Wow...I haven't updated in over a year. I still plan on finishing this fic, though. I'll try to, but don't expect too much, K?

Chapter 17: Hawaiian Vacation Part 3:

Last Day

"Hey!" Amy exclaimed when cold sea water came contact with her skin. She shivered slightly despite the hot weather then turned to glare at a pretending-to-be-innocent Cream. Smirking, she plunged her hands in the water and plashed the rabbit. Cream laughed. She and Amy then commenced a little water-plashing fight.

The two was interrupted when the both of them got splashed by sea water at the same time. A little ways from them was Rouge, laughing loudly at the look on their faces. Amy and Cream scowled at her. Hedgehog and rabbit then exchanged devious looks as they both had the same idea in mind. They turned towards Rouge, who by that time had stopped laughing as she saw the expressions on her friends' faces.

Rouge lifted both her hands in a gesture of defense. "Oh no. No, no, no. GAH!" She shouted when small wave of sea water hit her body that knocked her into the water. Amy and Cream laughed hysterically as Rouge resurfaced while gasping and coughing out water. Amy and Cream high-fived.

The white bat glowered at the two, cracking her knuckles. "Alright, ladies, this means war!" she declared.

The trio then began a game of chase in the sea.

The beach was littered with plenty of people: tourists, locals and the students of Ms. Brown (soon to be Mrs. Spencer) all indulged in different forms of beach activities. Water skiing, Parasailing, Banana Boat ride and many other water sports; though, there were some that prefer a much peaceful recreation like sunbathing or sand castle making.

It was only around eight in the morning so the heat was still bearable. It was the last day of their vacation and Amy, her friends and the rest of the students wanted to make the most of it.

Amy draped a blanket on the sand near a beach umbrella that shielded her from the exhausting heat. On her right was Cream and on the left was Rouge, who had the same accommodation as her. They sat on the warm sand then Rouge took three cans of tropical fruit drinks from the bucket filled with ice beside her spot and tossed it over to the two. Altogether, they opened their refreshments and took one deep sip from it.

"Ah, now this is a vacation!" Rouge said as she raised her drink higher. Amy and Cream brought their cans closer to hers for a 'toast'.

"You said it," Amy agreed, "nothing could ever ruin this moment." As she was about to have another drink, a volleyball ball flew in their direction and landed a little ways from where the three girls were taking a break It sprayed sand right at them from the ball's point of impact. Amy, Rouge and Cream turned their bodies slightly, exclaiming a unified, "Hey!"

Amy stood up abruptly, glaring at the round object. "What's the deal!" she demanded to whoever is responsible for destroying their quiet moment. Her ire only intensified when a certain blue hedgehog suddenly appeared and scooped up the ball. She clenched her fists and gritted her teeth when he flashed his arrogant smirk in her direction.

"Hey ya," Sonic waved his hand, ignoring her venomous glare.

"What's your problem, hedgehog?!" she yelled.

"What d'you mean, pinky?" he responded, holding the ball in one hand and propping up the other against his waist. "It was an accident."

"Accident my eye! Go bring all your shenanigans somewhere else." She kicked the sand beneath her feet and sharply turned to return to sit on her blanket again.

Sonic threw her a cocky look before turning around and left to continue whatever he was previously busy with. When he was gone, Amy crossed her hands over her chest and glared at the spot where the blue hedgehog was standing only seconds ago.

"I hate that hedgehog with every fiber of my being," she grumbled.

"Really?" Rouge said sarcastically, before drinking from her can of juice. "I couldn't tell."

Amy tossed her head back and ended up in a lying position. "Ugh! One day - just one day! Remove that jerk from my life!" She reached her hands up as though pleading for it to really come true. "Or better yet, I wished he never came to my life!"

"Careful what you wish for, Amy," Cream warned. "You might end up regretting it."

"I won't regret anything!" she said firmly. "My life will be perfect then. The nightmare of him terrorizing it will be over!"

Her friends exchanged looks then turned to her. Rouge gave her a withering look while Cream looked worried.

Lunch was served at eleven. It was brought to each group by the staff of the resort and if the students wanted to eat the resort's restaurant, they were free to do so. Amy and her two best friends thought it would be best to have it in a more comfortable place, so the three put on some dry clothes and went to the restaurant.

