All Characters belong to Sega except John and Ms. Exanders
Ch. 11 News Flash
I wandered down the hallway mindlessly, making my way to my locker. It was too early for everyone else to be here, but I needed to get out of my house. All John and my mom talk about is the new baby. Who cares about the stinking baby? Not me obviously. They also keep talking about how great it's going to be when the adoption papers get approved. They think it's all going to be fun being joined together as a family, but I think it's going to be horrible. Just horrible. I spotted a figure standing near the locker next to mine. It was cleaning the locker out. Throwing away all the old papers they didn't need. I walked up to me slowly, trying not to make myself noticeable. He ignored me when my lock fell on the ground. I picked it up and opened my locker. I slung my backpack off my shoulder and started to put my homework in my locker. My eyes kept flicking over to him. He seemed different. More stiff. More lifeless. He hasn't been at school for the past three weeks and I was actually wondering what was happening. Though, I'm sure everyone else was too. I wanted to ask him what was up, hear his answer, and try to cheer him up, but I knew I couldn't. The whole dating thing had messed up our whole relationship. We could barely make eye contact in homeroom that day we broke up. It's been three weeks since then and yet I still feel that empty feeling in my heart.
"You know you missed two counselor sessions and the life-altering issue," I said to him, having no choice but to look at him.
"You're point," he replied.
"Since when do you not care about school?"
"Ever since I found more important things to worry about."
"But, if we fail this assignment-"
"It's part of our final grades, I know."
"Okay, just reminding you."
"I know what I'm doing."
"So you knew what you were doing when you skipped school for three weeks?"
"When do you suddenly care," he snapped
"I never said anything about-"
"Caring? I hear it in your voice. You're not fooling anyone Amy, especially not me," he said coldly before walking away. I watched him go, regretting that I had even said anything. Cream ran up the hallway, smiling brightly at me. She said hi to Sonic when she ran past and he did a little wave. It was a small gesture and I'm sure he probably smiled and winked at her too. She stopped running when she reached me. "Hi," she exclaimed.
"Hey, Cream," I replied.
"Did you hear?"
"Hear about what?"
"About Sonic, silly."
"No, I didn't hear anything. When did you suddenly become a gossip girl?"
"Ever since Ashley Morella sat in front of me."
"Oh. What were you going to tell me?" Her smile dropped and her eyes lowered.
"Crystal's in the hospital."
"What? Why? Is she okay?"
"I'm not sure right now. She just got diagnosed Friday."
"Diagnosed with what?"
"Leukemia."
"What?"
"I know. That's why Sonic hasn't been in school, in case you were wondering."
"That's crazy! Oh my gosh, I have to apologize!"
"Amy, don't do that."
"Why not?"
"Because you guys will just lose each other again. You'll comfort him and in a way he'll comfort you, but at the end of the day, you guys broke up."
"You're right. I totally agreed with him when he said 'I guess'. I'm such an idiot." Cream hugged me softly as small tears went down my cheeks.
I walked in the rain up to his front door. I took a deep breath before I knocked. He opened the door and his green eyes flashed with surprise. I held up the little present I was holding. "Just a little get well present," I said. He nodded once. He moved aside to let me in. The little house hit me with recognition. I walked up the stairs with Sonic behind me. I walked to her open door. I walked in. She was sitting up in her bed, coloring in a coloring book. She looked up when she heard my footsteps. She smiled and jumped out her bed. I bent down as she ran to me, her arms open. She hugged me tightly. I wrapped my arms around her too. I picked her up and spun her around, still wrapped up in our hug. She laughed, enjoying the spin. I put her down and held out the present. Her smile increased.
"For me," she asked happily. I nodded smiling. She took the present and went back up to her bed to open it. She ripped up the wrapping paper and opened the box. She took the little rag doll out of the box. It had bright blue hair, light blue button eyes, and a blue gown. Crystal smiled at her. "It's so different and special," she said.
"I used to have one except with red hair, green eyes, and a red dress," I said. Crystal smiled at me.
"Thank you Amy! I can't wait to go back to school and show all my friends what my big sister got me!" I was shocked at the term she had used for me. I had always dreamed of having a little sister (and it might come true) but never thought of her being from a totally different family.
"You think of me as your big sister," I asked. She nodded happily.
"The best big sister ever if you ask me!" She hugged the doll tightly. She was so happy. Was it because I was there?
"Amy, do you wanna play princess with me," she asked.
"You need to get you rest," I heard Sonic say. I had almost forgotten he was there.
"But I feel a lot better," she protested, "Plus I never get to see Amy."
