It was a calm and warm evening at Viridian Forest. Jessie, James and Meowth were making their way to Pewter city with only one objective set on their minds; capture Pikachu. It was getting late and the three of them were as usual, tired and hungry; suddenly James had a brilliant idea.

- "Hey Jessie I was thinking, since lately we've been so busy with work and next week is your birthday, maybe we could go stay the weekend in one of my summer cottages you know… like a mini vacation!"

- "Huh? A short vacation… That sounds great James, in fact it's the best idea you've had in years!" Jessie said briskly; "it's been so long since I had a vacation from work, but, where can we go? We are banned in 13 different cities and towns remember?"

- "Hmm I didn't think about that" James sounded disappointed but soon made up a new plan; "How about Parfum Palace in the Kalos region? It used to belong to the king of Kalos but my parents insisted on buying it years ago"

- "We'll we've never seen any wanted posters with our faces there… and besides the Kalos region is such an artistic and romantic place. Oh I just can't wait!"

Jessie's eyes were sparkling at the idea of visiting all the beautiful places at Kalos. Images of the stylish boutiques, museums, cafes, restaurants and of course Prism Tower began to appear in her mind. James couldn't help but smile, he was used to seeing Jessie all mad about everything but it was times like this that made him think he made the right choice on joining team rocket after running away from home.

- Say no more Jessie Jess, we are traveling to Kalos at the speed of light, James said with determination as the three of them quickly packed all their belongings into their hot air balloon

- "Meowth, that's right!" Was the last thing that was heard in the forest followed by the view of a flashing star across the sky.

The trio traveled all day long since the distance between both regions was wide but finally, they saw land in the distance. The view was majestic and soon the lights of the city began to take shape as they got closer

- "Hey boys look!" Jessie chirped, "We are almost there!"

They landed late at night, in the white soft sand of the beach of Cyllage City

- "Well, I guess we'll have to camp here for the night" Jessie said thoughtful while staring at the playful gurgling waves of water that sparkled with the moonlight

They began to unpack their sleeping bags and some supplies, Jessie built a campfire and James cooked some berries that Meowth found for them to dine. They were eating their dinner sitting over a comfy quilt, feeling thankful that they didn't have to starve the night as usual while enjoying the fresh ocean breeze and the warmth of the crackling fire in front of them. Suddenly Jessie spoke

- "Can we can visit Lumiose city?" she asked while chewing a berry "I've heard that trainers from the whole world gather there to enjoy the sight of the magnificent city… and you two know what that means?" an evil grin formed on her lips just after she swallowed her food Meowth and James looked at each other confused and to be honest, a little scared

- "It means" Jessie continued, "that there's probably going to be tons of rare pokemon for us to steal just imagine how easy…"

- "Wait a minute", Meowth interrupted her; "we are supposed to be on vacations!"

- "He is right", James said, "that means NO work and NO stealing pokemon during our stay here Jessie"

- "True…" Jessie sighted, "well at least if we go, we can get to enjoy the oh so famous city of love…" Jessie couldn't stop smiling dreamy as she imagined that she might be able to find her true love on their small trip, random images of handsome young doctors and athletic rich trainers flashed through her thoughts

- "Hmm… Well I guess we can, but we'll see" James said while planning the trip in his mind

- "Great! I can't wait" Jessie said while yawning, "My, I sure am tired, guess I'll be going to sleep already, good night you two"

Jessie stood up and walked a few meters to where they had set the sleeping bags, she opened a little purple bag from which she took out a comb and began to brush her long magenta hair until it was completely down, then she brushed her teeth and finally closed her blue eyes and fell into a deep sleep.

Meowth and James stayed up for a little longer after that, James was strangely more thoughtful than usual, his green eyes were fixed at the starry sky but it was pretty obvious that his mind was wandering far from the beautiful scene of the beach

- "James!" said Meowth for the third time and a little louder than required by the small distance between them

- "Shh! You'll wake her up" James replied while covering Meowth's mouth and lowering his gaze to look at Jessie

- "Ohhh…" Meowth uttered in understanding "so dats what this is all about"

- "Huh? What are you talking about?" James answered nervously

- "You arent foolin no one, Jimmy" Meowth said with a confident expression "It's clears as water that you like Jess"

- "What are you talking about?" James sounded terrified "Jessie and I are best friends and I'm not in love with her"

- "Sure Romeo, justs remember: Denial is the first stage" Meowth winked an eye and then jumped out of his spot to stand up "Anyways I'm tired too, see ya tomorrow. I can't waits to try all the different dishes of this region" Meowth said as he quickly tucked himself into his tiny sleeping bag near Jessie

Afterwards, James was left alone again with his thoughts, He didn't know how to explain his feelings towards Jessie but he surely knew that he wanted to be with her forever. He stood up, gathered some water from the sea to extinguish the fire and got into his sleeping bag.

It took longer for James to fall asleep, he wasn't as excited about the trip as his friends were, in fact, he had stay at Parfum Palace thousands of times when he was younger… but there was something that made him loose sleep, he couldn't get over the fact that he had finally done something to make Jessie happy and somehow he felt different about her… She seemed like a total different person without her nasty attitude… Was it possible that he was starting to like her like more than his eternal team mate after so many adventures they shared together? Sad moments, happy moments, scary moments… Was it possible that he had fallen in love with his best friend? Soon, and after a lot of thinking, James was asleep too.

- "Wake up!" A shrill voice was the first thing James and Meowth perceived next morning, followed by the feeling of cold water on their whole bodies "we slept in and it's already late!" Jessie sounded angry again "we better get going or we will end up spending our whole vacation walking through these damn roads!"

Both James and Meowth stood up shivering "well, it was nice while it lasted" James thought to himself. Hours went by and the three of them struggled to arrive to Palais Lane where Parfum Palace was located. First they had trouble crossing the Zubat Roost and then they got lost somewhere at Route 7…

- "Oh this is so disappointing" Jessie said as they walked across the Rivière Walk "at this pace we will never make it on time…"

James felt bad for Jessie so he finally thought about calling someone to come pick them up; he took out his Holo Caster and quickly dialed the number of one of his butlers

- "Hi Fredrick, It's me James"

- "Young master James! What a delightful surprise"

- "With whom is he speaking?" Jessie asked Meowth concerned while watching him act as strange as usual

Both of them were trying to listen to the conversation but he wanted to surprise Jessie, so he ran away far from them leaving a confused and annoyed expression in their faces.

James was sitting on the top of a tree still speaking to Frederick

- "Please Fredrick, me and my friends are going to stay the weekend at Parfum Palace but we are lost. Can you send one of the cars to pick us up? I guess we are still on route 7, somewhere near the Pokemon Day Care"

- "Sure young master James, worry no more I'll be there very soon"

- "Oh and Fredrick could you prepare our rooms please?"

James continued to give directions on what Jessie and Meowth would like to have in their rooms meanwhile his friends were still looking desperately for him

- "James where are ya?!" Meowth shouted

- "Ugh! James, just wait until I put my hands over you…" Jessie was not happy at all

Suddenly James appeared followed by a… Meowth and Jessie couldn't believe their eyes…