Another SonAmyShad Story.

Chapter 1.

Please Review.

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Even though I wrote it, I extremely dislike yaoi and yuri. But I promised one of my friends that I'll include it in my future stories temporarily.

Shadow the Hedgehog is a 28 year old muscular jet black hedgehog with red stripes on his quills, around the edges of his eyes, and on his arms and legs, has crimson-red eyes, a patch of white fur on his chest, and his muzzle is tan, has 6 quills on his head, four of which curve upwards and two that curve downwards, two spines on his back, and a small tail and in his usual outfit, Shadow wears white gloves with black cuffs and red tongues, and air shoes which, like his gloves, have black cuffs and orange-red tongues, on each of his wrists and ankles, he wears a single gold rings, a long sleeved dark grey shirt, and long black pants.

Sonic the Hedgehog is a 26 year old muscular hedgehog with cobalt blue fur that covers most of his body, tan skin that covers his arms, muzzle and front torso, and emerald-green eyes, has six long quills on the back of his head, two spines protruding from his back behind his shoulders, and a short tail, and in his usual outfit, 2 light-weight, hyper friction resistant red sneakers with white cuffs around the ankles, gray soles, and white straps across the top, the last of which are held down by a golden buckle on each foot. He also wears a pair of white gloves with sock-like cuffs on his hands, a short sleeved black shirt, and long blue jeans.

Amy Rose is an 24 year old curvy rosy pink-quilled hedgehog with jade-green eyes and peach skin on her muzzle and arms, quills that reached a knee length, bangs, in her usual outfit, a red hairband, and a red one piece top with a white collar, yellow buttons on the her left side and a lavender sarashi around her waist, white gloves, purple sports tape and golden ring bracelets around her wrists, purple stockings, and red-violet shoes with pink soles and toes, gray straps and pink plate with two yellow buttons on top.

Aleena the Hedgehog is a 48 year old purple fur, quill-less hedgehog with dark purple hair, and dark blue eyes, in her usual outfit, a short sleeved silver dress that reached her knees and purple shoes.

Scourge Rose is an 24 year old green fur colored hedgehog, has a pair of slash marks on his torso, sky blue eye color, and in his usual outfit, a long sleeved black leather jacket, a short sleeved white shirt, a long blue jeans, and black and green leather boots.

Charles the Hedgehog is a 50 year old hedgehog who bares many physical similarities to Sonic, but has light blue quills, has a thick, grey mustache that obscures his mouth, as well as similarly thick, grey eyebrows, arching over his blue eyes and in his usual outfit, a maroon colored, slightly pointed shoes with two dark yellow straps and and white cuffs, and, like most other of his species, white gloves.

Chuck the Hedgehog is a 52 year old hedgehog with blue gray fur and blue eyes, and in his usual outfit, long khaki pants, a long sleeved yellow dress shirt, white gloves, and brick-red shoes with three yellow straps.

Manik the Hedgehog is a 5 year old sky blue hedgehog, dark blue eyes, and in his usual outfit, a short sleeved white shirt, green shorts, and red and white shoes.

Ray the Flying Squirrel is a 29 years old, has golden yellow fur and dark tan skin on his muzzle, inner ears and front torso, black eyes, a small tapered hair tuft at the top back of his head, making it appear somewhat teardrop-shaped, a furry skin membrane connecting his waist to his lower arms, small, perky triangular ears, a shiny, bulbous black nose and a long club-shaped tail, in his usual outfit, white gloves with large cuffs, red sneakers with a white buckle-strap, and white sock-like tops as these shoes are almost identical to Sonic's shoes, but are a slightly darker shade of red, short sleeved brown shirt, and long green pants.

Jet the Hawk is a 27 year old hawk with emerald green and dark emerald green feathers covering his body and white feathers on his front torso, blue eyes, a golden beak, his feathers is styled like a mohawk with dark green tips, 2 tail feathers, in his usual outfit, a pair of white gloves with red and black cuffs, red, black and white boots with gray soles, and yellow and white goggles with gray strapping, a long sleeved red shirt, and long black pants.

