Busy week.

Exams are coming up on the 13th of May (yes, I know. My school is obsessed) so I may not update for a while after the next chapter. It also doesn't help that I have started a business on Wattpad for creating book trailers. Right before all the exams.

I'm a genius...

But, I'm in no rush to revise. It's hardly fun.

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I thought this chapter was going to be a lot more dramatic...turns out, the next one is the chapter I was describing. However, I should be able to update quickly for that. Sorry guys! The drama will come – I promise!

And, everyone's OC's will be in the next chapter! Thank you for everyone's PM's!

Anyways, let's get on with the chapter! Chapter 13! Enjoy, guys & girls! Xx T.C xX

Chapter 13 – Blue, pink and Silver.

(...Sonic's P.O.V...)

As Silver, Knuckles, Cream and Rouge got to go off and do nothing for the rest of the day (which I was very jealous about) I decided to head to the Sports block with Shadow. The lecture wasn't great. We had to listen to all the safety things. Warming up, Cooling down, using the equipment correctly...yadda yadda yadda. It was beyond boring. Shadow was listening to his iPod, (somehow, without getting caught) Scourge was flirting (and probably touching up) some rabbit which he was sitting next to and Jet kept glaring at me. I was going to have to race him at some point. I just didn't feel like it at the moment.

Now, if you're like Jet – and think that I'm scared – then you are wrong. Jet the Hawk does not scare me. What does scare me, however, is coming face to face with her. Again. I don't want to even see her. Because I know she will be a hell of a lot worse than Sally ever was. She will ruin things with me and Amy. She'll probably manage to ruin things with my friends too.

But things were starting to go downhill with us already.

This whole Silver and Blaze thing was a complete mystery. We all knew that they liked each other – but they always kept their relationship quiet. I didn't even know how they got together. No one did except them. Amy told me how Shadow and her had stumbled across them kissing – but no one knew anymore than that. When asked, Blaze would ignore the question and Silver would blush but reply 'It's not important'. Those two were annoying in that way.

Tails and Cosmo seemed to be getting on better. The little guy was doing better than I thought he would. If I didn't know any better, I would say that he was over it. The two of them were talking and you could almost pretend that they were back to normal. But when Tails' expression falls and Cosmo's eyes mist over – you can tell that they're not the same.

They could both act like nothing had happened, but they couldn't say that nothing had happened. They were just really good actors.

Maybe they should have done the Drama Degree.

I kept glancing at the clock – waiting to see if I could go. This was probably a bad thing, considering that this was my first day, but I really wanted to see Amy. That makes me sound desperate and needy – but I couldn't help it. When Sonia had first had a boyfriend, she told me what it was like and how she couldn't keep her mind off him. I, of course, had laughed with Manic and told her that she was weird. But now, I understand what she means. Manic, doesn't understand, but at least Sonia does.

And mum probably does. She probably still feels the same way about dad. Even after what happened.

Finally! 2:30! Freedom! I grabbed my bag, tossed my blank piece of paper into the bag and raced out of the class. Shadow had told me not to wait for him, so I sped up and ran at sonic speed towards the sports building's entrance.

I didn't see the male coach which was walking towards me.

BAM!

I smashed to the floor, feeling my butt bruise. I made a small groan before staring up at a furious lion. He glared at me, straightening his jacket.

"What the hell do you think you are doing, boy?" He asked, not looking too happy.

I scrambled to my feet, wondering how he hadn't been knocked over, "I'm sorry, sir. I wasn't looking where I was going,"

"No. You were obviously not looking where you were going," He repeated.

He didn't seem too annoyed though. Maybe he was okay for a teacher. Sorry, Silver, I mean lecturer.

"I just didn't assume that anyone would be walking along there at that time," I explained, secretly feeling shy. He wasn't shouting at me, but he certainly wasn't happy.

He frowned, "Oh. You assumed? Well, you assumed wrong. Very wrong. Maybe you should look out for pedestrians next time!"

"Sorry, sir," I bleated, blushing as Scourge strolled past us, smirking. Shadow was behind him, looking confused.

"What's your name?" The lion asked, again.

I swallowed my embarrassment, "Sonic. Sonic the hedgehog,"

"Well then, hedgehog. Your reputation precedes you. Just control your speed next time!" He yelled, before walking off.

I joined Shadow, feeling annoyed with the teacher. Who I didn't even know the name of, "Idiot,"

"I heard that!"

I was wrong. He wasn't okay. He was a prick.

(...)

"Alright guys?" Knuckles called out, as I stalked into the room, with Shadow on my tail. We hadn't said much on the way here – I think he was still feeling sore after I beat him at the race.

"Meh," I shrugged, "What about you? What did your lazy ass get up to?"

Knuckles shook his head at me, "Stopped Silver from trashing the place,"

"It's already trashed," Shadow muttered, slinging his bag onto his bed and opening a random book. He had a point though – we weren't doing a great job at cleaning the place and keeping it tidy. Clothes were dumped and littered in every corner. Silver hadn't managed to hoover the place (which he said he was going to) and the carpet was decorated with little particles of food. I didn't even want to see the bathroom. I would have to keep my eyes firmly shut as I had a shower – in order to avoid the horrendous mess of a bathroom.

"Well, why don't you do something about it then?" Knuckles snapped, sinking back into the couch and switching the channel. I sat beside him; happy to be care free and relaxed.

However, my phone buzzed on my bed, signalling that I had a call.

"Phone. Sonic," Silver reminded me as he entered the room. I rolled my eyes at him before speeding over and pressing the 'answer' button.

