Random thought that popped in my head! Might make it into a multichappie if you guys like it ^^

"But I - don't - wanna - go!" Sticks struggled against Amy's hold as she was being pulled inside the pink hedgehog's home.

"C'mon, Sticks! It's - only - for - one - night!" Amy strained through gritted teeth; she readjusted her arms and Sticks slipped from her grip in the briefest of seconds. Glomping her made the badger jump, and Sticks gripped onto the doorway as tight as she could.

"You - can't - make - me!"

"Yes - I - can!"

Unfortunately for Sticks, she lost her grip, sending both girls tumbling down on the floor in a heap of limbs. Amy shot up before Sticks could beat her to it, and she closed the door and locked it.

"Sticks, calm down! It's not like I'm imprisoning you!" Amy turned back around to face her friend, hands on her hips. "Stop being so paranoid."

"Telling me to stop being paranoid is like me telling you not to love Sonic. It's not happenin'!" Sticks sat up, staring up at her grumpily.

Amy blushed and cleared her throat. "Fair enough." She held her hand out to her, "Just please give this a chance?"

Sticks sighed. "Fine." She took Amy's hand, and the other girl pulled her to her feet. "But I won't like it."

Amy giggled. "Oh Sticks, you're gonna love it! I promise. Now! Let's get changed into our pj's!"

Sticks made a face. "...Pj's?"

.

"Oh Sticks, you look so cute!"

"Cute? I hate cute!"

Amy shook her head with a smile. "You know what I mean."

And that's when the doorbell rang. Amy went to go answer it, and Sticks braced herself. The first person to come in - and throw herself at Amy in excitement - was a rabbit with a vibrant smile; after her was a curvaceous ivory bat; and finally, a futuristic purple cat. Sticks met them before once, but never got to talk to them. Until now at least.

Great. Now I have to socialize!

"Hi, Sticks!" Cream skipped up to her and gave her a warm, friendly hug. Wide-eyed, Sticks looked over Cream's shoulder at Amy; Amy nodded at her in encouragement, and Sticks patted Cream awkwardly on the back.

Thankfully, Rouge and Blaze kept their distance because Amy gave them a fair warning beforehand; but they did smile and wave in Sticks' direction. Sticks was grateful, and managed to wave back not-so-awkwardly.

"It's just you guys, right?" Sticks' gaze cut to Amy briefly. She was only comfortable around the four people she was closest to ( that being Amy, Sonic, Tails, and Knuckles ), and she supposed their other friends were nice; but it took Sticks a while to warm up to people, as hard as she tried.

"Just us, honey. Unless we're not good enough for you," Rouge teased with her hand on her hip.

Amy spoke up before Sticks could. "Who wants pizza?"

.

"Hit me," said Sonic, speaking around his toothpick. Much like Amy, Sonic and Tails were having a little sleepover of their own at their place; Knuckles, Silver, and Shadow were the invites. The boys were sitting in a circle, cards in their hands, looking from one ally to the next. A dozen boxes of pizza were scattered all around them, the majority of them half-empty or empty entirely.

The blue speedster felt a sharp pain in the back of his head, making the toothpick fall out and his face fall forward, nearly hitting the table. Rubbing the back of his head gingerly, he shot daggers in the echidna's direction. "I didn't really mean hit me, Knuckles."

Knuckles snickered.

"Knuckles, that wasn't nice," Tails chastised his friend in disapproval.

"Boo hoo." Knuckles snorted.

Shadow sighed and put his card down.

"What's so manly about cards?" Silver asked, golden eyes narrowed.

"I dunno. It's supposed to be some kinda pass time." Sonic shrugged.

"Idiotic." Shadow shook his head slowly.

Sonic huffed, squinting at his rival. "Does anything satisfy you?"

"Satisfaction is not in my nature."

"Y-"

"Okay! Why don't we pause on cards and do something else?" Tails interjected before things started flying everywhere, laughing nervously. Mutual hums went around the circle, and Sonic and Shadow were still staring each other down while Tails collected the cards.

