My Blue Sky, My Sunset.

Chapter 2

Well Hi!

"What the hell were you thinking!"

He is yelling again,

"I told you to be here are 4:30 sharp! And you're late?"

Oh chaos, stop yelling.

Shelly Mongoose winced as her boyfriend, Mike yelled at her. Mike was a grey porcupine. A 'nice' person in public, and he looked kind from a distance. He was the type that sweet-talked you to death, snagged you with love bait, and then reeled you in like a prized salmon. Then when you were in private, and not so far away. He wasn't so kind anymore.

Shelly had been with Mike for eight months now. She was along and needed someone. Mike had offered to be that someone. True he had been nice for the first few weeks, but he was older than her by three years, twenty-one and legal to drink. In addition, he drank heavy. When he was drunk, he got violent. Soon he was just like the others before him.

A mistake.

However, this one was harder to get away from. She felt like she was stuck in a bear trap with this guy. The previous lovers had been jerks, true. But Mike was violent, dangerous, and a grip of iron.

"Answer me dammit!" he yelled at her.

Chaos, he was not even drunk this time.

"I'm sorry," Shelly said, "I just had to-"

"To do what huh? Find another man?" Mike hissed.

"To get groceries to make your fricken sandwiches with! That's what I had to do!" she snapped.

Smack!

Shelly gasped as her head snapped to the side, her cheek stung and tears peeked from the corners of her eyes. She closed her eyes and quickly brought a hand up to her bruising cheek. Great, another bruise to add to the collection. Oh, she had plenty of bruises, but she could hide them all. This bruise meant she would be in the confines of her house for a while, trying to heal. And that meant Mike would get even more mad at her, for not coming to see him, and that itself meant more bruises….

"Don't you dare speak to me like that again!" Mike ordered.

Apotos was a small and quiet town, not many people. Good thing the street they were on was empty, or this whole situation be even worse."I'm sorry," she whispered.

"Yeah you better be sorry, you better watch your mouth next time before you talk to me." Mike said, "Now come on! We're going home."

Shelly opened her eyes and stared at Mike.

Home.

She felt a pang of fear. Last time Mike had dragged her home early, he was so mad he started drinking, then he was in a drunken rage, and then he grabbed the belt- he left her broken and bleeding - She could not do that again!

Shelly stepped back.

Mike glared at her, "What. Do. You. Think. You're doing?"

Shelly remained silent, and continued backing away, shaking her head. Her hand was still on her cheek.

Mike growled, "You have no choice in the matter, now come here."

"Mike, be reasonable," she begged, backing away, "I don't need to come home with you,"

"Yes you are," His voice rising, "I say what you will be doing, and you are coming home now!" He reached out to grab her, and she stumbled back.

"Shelly-"

"No!" Shelly cried, she panicked and her arm flew out.

Smack!

Mike gasped, and slowly reached up to touch his noise. Shelly covered her mouth, oh god she had punched him! What had she done? Mike looked at the blood oozing out of his nose and onto his fingers then slowly glared up at her.

"Mike, I'm-"

Her world tilted like crazy and she fell hard onto the pavement. She scraped her hands on the rough ground and tore a hole in her jeans. A coppery taste filled her mouth, and Shelly knew it was blood. Tear sprang into her eyes and she grabbed her mouth. And she started to cry.

"You are going to regret that woman," Mike growled, and he reached down for her.

"Hey dude, back off."

Mike stopped his eyes shifting to the person behind him, "What the hell do you want?"

"What do I want?" there was a chuckle before the tone went serious, "I want you to get away from her."

"She's my girl I'll do the hell I want with her," Mike snapped, turning, "And there is nothing you can-"

Mike stopped.

Shelly opened her eyes and looked up, confused. Mike was standing face to face with a blue hedgehog.

"I-ah-I mean-um," Mike was stammering, he seemed nervous suddenly. But Shelly couldn't understand why. Mike was stronger looking and clearly older than the opposing blue hedgehog, but he acted as if he was facing against a giant. She looked around, where had he come from? The street was completely deserted.

"Yeah, yeah bud," The blue hedgehog said, "I'm sure you have something to say. But no excuse is gonna cover this up. A nice girl like her, doesn't deserve a guy like you,"

Mike seemed to recover some of his courage, "Now wait just a second here-"

"I've got connections pal, one of them is with G.U.N., and he hates people who hurt the innocent. So I suggest you get lost." Shelly tilted her head. Most people would have backed down from Mike by now. But not this hedgehog, he had guts, he seemed so familiar too. Where had she seen that face before?

"You just can't-"

The hedgehog's eyes narrowed, "I can tell by the way you look at me, you know who I am. And I bet you know I've faced a lot worse than abusers like you, so let me try this again." His lips were a narrow line, "Get, lost."

