"I'm not really too sure about this anymore." Amy whispered quickly, glancing up at Rouges' house before looking back down at her shoes.

"It's been two months, Rose, and for a week straight you were convincing me to tell them and you try to back out now?" Shadow chuckled and hugged an arm around her, leaning over to kiss her cheek "Come on, nothing bad will happen. I'm not even entirely sure Rouge hasn't let it spill yet."

Amy blushed at the kiss and turned her head to nuzzle his cheek, still weighing her options. If they stayed outside long enough, Rouge would probably tell them anyway and the secret would be spoiled. If they left flat out, it would be months before anyone was told and they would have to keep it secret for longer. But, if they went in... Nothing too bad would happen, honestly. Maybe someone would get upset, but that's it...?

"Alright, I'm ready!" She stood up straight and pumped her fist excitedly while Shadow chuckled.

"There's my Rose." he showed a small smile before opening the door, being greeted by Rouge squealing 'Finally!' and literally yanking him inside.

"The lovebirds are in!" She called, lifting up Shadow and dropping him right next to Omega.

Still getting used to how strong the bat actually was, Amy followed in right behind them and swallowed thickly at seeing everyone gathered. That and how big Rouge's house was. Not as big as Shadow's, but it was up there.

Tables were set up with tons of food on them, along with drinks and cupcakes, and pink and black balloons, which Rouge probably did specifically, floated on the ceiling. The lights were on but there were also other hanging lights not currently on.

She slowly closed the door behind her and Tails noticed the sound right away, jumping up and running towards her for a massive hug.

"Amy! It took you long enough, Blaze almost ate all the snacks!" He giggled and pointed to said cat, currently hiding something behind her back while vigorously wiping crumbs from her mouth.

The Chaotix was there as well, much to everyone's wild confusion as they weren't sure who invited them, but that was fine. Since Cream was there, it was most likely Vanilla that sent them with her.

Sonic and Knuckles attempted to greet her the same way, but accidentally did so at the same time and only ended up butting heads. Silver was unlucky enough to start laughing at them and caught the bad end of the echidna's temper.

As the two began to bicker, Sonic walked over to her for a normal hug. "Hey Ames, how's it going?" he seemed a bit down, or sad.

"Actually I'm extremely nervous! Thanks for asking." She grinned but didn't feel all too happy "What about you? You look so sad."

Sonic only shrugged a shoulder at first, not having much to say. Blaze attempted to stop the fight but all she ended up doing was losing her temper too and started flat out arguing with Knuckles, taking Silver's place.

"Just kinda... Wondering why you're away much more than before. I was getting used to you being... normal, I guess, but now I barely even see you normally. It took weeks for you to show up, and when you did, you were busy doing something. Sorry, I know that's kinda selfish, but I kinda wanna hang out with my friends..." He laughed but it was nervous and odd. Amy sighed.

"You don't know the half of it, Sonic."

"Calm down already!" Shadow yelled, stopping the argument immediately. He crossed his arms as soon as the silence settled in. "This is supposed to be a good party that Rouge took the time to prepare for us, now shut up and enjoy it."

His word choice brought up questions. "Us...?" Silver whispered, then, realization settled in and he broke out in a happy grin "Oh my chaos!! You did!! I'm so proud of you, Amy!" He pulled her towards him with his telekinesis and hugged the startled hedgie, much to everyone else's confusion.

"What... did she do?" Sonic was next, looking to Knuckles and Tails in case they got it and he was missing something.

"Look around you, it's a bit obvious." Espio smirked and looked to Shadow "Never thought you had it in you, by the way."

The agent smirked "My cold dead heart still has some warmth in it, chameleon."

So, everyone still lost looked around. The table cloths were white with tiny red hearts on them. The pink and black balloons. The fact that Rouge flat out called them Lovebirds as soon as she drug/carried Shadow in!

"YOU'RE DATING SHADOW!?" Knuckles nearly shouted, causing an uproar of emotion. Amy was tackled in hugs and laughter while Shadow got constant pats on the back he received proudly, chin held high before he shook them off and boldly let himself laugh.

"It took them So long you guys! It's been two months!" Rouge announced and picked up a glass, which Amy and Shadow knew was apple juice and not what she wanted everyone else to think, "Cheers to the lovebirds!"

The party commenced. Cream was seen being one of the few people actually being able to hug Shadow, and he returned it quite happily. Amy smiled, feeling her tail start to wag. It all went so nicely...!

A tap to her shoulder made her turn just to bump into Sonic. "A-ah, sorry!"