"What can we do though?" Silver hugged his knees. "We already ate and I feel like I'm about to explode-"

"Please don't-"

"-and we've done everything in the guy book! Prank calls! Sparring! Cards! What's left?"

"Girls."

Every male's head whipped around in Knuckles' direction.

Knuckles coughed, blushing embarrassing. "Or-Or so I've heard."

"We are not talking about girls, Knux." Sonic snorted. "What are we, a bunch of chicks?"

"No, but Amy's having a sleepover tonight. They might be talking about us," Tails mused as he put the cards away.

"U-Us?" Silver stammered.

Sonic bolted with a start. "Huh?"

"Oh this should be good..." Knuckles chuckled.

"What's wrong with talking about girls?" Silver grinned slyly.

"Yeah, Sonic," Knuckles added pointedly.

Sonic's heart was rivaling his speed at this point, and he looked over at Tails for help; what he didn't see, however, was the dark smirk that was twitching Shadow's lips.

"Um..." Tails was at a loss of words too, shooting his best friend a bashful look, mouthing, 'sorry!' before he sat back down.

"Shadow! Help a guy out!" Sonic pleaded, desperate to get away from the subject. He was calling on Shadow for help. "You don't wanna talk about girls, do ya?"

"I don't wanna be here in the first place." Shadow huffed.

Sonic squinted. "There's the door."

"...But on second thought, I enjoy watching you suffer." The smirk widened.

And the squinting intensified. "I hate you."

"Good." Shadow leaned back, gesturing carelessly. "Please, carry on with the topic I could care less about."

Sonic wheezed in frustration. Knuckles and Silver cackled.

.

Sticks nibbled on her pizza happily. The more she ate, the more comfortable she became. The conversations that went on between the girls were light and teasing, and she watched her new friends interact with Amy. Maybe she could learn a few things from them. So far they have watched movies that Sticks had never heard of - but then again, she didn't get out that much - did hair and makeup - which Sticks was deadset against until Amy convinced her to participate - and Sticks drew the line at nail polish.

And at the moment, they were in the middle of a truth or dare game. Sticks found that she liked this game. A lot. She always picked dare, because she wasn't afraid to do anything - within reason of course.

"Sticks, truth or dare!"

"Dare!"

Amy pouted. "You always pick dare!"

"Fine, fine. Truth," said Sticks.

Amy grinned and sat up straighter. "Okay. Is it true that..." She hummed in thought before she smiled - that creepy, girly smile she always had when Sticks knew she was up to something - and spoke up once more, "you like someone?"

Sticks nearly choked on her pizza bread, going wide-eyed for the umpteenth time that night. "Like?"

"Yes. Like. You do know what that means, do you?" Rouge said smugly, arm over her hip.

Sticks chewed down on her bottom lip, her heart pounding now. "Uhhh-"

"Any guys you think are cute?" Amy rephrased.

The badger fidgeted with her fingers in her lap, shrugging a shoulder and not meeting anyone's eyes. The truth was, she's never really had a crush before; or liked anybody for that matter. Although there was someone that made her heart do the thing whenever he was in the room. Or talked. Or looked in her direction but never at her. Or breathed heavily when he got impatient - which was a lot -

"Looks like a yes to me," Blaze piped up innocently, suddenly finding her nails very interesting.

"Oh it's definitely a yes. That's why she's not saying anything." Rouge smirked. "That's so cute."

"I am not. Cute!" Sticks screeched. What was with everyone associating her with cute?!

"Don't patronize her, Rouge."

"What? Somebody had to say it."

Cream watched Amy and Rouge go back and forth with each other, her face contorted in slight worry; she knew the two would never intentionally hurt each other ( ...well - ).

"- Anyway," Rouge gave Amy a pointed look before her gaze landed back on Sticks. "Who is it?"

Sticks gulped.

Abort mission! Abort, abort!

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