My Blue Sky My Sunset

Chapter Five

Plaids and Polka Dots

A Few Days Later….

"What's up my favorite female mongoose this side of Apotos?"

Shelly yelped and jumped slightly, dropping the TV remote to the floor, she looked around, "Who said that?"

"Aw, I'm hurt. Forgotten me already?"

Shelly stood and opened her bedroom door, "Blue?" The hallway was empty, "Blue where are you?"

"Turn around."

She slowly turned around, "Oh my God!" She cried.

Sonic's head currently hung upside down just outside her window, he tapped the glass and waved. "What's shakin?," he smiled.

She rushed to the window and yanked it open, "What are you doing!" She hissed.

Sonic pointed down, or was it up to her, down to him? "I'm measuring Eva's hole, you know the one on the roof? Got to figure out how much supplies I need."

"You're hanging upside down!" She cried.

Sonic blinked, "Ye~ah...your point?"

"You're going to fall!"

He waved his hand at her, "Fall? Pffft, I'm not gonna fall. And even if I did, I've had worse."

Shelly was beginning to panic slightly, "I don't care if you've fallen from the tallest building in Empire City!"

"Farther actually, but -"

"Get in here before you get hurt!" She squeaked, not really listening, "You look like a creeper peeking in my window like that!"

He tucked his ears back in mock hurt, "But I'm not a creeper." He pouted.

Shelly tugged on his hand, "Just get down, or get upright on the roof, before you fall."

Sonic sighed, "Fine, fine," he reached down with his other hand to release her grip, "I'll be down in a minu- Woah!" By releasing his last grip on the roof to comfort her, Shelly watched as Sonic's body weight pulled him forward...and-

Off the roof!

Shelly screamed in fright and yanked on Sonic's arm as his feet flew free of the tiled roof, out into the open air. Sonic jerked inward through the window, and together they crashed onto the floor of Shelly's bedroom.

They laid there for a moment, before Shelly punched Sonic in the arm.

He yelped, "What was that for?"

" For not listening to me when I said you would fall off the roof!"

He stood, brushing himself off, "You're the reason I fell off in the first place."

" Well sor~ry Blue for caring!" Shelly snapped.

Sonic waved his hands, "No need to get snappy, you caught me didn't you?"

Shelly stood. "Yes, yes I did." She said through her teeth, "Now what was the real reason you were up there?"

" I said I was measuring the hole for supplies."

Shelly rolled her eyes, "Peeping in my window is measuring?"

Sonic snickered, "No, but I thought I'd pop in to see how you were doing. It's been a few days, so I just wanted to make sure you were okay." He gestured to her, "Your bruise is healing up nicely."

Shelly rubbed her cheek, "Yeah,"

Sonic squinted, "In fact, it's almost gone." He took a step towards her, "Can I take a look at it?"

Shelly rubbed her cheek, then hesitantly put her hand down, turning her cheek so the azure hedgehog had a better view. Sonic stepped forward and brought a hand up to the once larger bruise. Shelly instinctively jerked to his touch. Sonic noticed and pulled his hand slightly away, his eyes saddening. "Are you - " he began,

"I'm fine," Shelly said quickly.

His eyes searched her for a moment, before he nodded, and gently brought his hand back. Shelly closed her eyes and tilted her head a bit more, letting him feel. His gloved hands were soft, light and gentle, almost...relaxing.

"I was right!" Sonic said, pulling her from her train of thought, "It's almost completely gone!"

The once very large, and noticeable bruise had shrunk and faded, till it was nothing more than a faint black spot about bigger than the size of a half dollar, o that could easily be hidden. "That's incredible!" Sonic stared in awe.

Shelly stepped back, smiling weakly, "Yeah, well...I'm a pretty quick healer."

Sonic gestured to her cheek, "But that thing was huge - no offense - it should have taken at least a week to..." he trailed off, staring at her with his piercing green eyes.

" Is everything alright in here?"

Shelly turned to see Mrs. Zertuche standing at the door, her face full of concern, " I heard a loud crash," she said, "are you alright."

" Oh yeah everything's cool," Sonic said, "I just fell off the roof."

Mrs. Zertuche's eyes slowly drifted to the ceiling, a smile tugging at her lips, "Again?"

