The Shame Game Infinite

by Tails360

Rewrite of the series. Highschool really changes people. I know that's what it did to me, and it'll probably do that to you aswell. But, you know, I lived to tell the tale, and you probably will too. Because in the end, the people who care have our backs.

4. Chapter 4

Hey everyone! It's me again! Long time, huh? (2 days. Ha.)

Thanks for the reviews last chapter! Keep them coming, they keep me motivated by making me realize how much you all actually enjoy my works!

This chapter is where the plot line for the Shame Game* actually starts, so keep at the edge of your seats while reading.

*The Shame Game as a series, not just the first instalment.

Anyways, enjoy!

-x-

Amy had awoken feeling a little bit more than slightly groggy, to say the least. She had ignored her mother's forewarning and stayed up on the phone with Sonic until half passed two in the morning, forgetting that she had to attend school in the morning. She mentally kicked herself as her alarm went off three and a half hours after she got to sleep. School had already been in session for about a week and a half, and Amy was already getting excited for the weekends. She thought forward to the day after and excited herself when she remembered that it would be a Friday.

She got out of bed and started with her morning routine. Mornings always followed the same schedule; shower, brush teeth, apply makeup, fix hair, and then consume a nutritious breakfast (if she had time to eat, that is). She whole heartedly believed that a girl's appearance was more important than her hunger.

Half way through doing her hair, the doorbell rang. She heard her mother walk to the front door and open it, and she had also overheard her boyfriend, Sonic, having a light hearted conversation with her mother. Amy's mom was very appreciative of Sonic and Tails due to the fact that they were Amy's first real friends. She had moved to Station Square from Emerald Coast when she was nine years old, and when her mother and her mother's boyfriend at the time were unloading the moving van, Tails had curiously stumbled onto their lawn, Sonic following right behind him. At the time, Amy was upset about leaving her old friends behind back at Emerald Coast, but Sonic and Tails reassured her that it was alright by stating that they would be her new friends.

After straightening and styling her hair, Amy threw on a white v-neck tee shirt and some dark blue skinny jeans and then walked out of her bedroom. She was ready for school, and judging by the clock on her phone, she was in record time. There was still a half of an hour until school commenced for the day, which meant that Amy would be able to enjoy some breakfast and acquire some much needed energy.

When she got downstairs, she saw her boyfriend and her mother on the couch with the weather station being viewed on the television. Amy walked into her kitchen and opened the fridge, trying to find something light to eat for breakfast. After searching for a minute and growing very unsatisfied with the results of her search, she decided that she would only prepare toast with butter, a part of her much too lazy for anything else. She pulled out a carton of orange juice from the fridge and took a swig directly from it, lazily wiping her lips with the back of her arm afterward.

"You know, it's kind of rude to drink from the carton, don't you think?"

Amy turned around very abruptly, startled from the sudden disturbance to her silence, aside from that of the ambient noise around her, that is. After a moment, she realized that it was only Sonic who had intruded on her private indulgence of the citrusy beverage, so she let the light scolding that she would have delivered slide. Sonic leaned down and pecked on Amy's lips gently, and when he broke off, he smiled at her.

"I think it's even ruder for somebody to sneak up on somebody else," Amy replied, internally congratulating herself for coming up with such a witty response while being so exhausted. She heard her toast pop out of the toaster and turned around to deal with the situation at hand. She spread the butter on the now crispy toast bread, not caring very much about consistency, only thoughtful of how her angrily hungry stomach was threatening her by growling. When her toast was covered by the butter, she impatiently started munching away at it, enjoying the taste.

She turned back to Sonic and realized how apparent his fatigue was. He had bags under his eyes, and he was leaning against the kitchen counter for support. He was staring at Amy however, his eyes intense and his gaze fierce.

