Chapter Title: Shattered by Trading Yesterday

A/N: I love hear all your theories but for those who are certain of their predictions, prepare to get confused even more! :D

6 — Memories

The tasty aroma of sent chili seasoning mixed with cooked meat sent Amy's nose in a wiggling frenzy. It didn't help that her pregnancy made her hungry and cravings more powerful and she awoke from her slumber almost drooling.

"Huh?" She blinked, surprised to find a tray of food over her body with an orange juice on the side with a grinning Sonic in an apron. "What's all this?" Amy wondered, glancing up at the cobalt hedgehog with a tilted head.

"Breakfast obviously!" Sonic said proudly, sitting beside her on the bed and waiting for her to have a taste of his food.

Amy gave him a humorous look, motioning to the food in the tray. "Chili dogs this early morning?"

"It's never too early for chili dogs." Sonic said excitedly. "Go on. Try them! I added a secret recipe."

Amy giggled at his childish behavior but nodded, grabbing a hold of the chili dog and taking a big bite and in seconds she was turning as red as Knuckles. "Ah! So spicy!" She hissed, sticking her tongue out and heaving.

Sonic laughed. "I know, right? It's great! That's what the orange juice is for." He said, handing it out to her as she quickly tried to chug it down. "Guess you can't handle the spice. Sorry about that. I'll put less next time."

"So what's the special occasion?" Amy asked, finishing a gulp of her juice.

"What do you mean?" Sonic blinked. "Can't I make breakfast for my wife without her questioning it?"

"I guess you can…" Amy admitted, slightly in disbelief as he began cleaning after her. "I really appreciate it." She smiled.

"I'm glad." Sonic said, grinning brightly. "Now, I need you to dress up in your best outfit later today."

Amy tilted her head. "What for?" She asked.

"I'm taking you out on a date!"

"What?!" Amy froze, looking like Sonic had suddenly grown a horn.

"Stop sounding so shocked." Sonic chuckled, walking over to the door with the tray. "Let me just take my wife out to eat because she deserves it."

Amy smiled, shaking her head. "I just can't believe I'm finally getting that date!" She gave his cheek a peck. "Thank you, Sonnikku!"

Sonic blushed but frowned. "Finally…?"

"Yup, you've never taken me out since we got married." Amy said, getting up from bed with a bright smile. "I'm so excited!"

He groaned. "Fuck you, future me…" Sonic muttered under his breath.

"What was that, sweetheart?" Amy wondered, glancing over at him with concern.

"Nothing, Ames." He grinned, getting ready to leave the room before flashing her a smile. "But today is your day and I do have to prepare some stuff so I'll be back to pick you up around three, alright?"

"Alright." Amy said cutely with a nod, returning his thumbs up and with that he sped off to the kitchen, washed the dishes, and zipped out of the house.

He needed to find a suit to wear. This was a special occasion after all. To him, it was his first date with Amy that he hadn't let slip by like he always did in the past, how he regretted that now, and he wanted to look his best for her.

He had even gone shopping for the perfect tailored suit and shoes just for the occasion, bearing the hours it took, but gladly accepting it for her. In the end, he even decided on buying a bouquet of flowers. He has to fix his future self's mistakes anyway he could. Amy really deserved at least that especially with how she was trying to already be the best mom she could be and had actually been surprisingly calm.

The blue hedgehog checked himself out through the side window of a car and fixed his quills as a last minute adjustment. It felt weird to be dressed this way. He couldn't remember another time he'd dress this up for a date other than when Sally forced him to wear one for some ball she had to attend with some other leaders.

"Looking dashing!" A voice yelled, making Sonic turn around confused. "Someone's going to get lucky tonight!" An old goat whistled, winking at Sonic as he passed by chuckling.

Sonic's cheeks flushed, shaking his head at the old man crossed the road. "Perverted old man." He mumbled to himself with a chuckle of his own as he got ready to speed off.

In no time he was home.

Sonic grinned, checking out his watch. "Just in time." He said as he stepped into the living room.

There was no hedgehog in place.

"Ames?" He called out.

"Just a second!" Amy called from upstairs.

Even though he could of gotten them to the restaurant in a quick second, he couldn't help but be impatient. He had given more than enough time to get ready. He had made sure to give her hours of preparation and even still she wasn't ready?

Sonic groaned.

A few minutes passed until he finally heard footsteps coming down. "I'm ready!" Amy's voice rang excitedly.