Shelly flashed a look at Sonic, "So it wasn't the first time?" Sonic blushed, chuckling nervously. He quickly turned to Mrs. Zertuche.

" I was measuring the hole, and thought I'd pop in to give Shell here a hello."

Mrs. Zertuche nodded, "And you fell off the roof how?"

" He wasn't paying attention," Shelly smirked.

Sonic laughed, "No, no I wasn't." His eyes sparkled, "But I need to head to town, and I wanted to ask if Shelly would like to come."

Mrs. Zertuche nodded, "That's sweet of you."

Shelly sighed a knot forming in her stomach, "Oh, I don't know Blue."

Sonic threw an arm around her, poking her arm with his free hand, "Aw come on Shell, you can't stay cooped up in here you know. Fresh air would do you good."

Shelly bit her cheek, "What are you going to town for."

He smirked, "Nothing much, just tools and supplies to fix the hole, it is a short walk to the hardware store. But I could use your help carrying things."

She thought for a moment, "Alright..." She slowly nodded, "I'll come." She quickly added, "Just to help though. Nothing else."

Sonic's eyes gleamed with mischief, pure, non-trustworthy mischief, "Nothing else."

"Swear by it."

" I swear in fear of falling off the roof. Again."

She should have known better.

"I'm gonna shove you off the tallest building I can find, you know that?"

" Yeah I know."

" You are horrible at keeping you're promises!"

" This is for your own good. You just don't know it yet."

" You said we were just going to the hardware store! To help you!"

" I did say we were just going to the hardware store, but I didn't say what we're doing after we headed back. Besides you said you would help, and I need your help here too."

Shelly stood, there tapping her foot, he face red with rage, she gestured around, "Why in all of Mobius do you need help in a clothing store? You just wear gloves and shoes, what help am I gonna be?"

Sonic looked over at her, eyes gleaming with that mischief from earlier, "We are getting YOU some clothes. I'm having the stuff we bought at the hardware store delivered to the hotel so we don't need to worry about that."

Shelly's eyes narrowed, "No, Nuh uh, not gonna happen." She looked at the ceiling, that would probably explain why Sonic walked out of the hardware store with absolutely no bags in hand, of course she hadn't been paying attention.

Sonic rolled his eyes, and pulled on her arm, "Oh come on! You need some!" However, the female did not budge. She turned her head away, glaring towards the Exit sign.

Sonic sighed, "You don't plan to stay in the same clothes forever do you."

Shelly's head snapped back, "No! That would be silly!"

Sonic grinned, "Then come on!" He tugged her over to the female department.

The whole time Shelly kept thinking, "I'm gonna kill him, I'm gonna kill him, A guy shouldn't be this optimistic about taking a girl shopping, I'm gonna kill him, I'm gonna kill him, Sweet Chaos he's going to die painfully."

Sonic spent the next hour attempting to get the female mongoose to loosen up but to no avail. So he went on to the endless racks and shelves of clothing and began grabbing whatever he thought fit her.

"Oh! Shell how about this one? This is a pretty wicked blue t-shirt," then there was, "Hey Shelly; I bet you would look good in this. Oh wait, skull print really isn't you're thing is it?" And "Hey, How about a dress, I bet you would look way past cool in a dress," or "Hey here is a pink one, what do you think of this one? Girls like pink don't they?" She shuddered at that statement as he grabbed another piece of clothing, "I bet you would look good in this one, this is a really nice plaid- or is it checked?"

That did it.

"You're taste in fashion is horrible!" Shelly moaned as she stormed over grabbing the shirt from his hands, "For starters, how did you even get plaid from this!" She held it up, "This is polka dot print. How is Mobius did you get plaid and checkers? Secondly, no, not all girls like pink, in fact I loathe the color. Third, I despise dresses; you would have to kill me to get me in one. And finally - why are you smiling at me."

Sonic's lips had curved up to the size that would have put a Cheshire cat to shame, his eyes half lidded, giving him a devious look. Shelly could have sworn he had grown horns.

Shelly lowered the shirt as it dawned her, "You planned this didn't you?"