After lunch, instead going back to have fun at the beach, the three decided to go to the souvenir shop to buy something that'll remind them of that day. The shop was filled with many different products varying in shape and size. There were large wood-carved tiki statues in both plain wood and ones that were colored. The smallest carving probably was the size of Amy's thumb. There were also paintings of the beach, flowers, etc. which had a hand-crafted frame of shells found at the beach. Ukuleles hung on the walls, arranged from largest to smallest. And from one stand, were sea shells big and small, all in different shapes. There was a lot to count, really. Amy couldn't keep her eyes still on just one item.

As they had finally made their choices they brought it to the counter to pay. Cream chose a beautiful spiked sea shell that was the same color as her fur with waving pink hues at its right. Rouge's was a jewelry box carved with tiki torches, palm trees and flowers. As it is opened, there was actually a mirror under its lid. And as for Amy, she wanted the little tiki keychain where there was a "Been to Hawaii" carving on it. It was colored in blue, red, green, yellow and white; and it had jewel-like eyes which were green.

They were about pull out their wallets when the woman at the counter said that they don't need to pay for the items. Sir Daniel said that it'll be given to them for free. Of course Amy, Cream and Rouge were delighted. Thanking the woman, they left the shop to attend to the last -and most anticipated-activity they were going to do that day.

The cruise.

The day was nearly over. Yellow hues spread across the sky as the sun was only hours away from setting. The boat did not go that far from shore as they have only limited time. Amy was standing at the side of the boat with elbows propped up against the railings as she gazed towards the sun's glorious glow. Some of her classmates borrowed Rouge for a bit and Cream was somewhere taking pictures of the scenery.

"Something to put on my album," the rabbit had said.

Amy just wanted to enjoy the last few hours of paradise. It was wonderful, at the same time a bit saddening...for it brought back some memories. But those were one of the many things she had kept to herself and had never opened it up with anyone, not even Rouge and Cream.

She breathed in the air and sighed blissfully, the wind blowing at her face caused her hair to flap in a leisurely manner. The moment was perfect until...

"Spending time alone?"

Instantly, the tranquil feeling she had only seconds before shattered into pieces when she heard that voice. That arrogant and painfully annoying voice that belonged to the one person she hated more than anything in the world. But she didn't face him; it would only ruin her moment all the more. "What now, hedgehog?!" she demanded.

"Whoa there pinky, don't get all edgy. I was just asking a question," Sonic teased.

"Find someone else to terrorize!"

"Hey I'm not doing anything here," he laughed as he leaned towards the railing and glanced at Amy. His smirk turned into a grin and he half-lidded his eyes in a smug manner when he stared at her irritated expression. "Where are your girlfriends?" he asked casually.

"They're busy," she replied rather rudely. Amy still refused to look at him. "What about you? Where are your boyfriends?" Her tone dripped with annoyance when she asked.

"Busy too." He replied.

There was silence between them for a while. Then Sonic spoke again, "So, you have work on Monday?" he smirked.

Amy's face darkened and her grip on the metal bars of the railing tightened. "Shut up!" she growled.

"What? You're angry again?" he teased.

Amy snapped her head so she was face to face with him. Her jade green eyes burned like smoldering coals as she glowered at the blue hedgehog. Sonic was a bit taken aback by the fury of her anger and it secretly worried him because it was directed right at him...again.

"Don't you dare breathe a word about it to anyone," Amy warned. "If anyone ever knows I swear, Sonic, I'll make you regret ever finding out!"

Sonic's eyes widened in shock at the venomous look she was sending him. He had seen her angry plenty of times but her rage right now was unlike any he'd seen before. The pure hatred and despise in her eyes struck right at his core and he couldn't deny he felt a tinge of pain.

Recovering, he furrowed his eye brows as he gazed at her confused. "You know, pinky, I really don't understand why you hate me so much."

Amy laughed mirthlessly. "Are you really that stupid? Or are you just trying to act all innocent?" She placed one hand on her hips while poked Sonic with her finger on the other one to accentuate her points, "You did nothing but humiliate me, you always tease me, get me into trouble and make my life a living, breathing nightmare! And what's with you and this whole 'pinky' thing? I have a name, for goodness sake!"

