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Chapter 5: All grown up

Chelsea's P.O.V.

I felt the soft grass beneath my tickling my thighs. I exhaled as I closed my eyes. I was sitting in the yard in front of my house. Today was a day where I could get to enjoy the tranquility Mother Nature has to offer. I just couldn't be cooped up in the house. The day was just too perfect. Even the flowers bloomed today. They were an angelic white and they were as soft as cotton.

"Hey mom, look!"

I watched one of my hedgies do flips and tricks all over the place. When he landed his back flip he looked at me with a face full of pride and that goofy smile of his. I couldn't help but smile at him. He was just too cute for words.

"That was amazing sweetie."

I picked a white lily from the ground, held it and admired its beauty. I wrapped my arms around my legs and pulled them closely to my chest still delicately holding the flower. Someone sat behind me and wrapped their furry arms around me.

For some reason, my furry body didn't alarm meet at all nor did the arms gently holding me. In fact I felt quite at peace.

"Let me have the flower," a masculine voice said.

I didn't feel the need to look at the man behind me so I just placed the flower in the hand in front of me. The unidentified person tucked the Lily behind my ear and kissed it tenderly. I giggled. I heard him chuckle.

"What's so funny my dear?"

"That tickles."

"Oh?" I could almost feel the smirk on his face.

I giggled when he did it again. He then started nibbling the ear, on top of my head, which caused me to laugh loudly. When our tickle phase ended I felt strong hands grab my waist, spin me around and put me in their owner's lap. I closed my eyes from the spinning but before I could open them the same person out a hand over my eyes. His scent of different spices filled my nostrils and made a warm feeling in the pit of my stomach.

"Keep your eyes closed for me," his voice held mischief.

I nodded and he took his hand away from my face. A feeling of disappointment came over me although I don't know why. I felt like I still had to keep smiling.

"What are you doing?" I asked.

A deep chuckle came from him and I could almost feel him smirk. I gasped when a hand was placed under my chin and tilted my face to an angle. A tingle ran through my spine and I felt myself tremble from the others breath on my cheek. I wanted to know who this person was so badly.

I still kept my eyes closed though.

A soft pair of lips brushed against mine and I felt my cheeks burn from his tormenting. My ears twitched when I heard familiar voice snicker from not too far away. Then I heard an irritated scoff. I mentally rolled my eyes.

I was taken aback when the person in front of me put his lips fully on mine. His lips took mine with such dominance that I found myself lightly moaning. I wrapped my arms around his neck and opened my mouth a little wider to get the full flavor of jasmine. I squeezed eyes as I could feel his hand snake to my waist. He held me against him firmly but with a gentle touch. My mind was clouded with bliss and I couldn't think about anything else except what was happening.

I wanted to know this person. This person brought me pleasure in a kiss. He held me with such care; I would think I was expensive china. His embrace left me feeling safe from anything. If felt like nothing could hurt me when I'm in this person's arms. I could feel love radiate from his voice and his touch left me shaking. But I still kept my eyes shut.

I suddenly heard giggling. Then I heard a grossed out gasp.

"Ewww! Mom! Dad! That's disgusting."

I felt a smile in between kisses from the man. Then I wondered why someone said dad. It wasn't like I was married.

…

My eyes snapped open.

Third person's P.O.V.

Chelsea's eyes fluttered open. She blinked and then lazily rubbed her eyes. She turned over on her side and closed her eyes again. She kept squeezing her eyelids hoping to fall asleep again. The dream she had was her own utopia. After a few hopeless tries of falling asleep, Chelsea, propped herself on her hands and sighed. She then had a sudden feel of loneliness. She wondered if it was from the dream but then she looked around her taking in the room she slept in.

Why am I in my room?

Last time she checked she fell asleep in the living room.

Chelsea brought a hand to her head. Maybe she walked up her in one of her sleepwalks. Sighing, the young woman headed to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She hated morning breath, especially hers and a certain little black hedgehog's. Chelsea then looked around the upstairs hallway. Where were the little hedgehogs? She looked in the room with the cribs and found them missing.

Did the MRF come inside her house again? Was that how she got upstairs?

A sudden panic shot through Chelsea. Her heart rate accelerated. She had to find the boys. She quickly looked through all the bedrooms upstairs and when she couldn't find a speck of blue, black or silver she shot down the stairs.

"Shadow, Sonic, Silver! Where are you guys?" she shouted with worry evident in her voice.

What if they took them? She can't without them. The hedgies were now her life. They can't just take them away. Can they? What if they did something to them? From what she's observed the MRF are harmful people. What if they were screaming for her and she couldn't here? What if they were in pain? She couldn't live with the thought. It was too much to bear.

"Mom?"

Chelsea sighed with relief. Her 'what ifs' vanished from her mind. She heard Sonic's voice come from the guest room. She calmly but eagerly walked to the voice. She couldn't help but notice the voice seem deeper. And why did Sonic call her 'mom'?

When she got to the room she looked down at the floor expecting a little blue hedgehog to meet her with a bright grin. Instead she saw red sneakers. Sneakers she had seen before. Slowly her eyes traveled up and saw noticeably long lean legs that were a bright azure color. Then she hit a patch of peach fur that had also grown larger since the last time she saw it. Chelsea looked straight forward and saw bright forest green eyes looking straight at her. The eyes looked at here with happiness but you could see the concerned look in them.

