A/N: What? Another chapter so soon? I thought you said that they would be much more spaced out… I know what I said but I felt really bad making you wait so long for the last chapter (over 2 weeks) and for leaving you with that cliff hanger so I thought I would roll out the second part of the dance. Hopefully this will tide you over for a while because I can guarantee the next one might take some time. I want to finish Sonic High before I start the final 5 chapters so I can make the best conclusions I can and keep my focus in one place. I hope you all understand.

And just to respond to some reviewers and people who have PM'ed me. I know of the existence of Those Three Words. Around about the 10th chapter of my story was the first time I actually sat down to read TTW because a lot of you were saying how my story had similar themes. I just want to say that I sat down and planned out, chapter by chapter, this whole story back in December of last year! Well before I even heard of TTW, let alone actually read it so please, I'm sick of all the people telling me I'm copying. Yes, I am aware that there are similar themes but my story is very much one of its own and if you just wait until the conclusion, you will see that it is much, much different. I'm getting a little annoyed of all the people telling me that I'm stealing other people's ideas. The only things I've copied are the characters, which are owned by Sega. I'm glad you all are passionate about my story though and I'm so happy that a lot of you are enjoying it. Please leave me a review to let me know what you think about this chapter. It means a lot to me J (I'm also curious to see how many people actually read these A/N at the header and footer of each chapter) Anyway, please enjoy chapter 19.

Chapter 19:

Paradise

Amy, still engulfed by rage, pushed past the jeering students, making her way up onto the stage. She broke passed the teachers that tried to restrain her and made her way up onto the stage. Before the D.J could interject, she shoved him out of the way and grabbed the microphone, holding it up to her mouth.

"Amy, NO!" Blaze yelled out, trying to tackled her off the stage but wasn't face enough. Amy cleared her throat and spoke into the mic.

"Sonic and Tails are gay with each other!" Suddenly, the whole room went silent and Sonic and Tails froze at the doorway. They both turned, looking back into the hallway as everybody instantly shut up and all pairs of eyes, students, teachers and helpers, were all trained on the two boys. Blaze just stood flabbergasted, staring at the two. They searched her eyes for answers but both went numb when she didn't have any.

That's when the students began to act…

Girls shrieked in horror whilst all the guys began to smash their fists into their bare palms, making a gut wrenching noise that rippled through the two boys who stood, cowering at the doorway. Before either of them could even think about making their exit, Mighty the Armadillo slammed the doors closed from his post, locking the two inside. There was no escape.

"Hahaha, who's laughing now, faker?" Shadow bellowed. Shadow jumped up and sprinted over to the two, ignoring the splintering pain that shot up his nerves due to his broken leg. He smashed through the pain, revelling in his first, and final, triumph. As the other members of the dance began to slowly barrel down on the two, cornering them, Shadow jumped out in from and hissed at them.

"You had it all Sonic. And you chose Tails, how pathetic. You had the most beautiful girl in school, everybody loved you and you were the fastest… now look at you. I'll enjoy watching you burn on the stake," he scoffed before waddling off. "They're all yours everybody," he yelled as he moved aside to let the crowd make their move.

"WAIT!" a voice screeched over the microphone. Everyone in the audience glanced up towards the stage. Amy and Blaze each had one hand clasped around the portable microphone, yanking it too and fro in an attempt to snatch it from one another. Suddenly, Blaze opened up her hands, relinquishing the microphone to Amy. Due to all the force she inputted whilst trying to pull it from Blaze, the sudden lack of an opposing force caused her to fall backwards. She opened her hands to stop her fall, letting the mic go flying through the air. Blaze jumped up, snatching it out of the air and shouted again into the microphone.

"Wait everybody, listen for a second," she sweated, gaining the attention of all the people in the room. All eyes were focused purely on the now sweating purple feline who held the incredibly sensitive mic to her mouth. The only sound that penetrated through the silence was her rapid, shallow breathing.

"Why are you all turning on Sonic and Tails?" she asked the crowd.

"Because they are gay!" Tikal shouted in reply.

"Says who?" Blaze retorted.

"Did you really not just hear Amy?" Tikal shouted at the cat.

