Chapter 32: A Hole in the Wall!

"I….I can't believe you slept with a married man.." Cream whispered.

"You don't think I already know that?!" Amy asked.

"And to Miss Sally of all people!" Cream snapped. "I thought...she was like a big sister to you."

"She is...I haven't seen her in forever..but I had no excuse to sleep with Sonic." Amy admitted. "And now...I had a son with him that I kept hidden...honestly I never wanted him to find out."

"Well...I should let you know that Mr. Sonic took a DNA test with your son sometime ago…" Cream replied.

"A DNA test? Why? And who gave the test?" Amy asked.

"Mr. Sonic wasn't sure about Spines and didn't believe him...so they went to my husband Tails's workshop to take the test." The rabbit said.

"T-Tails is your husband?" Amy asked. "Well...I guess that explains the ring on your finger...but congratulations to you both." She said. While the pink hedgehog was happy for her friend, she felt jealous that Cream found love before she did. Cream was a happily married stay at home mom while Amy was a single working mom.

Cream nodded and gave a small smile trying to fight back any tears. "You know what hurts me the most…? It's that we haven't spoken to over ten years…" She whispered before tears escaped from her eyes.

"Oh Cream…" Amy whispered, giving a hug to comfort her. Cream returned the hug and cried softly while Amy hugged her tight, it felt like a sisterly reunion to her.

The two released and Cream wiped her tears. Amy smiled which helped Cream fight the sadness.

"You okay?" Amy asked. Cream nodded and smiled.

"By the way….how did you find my apartment?" Amy asked, changing the subject.

"Well..my daughter Kristen came by here once and she told me where to go." Cream explained. "You live quite a way from us."

"That explains why that girl was so polite…" Amy said which made Cream giggle. "Anyways, before we share these cookies, how about I show you around my home?" she asked.

Cream nodded. "Okay!" she replied.

Meanwhile Spines ran home with excitement barely contained. The neighbors stared at the dark blue hedgehog, however he didn't care one bit. He was happy that he'd finally get to pay off the damaged wall.

"Finally, that job is gonna be behind me!" Spines exclaimed. "Although I better call them to fix up the wall when mom's not home.."

The hedgehog unlocked the apartment door with a stare key and walked into the building. "Hey, I'm home!" he called out.

"Hey Spines, I'll be down in just a second!" Amy exclaimed from upstairs. "And here we have my son's room, Cream.."

Spines's eyes widened when he heard his room being mentioned. His mother was about to see the dent he put in his room. However, the dent was covered by some large brown boxes stacked on top of one another.

"S-Shit!" he muttered, the hedgehog ran upstairs and saw Amy and Cream entering his room. He ran past them and laid on the bed, trying to casually play it cool.

"Spines..?"

"Oh hey mom and Mrs. Prowler. I see you two have met!" he said.

"Spines..she was my best friend when we were younger." Amy explained.

Cream giggled. "Nice to see you again, Spines."

"Hehehe..you too, ma'am." he replied.

"Spines dear...are you okay? And why are there boxes over there?" Amy asked, walking over to them. Spines ran in front of Amy and stood in front of the boxes with his arms waving in the air.

"T-there just decorations, mom!" he lied. "Just...simple decor for my room." he added, however his mother wasn't buying it.

"Spines...tell me the truth." she said sternly.

"I-I'm being honest, mom!" he lied.

"Spines, get out of the way." she instructed.

"Mom-"

"I said get out of the way!" she repeated. Spines sighed in defeat and moved out of the way. Amy unstacked the boxes..but her eyes widened when she saw that huge dent in the wall….

"OH MY GOD!" she shrieked, making Spines and Cream cover their ears.

"Amy!" Cream exclaimed.

"Ahhhh, mom!" Spines yelled, trying to recover his hearing.

"Spines, how did this happen? Did you do this?!" Amy asked.

"I...may have put a dent in the wall." Spines admitted. Suddenly with one swap, a hammer was pounded on Spines's head.

"OW! Mooom, I got the money!" Spines protested.

Amy crossed her arms. "You got the money to pay for these damages? How?"

Spines recovered from the swing from the hammer. "Well...me and Alice worked at Burger kingdom to help get money."

"Burger Kingdom? Spines, do you know how much rings this wall will cost?!" Amy asked, frustrated at the stupidity.

"Yeah! But dad delivered this sack of rings to help pay for the damages...well actually it's to help you support me...buuuuut….I mean we could use the rings to help repay the wall." he explained. "Look, here's 500 rings." Spines poured the sack of golden rings onto his bed. Amy and Cream's eyes widened looking at them.

"Oh my..there's so many…" Cream said.

"Five hundred rings?...wow…" Amy whispered. "So Sonic DOES care.." she thought in bliss.

"So...mom..what do you think? Mom…?"

Amy snapped out of her thought and looked at her boy. "Listen Spines...I'm glad you took responsibility..but I do not want you working while you're in school." she said.

"What? Why?" Spines asked.

"Because you still have to finish high school!" she replied. "Besides..I don't want you to worry about money, it's not in your place to."she instructed.

"Mom…"

"I would've happily paid for the damages..that means I'd have to work extra hours, but as long as you focus on your studies then I'm fine with that." she said. Cream smiled in awe while Spines stood there silent, making a mental note to appreciate his mother more often.

"But..thank you, son." she whispered. "Now..where's Alice?"

"She said she was going to Burger Kingdom to quit." he said.

"Should you be with her?" Amy asked.

"Nah..I think she'll do just fine."

Meanwhile Dave, the manager of Burger Kingdom, went to the office to sit down and look at his sales. The dog sighed and his eyes dropped, knowing he desperately didn't want to be here. As he entered, his droopy blue eyes widened and saw "WE QUIT (ps I took the checks) -Alice and Spines " in ketchup and mustard writing on the wall. Dave shook his head and crossed Spines and Alice's names off the employment list.

"Not the first time this happened…" he muttered.

To be continued…