Silver the Hedgehog is a 23 year old silver-white hedgehog with white fur on his chest surrounding his neck, gold eyes, and tan skin, has two large spines at the back of his head, while at the front of his forehead there are 5 distinct spines flared up and back, the 2 final ones covering up most of his ears, and in his usual outfit, a white gloves with cyan circles with lines sticking out of the bottom leading to his golden bracelets accented in cyan, the tops of his boots are of a similar fashion with a red gem set in gold. The rest of his boots are navy blue, white and cyan, a short sleeved beige shirt, and long grey pants.

Dr. Ovi Kintobor, a 52 year old fair skinned man, tall,skinny, bald, blue eyes, a bright red nose, a very bushy grey mustache, and in his usual outfit, his tinted glasses and green-lensed goggles as headwear, an elegant, red coat sporting 2 square metal buttons on both sides of the chest in gold as these buttons have white straps that run across the coat's sides to identical buttons on the back, the coat also has silver, zipper-like linings down the back, arms and front, yellow cuffs, and 2 extensions on the front that have large silver buttons, white, cuff-less gloves on his hands and a pair of black pants with matching boots seemingly attached to them bearing circular plates on the both sides of the ankles and three square ones riding up the shin.

Blaze the Cat is a 22 year old lavender-furred, anthropomorphic cat with gold eyes, her muzzle is white, her inner ears are peach colored and the tip of her long tail dark purple. Her fur is longer on each side of her head and sweeps slightly upwards, she has four plumes of fur done up in a high ponytail with dark purple tips. In her usual outfit, she wears a long, purple, flared, mantle-like coat of sorts with a dark pink hemline, white tights, a gold collar, a red hairband and a similarily red gem on her forehead, she also wears white gloves with fuzzy cuffs and high heeled, dark pink shoes with white stripes and also fuzzy cuffs.

Wild Cat is an 19 year old cat of average height with atomic tangerine fur, tan fur on his front torso and short muzzle, dark stripes on his tail, and light brown eyes. He possesses two bangs of fur across his forehead, a spike of fur tufted twice at its tip on both sides of his head and his neck, and a small black nose. His attire consists of white gloves with small cuffs, a red belt with a pocket on one side, large baggy grey socks and red shoes.

Sticks is an 12 year old badger that has orange fur with long thick fur on the back of her head, which she keeps in two locks with auburn strings, and two brown stripes across each of her eyes and bushy round ears that reach the end of her fur. Additionally, she has a peach muzzle with a small black nose, blue eyes and a medium-long bushy tail. In her usual outfit, a tube top and a skirt with an auburn rope belt, each made of worn-down grey fabric stitched together, and tan fur-skin boots, one which has a fur cuff and the other which has metal bands on it. As accessories, she wears a golden band on her right upper arm, a spiral bracelet on her left wrist and a necklace braided with seashells and a gold rings.

Maurice the Hedgehog is a 76 year old pale green hedgehog, red eyes, and in his usual outfit, a dark brown shirt, long beige pants, and brown shoes.

Breezie the Hedgehog is a 48 year old tall hedgehog with green fur and purple irises, has long quill gatherings with blue highlighted tips that fall behind her head, resembling long hair, and has two smaller and curved bangs of quills on her forehead, has purple irises, peach skin and a short black snout, and in her usual outfit, a red dress with red high heels, a white undershirt, yellow buttons, and white gloves being held together by yellow cuff rings, appears to wear makeup, and having purple eyelids.

Cream the Rabbit is an 23 year old, lop-eared rabbit with cream fur and cinnamon brown eyes, has princeton orange markings around her eyes, on her head and at the ends of her ears, and in her usual outfit, a simple short sleeved vermillion shirt with a white collar and blue cravat, a white skirt that reached her knees, and orange and yellow shoes, her ears are usually swiveled back and flop behind her head.

Tikal the Echidna is a 24 year old orange echidna girl, cobalt blue eyes, and in her usual outfit, a short sleeved spring green shirt, short beige pants, a golden necklace and tiara-like band atop her forehead, both of which were decorated with a blue jewel in the center, her white gloves were adorned with thick, cobalt-blue bracelets around her wrists, white-strapped sandals, her dreadlocks were also wrapped with similar white bandages.

