Pitcher (Sonic High School AU)

Second Game

3rd POV

"Be honest, how often do you talk to my mom when I'm not around." Amy asks, cornering the Blue hedgehog at his locker in between classes. He laughs.

"Oh no, what did she say this time." He sticks his arms into the locker, but never averts his gaze away from the pink hedgehog below him. Their height difference wasn't too drastic, not unlike her and Shadow, but he always finds it cute that she has to look up to meet his gaze.

Amy shakes her head, "The other night, she was saying the usual about how much of a gentleman you are," he nods as she speaks, "and then said something about our families eating dinner together sometime." Sonic groans when he hears that. Closing the door to his locker, he shoves the items grabbed into his bag and chuckles.

"That's going to be horrible if your mom sets it up." He says.

"Exactly. I don't think I can handle my brother and my mom's arguments anymore. Tell your mom about going to the beach or anywhere other than your or my house. Quick escape for everyone." Laughing, they don't notice another figure walk up towards them.

"Hey, Sonic." Sally says, hugging the book in her arms. Amy's smile immediately drops and she inconspicuously puts space between the two of them. The chipmunk smiles brightley. She was gorgeous, and bold, and it killed Amy that they didn't get along but that's life. "Just checking in that you don't forget to meet me after school so we can head out."

Amy's ears flick and she faces away to listen in on their conversation better. Pretending that she wasn't completely eavesdropping, she notices Shadow down the hall. He was walking their way, and when his eyes catch hers his lips stretch into a smile. It was soft, and Amy almost brought a hand to her chest.

"Do you have any plans after school, Amy?" Sally asks, voice piercing her thoughts and she stutters.

"Uh- Yeah." She says. Sally begins to say something when Shadow arrives next to Amy. "Hey, Shadow."

He glances down at her and smirks, "Hey, Rose."

Sally is oblivious to the exchange, but when she peers to her right and observes how Sonic's attention is impotent to anything other than the pink hedgehog, her thoughts run mad. How was she supposed to get with Sonic if he didn't see any interest in her?

Sliding a hand through his arm, she smiles up at Sonic who looks at her in question. "I'll walk you to class. The bell is about to ring."

"Sounds good, talk later guys!" Sonic waves goodbye with his free hand as Sally guides them down the hall.

Amy leans back against the locker and faces Shadow, who precedently had already drawn his focus to her.

She blushes with the unexpected attention.

"How about you come to my place after school today?" he says, almost hesitantly, as if he weren't sure to ask the question in the first place. "We could take my motorcycle up to Emerald Estate, and i'll drive you back to your car afterwards."

The bell rings and they start walking down the hallway to their Science class. Amy knew she wanted to go to his house. He lives in a mansion, in Emerald Estate, of course she'd say yes, but to not show how eager she was she pauses a second before responding, "I'd love to."

. . .

A week passes of baseball practice and study sessions and to Amy it's been a great week. Her and Shadow are getting along more so than she would have imagined. She doesn't understand how they never clicked earlier in the year.