It's been a day since the mall incident happened, and Amy hasn't spoken to me about it - or what we were planning to do about it. The entire car ride home, I could see her visibly shaking, her face still flustered and as much as I wanted to poke fun at her, I could sense something was wrong; and Amy being good with confrontation won't tell me until I ask her what's wrong.

So I've decided to do just that.

I knew where she would be today, I knew her schedule like the back of my hand so finding her would be no issue. I finished tying my red sneakers and grabbed my coat as I walked out of my room, but as I opened the door I noticed a tall lanky yellow fox standing in front of my door, grease oil covering his golden fur but that didn't stop him from looking at me amusingly.

"You and Amy?" His lips formed into a wide smile, as I felt a small one form mine.

I shook my head, "Tails it's not what you think."

He nodded in 'understanding', "Right."

I held up my hands in defense, "I'm serious, it was just a misunderstanding."

Tails held up his phone and showed me the latest post on Sinful Secrets (a gossip magazine); which lead me to see that there was several articles written about Amy and I and even a gallery of pictures from before this scandal started. It ranged from us just standing next to each other, to back in the days where we would work together to stop Eggman and I would occasionally save her - way to stretch out the truth. Tails laughed softly, "My favorite part is the mashing of your guys' names."

I scrunched my nose when I read the awful nickname, "Sonamy?"

Tails bursted out laughing having to hold his stomach as he bent over, "I can't, believe, this." I grunted in annoyance as I contemplated shoving him down the stairs but then our mom would certainly kill me for 1). rough housing inside the house, and 2). getting Tail's dirty oil grease on the carpet.

"It wasn't my idea!" I exclaimed in protest. Tails knew I didn't like Amy in that way - at least not anymore I didn't. Sure there was a time where I thought Amy and I would end up together, and possibly settle down but she clearly didn't feel the way I did, so I moved on; and Tails knew how hard it was for me to do so, so if anyone should know this was a hoax it would be him.

"Doesn't make it any less hilarious!" Tails kept scrolling through his phone, trying his best to contain his laughter, "There are even stories written about you too and your undying love for each other." This time Tails couldn't contain himself as he fell to the floor.

I placed a hand over my face to hide my embarrassment, "You aren't helping."

Tails tried to lower his laughter as Sonia popped her head out of her room scolding him for being so loud, "Hey will you two be quiet for a sec?" But when her eyes made it to me they lit up. Cocking a brow, "Where's the other half of Sonamy?"

I grunted in annoyance, "I'm outta here!"

As I walked down the stairs I could hear both Tails and Sonia laughing hysterically and the shouting of my new nickname 'Sonamy forever!'; this really got outta hand sooner than I thought it would.

xxxx

I had made it to the dance studio that Amy owned where she practiced for her upcoming events, I opened the door to see Rogue working at the front desk, while Knuckles hovered over the desk as he looked into her eyes; both clearly oblivious of my presence.

I cleared my throat, "Hey guys."

And in that instant I had regretted saying anything as I saw what Rouge was wearing. It was a t-shirt with a picture of me and Amy kissing; a faint blush appeared on my checks as I rubbed the back of my neck in discomfort.

Rouge smirked at this, "So Big Blue, how's the Mrs's?"

I rolled my eyes, "We aren't actually dating."

Knuckles laugh, "Sure you aren't."

"We aren't!" I angrily rejected.

Rouge just smiled, "Sonic, Its okay if you two are, I mean we all knew."

Wait.

What?

I narrowed my eyes questionably, "You all knew? Knew what?"

"That you two liked each other?" Rouge said casually, "I mean Amy seemed head over heels for you when she was younger, and you made it obvious you felt the same; so we all just assumed it would naturally happen."

My mouth dropped.

Amy liked me..? She liked me in that way..? Why didn't I know..? Why didn't she tell me? Why didn't I see it?

Rouge pointed towards the dance room door entrance, "She's in there if you wanna go in."

I nodded softly as I walked over towards the door, ignoring Knuckles comments on the faint blush that lingered on my cheeks.

I walked in to see Amy standing there, hungrily drinking her water bottle; and as I stood there watching her my blush spread as I noticed how much she's truly grown. She was wearing a lime neon sports bra that molded her chest exposing how much it's grown, and black running pants that really showed off her rather plump bottom - her body glistening under the soft light from her sweat. Her hair was up in a high pony tail so her face was the center of attention, not using makeup and still just as gorgeous; and I could surpass all that, I could ignore the spellbinding way her voluptuous body curved or how her lips looked at me desperately waiting for me too...

"Sonic?" Her jade eyes looked in my direction curiously. She walked towards me slowly, "W-What are you doing here?"

