Grace was finishing her dinner when her Xtransceiver started to ring. She picked it up and her old friend appeared on the screen. "Hi Aoi what's up?"
"Oh nothing much, how was your day?" The blue haired women asked.
"It was good, I got a letter from Black. He says he's doing well but a nest of Galvantula are terrorizing a town so he won't be home for a while. What about you?"
"It's been ok, I still haven't heard from Red but Blue still won't let me spend today alone so I've spent my day with him and his family."
Grace laughed. According to Aoi Blue always insist that Aoi was his second mom because of how often he spent at her house playing with Red. "Blue's a good kid. I'm glad he's been so nice despite everything."
Aoi waved her off. "Oh he knows it's no ones fault. I think he's going to try and climb Mt. Silver again as soon as he can find someone to watch the gym for a few weeks. I've tried to talk him out of it but he keeps saying that some need to talk some sense into Red."
"I hope he does. That's why White left after all." Grace sighed and moved onto the couch, they might end up talking for a while.
"Have you gotten anything from White yet?" Aoi asked obviously worried.
"I got a letter about a mouth ago. She said she was going about to search through some ruins and wasn't sure when she was going to be able to send mail or get a new transceiver so she mailed me my gift early. Hold on I have it here."
Grace got up and angled the xtransceiver to fit the coral necklace in let out a little gasp. "Oh that is gorgeous. Did she say were she got it?"
"She said she found it in a little accessory shop in Alola. She was following a lead and was talking to some locals when saw this necklace in a window and thought of me."
"That's so sweet. Hold on one second I'm going to get myself a drink." Aoi said as she walked off the screen."
"That sounds like a good idea. I'm gonna get one too." As Grace poured herself some wine she lost herself in thought. It had been a little longer than a year since White went off in search of N. She had told her all about him and while Grace knew why she had to go it didn't hurt any less, and it worried her sick especially now that White's xtransceiver was broken until who knows when, and Black kept breaking his in various accidents protecting people and pokémon. Grace loved her kids but they were going to give her a heart attack with how clumsy and reckless they can be sometimes.
Aoi came back into view with a glass of wine and held it up.
"To a happy Mother's Day."
Grace raised her glass. "Happy Mother's Day."