"What do you mean 'you broke up with me'?" Sally screamed

I sighed and rolled my eyes, "I'm not your boyfriend anymore, I will no longer show affection toward you, you and I do not have a loving relationship, are you starting to get the idea?"

"I thought you loved me! I thought we had something!"

"Well now we don't. You were a jerk to Amy!" I snapped. "And I don't go out with people who bully my friends." and I walked away.

. - + * + - .

"I can't believe you!"

Lunch time arouse at noon, and all the grades piled into the cafeteria. I sat at a circular table along with Tails, Knuckles, Shadow, and Zu - whom for some reason we only see at school.

Cream had stomped up to us at the table and slammed her fists down.

"What?"

"Oh, I think you know what!" she shouted furiously, "You're the reason Amy is crying her heart out!"

My face fell, lips pursed, eyes staring at my knees.

"What did you do know, Sonic?" Tails and Shadow drawled together.

"Uh . . . "

"I'll tell you what he did! He kissed Sally right in front of Amy, and he said he loved her!"

Everyone gasped.

"Sonic and Sally, sitting in a tree! K - I - S - S - I - N - G!" Knuckles and Zu chanted.

I slapped Knuckles on the head and clamped Zu's mouth shut.

"Sonic?" Tails asked, surprised.

"It wasn't my fault! I - "

"It was too your fault and you - "

"WILL SOMEONE PLEASE SHUT HER UP?"

The gang went silent.

"I feel miserable and - "

The silence didn't last long.

"Bad?"

"Terrible?"

"Guilty?"

"Ashamed?"

"THANK YOU!" I cried, annoyed, "Yes, I feel miserable, bad, terrible, guilty, and ashamed of what happened. But it wasn't my fault! Sally was my girlfriend and no one was supposed to know; the only person who did was Tails! We met somewhere secret, and she kissed me. I kissed back, I told I loved her, she said the same thing, and then we found out Amy was behind us!"

"So, you admit that you love her?" Cream asked, like I was in court.

I stared at the wooden lined in the table, no answer to give her.

"Sonic?" Zu reached over and placed a hand on mine. "You love her, don't you?"

I sighed and closed my eyes, "I . . . I don't even know anymore. I - I thought I did . . . but . . . "

They waited for me to finish. I sighed again and shook my head in disbelief of the position I was in. "It doesn't matter, anymore. I - "

"Hey, Sonic."

Penny the Fox, a white fox and one of the populars, came up to me and placed a hand on my shoulder, her cheek against mine. "I heard you and Sally broke up, and, if you ever need a shoulder to cry on, I'm always available."

"Uh . . . thank you? But I - "

She positioned her finger over my lips. "Just think about it." Then she hurried off, leaving me with a confused look.

"Oh - Kay. That was awkward." Zu said.

"Seems that word of my break up has been getting around." I muttered and took a bite of my sub sandwich.

Rouge walked up to our table and slammed her tray down hard. "I can't believe - "

"If this is about Amy, I was already told off by Cream." I interrupted through a mouthful of ham and cheese.

Rouge looked astounded. "Well, okay then. Good job, Cream."

"I can't believe you!"

How many times have I heard those four little words in one sentence?

Rolanda Stripes, another popular, ran up and slapped me in the face. The members of the table gasped as I rubbed my now red cheek. Zu stood up and moved in front of me. "Watch it, Rolanda!"

But she ignored me and kept shrieking at me.

"I can't believe you broke up with Sally!"

Sally? I broke up with her . . . that's all.

"She's telling everyone that you harshly broke up with her in a text!" she continued.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Listen here Rolanda!" I said angrily, stepping around a protective Zu. "Yes, I did break up with her for reasons that are to be kept quiet - "

"Sonic!"

Bronte Beary stridded up to me and slapped the same cheek Rolanda did and I stumbled backward a bit, almost falling on Zu.

"I can't believe you - "

This is, what, the fourth, fifth time that I've heard that sentence?

"- broke Amy's heart! Do you know she's in the - "

"I guess it won't be kept a secret. I'll get to you in a minute, Bronte." I babbled. She huffed) and crossed her arms, irksome at the moment.

I went back to talking to Rolanda," I broke up with Sally because she was being a jerk to Amy, and she's just not my type. Okay? No harshness, no text messages. I just told her I'm done and walked away."

Rolanda smiled, "I'm sorry, Sonic. I'll make sure to set everyone straight."

"Please do. I don't need to hear any more students shouting - "

"I can't believe you!"

I threw my hands in the air irritated, "Are you serious? Come on, people! Say something different for a change!"

I breathed heavily for a few minutes before speaking to Bronte, "Bronte, I didn't mean to make Amy upset. Sally was my girlfriend at the time and we had some lip contact. I did not know that Amy was watching at the time, and I am sorry."

"Yeah? Well, tell that to her!" Bronte snapped, and slapped me again on the other cheek and stomped away.

I rubbed both sides of my face and sat down. Rouge, Cream, Zu, Knuckles, Shadow, and Tails kept quiet.

"I can't believe you." Knuckles sniggered.

I smiled innocently and sarcastically, picked up his sandwich, and shoved it in his mouth.

. - + * + - .

I stridded over to Amy's locker to drop her stuff off that she left in class.

Beaten up by several girls, red marks over my face and hands, and those two little me's' - one a devil and one an angel - arguing on my shoulder was what I got for such a small misunderstanding.

A small crowd had gathered around her locker, growing larger every minute. I could see the head of an orange hedgehog in the middle of the event.

My eardrums shattered as a girl let out a blood - curdling scream.

My forehead dewed up with sweat and I froze in place.

A pair of pink legs was visible through the crowd, one of them dripping blood.

Amy!