I'm back, yeah late update...As always. I'm terribly sorry for that. Well the play is over and there is another adventure they'll be in, so you have a lot to expect. Hehe.
Oh and I don't own any of the Sonic characters, just my OC's.
Chapter 13: It's just a kiss
"One more hour and you're going to get your face engraved on that table," Rouge said. She and Cream observed as Amy pressed her head against the stone table at one of the study areas of the school, which is located at an open field near the school's stadium.
Amy didn't respond she just turned her head to the left, where her friends were standing, so she could meet their eyes. She sent them a wry expression before returning to her former head-position. She gripped her head as if losing her mind, muttering words her friends couldn't understand.
"Was it really that bad?" Cream asked innocently.
Amy growled, indicating her answer. "Can we not mention that please?" she said under her breath, controlling her temper.
"Look, don't take this way too much, hun. You know from the start that the story ends with the prince kissing Snow White," Rouge said carefully as she patted her back to comfort her. Cream followed the white bat's example.
"It's nothing get too worked about Amy." Cream smiled. "I'm sure sooner or later you're bound to lose a kiss to someone."
"I'm alright giving away a kiss to even a smelly pig but him!" Amy scoffed. "It's bad enough that I have to smooch with that jerk in front of everyone, now the fact that that was my first kiss just made things much worse!"
Both her friends gasped.
"Wait what? Frist? You mean to tell us that was your first kiss?" Rouge said with a sceptical look mixed with surprise. "Sonic is your first kiss?"
"Terrible it may seem, yes," Amy's voice was frosty.
"Whoa," was all Cream could say.
"So for your fifteen years of existence you've only had your first kiss yesterday?" Rouge's eyes widen to the thought that her friend had just lost something special and to someone she hates.
Before Amy could give an answer to Rouge, Christian appeared. "Hey Guys!"
"Hey Chris, what is it?" Cream asked.
Amy finally lifted her head to stare at the white hedgehog's concerned eyes and encouraging smile. Apparently he knows why she's feeling, so she stood up to face him more properly.
He spoke, "Ms Brown wants to see all of us in the classroom. She said it's something important."
At the end of those words, Amy instantly turned pale. Is it about the play? Was she disappointed? Did the stunt she pulled caused a scandal? These were the questions swimming in her head.
Christian noticed the colour of her face and immediately raised his hands to calm her down, "No don't worry! I'm sure it's not what you think it is."
"I hope," Amy mumbled.
They arrived inside the classroom with their classmates already seated and Ms Brown standing in front, behind the teacher's desk. Amy, Cream, Rouge and Christian took their own seats, ready to listen to whatever their teacher is about to say.
Amy spared Sonic a glance and saw him sitting across her, calm and collected. When he turned to her direction she quickly looked away, not wanting for him to think anything about what happened that day.
"Okay now that we're all here let's talk about your performance shall we?" Ms Brown said in a rather cheery voice.
Again, Amy felt her body stiffen. She knew it! She knew it! Ms Brown is going to lecture her about what she had done! But turned out, it wasn't what she expected.
"I can't tell you how proud I am," the white cat admitted, "Your performance was marvellous! I'm completely speechless!" she beamed.
Amy released a deep, relieved sigh, loud enough to make her classmates glance at her. She blushed and disguised her embarrassment by faking a flattered laugh. "Thank you, teacher," she said. Okay lame, she thought.
The students turned their attention back to the one in front of them.
"Oh I should be the one thanking you! Because of your splendid performance, you're section placed second in the over-all performance!"
"Really? Second place? Wow that's great news!" a students exclaimed enthusiastically.
"Who was third and second?" another student asked.
Ms Brown was in deep thought. "Hmm...Third place is the ballet recital class 4-1 performed and first place is the Hillside Choir, class 4-2,"Ms Brown told her students.
"Wow, they're all seniors and we're only sophomores! We rock!" Tails exclaimed as everyone also cheered in agreement.
"Yup, and as a reward I'll be bringing all of you on my engagement party in Hawaii this week!" she told them.
Silence hung in the air for a few seconds, until the students finally took in what they just heard. "Hawaii?" their voices erupted in unison.
Ms Brown's muzzled turned beet red, "Yes. You see, my boyfriend finally proposed and I said yes. We will be having our engagement party in Hawaii—my fiancé's parent's choice— which he asked me to bring a lot of guests. And he means a lot!"
"You have a boyfriend?" Cream said, shocked. "When?"
"Yes and four years ago. I made sure our relationship remained a secret until the right time came, which is now. Since I don't have any family members, I've decided to bring my students instead." She gave her students a challenging look. "Are you all in?"
"YEAAAAAAAHHH!" their voices exploded.
"I can't believe it, we're going to Hawaii! Somebody pinch me 'cause I think I'm dreaming!" Amy yelled on their way home. Then Rouge reached to her elbow and pinched her. "OUCH! I didn't mean it literally!" she said stroking her sour skin.
"Well you did ask for it?" Rouge said.
Cream giggled. Amy rolled her eyes.
"I can't believe Ms Brown has a boyfriend and she never told us!" Cream said brightly. "I wander what he looks like? How he captured Ms Brown's attention? How he proposed to her?"
"You can ask Ms Brown as many questions as you want when we get to Hawaii Cream," Rouge said.
"His boyfriend must be super rich to afford Ms Brown invite all of us!" Amy exclaimed. "I can't wait to see him!"
"Me too!" Cream and Rouge said at the same time.
The air was filled with laughter for a minute. Amy reached inside her shoulder bag and suddenly stopped walking with a dumbstruck expression. Her friends were confused. "What?"