"Finally!" Sonic stopped tapping his foot, turning to face her. "Ames, you really need to start–whoa…"

Amy was standing there. Her quills were up on top of her head, her cheeks flushed, and his eyes traveled down her body to see that she was wearing a red bodycon dress with black clear strap block heels in her hands, her toes painted a deep red.

"Sorry," she said softly, and his eyes leisurely came back up her body to meet hers.

"It's okay," Sonic answered as she opened the door farther, stepping out as she placed on her heels.

"Do you think I look okay?" she asked.

Sonic's brain took a second to process her words; he was still stuck on her bare feet and how good she looked dressed in a tight dress. "Yeah. You look…nice." He watched as her eyes look him over, and it made him feel nervous, but also bashful. They both stood there staring at each other, but then her eyes traveled down to his hand and get humorously big. "These are for you." Sonic lifted his hand, righting the flowers and awkwardly holding them out to her.

"Oh, wow. Thank you," she says breathily, taking the flowers from his hand and bringing them to her face to smell them. After a few moments of just watching her appreciate his simple gift, something made him want to reach over and touch her face.

He swallowed, holding back such thoughts, saying simply, "We should get going."

Amy cutely spread her hands out to him like a small child wanting to be picked up making Sonic smile as he copied her and she jumped into his arms.

"Hold on tight." he warned, pulling her into his arms and they were off, arriving at the restaurant in seconds as he gently set Amy down so she wouldn't fall but she had other ideas as she began jumping excitedly as soon as she saw the restaurant.

"No way!" Amy hugged his arm excitedly. "You actually got a reservation here? I hear it's nearly impossible!"

"Look who your talking to." Sonic said with a wink, pointing at himself. "My name is kind of a big thing around here."

Amy giggled. "I guess your right."

They stepped inside, looking like an actual couple as people mumbled amongst each other and glanced at them. Sonic was used to the attention in the past but the fact that it was while he had Amy wrapped around his arm made him feel funny. Even so, he held her delicately so she wouldn't trip, his fatherly instincts setting in so she'd be okay.

"Table for two for Sonic." He said to the hostess who gave gave them a awe smile and nodded over to the dining hall with two menus.

"Right this way, Mister Hedgehog." The hostess said and led them to their table. "Your waiter will attend you soon."

The room was so filled with the noise that reverberated around it that it was impossible not to get caught up in the mood. The ceiling was high but there was also a large ballroom where many couple could be seen dancing happily. It looked like Ancient Rome and the artwork on the ceiling was beautifully done.

"It's so beautiful…" Amy mumbled, taken aback by the beautiful restaurant and the pleasant atmosphere.

"Of course. Anything for my wife and.. baby." Sonic said as he pulled her chair out for her to sit like a true gentleman.

Amy blinked at his words but smiled at him tenderly as he sat down across from her as he tried his best to ignore that stare. It made him nervous. He wasn't sure why so he sunk his head into the menu.

"Well if it isn't the lovely Hedgehog couple," Greeted a young waiter with a wide smile after a few minutes. "What can I get you both this evening?"

"Hmm," Amy pursed her lips. "The Orecchiette Verde and a lemonade for me." She decides on, shutting her menu.

"I'll get the Fritto Misto and a lemonade too." Sonic added with a wide smile.

"You don't want to see the wine list?" The waiter asked him.

"I'm not…" he stopped himself. He was legal now. He had to temper that so he didn't sound like a weirdo. Sonic coughed. "No, thank you."

After what happened last time he drank, he wanted nothing to do with alcohol even though he could drink it legally now. What if something crazy happened again? He couldn't have that.

The waitress nodded, writing off their food and leaving with a nod.

In the next twenty five minutes, both hedgehog's spent most of the time in an awkward silence other than a few casual conversations about their day and the weather. Sonic didn't like it. This was the first time Sonic didn't know what to talk about. Yes. He had a lot of questions but he didn't know how to go about and ask them without sounding out of the ordinary. When they finally got their food, he was lucky enough that Amy broke the awkward silence with a small smile, looking over at him.

"We haven't gone out on a date since we were still teenagers." She said with a giggle.

"Oh, right. Time passed by so fast, seriously." He said, chucking as he ate his food. "Which date was your favorite?" He asked, taking this opportunity to investigate.

"All of them!" Amy said with a wide smile. "But if I had to pick them maybe on our third date when you asked me to be your girlfriend and we had our first kiss."

Third date?!

Sonic almost spit his drink in shock as the pink hedgehog tilted her head at him confused at the reaction. "Sorry about that," Sonic chuckled nervously as his cheeks flushed, wiping his chin. "continue."

