Amy's curious green eyes stared into Blaze as she waited for an answer. Blaze hesitated for a moment before forcing a smile to her lips, "How would I know who Shadow loves? He and I hardly talk. I heard as much as you did at the party that night. Some people said that the love of his life is already married, so I thought I would ask you." Amy bit her straw and looked out the cafe window, muttering an 'Oh...' before continuing with her drink. Blaze put her drink down on her table and tried to change the conversation, "How has Sonic been by the way? It's been a while since I've seen him."

The real Sonic was still in the hospital. He hadn't woken up yet, and not many people knew that. "He's great. But you know how it is, after he became disfigured, he doesn't like to see people very much."

"Such a shame though, if Sonic hadn't gotten into that incident, you two would surely be the top couple in all of Japan. If only he would be a little more social..."

Amy covered the guilt in her eyes by lowering her eyelashes. She was silent after that. Blaze frowned, she hadn't wanted to make her sister upset with such sensitive topics.

"But ya know, cosmetic surgery is at its best this century. I'm sure they'll be able to find a way to fix him up. Whenever he does start getting better, we'll all have to plan something."


When Shadow received Amy's message he had been sitting in a meeting. He had already gone through all the reports for that meeting so he wasn't paying very close attention. He felt his phone go off in his pocket and didn't take it out at first. But as the meeting got more boring, he decided to take it out anyway. He smirked when he saw the text was from Amy. The two went back and forth for a while before they settled on eating out later that night. He said he would pick her up soon, as he put his attention back on the meeting that was ending. When that was done, he checked the time on his phone and then stood up as everyone began to pile out of the room. As he reread the conversations between him and Amy, the corners of his lips curved upward.

"Shadow..." Tails small voice came out of no where, drawing Shadow out of his thoughts, "You have a dinner scheduled for tonight. It's booked for seven, but there's a bit of traffic. We won't make it unless we leave early."

Shadow turned, his eyes looking down in the foxes, "Cancel it." Shadow turned as he walked past the fox whose jaw was dropping, "I will take the car, you can go home. Come directly to the office in the morning. Don't come to the mansion." Without waiting for Tails to react, Shadow was already outside the office door.


Amy felt the need to pee come quickly. Perhaps it was because she had too much juice to drink. She stood up and excused herself as she dug through her purse for toilet paper. When she reached the stall and sat down, she realized she forgot to bring her phone. She hastily turned back, but then hesitated and remained seated.

Just two minutes after Amy had left, her phone had started to go off on the table. Blaze turned and looked at the phone. The words Shadow lit up her phone. She hesitated and didn't pick it up. The phone hung up, but after a few seconds Shadow had redialled and the phone lit up again. Blaze hissed and picked up the phone quickly, "It's me." She said flatly, "Amy went to the bathroom. So if it's something urgent then just tell me and I'll relay the message to her."

"It's fine. I'm in the parking garage by the mall in lot B. Come down when she's ready."

"Okay..." Blaze muttered, "Goodbye." She hung up the phone quickly. Just as she was about to put the phone back on the table, two shipping notifications from Amazon popped up on her screen. Blaze couldn't help but be suspicious of what Amy had bought, so she clicked it. There was cake baking equipment, balloons, candles, was this stuff all for Sonic? She then saw the gift message typed out underneath the entire thing.

Happy Birthday Shadow.

Blaze's eyes widened, all of this was for Shadow? So these things Amy bought weren't for Sonic's birthday... but for Shadow's? Blaze looked at the two gifts that sat across from her. Amy had said that there was a person in the crew who had a birthday the same day as Sonic's. That friend must be Shadow. The hand the cat had been using to clench onto Amy's phone clenched on it harder. With fingers on the screen, some other apps popped up endlessly. Blaze realized this just as Amy's photo gallery popped open. There weren't many photo's in Amy's collection, but one of them caught Blaze's attention immediately.

A picture of two hedgehogs, one being Amy, one being Shadow. Two lovers embraced in sheets and covers. Amy was deeply entangled in Shadow's arms. The picture was shot from an angle to where you could clearly tell the two of them were naked. Amy had a large bite on her shoulder, a sign of marking. Blaze was startled and astonished. She didn't want to believe it, but the photo on phone's screen, and the gift message all made it impossible for her to not believe it. Her head was blank before it registered, Shadow and Amy had actually slept together. She went into the details of the photo and saw it was taken two months ago.