"I forgot my notebook at school!" she shouted.
"So?"
"Homework, duh?" Amy said placing her hands on her hips. "You two just go ahead; I'll go get my notebook."
"Nuh-uh, girl, we're coming with you," Rouge said shaking a finger in front of Amy's face.
"Okay. But we better hurry; I'm going to be late for work."
The three searched under the desks and still hasn't found the notebook Amy was talking about. They even looked under the desks of their classmates, which was highly impossible for her property to end up there.
"Maybe someone took it?" Cream considered the possibility.
"Why would anyone take my notebook? It's not even made of fine silk, just plain old pieces of paper?" Amy told her.
"Well it could happen?" Cream insisted.
"Okay let's say someone did, so who do you assume could have taken it?"
"Sonic?" Rouge guessed.
"How did he get into the subject? And why would he take my notebook? What's so great about it?" The pink hedgehog's anger is beginning to rise.
"To get back at you for what you put him through?" Rouge said walking closer to her pink-furred friend.
"What, exactly, have I put him through?" Amy scowled.
"Do you want me to mention that?" Rouge gave her friend a tired look.
Amy immediately got what she was trying to say. She groaned loudly, burying her red face from her best friends. "No I rather not you mention it, thank you," she said to her bat friend.
Cream stroked Amy's back and gave her a sincere smile, "Let's go Amy; you're going to be late for work. You can copy the assignment from me or Rouge."
They gave up looking eventually and Amy headed for work. She arrived just in time. She wore the same maid-like outfit their manager had design to be the employees' uniforms. As usual, she waited on tables and brought them their orders although during her task, her mind hasn't given up the thought that Sonic really did take her notebook and what he might want with it.
"Penny for your thoughts," Ostres said noticing how distracted the pink hedgehog is, as she entered the kitchen.
"Huh? Did you say something?" Amy didn't hear what she said.
Ostres rolled her eyes. "You're awfully distracted today pinky?"
"Ostres!"
Ostres laughed. "Okay, okay sorry. I forgot Sonic is the only one who is allowed to call you that," she teased, "I'm glad his not around to hear that or he might have—
"Ostres!"
"Relax, I was only teasing. Why are you in such a bad mood tonight?" the orange cat asked, quirking an eyebrow.
Amy sighed. "Sorry, I...well...going through much lately," Amy confessed.
"It's about the kiss isn't it?"
At that moment Amy was picking up a tray and suddenly felt weak after hearing what her co-employee had said and dropped the piece of silver, creating a loud clunk as it hit the floor. "Wh-what makes you think that it is about that?" she stammered, picking up the tray.
"C'mon Honey, it's so obvious you're bothered by it,"
Then Amy suddenly noticed something, "Wait a minute, how did you—
"We were there Amy—all of us,"
"You watched the play and you never told me?" Amy's muzzled turned crimson as she covered herself with the silverware. Okay, who else saw what she did?
"We wanted to surprise you. We were going to reveal ourselves at the end of the play but after that, you know what, we didn't instead. It's nothing to be ashamed of sweetie," Ostres tried to lighten up her mood. "It was actually rather cute you know."
Amy gave the orange feline a disgusted look.
"It's just a kiss?" the orange cat said in a mater-of-factly way.
"No, it wasn't just a kiss Ostres,"—then added very quietly—"it was my first."
"Was it that bad?"
"Horrible," Amy corrected her.
"I never heard a kiss being horrible before," Ostres chuckled.
Amy scowled. "It is when it's with someone you hate."
Ostres rolled her green eyes. "Oh please Amy. You have to admit that that guy is actually a good-looking one. Not to mention hot," she added with a dreamy look.
Amy flinched as if she described Sonic gruesomely. "Ew, as if! He's not even hooked-up yet and you call that attractive?"
Ostres scooted closer to the pink hedgehog, leaned to ear and whispered, "I didn't say he was attractive, I said he was good-looking," she nudged Amy on the arm. "Are you attracted to him?"
"Heck no! Good-looking, attractive, what's the difference? The words are just synonymous," Amy said defensively.
"Yet 'attractive' is more powerful than 'good-looking'," Ostres pressed.
Amy waved airily to dismiss her opinion. "Whatever."
"You know, the reason he could still be single is that he's waiting for someone special. And by someone, I mean you," she winked at the pink hedgehog at the mention of the last words.
"I'd rather be thrown in a shark pit than be blue jerk's..." she trailed off of the word she was about to say.
"You don't mean that. After all you did kiss him in front of the entire student body." Ostres had a dreamy look as she made exaggerated kissing noises. "That takes a lot of courage."
Amy's face was now as red as a tomato and was about to deny the thought when Ostres spoke. "Don't worry sweetheart, I'm just messing with you," she said propping her left hand on her waist. "As far as the kiss is concerned, just ignore it," she advised, "It's just a kiss and nothing more—a meaningless kiss—if you'd like to call it."
She gave Amy a smirk and wink after busying herself with chopping kiwis. Amy drew a deep, deep breath and released every tension her body into it. She's glad Ostres finally gave up with all the teasing.
"Amy could you please, throw this outside for me?" Maea asked handing her a white plastic bag full of fruit peelings.
"Sure," Amy said grabbing the bag. She went outside using the back door and put the trash where it belonged. She rubbed her hands together feeling the coldness of the night. Winter has arrived and it won't be too long before snow would fall.
She turned to head back inside. As she grabbed the doorknob, an all-too-familiar voice sounded form behind her.
"Pinky?"
She froze. On No.
*Gasped* I guess you can guess who that is. Oh no! Amy you're busted! What are you going to do now? I guess we'll find out next time. ^_^