Mike opened his mouth, then closed it. He glanced at Shelly, glaring.

"Ah-hmm," the hedgehog said, tapping his foot, "I'm wa-aiting,"

Mike looked back at the hedgehog, nervously stepping back, before turning and hurrying away. The hedgehog watched, his eyes narrow and serious, until the porcupine was out of sight, then his attitude changed. A gentle smiled formed on his lips and his eyes softened.

He crouched down and leaned towards Shelly, "Are you alright?"

Shelly was at a loss for words, "Um…." She looked down, "You didn't have to do that…" she mumbled.

He laughed, it was a wonderful laugh, "I know, but that's what I do. And your too pretty to have a guy like him pounding on you like that. That's just wrong." He reached for her hand, "Here let me take a look,"

Shelly eyed the hand covering her cheek, and warily glanced at the hedgehog. He noticed the look and smiled, "Hey, I'm not gonna hurt you,"

He gently grabbed her hand, and pulled down. She didn't try to stop him. She watched him, as he eyed the dark purple mark on her cheek. Frowning, "Hmm, looks swollen, I know a doctor, he's a real quack." He laughed at his joke, it must have been a personal one, because she didn't get it, "Do you want me to take him to you."

Shelly wiped the tears from her eyes, "No, no. Thanks but I'll be fine, no need for a doctor. It wouldn't be the first time."

"How long has that guy been with you?"

"Hmm, eight months."

He stared at her, gently pulling her to her feet and dusting her off, "Eight months? Why didn't you tell anybody?"

Shelly looked down.

"Oh, I see," he said, "Were you scared?"

"….yes." she said.

"I don't blame you, the guy is freaky," He eyed her hands. "They're a little cut up, but I don't see anything too serious."

Shelly smiled meekly, "I'm a tough girl." She paused, "So, uh, where did you come from. This street is totally empty…"

"Oh that," I was at a chili dog stand when I noticed the commotion."

Shelly immediately frowned, she knew Apotos like the back of her hand. It was easily crossed in a few minutes' tops; the town was hardly even a city. And there was one chili dog stand.

On the other side of town.

"You do know that the Chili dog stand is on the other side of town right?" Shelly said bluntly.

The azure hedgehog looked surprised, "Really," he looked back down the street, mumbling quietly to himself, "I could have sworn it was closer than that…."

Now what the heck did he mean by that?

"Anyway," he said, "It looks like you have had a frustrating day. Need me to cheer you up?"

"Oh," She chuckled half heartedly, "You don't need to do that, you've helped enough."

With Mike hopefully out of her life she could start over, and this guy just seemed too eager to help her out. She wasn't ready to trust someone new yet.

"Naw," he said, "You look like you haven't had fun in a long time. And I could show you a good time."

She eyed him, frowning; now how many times has she heard that phrase. Show you a good time.

He noticed her look, and scrunched his eyebrows trying to figure out what he had said wrong. Then his light bulb turned on, and he laughed nervously, "Oh sorry, That came out wrong didn't it? What I meant to say was, I just want to make you happy."

Happy.

She stared at him, wide eyed. He wanted…to make her, happy? What is with this guy, she thought, is this a joke?

He sighed, "I know you probably don't want to, seeing how that guy probably made you a little cautious. But I really mean it. I just want to help."

She scoffed slightly, "You have no idea."

"Of course I don't." He chuckled looking down before looking back up, "So do you trust me?" he asked, sticking out his hand.

She stared out at his hand, "I…I really don't look good for going anywhere," she gestured to the bruise.

"Of course, it won't be a public place; I could get food or something, and then bring it back to you. If you don't want anyone to see you." He suggested, "It's just the matter if you trust me or not."

She gulped.

Don't do it. He'll pull you in. Hook, line, and sinker.

Same as last time, and the time before.

Don't do it.

He's just like the rest of him.

He's acting. He's lying.

Don't do it, he'll hurt you.

She stared at his eyes, and knew that all of her thoughts were lies. He was different. He just wasn't like the rest somehow, she didn't know how different. Just that he was, he meant what he said as he held his hand out to her. He wanted to help her, he wanted to make her happy. He was good.

He wasn't like the others.

"I don't even know your name," she asked nervously, reaching for his gloved hand.

He smiled, "It's Sonic. Sonic the Hedgehog What's yours?"

"Shelly. Shelly Mongoose."

He gently pulled her in and looped his arm around hers, "Nice to meet you Shelly Mongoose" he said, as he led her down the street. "So…"

"How does chili dogs sound for dinner?"

Does it seem different?

That's cause I'm trying a slightly different writing style. Let me know what you think. Anyway Shelly is clearly not trusting Sonic's attempts to help, and I can't blame her. Sonic is really going to have to be patient with this case.

Stay tuned for the next chapter. :)