The Player Chapter 23: Nothing Left To Say, a sonic the hedgehog fanfic

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Chapter 22: Nothing Left To Say

News broke out Monday Morning.

Sonic had hooked up with Fiona...that...that...

Amy blew out a breath as she slammed her locker shut. She rubbed her red eyes and tried to ignore her sleepiness. It was the fifth night in the row she hadn't slept well. All of this drama was getting to her...destroying both her eating and sleeping habits. Especially that image that was burned into her head: a photo of Sonic hooking up with Fiona. His hand cuddled her butt while Fiona's hands were wrapped in Sonic's quills...

Amy padded down the stairs in her red sweatshirt and dark wash jeans. She searched the kitchen, but there was no sign of Sonic. The pink hedgehog shook her head wondering why she thought he would want anything to do with her. He had made it awfully clear he didn't want to speak to her.

"Breakfast is served."

Amy looked over at Chuck wearily, who handed her a plate of bacon and eggs. She muttered a thanks before sitting down. Amy picked at the bacon, but never put it in her mouth. Her fork separated the eggs into tiny pieces, but they remained uneaten. Amy put her fork down and simply put her head into her arms with a groan.

"Long night again?"

Amy raised her head to look at Chuck who sat directly across from her. "You could say that."

Chuck nodded and unfolded his newspaper. "Seems to me this happens a lot?" Amy nodded in response, picking up her fork to play with her food again.

Sonic's uncle nodded with a frown. He pushed his glasses further up his nose. "Want to talk about it?"

Amy let out a small laugh. "I wish, but um I gotta get to class." She shot Chuck a small smile of appreciation. He was really sweet and he actually came off as understanding. This was the second time he had made an effort to comfort her. Amy felt that she owed Chuck something as a thank you...

"But um later we can talk? When I get back from school that is?" Amy asked him, hope etched in her voice.

Chuck smiled at her. "That would be wonderful, Amy."

Amy smiled at him before she placed her plate in the sink. She shrugged her backpack over her shoulder before exiting the house. Walking down the icy steps, Amy threw on her winter coat. She carefully walked across the icy driveway. The pink hedgehog jumped into one of Chuck's cars and put her seat belt. Bringing her out of her emotionless trance, her phone vibrated in her coat pocket. Taking her phone out, Amy flipped it open and felt her breath leave her body.

It was a picture of Sonic making out with Fiona on the couch.

She should of looked away, but she couldn't. Amy was entranced by the photo. Her eyes followed Sonic's hand that dipped low and then Fiona's hands that were entangled in her ex boyfriend's hair. She squeezed her eyes shut tightly before opening them. Tears welled in her emerald green eyes. Her lip quivered, allowing a few sobs to escape. Amy let out an angry cry before throwing her phone against the window. She threw her head into her hands and began to cry all of those tears that she couldn't shed last night. All of her frustration, anger, and devastation could be detected in her sobs.

How could he betray her like that?

He didn't betray her, she had to constantly remind herself. They had broken up...well, he broke up with her.

Amy shuddered just thinking about. She bit her lip hard, keeping another round of sobs from escaping. She was done crying...she had to stay strong. If she hadn't been sure of where her relationship with Sonic was going this morning, she was sure now. They were done. Official. Sonic had gone back to Fiona.

She knew she should be angry...furious even that Sonic had gone back to that...to that...

But she wasn't. If anything, she was just tired of everything and everyone. Amy was overwhelmed and tired and just didn't want to deal with it anymore...

"Amy, ready to go to chem?" Amy nodded at Cosmo, but her face was blank. Her green haired friend shot her a sympathetic smile. Her friends had cornered her this morning, minus Mina, and had tried to get her to talk to them, but she couldn't. Amy didn't have anything to say. She felt numb on the inside and out. Amy was done crying, done being weak. Someone could tell her that the world was ending and she wouldn't have a reaction...

Cosmo opened the door for her and Amy walked in stiffly. She didn't acknowledge Sonic or the fact that Fiona was sitting in the middle, holding hands with Sonic. Amy scooted her chair to the edge of the table and didn't dare look to her left. She looked at the clock. An hour of pure torture. Perfect.

She opened her notebook and began to write notes, something she hadn't done in a while. Amy was going to distract herself by actually participating. Surely, this was positive right?

OoO

He watched her take notes diligently, never once glancing in his direction.

Sonic watched her tuck one of her messy pink quills behind her ear. She hadn't even bothered to fix her hair this morning or wear something dressy like she usually did. Sonic wondered if she's seen the picture that's been going around school. Silver showed it to him this morning and told him it's been going around.

