Eh, sorry this one took long. I had company over for the past... Christmas break. I wanted to get this chapter up because Christmas Eve is tomarrow and I am going to families and by the time I get back it would be too late to write, then Christmas would be on the next day... lol, just enjoy and please review and share this story with friends. -

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Chapter 2

Shadow was beginning to get the best of Amy, and it had hardly been more than two hours. She watched her bleeding arm as it continued to pour out red liquid. Her attention soon focused on the onyx colored hedgehog. Her face flushed as she watched him… She saw something beautiful right in front of her. She never thought about it before… Shadow The Hedgehog… was extremely handsome. He had a perfect body; his face was also perfect, just everything about him was beautiful. Amy hated to admit it, but Shadow was more handsome than even Sonic. She examined him as he continued to flip through the channels. Amy had not known of it, but Shadow knew she was looking at him. He continued to ignore it for a while, until he just felt awkward.

He turned to face her, making her jump slightly and blush more. He had caught her, just watching him. It made them both feel awkward. He cocked an eyebrow, looking at her as if she were insane,

"What is it?"

Hearing his voice, made her realize, he had a nice vocal. She blushed more as she thought of that, and looked away from his eyes, onto her bleeding arm,

"Nothing. I just haven't seen you in so long. I was… Um, I was…"

She tried to think of a lie, one that he would believe, no matter how suspicious it may be,

"… I was seeing if anything… changed."

He cocked his other eyebrow, studying her with the oddest look. She shouldn't have been the one talking. She changed even more than he did. He studied her blushing face for a while, but then his eyes made their way to study her body. She noticed his gaze, causing her face to burn with both embarrassment and slight anger, but made no movement or sound to shock him, after all, she was the one to study him first.

He continued to study everything about her, until he realized what he was doing, as his face flushed and he looked away from her, back onto the television. He knew she caught him studying her, just like she did to him, and he knew he had to cover up this awkward moment,

"Now we're even."

She eyed him as he hid his tiny blush from her, nodding slightly but still feeling a tad confused,

"Even? What do you-"?

"Exactly what it sounds like. We are even. You examined me, and I did the same. We have both changed, and curiosity gets the best of us."

He didn't take even a tiny glance at her, and soon he started flipping through the channels once more. She eyed him again, and then back to her arm. She felt embarrassed, she didn't even look at Sonic the way she did Shadow just then. It sort of scared her. She had still felt a deep compassion for her blue hero, but something about Shadow… He seemed to dislike her, with every fiber of his being. She thought about this, making her throat dry. She struggled not to cry; after all, they had hardly known each other.

Just then, she thought of her nightmares. Her eyes grew wide as her mind started replaying every part of it. Her body started to shiver, as if it was cold. It had taken her a long time to realize, the figure in her dreams, the one who had been revealing his past about saving them all, about Maria… It was Shadow…Shadow noticed this from the corner of his eye, as he turned his head to see what she was doing. Just then, she launched her body towards him, landing on top of him. His whole face turned as red as his quills. She started crying in his neck. His blush stayed there and his concern slowly grew. Amy's arms were tucked around his neck, and she continued to cry. Shadow didn't know what was going on, or what he should do,

"No, don't leave me! Please! Shadow, please! I don't want to be alone!"

This brought such confusion to Shadow, as his arm rest on Amy's back. It was as if instinct, for Shadow had not of known his hand was placed where it was to comfort her. She continued to cry until Shadow lifted her off him gently, placing her beside him as she continued to cry in his neck, pleading to him of things that confused him. She was now on her knees, her arms around his waist and her face nuzzled against his neck. He sat with his legs crossed, one arm behind him holding him up, and the other around her back. This was all so confusing, what was she talking about? His blush slowly went away, feeling more confused than embarrassed.

He continued to allow her to be close to him, bursting away with all of her expressions, until she calmed down enough to stop pouring out her emotions. She sat up off of him, looking up at him with her pouring eyes. He hated to admit it, but having her off of him… he liked being close… He shook hid head rapidly; letting these thoughts slide away from him,

"What… is wrong?"

