Chili with Aroma of a Hedgehog

Chapter 16: Can You Feel the Love Tonight

I'm back! I had so much fun!

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Disclaimer: I HATE making Sally Acorn mean, I am aware that she is very out of character in this story but like I said, there's a reason I'm doing it and no matter how much it's gonna suck to write it, a writer's gotta do what a writer has gotta do.

Amy's eyes stared into Sonic, he was as handsome as ever.

Sonic thought the same.

"Sonic!" the two heard someone exclaim.

Sonic and Amy turned their heads to Shadow who was standing by the doorway with his arms crossed.

"I was the one who ordered her to cancel the flight, leave Amy out of this."

Sonic stared at Shadow and blinked.

Is this for real? Does Shadow really not know that he hired none other than Rosy the Rascal. COMEDY GOLD!

Sonic stood up and smiled, not responding.

Amy on the other hand was frightened, Is Sonic going to tell him?

Shadow walked in after realizing Sonic wasn't angry anymore and looked at Amy. "What do you think? She's pretty don't you think?"

Sonic turned to Amy and smiled, "Oh yes, no doubt about it."

Amy blushed and turned away, causing Sonic's smile to widen.

Could it be? Could it be that she still loves me?

"The name is Sonic, Sonic the Hedgehog. I apologize for my attitude earlier, I promise I'm a pretty cool guy when you get to know me," Sonic said as he winked and extended his hand.

Amy blinked, realizing that Sonic wasn't going to blow her cover.

She shook his hand and said, "Amy Rose, and I understand."

"See, you're getting along with your new manager already!" Shadow exclaimed as he wrapped an arm around Sonic's shoulder.

Amy scrunched her forehead in confusion as Sonic turned to Shadow.

"About that, let's head back to the meeting room," Sonic said as Shadow nodded and left the room.

As Sonic followed he turned and quickly whispered, "You and I NEED to talk!"

Amy nodded slowly as Sonic left the room, leaving an overwhelmed Amy questioning what had just happened.

As the family settled in, Sonic and Shadow walked into the room again.

"About time!" Cocoa exclaimed.

"Sonic I know you don't want to do this but please! For the memory of your grandfather, do it!" Elena begged as Sonic smiled.

"I thought it through. I've decided that I'll go through with it."

The family all cried for joy as Sally hugged Sonic and Manic gaped at Sonic.

"Who possessed you big bro? Should I call an exorcist?" Manic asked as Sonic laughed.

"It was the right thing I guess, BUT, Shadow do you SWEAR Eggman will do all the hard work? Because as you all know I am not fit for this job."

"I promise Sonic, you have my word," Shadow said as he crossed his heart and grabbed the phone.

"Oh Sonic I'm so happy! This is the best anniversary present ever!" Sally exclaimed as Sonic sweat dropped, forgetting that his anniversary was indeed that day.

"You called Shadow?" Amy said as she walked in.

"Yes, everyone, I would like to once again introduce you all to Amy Rose. The manager of this Corporation."

Sonic smiled in pride, he was proud of Amy. He really did need to catch up on what she was up to.

From Chili Picker to manager of a prestigious Corporation! He really did need to catch up.

Sally turned to Rouge and Rouge nodded.

So this was the famous Amy Rose... the Amy who would be working with HER Sonic.

The Amy who was undoubtedly attractive.

She HAD to act.

Sally raised her wine glass, "Since you're all here I want to make a toast to me and Sonic, our anniversary is today and I cannot wait to see what this new year has in store for us!"

Sonic widened his eyes and turned to from Sally to Amy, who looked like she wanted to shrink and disappear.

That's Sonic's wife? She's beautiful!

Amy's eyes watered and as she rubbed her eyes she asked if she could be excused.

Shadow nodded as he drank his wine and Amy hurriedly left the room.

Sonic noticed this and shook his head while he turned to Sally.

"Sally this is a professional meeting!"

