Chapter 40: Graduation Part 2

"HEY, WAIT FOR ME!" a voice called.

Spines turned around and saw Alice running towards him to get in line. "Am I late?" she asked.

"Nope, we're just getting in line, but what took you so long?" Spines asked.

"Honestly...I wasn't about to come." Alice admitted sadly, thinking about the argument her parents had.

"Oh...everything okay?"" Spines asked.

"Well…"

"Ladies and Gentlemen, it's time for the graduation to begin! So please settle down!" The principal announced. The students sat in one section while everyone else filled the chairs. First the school showed a video of how far the students have came, then the superintendent gave his speech. The students then headed up to the stage and each of their gave a brief speech.

Soon Sally and Sonic arrived and sat at a VIP section of the stage. They smiled and gave the people of Mobius that they were the model couple, but they honestly couldn't stand each other ever since the argument earlier.

"Hey, I see Alice!" Sonic cheered.

"Sonic..we all see her.." Sally deadpanned.

Sonic crossed her arms. "What's the deal with you?"

"Just stop talking to me." Sally replied. Sonic sighed and kept his mouth shut.

When the principal called for Princess Alice Acorn, the crowd and her parents cheered. Amy also cheered in the audience, ever since Alice started hanging out at her house she saw her like a daughter and treated her like such.

Also in the audience was Monkey Khan sitting next to his adoptive daughter Su. He saw how she was the spitting image of her own mother, which attracted him to her.

Alice approached the mic and shyly looked at the audience. "Hi..uh...just wanted to say..yeah, school's out...so PEACE SUCKAS!" she announced. The audience started to chatter among themselves while Sally gave a facepalm and Sonic was tempted to laugh, but held it silent. Khan noted on how clumsy she was..but he could see past that. Personality wise, she was not like her mother but he was still willing to know her.

Next Spines was called and the crowd cheered, especially Amy. Even Sonic cheered a bit loudly, which confused Sally. She recognize the boy from the interview at the castle, but exactly how close was the boy to him…

After the graduation, Spines and Alice took pictures with their respective families. Amy made it her goal to get at least one hundred pictures of her son, she even got emotional feeling proud of her son.

Meanwhile, Kristen took a picture next to her father and her baby brothers courtesy of Cream.

"Smile!" Cream said, the family smiled and the picture was taken. Cream looked at the picture and smiled at how it came out. "Perfect!"

"So Kristen, you ready for your date with Spines?" Tails asked.

Kristen nodded. "Mhm, I can't wait to go out with him!"

"Just remember to have him bring you back safely." Tails replied.

"Yes sir." Kristen replied, before giving Tails a hug. Tails smiled and returned the hug, proud that she graduated early.

"Mom, I gotta take Kristen on the date!" Spines exclaimed. Amy held onto her son's arms, trying to get a picture.

"Oh come on! Just one more picture!" Amy begged.

"Mooom, you've taken one hundred already!" Spines replied. Amy pouted and gave up. Spines gave his mother a hug and whispered.

"Thank you..for all you done for me."

Amy smiled and returned the hug. "Anytime, dear…"

Tails, Cream, and Kristen turned around and saw Spines and...Amy. Tails was shocked..he finally saw his friend after many years…

"Hi Amy!" Cream called out. Amy turned her attention from Spines to the Prowler family and smiled widely.

"Cream and..Tails too?!" Amy replied.

"Amy? Is that you….?" Tails asked. "It's been so long…"

Amy hugged both Tails and Cream. "I saw Cream recently, she told me you too were married. Congratulations!" the pink hedgehog said, before turning her attention to the Prowler twins. "And you have more babies?!"

Tails chuckled. "Hehe..yep! We've been pretty busy." he said. "So..we know about the...fling with Sonic and that you're Spines's mother."

Amy's eyes widened. "W-Who told you?!"

"Well, your son..and he and Sonic took a DNA test." Tails explained. "It was Sonic's whole idea. He just wanted closure."

"Wow...I can't believe Sonic cared.." Amy said.

"While the kids have their date, why don't we go out to dinner and catch up?" Cream suggested.

"Sounds good!" Tails and Amy said in unison.

"But where did they go?" Cream asked. The parents looked outside and already saw Kristen and Spines walking side by side away from the school The parents smiled at their children growing up, going on their first date.

"Guess they couldn't wait for us." Cream said with a giggle.

"Oh Spines...please be okay..and on your best behavior." Amy thought.

Meanwhile Alice and her family were all at Castle Acorn, celebrating Alice graduating. Alice sat with her parents, stuffing her face with food, only to get a glare from Sally. Alice sighed and ate slowly and ladylike which made Sally smile.

"We're really proud of you, Alice" Sally said.

"Yep!" Sonic agreed, patting her daughter's back. "You should be proud!"

"Thanks mom and dad.." Alice replied before sipping her sparkling juice.

"Yes, you should be quite amazed." a voice said.

The family saw Monkey Khan approaching the family along with his daughter. He had a handsome smile on his face which made Alice blush slightly, however he was a bit older for her tastes.

"Uh..thank you." Alice said.

"Sweetie, you remember Monkey Khan, my friend that used to visit us when you were little." Sally said.

"Yeah...we used to play tag!" Alice said, as she extended her hand to give a handshake, but instead Khan hugged her which surprised her. She returned the hug awkwardly, which made Sonic look at them uncomfortable.

Khan released her from the hug. "You look quite stunning...oh by the way, this is my daughter Su Khan." he introduced.

The short yellow monkey bowed in front of the chipmunk princess ands smiled. "Nice to meet you, your highness." she said.

"Sup." Alice said, which made Sally glare at her daughter.

"Way to make an impression on your future step daughter, sweetie." Sonic teased. Sally facepalmed and Alice froze, dropping the cookie she was eating.

"My...what?"

To be continued…