Amy put on her best smile as she entered the meeting room of the Resistance.

However, she couldn't make her thoughts go away as she remembered Shadow's disappointed face as he left her room. That was a few days ago and still, she couldn't let it go.

It wasn't any good, she should be paying attention to the meeting. She should leave personal things aside when it came to the Resistance but somehow it still intrudes her mind.

"What do you think Amy?...Amy? Amy!" Silver looked at the pink one, it wasn't like her to be distracted during meetings.

"Yes!" Amy responded late as Silver's words processed slowly on her head.

"What do you say? Yes?"

"Um...yes," Amy said that more of a question than a clear response, she was being pressured and she didn't want to look bad in front of the Resistance Staff.

"Great! I'll give you the details of your mission. Shadow isn't here right now but when he comes, please leave for the job as soon as you can." Silver added.

Oh for the love Chaos.

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They kept walking in silence. They were about to reach Emerald village soon. Amy felt like she was missing air and for a moment she was just trying to make as little as sound as possible. Maybe that way they would forget about each other's existence for a while.

Shadow stopped walking suddenly, he looked to the ground as he heard the birds tweeting

"Shadow?" Amy asked him intrigued.

"I hate it ... fighting with you."

"I hate it too." Amy softly walked towards Shadow.

"Why have we been fighting so much?"

Amy didn't respond. Honestly, she didn't know the answer to his question.

"It's just that ... You have been acting strange." Shadow added. "Ever since we found Maria ... I feel like you have been avoiding me."

"I haven't been avoiding you, I've been just busy and-"

"But you have time for him."

Amy stopped breathing for a second. She had to be honest with herself, she was avoiding Shadow not because she wanted but because she needed to clear her head. She was heartbroken when she found out that Shadow and Maria were dating.

It broke her to know that no matter what she did, no matter how close she would be with him, Shadow will always pick Maria.

Before it was Maria and now it's still her.

Amy was the one who found Maria, and she was aware of the things that were going to happen.

And she still brought her to The Resistance because of Shadow.

Shadow deserved to be happy and seeing him content was enough for her. Amy loved him so much that she let him go.

She loved him.

"Shadow...can I ask you something...personal?" Amy asked. Shadow was a bit baffled by her sudden change but he decided to oblige. He nodded softly and Amy continued.

"Are things alright with you and Maria?"

"Yes, why?"

"It's just that... I'm sorry, it's none of my business." Amy turned around and began to walk away but came to a sudden stop as soon as she felt Shadow hold her arm.

"Tell me." He didn't seem angry, just curious about her question.

Amy looked down to the ground, trying to control her blush. "It's just that ... you don't go on missions together."

"We have talked about this ... we don't do missions together because we are not a team. You and I... We are a team."

Amy remove Shadow's hand from her arm. "It's not just that ... you don't do things ... like boyfriend-girlfriend things."

"What do you mean? We kiss and go on dates."

Amy let out an annoyed sigh and took a moment to think about how to explain it to Shadow. "There's more to dating than just kissing and going on dates ... is wanting to be together all the time ... want to learn more about each other ... feeling butterflies in your stomach ... wanting to touch that person whenever you can ... "

Amy took a moment to look at Shadow. His expression had changed. He looked side to side nervously. Amy noticed that he was in deep thought as if he had realized something.

"But I think I am just overreacting! You know, since you both don't really talk about your relationship... Never-mind, you know how I am, always overreacting." She smiled at him.

"Yeah, you probably are ... we are good ... We are ok with how things are between us." Shadow made pauses as he was still trying to process his thoughts.

"If you two are good, then that's what matters."

Amy smiled one more time. "Should we get going on track?"

"Yes but one last thing, you said that Maria and I don't really talk about our relationship as if that's something bad."

"Oh, it's just that I don't know, when relationships are new, people tend to talk about it with their friends," Amy said a bit more happy that her situation with Shadow had softened. "I don't know how you two do it ... I think I would explode if I didn't have Cream or Rouge to talk about-"

"Wait, what? Talk to Rouge and Cream? About what?"

This was some of the times Amy wished Shadow wasn't too intuitive. "I mean, if I was in a relationship, I would want to talk about it to Rouge and-."