"Yeah, I just heard Amy say it. You know… Amy… the girl who just punched Tails in the face and got dumped by Sonic. The girl who has always wanted Sonic and now that he dumped her, she can't have him…" Blaze continued. Sonic's eyes lit up, understanding what Blaze was doing.

"Yeah. Why would you all believe a word Amy says about me? I just dumped her for being a psycho so of course she would want revenge."

"She is just annoyed and wants Sonic to feel the pain she did," Tails chimed in helpfully.

"That isn't true!" Amy bellowed to the crowd, her words full with concern.

"Actually," Silver interjected, taking the stage. "I saw you refusing to let Blaze and I anywhere near him on the dance floor. You wanted him all for yourself and you tried to keep others away."

"And when Tails and I tried to join you two, you punch him. So when Sonic dumped you, you just couldn't take it!" Cream piped up, surprising everyone by the sudden tone of her voice.

"N…No that's not it. Believe me! I saw them kiss! I know what they do alone!"

"How could you have seen them kiss? The only time they were together the whole night was when Cream was with you guys as well. And they didn't even get close to each other because you punched Tails away," Blaze finished, smirking proudly to Amy.

"No, I saw them do it ages ago!" Amy complained

"You did? But… why were you going out with Sonic if he was gay?" Blaze commented.

"I… I"

"And why didn't you tell anybody else. You know that hiding gays is almost as bad as being one. If what you say is true, you should be burnt as well," Blaze scoffed, winking at Tails and Sonic who mouthed their words of thanks.

"I'll get proof. Just you wait," Amy screamed, anger taking control of her body again. She clenched her fists, bit down on her bottom lip and stormed off the stage. She kicked open the sealed doors and ran off into the night.

"Amy, wait!" Shadow hobbled after her as fast as his crutches could handle. Everybody in the room was dead quiet, glances changing from Blaze to Sonic and Tails.

"Well, I think you all owe some people an apology," Blaze said, trying to sound disgusted at the angry mob. One by one, the students, parents and teachers went up to apologize to the two boys for coming to a hasty conclusion and almost making a big mistake.

Sonic, seizing this opportunity, made his way up to the stage and gratefully took the mic from the clever cat.

"Hello everyone, this dance didn't turn out the way I expected," Sonic began, getting some awkward laughs from the crowd. "I'm not going to lie. I'm kinda mad that you almost killed us just because of something a depressed, recently dumped, hormone filled hedgehog told you but I'll let it slide on one condition. Please, don't take what Amy says about me to heart anymore because knowing her, she will try a stunt like this again to get payback on myself and Blaze." Sonic's speech was met with nods of agreement and apologetic smiles. "Well, now that that is settled, let's dance!"

Sonic nodded to the D.J who returned to his position on the stage and set his beats again, letting the blaring music explode out of the speakers and fill every corner of the hall. Sonic, Tails, Silver, Blaze, Cream, Tikal and Knuckles danced the night away, all happy and content.

…

The next week of school flew by in the blink of an eye. Amy kept to herself, hardly staying out in public for two long. All week she was met with disapproving stares of the student body who had all heard of the events of that fateful night, even the younger levels who didn't go. Shadow was the only person that went anywhere near her, assuming the 'knight in shining armour' role. He tried to protect her but by the end of Friday, she was ready to retire to her house for a weekend alone.

"Don't worry, we will get them back for what they did," Shadow hissed, well aware of what Blaze, Tails and Sonic were really up to after hearing the whole story from Amy. He never shied away from a wicked glance at Sonic or a maniacal smile towards the young fox. The lovers knew that he was planning something but the midnight hedgehog was too hard to read.

Finally, after the weekend rolled around, Sonic and Tails headed up to the forested areas of the Mobian community, going back to their roots. The two waved to Tails' mother who happily drove them to their campsite and set off on their adventure. As his mother drove away, the two began to walk down the dirt track, back to the spot that they always pitched their tent whenever they went camping.

Whilst the two trotted down the gravelly path, Tails began to speak.

"This was a great idea to go camping again," he smiled.

"You told me this is where it all began for you, right?" Tails nodded. "Well then what better place to spend the weekend after the fiasco that was the dance last Saturday."