He tried not to sound too concerned, but failed as she started crying again. He gently placed a hand on her shoulder, shaking it as softly as he could,

"Stop this foolishness. You don't want to embarrass yourself, do you? Calm down or I will be forced to leave."

She tried calming down, looking up at him, and her voice had struggled out of her lips,

"I-I had a d-dream… Many n-nightmares… You were i-in them and…"

Shadow listened with an interest as she poured out all of her nightmares to him. His confused look had retuned as she mentioned that in her dream, he said they would encounter. His ears perked as she continued on,

"Did you contact me i-in my dreams?"

He cocked an eyebrow, looking at her with an awkward look,

"No, I have no clue."

She felt crazy, as if she was going nuts. She only started crying more, but was shocked when he lifted her chin up to face him, a serious, yet surprisingly gentle look upon his face,

"Don't cry anymore, unless you want me to leave you."

She hated it when he blackmailed her, and she felt as if she made a mistake when she confessed to him that she was scared to let him go. She stopped crying, as he let her chin go. He backed away from her, a puny blush upon his face, as he attempted to hide it. He had never been this gentle to anyone before, and he felt as if he was doing something good, as if her wanted to. He only was gentle to Maria, but never once done what he had just done with Amy. He had done much more for Amy, and this only made him blush a tad more. Amy watched him as he got up, walking towards her room.

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Realizing which room he was going into, she jolted up, running into the room. She could see his face turn red. All that were inside her room was female products. Her room was filled with it, some of her bras lay on the carpet, and some thin panties, along with cotton ones. He looked away, as his eyes met with the bathroom. Curiosity struck him, as he walked inside. Inside, he spotted the razor Amy had cut herself with.

Picking it up, he started to growl, as he walked towards Amy with a deathly gaze upon his face. Amy tried looking away from him, but as he got closer, she couldn't help but gaze at his angry eyes,

"This is what you used, wasn't it?"

She looked down at her arm, the sleeve still rolled up and bleeding over her arm. She nodded weakly, as she could see him dispose of it in her bathroom trashcan. She wished he had never found it.

"No more of this nonsense. Don't be foolish, you lack of self confidence."

She still was confused of why he was angry about what she chose to do to herself. Out of all the people she knew, she wondered why someone like Shadow would be concerned about her. It wasn't too big of a deal; Shadow simply didn't want her to harm herself. How did he know what she was feeling or what she lacked? She just nodded, looking down at her bare feet. He approached her with a tiny smirk, as she looked up with her big, innocent eyes,

"Like I said, if I find one more cut on your body…"

He paused, as he bent over, taking her arm as he licked many drops off blood off of her arm. Her blood tasted good, and he had not known he was currently teasing her as he licked her arm. She blushed as he licked the blood off of her arm, feeling a small amount of… pleasure? She didn't know what this feeling was, but whatever it was, she knew the feeling wasn't mutual for Shadow. He just enjoyed the taste of her blood, even if he wasn't some sort of blood sucking beast.

He let go of her arm, letting it swing back to her side, and his smirk had faded away as he saw the embarrassed look on her face. It was… cute? He only shrugged as he walked out of her room, not expecting her to fallow. He looked over his shoulder, seeing the pink hedgehog not too far from him,

"What is it?"

He asked, cocking an eyebrow. She looked up at him, and then back down to her feet,

"Tell me… why do you… care?"

He gave her a confused look. This was kind of insulting to him, the whole question. She acted as if he had no heart at all, even though he hardly let anyone know he even had one,

"I mean… why do you care, about me… hurting myself?"

This only insulted him more, as he turned his body around to face her,

"I suggest you either watch what you say, or rephrase your words."

His voice seemed as if someone had shot at his heart. He sounded as if he had been hurt, and only anger resorted to this. By his tone of voice, she could tell she had insulted him, even though she had not meant to,

"Shadow, I apologize. I didn't mean it like that. What I meant was that… I don't know what I mean, but I didn't mean to insult you, honest!"

He only shrugged, turning back the other way to sit on the couch. As he sat, his arms rested over it, his arms hanging down from the back, as he leaned backwards to get comfortable.

