Ky was inside on the couch wearing a Snuggie from years ago playing Pokémon Ultra Moon on his 3DS. At first, he did not pay attention to the loud knocking on his front door but soon it had gotten annoying.

"What is it?!" He asked, annoyed and put down his game. He got up and opened the door. Shadow and Kris were standing there tethered together by Shadow's scarf. The black hedgehog did not look happy with him. The yellow hedgehog opened the door more. "Oh, uh, hi."

His sister looked even less happy, her violet eyes pierced through him like icicle spears.

"You motherfucker!" Shadow said. "Why would you leave your little sister out by herself, at 1 o'clock in the morning in freezing cold weather?!"

Ky had opened the door all the way and let them in and waited till they were seated on the couch before answering that question. "She could get home herself. I just wanted to play my new game so I went ahead of her."

"Your stupid game could wait Ky!" Kris yelled at him. "What about me?!" She started to stand up with the blanket she had draped over herself but Shadow made her sit back down.

"Don't. I'll yell at him for you. I have a much more powerful voice." Moved herself to avoid his arms.

"How about you just stop yelling?!" Ky replied. "I'm sorry okay?" He put down his game and tried to hug Kris but she moved herself to avoid his arms.

"You care more about Pokémon than you care about me…" She mumbled.

"No I don't I just-"

"Shut up." Shadow told him. "Just shut up."

"But why didn't you shift into your snow leopard form?" The yellow hedgehog asked.

"Shifting into different forms takes energy, and it was midnight and I was TIRED."

Ky got up and left the room, he was frustrated.

Shadow and Kris sat on the couch together. "I'm sorry that he left you outside." Shadow told her.

"It's not your fault." The crimson hedgehog replied and yawned. She leaned into him so she could use his chest as a pillow.

"Don't fall asleep on me." Shadow pushed her off of him and onto the couch pillows. "I'm not going to stay here all night."

She yawned again. "Okay. I'm sorry, I'm just, I don't usually stay up this late."

Shadow nodded in understanding and sat there for a few more moments. Then he got up and headed for the front door. He looked back at Kris and let himself out.

Kris lay on the couch, her eyes closing as she dosed off. She could still feel his touch, and that was all she needed to fall fast asleep. When Ky came out of his room he found her on the couch. He sighed and picked her up in his arms and took her to her room. The vampire walked to her bed and lay her down before tucking her in all warm and toasty and left.

"What took you so long?" Rouge asked as Shadow entered their apartment in Night Babylon. She had her comfy clothes on: A grey long sleeve shirt, black sweatpants and black slipper socks. The bat had just made herself some coffee and was sitting at the island in the kitchen. Shadow took off his scarf and hung it over the coat rack and took off his extra warm gloves. "I found Kris outside in the snow by herself, so I walked her home." He answered. "As it turns out Ky had left her out there so he could rush home and play his Pokémon game."

"Really?" Rouge replied with a flat voice.

"Really."

"That's horrible!"

"Yeah. But she wasn't totally frozen, and I got her home safe."

"Oooh, did you guys kiss?" She asked.

Shadow plopped down on the couch. "No."

"I bet you wanted to."

He started to blush. "Stop it."

The next day it was still cold and snowy outside, and mainly overcast. Amy opened her eyes and yawned. She looked at her alarm clock. "10:30. Oh…Oh my God I overslept!" She jumped up out of bed and went to the bathroom to brush her teeth and get her clothes on. She picked out her winter Olympics clothes and quickly got them on.

"So much to do, so much to do!" She said to herself as she got ready. "I have to decorate, and get gifts and the Holiday season is just so magical, I just love it!" The pink hedgehog rushed into the kitchen to get herself a Cinnabon cinnamon roll in the microwave so that she could have it for breakfast. While she sat down for a moment at the table she noticed the coupons she had been cutting before the party last night. The microwave had beeped. The pink hedgehog got her cinnamon roll out and brought it to the table.

"Oh right I was cutting coupons because I would be going Christmas shopping today at the mall." She took a bite of the pastry and slid the coupons toward her. "Can't forget these!"