Chelsea's mind was blank and she felt her throat go dry. She tried to swallow but her throat was too dry. This must be some kind of joke. This wasn't happening. This was impossible.

"Mom, is everything okay? You look kind of pale."

Chelsea took a step back and bumped into someone. She looked up and saw brilliant blood red eyes staring right at her. She gasped and backed away to the right only to hit another person. She dared herself to look. Slowly she turned around and almost fainted when glossy gold irises looked at her. Chelsea, who was now trembling, shook her head in denial. She counted them. There were three hedgehogs and they were all as tall as her if not, taller.

The questions that filled Chelsea's head made her dizzy. She felt her skull was about to crack open. Her capacity level was filled to the max. She shut one eye closed, in pain, and pressed her palms into her temples. She tried to apply pressure to her head to try to ease the pounding but it wasn't working. She felt her legs give out from underneath her and saw the floor getting closer to her face.

"Mother? Mother what's wrong?" Shadow's deep and alarmed voice pierced through her head. Chelsea felt his hands around her waist just before she hit the floor. She gripped his forearm as he helped her to her feet. Again, her legs wouldn't support her weight and, she fell forward. This time all three of them caught her.

Chelsea could only remember being lifted and carried up the stairs. Her vision was blurry so all she saw was dull colors. When her head touched the lavender pillow she saw nothing but the color black.

Chelsea's eyes, for the second time that day, fluttered open. Events from earlier flooded back into her mind. She bolted up and winced when a dull pounding started in her head. She brought a hand to her forehead and massaged it. A rather large hand was planted on her chest and pushing her down. She looked to see it was a silver arm. Silver sat next to her with his hand gently on his mother's chest, his eyes were full of concern. He then pushed again a little. "Please lay back down mom. You're going to get a migraine if you push yourself to much" he pleaded with a sad smile. She was glad to see he still looked like the caring innocent Silver he was. She thought the only thing that changed about him was his height and voice. But she missed the little hedgie.

"B-but-"

"Mother, lay down. Now."

Chelsea looked at the corner of her bed to see Shadow with his arms crossed and a glare directed at her. His voice was deep and harsh. It was like his voice demanded respect and for you to follow everything it said. She couldn't help but lower her head. His red eyes were no longer the soft sweet ones she remembered. The ones that held so much curiosity. These were a bit intimidating and hard. The little hedgehog that used to look at her with big, curious eyes was gone.

Chelsea looked down at her hands that were now on her lap. Tears were brimming at the edges of her bottom eyelids.

Sonic looked sadly towards his mother and could see the unshed tears. He shot a glare at Shadow. Shadow only rolled his eyes, but he could see the hint of shame in his eyes. Sonic's emerald green eyes focused on the young dark-skinned woman and put a hand on hers. Sonic looked into her eyes and smiled.

Chelsea softly smiled at Sonic and lied back down on the bed. Sonic was grown up too. He wouldn't ever jump into her arms again. He wouldn't ever climb on her back and declare him has the king. It was never going to happen again. At these thought tears escaped her eyes and she quickly wiped them away. She heard a deep sigh from Shadow again. She turned her head to him and saw that he was sitting on the other side of her with his arms uncrossed and his eyes looking at his lap in regret.

"Mother I'm sorry that-"he started but was cut off.

"Meh… Shadow you did nothing wrong. Don't worry about it." She waved it off with a smile.

She saw him nod but she could tell he wasn't convinced and his statement only proved it. "Then why were you crying."

Could she tell them? Umm…so I was crying because you all grew up so fast, literally, and my fragile heart can't bear thought of losing you guys so soon. She would get up and leave the room if she heard that come from her mother.

Chelsea giggled and said "If I were to tell you why, you guys would groan and ditch me." She got a few laughs form Sonic and Silver and a smirk from Shadow. "It's a mother thing." She shrugged her shoulders and sat up again which earned her another glare from Shadow and worried looks from Sonic and Silver. Chelsea rolled her eyes and threw her legs over the edge of the bed. "Oh come on guys. I feel like I'm at my death bed saying my last wishes to you and that feeling makes me feel old."

"You're 22" Silver flatly stated.

"Yeah but I have three-wait how old are guys?"

All three of them face-palmed while Chelsea sweat dropped. Her cheeks were hot with embarrassment. "I'm sorry," she smiled sheepishly.

"Never mind that mom," Sonic laughed but then turned solemn. "You sure you're alright?"

Chelsea hopped unto her feet and marched around the room. She stumbled a bit making the three hedgehogs instantly move towards her but she held up her hands to stop them. She stood up straight put her hands on her hips and smiled triumphantly. "See? I didn't even fall that time. Now can we please go down stairs? Pretty please? Wait, why am I asking you guys? It's my house but, I do share it with them so I guess that makes them share ownership…Oh well. I still declare this my house. Sucks to suck doesn't it? Oh wow, my feet are huge and I'm rambling again aren't I. Well all this rambling made me hungry. Let's go eat!" With that the, all of a sudden, hyperactive woman strolled down the stairs.

Sonic, Shadow and Silver looked at the door where Chelsea just went through and blinked. They looked at each other blankly and just sighed and shook their heads. They were happy to know their mother was feeling better again but they would soon have to ask her about earlier. The three got up and followed the warm smell of eggs and bacon that filled the entire house.

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