HAPPY 2016 EVERYONE!
As the saying goes a new year a new me, huh?A lot of things have happened this year and a lot of things were learned. Same with everyone else.

Move on onto this next year with a new vibe and impression!

But first read the newest chapter!

Hope you like it guys :D

Only love can hurt like this- Paloma Faith

Chapter 6: Nice

"This isn't good, Amy," Amy's teacher claimed, flipping over test by test. They sat on a desk facing each other during lunch time while everyone was gone. Amy set her head downcast and placed both her hands on each lap.

"This is your last year. With such low marks how can you possible think of graduating?" The teacher's words felt like a knife stabbing her and turning at the wound.

"I'm sorry," She muttered lamely.

"Why are you apologizing? Try harder for the upcoming test." He advised her standing up from the chair. "That's all."

Amy stood up and made her way out of the classroom. She blew air up at her bangs to move them away from her face.

It was still lunchtime and she had time to eat but to go all the way to the rooftop and then come back down to class, there was only a few minutes left, there was no point. She walked down the halls pondering how she could get her grades up to a 'C' at least. She could study for hours and still not understand the basic concepts. She went to her locker and sat in front of it on the floor slumping down. It was hopeless.

She took out her lunchbox and began to eat it quickly before the bell would sound to head to the next class.

She avoided looking up at any passing faces and focused all her attention on the topic at hand.

Her grades.

Her worst subjects were math and history. Her second worst subject was English and Science. All that involved art was good, but that was insignificant compare to the main subjects. If she could somehow borrow some really good notes she'd be safe to go by that.

An image of Sonic flashed across her mind, but she shook her head. Bad idea.

She didn't want to ask Sonic for help since he didn't want her bothering him, but she was running out of options. He was one of the smartest kids in school within her reach. The idea was slowly flowing in and she held her head as if it caused pain inside her head. Convincing him was going to be hard. She could always use the mom card.

"Amy?"

Her thoughts were broken away and her eyes glanced up. In front of her was Sally, two of her friends and Sonic. Sonic! Speak of the devil.

Her eyes flung wide open and she heart nearly leaped out of her throat. "What are you doing here?" Sally asked.

"Me? I-I was just…" She looked around and noticed her lunchbox. "Eating," She finished.

"Alone?" She said in a questioning tone.

A sentence of lies escaped her mouth before she could stop it. "I'm waiting for my teacher to come back."

"Really? If you want we can accompany you here." Sally offered with her friendly smile.

Amy tried her hardest not to look at Sonic, but her eyes slipped over to him. He made no signs of disapproval or knowledge towards her presence. He walked around them to his locker. Amy grabbed her stuff and stood up bowing at Sally. "It's okay. I was just finishing my lunch. I'm going to check right now. See you,"

They watched the retreating figure briskly make her way around the students. Sally frowned a bit disappointed. Her friends appeared on each side of her arms and shook their heads simultaneously.

"It's a good thing she was busy," One of the girls said.

"We got lucky,"

Sally gave them stern looks pulling her arms back and walking in front of them. "Stop saying mean things like that."

"The truth hurts," One of them stated almost nonchalantly.

Appalled, she turned to Sonic for help, but he wasn't looking at them. He had his eyes closed and head to the side as if avoiding it. She relaxed her muscles and with a smile she said, "I'm going back. I accompanied you to your locker."

Sonic opened his eyes and with a smile replied, "Thanks,"

She walked away and the girls whined and called out for her. "Aw, are you mad Sally?"

One of the girls leaned on the lockers and pouted her eyes still looking at Sally from afar. "What do you think Sonic?"

"Hm?" Sonic hummed distantly more focused on opening his locker.

"About flunk girl. Are we right or are we right? She's bad luck and pretty damn stupid. I've seen her test scores." She said.

"Oh," Sonic muttered placing in some of his books and finding his math book.

"Sally's really kind but I worry about her. Her kindness could someday be her undoing." The girl turned to Sonic as he shut his locker.

Sonic turned to her with a smirk. "Don't bother with Sally. She's a big girl, whatever she does is her own problem."

"What?" She exclaimed making the other girl next to her jump. "What kind of response is that?"

"Like I said, don't bother." Sonic said with a wide grin and disappeared from her sight leaving a blow of air behind. The girl covered her face and when she uncovered it Sonic was gone. The girl growled slamming her fist on the locker.

Amy paced back and forth in front of Sonic's room. He still hadn't arrived and he wouldn't till late afternoon. She stopped and stared at the door nervously. Her hand slowly reached out for the doorknob but stopped inches away and she turned back into her pacing mode.

She didn't want to barge into his room without permission, but Sonic wasn't home yet and she needed to start studying now. She stopped to try again, but the guilt in her heart wouldn't let her.

"Oh!" She pouted, "It's fine. He's family now, anyway." She paused the sound it of disturbing. She chuckled. It still sounded weird. She wasn't use to it yet.

"What are you doing?"

Amy jumped with a screech and when she turned around Sonic stood in front of her with narrowed eyes. Amy backed away from his door taking one last glance at it. "I-I—you're home early,"

"I have to be. Testing periods' back," He stated walking around her and to his door.

