Sorry for the wait. School and work have been getting in the way! Don't sue me!
Haha, I'll try to update as much as I can. (Really, really spaced out updates is all I can do right now, sorry! I hope it'll change.) The only time in the nearest future that updating may come faster, would be winter break, but even that's a whole two months away. Sorry!
On another note, it seems as though the third instalment of the series is not only based on Tails, but on Shadow and Skye, too.
Anyways, I do hope with all of my heart that you guys enjoy this, even though it took the good of what, two months to make? Three maybe? I dunno.
Enjoy!
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Shadow's POV
Tails being out of the way for the day gave me a nice two hours to relax after my outing with the two idiots. Shopping for Silver's tuxedo proved harder then I would have thought. Skye had come about an hour ago, so we were just hanging around watching TV while eating delivery pizza. Because of recently proposing to her, and her saying yes, I felt a really heavy weight lift off of my shoulders. I looked at her beside me, sitting on the couch that we spent so many nights together on, whether it be talking, playing bored games, or simply watching TV. Her cheeks were tinted pink, and the way the light from the TV hit her ring, it made it look like it was glowing.
"Shadow?" Skye started as she turned toward me, "What's up?"
I shook my head and gave her a crooked smile, "Nothin', I kind of spaced out for a moment."
"Okay, Shadow," Skye added with a giggle. She shifted her position on the couch and pecked my lips. After doing so, she cuddled into my chest. She rested her hand on her bulging stomach. "You know that we love you, right?"
"Yeah, and I love you two as well." I replied. We. It wasn't just Skye anymore, but it was Skye and our baby, too. I was going to be a father in less than two months. I felt my heart skip a beat at this thought but reminded myself to keep a cool head.
My thoughts were interrupted with the door opening. I turned and saw Tails walking through the door and kicking off his shoes, so I checked my watch to see what time it was. It read; 10:02pm. He walked into the room and dropped his jacket onto the reclinable chair which sat right beside the couch.
"Hey guys," Tails said, sinking into the chair. He smelled of cigarettes and Katy Perry perfume. He must have been really close to a female at some point of the day.
"Hey Tails," Skye said, "Did you hang around with Amy after we left?"
Tails' cheeks went a slight shade of pink but he promptly shook it off. "Yeah, we just hung out in the car."
Tails shot a glance at me and I took it in slowly, trying to define his actions. The question of him being truly innocent or just putting on a facade to throw us off of what really happened when he was hanging out with Amy was running through my mind slowly. Tails had been doing so well after he got out of the hospital and I personally didn't want him falling back into the depression that he suffered from prior to his incident.
"Tails, would you like to come outside for a smoke with me?" I asked, standing up slowly while giving support to Skye as she changed her positioning on the couch.
"Sure," Tails replied with a questioning tone to his voice. He got up and pulled his jacket on, walking into the main entrance to put his shoes on. I turned to Skye.
"I'll be right back, hun," I stated. She nodded with a smile and directed her focus to the TV. I walked to the doorway and threw my jacket and shoes on, pushing the door open and joining Tails on the porch.
"So how was your day?" I asked him while I reached into my pockets for the pack of cigarettes. I pulled a smoke out of the pack and put it to my lips, looking at Tails. "Lighter?"
Tails passed his lighter to me and I lit my smoke. He already had a lit cigarette in his hand.
"It was good," Tails replied, taking slowly and comprehensively, "Why?"
"Oh, no real reason," I replied, playing it dumb. I took a puff of my cigarette. "Hang out with Amy today?"
Tails looked at me with an unreadable expression. "Yeah, I did."
We stood there in mostly silence. The only sound other then the winter wind was our breaths every time we took a pull of our cigarettes.
"Just... Be careful, okay?" I said to Tails. Tails turned to me with a confused face.
"Whad'ya mean?" Tails replied, blowing out smoke, "Shadow, you're acting really weird today. You on somethin'?"
"Tails, just..." I started but trailed off, directing my view toward the ground. I felt a hand on my shoulder and looked up to see Tails smiling at me.
"Don't worry, Shadow," Tails started, giving me a thumbs up with his other hand, "I got it."
I smiled and ruffled Tails' hair. Tails laughed and chucked his cigarette butt into the wet snow. "Now come inside before we catch pneumonia. It's cold like ice out here!"
I smiled and flicked my cigarette into the snow. It seemed like my job here was done. Once I was inside, I saw Tails walking up the stairs with a few shopping bags in his hand. I shrugged and collapsed onto the couch next to Skye. She shifted her position to the one she was in previously to Tails' entrance.
My thoughts shifted back to my fiancé and her rapidly approaching date of giving birth. Was I truly ready for a commitment of this magnitude?
"Are you okay, Shadow?" Skye asked, looking up at me while muting the TV, "you seem to have a lot on your mind."
I looked at Skye and put on the phoniest smile that I ever cooked up. "Yeah, I'm perfectly fine, babe."
She gave me a disgruntled expression and I directed my focus back to the TV. A couple seconds later, I heard a clicking sound and the TV turned off. I turned back to Skye who was holding the remote, her thumb resting on the power button.
"Shadow," Skye started, her tone changing to a more compassionate one, "You are by far the worst liar that I have ever met. Can you seriously tell me what's wrong?"
I sighed and looked up at Skye, and noticed the intensity of her gaze. To be honest, I felt slightly intimidated and looked down at my hands. "No."