Amy giggled, finishing up her food. "When you blush like that it takes me back."

Sonic shifted in his seat, unsure of what she meant.

She gave a sigh. "I remember that you were so nervous and the way you looked at me for the first time so lovingly made it impossible for me to stop blushing the whole night."

Sonic wondered if she was making it all up. It didn't sound like him and judging by how their marriage seemed it didn't sound like something he would of done. Plus, it was possible that she had misinterpreted his feelings.

"You even cried." She added.

Sonic crocked a brow."I did?" He asked, bewildered. Now he was certain she was lying.

Amy nodded, giggling excitedly as she continued. "Yeah, you wouldn't stop smiling either and that's when I knew you were mine and everything felt right."

Sonic's lips twisted in disapproval.

It really didn't sound like something he would do especially crying of all things. Sonic wasn't a crier. There must have been something else involved because there was no way he could imagine any of that happening.

He had never been a romantic let alone with Amy of all people. He could never kiss her—wait. Sonic cringed as he glanced at her belly and realized that kissing her wasn't impossible considering his future self had gotten her pregnant.

He blushed at the thought, glancing at her cheerfully munching on her food, oblivious to his stare. Was it possible that his future self was actually… he shook his head. No. The very thought felt strange to even say because there was no way he'd ever fall in love with his fangirl who was just crazily chase him around with a hammer. Her "love" for him was nothing but just that: an obsession. Sonic never considered it more than a child's crush.

"This was delicious!" Amy said blissfully, patting her belly cutely.

Sonic smiled, leaning on his hand to gaze at her. "Aw, you didn't seem this excited for my chili dogs." He teased.

"They were great, sweetheart." Amy said proudly, giving him a thumbs up, which Sonic wondered if it had been a habit she got from being around him. "Nothing compares to those!"

"Well I'm glad you said that because they're the only thing I can cook so you'd be eating a lot of them from now on." Sonic shrugged playfully, giving her a wink. "I have to work up you chili tolerance too."

Amy smiled tenderly, gazing at him with so much affection that it made Sonic feel suddenly timid as he looked away. Usually their roles were reversed. Now he felt like he was acting like a school girl.

"Sonikku?"

"Yeah?" He wondered, glancing back at her shyly.

"Thank you." Amy said, placing a hand on top of his and caressed his hand with her thumb.

"You don't have to thank me." Sonic laughed, placing his other hand on top of hers and gripping it reassuringly. "You're my wife and I have to treat you like a princess."

Amy bit her lip, unable to stop smiling. "You know, you've been acting different lately."

"Have I?" Sonic asked, pulling his hands away to take a sip of his drink as an excuse because in reality he felt weird having such intimate exchanges with her.

"Yeah… you seem more… open." She nodded, finding those words to be the most accurate.

"You think I'm not open?" Sonic wondered, wanting to take this time to see if he could get any more information about his future self. "What makes you think that?"

"That's just it. If you show any sign of a mistake or pain you always try to hide it." Amy explained, the happiness in her face evaporating into dejection. "You never seem to want to talk to me ever since we got married and it almost makes me feel like you regret marrying me in the first place…"

That very comment made Sonic's heart strings tug at his heart. She wasn't wrong at all so he couldn't deny it. He didn't understand why his future self would ever marry her in the first place and he really didn't understand after what Amy had said about him. What he did know was there was more he needed to find out.

"Ames, I haven't…" Sonic paused, unsure as to how to accumulate his words without lying. "I won't hide anymore." He ended up saying genuinely, giving her a soft smile. "You see this smile on my face? It's because I'm happy being here with you. You make me happy."

That wasn't a lie.

He couldn't remember a moment he event felt upset or angry with her around. She was always so bubbly and smiley. Amy did have a positive affect on his life when she wasn't chasing him around or trying to convince him to go on dates with her.

"Sonic."

He blinked at her. "Yeah?"

"I love you." Amy said proudly.

Sonic took in a heavy breath. Again, these were words he had heard plenty of times before in his accurate timeline but they felt different, stronger even, and it made something flutter inside of him. He never understood how she could say something with such a strong meaning so easily to him.

It had always bothered him.

His brows furrowed as he looked at his glass. "Why?" He asked, genuinely wanting to know the reason behind it.

Amy tilted her head. "Why what?"

"Why do you love me?" Sonic asked, snapping his full attention to her as his eyes shined with peaked interest.

