Confession Ch4
Krissie: Time to continue insanity.
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"So what's with the dress?" Shadow asked over the sound of the wind.
"Honey wanted me to try on some of her new designs. I'm sure she'll want me up tell her of everyone's reaction to it when I get back later." Amy held on tight to Shadow. The dress was cute, but it didn't stop her from being cold.
Shadow felt her shivering behind him. He was glad the diner came into view. Waffle House wasn't much, but it was one of the few places opened at this time at night in the area. Plus, he was sure Amy loved their hash browns.
Shadow picked Amy up from the bike and set her down in a swift motion. As Amy took off the helmet, Shadow slid his jacket around her shoulders. She smiled as she accepted the jacket. Shadow wrapped his arm around her's as he led her into the restaurant.
They sat in a booth far from the door. Amy plucked up the menus and handed one to Shadow.
"So what are we going to have tonight?" Amy mused as she looked at the menu.
Shadow shrugged.
"Is there something the matter?" Amy looked up at him with a concerned look.
Shadow gave a weary smile. "It's... complicated," he finally landed on a word after a long pause.
"You can't simplify it for me to help you? "
Shadow thought for a moment. "It's a... guy thing." Shadow felt himself cringe as the phrase left his mouth.
"Hmmm..." Amy hummed as she looked up at him. "Maybe you should talk to another guy then."
The suggestion seemed innocent. Shadow didn't like the idea though. Who was he supposed to talk too? Faker? Talking to him about love advice would do him as much good as talking to sloth about how to run. Knuckles was in a rocky relationship with Rouge, so Shadow was sure that would be a bad idea. He would rather bite his own tongue off then talk to the commander. Tails already knew, but Shadow wasn't about to take advice from a teenager.
"Maybe Uncle Chuck?" Amy mused after their food arrived.
"Faker's uncle? Why?" Shadow tilted his head as he tried to figure out her logic.
"He's the oldest male hedgehog I know." Amy shrugged, "Plus guy things tend to be about women, booze, or hunting. I'm sure Uncle Chuck knows about all that and more. Plus he's older, so there is experience and all that. I'm sure you two will get along well. Play cards or something."
Shadow remained silent. "Good point." He said in between bites of food. He glanced up at Amy and smiled, "So are you planning on wearing that to the museum tomorrow?"
"Probably not. Does it look like people will mistake me for a part of the exhibit?" Amy gave a nervous blush.
"No," he shook his head, "You look lovely. Though I think it'll be cold tomorrow when we go. So maybe you should bring a jacket or wear something warmer. It would be a shame if you caught a cold Rose."
Amy beamed at hearing the nickname. "I'll take that into account when I get dressed later on this morning."
"But it's tomorrow," Shadow tilted his head.
"But it's already passed midmight," Amy smirked.
Shadow nodded as the logic dawned on him. "Well thank you for having a midnight snack with me. I look forward to seeing you later today."
They finished their meal and Shadow drove Amy home on his bike.
Amy walked into the girls still awake.
"So how was the midnight date?" Rouge teased.
"It wasn't a date," Amy sighed. "The food was good. We had Waffle House. What have you guys been up to?"
"Playing dress up," Hershey replied as she looked through palettes of eyeshadow and looked at Honey's face. She wasn't sure which colors would go good with the cat's facial features.
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The girls amazingly weren't tired as they arrived on time to the museum. Honey dressed Amy up in one of her new designs. The dress was a golden yellow. It hugged her body and emphasized her hips. Amy was happy that her chest didn't look so huge in it. She wore a pair of matching gold dress shoes with it.
Honey was also dressed in a flashy dress. Hers was silver with golden tassles dangling off the edge of the skirt and sleeves.
Rouge came in a nice pink dress with a slit up her thigh. Hershey wore a simple blouse with black slacks and Bunnie wore very much the same thing.
Antoine and Geoffrey showed up in their normal clothes. Neither male saw the need to dress nice just to walk around a museum. Shadow seed to agree with their sentiment as he came dressed as normal. Tails came wearing a nice dress shirt and khaki pants. Manic following close behind him.