Sonic shook his head. Of course she's seen it. Some bitchy girl looking for drama probably sent it to her just to be cruel. Amy didn't deserve that. He wanted to explain himself and to make her feel better...apologize a dozen times, but he couldn't. Sonic was supposed to be moving on from her, getting over her. He knew it was going to be hard, but he had to try.

He felt Fiona squeeze his limp hand. Sonic looked over at her with a weak smile. She grinned at him and winked. Sonic removed his hand from hers and pretended to take notes. Just because he was using Fiona to get over Amy didn't mean he could allow her the same privileges Amy had. Squeezing his hand was Amy's thing...

Jesus, Sonic muttered to himself in his head. Getting over her was going to be harder than he thought.

Something in the back of his head was yelling at him to fix his mistake...to apologize to Amy for finding out about Fiona and him the hard way. He had to apologize. The little voice inside of his head was right. Sonic could try and be friends with her right? There was no harm in that.

Yeah, keep trying to tell yourself that, Sonic said grumpily to himself.

OoO

The bell rang.

Sonic picked up his stuff quickly and turned to see Amy had already walked out the door. He cursed underneath his breath. Sonic felt Fiona's hand graze his arm.

He looked over at her and said, "I gotta take care of something." He removed her hand from his arm and hurried out the door, ignoring her annoyed expression.

Sonic scrambled through the halls, looking for a familiar mop of pink quills. When he spotted her, he sped towards her and jumped in front of her. She stopped dead in her tracks and put her hands out in front of her. Unsteadily, Amy fell into Sonic's arms. Ignoring that warm feeling that shivered throughout her body, she mumbled an apology and jumped away from him as if he burned her.

Amy tried to walk past him, but he stood in front of her firmly. "We need to talk."

She looked at him blankly. He sighed, grabbing her hand and leading her outside. He sat on the steps leading up to the school and soon Amy joined him. Awkward silence greeted them. Jumbled words ran through his head, but Sonic didn't know where to start.

He blurted out, "I know you saw the picture."

She looked up at him with an emotionless expression. Sonic could see right through her. She was trying to keep her stone mask on, but on the inside she was hurting...he knew her. Guilt erupted inside of him.

"What I mean is that...I'm sorry," He covered up his earlier sentence with sincerity.

"I'm not really sure what you're getting at..." Amy's uneven voice trailed off. She looked back down at her feet.

Sonic shook his head. "I'm sorry for not making this clear. I um...I'm sorry that you had to find out that way...about Fiona and I. I should have told you about it after it happened."

"You don't owe me any explanation anymore, Sonic," She whispered softly.

Sonic swallowed hard. He nodded, even though he didn't agree with it on the inside. "Yeah, but I uh...wanted to tell you, but didn't know how to. So I'm sorry for that..."

Amy nodded slowly. "Okay, well I um...I'm gonna go to class." She stood up and turned to go back inside.

Sonic mentally slapped himself to do something. He stood up and called out, "Wait." Amy stopped in her tracks again, but didn't turn towards him.

"Can we um...be friends, Ames? I um...I miss you."

Amy felt her breath hitch. She hand clutching the door's handle tightened its grip. Her body shook lightly, not hard enough for Sonic to notice, but she could feel it. Turning towards Sonic, she forced herself to smile. As much as she didn't want to be just friends with Sonic, she missed him too and still wanted him to be apart of her life. She was also living in his house, so they might as well try to get a long. It was what he wanted...and she owed him that much after she betrayed him. Amy ignored the sensation to punch Sonic and yell at him for even suggesting such an idea.

"Sounds great."

They both knew she was lying.

OoO

She saw those dazzling blue eyes burn holes in the back of her head. Sighing, Amy turned away from talking to Tikal to see Fiona leaning against her locker, watching her. Amy muttered a goodbye to Tikal before walking up to Fiona.

"Need something, Amy?"

Fiona's smirk made Amy's anger boil up inside of her. It made Amy want to punch her until the fox writhed on the floor. The pink hedgehog unclenched her fists and ran a hand through her pink quills.

"Yeah, actually..." Amy swallowed hard, knowing that she could be the better person here. She had to be, it was a part of her penance for what she did before.

Fiona looked at her with amusement. "Is this about Sonic?" Her voice was dripping triumph and haughtiness. Amy eyed the fox wearily, wondering if Fiona was going to keep pushing her buttons.

"I uh...there's no easy way to say this, but I'm...I'm sorry for before...what I said. It wasn't nice of me so I'm...apologizing."

Amy exhaled shakily and watched Fiona's haughty expression change into a confused one. "You're...apologizing?"

Amy nodded. "I guess I am. I'm sorry. Forgive me?"