"This always was my favourite place in Mobius, especially when I can spend it alone with you," Tails smiled, letting his hand slip into Sonic's.

"It'll be nice to spend a drama free weekend," Sonic laughed. "And Chaos knows that we can't do anything together at our houses for a while, with that stupid hedgehog and her camera outside my house and the other one at yours."

"Why can't they just leave us alone?" Tails whined.

"It'll all blow over soon," Sonic confirmed, placing a small kiss on the kit's head as they continued along their path.

Slowly, as the day grew long and the sun began its daily descent behind the rolling hills of the Mobian community, large storm clouds began to billow and accumulate above the two boy's heads. That's when the rain began. It starting like the tip-toes of tiny infants running around on the wooded floor, progressively getting louder and quicker as they neared. The light sprinkling of droplets soon turned into chaotic droplets. The two boys hastened towards their campsite. The ferocious, fevering winds whipped at their faces and stung their eyes, mixed together with the icy torrent of the torrential downpour from the heavens. It soaked through their fur, seeping into their skin and sending spastic shivers of coolness ripping through their bodies, but neither animal stopped for a moment, intent on reaching the campsite to find solace from the ensuing storm.

They turned a sharp left, smashing through the young shrubbery and out-stretched branches of the twisting, mysterious forest. They knew their goal and a few stray twigs and leaves were not enough to stop either teen. The thick mosaic of the luscious green canopy loomed over head, providing a minimalistic shelter from the persistent waters.

Finally, after minutes of plowing through the bush, each boy accumulating their fair share of cuts and bruises from the thorns and twigs that littered the forest floor, they emerged in the familiar clearing. Sonic raced over to the flattened out grassland, brushing aside the images drawn in the loamy soil from their last visit and sat down his pack. By the time Tails joined the sapphire hedgehog, catching his breath and greedily gulping in the oxygen present in the troposphere, Sonic had already thrown out the tent. Pieces of fabric and bundles of pegs and polls were strewn about the site in a disorderly fashion but Tails knew better than to interject. The two silently got to work, each knowing their place and part in the construction.

After minutes of set up, the two quickly scurried in through the flap and zipped it up tightly after securing their stuff inside. Sonic, now out of the dampness, decided it would be a good time to pick up their conversation.

"Well, that was quite the adventure."

"Yeah, I didn't even know a storm could start so quickly." The two boys just glanced at each other before bursting out into an uncontrollable fit of laughter. They held their sides, rolling around on their back as they were both hit by wave after wave of the giggles. Eventually, after mustering up enough strength to gether his composure, Tails managed to sit up and regain his breathing rhythm. "My muscles hurt so much."

"From the running, tent pitching or laughing?" Sonic commented, still gripped by laughter. A small smile crept onto Tails' face as he watched the love of his life laugh happily, tears of joy rolling from his ducts.

"I'm so glad we did this. It's been too long since we were able to just laugh and be happy by ourselves," he sighed.

"True. Since Amy found out about everything, we haven't really been able to truly be ourselves alone for more than a couple of hours," Sonic reminisced, thinking back to the hurried make out sessions and passion filled, yet slightly worried love making session. As Sonic thought back, Tails pulled out a towel and began ruffling his fur dry. Once finished, he handed it to Sonic who took it thankfully and copied his companion's actions.

"Have you got the sleeping bags?" Tails asked.

"Oh no," Sonic cried sarcastically. "I only brought one. I must have forgot to pack a second one for you." Tails shook his head disapprovingly, trying to act disappointed but he couldn't help the mischievous smirk that had crawled its way onto his muzzle.

"Well, looks like we are just going to have to share one," Tails shrugged, unfurling the bag and hopping inside. He shuddered slightly when he felt the warm fur of Sonic press up against his own as the hedgie slipped his way into the bag to join the fox. Tails turned to face Sonic, nuzzling his cheek deeply and bringing the boy in for a hug. A few minutes passed, but what seemed like hours to the two, before Sonic decided to speak up.

"Umm, Tails. This is nice and all, but it's kinda cramped in here. Can we undo the zip and just use it as a blanket?" Sonic offered the idea.

"I was thinking the same thing," Tails giggled, adhering to Sonic's suggestion. He slowly unzipped the bag and moved it around until it lay over the two of them.