Anita the Hedgehog is a 24 year old hedgehog with royal yellow fur that reached her lower back and bangs at a shoulder length, green eyes, and in her usual outfit, green round earrings, a pink sleeveless shirt, a maroon pants that reached her knees, and blue and white sneakers with shoelaces, tips and soles.

Fiona Fox is a 26 year old red and cream colored fox, shoulder length red hair, cyan blue eyes, tall, slender, yellow muzzle, and in her usual outfit, a yellow bow on the top of her head, a black belly top, black elbow-length fingerless gloves, a grey belted-skirt with a black buckled-belt, and black skinny pants that have grey padded shoes attached to them.

Shade the Echidna is a 26 year old echidna that has orange fur, a peach muzzle, and lilac eyes rimmed by a patch of much lighter (almost white) fur, each with a single, short eyelash which curves off to the side, 7 dreadlocks with a lighter zigzag pattern near the ends hanging from around her head, a small black nose and zigzag tail, and in her usual outfit, a grey headband, a long sleeved dark purple tupe top, cream colored pants that reached her knees, and grey shoes.

Knuckles the Echidna is a 29 year old echidna with red fur that covers most of his body, peach skin on his muzzle, a white crescent-shaped patch of fur on his chest, purple eyes, 7 dreadlock-like spines on his head and a medium-sized tail, and in his usual outfit, a white long sleeved shirt, long black pants, red and yellow shoes, each with green cuffs and a grey, sextuple-bolted plate on top, white, mitten-like gloves with sock-like cuffs and two spiked knuckles on each hand.

Diane Aardvark is a 57 year old aardvark with gray fur and a thin tail, a pair of sharp ears and tuffs on the back of her head, a raised white gray muzzle with a black snout and a tuff of smooth gray hair on her head, has noticeable wrinkles on her forehead and very dark purple eyes, and in her usual outfit, a purple shirt and skirt, a white coat, black high-heeled boots with gray soles, a golden bracelet on her wrist, and pink lipstick.

Little John is a 20 year old brown hedgehog, dark blue eyes, and in his usual outfit, a short sleeved grey and brown stripe shirt, long grey pants, and black and white sneakers.

Paul is a 27 year old dark blue hedgehog with light blue eyes and in his usual outfit, a long sleeved orange shirt, long beige pants, and red boots.

Mephiles the Hedgehog is a 30 year old dark grey hedgehog, greyish-blue streaks, green eyes with slit pupils, a pale-skinned muzzle, and in his usual outfit, black cuffs on his wrists, long sleeved dark brown shirt, long black pants, and brown sneakers.

Yanar is a 25 year old brown echidna, purple eyes, and in his usual outfit, a short sleeved light blue shirt, long grey pants, and yellow shoes.

Eclipse is a baby dark red hedgehog with black streaks, has 6 quills on his head, 3 of which curve upwards and 3 that curve downwards, 2 spines on his back, had bangs, small tuff of white fur on his chest, crimson red eyes, and in boy baby clothes.

Coral is a baby purple hedgehog, neck length quills, emerald green eyes, and in girl baby clothes.

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Scourge and Amy's Apartment.

Amy's Bedroom.

Night Time.

Amy's night clothes, a dark pink nightgown and long grey pants.

Amy Rose had always known that she wanted to be a mother.

Of course, when Amy was younger, a little girl, to be more precisely, she wanted to become a ballerina, then when she was a teenager a writer or a photographer. Maybe both. Finally, when Amy had to really choose a career, she decided to become a teacher although she continued her ballet lessons, wrote poetry and prose in her free time and took a lot of pictures on her hiking trips.

But Amy's wish for a child was always there, in the back of her mind, without her acting on it. Amy usually told herself that she still had time. To be honest, Amy was bad at romantic relationships and then, one day, she turned 24, without a current boyfriend, a potential husband and father to her children, in sight. Of course, Amy still had her job, her teaching position, and it wasn't difficult for her to fill her free time with a lot of activities, like reading, writing, meeting friends, travelling, learning new languages, but it wasn't enough to fill the void within her. Also, Amy was very determined, always wanted to do her job perfectly, so that she didn't really have time to meet new people, especially men but becoming a mother without a man is not that easy.