"So what's the occasion guys?" Amy smiled at them.
"We have a presentation for some of our inventions later today," Tails shrugged.
"We dressed up to make a good impression," Manic chuckled. "So how do we look?"
"You clean up nicely," Geoffrey nodded.
"You're a bit too casual for my liking," Honey looked them up and down. Though it was mainly Tails. "But it's a nice change for you."
Tails beamed as he gave a soft bow. "Why thank you for your approval Miss Honey."
Honey clenched her fist. She felt like the fox was mocking her on some level.
"Well let's go look at art," Amy attempted to diffuse the tension in the air.
After a few paintings, she pulled the orange fox to the side.
"Can't you be a bit nicer?" Amy whispered.
"Sorry, but I enjoy teasing. Especially crushes out of my league." Tails shrugged.
"You're shameless," Amy lightly punched the fox's shoulder.
"How is the girls' teasing about Shadow?" Tails mused.
"Tiring," Amy sighed, "I hope it'll just fizzle out in a few weeks. Thanks for not teasing me though."
"I wouldn't tease you over that Amy. Besides my attempt to get Shadow to ask you out failed yesterday anyway." Tails shrugged as he walked to look at some pottery.
"Attempt?" Amy whisper yelled. "What attempt?"
Tails sighed. "I gave Shadow the tape of you saying you loved him two days ago. He brought it back to me yesterday. He's pretending he knows nothing to keep you from being uncomfortable. He wants to respect your 'wishes to stay as friends', or whatever," Tails mocked Shadow's voice as he rolled his eyes. "So I'm stuck watching two people with crushes on each other just sit around and do nothing but skirt around each other."
"You sound irritated," Amy bit her lip.
"Very." Tails gave her a stale face.
"But how do you know Shadow likes me back?" Amy mused.
"I have a taped confession of him admitting he liked you from a year ago. You want it?" Tails smirked.
"How long have you been plotting?" Amy blushed.
"Two years and my planned failed." Tails shook his head. "He failed to move. You're too nervous to move so now I might have to twist a knife in his side a bit."
Amy chuckled. "And how do you plan to do that?"
"I plan to publically ask you out and watch how Shadow reacts. He'll either squrim or he'll step back. I'm hoping he'll squirm." Tails glanced at Shadow.
The black hedgehog was oblivious to the conversation about him as he stared at a painting of angels. Tikal and Rouge stood beside him. Rouge seemed to be explaining something to Tikal who looked slightly confused.
"You can do whatever it is you please, so no pressure to follow along with my evil schemes," Tails stated as he turned back to the pottery.
Amy shook her head. "I feel bad for any woman you love."
"She already thinks I'm sneaky," the fox muttered.
"Well sneak her some flowers then," Amy chuckled.
"What are you guys talking about over here?" Honey walked up to them with slight curiosity.
"Pottery," Tails gestured to the vase in front of him.
Honey arched an eyebrow at him. Before looking at Amy.
"We're talking about how hopeless our love lives are," Amy stated honestly.
"I plan on asking Amy out publically to see how Shadow reacts," Tails stated in a soft whispered as he looked to make sure the others couldn't hear. "Plus I could use some practice dates before I ask out this cute girl out."
Honey pouted some at the last part before looking at Amy.
"Tails is really shy when it comes to crushes. A practice date or two will do him some good." Amy nodded.
"I don't think Shadow would be to happy to see you on a date with Tails," Honey stated. She frowned at Tails. "Why not just talk the girl you like about something you have in common?"
"One college class isn't enough to chat about," Tails answered.
"Tell her you forgot your notes at home and ask to borrow hers or something." Honey suggested.
"That would work if if I wasn't always over prepared. She'd know something was up the moment I asked," Tails shook his head.
They sat in a booth far from the door. Amy plucked up the menus and handed one to Shadow.
"So what are we going to have tonight?" Amy mused as she looked at the menu.
Shadow shrugged.
