The power inside me [Silver the Hedgehog FF]

~Chapter 3~

// Okay Silver, think: you need a good excuse.//

Silver stood at the door to Sonics house and made up various excuses, but he didn't particularly like any of them. What the hell was he supposed to say?

His mind circled for the perfect answer as the rain pattered down on him in thick drops. His clothes were already soaked.

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"Where's Silver? He knows that, we wanted to meet here at 6:00 pm, right?"

"Relax Tails, you know Silver," Knuckles explained with a sly smile on his lips.

It was true: the friends were used to Silver being late. They knew only too well how lost their friend was sometimes.

"Wouldn't be the first time, that this hedgehog forgets an appointment," Shadow interjected and got up from the sofa, which he was sitting on before. He walked over to the window and looked out. When he looked towards the front door, he could see Silver standing there.

"By the way, he's at the door."

"What? In the rain?" Tails and Knuckles were asking. At the same time, Sonic rushed to the front door and opened it hastily.

Silver, who was deep in thought before, was startled by this action and looked at his best friend in shock.

"What are you doing out there in the rain? Come in quickly, you will get wet!" yelled the blue hedgehog and pulled the other one inside.

"No offense, Faker, but I think he's already wet to the bone", they heard Shadow mumble from the corner. He still hadn't turned away from the window.

"Anyway, where have you been? We have called you fifty times.... If that's enough. Man, we thought something had happened to you."

Silver smiled slightly. He knew Shadow was worried about his friends, but wasn't very comfortable with admitting it. He didn't know why and he had never dared to ask his friends or even Shadow about it.

"Silver?"

The gray hedgehog flinched slightly. "Y-yes?"

"Why did it take you so long?" Repeated the black hedgehog, who made himself comfortable on the couch.

Silver blushed of embarrassment. He couldn't tell his friends that he encountered Scourge and then, to top it all off, had to notice a turquoise aura around his hands. A big no.

He only came up with a plausible solution. And that included lying to his friends, if he wanted to or not. As much as Silver hated it, but at the moment there was no other way.

"I ... had to help my mother, I'm sorry," replied the gray hedgehog, looking at the ground so no one could see that he was lying. He felt the blush come to his face, but tried not to show it.

"But we asked your mother where you were and she said that you left the house forty-five minutes ago. There's no way, you needed to help her."

Hearing this, Silver tensed up almost immidiatly. He was ready to think of another lie, when Sonic chatted in.

"Oh Shads, let it be. He must have swapped two events with each other again, it's not that bad," the blue hedgehog interjected with a smile and the younger one felt relieved.

"For the last time: Don't call me "Shads", Faker!" The said growled. But instead of jumping up and tackling his blue companion to the ground, he just sat there and crossed his arms in front of his chest, annoyed.

Sonic, who was getting impatient, looked at the hedgehog next to him. Silver seemed to be lost in thought again. There was an awkward silence in the living room,until Tails finally got up and went over to the stairs.