"Jesus, Amy! You scared the hell out of me!" I jumped back against the door, a hand resting against my pounding heart.
"Shadow decided at last minute - well actually I convinced him - to let me stay back and keep an eye on ya!" She smiled brightly and jumped off of where she was sitting on my dresser.
"How did you get in?" I ran a hand through my hair.
"Shadow Chaos controlled me in here..." She swirled an index finger in my direction "Of course convincing him was simple- he was all:" she deepened her voice and puffed up her chest in cheap imitation "The less of you around to annoy me, the better!"
I couldn't help but utter a small laugh "Yea that sounds like Senior Grumpy-Pants..."
She laughed "Please tell me you have called him that to his face!"
"Of course I have," I chuckled a bit proudly "I've called him plenty of things he hasn't liked; It's just how I roll ya 'know?" I divvied my hands in the air like a DJ.
She wasn't so bad I guess...
… Her voice was just the wrong pitch…
… And I hate pink…
… But she wasn't half bad...
"So I have to ask..." her tone was more serious "why did you pick Shadow over Sonic? I would have gone for my Hero in blue of course!" she clasped her hands and her eyes glimmered a bit with the last sentence.
I shrugged, feeling uneasy to answer the question "Can I tell you honestly or are you going to break my spine with that thing?" I pointed to her hammer propped up against my far wall.
"Depends on what you say..." She hummed, hands lowering slightly and her face became a bit more serious.
"I don't know- I just always picked him out of favor... He's been my favorite since I was introduced into the series- Hell he was the reason I found out about the whole Sonic Universe..." I held up my keys to see the tiny vinyl replica.
She nodded her head with no verbal response, so I kept going.
"Even though he's given me more than a few beatings- I kinda deserve most of them for being an idiot- he's saved me from Mephiles a little over the same amount of times..."
"Well if he wanted you dead than you would be by now- you obviously know that." She added in a calm tone, folding her arms.
"Sonic's too hyper for you isn't he?"
"Y-Yea..." I looked to the floor "He's never actually around, always out on a run; So I don't understand how I'm supposed to feel safe with my 'protector' never nearby to do any protecting..."
Why was I confiding in Amy?
"Allie, who are you talking to?" I heard my mother call out for me.
I quickly made up an excuse "Just talkin' to Shona!"
"Alright then!"
I turned back to Amy and her expression was neutral.
There was an awkward silence before either of us said anything.
"I'm going over to Shona's later." I stated blandly.
The air seemed to grow stale as the warmness of Amy and I's conversation drifted into the past.
"Alright I would guess that I'm going with you?" She stretched her arms upwards.
"Yea pretty much." I hummed and went about cleaning my room then finishing the rest of my chores.
Once I had finished them I asked my mother if it was okay to go.
With a blissful smile and a sweet yes, I kissed her forehead then headed to tell my obnoxious roommate.
She grabbed her hammer and caused it to disappear. She went out the upper back door and jumped off the roof to get to my car.
In the meantime I jogged down the normal way out the front door and got in the car.
Once she was seated in the passenger seat I backed out and made my way to Shona's house.
I casually let myself in the front door, Amy strolling in behind me- only able to do so because Sho's parents both worked relatively late.
"Sho-na!" I sang out.
"Po-lo!" She called back.
I half stumbled down the stairs after I had initially slipped from the first step to the second.
"Wow no wonder you need someone around..." Amy teased.
Shona then poked her head out from her bedroom door "Oh, hey Amy." She didn't try to hide how less-than-thrilled she was.
"Shadow let her stay back with us." I hummed with a shrug.
"Yes. I can see that."
"Oh my gosh! Your room is ADORABLE!" Amy squealed and dashed past my friend.
Shona's room had been decored in numerous shades of purples and a pristine white. Amy was quick to notice her door-less closet "And look at all your clothes!" she took down a sweater and held it up to the full length mirror.
"Oh I miss shopping!" The hedgehog half whined.
"Please let me leave her here..." I whispered to Shona.
We both watched on as Amy pulled out other clothes to hold up to herself, slipping of the occasional jacket, jabbering to herself.
"Hell-to-the-no." Shona hummed flatly.
"Damn... Well I tried." I grumbled.
"So what you wanna do, Bub?" She looked to me.
"I have no idea. Douche-canoe told me to not be alone so here I am..." I mindlessly ran a hand threw my hair.
"Looking at her makes me want to go to the mall..." She hummed back to me.
"We could leave her here to play dress up..." I agreed.
"Hey we are uh- we are gonna go shopping, now that you mention it." I informed Pink and she turned to us with a large frown.
"Oh that's not fair! At least get me something while you're gone!" She stuck out her bottom lip.
"Alright- uh well there's food upstairs the remote is right there..." Shona pointed to the clicker.
Amy let out a disappointed sigh "You guys have fun without me..."
"Alright see ya!" Shona waved and pulled me away to her garage.
We sat at a red light on our way to the mall and chatted. "Do you think leaving without her is safe?" I asked my friend.
