We left off the scene with Sally and Amy becoming friends. Amy isn't lonely anymore, but now check out what happens after all that.

Can you make some guesses on what'll happen before reading or would you rather it let you surprise and satisfy you on the go? If you made guess, don't forget to review and tell me about them, and I'll answer back xD I like to hear what you all think ;D

Enough of my blabbing.

Money Money Money by ABBA

Chapter 7: Money

Eliot and Bernadette sat on the couches downstairs talking about the preparations for the wedding coming soon. It was late at night and Sonic came out of the kitchen yawning. His mother turned over her shoulder. She glanced at Sonic. "It's late, honey. You should get some rest."

"Yea, I'm going. Good night," He said directing it to both his mom and Eliot.

Eliot smile waving at him and his mom reminded him to sleep well and Sonic walked away. Eliot gazed at Sonic as he left. With a smile, he said, "He's such a respectful kid,"

"Yes. Even though he may not show it he really respects you." She said with a warm smile.

"Really? He doesn't talk to me much, unfortunately." Eliot claimed turning back to her.

"He has a bad habit of hiding his true feelings and won't express too much, but trust me when I say you have earned his respect. Same goes for Amy. They get along just fine." She said grabbing the cup of tea from the nightstand next to her.

"I'm glad. Well, I will continue to build my relationships." He said enthusiastically. Bernadette giggled half-way as she swallowed her tea.

Upstairs, Sonic approached his door. Amy's room was wide opened. The lights were bright inside and Amy on a chair in front of a desk texting on her phone with his notebooks in front of her. Sonic's eyelids fell half-way down seeing she was texting rather than studying. He rolled his eyes opening his door which Amy heard and turned around. Seeing him she grinned and got off the chair. "Sonic!"
Sonic didn't turn around but waved his hand in the air to show he was greeting her. Amy frowned. "H-Hey, I was talking to you!"

Amy walked out of her room and to his doorway, but he closed the door before she could enter. Amy growled and knocked hard on it. "Rude!"

"What part of 'don't be friendly with me' did you not understand?" Sonic asked from behind the door.

"I just wanted to tell you that I've been studying a whole lot, thanks to your notebooks." Amy said.

"That's great," He said. "But is texting majority of the time helping you as well?"

Amy bodies stiffen. "I am not texting all the time,"

Sonic opened the door popping his head out. A grin was plastered on his muzzle. "Please, that's all you do now a days. Sally blasts your phone with notifications all day long."

Amy pouted but it didn't last long before her lips curved up. "I hear jealousy somewhere in that sentence,"

Sonic chuckled opening the door so that his whole body could be seen. He leaned his body on the doorframe. "Is that what you'd like to assume?"

"Hey," Amy began with a curious tone. She lifted his fingers up to her chin. "Now that I think about it, Sal is her nickname to you, huh?" She pointed her index finger at him. "You guys are pretty close then, right?"

Sonic shrugged. "I guess, anyway I'm going to bed. Have fun staying up till four studying." Sonic entered his room and started to push the door shut, but she wedged her foot into the gap.

"Is it okay?" She questioned him.

"What is?" Sonic asked, peeking from the small opening.

"You know that Sally's my friend?" Amy said.

"Why would I care?" He asked plainly slightly opening the door. Amy didn't remove her foot just in case he decided to close on her.

"She could…" She murmured, wanting to say 'she could become close to me too', but exchanged her words. "Find out about us,"

A laugh escaped his lips. "You make it sound like a love affair."

Amy blushed. Her head lowered so he wouldn't catch the blush on her cheeks. "I mean that we live together. This situation," She corrected pointing back and forth from herself to Sonic.

"If she finds out because you were careless you're done for." He said, kicking her foot away from what stopped the door from closing and Amy took a step back to keep herself from falling. When her eyes searched for Sonic the door was already closed.

"Hey!" Her eyes narrowed and she pouted, but she wasn't angry. Somehow that wasn't how she felt. She'd gotten used to him not wanting to be social with her, but she wondered why only her. It was a question she couldn't bring herself to ask.

"You know!" Amy began loudly. "You're really nice sometimes, so there's no way I can't be friendly towards you." She said bravely and ran back inside her room closing the door behind her. Her cheeks shined a bright red. Not knowing why she said that or what his reaction to her words was really filled her embarrassment to the max. The funny filling in her stomach every time she was near him enabled her to control her own feelings. She grumbled how annoying it felt and was and walked back to her desk.