He nodded, "Yep, though I was expecting you to come around sooner." He laughed, "You stood firm against my 'horrible' fashion skills for over a half hour."
Shelly frowned, "Blue...You are dreadful."

He smiled, "I know," he pulled a green T-shirt off the shelf with a dragon printed on the front, "How about we start with this one? The green would really bring out your hair and eyes."

Shelly hanging the polka dot print up on the rack, grabbed the green shirt, eyeing it.

" If you don't like green we could always try the orange one..."

Shelly looked up, "No, no orange."

Sonic raised an eyebrow, "Don't like orange?"

" Oh, I like orange, but every time I try to wear it, it looks like I'm on fire or something. Yellow fur, red hair, not a good combination for orange, it looks like Halloween." Shelly reached out, grabbing another shirt, "Oh I like this one."

"But it's black."

"You want me to get new clothes don't you?"

Sonic laughed, "Ri~ght, good point."

"Besides," She smirked, "I like dark colors."

Sonic smirked, "You remind me of another person I know. And the only other color he likes besides black is red and the occasional gold."

He leaned back against a thick support beam, watching Shelly browse around, grabbing a shirt or blouse now or then, examining them, then either putting them back or folding over her arm to try on later, she chose mostly black colors, but the occasional purple or green, even blue was added to the stack.

She walked over after about ten minutes arms full of shirts, "Okay, I think I have enough to try on."

Sonic eyed the pile, "Do girls always try on this much stuff?

Shelly smirked evilly; she hardly ever bought anything, usually a new shirt or two when Mike tore her old ones. In truth, she hated shopping, but Blue wanted to buy her clothes, and she wanted revenge for him tricking her here. Oh, how sweet revenge could be when necessary.

"Yep," she nodded, "Pretty much." Shelly stepped into a dressing room, "I'll be out in a minute," she said, closing the door. She spent the next five to ten minutes, trying them all on, half of the ones she picked she knew would never fit, but she was just wasting time. She came out now and then, when Sonic wanted to see and throw in an opinion or two.

" Okay, I think I'm good with these ones here." She said, stepping out of the dressing room, patting down her static infested hair. She only had about five shirts picked out, but she could go a long ways with them.

Sonic grinned, "Alright, on to pants."

Shelly nodded, "Yep, but you can't come."

" What? Why not?"

She walked away, "Because what girl wants a guy to know what size pants she wears?"
Sonic crossed his arms, "But you look fine! And besides, when have I ever cared about what size pants you are?"

Shelly shrugged, "I wouldn't know, seeing as I've only known you about a week. You're not coming."

Sonic rolled his eyes, and looked away grumbling something about woman and their body shape issues.

Shelly didn't waste time and quickly grabbed multiple pairs that caught her eye, as she rushed back into the dressing room, Sonic watched her go by, "What no skirts?"

"No skirts."

"But I bet you would look cute in-"

"No skirts. Period."

"You didn't even have shorts in there, it's July, shouldn't you have-"

"No shorts either."

She heard him sigh, "Fine,"

As she was changing, he said, "I'll be right back, I'm gonna got get myself some socks."

"Socks?" She inquired.

"Yeah I wear holes in them like no tomorrow."

"Oh okay, I'll be here."

"I'll be back in a minute." Then there was silence, nothing but a faint breeze.

He still was not back when she finished a minute later. Shelly rolled her eyes, since when have men ever taken a minute for something? She placed the jeans she wanted to keep in the cart, and walked back to the jeans section to put the other ones back.

On the way there, the laughter of a couple rang out in the mostly empty store. A male crocodile and female salamander came around the corner, laughing and hand in hand. Shelly started to smile sadly, but her eyes fell onto the face of the male and it vanished. She paled and dropped the jeans on the floor and rushed back.

Sonic was there as she raced towards the dressing room, "Hey Red, there you are, uh, what's wrong?"

"Get in here!" Shelly hissed, pulling him beyond the dressing room door, closing it with a rather loud bang. She pressed against the wall shoving accidently into Sonic as she went.

Sonic shifted slightly, "Uh Red, I'm flattered you want to get up close and personal and all, but I don't work that way."

Shelly looked up at him, "What? No! It's not that!"

