A/N: I'd like you all to know that I am not dead! :P The reason why I haven't updated in the last few months is because… Well, because of some problems that is now fixed, not to mention that school has gotten a little harder and takes up most of my time.

Joke: The answer is: Your voice, so well done to those people who got it right. Give yourself a pat on the back. J

Disclaimer: I do not own STH, and I never will!

Chapter 17

Amy felt her eyes widen and she was afraid that they were going to pop out of their sockets. "What? What did you just say?" She felt her heart start to beat very fast, focusing her eyes on the blue hedgehog standing before her.

"I said I like you." Sonic answered, frowning a little at her behaviour. He thought that she would jump around the room and ask him to marry her with her green eyes twinkling like stars. She's probably shocked, and thinks that I'm lying about liking her. The blue hero thought, nodding his head mentally.

"Y-you're lying! This is some joke!" The pink hedgehog frowned, sighing deeply. "If this is a joke Sonic, I want you out of my house."

"This is no joke Ames; I really do mean what I'm saying." Sonic walked up to her, locking his olive green eyes with her jade ones. Amy stared at him, not being able to see anything else but sincerity in his gaze.

"D-do you really mean it?" The pink female asked again.

Sonic nodded his head. "Yes, and I'll take you out on a date to prove it." Amy gasped, her eyes widening.

"This is a dream, it has to be!" She bit her bottom lip, brushing her bangs aside. Sonic let a smile form on his face.

"It isn't a dream; would you like to go on a date right now?" The blue blur asked, rubbing the back of his neck with his left gloved hand. He heard Amy gasp, and when he saw her pinch her hand, he couldn't help but chuckle.

It's real, it really is. Amy thought to herself, her jaw dropping open. Her eyes widened again, and she felt her lips pull back in a grin. She then ran to Sonic and wrapped her arms around his neck in a tight hug. "Sonic! I'm so glad you confessed your feelings for me! I've been dreaming of this day since I first met you!" The pink hedgehog pulled back with a small tint of red on her cheeks.

Chuckling again, Sonic tucked some of her pink hair behind her ear. Oddly, he felt really comfortable in her embrace unlike the old times. It's probably because I told her about how I feel for her. Why couldn't I have told her a long time ago?

"Sonic, I'll get ready for our date, so… Will you please excuse me?" Amy asked with a smile, pulling away completely.

"Of course Ames, I'm gonna wait for ya outside." The azure male gave her a grin, before he dashed out of the room. The rose-coloured hedgehog gave a huge sigh, with a big smile on her face.

"Wear your best dress Amy; you've always dreamed of the day you would date Sonic The Hedgehog." She murmured to herself, walking to the cupboard, and sliding the door open. "Looks like my plan worked." She added with a little grin.

xXx

Amy stood in front of the mirror, pursing her lips as she checked herself from head to toe. She was wearing a spaghetti strapped black dress that reached above her knees. It was kind of tight around the chest, waist and hips, but not too tight to make her feel uncomfortable. Her soft pink quills that reached up to her shoulders were curled slightly. She wore a thin gold necklace with "Amy" carved on it that the blue hedgehog had given her on the day she became 14. Amy wasn't really the type of girl to wear make-up, but today she wanted to impress Sonic, which left her with some lip-gloss and black eye-liner. And on her feet, she wore black high heels.

"You look great, let's go!" The pink hedgehog told herself, grabbed her small black purse, and left the room hurriedly. As she was climbing down the stairs, she caught sight of Shadow sitting down on the sofa. With a gasp, she climbed down faster. She couldn't believe that she had forgotten all about him, it made her feel slightly guilty.

Hearing her approach him, Shadow turned his head around to look at her. "Going somewhere?" He asked, with his emotionless mask placed firmly on his face. Amy got the feeling that he had heard her conversation with Sonic, but she couldn't be really sure.

"Yeah…" She answered quietly, watching him look at her from head to toe.

Tilting his head to the side, he asked calmly, "Can I ask where?"

