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Ch. 12 Alone

I was going through my locker when I heard a voice behind me. "Hey ugly," it said. I turned and glared at Sonic who was trying not to smile. We had decided to go back to how it used to be before we got closer. Enemies again. "Stupid jock," I mumbled as I turned back to my locker.

"I'm sorry what was that," he asked.

"You heard me." He shoved me. I threw the textbook I was holding at him. I giggled at the sight of the textbook taking him down. "You are so gonna pay for that," he said, getting up.

"You wanna fight," I asked playfully. He smirked.

"Okay, when we have our little study group, I'll take you on."

"Okay, but Tails can't jump in it when I start kicking your butt." He snorted.

"No, Cream can't jump in it when I slam you into the ground."

"Ha nice joke Sonic."

"No you kicking my butt is a nice joke."

"No that's the future."

"Yea right." I saw Tails and Cream approaching us. I waved them to come over. They did.

"Hey you guys look… like you wanna kill each other," Cream said. Sonic smirked mischievously.

"Amy here thinks she can beat me. Please explain to her the real deal," he said.

"No, tell him the real deal," I shot back.

"Honestly, you both will probably knock each other out. In one night," Tails said. Sonic and I looked at him like he was crazy. He did not mean what I thought he meant. Cream started laughing as Tails did.

"Tails, dude, you're supposed to me on my side," Sonic said, blushing.

"Sonic, I am on your side. Amy, he can take you out any day anywhere," Tails said. I raised my eyebrows.

"No way, my girl Amy here will knock that giant brain out Sonic's head, or should we say meat gush since I think it all melted," she said. We high fived. The boys looked at each other and shook their heads. Sonic waved us off. "You guys can dream," he said. Tails nodded. Me and Cream looked at each other before looking back at them.

"What dream? It's going to be reality, you two wait," I said before walking off. Cream followed me, snapping her fingers in both of their faces as she walked by. I smiled at her. She smiled back. We walked to homeroom and took our seats. Ms. Exanders was writing something on the board. I looked at the back of the room and saw Scourge talking with his friends. He started laughing and I actually saw how cute he was. He caught my stare and did a nod to me, smiling. I smiled back thoughtlessly. His smile increased, but dropped when someone entered the room. I looked and saw Sonic. I held up my fist. He looked at it and raised his eyebrows. I fought a giggle. Sonic took his seat next to me. Sonic banged his fists quietly under his desk. "Boy," I whispered to him.

"Girl," he whispered back. I shut myself up, knowing that this little whatever you want to call it was going to end up nowhere. I kinda wished that we could talk like we used to and act like friends instead of frienemies. I mean he kissed me and then said he just wanted to start out as enemies again. Who does that? Only Sonic and other guys who like hiding their feelings.

I walked into Tails' gigantic house. There were a lot of giant windows that stood as walls and the house was mostly white. Cream, me, Sonic, and Tails all went up to Tails' room where he said he was going to video tape me and Sonic fighting. Well play fighting. I walked into the room and someone picked me up. I had forgotten he was behind me. He threw me over his shoulder. I started punching on his back. Cream started laughing. "What now Amy," Sonic said. I could hear him laughing.

"I so wasn't ready," I replied. He put me down. "Okay, whenever you're ready," he said. Cream and Tails sat on the bed, Tails with his video camera aimed at us. "Ready," I said quickly before grabbing Sonic's head in a headlock. Sonic's hands went to my arms and tried to unlock my hands. When he found out that wasn't going to work, he wound his arms around my waist. I giggled, happy that he couldn't get out. He squeezed me tightly. I let go and Sonic picked me up again. He play slammed me, lowering me to the floor. He threw small punches at my stomach. He was laughing and I noticed that I was too. The punches tickled. I sat up and lightly punched him in the stomach. He pretended that it hurt and fell onto his back. I laughed and turned him over so that I sat on his back. "Alright I give," I heard Sonic mumble. I got off him. He got up too, smiling.

"Sonic, you just got beat up by a girl, how do you feel," Tails asked, getting closer to Sonic.

"That's a girl with strength and I'm not worried, I'll get her next time," he replied with a laugh. I smiled at him; at least he took the win easily.

I walked into my own house, happy to be home. It was freezing outside. I took off my coat, scarf, hat, and gloves. I walked into the living room and saw my mom and John sitting on the couch. John looked like he had some kind of bottle in his hand. "Amelia, we have been over this a million times about your curfew," my mother said.

"I know, but I was with my friends and we lost track of time," I replied. I heard John mutter a word under his breath. "I'm telling the truth," I said.

"Are you telling the truth? I think not. You walk in here at eight o' clock like it's nothing when you know you're supposed to be home at six thirty. Your mother and I have been waiting. Do you know how worried we were?"

"No, but I didn't have my phone, I left it here so I couldn't call to-"

"You're on my last nerve Amy, and that's somewhere you really don't want to be."

"What have I been doing that affects you?"

"How you treat your mother!" he yelled, getting up. "You treat her like it doesn't matter how she feels or what she wants! It's always about you isn't it?"

"John you're-"

"Answer my question before I go over there and make you answer it!"

"John stop," my mom said touching his arm. He ripped his arm away and grabbed her arm and pulled her up fiercely. He shook her, looking at me.