"I just wanted to commemorate our year together Sonic," she said as she shrugged.

Sonic sighed and told the family he was heading to the restroom.

As he got out, he headed towards Amy's office.

A tear rolled down Amy's cheek as Sally's words stung her like an arrow.

"Rosy we need to talk," Sonic said as he opened the door and closed it behind him.

"I refuse to talk to you. I don't work for you anymore Sonic."

Sonic smiled cockily as he leaned on the doorway, "Oh really? Is that the proper way to be talking to the new director of this Corporation?"

Amy widened her eyes as Sonic smirked at her.

Crud.

"What?"

"Shadow needs to step down for a bit to work on Paprika Enterprise. I'm in charge for the meantime, which means you work for me," Sonic said as he pointed a thumb to himself.

Amy stared at Sonic, too baffled to say anything, but soon scowled and turn her back to him.

"If you think you'll accomplish anything by staying you've got another thing coming. Go with your wife Mr. The Hedgehog, she must be excited to celebrate your anniversary and I'm busy."

"No Rosy you don't understand!" Sonic said as he grabbed Amy's shoulders and turned her towards him. "This past year has been a living nightmare! Gosh we have so much to catch up on! Please we have to talk."

"Then if it's such a nightmare why haven't you gotten a divorce?"

Sonic stayed silent and sighed, "It's not that easy... look, please let me talk to you."

Amy frowned as she noticed how desperate Sonic was acting, she sighed and nodded. "Okay fine, but not now, your family is probably waiting."

"You, me, cafe a few blocks away tonight," Sonic said as he headed out the door.

Green Hill Zone

Tikal ran out of her house with Pachacamac in hot pursuit.

She let him touch her again... oh, it angered her so much that she was so helpless.

She heard a yell as she turned and noticed Knuckles was holding Pachacamac in a headlock.

"I cannot allow this to continue Tikal I'm alerting the authorities! What did he do to you?"

"Please don't get involved Knuckles! There's no point!"

"Yes there is please Tikal just tell me!"

At this point Pachacamac had knocked out from all the alcohol he had drank.

"Why do you care so much Knuckles... why?"

"Because I love you Tikal! I love you!" Knuckles exclaimed as Tikal widened her eyes and her eyes began getting watery.

"No... you can't love me..."

"Why not? Am I that bad?"

"No! Trust me Knuckles... I love you too but... he would never allow it," she said as she pointed at Pachacamac.

At this point Tikal was crying, "It's not fair..."

"Report him Tikal it's the only way!"

"IT'S NOT THAT EASY! He'll kill me if I even try, he's threatened me before! Just leave, clearly you don't understand."

"But..."

"LEAVE!"

Knuckles frowned as he dropped Pachacamac to the ground and left the ranch, noticing Tikal dragging her father back into his room.

Station Square

Sonic and Sally settled into their apartment and Sally headed for the shower while Sonic filed the paperwork.

It's almost time to see Rosy...

"Oh Soniccc..."

Sonic turned and blushed deeply when he noticed Sally leaning by the doorway in a bathrobe, with a seductive look on her face. "Y'know... since today is our anniversar..."

"No Sally. We've talked about this many times."

"It's been a year Sonic! How patient do I have to be?"

"Very. Cause it's not happening, I have business to attend to anyway."

"YOU'RE LEAVING!?"

"You wanted me to take this job opportunity didn't you? So now you need to start getting used to this," Sonic said as he grabbed his briefcase. "Go hang out with Rouge or something while I'm gone."

As Sonic left the room Sally fumed and got dressed, she needed to take some shots and Rouge was someone who could definitely help her with that.

"All of that happened?!" Angela exclaimed as Amy told her everything that had happened that day.

"Yes! It's crazy how life can treat you."

"This worries me Amy, Sonic has a wife, I really don't think you should see him."

"We're not going on a date Mom we're just going to catch up, nothing romantic at all!"

