When the girl had left the nurse's office, Amy had turned onto her side. She stuttered almost, "So, you and the student president are pretty close now. Are you and Tikal together?"
She was happy to hear the scoff that followed after, "No, we're both in charge of an upcoming event soon." Even though her back was turned to him, Shadow looked up to look at her, curious as to why she would ask him such a question.
"Oh." Amy couldn't help but smile into the pillow as he said this. Shadow gave a little smile of his own, unknown to her, and returned to reading his back. The nurse returned shortly after. Because Amy's periods were so painful, the woman had to charge her for the pain killers. Amy sighed and sat up. She reached into her bag to retrieve her wallet when Shadow pulled out a thirty dollar bill, handing it to the woman.
"Here, this should be more than enough to cover the cost." He spoke with no emotion in his voice or eyes. Amy panicked.
"Oh no, wait." Amy rushed to his side, pulling a 50 from her wallet and holding it out to him, "Take this please. It's to thank you for helping me get here."
Shadow put a hand over hers, shaking his head, "No, I don't mind. Keep your money, okay?" He turned away from her and took large strides out the door.
The second time Amy had studied hard was after a picnic. At that time, Sonic and the group were barbecuing outdoors. They had invited a lot of friends and Shadow was included.
That day, the weather was good and the skies were clear. Everyone laid down on the grass after the meal to cloud gaze. Somehow the topic shifted to their ambitions and their dream universities. Shadow was the only one who remained silent the entire time. On the way back, Amy heard Sonic asking Shadow, "Bro, what about you? Which university do you want to go to?"
"Mobian university."
Mobian university was globally acclaimed and one had to be the top of the cohort to enter. Amy dared not even dream of entering it.
She was not sure which university she wanted to enter, but when someone asked her if she wanted to enter a university in California, she nodded. She didn't have any preference, but since California was a pretty city, she decided that it would be nice to enter a university there.
The only reason Amy liked California was because the city of San Francisco was pretty. But to her, no city could overshadow Shadow. Even if she knew that Shadow and Mobian University were both unattainable dreams, she still wanted to go ahead and fight for it.
That day, she set a new goal in life and that was to enter Mobian University to become Shadow's schoolmate, and hopefully more.
It was much more difficult to enter Mobian University than it was to enter the first class. Students from the whole country were vying for a slot there. It was a school that parents could only dream their child would enter. A person's ability was indeed infinite and her obsession for Shadow was so insane that as long as it was an opportunity to get close to him, she would go all out.
From that day till the end of the exams, she immersed herself in her studies. Other than studying, sleeping, eating, and secretly thinking of Shadow which she then turned into motivation, she didn't do anything else.
Her hard work was rewarded and she was repaid with amazing results. She was just one mark below Shadow and that result easily got her into Mobian University.
Amy began to search for Shadow's results after finding hers. He had gotten about ten marks more than Sonic. The instance she found out that they all passed the cut off for Mobian university, she started crying tears of joy. Her dreams were finally going to come true.
On a hot summer day, Amy received her acceptance letter. During an early autumn day, she happily took her acceptance letter to Mobian university. Knowing that Sonic had also entered A university, she invited him for a drink after completing the administrative procedures.
Causally she asked, "Where's Shadow? Isn't he with you?"
Sonic bit into his chili dog, muttering, "My brother? He didn't come to Mobian university in San Fran, he's in Los Angeles." He paused for a while before continuing, "During the holidays, he was scouted to be a celebrity and decided to go there instead."
Can one know how it feels to have the whole world crushing down on you? Even after so many years, Amy would still feel that same feeling every time she dreamed of that moment. It felt as though a ray of lighting struck her, electrifying her whole soul. She had used all of herself to work towards Mobian university, but he had gone to LA to act?
Wise people once said that fate was what brought people together. She and Shadow were probably two people born without fate.
Even if she used up her entire soul to chase after him, to love him, she won't be able to get even a bit of it back...
Youth, seemingly beautiful, was filled with sorrow.
Tears started to well up in her eyes, streaming down her face.
