Unexpected Attraction

Unexpected Events

AN: It's a few years after the first book! Hope you enjoy part 2!

Chapter 1

"Shadow…! Shadow…! Please… wait!" I keep yelling for him to wait as I run after him in a field. "Please come back! What did I do wrong?" I don't remember doing anything to upset him. He isn't coming back. Why isn't he coming back? I thought he loved me… He's getting further away, and I can't run anymore. I never get exhausted from running, so why now? I collapse to my knees after I stop. "Shadow!" I cry. Tears are starting to freely flow down my cheeks. "Shadow, come back! I need you!" Isn't he even gonna talk to me? I close my eyes and fall to the ground…

"Sonic, are you okay? Wake up, faker!" My eyes snap open, and I sit up, but I'm not in that field anymore. I'm back in my bedroom… I feel an arm wrap around me, and I turn in the direction the arm is coming from to see Shadow sitting right there. So he's not gone… I immediately turn to hug him, and I start crying on his shoulder.

"Shadzy, you're still here!" I cry in relief. "Oh, thank God! I was afraid you'd left me forever!" He wraps his arms around me and rubs one of his hands up and down my back, trying to calm me down.

"It was just a nightmare," he comforts. "Why would I ever leave you, blue?"

I sniffle, and tears continue to run down my face as I reply, "In the nightmare, you just kept walking away from me! I couldn't catch up to you no matter what I did, and you wouldn't come back! I didn't even know what I did to make you mad! You just wouldn't come back!" Shadow lifts my head off his shoulder and pulls me into a deep kiss. No matter what problems I'm experiencing, kissing him always seems to make them dissipate. This is no different.

Eventually, we pull out of the kiss, and Shadow looks at the clock. "It's three-thirteen. We should get back to bed. After all, we wouldn't want to be tired on our special day tomorrow." He's right, and what a special day tomorrow will definitely be. Three things are happening in one day, and I want them all to be fun. I don't want to be drowsy all day. I nod, and we both lay back down.

I snuggle my head into Shadow's chest as I yawn and say, "Night, Shadzy…" and I close my eyes.

"Good night, faker. No more chili dogs before bed for you," says Shadow right before I quickly drift off…

I wake up the next morning to the smell of something really good coming from downstairs. Ah, Shadow's cooking is always good to wake up to. I look at the clock, and it says eight-thirty-two. That's as good a time as any to wake up. I get out of bed and go to the bathroom, taking care of all my hygiene stuff, like brushing my teeth and washing my face, and then I take a quick five-minute shower before I run downstairs, inhaling the smell of Shadzy's delicious cooking.

I guess I'm getting down here just in time, too, because he's just finished dishing the food onto our plates. He walks over and sets the skillet he was using down on the stove before walking over to me. "Good morning, birthday boy, and happy anniversary. I never thought the day would come when we'd be together for four years." I smile at him as he gives me a light kiss on the forehead.

"I know what you mean," I reply. "and happy twentieth to you, too!" Man, has it really been four years already? Four years since we first locked lips, and I still haven't forgotten that wonderful feeling that washed all over my body that night. I don't know how, but in that moment, I knew that Shadow was the one I was supposed to be with. We walk over and sit down at the table, and we start eating the eggs and sausage he had prepared. It was nothing special, but nonetheless, it was still good, as always. The special food will come at lunch and dinner.

After we eat, we rinse our plates off and head out the door. It's nine o'clock, and the birthday party doesn't start until nine-thirty, but hey, it's always good to be early. We run over to my—I mean Tails'—house. I'm still not used to calling it just his house. It was always ours until I moved in with Shadow last year. I look over at Shadow, and he doesn't seem pleased, granted he doesn't seem displeased, either, but still…