Sonic usually stood with his friends around a bench afterschool. He was within Amy's viewing point from the classroom's window she sat next to. Her eyes would unconsciously seek out for him and when finding him it was when he was smiling or laughing.

Sonic never made those kinds of expressions around her, maybe the regular smirk every once in a while, but it usually followed up by a tease. Amy sighed drifting away as she stared at him. Below her, Sonic closed his eyes while holding his stomaching at something funny and turned his head upward slightly re-opening his eyes. That was when their eyes met. Amy flinched averting to the side, quickly getting her bag and rushing off her seat. She was gone from the window and Sonic lightly chuckled with an eyebrow up.

Amy walked out of the classroom with a blush covering her face. Amy stopped, not too far from her classroom, in front of some lockers on the side of the hallway and exhaled holding her chest with her heart bumping fast inside. She cursed mentally at herself. She'd been caught staring at him because of her careless self.

"Hey you," A voice said as it approached her side. Amy turned her head and faced a green hawk named Jet. Amy knew who he was at an instant. She'd seen him around school sometimes and most of the girls around her had talked about him before, but she didn't know him personally.

His azure eyes gleamed down at her. "You're in the way."

Amy looked over her shoulder seeing the lockers and gasped jumping to the side. "My bad,"

He clicked his tongue and took another look at her before pulling out a small piece of metal from his pants pocket. "What's up with your face? Did someone confess or something?"

A small noise came from the back of her throat and she face him gaping. Her hands covered her face. The boy began picking the locker's lock with the piece of metal from an aluminum soda can. "N-No! Does my face look that bad?"

Jet glanced at her with a cool look. "You look like a round tomato,"

Amy blinked her hands stopping on each cheek. "Round Tomato…" She repeated. "Really?!"

Something clicked from the locker and he opened it with a chuckle and opening it wide. He bent down and scavenged through each item inside. The thought of him picking the locker open came into mind and it was strange. Why did anyone need to pick open their locker? That answer soon came when she saw him lift up a pink wallet. He opened it casually and took out green bills from inside it. Amy's eyes widened and she peeked inside the locker. She saw pictures of girls and heart stickers on the side. It was a girl's locker! And he opened it to steal money!

"What are you doing?!" It came out a shout and Jet stood up firmly, throwing the wallet back inside and shutting the locker. He slammed his fist on the locker inches away from her and Amy froze.

"Shut it," He said dangerously.

What a turn of events.

Amy's body was able to move again and she narrowed her eyes getting her hand ready. "I-I can't just stay quiet," She replied, wishing her voice had been more stern.

Jet gave her a hard stare taking his hand back and three bills off the pile in his hand and handed it to her. "Fine, I'll give one fourth of the share,"

Amy pushed his hand back. "What? No! Stealing is wrong!"

Jet winced from her risen voice and clapped her hand over mouth before she said anymore. "Shut up girl. You're too loud." He hissed.

"Pwu iet pa," She muffled under his hand. He uncovered it not understanding her words and she repeated it. "Put it back," She said much quietly but with much demand. He grinned and waved his hand with the bills in front of her face as if taunting her. It was working.

Jet's dangerous scowl was replaced by a smug smile. "Or what? You can't do much with those flabby arms,"—Amy lowered her arms all the way down and put her hands behind her back—"I'll let you off the hook if you stay quiet. Tell anyone and you'll pay,"

Pay, Amy thought. As if a lightbulb turned on inside her mind, the idea hitting her and she cleared her throat. "I'll pay then,"

"What?" Jet asked puzzled moving away from her.

"I'll pay," She repeated. "Give this girl back her money and I'll pay for anything you want."

Jet was taken aback by her words. He'd never expect anyone normal to ever say this. His voice got stuck mid-way his throat. He couldn't speak.

"I mean it. She might need that and taking it away from her will bring her trouble. I can help you, but return her money." He could hear the pleading in her voice. Not something Jet wasn't used to. He took her word and walked to the locker opening it again and shoved the money in and went back to her with his hand out.

She couldn't believe it worked. Amy took her bag and searched for her wallet. "Please don't steal anymore. If you want money to buy food I can help a little," She stated pulling out her bills, but before she could count the amount she was going to give him, Jet snatched everything and grinned.

"Hey!"

"This will do. Thanks," He said shoving it into his pocket. "Say, what's your name?"

