Shadow had picked up some coffee at a nearby cafe and got back into his car. He pulled out of the business's parking lot and started driving home. He sipped his coffee and looked at the one in the passenger cup holder. Hopefully if she was home, he could muster the courage to give it to her. He blinked a few times as he continued driving, trying not to remember anymore painful memories. He came to stop at a red light when he noticed familiar pink fur running across the street. His eyes narrowed and he squinted. Amy was running in the rain with an umbrella trying to flag down a taxi. He rolled his eyes and scoffed and pulled up next to her. She turned to the car with a smile thinking it was a taxi, but her face fell when she noticed it was Shadow. He rolled the windows down a bit, "Get in, Rose." She nodded quickly and folded in her umbrella and got in the passenger seat next to him. She blushed and looked down at her lap, "Thanks..."

When he started driving again, he noticed she didn't put her seatbelt on. He grimaced as he reached over and yanked the belt up and around her with a click before returning to the wheel, "Buckle up next time will you?"

Amy blushed, this was the first time they had been alone since that incident. She felt like he wasn't in a good mood, but still, the pink hedgehog wanted to make some kind of conversation with him. She awkwardly turned her head to look out the window, "So, I heard you left Rouge's birthday party?" He simply nodded. He blinked, trying to calm his nerves. He handed her the cup of coffee that was in the passenger seat cup holder.

"Drink this."

"Is it not yours?"

"This is mine" He pointed to his cup, then to hers, "That is yours."

"Oh, thanks."

It was quiet again as an awkward silence fell over the both of them. Shadow sipped his coffee, he wanted to talk with her more but couldn't force himself to. He wanted to tell Amy about why he left the crazy bats party, because she was getting close to learning about his feelings. "I had an urgent meeting to attend to so I left."

"Oh." Amy looked up, seeing a train station, "Well, there's a train station here. If you need to get to your meeting quickly you can just drop me off here and I'll take the train home." His eyebrows furrowed. Was she being nice or trying to avoid him again? No, he didn't want her to avoid him. SO he stepped onto the accelerator speeding up as he passed the train station.

"Oops, I missed the turn in." He said sarcastically. Amy flushed, he had done that on purpose! She looked towards the buttons on his car and pointed to them.

"Can I turn on the radio?"

He nodded and she smiled as a familiar tune entered her ears. This song was called Secret and sung by one of her favorite singers. She smiled and sipped her coffee as she sung along with the lyrics. Shadow listened to her singing as he drove, a smile creeping up on his face.

"After finishing the coffee, the feelings that I had suppressed,

The past that I've tried so hard to relive could be seen on my face.

Rainy days aren't the most beautiful,

It's the house we hid to shelter from the rain that is..."

Amy giggled to herself as the song ended. "I only watched the video because one of my favorite male celebrities had stared in it." Shadow clenched tighter onto the wheel, his eyes turned away from hers as he pouted a little bit. "Oh, well that.. is good I guess. What is the name of the song?"

"Secret."

As she said the word, the sad memories from the past started playing in her head. Memories from then until now. She felt her happy exterior slipping and she looked back down to her lap, feeling something leave her. A few moments later, Shadow pulled up to the house. As soon as he parked the car, she bolted out of the passenger door and started running inside. Shadow felt a bit heartbroken. She wanted nothing to do with him it seemed. He was about to start the car again when he noticed her bag was still there. He honked quickly and she jumped and turned to him. He pointed at the bag on the seat and she nodded and ran back over to him, blushing, "U-Um, thanks..."

When he didn't leave, she looked up at him again, daringly she asked, "Will you come home tonight?"

His gaze met hers as he looked at her seriously, "Do you want me to come home?" He caught himself as he realized she could hold this against him, even make fun of him for it. Why would she want him to come home anyway? He scoffed, his demeanor changing "I mean, it's not like I have any needs tonight anyway."

"So... you're only gonna come back when you want to sleep with me, is that it?" He jumped and turned to look at her. A tear had rolled down her cheek and his eyes widened, "What? Rose, no-"

She turned from him quickly and ran away from the car with her bag in her hand this time. He watched her walk away and immediately felt regret. He didn't want to do this anymore. He didn't want to say those kinds of things to her anymore or hurt her. But damn it... he couldn't open up to her. He turned away furiously and sped away from the house and into the night.