"You know, what you did last night wasn't very cool," Sonic stated, his voice in a hush in respects to the fact that Amy's mother was sitting one room over, within hearing range, "To just leave me hanging like that. I told you that you could've come over to my house at any time. I mean, we've been dating for almost two months, don't you think we should have crossed that bridge yet?"

Amy sighed and put down the second slice of toast, leaning against the counter opposite of her boyfriend. All that was important to him was sex, she had noticed. It wasn't that she didn't want to please her boyfriend; it was simply because she had yet to have lost her virginity. She wasn't ready for it, but he did not seem to respect that fact, and he continued to try and instigate it, pushing it onto her more and more, especially recently.

"I told you I'm not ready," Amy whispered, breaking their gaze and discontinuing their staring contest. She had wished on multiple occasions that things could have gone back to the way they were when they were kids. When she, Sonic and Tails used to go to the park and blow bubbles, eat ice cream and play tag until the sun went down. Before things got intense, before she started liking Sonic, before Sonic and Tails started to drift apart, before they grew up...

"I know you're not ready," Sonic said, inching closer to Amy and pulling her in for an embrace, "But I am. And I want to show you what I can do for you. I love you."

Amy exhaled roughly and didn't even attempt to hug him back. She was passed the sad stage within the situation, way passed it. She was starting to become angrier and angrier with how Sonic had been treating her lately. She had begun to feel like an object, like a toy that he could use to keep him entertained until he was bored, and then he'd throw her away. She definitely didn't like it, but she wouldn't dare speak up against him. Not after he had told everyone that they were together. She did not want her friends thinking that she was unhappy in her relationship. She definitely did not want her friends to think that she was too attached to him to get out while she still could. She was stronger than that.

She hadn't left him yet because she was afraid of where that would put her. She was fearful of how it would look on her group of friends, the people that had grown ever so dear to her as she grew up. Regretfully, and also partly guiltily, she was afraid of how her best friend Tails would react. She did not want him to have to choose between herself and his oldest companion, because she knew that, without a doubt, he would choose Sonic over her.

So, listening to the rational side of her mind, she forced a smile onto her face and hugged Sonic back, muttering a quick and dishonest "I love you, too."

Sonic tightened his grasp on her for a split second and let her go, allowing her to finish with devouring her toast. She ate in silence, and when she was finished, she put her dish in the sink to be washed later and walked to the front door. She slipped her sneakers on and picked up her bag. After the two of them bid farewell to her mother, they left the house and got into Sonic's car to finally head over to school.

-x-

She had arrived late. She wasn't normally late, as she was a top student and needed to be there on time. If she were ever late, it was a mere five to ten minutes. But today, she had been so late that she missed the first period entirely. She was not impressed with her boyfriend at all, either. It had been his fault that she had been truant, due to him yelling at her in the car.

She wasn't feeling very good with herself, either. She wished that she could have just stayed at home, and she felt her tears prickling at the side of her eyes. After getting her late slip from the attendance office, she took a deep breath and walked into her second period. The only friends that she had in that classroom were Skye and Shadow; the later of the two she didn't even consider a real friend yet. She walked over to where Skye was sitting and forced a smile on her face, sitting down next to her friend.

"You're late today," Skye accused, nudging Amy's arm with her elbow, "What's up?"

"Nothing," Amy replied, ignoring the way her voice quivered, "I've just had a long morning, that's all."

"If you need to talk, you know that I'm here, right?" Skye questioned. Amy nodded and turned toward her desk, focusing on her work. Skye was worried for her best friend, to say the least. The two of them were very close, and they had confided in each other with almost everything. Now that Amy was being secretive, Skye started getting very worried and took an almost defensive stance at the situation. This was the second thing that her best friend was hiding from her within the same month; the first thing that she hid was the entirety of her relationship with Sonic, and Skye didn't find that fact very appealing to their friendship.