"Is there something the matter?" Amy looked up at him with a concerned look.
Shadow gave a weary smile. "It's... complicated," he finally landed on a word after a long pause.
"You can't simplify it for me to help you? "
Shadow thought for a moment. "It's a... guy thing." Shadow felt himself cringe as the phrase left his mouth.
"Hmmm..." Amy hummed as she looked up at him. "Maybe you should talk to another guy then."
The suggestion seemed innocent. Shadow didn't like the idea though. Who was he supposed to talk too? Faker? Talking to him about love advice would do him as much good as talking to sloth about how to run. Knuckles was in a rocky relationship with Rouge, so Shadow was sure that would be a bad idea. He would rather bite his own tongue off then talk to the commander. Tails already knew, but Shadow wasn't about to take advice from a teenager.
"Maybe Uncle Chuck?" Amy mused after their food arrived.
"Faker's uncle? Why?" Shadow tilted his head as he tried to figure out her logic.
"He's the oldest male hedgehog I know." Amy shrugged, "Plus guy things tend to be about women, booze, or hunting. I'm sure Uncle Chuck knows about all that and more. Plus he's older, so there is experience and all that. I'm sure you two will get along well. Play cards or something."
Shadow remained silent. "Good point." He said in between bites of food. He glanced up at Amy and smiled, "So are you planning on wearing that to the museum tomorrow?"
"Probably not. Does it look like people will mistake me for a part of the exhibit?" Amy gave a nervous blush.
"No," he shook his head, "You look lovely. Though I think it'll be cold tomorrow when we go. So maybe you should bring a jacket or wear something warmer. It would be a shame if you caught a cold Rose."
Amy beamed at hearing the nickname. "I'll take that into account when I get dressed later on this morning."
"But it's tomorrow," Shadow tilted his head.
"But it's already passed midmight," Amy smirked.
Shadow nodded as the logic dawned on him. "Well thank you for having a midnight snack with me. I look forward to seeing you later today."
They finished their meal and Shadow drove Amy home on his bike.
Amy walked into the girls still awake.
"So how was the midnight date?" Rouge teased.
"It wasn't a date," Amy sighed. "The food was good. We had Waffle House. What have you guys been up to?"
"Playing dress up," Hershey replied as she looked through palettes of eyeshadow and looked at Honey's face. She wasn't sure which colors would go good with the cat's facial features.
****
The girls amazingly weren't tired as they arrived on time to the museum. Honey dressed Amy up in one of her new designs. The dress was a golden yellow. It hugged her body and emphasized her hips. Amy was happy that her chest didn't look so huge in it. She wore a pair of matching gold dress shoes with it.
Honey was also dressed in a flashy dress. Hers was silver with golden tassles dangling off the edge of the skirt and sleeves.
Rouge came in a nice pink dress with a slit up her thigh. Hershey wore a simple blouse with black slacks and Bunnie wore very much the same thing.
Antoine and Geoffrey showed up in their normal clothes. Neither male saw the need to dress nice just to walk around a museum. Shadow seed to agree with their sentiment as he came dressed as normal. Tails came wearing a nice dress shirt and khaki pants. Manic following close behind him.
"So what's the occasion guys?" Amy smiled at them.
"We have a presentation for some of our inventions later today," Tails shrugged.
"We dressed up to make a good impression," Manic chuckled. "So how do we look?"
"You clean up nicely," Geoffrey nodded.
"You're a bit too casual for my liking," Honey looked them up and down. Though it was mainly Tails. "But it's a nice change for you."
Tails beamed as he gave a soft bow. "Why thank you for your approval Miss Honey."
Honey clenched her fist. She felt like the fox was mocking her on some level.
"Well let's go look at art," Amy attempted to diffuse the tension in the air.
After a few paintings, she pulled the orange fox to the side.
"Can't you be a bit nicer?" Amy whispered.
"Sorry, but I enjoy teasing. Especially crushes out of my league." Tails shrugged.
"You're shameless," Amy lightly punched the fox's shoulder.