I looked away from her to calm my sudden nerves, "I wanted to come see what we were gonna do about, the, um," I looked at her desperately, "you know." I finished lamely.

She smiled softly, "Oh yea," she turned to look at the girls who stood behind her - girls I've met before, but couldn't remember their names, "I, um, I'm actually not sure what you would wanna do about that." She admitted, "I just kind of did it in the heat of the moment so..." Amy began to ramble on, nothing but nonsense coming out, but I smiled none-the-less at her nervousness. Her face was clearly flustered from my presence, "I, um, Thought it would blow over but it's like, I,"

I held up a hand to stop her, "Ames, it's fine."

She let out a large breath of air, "Thank goodness! I was so worried you wouldn't talk to me anymore for doing that!"

I scratched the back of my head, "Actually I was hoping we could let it continue."

Her eyes widened in shock at my bold words, "You mean, you wanna be... You wanna be a couple?"

My hands instantly were held up in defense, "No!" And from my readiness to reject the thought, I instantly felt bad when I saw her ears flatten against her head. I took her hand in mine, "Amy I didn't mean I wouldn't wanna date you, any guy would be lucky to have you." She looked up, "I just was wondering if you could, do me a favor - a big favor."

"Anything."

I smiled at this, knowing Amy is always one to help, "Can we let this dating rumor continue to make Sally jealous?"

Amy narrowed her eyes, "You're doing this to get her back?"

"Amy," I looked to the ground, "you have to understand..." I felt my heart suddenly cave in from its weight, I could feel the emotions I felt the day before rushing back to me, "I love her..."

Amy lifted my chin, "I know you do, but Sonic sometimes the ones you love the most are better left alone. She isn't good for you."

I narrowed my eyes at her, "Why? Because she's dating Scourge?" I scoffed, "That doesn't mean she's bad!"

Amy stepped away from me, clearly hurt from my words and the instant her eyes laid eyes on me I realized my mistake and wanted to take her into my arms and apologize; I always hated arguing with her. She shook her head, her hair swinging, "Sonic, I'm just trying to look out for you, but this is what you want..." She sighed, "Then I'll do this for you." Her eyes looked at me one more time - almost as if they spoke to me saying, I would do anything for you - before she walked away and back to her dancing session.

I waited in the back of the room until the session was over, and after this moment did I truly realize the effort that she put into her performances - she wasn't just half assing it, pretending like she already knew the dance moves but put her full effort, just like her dancers. It was like a team effort, it wasn't just her performance, it was theirs as well and she didn't want to let them down.

She amazed me with her dancing abilities, as she swayed the rhythm of her hips to the sound of her music. She has become an incredible performer, and I couldn't help but feel proud for her; she's come so far in her career, putting her heart and soul into it, getting out nothing but good feedback.

I admired her.

She was my idol.

Yes, I saved people, I risked my life for others, I saved the world countless of times - but Amy contains the ability to stand in front of a crowd and just pour her heart to them, exposing herself without fear of rejection, and that's a strength I could never have. Amy became a completely different person on stage (just like she was in front of Scourge) she was so confident, so sure of herself, so passionate, when her personality was more introverted (still confident but not as much as her 'alter-ego').

Amy's eyes made contact with mine, but instantly looked away in frustration? Was she upset at what I had asked her to do for me? I sighed, of course she would be upset. Amy didn't like Sally, and I could understand why she didn't; Sally had broken my heart, she had left me like I meant nothing to her (and whether the fact Scourge had anything to do with her sudden hatred for Sally I wasn't sure).

Suddenly the music switched from a poppy upbeat tone, to an unfamiliar hip-hop beat, one of the dancers elbowed Amy playfully, "Come on Amy! Show us what you got!"

Amy shook her head, "No, I'm okay, besides shouldn't we go through th-"

The girl rolled her eyes, "Amy come on, we have practiced for the last two weeks!"

Amy sighed in defeat, and I assumed she would just walk away from the 'dare' but instead she surprised me; I watched as Amy let her hair loose and began to move her body in a way I didn't know she could. Suddenly her hip movement became swifter, more erotic, as she accentuated her body parts and would touch her hands to the floor bending over then flipping her hair back up. I felt my face heat up, I didn't want to watch, but I couldn't look away from her - this Amy was different from the Amy I always knew. She was like a complete new person, all signs of shyness shredded as she continued to dance sexually. Suddenly a boy came up to her - one of her dancers - and began to dance with her, touching her hips, moving his body in sync with hers and closely to hers. Too close for my liking.

