A special request made by JustSONAMY01. I hope I did this well! If not I can revise it if you like, I don't mind :P

Chapter 6

A Day at the Beach

It was a bright sunny afternoon at the beach, Ms. Vanilla had put together an awesome party for the whole gang. We were allowed to bring any friend along, so I decided to bring along Shadow. He isn't really that friendly with everyone, but with my guidance he'll be more of an extrovert. Anyways, I was super excited to finally go to the beach- I absolutely love swimming- and get to see all my friends.

Walking over to an empty area, I laid down my towel with Shadow following close behind. As the ebony hedgehog laid upon his towel, I gave him a look of disappointment.

"You're not going into the water?" I asked as I pulled my hair up into a ponytail

"Nope," Shadow started as he put on black and red sunglasses, "I'm not too keen on swimming at the moment, maybe later Rose."

I shrugged at him as I turned and said, "You're missing out then."

Inches from the water, I was ready to dive right in, that is until I was swept away. Confused, I looked to see who was carrying me. A blue hedgehog in blue and gold swim trunks. Odd. Sonic doesn't like swimming though, well water in general. He stopped and set me down onto the very- and I mean very- hot sand.

"Sonic!" I screamed as I jumped back into his arms, "It's like two thousand degrees on the sand! I was so close to the water too…"

"Eh heh heh… Sorry Ames…" Sonic said smiling as I squirmed in his arms, not wanting to fall.

"Sonic," I whined wanting to go to the water, "take me back to the ocean where it's cooler!"

The cobalt blue hedgehog shook his head, "Ames the ocean is dangerous, so technically I saved you."

He smirked weirdly as I playfully hit his chest, "To you maybe but I think it's too hot on the sand. Either you take me to the water or take me back to my towel I laid down."

Sonic smiled at me as he replied, "So where is your towel?"

"Over there." I informed him, gesturing near Shadow who seemed to have fallen asleep.

Sonic frowned and looked back at me, "Fine ocean it is…"

Squealing with excitement, Sonic put me at the edge of the water which I gladly jumped in to. I waved him to come in but he shook it off. Diving and enjoying the nice cool water I watched Sonic every once in a while debate whether to come in after me or not. It was kind of adorable watching him like a baby trying cake for the first time. Our eyes met and I once again motioned him to come in and join me in swimming. He shook his head again and waved me off. Frowning I swam out to where I saw Knuckles and Rouge splashing each other.

"ROUGE!" I heard the red echidna yell out as the albino bat splashed him again.

"What are you going to do about it Knuckie?" Rouge taunted as Knuckles angrily paddled after Rouge who used her wings as an advantage in the deep ocean.

She unexpectedly ran towards me, which I decided to join in and playfully splashed her. The albino bat looked at me smirking.

"Hun, you have just started a war." Rouge stated then splashed me as she narrowly evaded Knuckles who came out of nowhere so suddenly.

Laughing I watched the two go at each other, every once in a while splashing one of them when their guard was down. We all ended up diving underwater and looking for shells after the water fight ended. Knuckles would find a hermit crab and freak out, Rouge would laugh and hold up a shell that glistened with all sorts of colors. I, however, had a harder time finding the right shell to nab…

I wasn't going to give up though. I dove once more when I saw a sand dollar hidden underneath the sand. Finally! Going to grab it, I picked it up to find it in perfect condition. Not broken or anything, it was so pretty! Heading back up to the surface, I realized I may have gone out to far… Rouge and Knuckles seemed slightly farther than I had expected when I dived…

Then I heard a huge wave rumbling up behind me. I was having so much fun that I didn't realize that it was high tide, meaning the waves got rougher and a time for surfers. The water can drag you out to sea easily, and that's the kind of trouble I was in.

"GUYS?" I called out hoping someone would notice when my leg got caught up in something in the water. Automatically jumping to the worst conclusion, I started to freak out when I saw the small outline of a blue hedgehog who noticed me. He stepped back a few feet and made a running jump into the water. Face planting it… That looked like it hurt…

Now assuming even worse things, I started to think about how it was like to drown. Must be very unpleasant… Then I saw Sonic frantically waving his arms in the water near shore. Not only will I die but Sonic will be with me as well…

I felt whatever bound me underwater release its grip on my leg, then arms wrap around my waist.

"I got you Rose." I heard behind me and I was teleported to land.

"Shadow, you have to save Sonic too!" I frantically begged as Shadow rolled his eyes, "Shadow! He's in danger, if you won't I will!"

I stomped out towards the water when Shadow placed his hand upon my shoulder.

"Rose I won't save him because he can just stand up." The ebony hedgehog explained gesturing to the overreacting cobalt blue hedgehog.

As I realized Shadow was right, I couldn't help but let out a giggle as I said, "Sonic, you can stand up now."

The blue hedgehog stopped struggling and stood up in the water that was just up to his knees.

"Oh." He said as he realized I was safe, "Ames! You're okay!"

He ran at me splashing water everywhere to embrace me in a loving hug. I rolled my eyes, though it was considerate of him to attempt to rescue me. Even if it wasn't what he intended, he got over his phobia to try to save me.

I giggled a little at Sonic's overreaction, "Of course I'm alright. Thanks for trying to save me though Sonic, that was really thoughtful."

"Anything for you Ames." The cobalt blue hedgehog replied holding me closer.

Sonic's P.O.V.

As Amy was thanking me, I noticed Shadow staring me down almost with fire burning in his eyes. I just held Amy closer to me as I quickly stuck out my tongue at him. He growled and turned to the growing group around Ms. Vanilla and Cream. I finally released Amy from my hug and followed her closely behind back to the group around the fire pit- far away from the ocean.

Amy sat down next to Shadow while I sat next to her, still getting dagger stares from Shadow. Amy didn't seem to notice since she was having fun mingling with all her friends. I subconsciously smiled at her when her face turned to me and our eyes met. I felt my snout turn slight red and had the feeling to turn away before it got worse, but her emerald green eyes… My snout grew more and more red as we held eye contact, then she smiled.

"I really do appreciate your effort Sonic. Maybe next time I can teach you to swim?" The pink hedgehog asked as I nodded in agreement

Still being stared down by Shadow, I ignored him and went with a feeling that surged through me. I leaned in closer to Amy's face, just inches away from her emerald eyes as we still made eye contact. Leaning in slowly, on instinct I had shut my eyes and finally went for it. I felt her soft lips brush up against my own, so warm and loving. Pulling my hand up expecting to hold her cheek, I felt she suddenly disappeared.

I opened my eyes to find the pink hedgehog had disappeared, and a certain ebony hedgehog as well. I should've expected he would pull her away with all the evil eye's I was getting. Just wasn't expecting it in the middle of- no wait, never mind. I can see why he'd do that; I would have done the same. However, this means war.

I sighed and was out of it for the rest of the evening, picturing how soft and warm Amy's lips were.

I hope this is how you kind of wanted it, no dying though! XD I made a semi sentimental sonamy at the end, they did kiss- kind of. I'm really enjoying this rivalry thing though.