*Sonic's POV*
"Were you looking for him?" Spike asked Shadow as he pointed at him with the top of his beer.

Shadow was down 3 glasses of whiskey and 2 shots of tequila, Rouge was down 5 margaritas, Manic and Scourge were both high and wasted, only Spike and I were doing good and sort of sober. We were used to drinking by now. It took more than usual to get us drunk, but we were still very cautious, and most of the time, they crashed at my place, or Spikes wife would take us in.

"No. I wasn't, but when his boss said he was in here. I had to come in." Shadow was beginning to be a bit more open the more drinks he had. I had already cut him off from drinking. He wasn't drunk, but he would definitely get there if he kept drinking.

"No more questions." I said to Spike, not wanting Shadow to end up getting mad at us when he sobered down. "We should take them to Lucy's. Coffee should help them."

"Way ahead of you. She's at your house right now." Spike laughed when Scourge fell forward to grab a chip but ended up dropping them from the plate.

"Stop corrupting her. What is she doing at my house? No. No. Better question is. How the hell did she get into my house?" I stood up, helping Rouge as Shadow did the same.

"I gave her your key, of course. She was worried we'd get drunk, so she went ahead and offered to make us some coffee and bake us something. The Café is farther away, so I told her to just go to your house." He turned to look at Manic and Scourge. "Get up, you idiots. I'm not helping you."

I checked my pocket in the jacket I wore to feel my keys were missing. "You're worse than Manic." I rolled my eyes as I wrapped my arms around Scourge and Manic to keep them standing up. Their legs were giving in. "Help Rouge and Shadow."

"I can walk, Hedgehog. Get away from him." Shadow growled at Scourge.

"Jealous much, Stripes?" Scourge stuck out his tongue at Shadow as he flipped him off but wrapped an arm around me to stay standing up.

"So you are the jealous type. Good to know, but not the moment, Shadz." I gave him a reassuring smile and nodded my head forward to tell him to go.

We started walking outside, Spike holding Rouge all the way to my house as Shadow continuously glared at Scourge for being so close to me. Lucy opened the door when we got there and helped Rouge to the couch. She grabbed a blanket and handed it to her, then gave her a cup of coffee after she asked her how she liked it. Lucy was in full mom mode as she took Scourge and Manic to the second and last guest room and put videos to help them come down from their high. She gave them snacks and water to keep them hydrated, then helped Shadow sit down at the table.

Shadow was surprisingly calm around Lucy. I sat beside him and gave him the coffee beans, then pulled him closer to me. Shadow rested his head on my shoulder and closed his eyes as he ate from the bag.

"I could take him." Spike scoffed when he saw how relaxed Shadow looked.

"I'll kill you." Shadow charged a chaos spear with his free hand, making Spike raise his palms in the air.

"I was kidding!" He nervously said, tilting his head as he laughed. "Are you going to have room for all of them?"

"Scourge and Manic can stay in that guest room. Rouge can stay in the room Shadow has been staying in, Shadow can keep my bed. I'll sleep on the couch and you can walk home." I spoke out my train of thought.

"Rude." Spike chuckled. "I'll call my wife."

"Say, why aren't you ever home? Everything okay?" Lucy said as she sat in front of us.

"I know you guys think I don't love her or something, but it's not like that. I do. And my kids very much. We are just different from other couples. We take turns taking care of the kids. When I'm with you guys, she takes care of them. When I'm not, I take care of them, and she goes out. I don't find it fair that the wife is supposed to do all the work. I help out. I just like to have fun, too. And we have family days, it's not like I'm never home. Relax." Spike waved his hand up and down and drank some of his coffee. "But I should get going."

Spike left after a while as he walked Lucy to her Café where she lived on the studio above it. We had talked to Spike and apologized for never asking about his situation with his wife and always assuming the worst. He laughed it off and made fun if it himself before they left. I went to help Rouge to the guest room then check on Scourge and Manic after they had left.

Once I was sure they were all okay, I walked to Shadow who seemed to be in his head, his palm on his muzzle and his elbow on the table as he leaned forward staring at the empty bag of coffee beans.

"Is everything okay?" I asked quietly to not startle him.

"Today went better than I thought it would." Shadow said as he looked at me. "I somehow got it in my head that Rouge was just texting me to get mad at me or to tell me she hated me when we met face to face."

"I would never do that, Hun." I turned to look at the stairs where Rouge was standing. She had taken off her heels and was holding some makeup wipes in her hand but was still wearing her makeup. I probably should have helped her remove her makeup before I helped her to the room. "I was really happy to hear from you again and was even happier to see Sonic after all these years. I could never hate you or any of our old friends. It's true. We went through so much, and everyone parting ways was hard, but you mean so much to me."

Shadow lowered his ears ever so slightly, then looked away from her. "I'm sorry I left."

"I'm sorry I did too." I sighed and rubbed my arm as I looked down at the floor now.

"It's okay, we talked about it at the bar, I understand why. But maybe a decade is long enough. Maybe it's time we all meet up again." Rouge suggested making chills go down my back. "What do you say? Should we bring the team back together?"