"Well I don't molest-philes will attack us in the midst of a crowded area." She shrugged.
"Not in his form anyway- he already has a doppelganger of a doctor..." I looked back to the light, hands clenching and unclenching the steering wheel.
"Yea a doctor not civilian- I think we'll be good." She hummed and browsed through her phone.
I let out a sigh that flared my bangs off my forehead "I need a haircut…"
"Dude, I hear ya'."
"So how's having Knucklehead around?" the light turned green.
"Meh- better than your fiasco… no offense." She grinned at me.
"None taken." I laughed light-heartedly.
"Yea he eats a lot… My dad is getting confused on where all the food is going. He likes Poptarts apparently and tends to eat all of them. He leaves me all the shitty healthy food." She grumbled with a crooked snarl.
"Now that's just mean." I laughed.
"But he's gone a lot and when he is home he's lounging on the couch downstairs- but get this, I came home the other day and he just up and decided it was okay to sleep in my bed."
"Yea- go on…"
"So I what do I do, you ask? Why I run in and body slam the bastard, elbow out pro-wrestler status. Hasn't been in or near my bed sense."
"Yea if I did that I would be murdered." I snorted, pulling into the parking lot to the mall.
I killed the engine and jumped out, grabbing my purse.
I shut my door and after she did the same I locked the car and we trotted off to the main entrance.
We had been at the mall for maybe an hour by now and where sitting in the food court chowing on a ramen bowl we split. "Successful shopping trip so far, dear sir." I slurped up a noodle.
"I do agree." She nodded and patted her few bags next to her in another chair.
I sipped on my Orange Julius thoughtfully then spoke after a small silence between us. "I feel like I should get Amy something just for a simple peace-offering…"
She peered at me curiously "Why would you need a peace-offering?"
"Well…" I bit my lip then explained to her the fight after Shadow had help me get out of the hospital with Her and Sonic.
She just stared at me for a moment than leaned back in her chair.
"You seriously have the shittiest luck sometimes."
I rested my head in my hands "Ugh I know… the stress of these stupid maniacs is going to kill me before any Dark Demon thing does…"
"Allie…?" A smooth voice called over my shoulder and I turned partially and raised my eyebrows.
"Oh! Uh hey… uh…" I started but trailed off due to lack of remembering the poor guy's name.
He chuckled "Dean."
It was the boy who had helped me with my math earlier that day, I was surprised he went out of his way to say hello.
"I would ask what you're doing here but that would be stupid." I nervously grinned.
"Just a bit, can I sit with you guys?"
I then remembered Shona was sitting with me. "Oh! Uh- Dean this is one of best-friends Shona!" I introduced her, and she waved with a smile.
"Nice to meet you." He swung a chair over from a near-by table to sit at the end of ours.
He ruffled a hand in his chestnut brown hair; his skin was an even light caramel colour.
As a side note: he smelled like cinnamon…
…Not that I was paying that much attention…
My phone alerted me of a text and I snapped back to life.
I checked it to see I had received a text from Jeremy, the guy I worked with:
I got you some more time off from this Friday. The boss says he hopes you get better- I told him you have a nasty stomach virus.
Perplexed by the seemingly random text I tapped a response and sent it.
Thanks but why did you do that?
After a brief moment a new message arrived.
A certain hedgehog found me. Told me that you couldn't go anywhere for a few days, that it was too dangerous.
"Allie- Space-cadet major!" I heard Shona's voice and I snapped my attention up.
"Yes, what?" I tried to appear unfazed by the text messages.
"Uh- is everything okay? You turned white as ghost for a second." Dean asked.
I attempted a re-assuring smile "Yea- everything is fine I was just remembering something I had forgotten to do, you know homework and stuff."
He took my answer but I could tell he didn't believe me. "Math stuff?"
I nodded.
"Oh well then here-" He asked Shona for a pen then wrote on a napkin. "if you need any help text me." He smiled at me and I stammered a bit as I took the napkin from him.
"Dean! C'mon sweet heart time to go!" his mother called from the edge of the food court and he quickly stood then said goodbye to rush off to a middle-aged woman with cropped brown hair.
"Did I just get a number?" my mouth felt full of cotton and I sipped on my Orange Julius.
"Probably not even for math questions, Stud." My friend grinned at me with a wiggle of her eyebrows. Then took the drink and made suggestive motions with the straw.
My face struck red "Oh shut up!"
Hey everyone! now for those of you who totally knew it was Amy i know it wasn't much of a surprise!
DUN DUN DUN DEAN. i got a question earlier wondering if he was going to be Mephiles and for those who agreed with this person i am sorry to disapoint (or relieve) cuz he ain't dat creepy demon dude.
other note: Jeremy makes another apperance slightly! whoop
sorry this chapter took forever to come out but i was (and still am) having issues with my internet DX
anyway!
::Question of the Chapter!::
how do you think Allie and Shona's next couple of days of freedom will go?
Poor? Great?
::Let me know!::
~furrReal