"Yeah?" I muttered into the speaker.

"Bro! How's everything going!? Aw man...your first day at University. I'm proud of you, bro!"

Great. Manic.

"Are you okay, dude?" I asked, struggling to stop smirking, "You seem drunk,"

"Hardy ha. No, I'm just curious to see how my little bro's doing!"

"Did mum put you up to this?"

"Uhhhhhhh...maybe?"

I chuckled, lowly, "So, how are you?"

"I'm good...I'm good. Mum's missing you. Sonia's driving me crazy. I kinda miss you, dude. I like being the man of the house...well, I always have been, but it's different,"

"If you're about to start saying you love me, I will cut you off,"

He laughed. I'd kind of missed hearing that laugh, "Nah, nah. Nothing of the sort. Just want to let you know that you're missed. Sonia probably wants to speak to you. I'll put her on,"

"Okay," I smiled, "Cheers, bro,"

I heard a clunk at the end of their line, before my sister's voice came in on the speaker, "Sonic! How is everything?"

"It's fine, sis. Why is everyone worrying about me?"

"We're not. We're just curious. Jeesh, Sonic, can't we ask how you're doing? You're at university! You're finally growing up!"

"What do you mean 'finally'?"

"That's my bro," I could hear the smile in her voice, "How's the sport? Have you made any new friends? How is everyone? Is Amy okay?"

"Sport's good. Nothing that I can't handle. Not really made any new friends...unless jackass Scourge counts as a friend. Everyone else is okay. Amy's fine. She's happy, I think,"

"Jackass Scourge?"

"Trust me, you don't wanna know,"

"I'll take your word for it," Sonia giggled, "Well, mum wants to speak to you and Manic wants his phone back so I'm gonna have to go. Good luck, Sonic. We love you, don't forget it,"

I nearly gagged, "What is it with everyone being all mushy? It's freaking me out,"

"Sonic!"

"Love you too sis,"

"Okay, okay. I'm passing you over to mum. See ya bro!"

As Sonia whispered to mum in the background, I spun on my heel to face the boys. Knuckles mouthed 'who is it?' and I replied 'My family'.

Admittedly, I may have rolled my eyes when I said the word 'family'.

"Sonic!" My mum cried, almost tearfully, "It's been so long since I've spoken to you!"

"Mum..." I muttered, "It's been a few weeks,"

"And here I was, hoping that University would change you," She sighed, happily, "You've still got an answer for everything,"

"You bet," I replied.

"How is everything?" She asked, "Are the lectures good? Are you eating enough? The room isn't a tip, is it? How are things with you and Amy? I know how much you love her,"

Oh god... "Mum! Please! I'm fine! You know me! Sure...I haven't done much cleaning but you know...and the lectures are good. A lot of running. And Amy's fine. She's...really good,"

"That's good. Try to stay tidy, Sonic. You'll encourage rats. Also, don't get too carried away with Amy,"

"Mum!"

"I don't mean it in that way, Sonic! I just mean, don't distract yourself from your studies,"

"It's only sport. There's not much to get distracted from. But sure. I won't,"

"That's my boy,"

"Listen...I better go. I promise I'll call you later, mum. Love you,"

"Love you too, Sonic,"

I hung up, groaning when Silver and Knuckles started laughing.

"Ooooh! Nice one, mummy's boy!" Knuckles jeered.

I stuck my tongue out at him, "I can't wait to hear about your conversation with your mum. Or shall I call her for you? I'd love to tell her all about Rouge!"

A frown appeared, "You wouldn't dare,"

"I would. And I know where you keep your phone,"

"Guys!" Silver interrupted, "Why don't we do something when Tails comes back? I wanna have fun tonight,"

We all glanced at each other.

"Call of Duty?" Shadow suggested.

I nodded, "Call of Duty,"

(...)

Despite Silver's suggestion, he didn't seem that interested in playing with us. And halfway through the game, he stormed out of the room.

"What's up with him?" Knuckles asked, as he stared at the screen, trying to avoid my line of fire.

I shrugged, still shooting, "Dunno. He spent the whole time on his phone,"

Tails was sitting on the couch, peacefully, "I think he was texting Amy,"

Silence. I could hear my heart beating against my chest.

"It w-was probably about Blaze or something," Tails quickly added, feeling the tension rise.

I expected Knuckles to say something snarky, but he didn't. Shadow gripped the controller tighter, but simply raised his eyebrow.

"Yeah. You're right," I muttered, taking advantage of the situation and shooting Knuckles, "It's probably nothing..."

(...Amy's P.O.V...)

I groaned as I stumbled through the darkness. It was too misty to see and the bushes were scratching at my legs. I was wearing black shorts and white shirt – which meant I didn't have much protection when it came to Mother Nature.

1 New Message

Silver: Where are u, Amy? I really need to speak wiv u. S.T.H

Ah ha. Now I could use the light of my phone to see where I was going. I faced the screen in front of me and followed the light. It didn't provide much, but it shone just enough light that I wasn't falling over.

I really wished that Silver hadn't suggested we met up outside the university, by the sports centre. It was dark and cold – even though it was September.

My sneakers tapped against the concrete, ominously. I could just make out a park bench, in the darkness. I flicked my wrist up and shone the light upwards. A grey hedgehog came into view.

"Silver," I breathed, plopping down beside him, "What's all this about. Why did you want...?"

A tear fell onto my glove, as Silver's head turned towards me. His eyes were wet and his face was a tangled mess of emotion.

Silver the hedgehog was crying.