As Amy walked inside their home, she dabbed at her face and her hair with some little napkins from her bag. She grumbled under her breath angrily, cursing Shadow's name. She was so focused on being angry she hadn't seen Madam Vanilla walking towards her, "Evening Mrs. Rose, I've prepared dinner. Do you want some?"

Amy shook her head, forcing her angry thoughts away from her so she could be polite and talk to Vanilla, "I have already ate I'm afraid. Why don't you eat instead? Shadow won't be back until later I think, he has a few meetings."

"Alright I suppose. Shall I start a bath for you?"

"I'm fine, but thank you Vanilla. I can bathe myself." Vanilla smiled, nodded, and headed off to the kitchen.

"Alright, good night Mrs. Rose."

"Good night, Madam Vanilla."

Amy disappeared up the stairs and into her room. She stripped of her clothes and hopped into the shower, making sure the water was hot before she sighed and relaxed. She pulled her quills back as she applied some conditioner and shampoo, and then the water turned off. She exited the shower and wrapped a towel around her as she headed for her bedroom. She changed into a dry set of clothes and then made her way over to the closet. In the very back behind her shoe cabinet, there was a small blue box. She pulled it out and opened it. There were train tickets, plane tickets, a few random bills, receipts, and some trinkets in it. On the very bottom was an old letter with a torn seal. She picked it up and looked at it softly. She smiled and held it to her chest, little did she know that Madam Vanilla was peeking around the door. Vanilla turned away quickly before pulling out her phone and rushing down the stairs to call someone.


Shadow was just getting done with his meeting when his phone rang. He pulled the technological device out of his back pocket and glanced at it. He opened his phone, "Hello?"

"Mr. Shadow, how are you this evening? Amy did not want to eat dinner, she said she had already ate, so she went upstairs to the bedroom."

"Ah" He thought for a second and remembered Amy had been running around in the rain for some time, "Make sure to adjust the room temperature for Rose, and to make her some tea so she won't get sick."

"She said she just wanted to rest, would it be okay for me to go up there again?"

"Yes, if she is sleeping wake her up and make her take it." He sighed, "Also, how did she look when she came inside?"

"Her eyes were a little red. I think she was upset about something, did something happen?"

"No, not at all." He lied, "I must go. Don't tell her about this conversation." He hung up quickly, making his car head straight back to the home where his wife was.


Amy was relaxing on her bed, scrolling through her phone when there was a knock on her door. She sat up and looked at the door, "Yes?" The door opened and Vanilla stood there with a tray. It had some of the best china on it. Amy sniffed the air, "Is that ginger tea?" Vanilla smiled with a nod.

"I thought maybe you got caught up in that terrible storm outside, and maybe you would need some." Amy nodded, motioning for her to bring it over. Vanilla brought the tray over as she set it on Amy's night stand. Amy drank the tea quickly and gave it back to Vanilla, "Thank you."

Vanilla nodded and left once again. Amy grabbed her phone, getting onto Twitter to see what was happening. A lot of the people she followed were the celebrities. So she saw many posts on Rouge's page wishing her a happy birthday. It seems even Shadow has posted too.

"Happy Birthday you crazy bat RougeTheBat"

Amy smiled at the many comments under it from his adoring fans. Shadow's nickname in the industry was "hubby" because he was the most sought after entertainer. Amy started a new tweet to Rouge also,

"Happy birthday, big sis ~ RougeTheBat"

Not a few moments later, Rouge responded to her tweet,

"Thank you little sis ~~~ AmyTheRose"

In the drama they were shooting, Amy's character played Rouge's little sister. Rouge's character would normally address her as 'little sis,' the tone she had used was a reference to the drama. As soon as she replied to Amy's tweet, Rouge's fans and Shadow's fans erupted into excitement. Since Shadow was staring in the production, his fans were keeping up with the drama. As soon as Rouge had called Amy little sis, that was when it revealed to the world that this was the one partnering with Shadow in the production. They took to the comments to talk about Amy.

"So you are my husband's new mistress! ."

"OMGOSH why are you so pretty?!"

"Please dont seduce my husband ~~~"

"First Rouge, now Amy, why are all my love rivals so pretty?"

Amy read a few more posts, smiling to herself as she let sleep take her.


