This is the original Chapter 20 for the story Life: Luxray called 'The Start of Many'.
This was deleted for being the third somewhat romantic scene (For 2-14: V Day) in a set of seven chapters. I don't like to write romantic things, or things close to it, in a cluster or in a row. I decided, at the time, to lay off the romantic scenes for now for other things to get the story over with sooner. Though I have to say, not everything in here is romantic… -K9P

"Ok, after today, you're going in a Mystery Dungeon."

"Really?"

"Yes."

"Are you sure?"

"If I wasn't saying this, then I'll probably be smoking outside."

"Oh…ok. Can you tell me where?"

"Remember the beach that we left last time?"

"Oh yeah…that Beach Cave, right?"

"Yeah there, but I've heard things got complicated there. It used to be one of the easiest Mystery Dungeon in this region, but since time has pasted on, there has been some… 'Changes.'"

"Oh really?"

"Yeah, but for today, go enjoy the day; especially with Absol."

"Just shut up."

"Whatever."

He walked out of the house, meeting up with Absol, beside the tree. "Hey Absol…heh…"

"Hey," she responded," What's up?"

"Uh… nothing urgent, at the least…uh…" Absol got a little confused. She tilts her head a little bit, "…Well, uh, you know what today is right?"

"Yeah…two-fourteen."

"Yeah, it involves that…"

Uh huh… "What about it?"

"Um…" I think I wasted enough time here… "Wanna go out today?"

Absol's eyes widened, Wow…I-I didn't know that Luxray would go this far… "S-Sure…when?"

"Uh, right now…i-if it's ok with you…"

"Sure, let's go!"

"Alright…" They walk off, both nearly close to each other, "I'm not trying to sound desperate, but this is my first time asking someone out…"

"It's alright; this is my first time someone asked me out."

"I don't know if that's good or not…"

"Neither do I…"

"Eh, let's just enjoy this moment…"

"Alright…"

"Eh…don't you think time went to fast?"

"I don't know; why do you ask?"

"It only feels like a week ago when it was the New Year."

"Huh…never thought of that… what's today?"

"Two-fourteen."

"Ok…what's two-fourteen?"

"February fourteen: Valentine's Day."

"Really?"

"Yeah…"

"Did you do anything for today?" She wags her tail a little bit.

"Not exactly. It's still a little early in the morning; I'll think of something…"

"How about now?"

"Don't rush me!" He says, smiling. "Just give me time."

"Alright…"

"I'll say this: it isn't the ingredients for a kid, that's for sure."

"I'm not asking for that…yet…"

"In about four years, you'll get it." Both laugh for a while, until sitting in silence. "I'll try to think of something before noon."

"Alright, I'll be waiting here for you."

"I'm still gonna sit for a while, thinking."

"Oh…ok… can I help out?"

"No; I'm trying to make this special for us, having both being involved in planning will feel… less special."

"Oh…ok…"

"Yeah…sorry… Just give me time."

It can never impress him, easy to say, but it is hard to say that he dreads the holiday. He usually mostly stays inside, doing whatever he can do inside, but every year on this day he would always 'explore out'. He's not trying to find bait, nor be the bait. So why walk out in that certain day? Why ask?

He encounters Leaf and Glaceon walking in his direction.

"Hey," Glaceon," you're…Tracey's brother right?"

"Yes," he responded," Floyd."

"Yeah, that's right. Why are you walking out alone?"

"I don't know…come to think of it, I don't know why I do this every year…"

"Every year?" Leaf asked. "Wow…doesn't that kind of suck?"

"Usually Ivan says things like that," Glaceon starts," but, wow, why ask such a question?"

"No, no, it's alright. Besides, I don't know if it sucks or not-"

"Did you ever get asked out on a date?"

"C'mon!"

"That may have gone over the line a lil' bit; to me, it's best to keep that to myself."

"Oh…ok…" He'll probably be a lost friend sooner or later…

"I still want to be in this world, I still haven't found my purpose in life anyway…"

"Try finding one today," responded Glaceon.

Really? Thought Leaf.

"That's really not helping," answered Floyd," See you later."

"Bye."

"See ya."

Floyd walks away from Glaceon and Leaf, not wondering what they are planning to do today.

He sits down on a bench across a store. No one else is sitting on the bench.
Almost everywhere he sees, there's always a pair. Some being both Pokémon, some pairs being 2 different Pokémon. It is very rare for him to find lone ones walking. For what he's looking around, he can't decide on being indifferent or feel depressed and emotional.

He doesn't know what he prefers; he hasn't been paying attention to women in his teenage years, or to the men. From the group, he's the only who doesn't pay attention to that, unlike his only friends that he rarely sees now.

Now being alone, preferring isolation from his parents, who else can he hang out with other than Tracey?

Well not really to answer her question Floyd thought …Together we stand…divided we fall… who's the other portion of the group?

He gets up and walks off home; another day alone, another year alone.

"Uh…sorry; it's the best I could do…"

"It's alright. How long did this take this to plan out?"

"About…30 minutes…"

"And it's not even noon; it's still eleven in the morning."

"I know… well, not really. The timing has nothing to do with this."

"Ok…"

Alex and Tracey are in the Plaza Resort, the Smoothie joint where they first met. They ordered the same smoothies they ordered when they first met: Oran-Sitrus blend and Pecha smoothies.

"This where we first met…right?" asked Alex.

"Yes it is," answered Tracey.

"I guess a lot happened here the last time we met."

"I guess so… but a lot more happened from that point."

"That's true," Alex took a sip of his green-like substance smoothie, "and hopefully more is gonna come later on; except breaking up."

"Yeah," She took a sip of her pink smoothie. "What's gonna happen next today?"

"Can't tell ya; it's a surprise," Alex answered.

Tracey smiled, waiting for what's in store later that day.

There would be a Part II to this chapter, which was never made.