"I may not express my concerns for others often. But that doesn't mean I have no heart."

Amy held her arms to her chest, and chewed on one of her bare fingers as she glanced upon his pose, making her blush lightly. She looked away from him, towards the kitchen,

"Do you want anything to drink, Shadow?"

She tried to change the subject,

"Water."

He said simply, eyeing the television screen on the channel he had settled for. Amy soon returned to him, a glass of water in her hand as she handed it over to him. He glanced at her a few times, as if thinking if he should say something. He gave in as she walked to her room,

"Amy."

She turned to face him, her ears perking to the sound of her name being called,

"… Thank you…"

He said no more, and didn't even look at her; he only seemed dazed at the television. She gave him a weak smile, feeling really tired from all that had happened,

"I'll make out the sofa bed after I go get some extra covers and pillows for you."

He only nodded; as if he were some grown man watching football, listing to his wife as she tells him something he never listens to. She soon returned with all she needed, and she motioned for him to get off of the couch. He gave her a tiny glare, but did as he was hinted to do. He waited as she folded out the bed, setting two soft pillows onto where she predicted he would lay, and spread the covers out.

He got the impression she was finished, and he plopped on to the bed, his body over the covers and neglecting the pillows, facing the opposite side, and his face closer to the television. Amy eyed his feet as he laid his shoes on the pillows, trying to hint him to take them off. He shrugged as he did what she wanted him to do. He was all set.

"Night, Shadow…"

He watched her as she exited the living room, as if he didn't really want her to go. It was early, and he wondered why she was leaving so early to fall asleep, well, early in his mind. It was 11:32 P.M., and he wasn't the least bit tired. He watched as she vanished out of sight, and he could hear her turning on the television in her room.

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Cheese had been sleeping on Amy's bed the whole time, but woke up after she had turned on her television. In a tiny burst of energy, Cheese made its way into the living room, lying right next to Shadow. He didn't really care at this point; he had already become used to this little annoying chao. And soon enough, most everyone in the house had fallen asleep, Cheese being the first. Amy had gone second, and Shadow, though, had not fallen asleep. His mind was set on what had happened not too long ago…

He couldn't get over the fact that… he actually… enjoyed being close to her; he liked feeling her against him. He tried his hardest shaking off the thought, but right after, he would remember again, only he would get even deeper into thought. He thought about how attracting her scent was, about how warm her body was, about how beautiful she was when she cried. His face flushed as his mind raced and thought of such things. He couldn't believe what his mind was telling him.

He only blushed more, shaking his head rapidly as he pictured her… once again on top of him. Only she was- His head shook more as he held it in his hands, his face flushing more and more. How could someone like him think such things? He was ashamed of his newly discovered feeling he was currently experiencing. He knew it wasn't love, no, The Ultimate Life form knew what love was, not from experience, but Maria had once explained it verbally to him. He had never felt love once in his life; the only love he had ever felt was an everlasting friendship for Maria. No more than that. This was just a new thing for him now. Maybe… maybe this is what they called lust? He had once heard that the average male's hormones would get the better of them, and was a struggle to control.

This was all to confusing for Shadow, but had came out of his thoughts when a certain chao had curled in his lap, in-between his legs, looking up at him, then leaning his head back down to sleep.

Shadow shrugged as he forgot all about what he was thinking, eyeing the television with his usual glares. His ears twitched as he heard tiny whines coming from Amy's room. The door was shut closed, but he could still hear the tiny, weak whimpers of the pink hedgehog. He gently sat Cheese down onto the bed, getting up and walking to her door. He opened the door, it making unnoticed creaks as he slowly walked into the room. It was cleaner than it had been once he had last seen it;fv the bras and panties were all put up out of his sight. He approached her bed, still hearing her whine and whimper in her sleep, it being faint,

"No… please… don't leave me… Shadow, please…"

His ears slowly lowered to his head, as if… feeling sorry for her. He didn't really know what to do, but just stand there and watch her suffer in her sleep,

"Shadow… I… beg of you… please don't leave… me…"

His body stiffened as he watched a tear fall from her cheek, she was crying in and out of her dream. He sat half way on her bed right next to her, and as if out of instinct, placed a hand upon her cheek, trying to comfort her.