Shadow pulled into the driveway of the mansions. Instead of pulling into the garage he left his car outside. He looked up at the mansions. All the lights were off except for his room. He assumed Amy would still be up. He got out of the car and walked to the front door. He inserted his key and turned it slightly, and opened the door. Vanilla was not there so she must be sleeping. He took his shoes off and put his keys up and he tip toed quietly upstairs. He opened the door and saw Amy laying asleep on her side quietly. He turned the light off and crawled into bed next to her. He stared at her face for a while before reaching over and grabbing her phone and putting it on her nightstand. He then covered the rest of her up with a blanket. He stared at her some more before reaching over to caress her face.

Ever since five years ago, he thought Amy was someone he could never love. He had always stayed calm and cold in front of her, even though most of the time he just wanted to lose control. He got flustered sometimes but would always hide himself, managing to hide his true feelings. He didn't want her to know that love was the reasoning behind his rash actions. Aside from his mom, Amy was the only one he cared about. His mother had given him life into a cold and dark world, but Amy was the light that still remained in it. Amy was his drive and his hope. Even when he succeeded she was his drive and his hope. No one knew that he had been living alone, but he pushed forward anyway. Everyone knows he's surrounded by people all the time, but no one knows how lonely he is. Ever since he was young all he ever wanted was her. But there were many things he couldn't get, Amy being one of them.

It was a mystery to him. One day she just started avoiding him and he didn't know why. To this day, he still wasn't clear as to why she had left his life. He just remembered Sonic having a gathering, him being drunk and incredibly intoxicated. He remembers her coming up to talk to him and him replying to her. After that he seemed to have blacked out and when he woke up and asked Sonic where she went, he said she had left a little earlier. He was beginning to wonder if he had dreamed of them having a conversation or if it even happened at all. He grunted and kissed her hair before wrapping his arms around her and falling asleep.

The next morning Shadow was awake again before Amy. He climbed out of bed and got dressed and walked downstairs. Vanilla stood at the front door and smiled at him, "Good morning, Mr. Shadow." He simply nodded at her, as he grabbed his work coat and threw it over his shoulders. He grabbed the coffee she had made in the kitchen and a bagel and headed towards the door. Before leaving he looked over his shoulder, "Don't tell her I came back." Then walked out.

Vanilla was confused, "I wonder why he wants to hide his concern from his wife so much.."

The next two days Amy stayed at home since there was no shooting. In those two days she didn't receive a text, call, or email from Shadow. He didn't even come home. One night Vanilla was going to the bathroom at twelve in the morning when she noticed that Shadow had been sitting in the driveway in his car. She watched him sit there for about half an hour, not doing anything, before he pulled out of the driveway.


When they finally returned to the set, filming resumed. From morning until late afternoon, the shoots were mostly done for Rouge, Silver, and Sally. Then after they were done it would be Amy and Shadow's turn to film. This scene was of their backyard and happened at night. The second male lead hadn't been home for many nights, and finally returned to her drunk, confessing his love for her and even kissing her. Everyone in the industry up until now knew Shadow never really kissed the actress. Shadow has techniques to fake kissing actresses but would never really do it. So Robotnik informed Amy ahead of time that she wouldn't actually be kissing Shadow. Even so, she was still nervous.

When Knuckles shouted for it to begin, Amy was already sitting on the set's sofa watching tv. Knuckles signaled for Shadow to enter. To get into his character, Shadow had already drank a bit before arriving.

She's sitting on the couch watching tv. Second ML staggers in drunk. She jumps off the sofa and rushes over to him with a worried expression and helps him get his shoes off and over to the sofa. She turns to grab some water for him, but he grabs her hand and spins her around to face him, pulling her onto his lap as he leans back onto the sofa. He looks at second FL with a drunken glaze and leans up to kiss her.

"Cut!" Amy and Shadow's head pop up. "Shadow, you're not doing a good expression. Retake!"

From then on, they had to cut multiple times.

"Cut! Shadow, you're angling for the kiss is weird."

"Cut! Shadow you need to actually LOOK at Amy when you kiss her."

"CUT! Shadow..."

"CUT!"

Everyone around them started whispering and Knuckles turned red. He was furious. "Shadow, take ten minutes to get yourself into character. And makeup, I need his make up touched up within ten minutes." Shadow's face fell for a second before he stood up and walked over to Knuckles while the make up team followed, applying what was needed to his face.

"Director Knuckles, I have decided that I am going to kiss Amy for real in this scene."