The Bet

Chapter 6

Shadow's House

8:18 a.m.

"Somehow, I still managed to find this. Amelia…how could you?"

"Darren, I told you what I did. This shouldn't be a surprise. You told me you were okay with it."

"You also said you were drunk. It might've taken me a moment, but I've never seen you drink in the time I have known you. Not even beer! I'm-"

"You're what?! If you loved me enough, you would forgive me. It was simply temptation."

"Our sex life too boring for you?!"

"Yes! That's why I did it. You know what…I'm done with you. Good-bye."

'WHY am I watching this?'

Shadow, being the only one awake at the moment, was watching the same movie he and Amy started last night. He was a little curious, much to his own good, but he had nothing better to do. He really couldn't move since the female next to him had an iron grip on his arm and the only thing within reach was the DVD player remote. So, he played it.

'What's the name of this movie anyway…? Was it…no…it was Despite something… Who cares.'

Then his phone screen lit up, but unlike Amy's, it simply vibrated and emitted the sound of alarm clock beeps. He tried his best to reach it without waking Amy, but no avail. She moved a little, almost as if she were moving with him. He stretched again and finally put his fingertips on it. Carefully…he brought it closer…until…! It was a call from Silver.

"Hello?"

"Yo, Shadow! What's happen'?!"

"Didn't we discuss that if you were to address me, it would be with proper grammar."

"Yeah, yeah…Anyway, I was wondering if you and Amy would as so kind to join Blaze and I for breakfast."

"I don't see why I should we should."

"If you want to avoid being annoyed by a little brat that whines when she's hungry, I suggest you get up and get over here…pronto."

"Seems reasonable enough…"

"I know right. Now, about you two hop in the shower, together, and make your way here, hm?"

"Excuse me?"

"Nothing. Adios!"

The line was cut. Shadow stared at the phone, just like he had with Blaze. Just exactly what were those two up to? It had to be something knowing about this bet with Sonic…it had to have been…

"Hmmm…" Amy hummed in her sleep. For some reason, it had captured his interest to know if she would talk in her sleep. Maybe she was vocalizing a dream in her head?

"Shadow…stop watching me…" That turned out to be a big fat NO on his face.

"How could you tell?" Shadow asked out of pure curiosity.

"Unlike everyone else, Silver doesn't know how to lower his voice. And just so you know, I'm taking a separate shower." she said. Ending it with a yawn, she stretched out and sat up, allowing Shadow to do the same.

"What gave you the assumption that I'd actually want to take a shower together? As far as I'm concerned, you shouldn't be in my house."

"…Jerk…"

"Sure, whatever."

On that note, Shadow hopped out of bed and gathered his stuff for his shower. Amy watched with a raised eyebrow. When he was finally ready, he began to go towards the bathroom. Only thing was, Amy was in the way.

"Move."

"Um, since when do you think you get to take the first shower?" she said, hands on her hips.

"Since it's my house and I pay the bills around here. Matter of fact, you don't even live here."

"Heard of 'Ladies First'?"

"Heard of 'Age before Beauty'?" Shadow mocked.

"I'm going to take that as a compliment. That doesn't mean you get to go first though.

"I wasn't asking."

Amy continued to stand in the closed doorway leading to the bathroom. Shadow, being fed up with her somewhat childish attitude, put his stuff down. She stood by confused at first, but that was until he started to come at her. He took her and tossed her over his shoulder, causing Amy to squeal in surprise.

"Put me down! Put me down!"

"I will."

He threw her on the bed and left her there. Picking his stuff up, he headed in and closed the door. Amy huffed in irritation, blowing her bangs out of her face. He always does thing the difficult way…

"Glad you could make it, man."

"Hmph."

Shadow and Amy sat down on the opposite side of the booth in the local Waffle House a couple of minutes from his house. Blaze had a menu up covering her face, but her morning hair wasn't able to be hidden. Her short, pointed hair pulled into a small ponytail. She even had on sweatpants and a white tank top that was wrinkled and flip-flops.

"So, how've you been? Amy, are you on your period?" Silver asked. He received a punch from the girl before she sat down. Shadow grabbed them a menu while Silver just stared.

"You're being too quiet to be Amy Rose. Who are you?!" he exclaimed.

"Shush. We're in public." Blaze hissed.

"As you can probably guess, this one here is on her period…it sickens me. Always bossin' me around."

"I wouldn't have to 'boss' you around if you did something right for once in your life." Blaze quickly threw back.

