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Curious and Confused
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She was a curious girl, full of life and although her flame had dimmed from her unfulfilled dreams, it had began to brighten once she got a new job that would allow her to be who she wanted to.

When Cream explained about the blue mobian etched into a pillow- confused on how she knew he was blue- she couldn't wait to go back to the dig site and enter the facility and find her office.

More importantly, she wanted to look at the artifacts that the team has already found so far. It was one of the reason, Dr. Hernandez hired her after all.

She met with Sticks again at the dig site.

"Sticks! Hi, how are you!", she greeted her.

"Oh, hi. You're here again?", questioned Sticks passively.

"Yep! I want to really get started on my job! So I'm going into the office building, want to come?", she asked.

"Sure, I got nothing better to do.", said Sticks as she followed her.

They were almost at the door when Sticks asked Amy if she had the keys.

"Of course I do! Even if I didn't, I could always pick the lock.", Amy said as she opened the door.

Sticks paused for a second at that had a small blush. She was seriously thinking the girl was after her heart.

Seriously, breaking and entering? How romantic can you get?

Then girl remembered how she hurt the girl yesterday without really thinking about it. While she wanted to apologize, she didn't want her to think she was a mean girl. It didn't help that her pride got in the way of actually saying what she had previously thought of the girl.

"We're here!", exclaimed Amy as she opened her office door.

Stick was brought out of her thoughts. The office was medium sized and bare with the exception of a few pieces of furniture.

"Alright, now that I know what I have, I can see what I can do with it!", said Amy.

"Wow, looks nice.", said Sticks in an attempt to nicer.

"Just wait until I start painting it! I can see it now! Soft fuzzy chairs, colorful drawings on the wall! Beautiful potted plants!! Oh it will be so wonderful! Don't you think so Sticks?", asked Amy as she turned to her.

Sticks had watched her move a round the room far too quickly and was a bit startled when she spun a round.

"Uh, yeah. It will be nice.", replied Sticks with a bead of sweat.

Amy pranced up to her and held her hands as she started into Sticks eyes. Sticks got a bit flustered and confused.

"While we're here, we should go look at the artifacts they have gathered from the dig site!", exclaimed Amy with a gleeful giggle.

Holding Sticks hand, she dragged her out of her office and down the hall.

"Wait, how do you know where it is? This is your first time in the building!", accused Sticks as she continues to get pulled.

"I printed out a map Dr. Hernandez emailed me and studied it!", Amy stopped at a flight of stairs leading to the storage room.

Amy opened the door with a key and numbered password. They walked down the stairs and the lights turned on when the motion detectors went off.

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"Wow, this sets off all of my paranoia among other things.", stated Sticks as she stared at a vase with her likeness.

Amy didn't seem to connect the images of her likeness to herself and simply thought they were a coincidence as none of the artifacts retained colors the way they were long ago.

She prattled off theories and Sticks wasn't sure if they were on a date or not. Ultimately she decided to give them a barrier since she's not ready for commitment if it wasn't murder or arson.

"Listen Amy, I think you're a really nice hedgehog and all-", Amy interrupted her.

"Awe, thanks Sticks! I think your nice too! I'd say your one of my first real friends here!", Amy said with a sparkling smile.

Sticks coughed to cover her embarrassment. She realized then that she was the one trying to commit to something the other wasn't even thinking about.

"Oh my gosh, Sticks! Are you okay?", Amy said in worry.

She held Sticks head with her hands on each side of her face. Sticks face burned and she wanted to get out the situation she was in.

"I-I think I got a cold! The dust- it's dusty in here!", shouted Sticks, trying to wiggle a way.

"Oh, we should leave then.", said Amy as she held her hand and walked up the stairs.

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Bye!!

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Chapter 7

I drew that one scene but not very well.