"That better be the case young lady because I didn't educate you to be a husband stealer."

"That's true," Amy said as she laid on the bed. "Y'know, Sonic told me he wasn't happy with Sally."

Angela gasped as she turned to Amy after washing the dishes, "Really?"

"According to him."

"Do you think they'll get divorced?" Angela asked as Amy shrugged.

"They might, if the marriage isn't stable then they are bound to divorcing."

"Be careful Amy, you don't know the kind of person Sally could be... I mean look at Rouge! She and Sally are best friends so you can imagi..."

"Sally didn't seem like a bad person... which makes this worse... she seems so illusioned and in love with Sonic..." Amy then covered her face with her hands. "No I refuse to show Sonic that I still love him, I can't do that to poor Sally, I can't!"

Sally walked towards Rouge's penthouse door and knocked.

Shadow opened the door and raised an eyebrow, "Sally? What are you..."

"WHERE'S ROUGE!?" Sally yelled as she walked into the room.

"She and my mom went out to the spa, do you need anything?" Shadow responded as he shrugged and closed the door.

"No, I just needed to talk to her and forget for awhile, sorry to intrude," she responded as she began walking toward the door, only for Shadow to hold onto her arm.

"Is my idiotic cousin the cause for this frown on your face?" he said as he motioned to her.

When Sally didn't respond, Shadow let go of her and grabbed a bottle of wine and filled up two cups.

When he handed it to her, she grabbed it and swallowed the whole thing in one gulp.

"More," she demanded as she handed the cup to Shadow.

Shadow smirked, impressed with her as he gave her his cup, which she also gulped down.

"I don't get it! It's been a year and I still haven't found a way to reach Sonic's sexual desires. He's still so consumed with that stupid Rosy the Rascal!"

Shadow sighed as he gave her another cup, "Hate to tell you Sally but I warned you. I told you Sonic was going to be a hard catch."

"I thought I could get to him! What is WRONG with me!? Am I ugly? Am I fat?" she asked as she motioned to her body.

Shadow eyed her and shook his head.

"THEN!?" she said as she gulped the rest of her cup. "Does he not understand that I NEED him, I WANT him?"

"You need Sonic specifically? Or do you need a PARTNER?" Shadow asked as Sally turned to him. "Because I could understand how you feel, how long has it been since you've been intimate with someone?"

Sally frowned and turned to the side, "Since my ex... Monkey Khan... it's been five years."

"FIVE YEARS!?" Shadow exclaimed. "Oh no no no, that's not okay. You need to fix that."

"What do you want me to do Shadow!? Have sex with someone other than my husband!?"

"Yes, if Sonic isn't giving you what you deserve then he's the one at fault. Besides, he probably daydreams about Rosy the Rascal while you're in the room slaving to make yourself look good for him."

"Yeah... you're right... but, who? Who can I trust?" Sally said as she turned towards Shadow who stared at her with a smirk and shrugged.

Sally stared into his eyes and he stared back at her, "A bird cannot learn how to fly unless the bird goes for it."

Sally then lunged herself towards Shadow and he laid down so that she can be on top of him.

Sally then proceeded to unbuttoning his shirt.

Oh yes... screw Sonic... Shadow was much hotter anyway.

Amy walked into the cafe and noticed Sonic was already there, talking to the waiter.

"Hey Sonic," she said as she smiled at the waiter. "Just a hot chocolate."

The waiter nodded and left the scene.

"Hello Amy," Sonic said as he smiled back. "So, what exactly happened?"

Amy sighed and said, "Well it all started..."

Manic sighed as he picked on his Italian food, Elvis, his once friend but now boyfriend was watching him intently.

"What's going on Manic?" the porcupine said as he put his fork down and directed his attention to the green hedgehog.

"Nothing..."

"Manic, I've known you for a year now. You can't fool me."

Manic sighed, "It's just... I wish I could tell my family about you."