When she finished the roll and threw the plate away she was ready to go! She got her pink winter boots on over by her front door, the coupons, her purse and her cell phone.

"Goodbye fishies!" Amy said goodbye to her goldfish and left the house.

Amy walked all the way to the mall, on her way she saw people going to work and mothers taking their kids to the park. When she got to the mall her cell phone rang and she picked it up. "Hello?"

"Hi Amy, um I might have left something over at your house last night and I just remembered it."

It was Sonic, but this wasn't new to her, he was always leaving stuff over at her place.

"I just left. I'm at the mall doing some shopping now, and I don't want to have to go all the way back and to the mall again. Sonic, can you be without it until I come back home?" She asked.

"Oh, um, yeah, but I gotta tell you something."

"What?"

"What do you want for Christmas?"

"Sonic it's supposed to be a surprise."

"But what if I do it wrong?"

"I'm sure I'll like whatever you get me, as long as it's not a candle. I already have too many of those."

Sonic cursed under his breath. "Okay I'll just figure something out."

"Okay."

"Bye."

"Bye."

Sonic hung up. "Dammit. Yankee Candle is out."

Tails sat on the couch. "Sonic, you know getting her a candle for Christmas is like, slapping her in the face. It's a throwaway gift."

"Oh, what do you know about giving women gifts?"

"I've had more girlfriends than you."

Sonic looked at him and down at the floor. "I know nothing about girls."

"Maybe if you spent a little more time with Amy you'd know what she likes, you are her boyfriend after all." Tails snickered.

Sonic quickly jumped on the couch. "I never said that!"

"Maybe that'll change by the end of this story."

"That's it, I'm going to the mall." He jumped off the couch and got his winter coat on. He grabbed his wallet and waved goodbye to Tails. "Bye! I'll be back tonight. Don't wait up for me!"

"Bye Sonic."

Sonic nodded and left the house, he zipped over to the mall, feeling the cold, crisp air against his face. It felt great, refreshing, but soon his nose started to freeze in the cold temperature. "Whoo it's cold out here!" He said. "I'll have to get myself a Starbucks latte to warm up!" Soon he arrived at the mall in the middle of Central City. He slowed down to a walk and entered. The mall was buzzing with both people and anthros alike, it being a Saturday. The blue hedgehog looked around. "Now, where is she?" He asked himself. "Think Sonic, where would Amy go in here?" He hit himself in the face. "I could just call her!...But then it wouldn't be a surprise." He rubbed his hands together rapidly to generate heat. "Now would be a good time for that coffee brr!"

Sonic went over to the Starbucks that was in the mall near the Macys and ordered a white chocolate mocha latte with whipped cream on the top. He tapped his foot on the ground while waiting for the employee to make it. He hated to wait for things, but he didn't say "I'm waiting" to them. He wouldn't be rude. It was the Christmas season. When the drink was finished the employee gave it to him and he thanked them. The blue hedgehog sat down at one of the tables in the Starbucks to drink some of his coffee.

"Wow, haven't been here in a while. I wonder what new stores they have if they have any, but I wish I knew what Amy liked so that I can get this shopping done early." He took a sip of his coffee and looked at the silver and red decorations that the mall had put up. Bows and balls and tinsel streamers across the ceiling hanging down. It was pretty. Sonic was in a daze before someone had snuck up behind him.

"Boo!" A familiar pink fringe made its way into his peripheral vision and he knew exactly who it was.

"Amy! I was looking for you!" Sonic exclaimed and turned around in his chair. Amy was standing there with a shopping bag on her arm.

"Well that's the first time that you've said that in a long time!" Amy hugged him from behind and moved over to a seat and sat down. "Why were you looking for me?"

"Because. I just want to spend some time with you if that's okay." He answered.

"It's ALWAYS okay." She smiled big. "Oh I luv you Sonic."

Sonic took a drink of his coffee. "So, what's been going on with you?"

"Oh you know, shopping, decorating, all that stuff. I just got a new grip for my hammer just now."