"Damn, woman, chill! I hope your bark is worse than your bite…"

"Want to find out?!" Blaze exclaimed. Silver held up his hands in defense. Shadow and Amy just shook their at the two. Shadow looked over the menu right when the waitress came to take everyone's order.

"Hello, my name is Mariana. I'll be your server this morning. May I start you off with drinks?"

"The pink one will have orange juice, emo guy some iced water, and the lady next to me and I will have fruit punch."

"Um…ok? Coming…right up…" The young human girl walked away with confusion on her face. The ebony hedgehog glared at Silver while he just smiled sheepishly.

"I can't even be in public with you…" Blaze said.

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"So, what's planned for today, Shadow?"

"I don't know…Didn't think of anything to do, I have to work later on tonight. I really don't care if you stay, as long as my house is clean and free of an 'Amy Rose' mess." Amy raised her eyebrow.

"An Amy Rose mess? What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" she exclaimed.

"While you may not know it, you leave a mess. You clean it in your own time and I honestly don't have time to look after you to make sure you do." Shadow said effortlessly. The rose-pink female narrowed her eyes at the ebony hedgehog.

"I don't need you to baby sit me. I can take care of myself without you. I've done it for seven years, and I can and will continue." she said, voice filled with irritation.

"Whatever you say, Rose."

"Are you going to answer my question?" Amy asked.

"What question?"

"What are we gonna do today?" she said, lazily.

"Nothing."

"…"

"Amy, this is not a good idea…" Shadow said, looking at the blackened sky. It was evident that a rainstorm, perhaps thunder and lightning was headed their way, but Amy insists on staying in the park.

"Oh, don't be such a baby. A little rain won't hurt, you aren't all sugar and spice you know." Amy threw back. He glared at her, but deciding not to say anything.

Feeling raindrops on their heads, the storm got there quicker than thought and neither were prepared. So, the drizzle came down lightly, making tiny spots on the hot pavement from earlier in the day. This did not stop Amy from having fun on a child's swing set. She swung herself, mostly letting the wind push her instead. Shadow sat on a bench shaded by a tree. He was no chicken when it came to water, but preferred not to get wet. The drizzle picked up its pace and became an easy downpour…for the moment.

"Amy, we need to leave."

"Just a few more minutes. Please." she pleaded. Shadow shook his head.

"Now."

Hanging her head low, she reluctantly got off and headed towards the park entrance with Shadow. The rain becoming heavier and heavier by the minute. By the time they got to Shadow's home, they were drenched. And what was worst, the lightning knocked the power out in the house, and it was freezing cold.

"I told you…"

"Yeah, yeah…" Amy tried walking with the wet, cold jeans clinging to her thighs, but it was too painfully unbearable. Her shirt looked like it had shrunk in the wash and her shoes…they were pretty much tiny lakes now. Shadow was no better. His jeans were heavy and without his belt, he sagged and his felt a very uncomfortable breeze from his back side. His shirt was soaked through and stuck to him like glue, but his air shoes remained unaffected for them being waterproof.

"I don't have any of your clothes here and what you slept in isn't done washing." Shadow said finally making it to the stairs. Amy couldn't help but notice the color of his boxers, as they were a bright green. Very unlikely of Shadow…

"I can wear on of your shirts."

"By itself, no you will not."

"But if I don't change soon, I might catch a cold…" Amy said.

"I was your idea to stay out in the open when I told you-"

"I know already, Shadow. I'm sorry I didn't listen to you. Please, just let me borrow one of your shirts?" she pleaded. He turned his back on her and went up the stairs, Amy following him. He pulled out a clean shirt and held it out to her. She would have jumped for joy if her pants didn't make her legs itch like crazy.

"Thank you!" Amy hurried off to change. Going into the bathroom, she locked the door and stripped of her clothes as quickly as she could. She tried the shirt and found that it was way too short. She could still see her underwear and that wasn't good. She was a little shy to go back out there…

"Amy, hurry up. I have to get ready for work soon." Shadow said through the door.

Cleaning up her clothes, she came out hoping the big wad of clothes was enough to draw his attention away from her appearance. Finally coming out, she held them in front of her. Shadow instantly noticed what she was doing. He found it…intriguing…

"Really? Amy, you obviously forget who you're dealing with…I knew it was too short. All of them are. It's not like I'd do something to you anyway." she just stared at him.

"…Fine…" Shadow just sighed. He stood up and walked over to her. She backed away a little, but calmed down as he just took her wet clothes and tossed them into the corner of the room with his. He turned back to her as she desperately tried to conceal herself from him. She tugged and pulled at the hem, but it was hopeless, and stupid in Shadow's eyes.