"I… I will never…"

He became hesant, as he blushed lightly, noticing what he was doing,

"I won't."

He could see a weak smile appear on her face. And she stopped weeping. He had not yet taken his hand off of her cheek, but was about to, when she placed her free hand on top of his, holding it there. He blushed at this, but his eyes shut halfway, as if wondering what she was dreaming of now. She seemed to have calmed down, letting his hand go. Bringing it back to his side, he stood up, eyeing her once again before proceeding to walk out.

His ears peeked when he heard her gentle voice call to him, sending a light surprise to him. He turned his head around to look at her She was sitting up, half asleep, looking a tad confused,

"… Shadow… What are you-?"

"You had a nightmare, I came in to check on you."

It took her awhile to realize he had answered her interrupted question, and she smiled weakly,

" Did you get me to stop doing whatever I was doing?"

He blushed lightly, but Amy could not notice, being half asleep in her dark room, but she could see him turn his head back, walking out,

"Yeah…"

"Shadow… thank you for checking up on me…"

He blushed more, making a hand motion to let her know it was okay. Soon, he was out of her sight, and she smiled more as she fell asleep once again…

Shadow had lain back onto his folded out bed, as his head pressed against one of the pillows, and his arms folded behind the back of his head. His head was killing him, from all of this nonsense. He was thinking about her way too much, and some were of things he wasn't used to. Like thinking about her comfort. He shook his head, eyeing the television. He figured out of many tries how to turn it off with the remote, and rested onto the bed. He shut his eyes as the chao curled up against his fur, attempting to fall asleep, but failed. He only thought more about this confusing subject, until finally getting bored of everything, until falling asleep after many hours.

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It seemed to only be five minutes of sleep, as he woke up feeling like he had a very limited amount of sleep, as Amy shook his shoulder gently. He opened his eyes to see you, the sight being faint at first by the blinding light of sun in the house.

"Wake up, Shadow."

He could see a wide smile on her face, being the first person he saw that morning. He slowly sat up, grabbing his forehead and rubbing it gently with his fingers. He groaned as he eyed her, as she walked into the kitchen.

"How do you like your eggs?"

Shadow cocked his eyebrow, what kind of question was that?

"Cooked."

He simply stated. Amy only giggled at his answer,

"No, silly! I meant do you want them scrambled? Boiled? Over easy?"

Shadow shrugged, his eyes shut as he felt as if he was about to pass out from lack of sleep.

"Don't care…"

Ay smiled sweetly as she prepared his breakfast,

"It's early, but I thought you would like a fresh start of the day!"

He only gave her a sarcastic glare, rolling his eyes until they set to the television set. He hesitated but eventually turned it on, leaving it on the channel he had left it on last night. Soon enough, his scrambled eggs were all set. Shadow could tell by the heavenly scent. He had not even whiffed a good meal in months, maybe years. He walked into the kitchen with interest, eyeing Amy as she put all three of his eggs on a plate.

Shadow usually skipped various meals, and hardly ever ate. But she had already repaired this nice smelling meal. He sat into the nearest chair, and she set the plate near him. He dug into it, and Amy only giggled as he held out the plate, as if begging her for more. He was so… cute at that moment. She served him two more eggs, and he dug into that just as fast, if not faster. He had finished his meal, as Amy took his plate to clean it, and he walked into the living room, his stomach no longer helping out his headache. He hadn't had a decent meal in quite some time. It was good. Not the best, but seeing as he had not eaten well in some time… it was perfect. The chao whom slept next to him as he slept clung to his arm, not having any intentions of letting go of him. Shadow tried to pry him from his arm, but failed. Looked as if this annoying little monster would not give up a; of the attention he was earning. Shadow grew tired of all of this, and gave up, and as soon as he did, the little chao let go of him and hopped into the kitchen, going right next to Amy.

"Cheese, do you want some crackers?"