Skye immediately responded to my answer with a, "Come on, Shadow, just tell me!"
"No," I responded, this time adding a lot more finality into my tone of voice. Skye sighed and I looked away from my hands and back up to her. She was reaching to her left hand and slipped off the engagement ring I had given her the night before. She put it down on the table in front of us, crossed her arms and focused her gaze right at me.
I felt my stomach summersault all around my insides, and my gaze turned promptly to the ring that was now laid on the table. I looked back up at Skye, and saw the tears that threatened to escape the hospitality of her tear glands.
"If you can't be honest with me," Skye started, getting up from the couch, "Then why are we getting married?"
She started walking toward the door, but my legs buckled and halted my ability to get up and chase her. My head fell into my hands and I let out a prolonged sigh. My mind was running amuck, and then, finally...
"Skye, wait!" I got up and dashed toward the door, coming to a stop a few feet away from her. She now had her appropriate attire for the weather on, complete with gloves and a hat. She looked at me dead in the eye, and I saw that her former building of tears had already escaped their home, running down her face. She had her phone in her hand; my guess was that she was calling her dad, Nelson.
I felt tears of my own start to emerge from my eyes. I walked closer to her, until our noses threatened to touch, and collapsed onto my knees. I hugged her waist tenderly, and kissed her stomach.
"I love you," I started, my own tears already escaping my eyes, "I love you both. Please don't leave me, I need you. I need my family."
I felt her arms wrap around my neck, and I heard start to sob. "I love you, Shadow. I love you, I love you..."
Her voice was blocked out by my own sobbing. I cried into her stomach and gingerly kissed it again, looking up at her face afterward. She looked down on me and helped me to my feet. I took hold of her hand and led her back to the couch, still sobbing.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry..." She whispered as we sat back down on the couch. Still crying, I laid down in her lap and cried a bit harder. I only started to calm down when I felt her run her fingers through my hair.
At this moment I felt safe, even with the current circumstances. My crying was hushed and was replaced with a light sob. Skye didn't say anything. She was waiting for me to fully calm down.
When I was calm enough, I sat up and wiped away at my eyes. My view was shifted toward my hands. I was starting to feel sick to my stomach.
"I'm scared." I declared in a whisper. I felt Skye's hand grasp onto mine, our fingers intertwining with one another. I looked up at her, and her gaze was fully on me, giving me her undivided attention.
"Of what?" She whispered. She started tracing circles on my hand, and I instantly felt a wave of calmness come over me.
"The baby." I once again declared. There was much more finality in my voice this time. Skye nodded and her expression explained that she fully understood what I was talking about, and that I had to explain no more.
Skye looked me in the eyes and brought her hand up to touch my face. "I am, too."
I nodded and shifted my position so that I could lay back down on her lap. I still was focused on her face.
"But I'm also really excited about it, Shadow!" Skye started, a small smile growing on her face. "It's totally natural to have a baby, and there's no one in the world that I would rather have a baby with then you."
She looked back down at me and a small smile started to grow on my face, too. She held my hand and smiled at me. There was something about her that always seemed to calm me down.
The ring, I thought, and I got up and reached over to pick up the ring from the table. I got up and kneeled in front of Skye. Her cheeks turned pink,
"Will you marry me?" I whispered. I took her left hand and slipped the ring onto her ring finger. She smiled and leaned forward.
"Yes, Shadow." She said. She kissed me on my lips and I felt my heart skip a beat. When we broke the kiss, I felt my cheeks heat up. Silently, I resumed my position on the couch and laid my head in her lap.
"Shadow?" She asked after a few minutes of silence, "Can you promise me something?"
"Anything," I replied and looked up at her. Her face was so content that she looked as if she could fall asleep momentarily.
"Promise me that you'll never keep anything from me again," She stated. I reached over to her hand and held it tightly.
"I promise, Skye," I said. "No matter what."
Skye smiled and leaned down to kiss my lips. I happily kissed her back. After the kiss we shared a loving smile and she leaned more toward the arm rest of the couch. I got off of her lap and laid down beside her, with my head resting on her breasts. I silently laid there, listening to the steady beating of her heart and the rhythm of her breathing. Eventually I started to feel my eyelids get heavy, so I looked up at her face.
"Skye?" I whispered, failing to get a response. She looked so peaceful sleeping there. I laid back down and resumed listening to her heart.
My eyes were threatening to fall out because of the heaviness of my eyelids so I closed them. My mind wondered over the day, and I realized that now that Skye and I had gotten over this bump, we would be able to get over anything. Finally feeling at peace, I felt myself fall asleep.
There, finished. A three month wait, (Possibly longer.) Sorry guys, I wish I could update more. I'll try my hardest!
Anyways, now for some review replies!
Ilfucallfu: Thank you so much! Hope this chapter left you satisfied!
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Kitsune Disciple: I totally understand, my friend. I tried to bring love back in this chapter, I hope I succeded! Thanks!
Zephyr the Fox Wolf: There will be some lemons in this fic, just a warning. And thank you for the review! Tails will quit. Eventually. Haha
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Ezzekiel: Haha, thanks for the comment and I'm glad I'm getting better at writing such... Ahem, erotic scenes! Haha, thanks for the comment, my friend! :D
Anyways, thank you all for the reviews and keep them coming! They inspire me and I hope I can update this as much as I would hope. I want to finally put an end to my debut series and start on my next one which already has a few chapters written out. :]
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