Elvis frowned and looked at Manic.

"Your family was so accepting of me and I feel like I'm making you feel under appreciated and that I'm embarrassed of you but that's not the case at all Elvis I promise!" Manic exclaimed with water in his eyes.

Elvis put a hand over Manic's, "I know you aren't Manic. You think I'm a fool? I more than anyone should know how hard coming out is, but, are you sure there isn't anyone in your family who you can open up to? They'll make you feel better. Gaining a support system should be the first step in coming out."

Manic out a hand on his chin, his eyes soon lighting up, "That's it! I can't believe I haven't done this already! Sonic! I can tell Sonic. I just pray he'll still love me the same."

"I'm sure he will, you said so yourself, you and Sonic are the last of The Hedgehog species who haven't been corrupted. You two are practically endangered."

Manic spit out his drink and started laughing, "WE AREN'T ANIMALS ELVIS... oh wait... YES WE ARE!"

Manic and Elvis then began laughing in unison, unaware of the entire restaurant who turned to stare at them.

"You're gonna get us kicked out Elvis!" Manic whispered in between chuckles.

"Me!? You're the one that started laughing!" Elvis smiled.

"Not my fault you're funny!"

"Not my fault your laugh is contagious!"

As the hedgehog and porcupine burst into laughter again, the waiter turned to them and gave them a dirty look, causing the young couple to cover their mouths and try to contain their laughter.

"I think we need to go to Couples Rehab," Elvis said as Manic took his hand off his mouth.

"Why?"

Elvis then straightened himself up and looked at Manic, "Well you see Dr. Doctor, my boyfriend and I just can't seem to stop making each other laugh. Please fix this as it is ruining our chances at being friends with waiters at restaurants."

Manic covered his mouth in an attempt to hold in a laugh and waved his hand to get Elvis to stop.

"Okay, that's it, we're leaving before I die of a laughing attack, we clearly had too much sugar today," Manic said as he quickly ate his spaghetti.

"I just had one cup of coca cola! You're the one who had like five Shirley Temples!" Elvis argued as Manic looked at him.

"Shirley Temples were a creation from Chaos himself and you know it!"

Elvis rolled his eyes as he placed the money in the checkbook and Manic put in the tip.

"Ten dollars in tips?" Elvis questioned.

"We gotta give the guy some credit for putting up with us!" Manic shrugged as he waved at the waiter who raised his eyebrow at him.

As Elvis and Manic gathered their things and left the waiter shook their head at them and smiled, "Young love," he said as he picked up the checkbook, widening his eyes at the large tip.

Sonic and Amy both looked at their drinks in silence, processing what they had told each other.

Amy had told Sonic everything except what had happened with Scourge and what Rouge has been saying to her while Sonic had made sure he had told her everything.

So it was true... Sonic hasn't been intimate with Sally.

Amy hasn't been with any other man! What a relief!

"So... Sonic... how is everyone? Rosemary? Amadeus? Knuckles? Tails?"

"Rosemary and Amadeus have been the same. I'll tell them you said hello. I think Knuckles is in love though."

"REALLY!?" Amy exclaimed. "I'm glad! I don't think he took Sonia's dumping well."

"Yeah... the guy's got it bad."

"With who?"

"With an echidna named Tikal who lives in a ranch not too far from the Grounds"

"Tikal? Hm... that name sounds familiar. I've probably seen her before. How about Tails?"

"I can't say the same about Tails, he's been acting weird lately."

"Why?"

"I have no idea... he just doesn't look at me in the eye anymore... I wonder what could be wrong."

"Did you two argue over something?"

"No, we were doing well but then one day he just started acting weird. I'm telling you Rosy life at Green Hill hasn't been the same without you and Angela."

"Yeah, I can tell, with that whole Holoskan problem and everything."

"You knew about that!?"

"Shadow spent an entire week ranting about it!"

