A/N: WOW, thnak you guys for waiting! It feels really good to have very patient supporters, I was almost fearing you would lash on me like another person once did when I delayed on a fic O-o

Well, thankfully the rain seems to have cancelled classes so I have plenty of time to write the fic. Although not so thankful over here since we may get flooded if the rainstorm forecast was right... XD

Anyways, enjoy!


CHAPTER 7: PARTY PREPARATIVES

In which Tails and Amy prepare Sonic's Welcome Back party... as well as something else!


Sonic took some time to locate the student towers after stepping foot into the campus. The buildings were far away, tucked in the back of the campus; and after noticing this, Sonic leaped into the dim-lighted plaza towards his destination.

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"It's such a great thing the university allowed us to throw Sonic a big party in the campus' plaza!" Tails chirped with joy as he was adjusting his Miles Device, "Don't you think?"

"Yeah!" Amy replied, "If I had known this sooner, I would have totally started planning it here~" she smiled and did a little spin as she walked towards a desk, "Ooh, Sonic's going to be so happy when he knows we got him this huge place to party on!"

"No doubt about that," Tails hummed as he placed down his M. Device and passed Amy some blank paper sheets, "I still wonder if Sonic would like the huge party or not. I mean, after all, it's his, isn't it?" he shrugged.

Amy brought the sheets to a fax machine and placed them in a table nearby, "Well, I know he loves to party, so that's a plus," she huffed, "And besides, he can get some time alone with me... remember?" she swooned, playing with her hair (or quills?).

Tails just rolled his eyes. Amy's plan was to spend a time alone with Sonic before or after the party, that probably meant going out on a date. He smiled afterwards though, since it had been a while since Sonic and Amy chatted about something else that wasn't the location of the next Gaia Temple, she had the absolute right to talk to him as her friend. Although the fox wasn't sure wether Sonic would like to make time for a full blown date or not.

"So..." Tails started, "What are you planning for the *ahem* date?" he laughed.

"Well, I'm not really sure right now," Amy admitted, "I just hope I can come up with something soon..."

"You better do," Tails ushered, "Especially if you want to do that tomorrow."

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Sonic leaped into a nearby building's rooftop to take a better look at the windows of the student towers, some of them had the curtains and were lit, others didn't have them and were dark, and just a few were both lit AND open. Sonic squinted his eyes as he tried to make out the figures of the people who had their windows open.

"Found you!" Sonic chirped as he found the window of Tails and Amy's room and thought of a way to get near that place.

After looking around long enough Sonic flung his arm at a ledge of a nearby window and launched himself to the building. Carefully he managed to grab the ledge with two hands and impulsed himself to stand on it. With his face turned sideways, Sonic looked up at his friends' window and slowly tried to launch his left arm to grab its ledge.

After a slow manouver the werehog finally managed to grab onto the desired ledge and held it with two hands, now all he needed to do was peek a little bit to spoil the surpri- ERR, eavesdrop like a pro.

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Tails and Amy were away from the window, so none of them really noticed Sonic spying on them.

"Oh- Oh!" Amy squealed as she flipped the pages of a cooking book, "I think I got an idea!"

"Really?" Tails asked, typing something into a computer, "What exactly?"

"Mybe I could take Sonic out for dinner!" Amy chirped, not noticing a certain werehog frowning in confusion, "After all, he really likes trying out new food and stuff!"

"You know, that's actually a good idea!" Tails shrugged, "And it gave me an idea for the party, we should add more food than just snacks!"

"Yeah!" Amy agreed, inching towards the door blissfully, "Oh, and maybe I can also get Sonic to go with me to the park! I'm sure he'll enjoy that!" she swooned. Now, Amy wasn't always thinking about Sonic, and when she was she wasn't extremly fixated on him. But she couldn't help but daydream about a perfect date with him every now and then, the pink hedgehog had a crush, after all.

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Sonic was a bit confused at the stuff Amy was chattering about. For one part, she and Tails were talking about the party, but on the other side, she was talking about taking him on a date! Sonic felt a bit uneasy, because not only he just discovered that, but if the date truly went on, what would happen? Would it be a short afternoon get-along or would it continue after dark?

Sonic snapped back and noticed Amy getting closer, so he shifted his hands to the sides of the ledge and hid his head.

"I wonder were Sonic is now," sighed Amy, "Maybe he's thinking about us right now (and maybe about me especifically)..."

"Oh no..." Sonic whispered, that just sounded incredibly cheesy to him.

"Huh?" Amy asked, looking out the window, then turning back to Tails, "Did you say something?"

"No, why?" Tails asked, standing up and walking towards Amy.

"I heard someone replying to my sayings," eeked Amy, "Must have been a student or something."

"Yeah, that must have been."

Both Tails and Amy walked away from the window, and Sonic almost sighed in relief. That was pretty close, no more snarks from him, no matter how silent they were.

The werehog decided he'd stop eavesdropping and swinged back to where he came from.

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"You know, I wonder why Sonic hasn't showed up yet..." Amy pondered, "Do... Do you think he still transforms into that?"

"Nah, can't be," Tails assured, "He was perfectly fine back in Apotos, besides, he just kind of wanted to go on a run tonight, right?"

"Yeah, but, what if he still became a uh, werehog -yeah- at night?"

"Well, it seems unlikely, but I guess he'd have to tell us first. Finding out by accident seems harsh..."

"I agree..."


A/N: Whew! Short chapter, I know, but it was supposed to be a transition chapter anyways. However I'm really happy, because I'm finally back and the inspiration for this fic returned :)

Until the next chapter, folks!