"Amy…"

"Don't say anything and stop looking at me. This is highly uncomfortable and that look in your eye is-" she was interrupted when her lips contacted with Shadow's. Amy's eyes wide for the first few seconds before she gave in to the sweet little kiss.

She wasn't sure what it was all about nor did she care. As much as she hated to admit it, she's been waiting for him to do this from the start. It just felt so…right… His arms snaked their way around her petite waist while Amy's hands found his chest fur. Her fingers tangling themselves in it as he pulled her closer and deepened the kiss. Shadow then pulled away staring at her for some type of reaction. All that happened was blinking…lots and lots of blinking…but then!…nope, more blinking…

"I…You…How..? Why..? Confusion…" was all Amy could get out. She found herself pathetic at this point.

WARNING: From this point on, it gets a little intense. If you are not the age required to continue reading this as stated in the Rules and Guidelines section, I suggest skipping to the next line. It's my first pre-lemon scene, please be nice!

"I don't know what came over me, I just…I don't know…" Shadow said, trailing off. A spark flew past in Amy's eye. The usual spark he saw when she had a mischievous idea in her head.

"Whatever the hell it was, you better do it again. Now." she demanded.

Not really hesitating, his lips crashed back onto hers as if their animal instincts were taking over. In reality, they pretty much were. He grabbed her legs and wrapped them around his waist. He sat on the edge of the bed and carefully slipped his tongue in her mouth. Amy slightly moaned as his hands roamed the curves of her body. Lost in his thoughts of pure ecstasy, Shadow's lips left Amy's to connect with her small neck. Long sensual licks from his hot, wet, sticky tongue caused Amy to gasp in pleasure. It was completely new to her and didn't know any other way to react.

His hands went under the shirt and lifted it above her breasts. She didn't have on a bra but this didn't stop him from going further down, leaning her back to get to his destination. Shadow sucked, licked, and bit Amy's magenta-colored nipples while his free hand- the one that wasn't holding Amy- fondled her other. Not really able to keep quiet, Amy moaned as the new feeling (one she liked) took over.

"A-Ah… Ohh…" Her senses blinded in pure bliss.

He continued for another two minutes before switching. Shadow's mind was gone as well, for he would have realized what he was doing already. Wanting to go just a bit further, his lips met her hers once more, having his hands travel onwards to the sweet prize waiting for him. He stood, bringing her with him. Carefully and slowly, he peeled her underwear down, evidence of her arousal visible to the naked eye. Shadow bent down, coming face-to-face with her most private area. Not really sure if he wanted to continue, he looked up at Amy. She blushed, but gave a slight nod. Very much approving her decision, he lapped at her juices.

"Oh my god!" Amy cried out loudly, it being music to his ears. He pushed his tongue deeper, pushing in and out.

End intense scene.

Suddenly, Amy's phone blasted a ringtone of Blurred Lines and Shadow immediately stopped what he was doing. His sense came back on track and he straightened his self out. Panting heavily, Amy slowly made her way to the phone on her knees- her legs so weak, she couldn't stand- and answered it.

"What?"

"You okay, Ames? You sound a little sick…"

"I'm fine, Sonic. What the hell do you want?!"

Shadow gathered his stuff and prepared for work, all the while listening to the phone conversation. He was a little curious as to why Sonic would call her at such a time at night…

"Well, someone's in a bad mood…Anyway, the guys and I have been trying to reach Shadow all night, but he won't answer his phone. I figured he had it on silent or something and we decided to give you a call. Maybe you could get through to him?"

"What for?"

"Guys night out. We were hoping he would make it to this one…"

"He can't- I mean, he told he's working tonight. He won't…be able to…make it..?"

"Um…well, okay. Thanks for the info. Have you caught a cold? If so, I could maybe bring you something-"

"No, I'm fine! Perfectly fine…"

"Okay, well, call me if you need anything. Or…erm…well, don't. I might not hear it over the music…"

"Yeah, whatever, bye!"

Amy quickly hung up and tossed the phone on the bed. She looked up to see Shadow dressed once more, but in slightly formal attire- save for the pair of jeans. He looked to her, adjusting his wrist watch.

"Well..?" she started.

"We'll talk about this later. I have to go." he said, avoiding her gaze.

"No you are not! You're staying here until you tell me what the hell just happened!" Amy exclaimed, standing.