Skye turned back to look over at Shadow, who was sitting at the back of the classroom. He was texting on his phone, and she noticed that when he was finished sending the message, he angrily, and very forcefully, snapped the phone shut. He got up roughly and noticed that Skye had been watching him, and despite his obvious anger, he smiled over to her and waved. Skye felt her cheeks heat up at this and found herself waving back to him. He winked at her and was on his way, ignoring the fact that permission was needed to leave the classroom.

Skye turned back to Amy, who was staring down at her work, but when Skye looked down at the paper that Amy was looking at, she realized that nothing was written down, and only some squiggles and a few doodle were created with Amy's pencil. This wasn't like Amy at all, and it had worried Skye even more. She thought about what could have been bothering her. It couldn't have been Sonic, definitely not. The guy was too nice; he had that 'saves the damsel in distress' type of vibe. Skye really couldn't think of anything that would be making her best friend so upset, and it upset Skye in the process.

Amy turned to her abruptly, startling her. Amy's eyes were filled with tears and she motioned toward the door, for her best friend to follow behind. Amy ran out the door without a word and Skye followed after her. The teacher turned to Skye and gave her a questioning glance, but the look that Skye shot the teacher explained that leaving the classroom had to be done. The teacher nodded in approval and continued on with her lesson.

Skye chased after Amy, who continued to run down the hallways. Skye heard sobs coming from Amy's mouth as she ran ahead, and she felt helpless due to the fact that she couldn't do anything. When they got to a part of the school hall that was far enough away from the classrooms that they would not be heard, Amy leaned up against the door and dropped, sitting in the fetal position. All that could be heard were Amy's sobs, and at the realization that her friend was presumably bawling her eyes out, Skye rushed to Amy's side and put her arms around her to try and comfort her best friend.

Amy explained everything to Skye. She trusted her with every cell of her body. She knew her friend wouldn't do anything but listen and give advice. And that's exactly what Skye did. That's all that Skye could do, considering that it was Amy's choice whether or not she would be leaving Sonic. Skye continued to hold her best friend in her arms, mentally pretending that her arms were a shield, protecting her best friend from the elements around her.

"I think that you should do what you think is best for you," Skye explained, gingerly wiping a tear that was falling down her best friend's cheek with the back of her thumb, "But right now, we should get you to a washroom so that you can wash your face."

Amy smiled for the first real time that morning as Skye helped her up, happy that her best girl friend was always there to listen to her, and Amy knew that, unlike when consolidating her mind and individual thoughts with Rouge, everything that was said during the conversation was, and would remain, confidential.

When they got to a washroom, Skye leaned up against the wall to wait for her friend. Amy walked into the washroom and looked at her face in the mirror. Her mascara was running down her face and her eyes were red and puffy. Amy sighed deeply and let the sink run. She started to think about Sonic, and whether or not it was worth staying with him. She thought that it must not have been worth it if he were having such a negative effect on her looks and self esteem. She decided that she would come up with a decision on a separate occasion, realizing that right now it would be too much for her mind, which was quite riled up still, to come to a verdict.

After washing the dry, sticky tears and the now useless makeup off her face, she applied a light coat of makeup over where the ruined coat once stood, and she made sure to practice her fake smile in the mirror before gaining the confidence to face the outside world once again. Putting her makeup back in her bag, she left the washroom and smiled thankfully at Skye, who was still standing in the place Amy had left her. Skye smiled back as Amy went over to the water fountain and drank a few sips, feeling a tad bit dehydrated because of all the crying.

Skye and Amy began to walk back to class, chatting about a few random subjects in general. Amy had learned through that conversation that it was announced over the PA that morning that there would be a dance the following day to kick off the new semester that had started a little over a week prior. Amy felt hopeful in regards to the dance, regrettably due to the fact that she had viewed the whole thing as a chance to escape her boyfriend's attempts to get in her pants.

