Chapter Fifteen : Shadow

I mounted my bike and revved it up, quickly speeding off. I heard a couple of voices calling out to me as I sped off, but I didn't care. There were no words that could explain how I was feeling at the moment. I wanted so bad to just go back and punch faker in his stupid face, but I held it in and just continued to drive. I drove into the woods, glowing lightly as I made use to chaos control over any stump or anything in my way. I stopped once I got close to my destination, leaning my bike onto a tree. I clenched my fist and continued walking, hearing the sound of crickets start to fill the air. I made it past the woods and entered a clear field, noticing that it was now close to dark. I sat down in the field and looked at the sky, feeling myself start to shake. This is unusual for me, I haven't felt like this since I lost a good friend of mines years ago. I pulled my knees to my chest, looking at the field ahead of me, watching as the sun slowly went out of my sight

"I feel so stupid..." I mumbled aloud.  Who wouldn't? When you actually think that you have someone, just for them to just be taken right before your eyes hurts. Clearly, at first, I knew she liked the blue buffoon and that they were possibly dating, but I just had to listen to Rouge and still tried to do something, tried to get her to like me

"How ignorant of me..." I felt myself shutting down, my guard falling more and more as my shoulders relaxed. I didn't relax for long though, as tears filled my eyes. It's surprisingly that a girl could make me cry, me of all people just crying over a mere girl. She isn't just a girl though, she's something different, something special

"Fuck...!" I shouted, the tears now streaming down my face. I wanted to punch something, to get all this anger out someway, somehow. All I could do was sit there though, letting my mind run rapid as tears continued to fall down my face

"Shadow..?" I heard a voice say. I quickly tried to wipe my face, but they were right in front of me before I could. Dang it, how did I not hear them?!

"Are you...crying?" Rouge asked me, putting her hand on my cheek and her thumb right under my eye. I couldn't look at her, but when I did, the tears started again. I cried, letting out a semi-loud yell as Rouge tried to wipe my tears. Knuckles sat beside me and rubbed my back and Rouge just held my face. I felt comforted, or at least at peace for now. When the sun finally set, I stopped the waterworks, Rouge finally being able to cleanse my face of the tears

"I'm sorry, Shadow. If I would have known that this would have happened between you and Amy, I wouldn't have suggested you going for her." Rouge told me, hugging me. I just sat in her arms, leaning on her shoulder

"We spoke to Amy and took her home before coming after you. We're sorry we took so long to get here." Knuckles informed me. I nodded and closed my eyes, taking in the noises of nature at night. They were soothing

"You should head home, Shadow. It seems like you tired yourself out." I chuckled, rubbing my eyes and moving away from Rouge

"You are not my mother, Rouge." I stood up with them. I started to walk towards my bike with them following me

"Wait...How did you guys know I was here? And Knuckles, I thought you were cool with faker, why are you here?" I was certainly confused, sure he would be with Sonic if anything. I watched Knuckles as he scratched the back of his head

"I told Amy at the party that I'd help her with anything considering you two boys. So before we left her, she asked me to come check on you." He explained. Part of me wanted to be happy over the fact that she cared for me like that. The other half knew I couldn't just be happy over something so minimal that she's done. So all I could do is nod at Knuckles' words, letting Amy's-...Amelia's words just fly over my head

"Thanks, but I think I'm done with dealing with those two..." I voiced as we made it back to my bike

"Whoa whoa whoa, what do you mean done?" Rouge questioned, as I mounted my bike. I leaned on the wheel, looking at her and Knuckles

"It was clear from the first day, Rouge. I told you that not only did she have feelings for that blue buffoon, but also that they seemed to have something. I've wasted my time and made myself look stupid." I replied, taking a deep breath

"Shadow, you're jumping to conclusion." I made eye contact with Knuckles. I'm jumping to conclusion? Those words angered me a bit so I opened my mouth to retort, but he spoke again

"Amy told me herself that she had feelings for both of you and that it is sort of tough to choose between you two. Just because you seen them kissing, doesn't mean you know exactly what all happened. Them kissing shouldn't have even bothered you as much as it did, considering that you two have done worse." My eyes widened. He couldn't be talking about when Amelia and I almost-

"She told the girls and Rouge told me. Be lucky that I'm not a guy that runs my mouth." I almost covered my face in embarrassment 

"Regardless, what I'm trying to say is, don't let this small thing bother you. It was just a kiss. I'd say take some time to calm down and then go and talk things out with Amy and see what happens. I know that you still have feelings for her, feelings don't disappear that easily. Take all the time you need to re-cooperate yourself and then try again." Knuckles explained. I sat there thinking for a moment. He made a bunch of sense, but what if he was wrong? What if I start diving into this situation again and the answer is still the same conclusion that I had? I looked at Knuckles and Rouge and sighed, rubbing my face

"I'll give it some thought."....