"Um…" Amy started fiddling with her purse, and tried avoiding eye contact with him. She was sure that he knew about her date with Sonic, something in his eyes told her so. Deciding not to hide the truth from him, as he already knew everything anyway, she took a deep breath. "I have a date with Sonic." Shadow nodded his head, and turned his head to look at the TV screen. Amy frowned, and said, "I know you told me to stay away from him, but he said that he likes me. How can I refuse him when I've always dreamed of him being mine? Tell me, Shadow."

The ebony male turned to look at her again. "I'm not telling you what you should do or what you shouldn't do, it's your choice. The Faker can get short-tempered sometimes, so just be careful." He answered her, some emotion in his eyes that Amy couldn't really tell what it was.

"Are you saying that Sonic is going to turn into Dark Sonic and hurt me?" The pink female asked in a way that said, "He would never hurt me". Shadow shrugged, which made Amy kind of angry. "Of course he wouldn't!" She said a bit too loudly, saw Shadow raise an eyebrow, and sighed. "I'm sorry, Shadow. I like Sonic. Don't you want me to be happy?" Amy asked the black and red-streaked hedgehog with a small pout on her face.

"I want you to be happy with someone else, not with Faker. Be careful and have fun." With that said, Shadow turned his face away from her completely. Not wanting to say anything else, Amy looked at him one more time, and as she was about to walk away, her eyes flickered to the TV screen. The film was still paused at where she had stopped it.

"We'll watch the rest of the movie when I come back, Shadow, I promise. Do something while I'm gone, but please don't leave the house." She whispered, biting her bottom lip. He wasn't looking at her. Probably upset about the choice I made. The rose hedgehog thought. "If you get Hungry, there's food in the fridge." She waited there for a minute, and when Shadow still didn't pay any attention to her, walked out of the room. She didn't know it, but Shadow watched her go with a frown on his face.

Amy turned the knob of the front door, and ran into something. She looked up into warm olive green eyes. "Oh, it's only you."

"You took so long, I got worried and decided to come and look for you." Sonic stepped back, and held the door open for the petite female. She walked out and closed it shut.

"Why did you get worried?" Amy asked, feeling a cool wave of air hit her on the face. She shivered a little and wrapped her arms around herself.

"You might wanna wear a coat; the sky shows signs of rain." The blue hero said, taking another step back. "You look beautiful." He complimented her, watching her smile widely at his statement.

"Thanks. I'm going to go and grab a coat, be back in a sec." Amy smiled at him, before entering the house. She took her creamy-coloured coat that Hung on a peg next to the door, exiting the house as soon as she had the coat in her hand. She wore it, immediately feeling warm. "So, tell me why you were worried."

"I was afraid that you would change your mind about accepting me." Sonic said, scratching his ear with a sheepish smile. "However, I'm glad that that wasn't the case."

"Yeah…" Amy trailed off, thinking of the ebony hedgehog sitting in her living room. She wondered if Sonic had seen him, but that was unlikely as Shadow was nowhere to be seen at that time. Besides, Sonic would have said something if he had seen Shadow.

"What are you thinking about?" The blue hedgehog asked, snapping Amy out of her thoughts.

"I was thinking about where you are going to take us for our date." She answered, which seemed to make Sonic smile brightly for some reason.

"Oh right, that. Are you ready then?" The azure male asked, Amy nodding immediately. She couldn't wait to see what he had planned for their date. "Great!" Sonic scooped Amy up in his arms, a squeal escaping from her mouth. "Hold on tight!" He sprinted off, leaving a trail of blue blur behind him.

xXx

Sonic skidded to a halt, a small smile on his face. Amy stood on her own feet, trailing her eyes around. Her blue hero had brought her to the beach. "Is this place alright? Or do you want to spend our date in some other place?"

"It's not alright, Sonic." Amy whispered, not seeing the blue hedgehog look slightly worried. "It's wonderful! Thank you."

"I'm glad you like it. Let's walk." He took her small hand in his and both of them started walking, Amy looking down and blushing slightly. "Would you like something to eat?" Sonic asked her.

"No, I'm full." She shook her head. The blue hero stopped when they were on top of a small hill.