When they were closer to their classroom, the two girls overheard some grunts and whimpers of pain coming from the hallway. They followed the noises, and once they turned into the Scourge Hall, they saw Shadow and Tails fighting off Scourge and a few of his friends. Amy felt worry boil in the pit of her stomach when she saw Fang run at Tails to punch him, but when Tails dodged the attack and landed his own punch on the purple weasel, Amy felt a little bit better about the situation at hand. Being completely honest with herself, she internally admitted that seeing Tails defend himself turned her on a tad more than it should have, but she ignored the feelings.

"Shouldn't we help them?" Skye whispered, staring at Shadow, who had tackled Scourge down and started feeding him punches to the face. She knew that they would be very little use to the boys in the fight, and that they provided them with little to know assets, but she was asking the question in more of a manner to start conversation than to be serious.

Amy shook her head at Skye's question and couldn't stop an excited squeal from exiting her mouth as Bark, who had pinned Tails up against the wall, broke a few of the buttons on Tails' flannel shirt, causing it to open up and reveal that he had skipped out on an undershirt that day. Her squeal hadn't gone unnoticed, and every member of the fight turned their heads toward the two girls at lightning speed.

"Ay, you're trespassing," Scourge stated, pushing Shadow, who wasn't paying attention off of him and getting up to fully view the two girls. The second that Shadow was off of Scourge, Bark and Fang tackled Shadow and held him in place. Tails, who was being pinned to the wall by Fionna and Bean, watched in horror as Scourge walked closer to Amy and Skye, a very sadistic grin plastered across his face.

"Should I take care of them?" Fionna asked, not letting her hold on Tails drop for even a split second. Tails growled at her, making it known that he did not appreciate the fact that she was even hinting towards harming his friends. Fionna turned to Tails and slapped him across the face, a silent reminder that he should respect his elders.

"No, that's quite alright, Fionna," Scourge replied, not letting his gaze on the two girls falter, "There are a few things that I would like to do with them, however it would be rude to state those things in such a public domain."

Tails couldn't stop the snarl that escaped himself at Scourge's words. He was struggling with all his might to get out of the older vixen's grasp, struggling so that he could protect his friends, and more importantly, Amy.

Scourge took a few more steps closer to the girls, who, in fear, took a few steps back. Shadow let out a growl this time, yelling "Get away from them! It's us that crossed you," but he was silenced by a large hand covering his mouth. Amy and Skye had backed up against a few lockers, and Scourge wasn't but a few feet from where they were. He let out a chuckle and stated that he was going to have his way with them.

At this point, Tails had broken free of Fionna and Bean's grasp, and in a moment of desperation, he ran at Scourge, who had been towering over the girls. He didn't even think twice about it when he was in the air, his fist coming down rapidly toward the back of Scourge's head.

Scourge dropped to the floor, out cold, when the punch landed, and Amy stood there in shock at what had just happened. The rest of the members of Scourge's group released Shadow and started toward where Scourge was laying. When they got there, Bean checked Scourge's pulse and let out a sigh of relief, nodding at Bark to pick him up.

Bark bent over and picked up Scourge, throwing him over his own very broad shoulder. He looked over to Fionna, nodding. "Scourge's fine. He'll be out for a while and will wake up with a bad headache, but he'll be fine, none the less," He turned over to look at Shadow and Tails, who both had cuts and bruises scattered along their bodies, and scoffed. "We'll be back. You'll pay for this."

-x-
Tails P.O.V

With that, Scourge's gang turned and walked off, disappearing out of sight when they turned down a different corridor. Shadow and I glanced at each other before smiling and letting out a chuckle at our victory. Shadow ruffled up my hair and gave me a thumb up, congratulating me for beating Scourge and finally standing up for myself, and my friends. They had picked a fight with me to get back at us for belittling them the week prior, but I wasn't going to fight. However, they had cornered me in the hallway, and I had texted Shadow to come out of class and help me fight them off. We had no choice but to fight our way through. We ended up teaching them a lesson in the process, and I silently hoped that they wouldn't bother us anymore.