He nodded. "Yeah, I've just been chillin' since Eggman hasn't been doing anything lately. I think he's taking a break for the Holidays to go do something like visit family or something."

Amy laughed. "Actually, he's not. I just saw him, he was being Santa for the kids in the middle of the mall."

Sonic also laughed. "Really? Oh I HAVE to see this."

"Ha, ha yeah, finish your latte and I'll take you to him." She replied.

Sonic nodded and talked to her some more about life while finishing his drink. "So, I just wanted to ask what sorts of stuff you like, because I'm stumped on what to get you." He said. "I just need an idea."

"Hmm. Why don't you follow me around and see, and we can spend some time together as couples should."

"Yeah?"

"Good." She got up and held his hand. "Let's go."

Amy led Sonic to where she saw Eggman being Santa. When they got there Sonic hid so that the mad scientist wouldn't see him, he wanted to do something.

"What are you doing?" Amy asked him.

"Shhh." Sonic shushed. "I want to sneak up on him. Watch."

"And what do you want Santa to bring you this year Jenna?" Eggman asked a little she-wolf pup.

The pup smiled up at him and answered. "I want a My Little Pony Rarity talking doll."

Eggman nodded. "Yes, Santa will be sure the elves know that's EXACTLY what you want."

Jenna smiled big and gave him a hug. "Thank you Santa." She stopped hugging him and hopped off of his lap and ran to her mom.

"NEXT!" A mall employee called out for the next person. Sonic took this as his chance, he zipped up to the front of the line, cutting in front of the next people in line.

"Hey!" A kid said. "He cut in line!"

Sonic quickly jumped in Eggman's lap, hurting him a little.

"Ow! Sonic! Aren't you a little old to be doing this?" He harshly whispered.

"Hi Santa! I've been a VERY good hedgehog this year, oh yep I have!" Sonic replied loudly.

The Doctor had to go on with his Santa act. "Oh, Ho ho ho, have you? What's your name little boy?" He asked in a jolly voice.

Sonic gave a cute little childish smile. "My name is Sonic." He answered in a toddler-like voice.

Amy put her hand to her face and sighed in embarrassment.

"And what would you like for Santa to bring you this year for Christmas Sonic?" Eggman asked him.

The blue hedgehog thought for a moment. "I want…Some cool rocket skates so I can fly!" He replied enthusiastically.

The doctor looked at him for a moment. "Um…Okay. Santa will make sure you get those rocket skates you want, so you can fly all around."

Sonic smiled and hugged him. "Thank you Santa." He jumped off of his lap and went over to Amy. "Well, that was fun."

"Sonic…"

The blue hedgehog laughed and began walking with the pink one. "So where to first?"

"I really want to go to Icing." Amy replied.

"What's that?"

"It's an accessory store up on the second floor."

"Oh."

Him and Amy went up the escalator to get to the second floor where Icing was. They entered the store and were immediately greeted by a saleslady.

"Welcome to Icing. Are you looking for something in particular today?"

"No, just looking around." The pink hedgehog replied. She and Sonic began walking around the small store, looking at things. Sonic began looking at himself in the mirror and started to get curious. He reached over and got a silver bracelet that cross hatched in the middle of it and a red bandana headband and put them both on. He posed and looked at himself in the mirror. He looked good but maybe… Sonic switched out the headband for a red scrunchie and tied his quills up in a pony tail. He then got a gold bracelet that was a faux power ring, like what Amy wore, but fake and put it on.

"Hmmm." Sonic looked at himself again. He heard giggling from behind him and turned around. Amy was there giggling at him and what he was doing.

"What are you doing?" She asked him.

"I'm…I'm…Trying out a new look, you know. Something fresh." He replied with a hair flip. "I'm becoming fabulous right before your eyes Amy."

"You're so funny Sonic!" Amy took out her phone. "Here, let me take a picture of you." She held up her phone.

He smiled. "Oh! Wait a second!" He got a silver necklace with a blue gem in the pendant of it and put it on. "Now take the picture." He posed and Amy took the shot. He went over to her and looked to see how the picture came out. "Great! Send it to me."