"You don't care about her!" he yelled before throwing her across the room. I felt tears falling down my cheeks. He came toward me. "Don't touch me," I yelled. I tried to back away, but he grabbed my arm. He pulled me closer and shook me so hard that it hurt.

"You're a little brat, you know that," he yelled in my face. I looked over at my mother and saw that she hit her head; she was unconscious and her head was bleeding. I felt a cold hand slap me hard. I fell onto the ground. John pulled my back up and smacked me again, harder this time. I reached for something, anything that could get us some help. John went over to my mother. I turned away and reached for the house phone. I got it and ran as fast as I could up to my room. I shut and locked the door. I dialed 911. "Hello, emergency," I said.

"Yes, how may we help you," the female voice on the other line asked.

"It's my step dad. I don't know what's wrong with him, but my mother, she needs help. He threw her and her head is bleeding."

"Okay honey, where are you?"

"5683 Alervoe Street."

"We'll be there right away," the woman said before hanging up. I waited for a few minutes until I heard the sirens approach my street. I heard them open the door and take a screaming John out. I heard them walking around. I heard a gasp at my mother's helpless body. I heard a light knock on my door. I got up from my bed and opened it. A police woman was standing there. She had sky blue fur, light blue eyes, and her curly quills fell down to her shoulders. She looked a little like Crystal. "Hey sweetie," she said.

"Hi Officer."

"No, call me Diamond. Diamond the Hedgehog's the name. May I ask yours?"

"A- Amy Rose. Um if you don't mind my asking, is Sonic the Hedgehog your son?" She laughed.

"Son? Oh no, that's my nephew. You know, your name sounds familiar. Are you that girl he's always telling me about? He's told me about your bright green eyes." I blushed. He talked about me.

"Um yea, we're friends."

"Oh c'mon, no need to blush and be secretive. He's a nice boy; his brother is what I'm concerned about."

"Scourge? Yea, he's well… him." Diamond smiled at me.

"I like you. You're much better than Sally; ugh I was glad he got rid of that one." I smiled.

"I was too." Diamond's smile dropped.

"Baby, I have some bad news for you." My smiled vanished quicker than hers. Tears built up in my eyes.

"Please don't tell me she's-" I couldn't say it. Diamond looked down.

"We got here too late. I'm sorry." She put her hand on my shoulder. My tears spilled out of my eyes. Diamond pulled me into a hug. She led me downstairs and to her police car. She drove me to the station where she stayed with me, giving me tissues and helping me dry my tears.

John was going to be put in jail for life, my mother was gone, and now I was all alone. Diamond kept telling me to be strong, but I just kept crumbling. The station door opened and I saw Sonic walking through the hallway. I got up and ran to him. He spotted me and walked toward me. I went into his arms and cried my eyes out. He held me close, not caring if we weren't going out, crushing me to his chest. I held on to him tightly as if he was my only life preserver in my sea of sadness. He was my key to feeling better and I was never going to let him go. I could feel Diamond's eyes on us, but I knew she was happy. She wanted me to be with him. Sonic kissed the top of my head before pulling away a little so he could see me. "Shh, Amy, things are going to be alright," he said. I shook my head.

"No it's not. I'm alone now. I have no parents and my family is all the way across the country. How are things going to be okay," I choked between my tears. He led me back to the chairs me and Diamond were sitting me, though Diamond was behind the front desk talking to another officer. He sat down and cradled me on his lap.

"I was alone once too. It was scary and hard. Every day I wished that something would take me away from this world, from this life. I didn't know my place and it was rough. Each morning I used to wake up feeling myself lose my humanity little and little each time. I used to think that one day I would wake up and have no emotion. That I would do something I'd regret. Every night I would hope and hope for something good. Hope failed me. It was the one thing I had that I believed in, but yet it didn't work. Crystal got taken away and I saved her. I hoped that we would come out safely, but when we came out of that house: we were in the worse condition. I did what I could alone, without hope. I kept up my grades and got involved in sports. I found Sally. But, yet every day I felt like something was missing. That's when you came along." He smiled at me. "You're not alone like I was. You have so many people who care about you. You have a lot of people who would love to give you a hand. You still have hope in your heart and even though it didn't go far for me, that doesn't mean it won't be a savior for you."

I was too heartfelt to even have any words. Sonic gave me a speech to help me get through the rough times. Hope was a helper. Sonic is my savior.

I hugged him tightly and his arms tightened around me. "Thank you. No other person has ever made me feel this good in my whole life," I whispered in his ear.

"You're welcome. No other person has ever made me come clean without even trying. You're the only person who knows the real me, not the jock me and that's what brings joy to my heart about you," he whispered back. I smiled and kissed his cheek. I wasn't alone, I had Sonic with me.

Deep stuff. I had to put some happiness at the beginning of the chap before i got into all of this dark moody stuff. Yes John was drunk and i feel really bad about torturing Amy. I never did it before it and now i feel really bad, but why do i just automatically do it to Sonic, that's not fair. Anyway, i have no clue how Amy and Sonic's relationship is going. Are they friends? Are they enemies? Do they like each other again? I think the thrid one, but not sure. Maybe i'll set her up with Scourge...NOT. Anyway, PLEASE REVIEW!