"That's a sudden question." Amy said, looking down with a cute smile.

"I've just always been curious…" Sonic admitted, feeling slightly embarrassed to be asking. "Didn't you ever consider it was just consider it was just infatuation?"

"I'll admit that I was a crazy fangirl who was simply captivated by the fact that you were a hero." Amy said, taking a sip of her lemonade. "But that soon changed when I turned thirteen."

"I was till young but I began to learn that the reason I fell in love with you was actually because you always brightened my day with that silly smile of yours and you showed me how life is an adventure. Whenever I was around you I couldn't stop smiling and feeling like that's exactly where I was supposed to be. By your side always and forever because it just felt so right. It made me want to hold your hand one day and put that smile on your face too just like you always have for me and make you happy to the best of my ability."

"I just wasn't sure how to show you that and I was actually really insecure, believe it or not, and I didn't know how to act around you. Plus, even when I started to mature more, you didn't realize it until years later. I stopped chasing you when I turned thirteen and realized this but you still saw me like a nuisance. I just wish you would of realized how much I had changed and saw how I was in love with you and that it wasn't some little crush anymore." She finished with a cute smile.

Sonic watched her taken aback. His cheeks were suddenly kissed pink, the blooming color so cute against his peachy skin in Amy's eyes. He looks away and finds a distraction holding his hand against his cheek in an attempt to casually hide his blushing face.

He wasn't expecting such a cheesy confession. It made him look back on his real memories to see if anything proved what she was saying was true and it was. Amy had stopped chasing him over the last three years but she would still follow him around.

Had he really been so oblivious to her changes? He paused. Was it possible that he was being neglectful to her even back then? He glanced over at her, sipping on her drink with a nervous expression on his face.

He expected her to ask him the same question but instead she looked away, watching the people dancing on the ballroom happily. Something about that didn't sit well with him. Although he knew he wouldn't be able to answer her, it almost felt like she knew that.

Sonic bit his lip, looking down as the same guilty feeling emerged.

He didn't want to make her sad anymore.

He wanted those last moments with her before he returned to his timeline to be sweet while they lasted. Whenever that would be. Her watched her unsure of what to do to make things better.

There was a tiny smile on her face as she watched the people twirl and laugh as they moved and a brilliant idea came to mind and so he stood, walking in front of her. She looked up at him confused.

"May I have this dance?" Sonic asked, holding out his hand to her.

"I don't know how to dance actually… you know that." Amy blushed, feeling quite embarrassed to admit that and even surprised by the question but even so Sonic smiled and pulled her to the dance floor anyway.

"Well you're about to learn!" He laughed, arranging their bodies so they could start dancing, for once not minding the close contact since dancing was secretly one of his specialities.

He was great on his feet.

Amy blushed timidly but nodded as he then swayed her body.

The music spun around them lifting away gravity. She couldn't count how many times she had squished his foot under her own. Still he smiled brightly as their shoes clicked over the ballroom floor. He watched as her quills spun out and bounced more with each move and beat. This was perfect. This was dancing and art coming to life, strong pointed moves didn't matter here. All that mattered was the person in front of you.

The lights were twinkling with every step as Amy spun in delicate circles, her velvet dress billowing out. It had been so long since she had last danced with Sonic. She used to love things like this, the pressure of his warm hand on her back and the feeling of her small feet gliding along the floor.

At this point, it didn't matter if she was dancing right or not but just that she couldn't stop smiling like a kid as Sonic swayed with her. She actually wasn't as bad as she thought. Sonic blushed, entranced by her body as she moved her hips to the beat of the music and flashed him a big smile.

He didn't think he could ever enjoy dancing with Amy this much before. Actually, he was finding out how there were a lot of things he didn't expect to enjoy in her presence. She wasn't half bad.

Maybe… just maybe… he could fa—

"Don't touch me!" Shouted a furious voice within his mind, making his eyes shut in pain.

Sonic groaned, stopping mid dance as a hazy image began to blur his vision and cause him to get dizzy. He felt like throwing up. He couldn't help but suddenly feel nauseous.

What the hell?

What was that exactly?

"Sonikku?" Amy's voice echoed in front of him.

"Ames… I'm sorry… I don't know what I'm doing…" Tears were streaming down his cheeks as he gazed into the frightful gaze of a younger looking Amy in a ripped wedding dress. "I don't want to do this to you… I… I hate this feeling… it's disgusting… why did you—"

Sonic's eyes shot open.

It was his voice...