Therefore, Amy informed herself about her options. Of course, Amy could always go to a sperm bank in order to get impregnated but that option was not really appealing to her, she preferred to have a real relationship, to have a real father for her child, not only a number from the register, although she didn't really dismiss that option, maybe in a couple of years, when she was older, when she had no other possibility left, she would do that, but not now, she was still young.

And then, per chance, Amy stumbled across this website where men and women expressed their wishes to become a parent. It didn't mean that they were looking for a romantic relationship, it was only about becoming parents. So, women were looking for sperm donors and men offered to donor their sperm, often including something which was called co-parenting, so that they could help raising the child, having an active role in the child's life without being involved in a romantic relationship with the mother.

The more Amy thought about it, the more this option appealed to her.

So one Friday night she was browsing through all the profiles, looking for a suitable father for her child, sipping a glass of wine. Next to Amy, on her desk, was a huge pile of students' papers she had to grade, but that could wait. Amy's mind was set on something else. Amy knew that for her a mere sperm donor would not be enough, she wanted the father to play some part in her child's life and then she found their profile.

2 hedgehog brothers, looking different but similar at the same time, cobalt blue hedgehog with his spiky quills facing downward and emerald green eyes, and the other a black and red hedgehog as most of his quills were upward and some were downward with red marks, white furred chest, and crimson red eyes. Amy was fascinated as both of them had muscles and abs. Frankly, whereas some women always seemed to fall for the same type, preferring only dark colored animal men, Amy liked both.

While reading the details of the 2 brothers' profile Amy was relieved to find out that they did not only want to donor their sperm, but were also interested in being a co-parent and they preferred that the potential mother of their child wanted to be impregnated by the two of them, either by insemination or naturally, that they would share all rights and obligations equally. Furthermore, they claimed that they had tested negative for STDs including HIV and Hepatitis as well as Chlamydia, HPV, Gonorrhea and Syphilis and the test results were not older than 2 months. Other profiles lacked that information completely or only mentioned negative test results for HIV and Hepatitis, the results being 5 months old.

For Amy it was clear that she wanted to try with them and she wanted to try with both.

That is, if they were interested in trying with Amy as she was younger than them, after all. RoyalDarkness, that was the black and red hedgehog's user name, was more than 4 years older than her, BlueBlur, that was how the cobalt blue hedgehog called himself, more than 2. There was only one way to find out: Amy had to send them a private message.

Amy took another sip of wine with her left hand to find her courage and wrote to them, introducing herself, telling them about her wish for a child and why she opted for a sperm donor or 2 in that case and co-parenting. Afterwards Amy was having second thoughts, but the deed was done, her message was on its way, there was nothing she could do now except from waiting for a response.

Amy finished her glass of wine and went to bed.

...

Tomorrow.

Morning.

Amy couldn't believe her eyes.

The 2 brothers had actually responded to Amy's private message, expressing their interest in getting to know her better, assuming that a woman who called herself Rosy the Rascal could only be awesome. Amy had to admit to herself that she created this user name one dark and lonely night under the influence of strong red wine.

Furthermore they went a little more into detail about why they went for this option to father a child: They had never been separated from each other since their childhood even still sharing a room as adults, they were raised by their mother and 2 uncles, until their younger uncle died in some kind of accident, they didn't really went into detail about this, but Amy also didn't want to know at this point). Up to now, no girl or woman could understand the strong bond between them, thus it was difficult for them to find a girlfriend, but they were sure about their desire to start a family.

Also important to Amy was the fact that they didn't live that far away from her. It would only take 30 to 40, minutes by car for them to reach Amy's hometown Station Square or for her to reach theirs, New Mobotropolis and they seemed to be interested in getting to know her personally, promising to bring all the required documents and certificates with them as well as some pictures of them when they were children.

Amy hesitated for a moment that was a big step she was about to take. Amy really needed to be sure about her wish for a child, especially if she was to do it like this. Therefore Amy decided to go about her normal morning routine first, doing yoga, having a shower, eating breakfast before responding.