"Let's stop here. I wanna show ya something." He smiled, making the pink hedgehog get kind of curious. She wondered what he wanted to show her.

"Ok," She nodded her head, both of them walking to the edge and sitting down. Amy let her feet swing from side to side. "Thank you Sonic, really." The blue male turned to look at her. "For this date… I still can't believe this is all happening."

Sonic smiled. "Me neither. You didn't react the way I imagined you would." The rosy hedgehog tilted her head to look at him.

"What do you mean?" She asked, her hair blowing in the wind.

"I thought that you would give me one of your death hugs, not the soft ones." He chuckled. "And I also thought that you would run around the room and get really hyper."

Amy laughed. "Yeah, well to be honest, I don't want to act like a child anymore. You can say that I've matured." She laughed again, an ebony hedgehog popping into her head. He had helped her become like a grown-up with his offensive words. How many times had he called her a child? That was at the beginning of course, he was now one of her closest friends. She smiled at that.

"Amy? Amy!" Sonic waved a hand in front of her face, making her snap back into reality.

"Sorry, I spaced out." She smiled, watching the waves crash in and out.

"You really have matured, although I kind of miss the old Amy." Sonic grinned, and then said, "Look! This is what I wanted to show you." He pointed to the sky; Amy's head snapping up so as to not miss what the cobalt hedgehog wanted her to see. The sun was drifting down the sky, both being able to see only half of it. The sky was a mixture of orange, red and yellow. Now she understood why he had brought her here. She had always told him that on their first date she wanted to watch the sun set with him, while he had told her that he was sorry and that he only liked her as a friend.

Amy turned her body around to look at him, tears forming in her eyes. "Thank you, Sonic. I can't believe you still remember my wish."

"Why wouldn't I?" He smiled, and then said, "There's something I want to give you." For some reason, Sonic sounded nervous.

"What?" She asked, and when she saw him glance down at her lips, the butterflies started flying around in her stomach.

"I don't want to force you or anything, so if you don't want to-"

"Are you kidding?" Amy questioned him, seeing him turn around slightly. When the words were out of her mouth, Sonic turned to her.

"If you insist…" He trailed off, the pink hedgehog being able to see how nervous he seemed although he tried to hide it.

Sonic leaned in to her, and then pressed his lips to hers. The pink hedgehog's eyes fluttered shut, feeling his soft lips move against hers. It was a very soft and sweet kiss, and just as she was about to deepen it, he pulled back with a grin on his face. "You always wanted to have your first kiss with me, there you have it!" Amy forced a smile.

"Yeah…" She gazed at the sky, remembering who she had her first kiss with. Even though it was an accident one, it still counted. She wondered what Shadow was doing right now. What if he had left? "Thank you for everything Sonic, but I've gotta go now. I need to cook something for dinner. You can come too if…" Amy watched the smile fade away from his face.

"No, I can't." He stood up, and then planted a smile on his face, while holding his arms open. "Let me take you back."

Amy bit her lip; not knowing if going back to her house with Sonic at her side would make Shadow happy. He was already mad at her, and that was enough. "It's ok, Sonic. I'll go back myself." Sonic opened his mouth to argue with her, but he knew that it was useless.

"Whatever you say," he sighed. "Be careful."

"I will, I'll see you soon." Amy smiled and ran to him, wrapping her arms around his neck in one of her tight hugs. "I haven't changed that much." She grinned, seeing him also smile.

"Meet me at Tails' workshop tomorrow for another date." Sonic gave her a wink, with a big smile on his face.

"I will." The pink female planted a quick kiss on his face, before she started walking away; Sonic watching her go with his fingers touching the spot her lips had been on one second ago.

"I need to give Tails a present for making me see my feelings for Amy!"

Ok, please review and tell me what you thought about this chapter. A huge thank you to everyone who reviewed the last chapter, all of you guys inspire me to continue writing. My thanks also goes to everyone who has alerted and added my story to their favourites, you guys rock. I'm gonna mention all of you guys at the end to show how much I appreciate your feedback, and we're not far from the ending. ;)

That was quite a long author's notes, wasn't it? Review please! *Hugs everyone*

-Amy

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