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Chapter Five

Shadow touched his cheek where he had been kissed. His face burned with the strain of the blush. He went to the window and watched Amy cross the road and head back into town. Admiration appeared in his heart for her. His black heart was once again functioning like it should. He shook his head and pushed this new feeling down. Shadow's mind whirled, why did she dream his memories? most of all that memory. He walked away from the window and slowly walked to his front door. He had the urge to run again. So that's exactly what he did.

Shadow began to walk down the stairs out of the concrete maze of unfurnished corridors and deadbeat living conditions out onto the sunny streets of Westopolis. He walked the direction Amy was headed, just to make sure, what happened did happen. He started to run to where he thought she was. She wasn't there. Shadow frowned. Where the hell is she?

"Shadow!" A male voice shouted. Shadow turned his face to one side and narrowed his crimson eyes when they rested on Sonic.

"Faker" He stated in a not so friendly tone. Sonic's smile faltered.

"Whatcha been up to buddy?" The blue hedgehog carried on with his happy conversation. Shadow wasn't impressed.

"Nothing that concerns you faker" He replied, Sonic frowned

"No need to be rude Shads" He almost pouted. Shadow smirked.

"What do you want?" Shadow changed the subject. Sonic's smile reappeared on his face.

"Well, nothing actually. Just came into town to do some shopping for Tails" the blue blur said happily. "What about you? What are you up too?"

"Walking" Shadow replied. "Then going for a run" Sonic's face lit up. Running!

"Want company?" He asked, Shadow frowned

"No" He replied immediately. Sonic stiffened at Shadow's cold response. He was about to open his mouth when he saw Amy walking towards them. Sonic's natural smile ran over his face.

"Ames" He greeted. The female hedgehog looked up from the floor at the sound of her name and a smile formed on her face when she saw Sonic standing there.

"Sonic" She greeted in return. Sonic frowned. Why wasn't she all over him? Or used her pet name for him Strange. He watched as her eyes travelled to the black and red hedgehog. "Shadow" She gave a bigger smile to him. Sonic frowned. Did she like Shadow now? or was this a ploy? Sonic looked at Shadow. Shadow nodded at her and gave a tiny smile. Sonic's insides twisted, Jealousy tore through him as fast as he could run. Not because he liked her though, but because the mysterious onyx hedgehog had more attention from her than he did. "What brings you to Westopolis Sonic?" She asked him, he looked at her, hiding his jealousy with his trademark smile.

"Shopping for Tails" Sonic looked at the clock in the centre of town and his eyes widened. "I have to go and do it. or I'll be late!" He exclaimed when he saw the time "See ya Ames, Shads" With goodbyes said, he sped off.

Amy shook her head. That Sonic. She looked calm on the outside, but inside she was a nervous wreck. Her heart was beating faster than normal and her head was running a mile a minute. She had done it. She had managed not to show him any emotions. She smiled to herself in this small victory. Shadow was looking at her. She had just managed to not leap at him like she would of in the past. What is she doing? What is she planning? Shadow shook his head of these questions. He turned away from Amy and began to walk away from her.

"Shadow" she called after him. He paused, looking back at her. His crimson eyes staring right into her emerald ones.

"Yes?" He asked in response.

"Would you like to come and have a drink with me?" She asked looking at the floor, a blush over her cheeks. Shadow fully turned to face her. He looked at her suspiciously. But all she did was look at the floor and blush. She's not falling for me is she?

"Why not? I am quite thirsty" He shrugged. Amy looked up at him and a smile took over her face. She walked up to him

"Follow me" She said walking in the direction Shadow was headed. He followed behind her for a few minutes before he came up besides her, walking at the same pace. Amy looked at him out of the corner of her eye, she watched him keep and eye out in front of them and out to the sides. His eyes passed to hers and she quickly looked away. Shadow studied her, unsure of her motives. He stiffened when she wound her arm round his. Amy smiled up at him and he reluctantly let the pink hedgehog hold his arm in hers. "Here" she pointed at a little cafe called 'Polly's'. Shadow looked at the cafe and grumbled to himself. The place was pink. Amy pulled at his arm and he sighed before letting her take him into the pink palace.

The two hedgehogs waited to be shown where to sit by a waiter. As a waiter approached them, a look of recognition and fear crossed his face as his eyes rested on Shadow. Shadow saw the waiters eyes travel to his arm, where Amy still held onto him.

"Table for two please" Amy said cutting the other hedgehogs gaze to the waiter short. The waiter smiled and nodded and lead them into the busy cafe, keeping a safe distance between the black hedgehog and himself. As they reached the back of the cafe, the waiter took out a chair for Amy before scurrying off away from the crimson eyes of Shadow. Amy let go of Shadow's arm and sat in the seat that the waiter had previously pulled out for her. Shadow looked at the other seat.