I turned back to Amy and Skye, who were both also smiling at us for our victory. Amy's cheeks were progressively turning darker shades of pink as the time went by, and I wished that I could have seen into her mind, even if it were for but a second, to see what she had been thinking about.

"Let's get out of here," Shadow suggested, cracking his knuckles and stretching out his sore limbs, "I think we've earned a day off, right Miles?"

"Yeah," I agreed, following his example and stretching out my muscles as well. They ached in exhaustion, and I realized that I would be in some minor pain the day after, "Are you girls in?"

Amy and Skye looked at each other for a moment before nodding in agreement to our antics. We all went back to our second period classes to obtain our belongings and await the end of the period. When the period finished, we skipped out on lunch and got off of school property as soon as we could. We ended up driving to Spanky's diner in Shadow's car, which wasn't too far from the school itself. We all ate there, talking about random general things. After that, we all went back to Amy's house. Her mom had left for work, so we had the whole house to ourselves for the day.

We all went up to her bedroom, and Amy got out the first aid kits so that the girls could tend to our wounds. Much to Shadow and I's dismay, they put rubbing alcohol on our open wounds to make sure that they wouldn't get infected. To say the least, it stung. Shadow had fewer injuries than I did, so Skye finished up with him faster. They both went downstairs when they were finished to watch some television together. That left Amy and I alone upstairs in her bedroom.

"What are you doing, getting involved with Scourge and those low lives so early in ninth grade?" Amy asked, wrapping my wrist, which I had sprained when I punched Scourge, "Well, anyway, thank you for standing up for me. I appreciate it."

I looked into Amy's eyes and smiled. She shouldn't have been thanking me. She was my best friend and it was my duty, no, my pleasure to stand up for her and get her out of harm's way. Not to mention the fact that I loved her, of course.

"Don't thank me, Amy," I smiled as she finished wrapping my wrist. She held my hand and sat beside me on the bed, putting her head on my shoulder. We stayed like that for a while, and even though I knew that it probably meant nothing less than a bonding experience with her best friend to her, I didn't complain. I would take anything to be this close to her.

"Tails, can I ask you a question?" Amy asked, waiting for me to nod in approval before continuing, "Why did you and Sonic start to drift apart? You guys used to be best of friends, and now you barely talk to each other."

I could have stated the obvious. Sonic hadn't done anything wrong to make us drift apart, it was me. I started to fall for Amy, but the whole time she liked him. I was talking to him less and less as the time went on, simply because I was starting to grow very jealous of him. I didn't want to remember my oldest childhood friend in negative respects, so I stopped making excuses to go and see him and I only saw him when he made plans. That's just how the game played out.

"We just grew up," I lied, choosing not to reveal the truth to her, "I mean, we started gaining different interests and, I don't know. We just stopped hanging out so much, I guess."

I felt Amy nod against my shoulder, and I heard her let out a sigh. I put my arm around her and traced little circles on her other shoulder with my thumb. We stayed like that for a while, just her and I. I felt like something was wrong, but I wouldn't prod at it. I didn't want to make her upset when she should have been happy.

"I just wish things could go back to the way that they were when we were kids," I heard Amy mumble against my shoulder. I gave her a reassuring squeeze with my arm, and she looked up at me. I smiled down at her and pecked her forehead in a friendly way.

"Well," I started, keeping my voice low so that she would really have to listen, "You still really act like a kid, I suppose."

Amy couldn't hold in her laughter and she pushed me back down on to her bed. "You dick!" She playfully said, sitting on top of my waist in a straddle position. I laughed and pushed her off of me, getting on top of her and pinning her down by the shoulders. I didn't press too hard. I wouldn't want to hurt her. We were laughing the whole time, and I was very thankful that I was able to have that affect on her, to be able to make her laugh regardless of how she felt. We stopped laughing after a moment, and I couldn't distract myself from her eyes. They were beautiful, but when I saw the pigment of her face deepen into a dark pink, I panicked and rolled off of her. I had to remind myself that she was in a relationship, and she was happy.

