Chapter Eight

Deja Vu

We got home with an hour and a twenty three minutes to spare. The perfect amount of time to have a shower, get into my new dress, do my hair and dry my quills!

I was finished getting ready with twelve minutes to spare.

I wanted to scream, I was so excited. I finally hate a date with Sonic! A real one! I started twirling around the room, with a huge smile on my face.

"Who stuck a banana in your mouth?"

I stopped twirling, and looked at Cream, who was smiling at me. She was either happy for me, or thought I was crazy.

I laughed, "I'm so excited! I finally have a date with Sonic!"

I sighed, dreamily, and sat down on the couch, looking out the window.

I looked over at the clock. Three minutes!

Tonight will be perfect. We'll go out to dinner, and he'll realize his true feelings for me. We'll spend more time together, maybe take a stroll down the beach, and when he drops me off at home, he'll kiss me goodnight!

Oh, I'll finally have those lips... I've waited too long for tonight and nothing would ruin it!

I looked over at the clock again. It was seven o'clock on the dot!

I jumped up, calling Cream into the room. She ran in, quite quickly.

"How do I look? He'll be here any second!" I asked her, turning around so she could see the full 360 degrees of myself. I half expected Sonic to show up as soon as I finished speaking.

"You look great, Amy, Sonic'll love it!" she smiled.

"Thank you, Cream!" I ran over to her and hugged her. "I wouldn't have been able to find this dress without you! And you actually stuck with me!" I giggled a little.

"No problem, Amy, I'll be here anytime you need me!"

"Thanks Cream," I hugged her again.

I couldn't help but let my eyes wonder to the clock. It was five minutes past seven. Where was he? Sonic was always on time... I don't recall a time he was ever late for anything... Except out previous dates, which he really didn't care about. This one was different, I knew it, I could feel it. He wouldn't say he can't wait to see me, then not show up, right? That's so low, even for Sonic.

I suddenly heard a loud beep, which sounded like a car horn, coming from outside, followed by a loud crash, and a scream. I looked at Cream, who stood in the kitchen, making a pie. She shrugged, so I went outside to see what happened.

There was a silver car, that had run off the road, into a tree. A little further down the road was something, or someone in the middle of the road.

I walked towards it, and in the corner of my eye I saw someone dressed in black jump out from behind the bushes. Suddenly, everything went black.

-x-x-

I awoke in a hospital room. I heard a long beep, the kind of beep that you'd hear on heart monitor: flat line. I looked down to see... was that me? No, it couldn't be me.

I lifted my hands up, examining them. They were transparent. I looked like a ghost!

It suddenly hit me that I was floating in the air, almost touching the ceiling.

Was I... dead? I couldn't be dead...

Sonic suddenly came bursting through the door, with tears in his eyes.

"Sonic!" I yelled, floating down in front of him. "What's wrong?"

He wasn't even paying attention to me. He was looking at the dead person in the hospital bed. Why?

"Amy," he said. "I-I'm so sorry, I wasn't there when you needed me most..." he fell to his knees, crying.

I looked over to the person in the bed. It really was me... I was dead, and Sonic couldn't see me...

But, how did I die? All I remember is seeing a car that had driven into a tree. Did I get hit by another car, or something?

Cream then walked into the room, patting Sonic's back. "It'll be okay, Sonic."

Tails followed in after Cream, silently. He looked awfully upset. It was so heartbreaking seeing everyone so sad.

Sonic suddenly stood up, and ran out.

"Where do you think you're going?" I yelled, and ran after him.

I passed Knuckles, Shadow, Vanilla and Rouge on the way out. They all looked so sad, even Shadow.

I caught up to Sonic in a second. I was as fast as Sonic? Oh, I could get used to this, I giggled.

"Where are you going?" I asked, forgetting he couldn't hear me.

I reached my hand out, and touched his shoulder. He suddenly stopped running, and looked around, touching his shoulder.

Could he feel that?

I wonder... I gave him a quick peck on the lips.

His fingers traced his lips, and he closed his eyes. He really could feel that.

"You're losing it, Sonic," he said to himself, shaking his head. He began running again, I followed.

We ended up at Tails' house. Sonic walked in, and began searching for something. Eventually, he found a piece of paper and a pen. He began writing: 'I'm sorry, I'm nothing without her.'