"Nothing. I just got carried away. I said we'll talk about this later." he said calmly. Amy wasn't having it. She walked right up to him and looked him in the eye. Mixed emotions flooded the pools that were the blood red irises he had. Lust, confusion, and maybe even a little happiness was thrown in there.

"Is there something you're not telling me?"

"…" Shadow sighed. He might as well get it over with. If it wasn't for Amy's phone and Sonics' seemingly never-ending call, the bet would've been done as of now.

"I haven't exactly given you all the details towards this whole thing with Sonic. He specifically said I was to take your virginity before this would end in a two month time period. What just happened here was just….my mixed feelings towards you…" he finished. The first part was said fast and in a hurry, but Amy could make out the few words he need to have out there. He'd finally done it…

"So, what I'm hearing is…you agreed to this for the money? Or some other crazy reason you have?" Amy said slowly, but surely.

"No, I didn't agree to it for the money. Amy, I've always held an interest in you, but never acted upon it with the complexity of our 'friendship' and whether you want to make this fake or not…I don't know how that would have lasted as proven by what happened. I wasn't really trying to start that, I just did…" Shadow explained.

"Okay, let me get this straight. You didn't agree to this because of the money, but because you've liked me in a way you didn't understand. So, upon receiving the opportunity to try and get to know me better, you agreed with Sonics' terms. Right?" He nodded and looked at the clock.

"I need to go." It was obvious he was still 'high' off their intense moment by how his eyes went everywhere at once and even jittered a bit. She giggled. "What?"

"You look like some crack-head who just got done smoking fifty pounds of weed. You're a mess…an Amy Rose mess." she joked. Shadow gave a small smile.

"I guess you could say that…" Amy stood on the tip of her toes to kiss Shadow one final time for the night. He returned it just as passionately, still not sure why he was.

"I know it'll take you a bit longer to say this but, I like you, Shadow." Amy said, smiling.

"I still need to understand what I'm feeling towards you…but I'll go ahead and say it. I like you…too…" he said sheepishly. That moment remained peaceful until Amy hit Shadow on the arm.

"What did I do to deserve that?"

"A lot of things, why else would I be standing here naked?! You, sir, have went way over the fake-boyfriend line. Way! This is unacceptable…you're on punishment." she finalized with a nod of her head, hands on her hips.

"I did go a little too far…but did you stop me?" Shadow asked with a smirk.

"I…well…you didn't…you know what?! Fuck it."

"Fuck is not a very nice word for a pretty young lady such as yourself to use, especially when referring to me when I can fuck you. Remember that." he said.

"Try me, asshole. Come on, I dare you…"

"That is something you don't want to do. I'm leaving, and if I decide to come back, I might let you stay again, instead of tossing you on the street…" Shadow said, turning to leave.

"You couldn't even if you wanted to!" Amy exclaimed.

"I wouldn't be so sure…" he called back. Finally getting out the door, Amy was left alone. She grabbed her underwear, put them on, and fixed her- Shadow's shirt. Maybe this turned out to be the beginning of something awesome…something I might actually enjoy as much as chocolate covered strawberries…Yummy!

What's up peeps! I have given you my first written and published pre-lemon scene. I call it that because it's what they do before they get all up into it. Please be nice when leaving a review. It's my first (and not my last) kind a scene involving something like this. Really, it felt awesome to get this out of my head! It's been nagging me about how to do it right, and I finally got this done. So enjoy for the rest of your lives!

And before you go…I don't feel like making a poll, so I'm putting the story ideas I've had in my head on here so you can vote.

What Love Makes Us Do: Amy has always seen Shadow as the good person he always was. Even if he doesn't listen and goes to work for Eggman…So, deciding to take matters into her own hands, she goes to work for him too, just to try and get through to him. Will things work out the way she hoped? Rated T for cursing Chapter Story.

An Alternate Universe: Tails builds new machine that can create clones of anyone who goes through it. But there's a bug…Anyone who does will have a clone the exact opposite of themselves! Will these new clones cause havoc in Station Square, or will they turn out to be something better? Rated T One-shot or Chapter Story.

Where love goes…: Amy has been worried about her relationship with Sonic. He comes home late, barely speaks to her, and bosses her around like she's his personal maid. Well, Amy decided to follow Sonic one night to see what he's been up to. Boy, will she never want to again! Rated M One-shot.

That's all I have for now. Just know, all of these will make it, but I just want to know which I should start working on first. I will have some holiday one-shots as well, coming soon. Bye! -D.A.K