"How is the girls' teasing about Shadow?" Tails mused.
"Tiring," Amy sighed, "I hope it'll just fizzle out in a few weeks. Thanks for not teasing me though."
"I wouldn't tease you over that Amy. Besides my attempt to get Shadow to ask you out failed yesterday anyway." Tails shrugged as he walked to look at some pottery.
"Attempt?" Amy whisper yelled. "What attempt?"
Tails sighed. "I gave Shadow the tape of you saying you loved him two days ago. He brought it back to me yesterday. He's pretending he knows nothing to keep you from being uncomfortable. He wants to respect your 'wishes to stay as friends', or whatever," Tails mocked Shadow's voice as he rolled his eyes. "So I'm stuck watching two people with crushes on each other just sit around and do nothing but skirt around each other."
"You sound irritated," Amy bit her lip.
"Very." Tails gave her a stale face.
"But how do you know Shadow likes me back?" Amy mused.
"I have a taped confession of him admitting he liked you from a year ago. You want it?" Tails smirked.
"How long have you been plotting?" Amy blushed.
"Two years and my planned failed." Tails shook his head. "He failed to move. You're too nervous to move so now I might have to twist a knife in his side a bit."
Amy chuckled. "And how do you plan to do that?"
"I plan to publically ask you out and watch how Shadow reacts. He'll either squrim or he'll step back. I'm hoping he'll squirm." Tails glanced at Shadow.
The black hedgehog was oblivious to the conversation about him as he stared at a painting of angels. Tikal and Rouge stood beside him. Rouge seemed to be explaining something to Tikal who looked slightly confused.
"You can do whatever it is you please, so no pressure to follow along with my evil schemes," Tails stated as he turned back to the pottery.
Amy shook her head. "I feel bad for any woman you love."
"She already thinks I'm sneaky," the fox muttered.
"Well sneak her some flowers then," Amy chuckled.
"What are you guys talking about over here?" Honey walked up to them with slight curiosity.
"Pottery," Tails gestured to the vase in front of him.
Honey arched an eyebrow at him. Before looking at Amy.
"We're talking about how hopeless our love lives are," Amy stated honestly.
"I plan on asking Amy out publically to see how Shadow reacts," Tails stated in a soft whispered as he looked to make sure the others couldn't hear. "Plus I could use some practice dates before I ask out this cute girl out."
Honey pouted some at the last part before looking at Amy.
"Tails is really shy when it comes to crushes. A practice date or two will do him some good." Amy nodded.
"I don't think Shadow would be to happy to see you on a date with Tails," Honey stated. She frowned at Tails. "Why not just talk the girl you like about something you have in common?"
"One college class isn't enough to chat about," Tails answered.
"Tell her you forgot your notes at home and ask to borrow hers or something." Honey suggested.
"That would work if if I wasn't always over prepared. She'd know something was up the moment I asked," Tails shook his head.
Honey rolled her eyes, "Just pretend you over slept and left without your materials. It happens to everyone every once and a while. So it's not like she'll notice."
"Maybe." Tails seemed to think it over. "I'll put it in my deck of tricks."
"Are you sure you want to go along with his plan?" Honey looked at Amy with mix emotions.
Amy shrugged. "Maybe. I mean it couldn't hurt. Plus it'll give Tails a few practice dates."
"Do you think Shadow will have any reaction?"
"Probably not," Amy stated as they walked to the next piece of pottery. "Even if he's bothered, he won't show it. So nothing will change either way."
Honey nodded. She had a feeling Amy was wrong about Shadow not showing it. But she kept that to herself.
Shadow found himself consistently looking over in Amy's direction more then looking at the art. She seemed to be in a deep conversation with Tails and the cat who liked clothes. He couldn't recall her name. He didn't hang around Amy's friends often. He paid enough attention to swap remarks with Rouge as they walked around the museum. He kept letting what Tails said get under his skin. He also kept thinking about the video tape with Rose saying she loved him. Maybe Rose was right, maybe he should talk to another guy about it. Charles really might be his best bet too.