"Sonic!" Amy's voice boomed over the loud music, snapping him back to the present in a sweaty mess.

Sonic held his head.

These feelings and memories weren't his or rather they were but they weren't things he remembered nor did he understand them. They were unexpected. Strange. A mixture of anger, pain, fear, regret, and something else that resembled love and lust.

"Sweetheart, are you okay?" Amy's worried voice rang again, holding his face now so he was forced to look at her.

He couldn't understand why but he felt the urge to cry when his eyes met hers. Another part of him felt like pulling her close. An overwhelming fear enclosing him as if she'd shatter the moment he touched her but also that he wanted to hold her anyways to feel absolute.

Amy's eyes watched him, searching his face for something that showed what could be wrong. She saw a familiar face full of fear that she never could understand but instead of it being shielded away by a fake smile something else occurred. Unexpectedly, she found herself being pulled close into a tight embrace.

"I'm sorry…" he muttered against her quills.

"What for?" Amy wondered, taken by surprise that Sonic was holding her so close.

"I don't know…" Sonic admitted. "Everything up to this point."

In truth, he really wasn't sure what he was apologizing for but the words were coming out like vomit and the heavy feeling leaving him as they left his lips. He was utterly confused but somehow at peace. There were so many more things now that he didn't understand and a part of him was scared to find out.

The pink hedgehog was silent listening to how his heartbeat and his shaking calmed. She was confused at how he strange he had been acting, especially with an apology, which caught her off guard, but the fact that he was holding her so close and so affectionately made her feel overwhelmed with emotions.

For a moment, she felt like she was with her old Sonic again and that was something that meant a lot to her.

Amy pushed his chest away, confusing him as to why she would try to pull away from his embrace when next thing Sonic knew, she had slammed her lips to his and nearly knocked all wind from his lungs.

He knew he didn't love her back, but he couldn't stop her. If he pulled away now then he'd probably break her heart considering they were technically husband and wife and so he gently leaned into Amy's warm lips, feeling a sense of yearning in his belly he didn't comprehend from somewhere deep within him.

Amy's body went rigid with surprise as trembles shook her body and the euphoric warmth blossomed within her at once. It wasn't just her feeling this way. The weirdest part was that when their lips came into contact with each other, it sent shivers down Sonic's back, her intoxicating smell, pulling him to her, gave a different vibe, as he placed his hand on her waist and drew her closer deepening the kiss.

The tender touch they shared made everyone around them disappear. There wasn't anything else in the world except them two. Something about this feeling made Sonic feel like this felt right.

They pulled apart, took shaky, shallow breaths, and looked at each other, deep into each other's eyes. Amy's full of wonder and love, Sonic's full of curiosity and passion. No words are spoken but something passed through them that Sonic didn't understand at that moment.

For the first time he really looked at her. Her wispy lashes. The way her eyes sparkled when she looked at him. Her blushing face. He never realized how beautiful her emerald eyes were before. Her quills were unexpectedly soft to the touch. Her hands were strong yet at the same time gentle. And her mouth… oh, how he wanted to kiss that mouth again.

He shut his eyes and leaned forward, pulling her closer by the waist when he felt her stop his lips, bringing him back to reality when he opened his eyes and looked at the pink hedgehog in surprise. He never imagined that Amy would actually reject him but for some reason it actually made him pout in protest.

"We should keep dancing." Amy said with a smirk, placing a finger on his lips. "People are staring."

And she was right, as soon as Sonic glanced around the dance floor, he noticed how many of them were giving them sly smiles and others giggling amongst themselves.

Sonic blushed and for a minute he thought his face was on fire. He suddenly felt awkward, demure, and coy; even going as far as attempting to hide her rosy features behind his gloved hand. The blue hedgehog knew that every single person was giving him encouraging smiles – all eagerly waiting for a reaction, a response, like predatory beasts.

"Let them watch!" Amy giggled, pulling him closer as she rested her arms around his neck and swayed her hips with the beat. "Come on! Dance with me!"

Sonic paused and gazed at her pretty face.

He felt his worries leave him at the sound of her giggles and he pressed his forehead down against hers, held her close, joining her in her fit of giggles like teenagers, which he technically still was, as the night went on as they danced to their heart's content.

It was clear.

Something inside him was changing.

I can make no promises with how often I will update, probably once a month or twice, it really depends how inspired I feel and it really depends on how busy I am with summer classes but I CAN promise that I will not abandon this story :) I already have it all planned out to the last detail! I hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I cant wait to hear your theories/ opinions!

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