He hugged her tightly "You were hiding because of Shadow!? We all thought you didn't want to be friends anymore and I thought it was because of all the mean crap I said and I'm so sorry and I'm so happy for you and-- and--!" Sonic sobbed openly in her dress, the same one she bought so long ago yet never wore until today.

"O...oh, Sonic...! I never-- I just..." Amy gasped when Shadow shook Sonic's shoulder.

The blue hedgehog lifted his head, quickly realizing who it was and yanking his hands off Amy like he touched acid. "H-hey Shadow! Uh, still no-- no, um, hard feelings, right?" He held up a hand for Shadow to shake.

He stared at him for a second before clapping their hands together and pulling Sonic forward, bumping their shoulders and patting him on the back. "No hard feelings, but don't ever talk about this." he huffed, then turned and walked away.

Amy was a bit concerned and turned to see Sonic's expression, hoping he was alright, then folding back her ears at the wide-eyed stare he gave with his mouth hanging open. "...Sonic?"

"He freaking hugged me Amy!! I mean it wasn't an official hug-- but still!! He!! Did it!!" Sonic bounced off to do the exact opposite Shadow said to everyone else at the party.

Tails gushed to her about how excited he was and how much he wanted to learn about Shadow and Knuckles joined in right away to find out if he wanted to be on Team Sonic so they could all be friends. When told to just ask him about that, the echidna became bashful and mumbled that he was a bit afraid to. Tails dragged him to the hedgehog and Amy watched as they spoke back and forth for a while.

Charmy and Espio found her next, offering her some strawberry lemonade and pushing her towards the snack table, she wmshe happily stuffed herself with sweets and watched Rouge to the same.

"I'm gonna be the fattest bat in existence." She laughed, but Amy shook her head.

"Not on my watch, we still have dresses to buy!" That caused Rouge to laugh once again, stopping only long enough to finish off her apple juice and end up getting bumped into by Sonic who bursted at her that he and Shadow hugged.

Minutes afterwards, Cream gave Amy a present of a bracelet that had half a heart symbol on it, where Shadow had the matching set to it, whispering that she knew the entire time and was waiting for them to admit it first. Right away Amy found Shadow and giggled for a minute straight, pressing the heart pieces together while he tried his hardest to have a normal conversation with Blaze.

With the music playing it was already a bit hard to focus, but Amy quietly giggling at his hip it was really making it difficult. Blaze was trying her damndest to ignore her too but it soon became too much and she playfully swatted at her.

"Hey Blaze!" She interrupted instead, and the two shook their heads as the conversation was dropped until later.

"Hi Amy! How's life with Tall and Broody?"

"Did Rouge teach you that?" He growled but she purred a "maybe" and he knew exactly what he was going to do next and stormed off.

"Amazing, actually! He's a sap for romance, but he also really likes adventure and stuff! He can switch from quiet and mistiful to sudden in a heartbeat! Not to mention he's really cute, too." She smiled and swung her arms, abruptly leaning close to whisper "How's it going between you and Silver?"

Blaze burned red "H-how do you know that!?" She stuttered, tail lashing helplessly behind her "We just started last month!"

"You just told me!" Amy giggled once again but only had Rouge to thank for that little trick, gleefully hiding behind Silver when Blaze ran at her, hands ablaze.

When they calmed down a bit, she joined in on Charmy, Tails, and Cream dancing (a bit terribly) to the music and joined in. She swung her arms and moved her hips and stomped her feet, not entirely off beat but was better than the rest for sure.

Vector then scooped her up in his arms and raised her to the ceiling where, since she had the chance, she grabbed a black balloon as Vector demanded for games. He heartily chanted that she would be used a sacrifice as Rouge and Espio pulled out the many games the bat did actually have.

Shadow didn't think the joke was too funny, as Amy started to grow nervous at the height and feared what would become of her dress if dropped from such a height. So, without much thought, he jumped up and plucked her from the croc's grasp.

Amy smiled and let go of the balloon to hug the person it represented, humming in content as he tilted her head up to kiss him. Right away, she heard three 'ew!'s and a couple 'aww's before she realized she was around her friends. Then, another thing came to mind as Shadow pulled away from her and covered his blushing face; he still wasn't quite there when it came to actually kisses yet.

Espio hounded him right away, but it was all in good fun. Once Amy saw the twister mat hit the floor, though, all bets were off and she knew this would be a pretty interesting night.

xox

The last chapter. I love you all, thank you so much for sticking around.

(also this cannot be properly edited right now, so sorry)