Amy felt nostalgic, sitting all by herself in a coffee shop. Maybe it was ridiculous, two years of dating Sonic, and things had turned sour for them. For example, just this morning, he had left in a rush, perhaps to stop Eggman again or to have a meeting with the freedom fighters. Sonic hadn't explained much either. Today was their anniversary, and before he had left Amy had asked what they would do to commemorate the day and realized, he had forgotten again. The blue hedgehog only kissed the younger's forehead as if she were a child and ran. The sakura hedgehog wasn't sure about her relationship. There was a time when his love always grew in her heart, his kisses were on the lips and warm, she would have gone to the end of the world just to please him and help him. But now, it was as if none of that existed, they were just a pair of strangers sharing the same house.

"Hello Hun," said Rouge sitting in front of her friend and client. Maybe Amy was wrong for choosing a spy, thief and private detective to help her with the situation, but she was desperate and out of options.

"I need you to investigate why Sonic disappears for so many days and hours," said Amy biting her lip. "I need to know if he has a lover if he loves her...if...she is better than me"

Rouge looked at her directly, but before her lips could utter a word, Sally Alicia Acorn, whom Amy had called as moral support, arrived.

"Amy, Rouge...Sorry I was late!"

"It's ok Sal," said Rouge with a smile. "I was about to reveal the information Amy wanted"

"Well, say it," said the chipmunk sitting down.

"Amy, you're right Hun," said Rouge calmly, her eyes half-lidded. "Sonic is cheating on you with someone close"

"Cream nor Cosmo would do that Rouge" Amy was quick to defend those closest to her. Those were children! And that wasn't even Sonic's type!

"Exactly, and that just leaves-"

"No" interrupted Sally with a glare towards the white bat. Yet, this made Amy slightly suspicious.

"Sally..." Rouge wouldn't lie, at least not when there was money or jewels at stake. "Is she telling the truth."

"I have no idea what this...woman, is saying," said Sally tensely.

"You don't?" Rouge didn't look confused, or mad, as if she was expecting this. No, she looked way too amused by the riled up and nervous chipmunk in front of her. "One day, I heard an interesting conversation between you and Sonic. It was very simple, instead of talking about G.U.N or your team, you were talking about how you were pissed that you had to hide your relationship with him and begging him to leave Amy"

This made Sally stay quiet.

"Sally tell me...is that true?" asked Amy, her voice was shaking, they could feel her about to burst into tears.

"Amy its..."

"It's true" Sally didn't defend herself from the pink hedgehog. "It is true...I can't believe it" Amy was unable to think straight, she ignored Rouge's concerned gaze and continued to stare at her friend. "Since when?" no answer. "ANSWER, DAMMIT!"

"Listen to me, please," begged Sally. "Don't say a word, just listen" Amy wasn't having any of it, her eyes were filled with frustrated tears, Rouge could see her cheeks turning red.

"Whatever you say, even if you cry, it's still the same thing..." Rouge decided to stay quiet, watching how this unfolded, formulating a plan on how to help the pink hedgehog. "Even if we are friends...I don't believe you right now"

"Look, Amy, you misunderstand, this may look like a game bu-"

"I fucking know this isn't a game!"

"Amy, I promise you" Sally seemed to be choking on tears of her own. "I fell in love with... I fell so in love that I couldn't stop myself."

"You had left him when I started to go out with him! And now you want him back, having him every time I wasn't there! Seriously!? DO you even care how much I love him!?"

"Amy, you are my friend, I knew I was taking away the love of your life"

"You fucking dream of him... you sleep with him, Sally!"

"I know...and I know it's killing you slowly inside" Amy wasn't listening, everyone could see that Sally's words were in vain. Both females were now crying in front of Rouge, who waited patiently. "I'm sorry...I swear. But I love him very much, so much it hurts. And I know he loves me too."

"But he was mine! You knew! You knew you were not supposed to go after him!"

