had only been to three stores. The first outfit she had found consisted of light semi-skin tight jeans with a worn look to them, and a dull red tank top with a black shirt and a rose over on the top left side over it. The second outfit was a pair of dark jeans and a pink shirt with big thick black lines going across the shirt. She had found a nice pair of black boots, somewhat similar to her old ones but with red streaks along the sides.

Currently Rouge was digging through piles of jeans and skirts trying to find ones her size and style. Amy just sighed, I never realized shopping with Rouge was so… Difficult. Amy let out a sigh, at which Rouge noticed, and addressed.

"Oh come one Amy, if you want a new look, you have to at least try and put some input in it!"

"Alright, well," Amy found a nice blue shirt with a some what small black skull on the back, "this one could work…"

" Ooh, that goes perfectly with this skirt!" Rouge pulled out a black mini-skirt, but not so small that it was hardly even a skirt. The skirt had a silver chain looping through the belt loops, acting more of decoration than a belt.

"Hm, I think this shop will work." Amy walked around the store, finding more shirts, shorts, skirts and pants that she found suitable, and bought a butt load of clothes. (a/n: if you don't like the outfits, give me some other ideas, and I'm not trying to make her seem like a goth or something (please don't take that personally).

At Amy's Apartment

"Well, Amy, I guess I should be heading off then, have to find me some jewels to steal!" Rouge said, winking while leaving.

"Alright, and thanks again for helping me choose." Amy glanced at the mountain of shopping bags.

"No, you helped me more than I helped you." And with that, Rouge left.

'No, you helped me more than I helped you'… What could she have meant by that?

Yup, I'm stopping there, mostly cause, well, I can't tell you why, you'd probably think I'm a bad author because of it. But, until I get 3 reviews this time, I won't upload another chapter, and I'm serious, when I say I'm gonna do something, I almost always do it. So, get reviewing (and if by some miracle I get 3 reviews in one day, then don't expect a chapter in 2 days, high school doesn't like people having free time)