But since Amy couldn't find any argument against getting to know the 2 brothers personally, after all, it didn't mean that they would start trying immediately, she proposed a meeting between the 3 of them in a café in her hometown.

"Crème de la Crème." Amy thought as she pressed the enter button with her right index finger and sent the message on its way.

The whole Saturday, Amy was nervously waiting for a reply, regularly checking her inbox for a new message while grading her students' papers, but there wasn't any response. Amy didn't understand. They had been so interested in getting to know Amy in their last message. What was the reason for them not answering now?

...

Noon.

Scourge, her older twin brother, came home from wherever he had been, slamming the door behind him, heading straight to his bedroom.

Amy sighed.

That could only mean one thing: Scourge and his long-term boyfriend, actually it was more of an on-off relationship had a fight. To distract herself, Amy decided to go to Scourge, talk to him, comfort him if necessary. Scourge cried a good deal into his pillow, sobbing that this time it was really over between him and Storm and why was he so bad at relationships? Amy just rubbed Scourge's back with her right hand, handed him clean handkerchiefs with her left hand and asked herself the same question.

"Why were they so bad at something most people took for granted? Maybe they had to blame their parents for this." Amy thought.

"You are doing it right, Amy, you don't give your heart to anyone." Scourge said, wiping away his tears, blowing his nose with both of his hands. "From now on I will enjoy being single, like you!"

Scourge stood up, went into the living room and inspected their DVD collection.

Amy joined Scourge.

"Fancy watching a sad film with me?" Scourge asked.

Amy shook her head. "I'm sorry, there are still those papers I have to grade. Maybe later." she said.

Scourge nodded absentmindedly while reading the text on the back of a DVD case.

Amy went back to her small office, continuing grading papers and occasionally checking her inbox for new messages.

...

Evening.

Amy did receive a new message from them, late in the evening. They were apologizing for not answering sooner, but they had to deal with a few family issues first before they could take her up on her offer to meet them at the café, like she proposed. It was even possible for them to meet Amy the next day, like she suggested if she didn't already have any other plans, that is, they kept her waiting, after all.

Amy answered that no she didn't have any other plans, and she was looking forward to meeting them at 3:00 at the Crème de la Crème. They promised to be there. With a smile, Amy shut down the computer and joined Scourge in the living room to watch a sad film on DVD.

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Tomorrow.

Day Time.

Crème de la Crème.

It was only a twenty minute walk from the apartment she shared with Scourge to the Crème de la Crème Café.

Before entering, Amy took a deep breath then opened the door with her left hand. The café was crowded, as was usual for a Sunday afternoon. Amy let her eyes wander over the different guests, hoping to spot RoyalDarkness and BlueBlur among them, a part of her fearing that they didn't come, that they had changed their mind.

But then Amy saw them, sitting at a table in the back, the black and red one and his cobalt blue younger brother. They were even more handsome than their pictures suggested but they were not alone. A hedgehog woman with long, wild purple fur with no quills who looked as if she was in her late 40s or early 50s was sitting with them. From left to right, the purple hedgehog, the cobalt blue hedgehog, and the black and red hedgehog.

Amy froze. "What was the meaning of this?" she thought.

For a moment Amy hesitated. Maybe it was better Amy left but before she could act upon her idea RoyalDarkness spotted her, waved her over to their table with his right hand, calling her by her username.

"Hey, Rosy the Rascal!" the black and red hedgehog said.

That caught the attention of not only his younger brother and the purple-quill less hedgehog woman, but also of a few other guests who glanced curiously at her.

Amy felt that she was blushing, but there was no chance that she could leave now without drawing more attention to herself. So, Amy bravely walked over to the table, smiling nervously.

"Hello, I'm glad you found it!" Amy said.

Honestly, the whole situation was awkward and Amy didn't know what else to say.

The black and red hedgehog grinned sneakily, the purple hedgehog woman scrutinized her with a raised eyebrow, the cobalt blue hedgehog smiled friendly at Amy

"We are glad you are here, come, have a seat." the purple hedgehog woman said, politely and Amy sat down, opposite from them. "Maybe I should introduce myself." the woman said. "My name is Aleena the Hedgehog. I'm the mother of these 2 rascals."