I walked over towards them as I separated the boy from her and replaced him, Amy's eyes widened at my boldness and personally I don't know what gave me the courage to do such a thing but I never liked watching guys rub up against Amy - I didn't like it when Scourge did it either, even when they were dating and I sure as hell wasn't going to allow this stranger too. All the girls began to cheer as I leaded Amy in an intense dance, but Amy's body continued to resist, I smiled playfully, "Dance with me Ames."

"I didn't know you could dance Sonic?" Amy said in awe.

I smiled sheepishly, "I can't, but that won't stop me from trying."

Amy rolled her eyes but smiled anyway, as she then took control, "Let me show you how then." She turned around, leaving me confused, but she placed my hands on her hips as she moved them against me - a little close and personal. I could feel everything as she moved against me, but apparently this was how you dance to this kind of music so I went along with it. And then suddenly Amy began to slide down, keeping her body pressed against me in the process, and this caused me to stop completely as my face flushed full force. I could still hear the girls cheering, and flashes from photos and recordings caught my eyes. As Amy came back up and swiftly turned around she carefully whispered, "Just move to the rhythm, as if our bodies were one."

"B-But, it looks like we're having sex through our clothes!" I whispered harshly.

She chuckled, "That's what it's suppose it is like Sonic, just let yourself get lost in the music."

So that's exactly what I did, I let myself get lost in the music, I allowed her to guide my body even with the intense awkwardness I felt feeling my body against hers - this was an entire new boundary in our relationship that I wasn't sure if I exactly wanted to break but was already broken.

The song had finally finished and Amy had separated from me, laughing softly, "And you tease me about being easily flustered."

I shook my head in discontent, "That wasn't dancing."

Amy rolled her eyes, "It's called grinding, something you've clearly never done before." She teased.

I cocked a brow, "And you have?"

"Just kiss already!" We both turned our heads to see Rouge standing by the doorway holding her phone up, smirking mischievously.

Now Amy was the one who became flustered, "Um, I, don't know, if, um," and without hesitation I grabbed the back of her head and brought her face towards mine, my lips feeling completely comfortable with molding against hers - in fact feeling a perfect fit against them. I felt her hands slide up to my chest to push me off but I grabbed them and held them tightly; Rouge would most likely upload this to the gossip website that has spread the dating rumors and now it could be finally confirmed.

When we pulled away Amy looked at me angrily, but sighed in defeat when she realized her commitment to this 'relationship', so she then wrapped her arms around my neck, colliding her lips against mine again but this time - this time I could feel her taking over. She kissed me deeply, like her life had deepened on everything that happened in this very second, and without kissing me it would inevitably set in motion the end of the world - she kissed me like not only did she depend on it but the world depended on it.

She pulled away again, leaving a sense of emptiness in my heart, whether that be left there by the thought of making her do something like this for me or because I felt like I was cheating on Sally by kissing Amy, I wasn't sure. My feelings have been all over the place lately and it was hard to sort through them.

"Satisfied?" She asked to our 'audience' as she walked out the room, but I felt like it was more directed towards me. I knew she didn't want to do this, I knew she didn't want to help me get Sally back but she felt obligated too; as my best friend she felt like she would do anything to make me happy, and if this made me happy she would do it. Just like I would do for her.

xxxx

I sat on Amy's couch as we watched old movies, but Amy usually talking through every scene, hasn't said a word to me. She just focused on the movie. I cleared my throat, which caused her to look at me, "Sonic?" She asked questioningly.

I took the control into my hand and switched off the tv, "Ames, we need to talk."

She rolled her eyes, "Sonic, I don't wanna talk about it."

"We have too."

She narrowed her eyes at me, "Okay, let's talk about that bitch who broke your heart, let's talk about how you are asking me to help you get her back, let's talk about how you are being completely blinded by your broken heart to see she is no good for you!" Amy was now standing, hands on hips, and face red.

I was the one who is silent now. Amy noticed my hostility to speak and decided to sit down again, taking my hands in hers, "Sonic," she said softly, "What you're asking me to do is hard for me, it's hard for me to take part in getting you back together with the person who hurt you." She hung her head, "It's as if I asked you to get me back with Scourge."

I snorted, "Scourge is a scum."

"And what is Sally..?"

I glared at her, yanking my hands from her grip, "She's the love of my life Amy," getting up and walking towards the door, "you don't know what it's like to fall in love, so you wouldn't understand." I know it was wrong of me to say, I know I had hurt her feelings, I know I was just talking out of anger and being ungrateful for the favor she was doing for me, but she didn't understand what I was going through, she didn't know how it felt like to lose the only one she's ever loved.

She just didn't know what it felt like to lose the only home you've ever had.