"Then what is it then? Cause last I checked, I shouldn't be in the woman's dressing room."

"I'm just…." Shelly stammered then she growled and looked away, "You know what, just forget it, you wouldn't understand." She slid to the ground, wrapping her arms around her knees.

Sonic was silent for a moment, before sliding down next to her, wrapping his arms in a similar position. "You wanna talk about it?"

Shelly didn't look at him, "No."

Silence.

He looked at the door, "You're, I mean, we're, hiding from someone aren't we."

Shelly shifted her head, "Maybe,"

"Who? Is Mike back?"

She sighed, "No, no not Mike." She crawled forward, peeking the door open a crack. "You see that couple over there by the men's department?"

Sonic crawled up and peeked out with her, "Yeah, that male crocodile and female salamander?"

"Yeah them."

"Are they trouble to you too?"

"No. Bettie's not, she is the crocodile's girlfriend. His name is Johnny." Shelly explained, "Bettie's really sweet, and we talked a lot. But Johnny like to hang with Mike, he's does a lot of things Mike does."

Sonic's eyes narrowed, "Oh does he now? Is Bettie okay?"

Shelly nodded, "Yeah, she's fine. Mike is a sweet as an angel to her. But he doesn't tell her a thing he is doing. Bettie has no idea what her boyfriend had done."

"And we're hiding because…."

"Well, like I said, Johnny hangs with Mike. He tells Mike everything. And I'm here with you-"

Sonic raised an eyebrow. "You think, he'll tell Mike."

Shelly nodded silently.

Sonic sighed, "Shelly. Mike isn't going to hurt you anymore. You don't need to be afraid of him or any of his buddies."

Shelly looked down, "Yeah but-"

Sonic placed a hand on her shoulder, "Look, if it makes you feel better. We'll hide out here for a little while. Sit tight till Johnny and Bettie leave, then we'll head straight back to the hotel, no side trips."

"Okay." She whispered.

He smiled gently then sat back against the wall, closing the door and locking it. She joined him, sitting down in the same position as before. There was a moment of silence, then, "You know." He said, "This is kinda fun."

"Excuse me?"

"Hiding here in the dressing room like this." Sonic started to snicker, "I don't think I've had that item on my bucket list, but I'd do it again." He burst out laughing, "Wait till I tell Tails, he'll think I'm so weird."

Shelly smiled, pressing her cheek to her knees, "So who's Tails?"

Sonic giggled slightly, wiping a tear from his eye, "Oh Tails? He's my little bro, you would love him, he's really polite and….."

They stayed that way, for about twenty minutes, Sonic going on about Tails and all of the inventions that he created, while Shelly listened, her worries slowly slipping away.

Sonic finally led her out, and headed for the checkout. She stayed close to him though, glancing around for anyone associated with Mike. However, for some reason, she was not too worried. She felt relaxed, a little out of it. Sonic's arm casually looped around her's. The way Sonic had talked about Tails had calmed her down a bit. Maybe she could have someone to tell tales to, talk about the strange things she did that day. It sounded rather nice. As she and Sonic walked out, it suddenly hit her.

She smiled, "Sonic?"

He looked down at her, "Hmm,"

"When we get back, I can't wait to tell Eva what we did today."

Whoot! Longest Chapter Evar! (In this story anyway.) That's probably why it took me so stinken long! That and I rewrote it like twelve times. Then I had typed half of it on my ACER, so i had to email it to my computer then copy and paste it to Microsoft. But Mircrosoft was having issues with the email font, so it took me forever to fix it and get it to work properly. And just to let you know. If the writing sounds a bit off, over half of this was writtten at like one in the morning, or later. Cause that was like the only time i had to work on it. But i did it! And now zee chapter ez up!...

High fives anyone? :)

Okay, so this was mostly a filler chapter, plus I needed a reason for getting Shelly some new clothes. Casue, who wants to stay in the same pair of clothing for a whole week? Uh ew. That and I got to throw in some humor, tender moments, and personal thoughts in as well.

I have this theory, that since Sonic runs so much, he goes through a lot of socks. I'm sure his shoes make his socks like super durable but that's just what I think.

So I hope you enjoy this chapter. I'll see you soon.

Now...On to the Lost World!