"She seems to be less stern than she looks." Amy thought, smiling at them while introducing herself. "I'm Amy Rose. And to be honest, I wasn't expecting anyone else, except from-" she said as she hesitated a moment, then referred to the 2 hedgehog brothers with their user names because she didn't know their real names. "'RoyalDarkness and BlueBlur.'"

The black and red hedgehog male groaned while his younger cobalt blue hedgehog brother laughed.

Aleena looked at her sons. "That is how you call yourselves? Really? No wonder you get so little responses from women. Those are childish names." she said, scolding them.

Amy disagreed as she found their names rather endearing but didn't tell her.

The black and red hedgehog male cleared his throat. "Please excuse our mother. She tends to forget that we are fully grown men who can make their own decisions. By the way, my real name is Shadow." he said, introducing himself.

"And I'm Sonic." the cobalt blue hedgehog said. "At your service!"

A young brown squirrel waitress came over to their table, bringing some hot beverages. Obviously, the the Hedgehogs had already ordered before Amy arrived.

"What can I do for you?" the waitress asked Amy.

"I'd like a peppermint mocha, please." Amy said.

The waitress jotted something down on her notepad with her right hand then nodded and left. For a moment, there was silence while each of the the Hedgehog's sipped their drinks. Amy waited.

"So, Amy or do you prefer to be called Miss Rose?" Aleena asked.

Amy shook her head. "No, Amy is fine, Mrs. the Hedgehog." she said.

Aleena smiled. "It's Ms. the Hedgehog, I've never been married. But please call me Aleena. After all, if everything goes according to plan, you will soon be carrying my grandchild." she said.

Amy blushed furiously.

Shadow rolled his eyes. "Mom! You are embarrassing!" he said.

Aleena lifted her hands in a defensive gesture. "I'm just talking business. That's the reason why we are all here today, isn't it?" she asked.

Amy had to admit that Aleena had a point there but Amy had expected to meet only the 2 brothers, not their mother as well.

"Why was she here, anyway? Didn't she trust her sons to make the right decisions? Was she afraid they could make any mistakes?" Amy thought.

"Yes, that's why I'm here, to get to know Shadow and Sonic, to find out if I want them to be the fathers of my child." Amy said.

Aleena understood that Amy hadn't expected to meet her as well.

Aleena smiled knowingly at Amy. "Well, my dear, I think that you have already made that decision, haven't you. This meeting is just a formality." she said.

Amy blushed again as she couldn't remember when she had ever been blushing that much in her life.

Aleena continued talking, taking a manila envelope out of her green bag with her right hand. "So, we brought everything with us, here are my sons' negative test results for STDs, by the way, we will need yours as well, their spermiogram. I hope you can prove that you are fertile, the contract about their rights and obligations as fathers and yours as the mother, some pictures of them when they were little, copies of their secondary school qualifications and Shadow's degree in business studies again, we will also need some proof of your qualifications." she said then handed the envelope over to Amy with her right hand then she stood up. "So, now try to get to know each other. In the meantime I will run some errands. When shall I pick you two up again?"

Shadow and Sonic looked at each other for a moment.

"I don't know, maybe in an hour?" Shadow questioned.

Aleena nodded. "Well, I'll be here. Have fun!" she said then she left the Shadow, Sonic, and Amy alone, almost colliding with the waitress who brought Amy's mocha.

"I'm sorry, but our mother insisted on accompanying us." Shadow said. "In the past we had some rather odd encounters with really strange women who were registered on that website."

Amy gave Shadow a sympathetic look. "It's okay." she said.

Sonic looked really upset. "No, it's not." he said. "I can understand if you are no longer interested!"

Amy frowned. "Why would I not be interested anymore?" she asked.

Shadow snorted. "Because we brought our mother to the first meeting with the potential mother of our child." he said.

