Till it's gone: 1st chp

“Well what a glorious start to the day…” Amy grumbled to herself as she looked down at her mud soaked dress caused by stepping into a massive puddle. It had been raining all week, and refused to stop just for amy as she walked to work. Her favourite red and white dress was soaking wet and her bangs slapped against her face as she walked through the harsh wind and rain, not to mention the cars that sprayed her with another wave of mud as they drove by. This was not her day.

She looked up suddenly to see a faint glow of colours through the harsh rain, she never felt so relieved to see the neon sign that sat at the top of the entrance of her destination, ‘The chaos café’. She decided to run the rest of the way, risking severe embarrassment by the possibility of slipping on the soaking wet concrete. The automatic doors opened for her and she walked inside, noting the sympathetic looks the customers gave her as she went.

She looked around; it was defiantly a nice change from the gloomy grey outside as there were brightly coloured walls and a mixture of animals crowded the dance floor and tables. The name was awful misleading; it wasn’t much of a café, more like a restaurant, as people much preferred a tasty meal rather than just a coffee. To her right was the bar, most of the men hung out there. Occasionally they would get a wild drunk, which made the echidna body guards all the more helpful. To her left was the kitchen, the fastest chefs in town apparently, which was mainly why their restaurant got five stars. Well, that and the even quicker waitresses, who whizzed across the room while gracefully avoiding the crowds on the hover skates tails had made especially for them, which were much like the ones shadow wore. She then turned her attention to the employee lounge room, where her and her associates would hang out on breaks, also where she kept her uniform in the provided lockers, so this was obviously her first destination.
She only had to walk three steps when a pink fox waitress sped up to her in hover skates, “Hi there, welcome to Chaos café!” the cheerful waitress exclaimed, eyes shut with a smile “May I direct you to a table?”
“Actually a change of clothes would be nice Breezie.” Amy grumbled
Breezie opened her eyes and blushed “Oops! Sorry Amy I didn’t realize it was- what in the world happened to your clothes?” She gawked at her dirty dress and messed up hair trying to hold back her giggling
“I decided to go swimming in mud.” She said sarcastically, and started to walk in the direction of the blessed employee lounge, Breezie following close behind.
“Oh yeah its been raining hasn’t it? I barely had time to notice, it’s been so busy today!” she said skating alongside her co-worker. Amy simply grunted as she punched in the combination to her locker on the keyboard provided. She opened her locker abruptly, nearly smacking it into breezie’s face.
“ My acute sense of emotional intelligence tells me your troubled.” She said leaning on the wall of lockers.
“ Its nothing. Just a bad day that’s all.” Amy lied as she rummaged around for her uniform
“uh huh, yeah sure.” Breezie smirked “ It’s Sonic isn’t it?” Amy stopped suddenly
“ No.” Breezie stared at her eyes half closed, amy mimicked the expression, taking In breezie’s features. Her fur was as pink as amy’s was, but she had long, flowing emerald hair and an equally long, but bushy fox tail with a white tip. She just had this quality about her that made amy want to open up, as hard as that was at that moment “… yes.” Amy said sadly as she closed the locker. She walked into the employee bathroom with her change of clothes, a hair brush and a towel and shut the door. Breezie grinned at her small victory  and followed amy over to the door of the bathroom.
“What he do this time sweet heart?” She asked still with the grin across her face
“Another Sonic crisis?” another female voice asked as she entered the room, closing the door behind her
Breezie turned to face her co-worker and smiled “Hi Eless, on your break too?”
“Yeah finally, its unusually busy today aint’ it?” She replied as she fumbled around in her locker. Eless was a pink hedgecat, a lighter pink than amy’s fur, and had long quills/hair and two long bangs hung in her face. Her tail was long and skinny, but puffy at the end, and a huge gold ring floated midway around it. She also wore long, black fingerless gloves over her bright blue work uniform, which made her stand out quite a bit.
“Tell me about it.” Breezie sighed fixing her hair in the mirror.
AMY POV
As I stepped out of the shower, I noticed Breezie and Eless’s voices outisde in a light conversation, but I decided against joining it, as I was not in the mood for talking. I picked up my brush and ran in through my hair, wincing at the slight pain from trying to brush out the knots the wind tied in her hair. I stared at herself in the mirror, my eyes were heavy from lack of sleep. ‘Wow that’s attractive…” I thought sarcastically to myself. That thought somehow lead me back to my looping thoughts of Sonic, again. I shook my head trying to shake the image of him from my mind, but it remained, taunting me. No matter how hard I tried, sonic always found a way back to her mind. I started flashing back to earlier moments with him, where he always felt uncomfortable around me and always tried to escape from me. My thoughts stopped when I realized what I had just thought. ‘Escape’, he wanted to escape from me, like I was some sort of predator and he was the prey. For the first time, I realized what I had become, an annoyance, extra baggage. I wouldn’t have blamed him for thinking that though; I had always been chasing after him and forcing him to marry me.
“Heh.” I laughed slightly, marriage. I wasn’t even thirteen yet and I was thinking about settling down and having a family, with someone like Sonic. I mentally slapped myself for honestly believing that I could catch and tame a free spirit like him. My thoughts were interrupted suddenly.