"She can come back later." He walked up to her and put the box on the table near her bed. Crystal got into her bed, gripping the rag doll and laid down. "Goodnight Sonic. Goodnight Amy," she said. Her eyes fluttered shut and I saw sleep overtake her in a matter of seconds. I felt bad for her. Did she even know what was going on? I backed out the room and walked back downstairs. Sonic followed me. When I reached the door, I turned.
"Does she know," I asked.
"She knows that she's sick. She doesn't know the risk. I think it's better that way," he answered.
"Why?"
"She's seven Amy. She's going to let the thought overwhelm her. She's going to be scared. I don't want her to feel that way."
"But she shouldn't she at least know what's going on?"
"She knows that she's sick and she is sick. It's not going to be easy when she gets older. If she survives now."
"Why are you saying 'if'? Don't you believe in her?"
"I do, it's just that we caught it late and I don't know how good her body's going to work. Sure she seems fine, but she could faint or one of her muscles could go out at any time. This isn't just leukemia. It's so much more than that. I still have faith in her, but at the same time: you need to think 'what if'."
"Why think negative? Positive things are the things that you should keep in mind. Hope is what you need to carry in your spirit. Why can't you do that for her? She's all you have."
"Hope has failed me to many times. I don't believe in it anymore. And she may be all I have, but she's the one in control, not me."
"Sonic, she's a strong girl. Everything will be okay." I put my hand on his shoulder.
"Amy, I know, I know. I'm just-" He cut himself off and shook his head, lowering his eyes. "I'm just scared. She's always been the reason I kept fighting, but if she goes away: what more will I have to live for?"
"I'm scared too. For both of you. I do care about you Sonic, I just don't know how to prove it." He looked up at me and kissed me, but pulled away quickly. I felt my heart beat faster when he pulled away, the rush of reality setting in. Maybe that's why he pulled away so quickly. We broke up and it was way too soon for us to be even thinking about getting back together. Especially with everything going on. I looked into Sonic's eyes to see regret and loneliness. I'm sure the same things were in my eyes. Regret that we let each other go and the loneliness we felt without each other. "You should go, Crystal's not going to be up until like midnight," he said. He wanted me to go. He didn't even want me to stay and comfort him. He turned away from me and walked back up the stairs. I sighed and opened the door. I walked outside, closing the door behind me. It was raining harder now. I ran home in the rain, wanting another chance. Knowing I would never get one.
I looked over at Sonic who was writing fiercely in his notebook. We were in homeroom. Classes were canceled for today so we were stuck in homeroom all day. Ms. Exanders was at her desk, sleeping. The lights were off and it was raining outside again. My eyes went to Cream who was writing down notes from our literature book for English class. I looked at Scourge who looked bored. He was just sitting at his desk, though he was staring at Sonic. His eyes flicked to me and he smirked evilly. I turned away, his smirk scaring me. I looked back at Ms. Exanders who was drooling. Stupid teacher. I noticed a paper plane flying onto Sonic's desk. Sonic picked it up and read it. His hands almost ripped the paper just by gripping it. Another airplane landed on my desk. I opened it. Your boyfriend seems a little intimidated by this, don't you think? It said. I knew it was Scourge just by the sloppy handwriting it was in. I looked over at Sonic to see his head on the desk. Probably trying to fight his temper down. I moved my desk a little closer to his quietly. I touched his arm. He showed one eye to see who it was. "Ignore him," I mouthed. He picked his head off the desk and looked at me with both eyes. He pushed the note over to me. I didn't even look at it. Whatever Scourge said to Sonic, I didn't want to get into. He could have said something about me or Sonic or maybe even Crystal. The thought of her with such a sickness overwhelmed with sadness and anger. Crystal was too young to be going through all of this. I looked back to Scourge and his buddies who were snickering, looking at me and Sonic. I guess Sonic heard them too since he clenched his fists up. I put my hand over top of it. It reminded me of our first date when he had started telling me about his father. He's gone Amy. I remember those words as if they only came out his mouth yesterday. Crystal might soon be gone too. But I know I won't.
"Oh Sonic, I didn't know you had a child," Scourge bursted out. Everyone in the room laughed except me, Sonic, and Cream. Sonic growled and got up from his seat, turning to face his brother.
"If you have something to say than say it to my face," he yelled angrily. I looked at the teacher to see if she would do anything. She was sleeping like a baby still. I grabbed Sonic's arm, trying to pull him back down. Scourge smirked evilly as he got up from his seat.
"Well it's about time you stood up for yourself lil' bro." The students whooped and yelled happily. They were really enforcing this.
"Sonic, don't, please," I said, still clutching his arm.
"Shut up Amy," he snapped under his breath at me. Scourge got closer to Sonic.
"C'mon Sonic, I'll let you have the first hit or do you have to stay out of trouble for your little daughter?"
"Do not bring Crystal into this!"