Shadow had a worried expression as he walked in front of Amy, stopping her once again.

"But you would talk to me, right? We are best friends and if you were dating anyone, had a crush or liked anyone... you would tell me ... right?"

Amy had the opportunity now. She could tell Shadow about her dating Sonic. Well, it wasn't anything official. They had only gone on a date and promised to see each other again soon. It wasn't anything serious. There was no need to tell Shadow about the date, not until there was something serious going on.

Amy nodded and smile, it gave Shadow a small sense of comfort. Although he wanted her to say it, he didn't want to push it.

The journey to Emerald village continued in silence. They were already seeing the houses and ranches. Amy was in deep thoughts, still reflecting her previous talk with Shadow.

She realized that she felt more comfortable talking about Shadow and Maria's relationship. Maybe, after all, it was possible to move on.

She couldn't wait for the day, she stopped loving him completely.

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They had already established in Emerald village. Although they were already more comfortable with each other, there still some small tension between them. They quietly entered the small hotel room they were going to be sharing. Tragically for Amy and Shadow ... Well for Shadow it was like any other day.

"I can't believe they only had one room. I ask them for two rooms, one bed each and they give one room, one bed!" Amy said angrily as she placed her backpack on the couch.

"It's alright, we can just share the bed," Shadow said simply as he put himself on the sofa.

"Sorry but that's not happening."

"What's the problem? We've slept together before."

"Yes, but things are different now."

Shadow hated didn't like those words. He hated that things were changing between them and Amy just accepting that fact so calmly offending him.

"What do you mean it's different?"

"I, well you have a girlfriend now and-"

"What does that have to do with this?"

Amy didn't know how to handle it. How can she explain to Shadow that doing things like this just felt wrong? It wasn't any good for her and if she knew that friend was sleeping on Sonic's bed, she wouldn't be comfortable with it.

"Ms. Rose, Mr. Hedgehog, they are here!"

The Mobian who had asked for their help had suddenly shown up at their room and Amy was happy to be saved by the bell.

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"Didn't you say it was a small mission?"

Mercenaries kept attacking them. One by one they threw punches and kicks to the black and pink one. Although they could take them on, it was a hassle. One wrong move and they could be hurt badly.

"That's what Silver said!" Amy threw her hammer at one of the mercenaries, making fall. She made her hammer re-appeared on her hands again.

"What? Since when you let Silver assign missions? We never let him because things like this happen!" Shadow threw a Chaos Spear, not too strong as not to hurt he mercenaries too much.

Amy looked around, too many of them were coming their way.

"Hey, Shadow," Amy said without thinking. "Let's spin-dash together and finish this!"

"Good idea," Shadow was covering Amy's back and then gave her a strange stare. "Wait, since when can you spin-dash-"

"Alright let's go!"

Although Shadow still had questions, he still followed Amy's plan. Everything worked perfectly, they were done sooner than they expected.

They walked for a while on the streets of the villages as the people thanked them for saving them for the mercenaries.

Little kids approached them as usual, watching them with shining eyes as they met their heroes.

Amy felt relieved and was happy to be back doing missions with Shadow, just like before, as nothing had happened.

As when Maria wasn't in the picture still.

Amy shook her head, there was no going back now. Amy was happy to have Maria, everyone was.

Especially Shadow.

It was strange, however, that Shadow didn't seem to have changed.

He didn't look happier nor sadder.

It was a feeling she couldn't describe.

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Sometime after Amy and Shadow came back from their mission, it began to snow. For the first time in a few months. In times like these, everyone in the Resistance preferred to stay in their dorms, eat warm bread and drink hot chocolate.

Amy wasn't the exception. She made it a rule that agents shouldn't go on missions under extreme weather conditions unless it was completely necessary.

After a long day of budget meetings, Amy went to her room where a warm bed was waiting for her. She opened the door to her room and sat down on her bed.

She felt her bed heavier than usual, she turned around and under her blanket, a black tail stuck out.

She pulls it out.

"Ouch!"

"What are you doing in my bed?"

