The Next Day

The day was finally here. It was Christmas. Amy woke up in an unfamiliar bed and took in her surroundings. Last night's events came to her like a ton of bricks. She left Sonic. Tears collected in the pink hedgehog's eyes. She was so sad. "No need to sit here crying about it." She murmured to herself.

After getting a warm shower and tidying up her new apartment, Amy got online again looking for a job. She'd need an income if she wanted to keep her home. One job stood out against the rest, a flower shop just down the street needed someone to tend to the plants. Watering them, clipping them, and putting new one's in clay pots. Amy always loved gardening, so she planned on putting in her application tomorrow.

"I remember black skies, the lightning all around me. I remember each flash, the sky began to burn." Amy's ring tone went off. She sighed and went to check who it was. It was Cream.

"Hello?"

"Merry Christmas Amy." Cream's sad voice was heard from the speaker.

"Hey Cream. How is everyone?"

"We miss you so much! Mr. Sonic is still out looking for you. Please come home!"

Amy sighed, "I can't come home Cream. Not after what he did to me. I'm through. I promise to come visit you every chance I get but, I just can't see him. It'll hurt to much."

"He misses you too Amy…when Tails called him from the communicator, he sounded like he was crying."

The bowl the Amy held dropped from her hands, shattering on the floor. "What?" She whispered.

"Tails told him to come home, that he wasn't going to find you, but Sonic said 'no I need her, she can't leave me!"

Tears spilled down her cheeks. Why would Sonic need her? After all, she was just an annoying fan girl, as he repeated to her all the time. Maybe… he did have feelings for her. She dismissed the thought as fast as it came. Who was she kidding? He probably just felt guilty that he made her leave and that everyone was mad at him.

"Amy? Are you still there?" Cream asked worriedly.

"Y-yeah. He probably just needs me to follow him around. Me leaving probably took a big hit to his ego." Venom spilled from her words, she was glad that she left. Maybe he could feel the hurt that she always felt when he rejected her.

"No Amy! He loves you! I heard him talking about it a few days ago with Tails! I swear!"

This made Amy stop cold, "W-what? Why didn't you tell me earlier?" He loved her? No way, she had to be lying.

"I tried to last night before you left. I didn't before because he said that he was going to."

A million questions ran through Amy's mind. Was this true? When did he start liking her? Why did he run away all the time? The realization of what she'd done suddenly dawned on her. She left because she felt sorry for herself. She had to go back, Sonic needed her.

"Cream, meet me at the airport, I'm coming home."

Cream squealed and went to tell the others. They were getting their friend back.

Sonic ran faster than he ever ran before. He needed to get his mind of her. She obviously wasn't coming back. Tears collected in the corners of his eyes. He felt so stupid! Why didn't he tell her earlier? Then she wouldn't have left, and would be safe in his arms. But now, she was gone. Another hedgehog could come and sweep her off her feet, and he couldn't do anything about it. Just the thought made his blood boil.

Suddenly, he stopped and ran towards a tree, punching it as hard as he could which made it fall down. He was just about to find another one to hit when he heard his communicator go off. He sighed, "What Tails?"

"Sonic! You have to come back, Amy's coming home!"

Sonic froze in mid-punch. "What?"

"We're going to get her at the airport. Meet us there!" With that the screen went black.

A big grin erupted on the cobalt hedgehog's face. He didn't know how or why, but his girl was coming home. And this time, he wasn't messing up.

Amy took a deep breath and walked out of the terminal. Everyone ran towards her, hugging and crying. Well, at least the girls were. "Don't ever do that again Amy!" Rouge cried, "You had me worried!"

"You don't know how much I want to hit you right now." Knuckles growled.

"Welcome home Amy." Silver murmured.

Amy smiled and tried not to cry. Knowing how much her friends truly cared about her. Once everyone broke apart she saw a blue hedgehog standing in the distance. His eyes were cast down, looking at the sidewalk his ears flattened. Amy sighed and walked towards him. Even when she was right in front of him he still didn't meet her eyes. "Sonic."