I laid beside her on my back, just staring up at the ceiling. She had these stars up there that glowed in the dark. Or they used to. I didn't really know anymore, considering that the last time we had a sleepover, I hadn't even entered middle school yet. Thinking about it, things had changed. But of course they would have, right? When you have a best friend of the opposite gender, things are bound to get a little weird at one point, and you're forced to behave differently around them.

I felt weight on my chest as Amy laid her head there, so I wrapped my arms around her waist. We stayed like that for a while, me staring up at the stars on her ceiling, and her resting her eyes. It felt great to have her like this. After a while of us just lying there, we heard her phone go off in her pocket. She decided to ignore it, but a few moments later it went off again.

Amy groaned in annoyance, and I laughed at her misfortune. She sat up pulled up her phone, replying to the text messages that she had received. I stayed where I was, minding her privacy, and just continued to stare up at the stars. I was really curious if they had still glowed in the dark.

"Who was it?" I asked as I sat back up and stretched my stiff joints. They were really starting to ache from the fight. Amy threw her phone back on the bed and pushed me off of the bed playfully. I landed with a thud and groaned, staying on the floor so she could explain.

"Well, Sonic texted me asking where I was at lunch, and Skye texted for us to go downstairs and watch a movie." Amy replied, helping me up. We walked out of her room and down the stairs to the living room, where Shadow and Skye were already starting up the movie. Amy and I sat down on the love seat while Skye and Shadow lounged around on her couch. The movie was pretty funny; it was some romantic comedy with Adam Sandler, so we had a few good laughs. When the movie was over, we looked over to Skye and Shadow, who were both sound asleep on the couch. I looked at Amy and laughed a bit, and she did the same. We looked into each other's eyes for a few moments, and she started inching closer and closer to my face.

Internally, I was having the biggest fight with myself. Most of my being was telling me to man up and kiss her, but there was a fragment, somewhere deep in my conscience, telling me to turn and look away. I did not want to listen to my conscience, because this could have very well been my only chance to kiss the girl I loved, and if I ignored her offer, I was afraid that I would never get another chance. So I pushed every thought about Sonic, and the problems with this, and doing the right thing out of my head and closed the distance between us. Her lips were soft, warm and inviting, and the kiss wasn't anything special, I presumed (keep in mind, it was my first kiss,) but I went with it, and I didn't try and push for anything more. There weren't any fireworks going off behind my eyelids when I closed my eyes. I didn't feel anything more than her lips against mine, but I felt secure. I felt like I had finally won, after loving her for years and constantly fighting for her, I had won.

The kiss ended, and we were sitting there staring into each other's eyes for a while. I felt like I had done something wrong because Amy's face was still, there was no emotion shown through the features of her face. I was about to speak up and apologize when she let out the biggest, warmest, realest smile that I had ever seen her manage. I couldn't suppress my own smile when she reached out and held my hand.

"Dance with me tomorrow?" Amy asked, giving my hand a squeeze. I smiled and nodded vigorously, looking more like a bobble head than a living creature. She laughed and bestowed but a kiss on my cheek, and we stayed there for a while, enjoying the silence together and hearing the soft snores of our friends who were sleeping beside us on the couch.

After a while, Shadow and Skye woke up. It was around seven thirty when they did, and moments after they had awoken, Amy's mother walked into the house. She was genuinely happy to see me (as I hadn't seen her since the middle of the summer, when I joined Amy, her mother, and her mother's boyfriend on a camping trip,) and I greeted her equally. Shadow, Skye and I stayed over at Amy's house for dinner, but because it was a school night, we had to leave afterward. Shadow and Skye got into the car and waited for me, and Amy walked me to the door.

"So I'll see you at the dance tomorrow?" Amy asked, casually leaning against the door as I put my shoes on. I looked at her when I stood up and smiled, pulling her toward me for a hug.

