Chapter One: Role Model

It was afternoon. The sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky. Birds were singing, couples were walking together in the park, and Sonic was baking. Wait! Hold on… Sonic is baking!

" The only reason I'm freaking baking is because I'm a jerk and I need to make it up to Amy." Sonic muttered to himself. Then a flashback overcame his mind.

"SONIC!" Sonic turned around to see a rose pink hedgehog running towards him.

"Uh-oh…" Sonic whispered. He then leaned forward to prepare for her next move. The hedgehog then pounced on him but luckily his legs supported the sudden extra weight.

"Oh Sonic, it's nice to see you!" Amy hugged Sonic tight.

"Amy get off…" Sonic sighed gently pushing Amy away.

"Why? Don't you like me?" Amy questioned, starting to tear up.

"Amy, I told you a million times I only like you as a friend. Sure, it's cool to be admired, but not your way. You're annoying, irritating and… clingy." Sonic said calmly and quietly, not daring to look in Amy's eyes.

"Clingy." Amy pondered looking at the ground.

"Yeah, clingy. And you also need to mature a little. Actually a lot." Sonic said as he walked away.

The flashback ended and Sonic realized that if he didn't take the pie out of the oven he was going to burn it. He quickly took it out and set it on the counter to cool it down.

"How could I have said those things?" Sonic was ashamed of himself.

Amy's a sweet girl and didn't deserve that. Sure, she can be annoying but she loves me. Wait… I always thought of her love as some big crush, but she actually LOVES me. Oh, I'm such a jerk! Sonic thought, Better wrap this up.

Wow, I'm glad he told me that. Now I know what to do to make him love me… mature. Ok, first I need someone mature to be my role model…Amy thought hard, Shadow! Shadow's mature. Now what does he do… well, he usually just leans against a wall and doesn't talk much. This is going to be harder than I thought. Amy tried not to talk for 2 minutes but it didn't work.

"This is torture." she said to herself. "Maybe I should dress like him, like wear black." She started to rub her chin in thought. She walked over to her closet and started to search through it. All she could find was red. Amy frowned, then suddenly grew happy.

"There's an excuse to go shopping!" She smiled as she put on her usual boots and red coat and locked the door behind her.