Shadow couldn't help but give a tiny chuckle at what she had just said. Cheese and Crackers… Heh, it had a nice ring to it, in an awkward sort of way… Shadow sat upon the now folded up couch. His back wasn't used to that sort of sleeping area, but he had to admit… it was one of the best nights of a short sleep he had ever had. Much more comfortable than a tree branch. He popped his neck a few times, along with his back and his fingers before facing the television set,

"We should go out…"

Shadow said, getting a huge blush from Amy, until realizing what he had just said, giving Amy a reassuring look before rephrasing it,

"I meant that we should go somewhere…"

Amy took a deep breath before her blush slowly faded, and she felt a slight pain. Not really physical, more of a disappointment sort of pain. She would have loved to go somewhere with Shadow. She blushed as she thought to herself, shaking those thoughts out of her head. What was she thinking; she didn't like Shadow… no more than a… friend… Friend… She thought this over in her mind, her blush slowly fading, then returning with every different thought.

'I love Sonic… No matter what, I love him… But… Shadow…'

She glanced over to him, watching him watch the television screen. She blushed more,

'I hadn't known him for too long, and haven't seen him in awhile… But… I already feel like I can trust him… I feel… safe…'

She was through with feeding Cheese his cracker breakfast, when she walked into her room, getting and giving a few glances from and to Shadow before she closed the door of her room with a weak smile.

It was now cold in her room; she jumped onto her bed, under the covers to warm herself up. The vent was closed, so she opened it and turned a heater on. She loved the holiday season, winter, but she couldn't handle the cold well. Her room was the coldest of all others, which upset her a tad. She curled up under the covers, waiting for the room to warm up. She then thought about what had happened the other night.

She only blushed as she thought of what she had done to him that night, she cried to him like she had never cried in her life. She shown him the tears she had so longed to show someone, and he was her choice. She already learned to trust him… and possibly even… She shook her head rapidly, thinking about her on top of him. He had shown her a side she had never seen. He was… being… gentle? He was comforting her instead of making it worse. Perhaps he didn't hate her. He had even come to check up on her in her sleep.

She smiled as she held onto her cheek, blushing with a weak smile,

"It is going to be a shame when… he leaves…"

She shrugged in depression, as she looked at her arm. It hadn't bled in her sleep, so it looked as if it were trying to close up.

"Shadow…"

"Yes?"

She jumped from her bed, onto the floor. He had made her way into her room, and she didn't even realize it.

"Shadow… you startled me…"

He only smirked slightly, looking at her with a small grin as she fell to the floor. He held out a hand, helping her up from the floor, onto the bed.

"Shadow… We should go…"

She thought for a moment, she didn't want to go to the packed mall, and not to the movies where they were just letting out the new Christmas comedy movies…

"We should go rent a movie!"

She said with a smile, getting a slightly confused look from Shadow. A movie? He didn't like movies much, they were so farfetched, and most ones were just so… boring,

"Come on, we can rent whatever you want, anything, okay?"

"Any one…"

He gave off a slight evil smirk, thinking about the different types of horror movies they might have. He would get the scariest, a thrill would enlighten him rather than a romantic comedy, like he predicted Amy would want to pick out. Amy saw the look on him face and gulped,

"Erm, you can pick out one and I pick out my own. And you have to watch it with me!"

"Fair enough… but you have to watch whatever I get with me."

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Amy nodded, picturing what type of movie he would want to pick out. She hated horror movies, they gave her worse nightmares than the current ones she was having. She got dressed into a pair of her new cloths as soon as she pushed Shadow out of the room, got her purse, and walked out the door with Shadow, her hand holding onto his arm, causing them both to blush.

"The city will be crowded, we don't need to lose each other. We need to walk, of coarse. It isn't far."

Shadow only shrugged, unnoticed blushes covering this face as she held onto his arm. Soon they were in front of the video store, before Amy dragged Shadow into the store, she gave him a sweet smile.

"I'll let you go pick out one, while I go pick out one!"

"…"

They split up, looking for whatever pleased them. They soon met at the counter, as Amy looked at him movie and shivered.