He wasn't scary looking anymore which startled Amy. His expression changed within an instant. He took all the money that she had and this was the first time they ever spoke. Was she so unlucky when it came to first impressions? "Amy…"

"Cool! Thanks Amy!" He said and waved at her before walking away. "I'll see you tomorrow!"

Amy's raised an eyebrow. "Tomorrow?"

This scene seemed awfully familiar. Sally had said the same thing too before they became friends. Amy gasped lightly and called out for him. "Wait! Does that mean…" She began getting his attention. "We're friends?"

At first Jet gazed at her with a muddled expression, but then a smirk formed on his lips. "Yea, we're friends. I'm Jet, by the way. I'll be seeing you around then." He finished with another wave and walked away without looking back at her.

A jolt of excitement rushed up her stomach and she couldn't hold back a grin, so she covered her mouth. She wanted to jump and scream out of happiness and even though they're meeting wasn't the best, she was beginning to learn that even though first impressions may start out bad the outcome could be worth it. She couldn't wait to get to know Jet. Amy left the hallway in a joyful mood while down the hall the green hawk holding the green bills grinned mischievously.

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Sally and Amy made it to where Sonic's group was near the bench they were always around. They still hadn't left yet and after getting caught staring at him from the second floor she got nervous at making eye contact with him. Again she got this shy feeling around him and it was irritating because she didn't understand why she would act like that around him.

"Amy let's go eat," Sally told Amy.

"I don't have money," Amy said the clear disappointment in her eyes.

"Really?" Sally whined at Amy. "But you bought my sandwich during lunch time and your wallet didn't look empty."

"I only had a little bit from the start. It's okay though. I'll go to the store with you next time." Amy said with a large cheeky grin.

Sally frowned but nodded understanding. "I'd pay for you, but I'm short on cash and forgot my card. Next time for sure, okay?"

"Yes," Amy chirped. Sonic came up from behind Amy looking at Sally and Amy hadn't noticed he was until he spoke, "Sal, can you do me a favor?"

His voice sent shivers down her spine she slightly jumped in place.

"Depends, what do you need?" Sally asked with some slyness in her sentence. Amy felt her heart tug inside her chest and she tensed up not knowing why.

"You're mom asked me to come over today, but I've got something to do something later. Tell her I'm sorry and that I'll go next time." He announced.

Meanwhile, in Amy's mind, the thought that Sonic and Sally were close had been stated before, but for some reason, the thought felt fresh to her. Did the idea sound too unreal to her?

Her heart did it again and this time her stomach churned at the sight of Sally smiling at Sonic with a nod. Sally's mouth moved as she spoke back to him, but Sally's words never reached her ears. Her mind blocked the noises from her surroundings and in entered a queasy feeling.

She didn't understand why this happening to her. Why was her body acting so strangely against her? Was it because Sally and Sonic were close, but so what?

Her upper lip curled to keep herself from saying anything because she felt the urge to ask what he had to do, but she remembered they hadn't properly made conversation in school in front of anyone. They weren't friends.

"Amy?" Sally asked snapping Amy back to reality. Her face had become pale and Sally leaned forward concerned.

"Are you okay?" She asked, tucking a loose hair behind her ear.

Amy stared back for a moment like a stranger would to another, eyes confused, but Amy shook her head and chuckled nervously holding her head. "I spaced off, my bad. What happened?"

"I said I have to go, now, but I'll see you tomorrow." Sally's cheerful tone came back and the wave of that unknown feeling vanished like dust against the wind. Could it have been a delusion?

Amy nodded and smiled back at her. "I'll see you tomorrow!"

Sally waved around at everyone else before leaving the group. Amy then released she didn't really know anyone well besides Sally and Sonic, but she couldn't talk to Sonic. Amy's eyes began to search for Sonic, but she stopped herself before she could.

"Are you coming with us for a bit?" One of his friends, Knuckles asked bringing Sonic back to their circle. Amy heard and her body almost stopped working.

"Na, I'm going home. I'm busy later, so might as well start heading." He said coolly with his shoulders lifting.

"But it's no fun without you!" One of his many other friends whined. Sonic chuckled and like lightening vanished from their sights. It left his friends in awe as well as Amy. His power never failed to amaze her. Amy looked over at her hand and clenched it. 'Time to go home,' she told herself and left the same circle.

At arriving home, the first thing Amy heard was movement around in the kitchen. Amy placed her bag down and curiously walked in to see who it was. It wasn't her father or her step-mother since they both arrived later and were working at the moment.