"Am-"

"Stop. I don't wanna hear it. Don't say my name, don't call me your friend. My Sonic wasn't a dress that I lent you and you could give back later!" said Amy furiously getting up from the table, not daring to look back at the chipmunk. "But I'm done. Innocent, sweet, or friendly Amy is dead. Of course, I knew there was someone else. But I never imagined it was my best friend. I wish I was as naive, as deaf, and stupid as I look! But I am going to get to the bottom of this. Rouge, I want to go back home, I need to pack my things and talk to Sonic"

She gave no time for anyone to react. Amy was on her feet now, unable to comprehend why Sonic would do this to her. She never noticed when she got home, only the presence of Rouge, to whom, she ranted about everything that was going on. The white bat prayed this girl wouldn't throw herself somewhere, Amy could be extreme, thus why she sometimes needed to be cared for.

"I should have seen it." Said Amy sorrowfully as she kept on packing her bags. "He looked at me differently. He was so cold. Sonic never let me speak without interrupting me. Oh Rouge, I hate that you are right, that I was right. I wish this time it was only my paranoia or insecurities taking over."

"Hey, Hun, it's ok, I understand," said Rouge hugging her. "Look, Amy, tell me, is it worth it to have a dream man if he doesn't appreciate you?"

"I... don't know..."

"What is your love worth, your suffering, if he doesn't love you too?" Rouge was staring at those puffy green eyes. "You are very pretty Amy. But, if he doesn't look at you as he is about to kiss you, he doesn't want your body, he breaks every dream you have, he makes you want to run away from the truth, he consumed all your hope...I have news, he doesn't deserve your love, Hun."

"You're right," said Amy dejectedly. "I was only his doll..."

"Ames!" Sonic's yell made the hugging females let go from each other, watching him enter in a flash of blue. He seemed confused, looking at tearful Amy. "Ames, why are you crying? What's with the bags? Going on a trip?"

"No..."

"Of course, not," said Rouge calmly. "Amy is just leaving before you keep treating her like a fool"

"I don't get it," said Sonic.

"You're with Sally," said Amy not looking at him. "Don't deny it, I know"

"Amy, relax, of course not"

"Oh?" Amy didn't believe him at all, her hammer had manifested in her hand by now. "Give me a good reason to believe you"

"I won't unless you calm down"

"Sonic, don't condition her" interrupted Rouge. "You should have more balls than that, stop being a hypocrite. She was your girl, and you were her man, she wants the truth"

"Sonic, please, even if it hurts...tell me," said Amy shakily, her hammer vanishing. "Is she better than me?"

"Amy..." Sonic had Heard the tremor in her voice, knowing he had messed up.

"Sally, did you think of her when you were with me?"

"I..."

"I need to know the truth...do you love her?"

Sonic was silent, confirming Amy's fears. The pink hedgehog started to cry while Rouge grabbed the pink suitcases and guided Amy towards the door.

"Goodbye Sonic" the male rushed towards the exit, blocking it. Rouge quickly had her gun out.

"Rouge, please, don't take her away"

"You should have thought about that before you cheated on her. You could've been with Sally without hurting Amy. Sure, you both might love each other, but you should have avoided harming your girlfriend in the process. Now, out of the way"

Sonic quietly stepped away, allowing them to leave.

"Bye."

How long had it been since they broke up? A shadow always following Amy Rose, whispers in the wind she couldn't understand. She closed her eyes, had Cosmo felt like this when she was killed? Maria Robotnick? Well, contrary to her they were not moping for lost love but they were killed to save those they love. Amy felt pathetic as she sat by her window, staring silently at the moon. As the wind played with her quills she let tears roll down her cheeks. Oh, how painful it was for the pink beauty to remember the betrayal she had gotten from her supposed best friend. The loneliness ate her alive, knowing well that her beloved blue hedgehog would not be on time to save her from these thoughts.

A sorrowful song composed by trees hitting her window, birds saying goodnight, and the wings harmonizing it all. It made Amy smile, soon she wouldn't be a burden, she would be the air that brushed against Sonic's quills. The birds that Cream loved to play with, the moon Tails would gaze upon when he missed his dear Cosmo. Caos from the other world...at last, she could be close to them without being brushed off. These thoughts plagued her head, vainly believing that this would solve her problems. Would Cosmo accept her?