Amy's nervous face collapsed. He was right. It brought her back to what she came for. She took a lump of air and exhaled. "Um, Sonic,"

"What?" He stopped half-way in.

"About that, testing period, do you have some, I don't know, study notes I could borrow," She asked in a low voice fidgeting with her fingers.

Sonic smirked. "Flunk girl wants to study?"

Amy flinched from his words. Although the sound of that word coming out from his mouth hurt her, surprisingly, he held no real scorn feeling behind it. It was spoken in a witty manner.

"I want to try to get at least a 'C' or better. I don't want to be troublesome anymore." She claimed.

Sonic's smirk faded hearing that. He turned away and opened his door wide to enter his room. Thinking that he was leaving her, Amy jumped in after him taking ahold of his arm. Alarmed, Sonic staggered backwards. "Please!"
"Let go of me!" He spat pulling her away from him. "I'm getting the notes."

Hope flickered in her eyes and she clasped both her hands together. Sonic grumbled something under his breath and he went over to his bookshelf. He took two small notebooks off it and handed them to her. Amy took them carefully into her hands, handling it like a mother would a baby child.

"English and Math. Now go study," He said simply and with his hand shooed her away. Amy squealed out excitement and Sonic moved away from her not wanting her to glomp him or anything, but she didn't. Instead, she giggled and with a radiant smile she said, "You're really nice, Sonic. Thank you,"

Sonic's eyes traveled up to the ceiling and his arms folded over his chest like it always did. "Nice?" He repeated. "You really are troublesome though."

No matter what, his words could no longer bother her. Her smile lingered. "That's what makes you nice. Even though I trouble you, you still help me. I see why everyone likes you."

Sonic glanced at her with eyebrows arched. "Huh?"

She laughed and hugged the books, pressing them tightly against her chest. "I'll make sure to do my very best," She said softly.

"You mean you hope." He said simply with a smirk and walked around her.

Amy stared at the wonderful guy in front of her eyes. Lately Sonic was starting to act as her savior, always there when she needed help. Why did she come to dislike this guy before? He had a good side to him and maybe he wasn't the same guy he was back in 9th grade. This could be the side that everyone was used to seeing. That's why they all surrounded him, admired him, loved him…

Her chest suddenly tightened. Amy blinked a bit dazed by the feeling, but Sonic snapped his fingers in front of her face waking her up.

"You say you'll do your best but your head's in the clouds. Hurry, get out of my room." Sonic said grabbing her shoulders lightly and pushing her to the door.
"My bad," She squeaked, rushing out of his room and across the hall to her own. Sonic watched her scurry into her room and close the door shut. "This girl," he muttered.

Inside her room, she leaned against the door with cheeks bright red. She covered her them and gasped. "That was weird,"

Amy flipped the pages of the study book Sonic handed her. She sat in the middle of the roof, the sun's rays warming her skin. Her hand grabbed half of a bitten sandwich and moved it into her mouth as her eyes scattered around the page. She grew impatient at not being able to understand a math problem and lowered the notebook.

"Argh!" She groaned. "This is so hard,"

Her eyes closed halfway down and she frowned. Her fist clenched tightly with confidence she looked at the page again, refusing to give up. She reviewed the problem again the familiar echoing sounds of the students below.

The door to the roof creaked smoothly as it opened and Amy's head lifted off the notebook. Two girls appeared before her with scowling frowns. It was strange that anyone came to the roof. It was even stranger that Sally's friends were in front of her. Amy's forced a smile. "Hi," She managed to say.

The girls let go of the door and it closed on its own. They came up to her and stopped in front of her lunchbox. Amy had to lift her head up to look at them.

"So you're always here by yourself?" The bat said with a smirk looking around the area. "Kinda lonely,"

The tone she held wasn't friendly and instantly she knew they meant trouble. Amy got up from the floor with the notebook in her hand. "Um, you're Sally's friends, right? From back at the café. Rouge and Shade, I think. "

"Wow, Flunk girl remembers our names," The echidna, Shade said mockingly while facing her friend.

"Yea, can you please not speak to us so familiarly. We're not friends." The bat, Rouge, said with a frown.
Amy narrowed her eyebrows and backed away with a defensive stance. "Oh…" Amy muttered. "Anyway, why are you here?"

"Because I want to make sure you understand something." Rouge began. "Your place,"

They moved forward, forcefully making Amy moved back a step at a time. She didn't want to hurt them or end up fighting. She didn't want trouble over-all. "My place? What are you getting at?"

"You've been close to Sally lately." Rouge claimed. "That's not good."

"Why?" Amy nearly shouted, tightening her grip on the notebook.

"Because you'll hurt our reputation. Gosh you're so stupid." Shade groaned irritated.

"Your stupidity is contagious. It can cause our failure in school." Rouge added the sass evident.

Her back touched the railing on the edge of the roof and she was forced to stop. Anger fumed inside her to the nonsense they were making of the situation. She flipped the notebook in her hand so that it faced them. "T-That's why I'm studying. I'm going to pass my test with a 'C' or better!"

