Me: Woohoo! Updates and Writer's comments for teh win. I sure hope people are reading this... also, it's about to get steamy.

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Chapter 7

Amy stood in the shower. It was a spacious shower at that; it was more of a car wash. She always took a long time in the shower after a mission, as blood took a long time to come out. She turned off the tap. A sudden wave of cold shook over her without the hot water, causing her quills to prick up. She reached for her towel, hung over the side of the wall. It wasn't there. She heard the door open. Shit.

She looked over the top. It was Sonic.

"Uh… Sonic? Could you get the towel? It fell off…"

"Yeah, sure…" He came over, picked it up and threw it over the top.

"Thanks," She put the towel on around her chest. It was a little small, but it did the job sufficiently. She walked out in front of Sonic. He was fully dressed – he probably just came in to go to the toilet. He was looking at her intently. "Go ahead, look."

"No… no, it's not that."

"What?"

"I never got a chance to tell you when I meant to, yesterday… Amy, I…"

"No… Sonic… do you… no… wait… go on…"

"Amy, I… I love you."

The room fell silent. He didn't know what to expect. It was something of a turnaround, as for so many years all Amy could think about was Sonic and wedding bells. Oh, and that damned inflatable hammer. He thought it was a little strange aswell, as he had no trouble killing an anonymous guard, but it took him weeks of building confidence to tell Amy how he felt. Would she reject it? Would she slap him?

Was she a lesbian?

He shook the thought off. Random nonsense.

"Sonic, I… I never thought you'd… I…" She threw herself at him and hugged him. She pulled her head back a few seconds later and kissed him. She pushed the slightly surprised Sonic to the wall. Sliding against the moist tiled wall, they slowly dropped to the floor. She pulled his jacket and t-shirt off. She pulled the towel away from herself. He stared. He pushed her forward and dispensed of his pants.

He woke up to a hard, wet floor. It was uncomfortable, even if the water was slightly warm from the sunlight shining in from the window. He looked down. Amy was sleeping happily in his arm. A towel was draped over them. His clothes were strewn around the room. Damn. Clothes are always cold when they're wet.

Three hard bangs on the door. They both looked at it. In their lusty daze, they must have locked the door.

"Open up in there!" It was Knuckles. "I need to pee!"

Rouge pored over a map in a garage.

"Latest treasure info?" Shadow walked in.

"Go do strange things to yourself." She said bluntly. He took a can from the fridge. He closed it. As he turned, it turned out it wasn't completely closed. He pushed it again. It opened again. He growled. "Sometimes I wonder how you made captain." Rouge said as she looked over her shoulder at Shadow. He pushed it again. This time it stayed closed. As he left, she called back: "It's open again."

"Go do strange things to yourself." He called back, not turning.

Big sat on his chair, as he usually did. He liked to sit in the shade, eyes closed, cold drink next to him, and think, or just sleep. He, as usual, had his feet up on a box. Nobody bothered him, which was just fine. Occasionally, a young person would ask him why he wasn't out fighting. He was, as his name suggested, larger than average. He would simply say he didn't like fighting. He had an extraordinary patience with just about everything. Except Chris Thorndyke. God, would the kid just keep to himself? I mean, being friendly is fine, but that doesn't mean you have try and extend every greeting into a full blown conversation.

"Hi Big!" Oh, speak of the devil. He closed his eyes tighter and hoped he would go away. "Nice day, isn't it?" Damn. No such luck.

"Is that a unicorn?" He pointed somewhere in the distance. As Chris looked away, he quickly scrawled a note saying "Kick Me" and put a piece of tape on it. I always knew these things would come in handy. He stuck it very lightly on Chris' back. He didn't notice. "Oh. Sorry. False alarm." He said as he lay back in his chair.

"Oh well. See you later!" He said as he turned to walk away.

"Aack. Away with you." He smiled as he relished the resulting mayhem.

"Ow!" He heard in the distance. His smile changed to a wide grin.

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Me: What did I say? Steamy!

Knux: They still haven't let me in! I NEED TO PEE!