Hello :)
Before I start, I want to thank all my reviewers. :)
Thanks for the idea Haley!
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I looked cautiously down at the beautiful pink hedgehog kneeling on the floor next to me, obviously waiting for me to say something.
What was I supposed to say? That I was excited? Surprised? Happy? Depressed? ...Scared?
I most likely felt the last on the most, but I was not about to tell Rose that.
Instead, I said, "uhh... wow. Um..." Ah, yes, very smooth, Shadow. You get somebody pregnant and you can't even come up with a full sentence. Obviously, this is not my day...or months, I guess.
"I know you probably don't want the baby, Shadow," Amy said quietly, only looking at the ground. "I'm not going to force you into parenthood. I just thought you might want to know." She started to stand, and I forced her back down.
"What do you mean? This is partially my fault, Rose, and I am going to help. It is my...child," it was harder then it should've been to force out that word. I sighed, "does anyone else know?"
She nodded. "Rouge does." She grimaced, "we're going to have to tell them sometime."
I groaned. What have I done. A thought occurred to me. "Rose, are you... showing yet?"
"Yeah, at first, I thought I was getting fat," she laughed a little, it was forced, then became serious. "Shadow, what are we going to do?"
I shrugged, "I don't know, Rose." I stared at her stomach. She still looked skinny to me. She saw that I was looking.
"Do you want to see?" She asked. I thought for a moment. Did I? I was still trying to convince myself I was dreaming, this would make it too real.
But I nodded.
Rose pulled her shirt up, exposing her usually flat stomach. Sure enough, there was a small but defined bump between her hips.
I couldn't think.
So, I fainted.
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I was faintly aware of voices.
"So, Ames, what exactly happened?" Said a (very annoying) voice.
"Ummm, I told him something very shocking and he fainted." I recognized this as Amy. Good, she didn't tell him.
"What did you tell him?" oh, God. Tails, shut up! Don't tell them, Amy!
I knew it was useless. They couldn't hear me.
"None of you business," thanks, Rouge. At least she was on my side.
"No, Rouge, they need to find out sometime. And since everyone's here, I think I should say it." Rose took a deep breath, "guys, I'm pregnant."
It was silent for a moment then everyone started talking at once. The most asked question was, "who's the father?"
I decided to get up, no matter how sore I was. I groaned an everyone looked at me. "I am," I meant to say it strongly, but I was surprisingly very thirsty, so it came out weak.
"What?!"
I looked to the voice, and, sure enough, it was Sonic. I glared. He turned to Amy.
"Can I please talk to you for a minute... alone?" He said through his teeth. Rose nodded stiffly and followed him out the hallway. I just noticed I was in my room, and all eyes were on me.
"Shadow! What did you do?!"
Great, this was going to be a long day.
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Amy's POV (but only for a short time, probably only now.)
I was trying to take deep breaths as a followed Sonic to his room. I knew what he had to tell me, so I really didn't get the point.
He shut the door behind me and then stared - glared - at me. "Ames, what have you done?" He asked. It almost made me pity him. He sounded so hurt, so broken.
"I got pregnant." I said monotonously. I said it four times today, and I didn't even like saying it the first time to Rouge.
"But..why? And... with Shadow? Seriously, Amy, what happened? I can't believe you screwed around with that guy!" He yelled.
Oh, now I got it. This wasn't about me at all. This was about how I never slept with Sonic, even while dating. He was jealous, and I was immediately angry.
"I get it, you're just mad because it wasn't you! You hate it that Shadow had something you didn't." I said.
"No, no. Ames, you got it all wrong. I'm just trying to-"
"Don't even say you want to protect me, or you love me. Screw off!" And I was out the door.
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Shadow's POV
After a while, everyone left and I went for a walk. I saw something interesting.
Rose was crying again, and this time it wasn't my fault. It didn't make me feel any better, though.
"Rose? What's wrong?"
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How was it? Thanks again for the idea, Haley!
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