ShadAmy How Can I Love You?

Repairing Bonds Chapter 38

We walked out of our chemistry room together and decided to talk in the courtyard. We found an unoccupied table under some shade provided by a large tree and sat down.

Sally took a deep breath in and weakly smiled. "So... You probably heard that me and Sonic were going out for some time, right?" I nodded my head slowly, unsure where this was going. What kind of question is that? She's the reason why I hate Sonic at this very moment.

"It was true, we dated for a couple of months and I really liked it. I...I really, really liked Sonic." She blushed and diverted her eyes somewhere else. " It was just something about his free spirit and always wanting to help others out when they were in sticky situation just made me feel..." She imitates explosions by forming her hands into tight fist then releasing it into the air. She plopped her hands back down and sighed. "You get what I mean?"

Sally was like me... I fell for Sonic because he was the hero in my life. "Yeah, I understand." My face grew sad as memories of Sonic and I filled my head.

"But that's not how our relationship began... I liked Sonic the first time around he started talking to me. It wasn't until a couple weeks later me asked me out... But he only asked me out because he wanted to test something within his self. Like, his feelings for someone else... He never did really like me."

I widen my eyes. "That person was me."

She nods her head slowly. "I was pretty mad that Sonic was only using me as a method to understand himself and not actually reciprocate my feelings. But I bared with it. I hoped that maybe I could make Sonic fall in love with me...It never happened though." She rubbed her left arm in a soothing way and looked down sadly.

"Oh Sally..." I extended my arm until my hand was placed on top of her's, a method of me trying to comfort.

She forced a laughed and shook her head. "Don't feel sorry for me. I knew what I was getting into--really I did. I knew couldn't change Sonic's feelings for you. But he just couldn't realized it himself with breaking another girl's heart. And when he heard about you dating Shadow, he absolutely flipped out."

So it's true... Sonic always liked me but just couldn't admit it to himself.

"He broke up with me right after that weird fight thing with Scourge and I just felt so distraught. But I'm not here to tell you my feelings, I'm here to tell you what's happening with Sonic." She said, trying to stabilize her shaky voice before it worsen.

I tilted my head. "What do you mean?"

"Amy, he really did love you. I don't know what happened yesterday but it changed Sonic. He doesn't talk to anyone, he doesn't bother to look at anyone. Heck, he skipped a morning track and field practice! He never misses a practice!" She sighed and took my hand in her own. "Ames, you gotta fix him. Though he broke my heart, I don't like seeing a hero look vulnerable. Please, can you go talk to him? He should be somewhere on the rooftops."

I looked down at the table and then at our hands. It was probably true, I broke Sonic and it's making people like Sally worry about his health. I should take up responsibility and mend my mistakes. I looked into Sally's cyan eyes and confidently nodded. "I'll go do that. Thank you Sally."

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WHY DOES THIS SCHOOL HAVE SO MANY STAIRS!? I was huffing and puffing on the fourth flight of stairs. I should really start working out, maybe go to the gym Blaze and Rouge go to... Yeah I'll do that in summer break. I reached the rooftop door and swung it open. I rested my body on my knees and continued to pant.

"Ames?"

I quickly looked up and gulped some air down before trying to inhale some more. My eyes were fixated on Sonic who was sitting on the very edge of the roof. However, he wasn't alone, in the corner of my eye, I saw a familiar black hedgehog standing with his arms crossed.

"Shadow?" I panted. I looked back and forth between the two hedgehogs waiting for someone to speak.

"Ha ha, I bet you came up here to talk to me about what happened yesterday, huh?" Sonic bitterly said.

I stared blankly at Sonic until my brain processed what he just said. "U-um yeah! How'd you know?"

Sonic pointed a thumb at Shadow. "This Faker over here hinted it."

I turned my attention to Shadow and arched an eyebrow. He simply stared back at me with no expression. He then began to walk towards the flight of stairs, pulling out his phone and sending a text message. I slowly turned my head back to Sonic and straighten my posture.

"I...uh..." I trailed off, trying to find the words to start off my sentence but couldn't.

Sonic got up and walked over in front of me. He put his hands inside his varsity jacket pockets and weakly smiled at me. "I think I got an idea why you wanna talk. You think I'm acting weird or abnormal--not the same hedgehog as before, right?"

I was hesitant to answer, then nodded slowly.

Sonic bitterly half grinned and rubbed the back of his head while looking down at his feet. "I think this gonna take some getting used to, you know? Like, my heart hurts like crazy right now knowing your dating Faker. But if he makes you happy, then I can't do anything about it... Besides, I had my chance with you... I just didn't know how to handle it, and when I realized that I truly loved you Ames, you didn't love me back anymore."

My heart swelled up with sympathy. For my entire life, I have never seen him cry until today. He had a single stream of tears rolling down the right side of his cheek. He tried to hide it by quickly by wiping it away with his palms, but I saw it before he could do it.

"Sonic I..." I came over to Sonic and hugged him. At first, he didn't accept my embrace but then gave in, returning the gesture with a hug for me. "I'm sorry Sonic that you feel like this right now... I still have feelings for you, but only as friends. My heart belongs to Shadow now."

Sonic winced and hugged even tighter. "Yeah...yeah I know Ames... I'm so sorry..." I heard his voice quiver which made me feel even more bad. I rubbed the back of his back and stared out into the distance. I then released myself from our embrace and gave a pitiful smile at Sonic.

"We can still be friends of course. I don't wanna lose that connection we had for the last couple of years. Besides..."

I thought of Sally's words and how much she cared for him. "I think there's a chipmunk out there who is way better than I am."

He widen his eyes then quickly brought one hand to wipe the tears away. He scoffed and shook his head. "Of course... No wonder you knew where to find me." He started walking up to the rooftop door. "Thank you Ames, for everything you have done for me. I'll see you around." He waved bye to me and so did I.

I stared up into the sky and felt a great burden just lift off of my shoulders. He'll be fine, he was the hero of my world after all.