Darlene's POV:
Oh gosh, why did I run away like that?! I'm so embarrassed! I grab my phone and write a text to Shadow. "Sorry for running off like that. I don't know what came over me."
I put the phone in my coat pocket, only to feel it vibrate. That's odd, I thought, Shadow rarely responds to text messages. But as I take it out again, sure enough, Shadow had replied. "It's fine. We can always meet each other somewhere and talk later."
I stop in my tracks. Shadow wants to talk to me later? "Really?" I type, "Where?"
Another response. "Maybe the pizza place you, Sonic, and Tails eat at every once in awhile?"
I feel my pound harder in my chest. Is Shadow...? "Um...Are you asking me out on a date? Just curious."
This time, it takes him a bit to respond. "I guess you can call it that if you want to. ;)" He put in a winking face! He never does that! I thought as I stared at it in shock. After I read it, I got another one. "Just a minute: I'm having an argument with Rouge."
I giggle after reading it. I wonder if Rouge saw Shadow's texts.
"Oh my Chaos, you are so pathetic! Why were we even friends with you?!"
I put my phone back in its pocket and looked up to see a pink bunny and light blue porcupine ganging up on a purple cat. Said cat looked like she was trying not to snap and cry or even attack. Her voice shook a bit as she spoke, though. "I-I'm not pathetic. You're pathetic for needing to bully m-me to feel better about yourselves."
The pink bunny gave a mean look at her. "I'm not bullying you. I'm just stating the truth."
"No you're not," I say, stepping in front of the cat, "No one is pathetic. Now stop bullying this girl and do something nice for a change."
Just then, the porcupine pushed me onto the ground, my phone slipping out of its hiding place. The bunny saw it and picked it up. It looked like she turned it on and was looking through my texts.
"Aww, how sweet," she said sarcastically, "Your boyfriend wants to go on a date with you."
"He's not my boyfriend!" I said, glaring at her as I got up. She only glared back and threw my phone to the sidewalk, smashing it with her high heel afterwards. Rage fueled inside me, though I kept calm the best I could and said slowly, "If you know. What's good for you. Leave. The girl. Alone!"
"Why should we? She's worthless! A waste of life!" the bunny spat. I looked at the one being spoken about, only to see her eyes were glassy. Without warning, I held my hand out in front of me, and a spark shot out of it, zapping the bunny. "OW!" She held her upper arm in pain.
"I could have done worse. But I won't do that. Now get out of my sight before I change my mind!" I shout at them, unable to hold in my anger anymore. The porcupine did so immediately, but the bunny took a second to growl at me before following her partner. I turn to the purple cat, who stared at me in wonder. "Sorry you had to see that. It's not everyday anger gets the best of me."
"That was amazing! Thank you so much, miss!"
"Call me Darlene," I tell her, holding out a hand. She shakes it and says, "Molly Cat. Sorry you got into this. I should've known Serena and Cathy weren't true friends."
"People can be crafty," I said flatly, "Well, I gotta hurry home; I'll have to borrow a phone to call my friend back."
Before I go, she grabs a piece of paper and writes something down before giving it to me. "It's my phone number. For when you get a new phone."
"Thanks," I say before heading off for home.