"Yeah, I promise," I said, kissing the top of her head. She blushed and smiled up at me, even though I was younger than her, I was the taller one.

I turned and walked out the door, giving her a last wave goodbye. She smiled happily, waving good bye as well and with one last glance, she shut the door. I got into the car and threw my seatbelt on, and Shadow drove off to drop Skye off at her house. That gave me some time to think, I knew that Shadow and I would be talking once she was gone, so I took the time to think things over.

We entered a nice looking neighbourhood not too long after leaving Amy's house. Skye had lived in the neighbourhood with her parents, who were both lawyers. She lived in a hot shot family, but she wasn't like most people who resided in houses like hers. Skye was down to earth and believed that her family was so well off simply because they were lucky and blessed.

We stopped in front of Skye's house and she got into the car, Shadow following after her. I watched them as they spoke in front of her door. Shadow was talking and I saw Skye's face growing more red by the second, and then she hopped on Shadow and hugged him around the neck. He smiled and hugged her back and then let her go. Kissing her forehead, he bid her good night and walked back to the car. I got out of the car and hopped in the passenger seat.

"Got a date to the dance tomorrow," Shadow stated, putting his foot on the gas and speeding away from Skye's house. I smiled and congratulated my friend, and most of the car ride was spent in silence. When we were closer to my house, Shadow decided to speak up, "Sonic wouldn't be too pleased about your feelings for his girlfriend, Miles."

I looked over to shadow and sighed in defeat, "I know."

Shadow kept quiet and continued to focus on the road. It was apparent that he had been thinking about my situation as well, and even though I had never formally told him of my feelings for Amy, he had obviously picked up on my vibe. But I was cool with that, I trusted Shadow.

I trusted him more than I had trusted Sonic, sometimes.

"Regardless, if Sonic were to try anything, I'd have your back," Shadow declared. I felt at ease knowing this, because Shadow was a good fighter and loyal friend. He was almost my best friend already.

"I've got your back if anything were to ever happen too, Shadow." I smiled up at him. He looked over to me and smiled, ruffling up my hair and letting out a chuckle. We arrived at my house at a quarter to ten, and it was too late for Shadow to drive back home if he wanted any sleep, "Want to spend the night here so that you don't get home too late?"

"Sure," Shadow stated, turning off the car and getting out. He went to the trunk and opened it, pulling out a backpack, "I keep a spare toothbrush and a spare set of clothes in my car in case of an emergency. Can I use your shower in the morning?"

"Sure," I replied, getting out of the car as well. We walked into my house and I turned on the lights, and I proceeded to give Shadow a tour of the house, in case he needed anything during the night. When I was done, Shadow and I got some water from the sink, drank it down, and went up stairs for bed.

"Night, Tails," Shadow said, referring to me as my nickname for the first time since we had met. It felt comforting, "Think about what you're going to do next with Amy. Remember that I have your back no matter what."

"Thanks, Shadow," I said as he walked into the spare bedroom, "It means a lot."

I walked into my bedroom and locked the door. Letting my backpack fall to the ground with a thud, I took off my jeans and my (now broken) flannel shirt. I looked at myself in the mirror while I was standing in my boxers. I couldn't suppress a grin as I remembered that Amy had kissed me, that I had the guts to ask her to dance with me. I couldn't feel any happier as I went to bed that night, a smile plastered across my face.

There, another update this week. Happy guys?

My hands are killing me, this is the longest chapter I have ever written, but I feel pretty pleased with it. Did you guys enjoy last chapter?

I want to thank you guys for all of the reviews! It keeps me inspired.

Anyways, there aren't going to be any questions this time around, I'm too tired to think up of any.

So, in your reviews this time, just review what you liked about the chapter! I know that this chapter was very different from how the original fourth chapter of the original Shame Game went, but whatever. I thought that it needed to evolve.

Anyways, I hope you all enjoyed it!

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