Chapter 9 - Bonding

The night crossed over and the day chased the sky. Our young pink hedgehog awoke to the sun as it called for her through a window. She opened her eyes, all a blur. She closed her eyelids and opened them once more. Amy found herself in an unfamiliar room, violet walls, each one of them holding a painting with two exotic gems of a different color – except for the one in front, it held a small green with an older brother behind it. She peeked at the floor and saw a heavenly white carpet, dirt seemed to never found its way here. Amy rested her head down on a dark purple, heart shaped pillow to regain some of her memory of last night, nothing came to her. She sat back up and noticed the blanket matched the pillow, and caressed the sheets that hugged the mattress, white and silky.[br]

“Where am I?” She finally asked. Nobody answered. [br]

Amy almost fear to leave the room. Who knows what preyed behind the door? Who knows who just heard Amy speak and knew she regained consciousness? Fear struck her now. Who was it? Maybe it was Robotnik? That evil engineer is always hellbent on world domination! Maybe he wants to lure Sonic into a trap! Or … maybe it was that Echidna who took Amy's innocence? Maybe he found her and drugged her up! Oh, anybody could have abducted her – seems to be her number one ability, to be the damsel in distress. Her eyes jerked to the window, low level. She could jump out the window and land on her feet! Ha! This kidnapper isn't the brightest! Quickly, she hopped out of the bed and pressed her hand on the window and tried to force it upwards – it wouldn't budge.[br]

“Crap!” She thought aloud.[br]

With a gasp she used her hand as a shield for her mouth. She mustn't speak another word. Is anybody coming? She took a long, hard look at the door. Nothing happened, nothing was coming. In front of the window, beside the bed, slept a yellow tool of socialization, and a girl's best friend, a wireless phone. Amy picked it up, she knew what she was going to use it for. She raised it high up into the air, it was her hammer – she was the thunder god, Thor. Time to create some noise. Freedom was just one smash away!
She steadied her hand and readied her arm.[br]

“Amy?” A voiced called from behind, “Care if I ask you why you're about to break my window with my phone?”[br]

Amy knew the voice, Rouge. She turned and found the female bat in purple night gown. The bat raised an eyebrow to the phone that Amy hung over the window.[br]

“Oh, uh, nothing. I mean, uh …” Slowly she lowered the phone and returned it to the base.
“Sorry, I didn’t know I was in your house … wait … WHY am I in your house?”[br]

“You don’t remember last night? You were the life of the party.”[br]

The pink hedgehog thought for a moment. She remembered meeting Rouge and going to a club. After that? Nothing. Did she do something? Something she might regret? She can only ask her host, hopefully she’ll tell her she just fell asleep or something. She was fearful, though.[br]

“Rouge,” she started with her head down and softness in her heart, “what did I do last night?”[br]

The jewel lover scanned the pink girl, she could see that Amy was scared. It what take a heart of steel to let a girl’s hope, like Amy’s, drop.[br]

“Do you really want to know?”[br]

“So, it was bad?”[br]

“Bad’s an opinion. I think of it more as experimenting. Look, I’m gonna tell you flat out, you tried coke.”[br]

“Coke?! Cocaine?”[br]

“Yeah … and … some other things …”[br]

“Other things? Like … like what?”[br]

Rouge shot a look to her side, guilt crept over her.[br]

“…”[br]

“Rouge?” Amy asked again, her voice blanketed in fear.[br]

“Well, do you remember that group of people that came into the club?”[br]

“Yeah?” It hit her like a lightning bolt strikes a dried forest and catches fire, “Did I? … With them?”[br]

Rouge nodded, one time.[br]

“… And me.”[br]

“What?!” Amy shouted, teeth gnashing, eyes agaped. An whirlwind of emotions hit Amy, anger, confusion, frustration, sadness - she couldn’t decide. So, she started to scream. “Why did you do that?! What do you let me do that?! Why?!”[br]

Rouge voice remained soft, “You’re my friend. I wanted to share my hobbies with you.”[br]

Friend. The whirlwind dissipated that that word, friend.[br]

“We’re friends, Rouge?”[br]

“… Yes, we are.”[br]

Amy fell in the bed and curled up. Tears began to break the barrier she set up, heartfelt tears. Friends. Acceptance. What Amy wanted all along.[br]

“Amy …?” Rouge sounded. She didn’t mean to bring such disaster upon her. She crawled into the bed with her, hugging her like a big sister. “I didn’t mean to hurt you.”[br]

“No … no, you didn’t. You’re my friend. I harmed myself. I did so many stupid things. And I completely wrecked my relationship with Sonic and Tails.”[br]

“Don’t blame yourself, kiddo.” Rouge added.[br]

“…” The hedgehog put on a fake smile and asked, “So, how wild did I act last night?”[br]

Rouge giggled and again asked, “You really want to know?”[br]

“Yeah, I do!” No, she didn’t.[br]

“Well,” Rouge with a devious smile began as she recalled the events, “first, you and I made out and …”Amy sat there and listened with a fake smile and a aching heart. But still, it was nice to have acceptance. She faded in and out of the conversation, but didn’t listen to her devious little acts for the most part. “… And that’s what happened.”[br]

“Yeah!” Amy added, “I’m such a whore!”[br]

Awkward silence.[br]

“Yeah …” Rouge trailed off, “Hey, how about we go shopping? Maybe get you some new clothes and some new shoes.”[br]

“Sure it won’t cost too much?”[br]

“Honey, I work for the government and steal gems. I think I can pay for some clothes.”[br]

“Okay, let’s go.” Amy hopped onto her feet, they began to make their way out of the room until Amy stopped her with a question, “One more thing, Rouge, why me? I want to know why you came to me and chose to be my friend.”[br]

“I dunno, Amy. You kind of remind me of myself when I was your age. I never had a sister, and I always wanted a mini-me.”[br]

“Well, aren’t you conceded?” Amy joked with a smile.[br]

“Only a little bit.”[br]

They laughed and exited the room. Amy found acceptance in this world. Surely, happy days will only follow.

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