The girls' eyes flickered wide and leaned to look at the handwriting, but Amy pulled it back quickly before they can make out anything of it. She didn't want Sonic to get involved. Bringing him trouble after helping her…

"What a joke!" Rouge sneered. Shade began to laughing along with her. The sound of their laughter triggered her rage to grow. She shook her head. "I'm not joking! I'll show you! And when I do I can hang around with Sally just like you two." Amy said fiercely. "I want her like me too."

"Who would ever like you?" Shade growled pushing Amy back so that she hit the railing. The notebook nearly slipped out of her hands and fell down, but she grasped it tightly and brought it back to her chest, unwilling to let it go. She looked up at the two girls and glared at them.

"Nobody likes a girl who can't get her multiplication tables right! Nobody likes an ugly retard!" Rouge said scathingly her hand lifting.
When time could've stopped for any other, Amy took the time to react and deftly blocked the incoming hand with her own. She wanted to pull out her Piko Piko Hammer, but doing so would cause a fight. Getting taught meant trouble. She restrained herself.

"I know!" Amy yelled instead her voice cracking. Her voice lowered with her next words. "That's why I'm going to become smart,"

She released Rouge's hand and her glare faded. "I want to be Sally's friend."

"You already are,"

Amy, Rouge and Shade flinched from the sudden voice. When Rouge and Shade turned around to look behind them Sally stood under the doorframe. When her eyes met with her two friends her eyes and face hardened. Her voice was firm. "Ever since we met we've been friends,"

Amy's eyes widened bewildered at Sally's timing. Had she heard everything? None of that mattered, but the echoing sound of that word, so strange yet so comfortable.

"Sally?" Shade gasped.

"What are you doing here?" Rouge asked with a shocked tone.

"Why are you tormenting Amy!?" Sally snapped. The three threes jerked their head. Sally angry was as rare as a polished pink star diamond, but to Amy the words coming out of her mouth were her rarest.

"Because she's trouble to us all. " Shade responded.

"I'm surprise you have the guts to reply. What did she ever do to you?" Sally growled walking up to them.

"It's just—She's—" Shade stuttered vaguely, but Rouge spoke on her behalf. "We're on your side, Sally. We don't want you her to cause you trouble."

"Who ever said she would? I never asked for you two to watch my back. I can watch my own!" She said the glare she sent at them holding fire.

"Are you seriously siding with flunk girl!" Rouge now yelled back her own angry rising towards Sally's words.

"Of course! You're mistreating my friend!" Sally replied.

Rouge and Sally went into a glare brawl that lasted no more than ten seconds. Rouge broke off first and turned around to Shade. "Fine, but I don't want to be friends with that. I'm leaving,"

"Then go," Sally said sounding snarky.

The two girls made their way out the roof's exit door. Sally turned away from them to make eye contact with a wide eyed Amy. Sally's eyes soften at her and she offered a small smile. In Amy's mind, how to start was what roamed around.

"Sorry about them. They won't give you any trouble anymore." Sally said softly, rubbing her arm.

Amy opened her mouth and hesitated at first, but slowly the words slipped out. "Is it true what you said?"

"Huh?"

"Is it true that I'm your…" She trailed off.

Sally sighed giggling a bit and walked over to her. "Did you really think we weren't?"

"Uh," Amy never finished her sentence her head lowering from embarrassment.

"Was that the reason why you were always alone? Because you thought we weren't friends," She asked her hand on her hip and one eyebrow up with a quirked smile.

"It seemed impossible, that's why," Amy began her head rising. "Everyone always avoids talking to me, I guess because of status, but when you started talking to me I thought maybe I can make a friend if I tried. But that day at the café your friends said I was bad luck I didn't want to jinx anything for you. I wasn't worthy of being your friend until I got a good grade too."

Mid-way of Amy speaking a frown appeared on Sally's lips. So, Amy had overheard Rouge and Shade bad-mouthing. Sally shook her head once Amy was done and approached her wrapping her arms around Amy for a hug. "Bad luck or good luck, you're a good girl and all good girls are worthy of being my friend."

Her soothing words calmed Amy's shaken heart and Amy smiled hugging her back. It may have been the first time in a long time that been able to call someone her friend and it felt great to be hearing that out of a kindred mobian like Sally. "Thank you," Amy said almost whispering.

Right below them, on the grounds of the quad area, a blue hedgehog stood in the middle of the quad looking up at the two figures on the rooftop. With a small smirk, Sonic closed his eyes turning away from them as his finger pressed a button on his phone to lock it and shoved it down his sweater's pocket.

Aww Sonic!

That was so nice of him!

That was also so nice of Sally! She's a true friend T.T

Again, you guys, I really like Sally as a character and on the comics she's so cool and nice, a true leader! I really do like her! Many Sonamy fans don't and it could be understandable and stuff, but me personally likes to keep her active on my stories. But Sonally is out of the question w!

Until weeks pass. Happy holidays everyone !