No wonder Shadow suddenly dropped his status to play the male lead. No wonder Amy could convince Shadow to treat them to a meal. It was only because of Amy. So way back then, when she claimed Shadow had been her own boyfriend, Shadow and Amy had been secretly sleeping together? And she, the dumb cat, foolishly called Shadow her boyfriend. But Amy was married to Sonic, how could she be sleeping with Shadow? If Sonic were to find out, what would happen? Would the brothers turn against each other. There was an arranged marriage between Sonic and Amy also, how would that turn out? How happy would Auntie be if she heard Amy was sleeping around with Shadow? Blaze quickly put Amy's phone back in her spot after exiting all her apps. Her mind raced as she stirred her coffee. Amy eventually came back and smiled at Blaze.

"Sorry to make you wait." Amy sat back down. Blaze looked up at Amy's innocent face with disbelief. She had no idea that Amy was someone who could have an affair. She forced a smile back at Amy.

"Shadow called just now. He said he's waiting for us in the parking garage B lot. Should we go now?"

"Sure, let's head down." Amy grabbed her phone and slipped it into her purse as she locked arms with Blaze, the two of them walking to the exit. One sister full of high energy and spirits, and the other one shaken with disbelief. She looked at Amy's smiling face again before asking another question.

"Amy, is Sonic treating you well?"

Amy laughed, "Blaze, you have asked me this many times since I have gotten married."

"I'm just worried that you aren't happy." Inititally, Blaze was a bit worried because of what she had done, but now she was wondering if Sonic had been treating Amy terribly. Amy's smile grew warmed with Blaze's concern, but lied, "Sonic has always treated me well. You of all people should know that."

Blaze had wanted to retort. If he treated her so well why would she go behind his back? But she couldn't bring herself to say such things to Amy. So she bit her tongue, "Then all is good. I just want you to have a happy marriage."

"Neh, shouldn't you worry more about yourself? When are you and Silver gonna get married?"

Blaze felt a blush rise to her cheeks, "I..." She stopped midsentence when she saw Shadow's car.


After dinner, Blaze had gotten a cab back to Silver's apartment. Before slipping into the cab, she gave Amy a quick hug. She felt herself tense as she could feel Shadow looking at the two of them. After that, Amy had gotten back into Shadow's passenger seat. Shadow started his car once more as they drove off to the house. On the way home, Shadow had caught a glimpse of a red bag in front of Amy's knees. He recalled her saying that they had gone shopping for Sonic's birthday presents, so they must have been for Sonic.

"What did you get for him?" Shadow asked curiously. Amy smiled up at him.

"A tie."

Shadow nodded as they pulled into the garage. Amy opened the car door, flipping her hair over her shoulder casually as she grabbed her bag and gently shut the door behind her. Shadow surpressed the growl that almost came out of his mouth and followed suit. He followed her into the house. It was late, about eleven at night. Amy had changed into her pj's first and laid on the bed while he showered. She was quick to turn the lights off before changing into something a little inviting. She slipped under the bed sheets in a thin see through red night gown while she wore a black thong and bralette under it. When Shadow came out of the shower, he slipped in next to her, slightly started at the feeling of her skin. He pulled the covers off of her as he stared down at her wantingly. He climbed over her and kissed her feverishly as he quickly tore off her panties and entered her without warning. Amy moaned as she hugged him and tangled her fingers in his chest fur as she tilted her head up to deepen their kiss.


The next morning he left to attend at meeting at HQ. He had slept in a little bit so he didn't have time to eat breakfast. After the morning meeting it was already ten in the morning so he left for his next meeting, which thank God was a lunch meeting. After having lunch at the second meeting, it was then one in the afternoon. From the moment he was awake to now, he had been working tirelessly. He was finally able to take a breather. Shadow and Tails were headed to the car while Shadow was talking with someone on the phone. When the call ended, Tails looked at Shadow, "Should we head somewhere else now?"

Shadow nodded. The two climbed into the car as Tails then looked at the ebony hedgehog, "Oh by the way," He pulled out a little recorder from his pocket, "Is this yours Shadow?"

Shadow stared at the thing curiously then shook his head, "No."