Amy laughed. "Okay but first, I wanna take a selfie with you."

"Okay." Sonic got close to her to where he would be in the picture. "I'm ready."

The pink hedgehog held her phone up. "Say Santa Claus!"

"Santa Claus!"

She snapped the picture twice.

"Let me see it."

Amy showed Sonic the selfie.

"Send that one to me too!"

She giggled. "Okay, I'm texting you the pictures…Now."

Sonic got out his phone and checked his text messages. The pictures were there! He tapped them and saved them to his photo library. He then took off everything he had got from the wall and put it back in its place. "That was also fun."

"That's one of the reasons why I like you Sonic, you're always doing something funny."

Sonic looked at her in disbelief. "Really? You think I'm funny?"

Both of them walked out of the store.

"Yes I think you're funny. Why do you find that so hard to believe?"

Sonic looked down at the ground. "Well, it's because most people just roll their eyes and groan when I try to be funny. Even people on the internet leave comments on my videos telling me that I'm not funny and I should go kill myself."

Amy gasped. "Sonic do not listen to them. I think you're very funny, and promise me you'll never EVER try to kill yourself." She gave him a big hug. "I think you're funny."

The blue hedgehog hugged her back. "Thank you Amy. I'm glad someone I care about thinks I'm funny."

"I love you Sonic."

"…I love you too Amy." The two hugged for a minute and then continued on through the mall. It was now Noon.

Speaking of Noon…

"WAKE UP YOU LAZY HEDGEHOG! IT'S NOON!" Rouge came barging into Shadow's room and started pulling off his covers and turning on the light. She also opened the blinds to welcome in the overcast snow day, which didn't light up the room too much.

Shadow opened his eyes slightly and looked at her with a tired, nasty look. He tried pulling his covers back on himself but the bat just pulled them off again. "Ehhhh! Rouge! What the fuuuuuck?" He said in a tired, whiny voice.

"You need to get up. It's Noon and it's not the time for you to be sleeping!"

"I don't work on the weekends."

"Well, it still annoys me to high heaven to see you sleeping all day while I have to do all the chores! Now get up!" She prepared to knock him out of his twin size bed and onto the floor but he got up before she could do it. "Alright. I'm up!" He yelled at her.

"Great, now you can mop the floor."

Kris and Ky were outside having a snowball fight.

"Take THIS!" Kris hurled a snowball at her brother's face. He nearly dodged it and retaliated with his own, bigger snowball. "IT'S NO USE!" He yelled.

Somewhere, Silver knew he was being mocked. He poked his head out his window and shouted: "Stop making fun of me!" The two, obviously didn't hear him.

"Ha ha ha ha!" Both were now laying in the snow making snow angels, and laughing.

"You know I'm still mad at you though." Kris told Ky.

"Come ON, I made you pancakes this morning!"

"That's not enough. I could have gotten frostbite."

"It was a mistake."

"I'm not over it."

"Kris."

"Ky."

The yellow vampire hedgehog got up. "I'm going inside, it's too cold out here."

Kris got up also. "Right behind you!"

Both went inside to get some hot chocolate and watch Christmas movies.

Sonic and Amy sat in the food court eating Chick-fil-a. The blue hedgehog took a bite of his chicken nugget. "This mall is nice. It's got good food."

"I didn't think you would ever come here," Amy replied. "Well, you being…Well you."

"I wanted to spend the day with you~"

"Aww, you're so sweet, but you also said that you loved me. Is that any implication that we…?"

"Friends can say that they love each other."

"Friends?...Yeah, right…"

"Yeah, friends." Sonic looked at his hands. "Um, yeah."

Amy put down her fork. "Sonic, you know that when I say "I love you" I mean it in the non-friend kind of way?"

He nodded. "Yeah, it's just kind of awkward for me to mean it in that way. Because I don't know…"

"If you like me in that way?" Amy asked.

"Not yet."

"It's okay Sonic, I'll wait for you even if it takes forever." She put her hand in his. "I don't want you to feel rushed by me."

Sonic nodded and got up to hug her. "Thank you Amy Rose." They both hugged.