Amy smiled at Shadow and Sonic. "It just means she cares for you. A lot. And if my mother had known what I was about to do today, I think she would have wanted to accompany me as well. Just to keep me safe. But I didn't tell her." she said.

Amy didn't mention that her mother lived abroad. "Frankly, I didn't tell anyone because..." she said but she didn't finish the sentence, unsure of what she wanted to convey.

"Because?" Shadow asked.

Amy sighed. "Well, it's not easy to admit that you desire a child more than anything else in your life, although your life is good, you have an awesome job, you have wonderful friends and a loving family, but something is missing. And you have difficulties to find the right partner or to keep a functional relationship. That you are single, not because you want to be, but because you are difficult." she said.

It was the first time Amy ever admitted that to herself, let alone anyone else.

The 2 hedgehog brothers exchanged a look for a moment.

Sonic reached for Amy's right hand with his left hand. "It's okay. We understand. Hell, if you think you are difficult, it just means you don't know us!" he said.

This prompted Shadow to nudge his younger brother with his left elbow.

"Well, perfect Sonic! Now she certainly is no longer interested!" Shadow said.

This caused Amy to laugh. Amy liked Shadow and Sonic, she really did and wasn't that a good starting point? If Amy really was to have a child with Shadow and Sonic, then it was important that they all got along.

Amy's outburst and the 2 hedgehog brothers' good sense of humor broke the ice. Shadow, Sonic, and Amy started to talk, really talk, about this and that, about their childhood experiences, their families and friends, their jobs, their interests, their future.

Amy opened the envelope with both hands, looked at all the documents and certificates, frowning. "You are so well prepared for this, I don't have anything with me that might keep your interest in me as a co-parent." she said.

Sonic snorted. "Really? This is how you think? Well, you brought yourself, that is more than enough for us. As soon as I saw your picture I thought, Hell this is the mother of my future children!" he asked.

Shadow cleared his throat. "Well, of course I saw your picture, but I also read your profile. That is what convinced me that you were perfect for us." he said.

Amy looked at Shadow skeptically.

Shadow tried to elaborate. "Of course, only as the mother of our child, nothing more. We don't expect anything else from you." he said.

Sonic sighed. "No wonder we are single, do you hear yourself talking?" he asked then he turned to Amy. "I guess what he is trying to say is that, of course, we like you and find you very interesting, but we also know that this is only about having a child together."

Shadow nodded enthusiastically. "Yeah, you have something we need and we have something you need to create a child. That's all." he said.

Amy tried to remain serious, but failed, clasping her left hand to her mouth she laughed. "You two are really adorable, do you know that?" she asked.

Confused, Shadow and Sonic looked at each other for a moment.

"Well, thanks, I take it as a compliment." Sonic finally said.

Shadow, Sonic, and Amy continued talking and joking, until Aleena came back, carrying several brown paper bags with goods from the local farmer's market with both hands.

Aleena smiled fondly at Shadow, Sonic, and Amy. "So, I see, you 3 did get along." she said.

Sonic beamed at his mother. "Yeah, she is wonderful, Mom!" he said.

Amy felt her stomach clench.

Sonic shouldn't think about Amy like that, as if he was falling for her. This was supposed to be almost business-like, uncomplicated. But if Sonic started to fall in love with Amy, the whole affair could become very complicated, especially when she became pregnant with Sonic's or Shadow's child. Shadow seemed to notice something as well because he scrutinized his younger brother critically.

Aleena, however, seemed to be happy about her younger son's enthusiasm. "Well, that's great." she said then she raised her right hand and checked her brown watch. "Unfortunately, we have to go now. Amy, it was a pleasure to meet you and I think you left quite the impression on my sons. You got all the papers you need to make your decision. Please don't forget to bring the required documents and certificates we need from you the next time you meet my sons, so we can make ours. Now I have to go home and cook dinner for the family. Come on, boys!"

The 2 hedgehog brothers turned towards Amy, saying their goodbyes, shaking her hands, first Shadow then Sonic. With one final look in Amy's direction, Aleena, Shadow, and Sonic left the café.

Clutching the white manila envelope to Amy's chest with both hands, staring into empty space, Amy tried to make up her mind.

End of Chapter 1.

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