"But this was found in the back of your car by the cleaning staff..." Tails said quickly. The recorder belonged to either Amy or Blaze. He sighed and took the recorder before shoving it in his pocket. The two went to the office to finish some more paper work. By the time he had finished all the necessary documents needed it was almost five in the evening. He lifted his head to massage his temples before slouching back in his chair. He rested for about five minutes before he looked at the voice recorder on his desk. He reached out and grabbed it. The recorder seemed rather worn out, so it was bought a while ago. He had no idea who it belonged to. He couldn't help but be curious. He felt like he would regret it, but he ended up hitting the play button.

"Amy, what did you say?" That voice belonged to Sonic.

"Amy hurry up and tell me what you were saying. Why do you need to close the door?"

"Sonic, can you be serious? I have something important to tell you."

"Sure sure, I'll be serious. I'll listen to whatever you have to say, as long as you buy me chilli dogs."

There was a moment of silence before Amy had started speaking.

"There's a saying that on earth, everyone has a better half. I believe mine has appeared, and that's you. I don't have big dreams, I just wish for us to be together. I'm not good with words, but I want you to know that no matter where life takes us, I will always love you. I believe I will never love someone as much as I love you. You might not know this, but I have always yearned to be near you. I have many dreams, and they are all about you. I just want to be with you. I just want you to love me too."

Shadow froze.

"For the rest of my life, I will love only you."

The recording ended as nothing else came through. Shadow was still and paralyzed. He didn't breathe, didn't move, didn't feel. In that moment, there was a knocking at his door. His eyes looked up as Tails walked in. "Shadow, it's already seven. Do you want to go home?"

Shadow lowered his eyes and quietly spoke, "You can go home, I'll be staying a bit later than usual."

"Okay." Tails could feel something was up with this hedgehog but said nothing. He left quickly and Shadow stared out his window. He opened it then and quickly grabbed a cigarette and started to light it. Her confession was beautiful, but it pained him for it was not meant for him. He shut his eyes and tried to suck in all the nicotine, trying to numb all his feelings. But the smoke was too much as he collapsed into a coughing fit.


Amy had found a local seller so that her supplies could have been delivered in the afternoon. In the end, two large boxs were delivered. Vanilla and Amy hid the box's upstairs in the bedroom. Shadow's birthday would be the next day and Amy was scared he would discover his things before then. Both of the boxs were placed in the dressing room cupboard. She even locked it and hid the keys in her pillowcase. Her cupboard was where she kept her luggage. And now that the boxs took up the space her luggage was sitting in the corner of the room. But then she remembered her secret box that laid on top of her luggage and she went to it. She opened the box and eyes the blue envelope that said Shadow on the top of it. She took the letter that had been inside. It was written in her cursive hand writing.

"Shadow,

There's a saying that on earth, everyone has a better half. I believe mine has appeared, and that's you. I don't have big dreams, I just wish for us to be together. I'm not good with words, but I want you to know that no matter where life takes us, I will always love you. I believe I will never love someone as much as I love you. You might not know this, but I have always yearned to be near you. I have many dreams, and they are all about you. I just want to be with you. I just want you to love me too.

For the rest of my live, I will only love you.

Amelia Rose Hedgehog."

Amy quickly hid the box and her luggage under the bed. For the rest of the night she sat and waited in boredom. It was already late, yet he wasn't back home. She sat on the couch downstairs and watched some tv. Vanilla walked out of her room and looked at the pinkette and tilted her head. "Amy, it's almost midnight. Why aren't you asleep?"

"I'm waiting for Shadow to get home. What about you, Vanilla?" Amy asked.

"I was just getting up to grab some water, than going back to sleep." Vanilla disappeared into the kitchen for a few moments. The sound of water from the sink being poured filled Amy's ears. Vanilla walked back out and smiled at Amy, "I shall return to my sleep. I'll see you in the morning." Vanilla went back to her room and Amy sighed. After a short while, it was eleven-thirty. In half an hour it would be his birthday. Suddenly, she heard the sound of a car approaching. She jumped up quickly and put on her slippers. She rushed outside as she opened the door to the garage. The car had stopped and turned off and he looked up at her surprisingly. She smiled up at him sweetly, "You're back!"

He said no word to her as he stormed into the house. She had asked him if he was hungry, if he wanted a bath, if he needed anything, but she was only returned with silence. He walked into the study room and slammed it behind him, not letting Amy in. She tried to turn the knob to the door but it was locked. She frowned, why was he being this way with her all of a sudden? She went back upstairs and grabbed the blue box that was in the cupboard. Then she grabbed Vanilla's backup keys, then headed back for the study room.