"Hey Ames." He mumbled.

"Sonic, look at me. Hey, look at me." She tilted his head up. "I'm not mad at you. Cream…told me something that you did."

He stared at her curiously. Cream couldn't have heard their conversation, could she? "W-what?"

Amy scuffed her shoe, a little embarrassed. "Um, that you…told Tails something, about me."

She did hear. Sonic's cheeks became a bright red, "Oh yeah, that."

"Is it…true?"

Sonic took in a deep breath, trying to resist the urge to run. This was the part he couldn't mess up. If he did Amy could be gone forever. He looked her in the eyes, a determined stance lining his features, "Yeah. It is. I've liked you since…well I don't even remember. The reason I run away is, well, I guess because I get nervous. But I do, I love you Ames, always have."

Amy stood there, frozen. She couldn't believe it. Sonic the hero of Mobius, loved her. "B-but, you could have any other girl in the world, so why, why would you pick me I'm-"

"Beautiful. And don't let anyone tell you otherwise. I promised I'd never leave you again, and I won't. But you have to promise me something."

"What?"

He caressed her cheek with his gloved hand, "That you'll never, ever leave me either."

Amy jumped into his arms, giving him a quick peck on the lips. Pulling back she smiled at his reaction, "I promise. You're the best Sonnikku."

He grinned at the nickname, "Thanks Ames. Let's get home, we still have presents to unwrap."

Everyone cheered at this and piled in the X-Tornado. Sonic and Amy stood on the wing. Sonic protectively keeping a strong arm around her waist. Once they got back to Rouge's they all ran to the Christmas tree, getting back into party mode. Amy sat on the couch watching her friends when someone tapped on her shoulder.

"Hey, can you come here for a second?" She nodded and let Sonic lead her to another room. "Close your eyes, and open your hand."

She giggled but did what he asked. Something soft and rectangular was put in her gloved palm. "Okay, open them."

It looked like a velvet jewelry box. She glanced up at Sonic with wide eyes, who grinned back. With shaking hands she slowly opened the lid, and started crying at what she saw.

It was a golden locket.

Inside was two pictures of herself and Sonic together. There was an inscription on the back, it read, "I will never, ever leave you. -Sonic"

"Can you help me put it on?" She asked in a choked whisper.

Sonic gingerly took the locket and laced it around her neck. He stood back and saw how it looked on her. "Perfect."

Tears still streaming, she murmured, "Thank you so much Sonic. This, this is the best gift anyone has ever gotten me."

He smiled at her reaction. Honestly, he was a little worried if she'd like it or not. But his worries were diminished now. He took the petite girl in his arms, burying his face in her quills. "You're welcome."

Once they broke apart Amy took something out of her bag. It was a large, gift wrapped box. Thank God she didn't take it back when she left. Sonic ripped the sparkly paper and looked inside. It was a new hover board. "I worked hard to get my Christmas bonuses so I could get that custom made. It's stainless steel, and your name is engraved on the back with the teams logo."

Sonic turned it over and sure enough there it was in blue letters. "Wow Ames, this is amazing. Thank you so much." He hugged her again.

She giggled, "It's the fastest one they had. I know you hate anything that goes less than 200 miles per hour."

Sonic chuckled, "You know me well. Alright, I'm done kidnapping you, let's go back and see the others. I'm sure they're wondering where you are right now." He put an arm around her shoulder and guided her out.

Once they came into view the whole team burst out laughing. Sonic and Amy looked at each other confusedly. Rouge walked over and pointed upwards. When they saw what it was they both turned red.

It was the mistletoe.

Amy turned to Sonic, "If-if you don't want to-"

He cut her off, kissing her passionately. They all clapped for the new couple. A few of the guys cheering Sonic on.

When they finally broke apart, panting slightly. Sonic grinned widely and put a finger under her chin. "Love ya Ames."

Tears glistened in her eyes at his words, "I love you too Sonnikku."

This had to be by far, the best Christmas the two hedgehogs had ever had.

The End.