"Why not? Is it because of leukemia? Or is it because you're losing faith in her? She'll be gone sooner than dad." I felt Sonic's hand shaking. Scourge's smirk got even eviler as he took step before he was straight in Sonic's face. "Maybe your little sidekick here will be next to go," he whispered. Scourge smirked as he punched Sonic in the stomach suddenly. Sonic ripped his arm out of the grasp and punched Scourge right in the jaw. I backed away. Sonic pushed Scourge into the wall before jabbing him in the stomach a bunch of times. Cream took my arm as I was about to make a move toward them. I wanted Sonic to stop. There was this look in his eyes that was full of pure rage. Scourge punched Sonic away and pushed him forcefully into one of the desks. Sonic fell to the ground. Scourge picked him up by his shirt and started throwing again. I couldn't watch anymore. I looked toward the door, wondering if I should go or just help Sonic. Cream pulled me back further as the fight was starting to come toward us. I took her hand and dragged her out the door with me. We ran down the dark hallway up to John's office quickly. I knocked on the door impatiently. When he finally opened the door, he seemed surprised at our presence.
"Ms. Rabbit. Amy. What can I do for you girls," he asked calmly.
"There- there's a fight in our classroom and we need help," Cream said. John's calm face dropped to worry. He started to run down the hallway just as kids started filing out their classrooms. Probably heard all the noise. Cream looked at me, squeezing my hand. "Told ya you didn't want to see him fight," she whispered.
"You did, but I never thought I would see-"
"The rage? That's why the whole school's out to see it. He seems so kind until he snaps his cap."
"But he was basically showing no mercy. Did you see when he slammed Scourge's head into the desk?"
"I thought you looked away."
"I peeked a few times." She sighed.
"We should get outta here before Fallows comes back."
"Yea, we should." We walked out of the office to a dark hallway where there were no students or teachers. All the classrooms were empty. We made the route to our classroom. When we got there, the students were all talking and the room was destroyed. Cream let out a low whistle. "This is a little step lower than their last fight," she whispered to me. So broken desks, a cracked chalkboard, broken down bulletin boards, and school utensils all over the floor were a little step down? Wow. News flash to me.
I walked onto his street, but stopped when I saw his house. I looked down at the little blue lilies in a pot I was gripping. I wondered if he would like them or if he thought they were for Crystal. I took a deep breath and continued walking. I knocked on his door and waited. I rocked on my heels after five minutes. Another five minutes passed. I kept making sure his car was there, which it was every time, but still no answer. I knocked again, louder. The door opened this time. Crystal looked up at me and smiled. I grinned at how cute and innocent she looked. "Hey Amy," she said.
"Hi Crystal, um is your brother home," I asked.
"Yes he is."
"Would it be alright I saw him?"
"Sure." She motioned for me to come in. I closed the door behind me. "Chrissie who was it," I heard Sonic's voice yell from upstairs. She tip toed up the stairs with me. I saw that Sonic's door was open. I walked in, my eyes fixed on him. His eyes were on me, flashes of surprise in them. Crystal walked down the hall leaving us alone.
"Hey," I said. I looked him over. Cuts near his eye, half black eye, broken rib, and that was about all I could see.
"What are you-" he started.
"Because I care. Just because we're not going out doesn't mean we can't be friends. You mean too much to me for me to just let you leave my life. Friends are always there for each other and even before we went out, you were always there for me. You're one of those guys who just come around once in a lifetime. You're one in a million. But you're my one in a million. You're just right for me and I don't care how long it takes for us to mend our relationship, but I know that I won't stop until you're mine again."
"Amy, you are so-"
"Very touching?" I smiled nervously.
"Dramatic," he laughed. I laughed with him.
"Well, I did take acting for a while so."
"You know what," he said getting up. I laughed as I put the plant down. He looked ready to run.
"Oh my, somebody please help me," I said in an old country girl voice.
"You are mine my pretty," Sonic said in a funny voice. I giggled and started running. He followed me down the stairs. He wrapped his arms around my waist as we reached the living room, having run around the house four times. He picked my feet off the ground a little.
"No one can save you now my pretty," he whispered in my ear. I giggled as I turned to face him. I automatically got lost in his eyes. He smiled as he bent his face closer to mine. His lips pressed onto mine gently, softly. I know friends don't kiss their friends, but then again I didn't mind. News Flash: Next stop, cupid's arrows piercing me and Sonic's hearts.
Hola! I was anticipating Sonic and Scourge's fight for way too long. I know there wasn't much detail, but my head was how i was going to get Amy and Sonic back together 3. Anyway, sry about the whole Crystal cancer thing. I wasn't thinking when i wrote that. Don't worry, she's not gonna die. It's gonna turn into something else. I told you guys that because i don't want to jump to crazy conclusions just yet. Anyway... PLEASE REVIEW!