Chapter 29: Beach Body Blues:
I'm Amy Rose! I'm cute and I'm full of ener- Oh, who the fuck am I kidding?!
I'm fat, ugly, and feeling down in the dumps, THAT'S more like it! Before any of
you readers get all upset at me complaining about this, hear me out! While I
couldn't be happier about becoming a mother, I never thought that dealing with
the baby-weight would be this strenuous! Not only is there so much of it, but it isn't
going away very fast, and Rouge is making my life a misery even though I know she's
just trying to help! (sigh) Ah well, maybe a day at the beach will calm my tits. And hey,
at LEAST I found a swimsuit I'll be more comfortable in!
Sunlight was glimmering over the ocean waters at Emerald Coast. It was noon, and the household decided to come to the beach for lunch, though unlike before, Amy and Blaze were wearing tankinis as opposed to their usual bikinis. The group was walking on the sand, looking for a suitable spot. The two waited until everyone else went ahead of them before they started speaking.
"Oh, this is bad. I can't even pull my damn top all the way down." Amy complained.
"I know, me too. Oh, and you might wanna walk more slowly." Blaze replied, "Your girls are a bit...erm, out of control."
"Yeah, don't remind me." Amy replied, trying to adjust her top.
"Well, look on the bright side. Not only do you have less to lose than me, but you gained weight because of something good. Plus, now you're able to go where they're going." Blaze said, pointing off to her left.
She and Amy saw that Shadow and Rouge had left the others, and were walking past a sign that read "Designated Topless Area". Looking closely, a separate picnic basket was in Shadow's hand.
"Nah, that's not my thing. But all I know is that I'll need to do a little shopping. Who knows how long I'll have this baby weight on me?" Amy replied.
After talking, swimming and lounging for a long while, it was time to eat. Sonic was standing at the grill, constantly turning the hot dogs around so they were evenly cooked. As usual, Sonic brought chili dogs for everyone, completely ignoring the fact that none of them liked chili dogs as much as he did. This time, however, he had also brought the vegetarian kind. Rouge had instructed him to make Amy and Blaze eat meatless chili dogs, since they were supposed to be watching their weight. She wanted to make sure they didn't try to eat anything she disapproved of, while she and Shadow were in the topless area. After separating the hot dogs by types and putting them on platters, Sonic let out a loud dog-whistle.
"Come and get it!" He yelled.
Everyone walked up and served themselves. Sonic Jr., as if by instinct, started crawling across the sand towards his mother, and attempted to climb her leg like a squirrel.
"Oh, are you hungry?" Amy asked, picking him up.
She proceeded to nurse Sonic Jr. in the beach chair, using a towel to cover her exposed breast. Sonic walked over holding a meatless chili dog in a napkin.
"Here you go, Amy." He said.
"Thanks sweetie." Amy said, smiling.
After everyone had their fill, The guys set up the volleyball net, and started a game, consisting of Sonic and Silver versus Tails and Knuckles. Amy and Blaze sat to the side in their reclined beach-chairs, both sipping beer. Sonic Jr. was sleeping on Amy's lap.
"Uh, Rouge didn't say we could drink, did she?" Blaze asked.
"You know what? I really don't give two shits. All I can say now is that this healthy thing doesn't seem so bad, as long as I can still eat those damn good tofu chili dogs." Amy replied, "And due to that, now I finally love chili dogs in my own way, and now future evenings with Sonic won't feel so fucking awkward when we go out to eat."
"Yeah, I agree. I wasn't excited about this either, but those were so good...for something with no seafood in it, that is!" Blaze replied in agreement.
Knuckles noticed that the girls weren't showing any interest in the game.
"Hey, don't you guys want to join the game?" He asked.
"Hell no!" Amy replied, "Jumping around is anything but a good idea due to this top not having any support! And if I reach up to hit the ball, I'll show my stomach! I'm telling you, Knuckles! Even the most modest of swimwear can't hide baby weight!"
Knuckles had a weirded out look on his face.
"Well, OK. But you two are missing ou...HEY! No telekinesis over there! That's cheating!" He said, just as he saw Silver catch Tails' spike in mid-air. "Alright, redo!"
"Amy, I think you may have had one too many. Don't you think?" Blaze asked, as she watched Knuckles rejoin the game.
"Girl, it's only my second one!" Amy countered.
Later on, it was time to go back home. Everyone including Blaze got up and started packing up. Sonic folded up the grill and asked Knuckles to carry it.
"Come here, son." He called.
Sonic Jr. obediently crawled over to him, and allowed himself to be picked up.
"Oh, and Amy, do you mind going to get Shadow and Rouge? We'd like to get going." Sonic requested.
Amy nodded and headed towards the sign she saw them walk past earlier. Standing by the sign that read "Designated Topless Area", she took a deep breath. This part of the beach was exactly the same, with the obvious difference being that visitors could remove their swimsuit tops without getting into trouble. She eventually found Shadow sitting on a beach-blanket, massaging the topless Rouge's shoulders. Rouge looked up as she saw Amy's shadow enter her view.
"Oh hi, I'm surprised you didn't come over here. You'd fit right in with that much bloating." She said.
"Yeah, well how about I take them, and squirt all this milk right in your…?!" Amy said, though she quickly got cut off by an approaching lifeguard.
"I'm sorry miss, but I'm going to have to ask you to leave this area for harassing these visitors." He said.
Amy didn't budge. The lifeguard started to push her out of the topless area.
"Well, Sonic says it's time to go!" Amy yelled back at Shadow and Rouge.