"Sit down silly" She smiled. Shadow looked down at her before complying, he took the chair out from underneath the table and plopped down onto it. He looked around himself and he couldn't help but feel out of place. When he had been outside, he didn't realize the extent of pink in the place. Pink paint on the walls, pink seats, pink table cloths, pink doors, pink light shades, pink menus even pink floor tiles. He grimaced despite himself then bought his crimson eyes back to the pink hedgehog, who was looking at the menu. Shadow looked at her, studied her face, he hadn't been this friendly to anyone since Maria. She wasn't scared of him and neither was Amy. He watched Amy's eyes scan the menu, he smiled at her, careful not to let her see him staring at her. Shadow was broken from his admiration by the waiter coming back.

"Are you ready to order?" he asked, Shadow looked at the waiter, then dropped his eyes to the pink name-tag. Ben, it read in big black indented letters, Shadow looked back at Amy. She lifted her head from the menu and smiled at Ben.

"I think so. Aren't we Shadow?" she turned her smiling face towards the dark hedgehog. Shadow looked at her for a few moments before nodding.

"Cool. What can I get you?" He asked getting a pad of paper with a pen poking out of the pad out of his shirt pocket, opened it and got ready to take down what the two said.

"Diet Coke, please" Amy said still smiling at Shadow. Ben looked to the other occupant of the table. Shadow looked up at him,

"Coke" He said bluntly. The waiter nodded and scurried away, grateful to be away from the pair of hedgehogs. Amy looked at Shadow and frowned. "What?"

"You could of been more polite" She scolded. Shadow snorted and folded his arms and looked away. Amy looked at him. She took in the shape of his quills, The way the red streaked into the black, the way his crimson eyes, studied his surroundings. Her eyes lowered to the white patch of fur on his chest. What she could see of it was snow white, no imperfections at all. His arms held the red streak again, before they disappeared under his gloves. Amy briefly wondered what colour his hands were. Black or red. She was interrupted by the person she was 'examining'.

"It's rude to stare" He stated. Amy lifted her gaze to find Shadow staring at her intensely. A hot blush rose to her cheeks and she lowered her head. Shadow chuckled at her.

"Sorry" She murmured. Shadow nodded. "What did Sonic really want?" she added, trying to make conversation with the loner hedgehog.

"I don't know and don't particularly care" he replied. "The faker can do what he wants" Amy giggled which made Shadow raise a questionable eyebrow. "You still after him?" he asked accepting the conversation for a change. Amy instantly scowled.

"No" she said bluntly. "I couldn't care less"

"Liar" Shadow said dismissively. "You may act strong, but you were so nervous. You fought so hard, but lost" Amy directed her scowl at the onyx hedgehog.

"How the hell did you know that?" She steamed, not liking the way Shadow knew, or seemed to know, what she was thinking.

"It's simple. If you didn't you wouldn't of taken that picture in to be replacing the glass over that faker" Amy looked taken aback.

"How did you know..."

"I saw it" He cut her off. Amy looked at Shadow. She looked in his crimson eyes and smiled suddenly. Shadow narrowed his eyes. What is she looking at? he thought grumpily. She gingerly reached lifted her hand off of her lap and up onto the table. Amy looked around to look for the waiter, who was nowhere in sight, her emerald eyes travelled back to Shadow. She took in a deep breath, raised her hand and started to move it towards Shadow's face. Shadow watched her hand with a slight frown. As she touched his cheek, Shadow grabbed her hand. and gently took it off, he held it in the air, his hand holding hers. Shadow looked into her emerald eyes with a very slight blush on his cheeks. Amy's cheeks had taken a much darker tone.

Ben took this moment to appear with their drinks and Shadow abruptly let go of the rose hedgehogs hand, refolded his arms and looked away, a slightly more prominent blush evident on his cheeks. Amy smiled at him, before thanking the waiter. She pulled her glass forward towards her, grasped the straw in her fore finger and thumb on her right hand and put the end in her mouth. Shadow picked his glass from the table and took out the straw. He bought the cold glass to his lips and let the liquid run down his throat. He didn't remember the last time he sat down to drink and relax, but it felt good to him, even with the female hedgehog sat across from him. Shadow chanced a look at her. She was quietly taking the occasional sip from the straw. Shadow hated straws. They annoyed him to extent. If she did the normal slurping at the end of her drink he was going to walk out. Amy closed her eyes as the liquid in the glass diminished. She stopped before any air could get up the straw to make that horrible sound. Amy pushed her glass forward. Content with her thirst was quenched. Shadow raised his glass to his lips again and took a long sip. He placed the glass back on the table, it made a small 'chink' as the two surfaces met. He looked at the pink hedgehog then at her glass and a small smile came to his face.

"Do you want money for this?" he asked startling Amy. She looked up at him and smiled

"Of course not silly" She replied happily Shadow looked at her suspiciously

"Why are you doing this?" he asked, a quizzical look replaced her smile

"What do you mean?" She asked

"Treating me like this" He said frowning.

"You're a friend" she replied simply. Shadow looked down at his hands and sighed.

"Thank you" He whispered just so she could hear. Amy's face raised in a smile

"My pleasure Shadow" she whispered back to the dark hedgehog. Shadow looked up at her with a slight blush before getting up and stalking away. Amy watched after him before she turned back to her empty glass. Ben came up to her and she asked for the bill.

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