Rouge left Shadow to go to her class even though she was late. Shadow leaned against the lockers by himself when he felt a sensation on his arm. It was cold and windy even though no windows were open. He looked around.

"What the Hell is going on?" He asked the wind like he expected an answer.

"Can I talk to you?" It actually answered.

"What?" Shadow looked around for the source of the voice. He found nothing and scratched his head in confusion. "Whose there?"

"It's me dummy." Kris appeared out of nowhere, floating.

"Oh. It's you. What do you want?"

"It's about you and Rouge." Kris answered and flew around him.

"What about us?" The male hedgehog asked.

"I want to apologize for the way my brother reacted. He just doesn't like you. I know you wouldn't do that to me."

Shadow coughed. "Thank you. I don't want him slandering me."

"Also…Did you really mean it when you said that if things didn't work out between you and her you'd date me?" She asked.

Shadow was shocked. "How did you know I said that?"

Kris started blushing. "I may have…I was there when you were talking with Ky. I was invisible." She closed her eyes tight. "I'm sorry."

"Oh. I forgot you're a ghost…"

Kris pushed him playfully. "How could you forget that I'm a ghost?"

Shadow slightly laughed. "Hey, sometimes I forget that I don't have a reflection."

"That's funny."

Sonic strolled past them. "Kris and Shadow, sitting in a tree. G. First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes a baby in a baby carriage. That's not all, that's not all, I saw the baby playing basketball!"

"SONIC!" Kris yelled at him. Sonic howled and ran around the corner. "IMMA TELL ROUGE!"

"Sonic get over here!" Shadow reached over and grabbed him by his wolf tail. He made the wolf look at him in the eyes. "Repeat after me. I will not tell Rouge. Shadow is not cheating. Just because he talks to a person of the opposite sex does not mean he's flirting. I am just a dumb dog."

Sonic's eyes turned red for a moment. "Yes Master…"

Shadow smirked. "Watch this." He said to Kris. "My fan club is the most stupid idea that I ever had." He told the werewolf."

Sonic suddenly snapped out of his trance and snapped at Shadow. "NEVER! I have 17 people now, only three more to go!"

"I'll sign it." Kris offered out of nowhere.

Sonic smiled big. "You will? Great!" He got the paper out and the pen. "Sign here."

Kris took the pen and signed her name on the sheet. Sonic hugged the paper. "Thank you!" He gave her a slobbery doggy kiss on the face.

The snow leopard laughed. "You're welcome." She turned intangible to get the slobber off of her.

"18 PEOPLE!" Sonic ran away happily down the hall. Some teachers outside their classrooms shook their heads at the pure enthusiasm Sonic had for his club.

"Why did you sign it?" Shadow asked once he was out of sight.

"I just wanted to help. You should sign to help too." She answered.

"Me? No. I hate that stupid dog."

"Do you really?" Kris nudged him on the arm. "He's super adorable."

"To you maybe."

Kris was silent for a moment. "Hey Shadow, why do you hate werewolves?"

Shadow looked around quickly. "I can't answer that but don't you have class?"

"Nope." Kris shook her head. "Off period."

"Well I don't want Rouge or anyone else thinking I'm cheating." He pushed her forward. "Now go."

Kris looked at him sadly. "Okay." She slowly disappeared out of sight.

"Okay," Shadow put his hand in his pocket. "Smoke break."

Rouge sat in her Psychology class staring at the board. "Bored…"

"Okay class. Next week we'll cover mental disorders. Don't forget to read chapter 4 over the weekend. You may go."

The students made their way out of the classroom. Rouge was held up by Amy who had appeared in the class 45 minutes ago."

"Hey Rouge, how's it going with Shadow?" She wanted all the juicy details. Amy had just joined the newspaper team and she NEEDED a story.

"You aren't going to put this in the newspaper are you?" Rouge asked.

"Oh no," Amy lied. "I just want to know."

Rouge sighed. "Well, it's going well, but it's just that…"

"Just what?"

Rouge put her hands over her fake pockets. "It's just that with his schoolwork. I don't want him to be held back again."

"Rouge, you can help him pass." Amy replied with a notebook now in her hands and a pencil. "Help him with his homework."

"He won't do it. He's stubborn."

"He'll listen to you, you two have been friends forever."

"Yeah, I need to go find him." Rouge pulled her bag up and started off down the hall to find her boyfriend.

"Shadow I need to talk to you." She said when she found him outside smoking.

"What?" He asked with a cigarette in his mouth.

"I want to help you with your homework."

"Okay, you wanna help me pass?"

"Yes." She stood beside him looking at the moon. "Come over to my house after school."

Shadow nodded and held out his pack of cigarettes to her. "You want one?"

"Shadow, I don't smoke."

"Com'on"

"No Shadow."

The two stood and looked at the stars before going home to Rouge's house. When they got there Shadow put his bag on the ground.

"So, what are you gonna help me with?" He asked.

"Your History."

"Oh…I hate History."

Rouge brought over her book to him. "I know, that's why I'm going to help you do your homework and get an A on it. No distractions mister."

"Oh really?" Shadow asked. "You mean like this?" He moved closer to her and breathed. His breath was hot on her face.

"Shadow no. Bad!" The vampire bat hit him on the head with a rolled-up worksheet. "Homework now, love later!" She opened the textbook to the section on the Civil War. "Okay…The first question is: Who was the president during most of the Civil War?" She blinked. "Shadow this is so easy! Why are you failing this class again?"

Shadow laid back. "I'm from Europe and I don't care." He said matter-of-factly.

"Well you're in the United Federation now and this is important. Read and write down the answer." Rouge put a pencil in his hand and put the book in front of him. Shadow cleaned his glasses with his shirt and began to read and write down the answers. After a while he got bored.

"Rouge I'm bored!" He whined.

"Shadow you're three-fourths of the way done. Don't give up now!" Rouge cheered him on from the couch.

"Help me!" More whining.

Rouge facepalmed. "Shadow you're such a baby!" She got up and looked at his answers. "This looks good. Go on."

"Help me."

Rouge sighed. "Okay." She sat down with him to help him finish. When the last question was answered, she gave Shadow a hug.

"I hope this is right! Now we can love."

Shadow threw up his arms and took the bat over to the couch where they sat down to watch a movie. Shadow felt warm, Rouge felt warm. They felt happy. Happy together.