Amy thought nobody ever listened or paid attention to her when she spoke about the struggle she lived. Once she told Tails: "Now and then I get a little bit lonely and he's never coming around"

He would just pat her shoulder sharing her grief but for an entirely different situation. How would he understand? Cosmo never did to him what Sonic did to her. Rouge tried her best to comfort her, but having one night stands wasn't Amy's idea to forget, nor alcohol. Though she thanked them both, she had decided to lock herself in. She didn't even allow Cream inside. Exhausted, that's how Amy felt. Her body shaking without mercy as she wrote down a message on her paper, knowing maybe it would take a while before her body was found. Typical. The pink hedgehog didn't want to even imagine the terrified look Cream would have on her face if she discovered Amy dead.

Breathing in and breathing out she stared at the plush Sonic she had in her hands and smiled sadly, hugging him and whispering words. "Sonic I need you now tonight, I need you more than ever. And if you only hold me tight, we'll be holding on forever"

Determination in her green tearful eyes, as with her free hand she grabbed a dagger. Her wrist shook, even if the pink hedgehog's mind was ready, her body wasn't, begging her to let it breathe another day. But, she ignored it.

"Forever's gonna start tonight" she murmured into the darkroom.

Her heart raced, recalling when she first met Sonic. A sunny day, where she was being kidnapped for some strange reason by Robotnick. Maybe he was planning to experiment on her or something, yet, he never revealed his true intentions. Soon a blue blur, coming towards them lightning fast appeared. And just as fast she found herself in the arms of a young blue hedgehog, perhaps a few years older. They both did not say a word, only their eyes communicating for them. Amy had been thankful, and him, worried if she was ok.

Now, he wasn't like that, at least, not as sweet as before. Perhaps he found her annoying or Sally had clouded his judgment. Amy looked outside once again, staring blankly at the raindrops falling on her window, the lightning flashing. Waiting, she did that for a while, gaining all the courage she could muster, and suddenly, with a boom of thunder, her blade was plunged deep in her heart. The pink hedgehog's lifeless body against the windowsill. Her dagger and plush Sonic tightly held in her cold, dead, hands. A mess of blood decorating where she had once been.

Sonic was on his way towards Amy's house, he had a bad feeling in his gut, he needed to go there again, ask for forgiveness like he did every day with Sally. He tried to be careful to not slip in the rain. He was worried, after all, she hadn't stalked him in a while, and though, he did like the peace ad quiet, he couldn't help but be concerned for the cute hedgehog. The blue speedster liked Amy a lot, he just had no idea how to show it and he was scared for her. After all, most of the girls he or his team of males had openly had a stable relationship with ended up dead. He didn't want that for his dear Amy. Sonic only wanted her to live her life to the fullest and not die because of this stupid curse. But of course, by trying to do that he made a terrible mistake that pushed her away, a growing pain in his heart allowed guilt to eat him alive. He arrived, the door surprisingly was unlocked.

Alarm bells rang in his mind as a copper stench filled the house. Without thinking twice, he ran towards his beloved's room. He was afraid to see whatever was behind the door. Yet, he still turned the knob, just in time for lightning to illuminate the corpse. He was in shock not even noticing when his feet had taken him towards the body. Tearstained cheeks made Sonic feel guilty. Screaming in anguish as he tried in vain to wake her up. SHaking he rested the body on the floor, noticing a pink paper slip laying there.

Using his finger to wipe away the tears, he tried his best to read it even with blurry eyes.

Dear:

Once upon a time, I was falling in love, now I'm only falling apart. There's nothing I can do about it. Now and then I get a little bit angry and I know I've got to get out and cry. But what's the use? I've grown tired of listening to the sound of my tears. I sometimes turn around towards you and I get a little bit terrified of the look in your eyes. Filled with hate, or annoyance.

But I need you now tonight, I need you more than ever, and if you only held me tight, I'd be holding on forever. We'll only be making it right because we'll never be wrong together.

We can take the chains to the end of the line. But my love is like a shadow on me all of the time. I don't know what to do and I'm always in the dark, no hope or light is giving off sparks.

I need you tonight.

Forever's gonna start tonight.

I'm sorry.

Amy Rose.

Sonic left the letter to fall on to the floor as he cradled her lifeless body. He kissed her lips, wishing he hadn't come so late for his beloved. Oh, how he regretted pushing her away.

"Amy...I love you"