"Sleeping, why don't you join me?" Shadow said, a bit angry that Amy teased him like that.

"That's not happening, get out of my room." Amy grabbed him by his feet and tried to pull him out of her bed.

"No!"

"Come on, Shadow! I had a long day, why don't you go to Maria?"

"She's at Cream's house and besides, I want to be with you."

Amy gave up, she sighed as she looked at Shadow crawled back on her bed. She walked towards her small sofa and quickly rested on it. She closed her eyes, waiting for sleep to take over her.

"Aren't you going to sleep in the bed?"

"No."

"Why?"

How could Amy explain to Shadow that it just didn't feel right? Did Maria even know that Shadow was with her? She didn't want to share the bed with someone else's boyfriend. Shadow was just too naive and didn't understand relationships.

Not like she knew any better.

She looked at Shadow, "I just don't want to."

Amy turned around on her sofa and gave her back to Shadow. In a few seconds, she heard movement coming from her bed. Steps getting closer to her, she thought Shadow will try to get her attention but instead, he passed by her. He opened the door and left her room.

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"Have you noticed?

"What?"

"Shadow... have you talked to him recently?"

"Yes, I said 'good morning' to him today."

Rouge stopped sipping her strawberry milkshake and looked at Amy, "No, I meant like...actually having a long conversation with him."

"Yes, of course!" Amy turned her moving chair to look at Rouge. They were currently having lunch together after today's meeting. "I talked to him um..."

Amy began to think when was the last time they have actually talked?

Three? Four months?

How did that even happen? They used to talk every day and then suddenly...nothing.

"You are right..." Amy said in realization. "I haven't talked to him...in a long time."

Rouge knew that something was going on. From afar, she noticed Shadow acting differently, he wasn't his usual self. He began to be more secretive, a little more reserve and rude.

Like the old Shadow.

Rouge knew both sides very well. Basically, there were two Shadows. The 'before Amy' Shadow and 'after Amy' Shadow.

"You should probably talk to him...he is acting a bit strange. He is not the same." Rouge added.

The 'Before Amy' Shadow, was full of himself, cocky, stubborn, a bit selfish but still good in the inside. The 'After Amy' Shadow was a bit more caring, he could express himself better and tried to do good always.

Amy and Shadow really worked hard together so Shadow could grow into a better hedgehog.

Amy grew as well, they both learned from each other and now it was as if nothing had changed.

"I don't know...I don't think I am the right person Shadow needs to talk to right now."

Amy took a bite of her burger and expected Rouge to say something but instead, the chattering of people filled her eardrums. She felt Rouge's stare piercing through her body.

"You are his best friend...shouldn't you try to figure out what is bothering him?"

Amy stopped eating, she felt ashamed of herself. Rouge was right and it was Amy's duty as Shadow's best friend to help him.

"You are right." Amy put down her burger. "I'll talk to him...but I don't know...It just feels a bit weird."

"You two haven't talked in a while...I am sure once you do it, it won't feel weird anymore." Rouge placed her hand on Amy's shoulder.

Amy smiled at the beautiful bat, "Thank you, Rouge"

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Amy and Sonic were watching the sunset on top of the Resistance HQ's rooftop. Nobody went there and it was a nice spot for the two of them to meet.

"So, Amy..." Sonic looked away, he tried to hide his red face from the pink one. "We have been dating for a couple of months now and I was just wondering..."

"Yes?"

"I was wondering if it is safe now to...call you...well..." Sonic passed down saliva, "My girlfriend?"

Amy looked at Sonic, for the first time in a long time, Sonic was bashful. He was blushing, sweating and he moved his leg constantly, showing his nervousness.

Amy looked at the sunset, the sun finally gave them the last ray of sunlight before disappearing into the total darkness of the night.

A beautiful night indeed.

And just like the day ended, her feelings for Shadow did as well.

"Yes, I think you can."

Sonic smiled, he placed his hands gently around Amy's face. Softly he kissed her and enjoyed each other's warmness.

For the moment it was only them. In their bliss, they were unaware that a dark figure was watching them from afar.

"I guess ... Now, I know who taught her how to spin-dash."

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A/n: do you like the story so far?