"Oh… that… is a good one… erm…"

Shadow wanted to twitch when he saw what she was getting, it seemed as if they both were right about who was getting what.

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They left the store and headed back, wondering what each other's movies would be like… Amy was already scared and Shadow wanted to puke. They approached her house, looking at each other with awkward looks as they entered. Cream was already home, stroking Cheese and gave Amy a smile. Shadow seemed surprised, but not too surprised she was home. Cream, on the other hand, was shocked to see Shadow in their house,

"Shadow!"

The little kid in her couldn't help but run up to him and hug him, being much shorter than him, she felt like a little kid still.

"Shadow! What are you doing here?"

He shrugged as he looked at Amy, as if asking to get her off of him.

"Look, Cream, Shadow doesn't really like being… in this position…"

She hesitated, thinking about all she had done to him since she saw him. She blushed but shook it off, watching Cream as she let go of her lost friend,

"Amy… What is he doing here?"

"Long story…"

"I have time…"

Shadow had to interrupt, not wanting to really get involved, but he could tell Amy didn't feel like answering anything right then,

"My stay is only temporary. I leave when I want, got it?"

Cream nodded at him, looking at Amy with a mischievous smile, as if telling Amy to fallow her as she walked into her own room. Amy fallowed Cream into her room, as Cheese jumped onto Shadow's head. Shadow cocked an eyebrow as the door was shut.

"Amy, this is perfect!"

"What is?"

"Shadow! He is totally awesome! You should learn to like him even more! I mean, after that whole Sonic thing…"

Amy looked at Cream with wide eyes, out of shock and embarrassment,

"H-how do you know about-?"

"Amy…"

She said, folding up the sleeve of the shirt where her cut was, causing Amy to become even more surprised,

"I'm not stupid, Amy…"

Amy watched as she let go of her arm, letting it fall back down to her side.

"Anyways… Shadow is awesome!"

"I-I don't like Shadow like that! Are you crazy?"

She only got a smirk from Cream,

"Sure…"

Amy made her way to the door,

"I don't, okay? I still… love Sonic…"

"Of coarse…"

Amy said no other word as she left the room, grabbing Shadow by the arm, causing him to cock his eyebrow in confusion. She pulled him into Cream's room, and he wondered what she was planning. Cream looked at Shadow, then back at Amy,

"He is only staying until he wants to leave, no time to get that close…"

Shadow had no idea what she was talking about, but Amy let go of him, and he just stood there, looking at them both until leaving the room, wondering of what had just happened. Amy could see this, and she fallowed him,

"Heh, you want me to leave that much, eh?"

"N-no! Not at all! I was just-!"

Shadow grabbed her arm, causing her to go against his chest, her head against his white patch of fur. He embarrassed her with a loose grip, and they both blushed at their current position. They both seemed to forget Cream was there, and she snuck into the living room to watch with a smile on her face,

"Last night, I told you…I wouldn't leave you…"

Amy blushed, remembering her dream she had the other night. She looked up at Shadow, a blush upon her face. He looked down at her, having one upon his face. They blushed more as Cream sight romantically, and they made no hesitation to part from each other, looking away from each other's faces. They had not even known what they were doing until Cream's sudden noise.

"Hey…"

Cream said, trying to save them further embarrassment,

"Did you guys rent movies?"

She asked as she looked inside the little labeled bag that read 'Blockbuster'. Amy nodded, Shadow shrugged. Cream took out the two movies, picking out the one Amy had chosen.

"I don't like scary movies, you can watch that when I am asleep."

Shadow could care less about it, but he could tell Amy didn't really seem interested in the movie at all. But he knew that they had made a deal. Cream ran to the DVD player, popping in the CD as she ran into the kitchen to fetch popcorn. Amy shrugged with a sweet smile,

"She loves getting ready for movies."

