Chapter 4-Feeling pretty blue
Sonic
Sonic wasn't exactly a guy to get depressed. He just wasn't that kind of hedgehog. He would never let himself get beat up over a girl. Usually.
Then again, Amy was no ordinary girl.
"Lemme make sure I've got this right. Sonic...SONIC the hedgehog, who can travel at the speed of sound...is upset because Amy's got a date?"
Knuckles and Tails had been discussing Sonic all day. And they weren't about to stop anytime soon. Unfortunately for Sonic, they hadn't had the idea to take the conversation into another room either. Which meant Sonic had been listening to every word they said. And they weren't helping.
"That's right. A date with Shadow," Tails corrected. At the sound of Shadow's name, Sonic slid further down the couch.
"Ouch. Talk about hitting the nail on the head. No wonder Sonic's jealous," Knuckles seemed to be enjoying this a bit too much.
"I'M NOT JEALOUS, OKAY?!" Sonic yelled, making the two-tailed fox and the echidna both jump.
"Sorry bro. But you're not exactly taking this well," Tails replied, trying to make Sonic feel better. Without success.
"And besides, I like watching you squirm," Knuckles snickered.
"Gee, thanks Knux. I feel even better," Sonic rolled his eyes, "I don't even know what I've done to annoy her,"
"Can't you think of anything?" Tails asked.
Sonic sat and though for a moment. He couldn't think of anything...wait, there was one thing.
"The box," Sonic pointed at the cardboard box which hadn't been touched, "I wouldn't let her look in it. You know why. She seemed pretty annoyed about that. And then I said I needed to see Rouge and-"
Tails and Knuckles both groaned in unison.
"You idiot Sonic. Every guy knows you never mention another girl when you're talking to a girl. No wonder she was annoyed. Listen, take it from me. You need to show Amy how you feel. She can't have stopped liking you that quickly. You just need to tell her, Sonic. It's not that hard," Knuckles told him, actually giving a good bit of advice.
"I guess. But what if I don't like her?" Sonic sighed, feeling wrung out.
"Sonic, listen to your heart. I've got an idea. It's not exactly ethically right but it should do the trick," Tails gave Sonic a sad smile.
Knuckles' face lit up, "Ah! I like it Tails!"
"What? What's the plan?" Sonic's face stayed blank.
"Keep up, slo-mo. For a speedy guy, you are damn slow," Knuckles smiled, smugly; "You spy on their date. If you feel fine, you don't like her. If you feel heartbroken, well...even you can work that out,"
"I'm not gonna spy on them! Tails, you were right! That is ethically wrong!"
"Fine...but if you don't...I'm going to tell her you love her, even if you don't" Knuckles threatened.
Sonic gasped, "You wouldn't!"
"Wanna risk it?"
Sonic folded his arms and looked out of the window. Their plan was stupid. Stupid, idiotic, wrong, immoral...but it could work. If Sonic didn't get caught, he could finally find out how he felt about Amy. And then tell her. Somehow. The only problem was that Sonic wasn't great at telling people how he felt. Especially when it was to do with stuff like this.
"Not really. But I haven't got a choice, have I? Where's their date?" Sonic stood up, acting confident, but feeling really nervous.
"The cliff that overlooks Beach Bay. You've got to hurry, they're already there," Tails looked at his mobile, reading the text Cream sent him. Cream had obviously sent the text to Tails so that Sonic could find them. So even Cream thought that Sonic and Amy needed each other. But Sonic wasn't sure if he did need Amy or not. But he was about to find out.
"Hurry Sonic. You need to work out if you like her- or you'll lose her," Knuckles told him, not really getting the hang of being tactful.
"Hey, hurry's my middle name! Be back in a flash!" Sonic winked at them, still managing to keep his cool as he ran out of the door. Tails glanced worriedly at Knuckles.
"Do you think he's going to be okay?" Tails asked, with a scared look on his face.
"Hey...it's Sonic. He's always okay," Knuckles reassured him.
"I hope your right..." Tails looked at the door, which was still wide open, as Sonic hadn't closed it on his way out, "For Sonic's sake..."
Sonic arrived at the cliff in no time. He reached the top just as the sun was about to sink down beneath the edge of the sea. Sonic wasn't too keen on the sea, so he was glad that the date was a safe distance from the ocean.
It didn't make him feel any better though.
"Aw Shadow! Behind your tough exterior, you're quite sweet really!"
Sonic ducked behind a tree, so that neither Amy nor Shadow could see him. They were sitting at the edge of the cliff, their feet dangling over the edge. The two hedgehogs were sat together, holding hands. It made Sonic's skin crawl.
"A rose for a rose. It suits you too," Shadow handed Amy the rose, helping to fix it in her hair for her.
Yeah, way to go, Shadow, Sonic thought to himself, angrily.
"Thank you Shadow. I mean, I've enjoyed this. Sonic wouldn't have done anything like this. He can be sweet, if he wants to. But...I can't explain it. It's like it's a chore for him," Amy sighed. Sonic felt taken aback. It wasn't a chore! He would have done something like this for Amy if she had asked.
She did ask, you idiot, His heart told him, you just didn't listen. You kept on running.
Sonic didn't know what to think. He knew that, in a way, Amy was right. But it wasn't exactly easy for him to say how he felt.
Easy, His heart said, I lov-
Sonic shook his head, and went back to listening to Amy and Shadow.
"No problem, Rose. I guess, Sonic isn't a romance kind of guy," Shadow said, warmly. Sonic felt furious.
I'm not a romance guy? We'll see about that, Shadow, Sonic thought. Anyway, Ames and Sonikku are better nicknames than 'Rose'. Hey, I've got a nickname for you, pal, how about 'girl stealer'?!
Sonic stopped. He couldn't believe he was acting like this. All because of Shadow and Amy. His heart was starting to hurt. He'd never felt this before. Sure, he'd thought some girls looked cute. But he never actually wanted to date them. And he certainly didn't feel annoyed when they went off with other guys. But, this time it was different. He felt like he wanted to run over and tear them apart by grabbing Amy and running off with her. No...wait...that sounded like something Amy would have said. Sonic placed his hand over his heart. The pain was starting to rise into his throat. Even if he had wanted to say anything...he couldn't. It was heartache. He knew it was.
Suddenly, a thought struck him: This is what Amy felt like.
Oh god, Sonic thought, Amy...I'm so sorry.
A single tear fell down Sonic's face. It splashed onto his red sneaker, bursting into more little droplets. Sonic now knew how he felt about her. He knew...he knew that he would never live with himself if Amy started to fall in love with Shadow. As much as Sonic hated to admit it, he would prefer a life with Amy forever, than a life without her for one second. Sonic knew what he wanted. He wanted Amy.
He loved her.
Sonic loved Amy.