Fiona looked at her with suspicion. The pink hedgehog looked like hell. Her eyes were tinted red...barely there, but there nonetheless. Big bags dropped below the bottom of her eyes. Her face, which was normally rosy, was pale as if she was sick. She wasn't even dressed nicely...all symptoms of a break up. Fiona didn't get it. She had stolen Amy's boyfriend from underneath her. Amy had seen the picture of Sonic and her hooking up, she was sure of it because she made Tails send it...and yet, the pink hedgehog was apologizing to her? It didn't make sense, but Fiona couldn't come up with an explanation why Amy would fake apologize, so it must have been sincere.

"Yeah...we're good," Fiona said uneasily. Amy exhaled with a nod. She wasn't exactly smiling, but she wasn't wearing her grimace. It was more like a creepy forced smile.

"Great. Who knows maybe we'll even be friends..."

Amy tried to sound as sincere as she wanted to, but that was the second time she had lied today.

OoO

Sonic sat down at his normal table during lunch. He greeted his friends with a head nod and ignored the bitter look Rouge shot him. Fiona pecked his cheek and ruffled his quills lightly, making some crack about him. He laughed to make it seem like he was paying attention, but he hadn't stopped thinking about what happened between him and Amy this morning.

Amy. The name still sent shivers down his spine when her name rolled off of his tongue.

She seemed so distant this morning...so unlike her. Amy was almost unrecognizable. Everything about her was different, as if she were suffering. Sonic grimaced. He knew it was because they weren't together anymore. And part of him wanted to change that, to sweep her off her feet again and apologize a million times...but he couldn't bring himself to do it as much as he wanted to.

So for now, he would lie to himself and say he didn't care about Amy anymore.

"Sonic? Earth to blue boy!"

Sonic snapped out of his trance and turned to look at Fiona. "Huh?"

Sonic saw Fiona shoot him an annoyed glance, but she covered it up quickly. She smiled her trademark grin that made guys go crazy no doubt. Sonic tried to smile back at her, but he was sure it came out as a grimace...

"I asked if you wanted to go out tonight?"

"It's Monday..."

It was a fair excuse, Sonic told himself. He didn't feel like going out with her today. Sonic could use his time at home to try and get closer to Amy...

Fiona's smile faded, but it didn't bother Sonic at all. He caught a pink blur at the corner of his eye. She was leaving the cafeteria and for some reason, he felt obliged to follow her. Sonic had too...

He pushed away his tray and muttered some lame excuse to get him out of there. Sonic ignored the death glare Fiona was shooting him and Rouge's grimace as he exited the school building for the second time that day. He pressed himself against the doors and saw Amy sitting on a swing, look down at the ground. Sonic took his sweet time walking over to her. She didn't even look up when he sat down next to her.

Sonic shut his eyes and willed her to say something, but she didn't. "Anything exciting happening this weekend?" He asked her lamely, smiling sheepishly.

She didn't look up from the ground or even answer the question. Sonic exhaled with frustration. "Amy-

She cut him off immediately. "I'm trying, Sonic...I'm...trying." Her voice came out uneven. Sonic felt like a knife cut him open. He looked over at her with guilt.

"I know. Amy, if it's any..." He didn't know what to say.

"I just...I need time," Amy whispered softly. Sonic could barely hear her.

Sonic nodded and swallowed hard. "You're right and I should...I should give you that. I owe you that." He stood up from his swing and started walking towards the high school. Sonic looked back at her with a saddened expression. He opened his mouth to say something, but nothing came out. Sonic shook his head and turned away from Amy, walking into the school building.

Amy looked up at his retreating figure with saddened eyes.

OoO

"Well?"

Amy looked into Chuck's brown eyes and said, "We broke up."

Chuck nodded several times. "That much I got from this, but why?" Amy took a deep breath and knew she should tell him the truth. After all, he just wanted to help her, right? And she sure needed the help...

So she began her story... started from the part where Sonic asked her to be his girlfriend to the confrontation this morning. Chuck nodded along and added in some comments during it, trying to make Amy laugh several times during her story retelling.

"Well what do you think?"

"I think you're too good for my nephew."

Amy smiled. "Aren't you supposed to say the opposite? Like...I want you two to be together?"

Chuck shrugged. "If we're going to be honest with each other, then no...I think you two are disastrous together."

Amy's smile faded. "Really...?"

"Yes. I think you two need space and eventually you two will be friends. He obviously wasn't the right guy for you, Amy."

Amy stared off into space. He was telling her that Sonic and her would be better off as friends and...that hurt. She still had strong feelings for Sonic even though she knew he didn't care about her that way anymore. He wanted to be friends. It left a nasty taste in her mouth. She tapped her fingers against the table.

"Maybe you're right..."

"I am."

Amy looked up at him with a weary smile. "Thanks for listening to my venting."