"Much better," Sonic cooed, spooning the kit again.

"So… is this all we are going to do tonight?" Tails asked, using some of the confidence that he had acquired after the musical incident to test his luck.

"What do you mean?" Sonic winked, acting like he had no idea what Tails was insinuating.

"I mean, we are all alone, out here in the middle of the forest with nobody around."

"Go on," Sonic pushed further.

"And we normally don't get much time to do… ahem… things alone for very long these days."

"I'm listening."

"And we have the whole weekend just to ourselves," Tails finally got to the point of what he was trying to get across.

"What are you suggesting?" Sonic replied, acting innocent but giving a deceiving wink to his partner.

"Sonic, C'mon, do I have to beg?"

"You know how I get when you beg for me," Sonic teased, slowly letting his head drift below the blankets with an open mouth. Tails moaned in pleasure slightly, shutting his eyes to enjoy the pure pleasure that he was feeling before Sonic came back up.

"Aww, why did you stop?" Tails whined seductively, giving Sonic the, what the hedgehog had deemed 'the puppy dog eyes.'

"There the begging that I like to see," Sonic chuckled deeply before turning around and pulling a small, plastic square out of his bag that contained a circular object sealed inside. "You wanna go in first or shall I?" he winked.

"Surprise me," Tails cooed, nibbling the hedgehog's neck.

"I always do."

…

Big smiled to himself as he held up one of the beakers, watching three of the different coloured liquids seep down the tubes connecting them. Each tube discharged its contents into the central beaker. Big watched, amazed as the colours swirled together, creating a kaleidoscopic effect before settling into a glowing green colour.

Big quickly glanced over to a small, portable blackboard coated with numbers, letters and formulae in white chalk. He then glanced back to his small vial hosting the green liquid that he concocted.

"Chaos, I've done it," he breathed triumphantly before taking out a syringe from his coat pocket and pouring his new liquid into the syringe. "This world can now be cleansed!"

A/N: Well, I hope none of you saw that conclusion to last chapter's cliff hanger :P If you did, well congratulations, have a cookie! I hope you enjoyed the fluff filled chapter (and the descriptive aspect, since I like to poor my descriptive elements into fluffy chapters to add to the… Idk… beauty… I suppose? I just like writing descriptive settings if there is romance inbound.

However, this is the final fluff chapter, so I hope it was worth it. I'm sorry for any of you who wanted a lemon scene but I don't want to write one. I hope those who did at least appreciated the little bit at the end. Let your imaginations fill in the gaps :P There are 5 chapters to go. They will be action packed, filled with drama and contain adventure, betrayal and even… loss. (Spoilers perhaps? Oh well, I just hope that gets you excited.) I hope you all loved the chapter and get ready for the concluding 5. Please leave a review to let me know what you thought.

I'd just like to take the time to give a shout out to some of my most loyal readers. Love all of you :)

WIBG and SonicLover888: Thank you for leaving a review and sharing your thoughts on every chapter. You guys have been reading for a long time now and this is my way to show you how happy that makes me. It means so much to me

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The best thing about writing is hearing the reaction it has on my readers. Thank you so much for all your support on these 20 chapters and I hope you enjoy the final 5. I have big plans and a lot in store for our main heroes and supporting characters so stay tuned and leave a follow so you don't miss out and a favourite if you'd be so kind :P

One final thing: I just wanted to put my all time favourite review here (And I hope the person doesn't mind this):

Jacob chapter 5 . Dec 8, 2015

'This is a really good story. Thanks for writing it, it helped me realise that I had feelings for one of my close friends and helped me come out to him. I hope this continues for a while :P'

That was one of my first reviews and when I read it an realized that my story actually made a real world contribution in somebody's life and actually helped them find love, it honestly made my freaking year! I'm so glad that Jacob shared that with me and I hope you have a great life.

The reason why I'm doing all this now is because I love having interaction with you guys and I just really wanted to show you just how much I appreciate all that you have done for my stories. I write this for you guys and I'm so glad you are enjoying. If you ever have any questions you want answered, just ask me in a review and I will always respond with an answer in a PM (if i'm able since I can't for guests, sorry). Thanks for reading and have a lovely day.