Sonic wanted to say something, but the deep scorn and hurt her eyes expressed kept him from doing so.

"As I asked before, why do you do that?!" She had asked that question before, but she never received an answer. Amy wanted to know why he preferred to call her such name when she has one.

He didn't speak, just stared at her.

"Why?" she asked again.

No answer.

"Answer me, Sonic!" Now her voice was desperate and furious at the same time.

Silence.

Realizing that she wasn't going to hear anything from him, Amy dropped the whole thing. She relaxed her body and breathed in deeply. She sighed, turned her back on him and crossed her arms. "Forget it. I don't care anymore." She cast her eyes into the descending sun, her face stained with the light of its last rays. "How I wish we never have met."

Behind her, she didn't see Sonic clench his fists, and she missed the look of utter devastation on his face.

"Maybe I would be enjoying life right now without you getting in the way." She told him without hesitation.

There was silence between them once more. Only the soft sounds of water hitting the bottom of the boat and the shrieks of seagulls invaded that silence. Amy's face was firm and determined, as though she had really meant what she had said. The male hedgehog on the other hand, had an expression on his face that was indecipherable.

"You really want me gone?" Sonic finally spoke, though his voice had no tone.

"Yes." she replied almost automatically.

Silence for about then seconds...then Sonic turned his head to the side as he spoke, "You wouldn't even care if I jumped off the boat?"

Amy wrinkled her nose. "Pfft. Go ahead. I don't care." She waved her hand dismissively.

Sonic was quiet. She had thought that he finally left, but suddenly she just heard a loud splash. Amy turned around quickly and discovered that Sonic was no longer there.

Her heart began to race right then.

She immediately looked down the ocean. Seeing the remnants of a person diving into sea, her entire body trembled with an indescribable amount of fear. Her fully functional senses became disorriented as she didn't know what to do. She didn't know he was serious! She didn't know if he had enough courage to do what he said he would...but now that he has, she didn't know what she should do!

She did do one thing, and that is screaming his name at the ocean.

"Sonic! Sonic, where are you?!"

There was no sign of him.

"Sonic, please, this is not funny!"

She knew this wasn't a joke. Though she wished that it was.

All her classmates started to gather at the side of the boat, looking down at the liquid surface of the vast element that had swallowed Sonic whole. Some of them actually saw the blue hedgehog fall and they started to ask Amy questions, but she heard none of it for she was focused at the terrible situation.

"Amy, Amy, what happened?"

"Did he fell?"

"Did you push him?"

Apparently they didn't know that he did it on purpose. But Amy didn't care. They had to do something or else Sonic will...!

"Somebody do something!" she pleaded, her eyes welling up with tears. "Please!"

Whispering began. Her classmates started looking at each other, persuading the other to be the one to rescue Sonic. But no one seemed willing to save the blue hedgehog and it angered her. No, it infuriated her! They simply looked at her with hesitance in their eyes, as though saying 'what if I drown too?'

Her eyes widened with disbelief. How can they be selfish? She screamed inside her head.

Something just snapped inside of her, and she didn't realize that she was about to do something lethal.

"YOU ARE ALL SO USELESS!" she shrieked.

And without warning, Amy jumped out of the boat. She heard her classmates yell her name, she heard panicking, and she even heard Cream and Rouge's voices. But as she slammed against the see with a loud splash against her ears and sank deeper into the cold water, her hearing failed and all she heard were the strokes of her arms and her own thoughts.

How can he do this? What was he thinking!

It was dark, she could hardly see. Thankfully she still managed to spy the blue hedgehog who was way beyond her reach. She swam faster and faster, forcing her limbs to move around the element. She knew she was crying, she had to be, because her eyes hurt and it had nothing to do with opening the eyes under water.

She saw his eyes open for only a brief moment, before they shut close again.

NO! Sonic don't you dare!

Amy used all her energy to increase her speed. Though, she was getting tired with each stroke, she ignored the feeling and focused on her mission.

Closer... closer...

...just a little closer...

She reached out her hand in an attempt to grab Sonic's unmoving hand...

Oooohhh...