"My pleasure, Amy. We should do it again sometime."

"Sure thing," The pink hedgehog said as she got up from the table. Amy walked through the empty hallway, missing her small cottage. Chuck's mansion was beautiful, but in a gothic way...kind of creepy and it felt empty...

She already felt empty enough on the inside.

Amy climbed up the stairs slowly and entered her room. She sat on her bed and looked around her room, trying to find something to do rather than her homework. The pink hedgehog glanced at her calendar and sucked in her breath.

January 3rd.

She swallowed hard. How could she have forgotten? Amy's fingers wrapped themselves in her quills and squeezed hard. She jumped off of her bed, grabbed her coat, and ran down the stairs. Without a word of explanation to Chuck, Amy ran out the door and towards the car.

OoO

Sonic barged through the door. "Amy?" He called out loudly. The blue hedgehog walked into the kitchen and found his uncle reading the newspaper. Sonic couldn't help, but scowl at the sight. He did see Amy's army green backpack on one of the chairs.

"Is Amy around?"

"She left a few minutes ago. Can I take a message?"

Sonic looked at him with narrowed eyes. He opened his mouth to say something, but then he just chuckled darkly. "You're not even worth it." And with that, Sonic bolted from the kitchen and climbed up the stairs. He found himself in front of Amy's room. Opening the door, he crept into the room. Sonic looked for clues, possible signs where he could find Amy...but he found none. Sighing, he laid back on her back and looked up at the ceiling.

He wondered where she was.

Sitting up from his laying position, he saw that Amy had circled today in red on her calendar. What was so special about today? Sonic threw his hands into his quills and mentally searched through his brain for the possible things that were happening today. His eyes widened when he finally remembered what was so important about today.

OoO

Amy slammed the car door shut and walked up the gravel path. She cuddled into her warm black coat. Pulling her hat over her cold ears, Amy blew out a breath that created a white whisper in the air. She held onto her dog tag necklace tightly as she walked across the snow covered ground. Amy found what she was looking for an fell to the ground in the cold snow. It was freezing, but it didn't seem to affect her.

Amy looked upon the gray headstone. She licked her dry lips and sat there in silence. The pink hedgehog read the words on the headstone repeatedly.

Here lies Ethan Rose,

1964- 2005

Father. Husband. Brother.

A True Rose.

Amy shook her head with disgust. Her mother didn't have anything better to say then that. He was Amy's dad...

"Happy birthday, Daddy. Sorry I uh haven't been around much," Amy spoke to the headstone as if her father was there. She liked to think he was listening to what she was saying. Amy fiddled with her fingers in her lap, wondering what she wanted to say this year.

"Can't believe you're 46. Crazy stuff," Amy said shakily. She raised her head to look at the gravestone. The pink hedgehog's eyes started to water and her hands shook.

"I never got the chance to say this, but I'm so sorry for what I said to you...the last thing I said to...to you," Her voice shook unevenly. Tears streamed down her face, but she didn't bother to wipe her eyes.

"You're a liar and jerk! And I hate you. I hope you never come back!"

And now he wasn't coming back just like she wanted, she thought bitterly to herself.

"I was just so...so angry," Amy said, her voice sounding stuffy as she sniffled loudly a few times. She ignored how frozen her face felt or how numb her fingers were. Nothing mattered, but her dad right now. "I mean you weren't father of the year or anything...but I loved you still and our family...our family was broken when you left us...when you died."

Amy sniffled loudly again before she wiped her nose on her black winter coat. "I know you were dealing with a lot of stuff, but it doesn't excuse you from cheating on mom...and I couldn't help but feel like you were cheating on me too...I know it sounds stupid," She let out a little laugh before wiping her bloodshot eyes.

"You were a hero...to our country for sacrificing yourself...and for that, I'm proud of you. Daddy...no matter what happened, I still miss you. God, I miss you like crazy...I love you Daddy. And I hope wherever you are...you're happy." Amy said, squeezing her watery eyes shut.

She felt a hand on her shoulder, but she already knew who it was. Amy had heard him walking in a minute ago. She turned around and looked up at Sonic who was staring down at her with hardened green eyes. He pulled Amy up to her feet and held her as the pink hedgehog burst into tears. She sobbed into his shoulder as he held her tight against him. He pressed his hand into the back of her head and kissed the top of her head twice. He wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm so sorry, Ames. I'm sorry. Shhh," Sonic said repeatedly and soothingly. A few minutes passed by. The only sound that could be heard for miles was Amy's sobs and Sonic's words of comfort. Her sobs became softer by the second. Finally, Amy pulled away from Sonic and bundled into her coat. She allowed Sonic to squeeze her hand gently and lead her out of the cemetary in silence.

There was nothing left to say.

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