"How's Shadow treating you now that you bring him up?"

"Well up to this point..."

"How well?" Sonic asked as he narrowed his eyes.

"If you're assuming there is anything going on between us don't, my relationship with Shadow is strictly platonic."

Sonic relaxed his muscles and took another sip of his latte, but was confused when he noticed two guys behind Amy, checking her out.

"Oh hell no," Sonic said as narrowed his eyes darkly at the two Mobians, who quickly got the idea and went back to their game of Poker.

Amy raised an eyebrow and turned to the two hedgehogs, one of them winking at her as he went back to his game.

Amy turned and noticed Sonic was still staring at the two.

"Are you okay Sonic?"

"Just peachy."

"I'm not interested if that's what you're worried about."

"No I trust you, I don't trust THEM."

Amy rolled her eyes but her heart fluttered with the idea that Sonic was jealous.

No Rosy stop, he has a wife!

"Shouldn't you head back? Sally must be worried," Amy frowned as Sonic looked back at her.

"I think she's with Rouge so I'm in no rush."

"I really think you should appreciate her more Sonic."

"Rosy please..."

"I'm serious! How are you so sure she's with Rouge? Maybe she's at home crying because you don't give her that much attention."

Sally sighed as she stretched and fixed her shirt while Shadow buttoned his shirt back up.

"How was it?" he asked as Sally smiled.

"I feel so relaxed, I had forgotten how good it felt," she said and then widened her eyes. "Oh my Chaos! I forgot about Rouge!"

"Shhh," Shadow said as he shushed her. "She won't know."

"Are you sure?"

"Positive, we have to keep this between us."

"Too bad it was only a one time thing."

"Doesn't have to be," Shadow said as he smirked and leaned against the wall.

"You'd really do it again?" Sally asked as she got close to Shadow.

"Rouge is going on a treatment trip in Spagonia next week, you are welcome whenever you want since Sonic will be taking over starting tomorrow, It'll be a nice going away gift from you since I leave to Apotos when Rouge comes back."

"I have to go then, Sonic and Rouge should be on their way back," Sally said as she left the penthouse.

Shadow smirked and drank the last of his wine, "Sonic, Sonic you're missing out."

"I don't want to go back!"

"Sonic you have to!"

Sonic and Amy had gone outside.

"Rosy please! All I want to do is be here with you, I still love you and these last few months have been a nightmare without you!"

"Sonic..."

"Please! I'll go but only if you answer a question."

"What is it?"

"Do you still love me?"

Amy looked into Sonic's eyes, those gorgeous emerald green eyes.

He was utterly handsome, no doubt about it, he has always been.

Oh Sonic... yes I love you... I love you with every inch of my heart.

"I... I can't answer that... please Sonic don't make me answer tha..."

Amy was stopped by a soft kiss from Sonic, who grabbed her by the chin and pulled her in by putting a hand behind her head.

Amy couldn't help herself as she gave into the kiss, putting two hands behind his neck, deepening it.

Soon they both let go and took deep breathes since they were out of breathe.

Amy looked at Sonic in horror as she turned and ran away.

"Just like the first time we kissed..." Sonic said as he smiled and turned the other way.

AWWWWWW they reunited!

This was kind of a filler chapter, the drama starts in the next chapter! What do you guys think of Manic x Elvis? They are the greatest! Lots of love in this chapter though... and lust...

Shadow: I hate you and I hate this story.

Me: Lighten up Shadow!

Shadow: YOU BETTER NOT PULL SOMETHING LIKE THIS WITH MARIA!

Me: ...

Shadow: CHLOEEEEEEE

Me: Gotta go guys before he catches me! REVIEW!

Next Time on Chili with Aroma of a Hedgehog...

"No stop, let me go!" Amy said as she tried to push Scourge off of her.

"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON HERE!?"

Amy and Scourge both turned and Amy widened her eyes as Sonic stared at them in utter anger.