She said to Shadow, who only looked at the main menu on the screen. He wasn't going to like this movie… He just wouldn't…

Cream put the popcorn bag inside of the microwave, pressing the popcorn button on it, as she grabbed a big bowl and set it on the counter. She pushed Shadow onto the long couch to the edge, along with Amy beside him. She got the popcorn, put it in the bowl, and sat next to Amy, grabbing to DVD player remote and clicking the button 'Play' on the screen with a big smile towards Amy, and smirked to herself as she Shadow and Amy sat, unknowingly close together. The movie had soon started.

Shadow wasn't the least bit interesting, and this movie was a bit… dirty as well as romantically funny, but he didn't laugh, only when people got hurt, which was sort of often in this comedy. The romantic parts, like the kissing parts, made both him and Amy blush a tad, and the dirty parts. Shadow would look away and Amy would look at Shadow. Cream was having more fun watching these two than the movie. Cream didn't know it, but halfway through the movie, Amy had snuck her hand near Shadow's, taking his in hers and hiding it behind a tiny couch pillow.

The first time Amy did that, Shadow looked at her in the corner of his eye, blushing rapidly, but accepting her hand in his once he saw Amy's sweet, innocent smile. They both blushed as they held each other's hands, but forgot about it throughout the movie. Amy still refused that she felt for Shadow, and Shadow didn't even know about the feeling he was having. But her hand in his… felt good. Both acted so clueless about this feeling…

The movie had finally ended, and Amy and Shadow had realized their hands were still in each other's. They let go quickly before Cream could see, blushing and looking away from each other. The time was now at least 7:38 P.M., and Cream wanted to do something else, except watch the movie Shadow had picked out. Amy wanted to take the thoughts of Shadow from her mind,

"We got time, let's go walk to the ice cream shop…"

Cream's face lit up more than it was from the movie,

"Really?"

Shadow watched Amy as she stood of from the couch, ad she grabbed her purse and motioned for Shadow to come. Shadow hastily stood from the couch, fallowing behind Cream, who held Cheese in her arms.

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They made their way out of the house, into the lightened city. They opened the door, hearing a little bell jingle. As soon as they had reached the ice cream parlor, Cheese hopped out of Cream's arms, making its way to the stand. Cream giggled as she ordered an Orange Cream Delight. Amy smiled at Shadow, who appeared to not be enjoying the colorful surroundings in the store,

"What flavors of ice cream do want?"

Shadow only shrugged, not looking at her, but at the door.

"Okay, I'll get you… Vanilla, and I'll have strawberry. Incase you don't like vanilla, you can have my strawberry."

She smiled sweetly before ordering their ice cream cones. Once getting it, Amy, handed him his vanilla ice cream.

They started walking home, when finally, Shadow decided to take a lick of his melting ice cream. His first try, though, he got ice cream on the tip of his nose. Amy saw this, and thought it was adorable. She stopped him, and stood in front of him with a sweet smile. He tilted his head.

"You got it all over your nose…"

He blushed at what she did next. She had licked the ice cream off of his nose, and she smiled at him in the sweetest way, grabbing him by the arm he wasn't holding the ice cream in. She had already finished hers. She only blushed lightly, not as much as he did. They caught up to Cream, who was smirking to herself. She had seen what Amy did. She took a glance at her, and then at Shadow, who continued to blush with his eyes half shut.

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They had made it back to the house, and Amy had unlocked the door, as they all stepped in. Amy checked the nearest clock, which read 8:59 P.M. She had no idea they were all gone that long, but the roads were crowded and packed like usual. Amy glanced at Cream, who caught her glance back. They both smiled as Amy left to go get the movie she had picked out of the DVD player, and put it back in its case. She then went to go get the movie Shadow had picked out, and shown it to Cream,

"Is it okay if we watch this now, Cream? You can watch it with us."

Cream shook her head,

"I'm tired, I'll go ahead and go to bed, okay?"

She smiled, turning to leave to go to her room with a tiny smirk.

"Go ahead and watch it."

She knew they would enjoy the movie better with ought her, and they would be able to be alone together. She wanted to go to bed, but she wanted to see if anything would happen…

'That would be spying…'

She shrugged, thinking this over in her head,

'Eh, nothing too much will happen.'

She smiled to herself before closing her bedroom door. She could hear the credits before the movie playing over…