(Note: this is an AU to the game, comic book, and the TV series. AND YES AMY'S QUILLS ARE LONG I'M SORRY don't skin me alive. Bare with me here because I haven't written fanfiction since I was 14 and I'm used to writing only college essays by now.)

Amy was never the one to hold grudges. She always held her head up high and never let anyone get the best of her. So what does she do when she loses her job for missing one day? She walks away. She doesn't let anyone in that ice cream shop know what hit her. She casually walks to get her stuff from her employee locker, changes into her normal clothes in the employee bathroom and returns the shirt to the shop owner. She walks over to the register, clocks out and hugs her fellow employees goodbye before walking out of the ice cream shop.

Amy tries to make excuses for herself as a way to cope with what had just happened. She tries to reason with herself by believing that she didn't like the job anyways, or that she would rather had stay home instead of working there. But it wasn't true. So, with a head held high she walked back to her small apartment. She walked up the stairs of the complex and unlocked her door and fell onto the couch. Amy took her quills out her high bun and let them fall down her back. She sighed as she brushed through her quills with her fingers and thought about what had happened today.

Realizing that rent was due next week she bolted up to look under her bed for her spare money supply. Upon opening it up, she noticed she had only half the amount of which to pay rent was. After sitting there for a minute in astonishment, she decided she was going to leave this place after paying rent next week. She got up and scrambled to put her shoes back on, hopping on one foot to the door where she grabbed her keys and ran off. She was going to look for another job.

Walking around the streets of Central City, Amy looked around for any places that were hiring. Without any hesitation, she went into the baker shop that was on the corner directly across from her old job. She has always wanted a job there. She spent countless days looking at it across the street dreaming about being the head baker there and spending all day baking amazing things and being praised. She went right in and got an application, filled it out with references and all and handed it to the cashier. She hoped for a job there even if she was just a dishwasher. She would just have to work her way up to being a baker. One step at a time.

Amy began to walk back to her apartment and called her landlord that she would be breaking her lease early. With concern, the old man on the other line expressed his sympathy to her by offering her a smaller and cheaper apartment, which she politely refused.

"It's really okay Mr. Kin," She stated while nervously fiddling with the hem of her shirt, "I have a friends who could probably take me in, rent free for a couple of weeks."

"If you insist Ms. Rose, and I will accept your rent a week or so late because of your situation," The old man sighed "But after you save up and want to live on your own again I will gladly let you stay in your apartment for a cheaper price, just until you are settled."

"Thank you so much, you have no idea how much this means to me. And I will definitely keep you in mind," She smiled "but you have a nice day, I'll make sure everything is clean before I move out, count on it."

"Of course Ms. Rose I have full trust in you, have a good one" Mr. Kin stated before ending the call.

Amy sighed as she got into her apartment and sat down on the floor with her back against her door.

"What the hell am I going to do?" She questioned to herself, holding her head in her hands. She walked over to the refrigerator to grab something to eat but there was nothing in there. A loud groan escaped from her lips, everything was going south today. Amy decided to treat herself to something not homemade today and looked in her purse for any spare bills. She then ran out the house for the second time to find a bite to eat for dinner.

She found herself at a Mexican take out place called Viva. She got herself a small meal, payed the cashier and sat at a table outside the restaurant. It was a rather nice day out, barely suiting her mood as of now. As she opened her box of food, she heard a familiar voice come from behind her.

"Hey Ames!" The pink hedgehog turned around to see a blue figure with a familiar face.

"Hey Sonic" she smiled. She has always had a small crush on the blue boy. But he has never shown any interest in her so she has taught herself to move on. But deep down she will always feel something for him.

"What you doing out here all by yourself? No Cream with you this time?" Sonic moved across to the other side of the table, sitting in the vacant spot across Amy.

"She's out of town for a couple of weeks with her mother." Amy shoved food around her plate with a plastic fork.

"And no home cooked meal? This is so not like you Ames, what's wrong?" Sonic sat upright and looked right into her eyes. The sudden movement made Amy blush but she tried to focus on her food.

"I lost my job today and I barely have enough money for food and I had none left at home. So I got the cheapest thing on the menu." Amy sighed looking down at her taco salad. "And to add to that I don't have money to pay for rent so I have to leave my apartment and I don't have a place to stay next week."

"Oh damn Amy I'm so sorry." Sonic frowned before his face lit up "hey, the place I'm staying at has a spare bedroom, it's kinda small but it will do. You can stay there rent free until you get another place and another job."

"I don't want to be a burden to-" Amy was hesitant before Sonic interrupted her.

"Don't you give me that burden shit, I insist you come live with us." Sonic reassured her and Amy's expression changed to thankfulness.

"Thank you Sonic this means a lot to me, really. This turned my whole day back around." Amy smiled and went around to hug the blue boy.

"No problem Ames." He hugged back and once they pulled away he spoke up again, "Alright call me sometime next week to help move your stuff to my house. Im sure Tails wouldn't mind us borrowing his equipment to help you move."

"Alright, and thank you again." Amy smiled and Sonic smiled back before taking off at insane speeds, leaving her hip length quills in a mess. She finished her meal and walked home with a smile on her face. The thought of living with Sonic gave her butterflies, and not to mention his other two roommates were pretty great too. Shadow and Silver were good friends of Sonic and although Amy didn't know them that well they seemed like they would be great to live with.

Amy got back to her apartment and locked the doors before changing into the clothes she would sleep in and crawling into bed. Amy stared at the cracked ceiling above her, but this time she didn't mind the way the it looked. She would normally look at it and feel sorry for herself that she lived in a place like this. But tonight she realized how over dramatic she had been, and how much her life would change from now on. She fell asleep with great hope for the next few weeks to come.

(Note: Sorry for the short chapter. I got this idea from real life when a friend of mine lost her job and had to stay with her two best friends for a couple of months, obviously the not in the way that the story will head for. I'm hoping that's there isn't someone who did this kind of idea already, because I don't want to be accused of stealing *sigh*. Anyways review if you like the idea. It's gonna be a love triangle and I'm excited, even though hundreds of people have wrote about sonamy vs shadamy stories. I don't care omg.)