“Uh, Amy? Are you okay in there? You’ve been in there for quite a while now.” Breezie said with a worried tone in her voice. I finished brushing my hair and answered
“Yeah I’m okay, just thinking” I said and gathered up my things ready to step out the door.
“You gotta stop doing that Amy, you’ll blister your brain.” Eless shouted from outside, which was unnecessary because the walls weren’t that thick. I stepped outside and walked over to my locker to put my things in. “So are you gonna tell us whats on your mind, or are you gonna bottle it up till you explode?” She joked, I really didn’t want to have to explain myself, but I had a feeling she was going to make me anyway.
“I just… I’ve been thinking about my relationship with Sonic.” I sighed “What if he doesn’t like me at all now? I think I’ve pretty much driven him away…”
“ Well, the stalking didn’t help your situation much.” Eless joked, Breezie punched her in the arm “Ow!”
“Your not helping.” She scolded, then there was a knock at the door
“Hey girls can I come in?” the voice behind the door asked
“Oh great Rouge good timing! Amy needs some cheering up!” Breezie said as she opened the door for her. Rouge often hung out with us in the employee lounge, funny cause she didn’t even work here. She was going to get us in trouble one of these days.
“Myuu!” Squeaked Nameless as he flew in behind her as Breezie shut the door again. Nameless was a little black creature that had the ability to float in midair without the need of wings, he had long, pointy ears that twitched with his emotions, and an even longer tail that could stretch out for meters. His arms were small and stubby and he had long feet, his extremely soft and cuddly form made him a popular feature among the girls, not to mention his bubbly personality. He had been my best friend since I was a very young girl; I smiled as I thought about how uncreative with names I was back then.
“So what’d he do now?” Rouge asked raising one brow, obviously referring to the source of my anguish.
“Its not what he’s done!” I exclaimed slamming the door to my locker, catching a quick look at their stunned faces “…It’s what I’ve done.” I said sadly “I don’t even deserve him…”
“Hey now don’t think like that!” Rouge said holding me with compassion “If anything, HE doesn’t deserve you!” She said rubbing my shoulder “You better not be going all “shadow” on me girl!”
I giggled at the thought of me, turning into someone like Shadow. She was obviously satisfied that she cheered me up, even just a little.
“Myuu myaa!” nameless squeaked happily as he landed on my head, trying to cheer me up as well, I quickly took him off and held him close though, since I didn’t want to mess up my hair again. I looked at my friends around me, they all smiled reassuringly, making me feel a whole lot better.
“So lets access the situation; you want Sonic to like and spend time with you, right?” Breezie paused waiting for an answer
“Yes of course, more than anything!” I answered
“Well the answer is very simple; stop paying attention to him!” I stare at her with confusion
“… I’m sorry, what?” I gawked with my mouth open in disbelief to what she had just told me to do.
“See Amy,” Eless started to say “Every time you’re with Sonic, you obsess over him, and give him lots of attention.” I blushed with embarrassment; I sure have been public about my affections “The minute you immediately stop giving him so much attention, he’ll be curious as to why he’s gone cold turkey all of a sudden, therefore, he will come to you, craving for attention, he’ll miss it!” She explained with her hands crossed behind her back, trying to look more intelligent than she really is.
“Its like the old saying goes, “You don’t know what you got till it’s gone”.” Breezie smirked, summing up Eless’s explanation.
“Oh.” Was all I said in response, but then fell back into sadness “But what if he’d be glad that I’m leaving him alone?”
“Amy, believe us, that aint gonna happen.” Rouge said reassuringly “I’ve seen how Sonic looks around you, he’s happy… Well, when you’re not crushing him to death…” She smirked, I punched her arm jokingly “And it may not seem like it, but deep down I think he really cares for you, he probably hasn’t noticed yet.”
“All you have to do is remind him, and we’ll help you do it!” Breezie exclaimed happily.
I looked down at Nameless’s supportive eyes and bit my lip in deep thought. If what they were saying is true, then there’s no way I could mess this up. I looked back up at them, this time with a determined smirk.
“Alright, I’ll do it.” I said, Nameless squeaked, jumped out of my arms and flew around the room in excitement, apparently he thought he was helping too. “But when should I start?” I watched Rouge open the staff door slightly and peek outside.
“Well, how about now? He’s out there at a table.” She said smirking, and I froze. Sonic was outside at this very moment? ‘Oh lord’ I thought as I ran over to the door and peeked outside. Rouge wasn’t kidding; he was out there with tails, Knuckles and Shadow. This was all happening too soon. Could I really go out and simply ignore him? I turned to the Rouge for advice, and she didn’t disappoint.
“All you have to do is go out and serve them, like it was any other customer. No hugs, no romantic talk, very little eye contact with him. Got it?” Rouge told me, and I nodded.
“Oh! Focus on Shadow!” Breezie exclaimed before I could walk out the door, I stared at her in puzzlement “When Sonic sees you giving more attention to Shadow then you are to him, he’ll get really jealous!” She giggled “Just don’t over do it though, we don’t want things to get out of hand.” I nodded and turned my attention back to Sonic, butterflies flying around in my stomach. I hadn’t felt so nervous in a long time.
I jolted as I felt Nameless pat me on the shoulder and smile warmly at me, as if to say “You can do it, I know you can!”. I smiled in response and pat him on the head. I took one deep breath, and left the safety of the employee lounge to start my dreaded shift.