He set the note on the table, and got into Tails' car, and began driving.

Where was he going, what did his note mean? He's sorry, for what?

I jumped in the passenger seat of the car, waiting until I could figure out where he was headed.

Eventually, he made a turn which made everything clear.

The only place this road leaded to was a cliff, with lots of water at the bottom.

Sonic wouldn't do this, would he?

As we arrived at the cliff, he stepped out of the car, looking down at the water.

"I'm sorry, Amy," he yelled. He fell to the ground, crying again,

"It's okay," I told him, patting his back. I could feel his body tense, he could still feel me.

Not knowing if it was bad or not, I took my hand off him.

"I love you," he whispered.

"I love you, too," I smiled.

He stood up, wiping his tears away. "I'm sorry," he repeated, stepping towards the car.

"No!" I yelled, slapping him.

He stopped, rubbing his cheek. "ow!"

So, I could cause him pain. Well, maybe I could stop him. Maybe he would realize I'm still here, and he'd come to his senses. I slapped him again.

"Damn," he said, getting in the car. I pulled on his arm, trying to get him out of the car.

"Sonic, don't do this!" Why couldn't he hear me? If I couldn't get through to him somehow, I wouldn't be able to stop him.

I sat in the passenger seat, trying to think of something to do.

I leaned over and kissed his cheek again.

He just closed his eyes. I put my hands over them, not sure what I was accomplishing.

He turned his head away from me. "I love you," he said again, as he stepped on the gas.

"NO!" I yelled, but it was too late. The car was heading forward, towards the cliff.

Time seemed to slow down, almost to a stop. At least my thought process was normal.

I tried opening the door, and pulling him out, but my hand went right through the door. Being a ghost was not at all helpful.

There was nothing I could do, I was useless.

The front tires of the car were now off the cliff, and it was slowly tilting forward, beginning to fall.

Time was gradually speeding up, and all I could do was just stand there. I watching the car as it as it fell into the water. He was gone.. Just like that.

-x-x-

I screamed, waking myself up. Holy shit, that was weird. I just had two dreams, and about Sonic. I don't usually dream about him... I never dream about princesses, or death, either.

I stretched, getting out of bed. Sonic and I were just friends, why would I have a dream like that? I laughed at how ridiculous it was. Oh, I'd have to tell Sonic about that dream when he getting me up for school later.

-x-x-

I looked at my watch. 8:30. Sonic would be here any second.

I grabbed my backpack and headed out the door. As usual, before I even reached the end of my driveway, Sonic was there, waiting for me.

I smiled, "hey," I said as I approached him.

"Hey," he returned the smile.

"So, I had the weirdest dream last night! We were -"

I was interrupted by the horn of a black convertible. Sally's black convertible. She pulled her car over beside Sonic and I. "Hey Sonic! Want a ride?"

He looked over at me, "want a ride?"

"The invitation is for you only, Sonic," Sally said. Typical.

Sally hates me even more than I hate her. Sonic really wants us to get along, I mean, what guy wants his girlfriend and best friend hating each other? I always at least tried getting along with Sally, for Sonic, but it never worked, she hates me too much.

"I'll have to pass then, Amy and I were just getting into a conversation."

"Oh, come on Sonic. We haven't had much alone time lately. We need to talk more. Please?" she used her pathetic smile on Sonic that always had him doing what she wanted.

Sonic sighed. He was stuck between choosing his girlfriend, and me. He always was, and he always made the same choice. He looked over at me with apologetic eyes. "Rain check?"

"Sure," I did my best to give him a smile.

He quickly hugged me before hopping in Sally's car, leaving me.

I sighed as they drove out of sight. As happy a I was for Sonic finally getting a girlfriend, I wish he'd just dump her already. She's a stuck up bitch. I miss when it was just Sonic and me. Now it's Sonic and Sally, ditching me. I used to be Sonic's first priority, now it's Sally.

A/N: So, if anyone is wondering what the hell I'm doing with the story, making everything a dream... I promise, it'll all become clear soon. I'm almost at the part where I can explain everything. Once I do, it'll all make sense, and I think you guys might realize what the real reality is, before Amy does.

Well that's all I'm going to say for now... Review?[=