The only other who lived here was Sonic and sure enough it was him using the kitchen. She watched Sonic finish placing some vegetables on the side table in the middle of the kitchen. Amy's eyes grew at the sight of the other items such as the meat, condiments, and the equipment.

Sonic saw her come in looking astonished and he smirked without getting distracted of what he was doing. He picked up a knife on the side.

"What are you doing?" Amy finally asked.

Sonic began mincing up a tomato. "Obviously cooking,"

It was true. There was already a pan with oil heating up on the stove. Again, she was taken by surprise. "I didn't know you cook,"

"You don't know many things," He said mumbled finishing his mincing and moving on to an onion. Amy walked over to him fascinated by the quickness of his cutting. He had talent.

"But why are you cooking?" Amy asked. Sonic stopped cutting and turned to her with annoyed eyes.

"You don't know?" he asked almost breathless.

The look confused Amy because he stared at her with an utmost serious expression, one that clearly stated that she was missing an important event. Clueless, she shook her head slowly. "Then it shouldn't matter to you,"

"What do you mean? Is today an important day?" She inquired, but Sonic took the minced tomatoes and onions over to the frying pan. Dropping them in, it made a loud sizzle blocking Amy's voice. Amy frowned at him and waited for the sizzling to die off before she spoke again. "You don't plan on telling me?"

Sonic turned with bored glaze. "Look, I'm kinda busy. Don't you have to study anyway?"

He was avoiding talking to her again, but to do it when she had no idea of a special event that was occurring today was rude. They were family; they had to help each other…

"I'll help you," she blurted out.

"No," He said bluntly without hesitation. He didn't even give it a second thought.

"Why not? Two hands are better than one." She said with a smile and took a large carrot into her hand, but Sonic took it back.

"First of all, cause your hands are dirty. Secondly, you probably have no experience in the kitchen, and third, you don't know what functions in math are used for." He stated, pointing at her with the tip of the carrot.

Amy swallowed hard and nervously looked to the side. "N-No, I remember reading its definition before—Wait how does that relate to cooking!?"

"In any case, you should go study. What I'm doing shouldn't interest you." He finished going back to his cutting and fixing up the items leaving Amy staring hopelessly at him. Amy breathed in and took the meat bag into her hands stubbornly and Sonic sighed with a groan.

"It's not that I'm interested," She began stubbornly. "But you're trying really hard to do this. It must be special. It's only right for someone to want to help out." Her words completely utterly shocked him and it continued to as she added, "That's what family does too."

Leaving him in a baffled zone, he spluttered a laugh thinking she was bluffing. "Family? We aren't family," He said chuckled harshly, but Amy was unruffled.

"Maybe not blood related, but we live under the same protective roof. If there's anything my dad taught me is that living together means caring for each other." She said earnestly.

For someone who didn't understand the many school related work, she was pretty wise. Sonic's stare softened and he placed the carrot on the table. Amy thought he finally understood and was going to reconsider, but then Sonic said, "I don't see you as family,"

Amy heart sank. Again, he set his walls up against her. She closed her eyes and lowered her head, but then Sonic muttered, "Today's my mom's birthday."

It lifted back up. "It is!?" she exclaimed nearly dropped the bag of meat on the floor.

Sonic rushed to her side grabbing the bag of meat before it touched the floor. He gave a scowl look and Amy released the bag when she realized how close he was to her. "I'm s-sorry, b-but why didn't you tell me about your mom!?"

"She said it last week. Shows how much you pay attention at the dinner table." He said, walking back to the table and opening the bag of meat.

Amy went white and she covered her mouth. She was truly terrible. "I'm a sinner," She mumbled to herself and Sonic overheard.

He rolled his eyes with a small smile. "I'm making a meat cake for dinner."

"Aw! That's really sweet of you. Your mom is lucky to have a son like you." Amy squealed with a large grin.

Sonic cracked a smile and looked up after the last slice of meat was cut. "Thanks,"

That was the second time he'd thank her. Talking about his mom made Sonic soften up, another side of him that she'd discover.

Amy bit her lip and looked around speculatively. "You know, I'm really good with instructions," She cast him a glance.

He caught it and with an eyebrow lift he twirled the knife and handed it to her, the handle part facing her. "Don't get distracted."

I smell something funny. Jet suddenly appeared out of no where! And what is going on with Amy feeling this way for Sonic and Sally?

Trust, friendship, mehh, what is this that is happening between everyone and what is too come soon?

Until weeks pass. Stay safe everyone *Hearts*