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Jessi and James have decided to leave the Sunnytown Bridge biker gang- but where can they go? Celadon City of course- but they're flat broke. Once they manage to get the cash, feelings are for each other are mixed. Now they're involved in a life threatening crash. Could it be too late for James to tell Jessi how he feels about her?
STORY 2, part 1
WE REALLY WERE CRAZY BACK THEN
James looked at Jessi nervously. This was not how he had ever imagined his life to be. Tyrone shot him a curious and worried look. Chopper frowned. Jessi summoned up the courage to speak.
" Tyrone, Chopper- I'm guessing you know why we are here?"
Tyrone and Chopper exchanged a look saying they knew only to well why Jessi and James had so urgently requested this meeting.
" It was the hardest decision I've- we've had to make" James babbled, making it fairly obvious he had had much harder decisions in life.
" We understand that we all need to move on" Chopper spouted
" But Jess, Jim- you have become the heart and soul of the gang" Tyrone cried.
James smiled wryly at the terms of endearment his bike gang friends had given them. Lil Jim- the only biker with trainer wheels and Big Jess- the chain wielding wild child.
"We will return. One day. I promise..." Jessi's voice trailed off.
With nothing left to say Jessi and James embraced the friends that in such a short time had proven to be the best friends anyone could ever hope for.
Jessi and James waved goodbye as they cycled away from the their companions. This is it, thought James, only five years after running off that first time he and Jessi were leaving again- after all they were fifteen now. They had to go out into the world and experience new things. At least, James thought, last time I knew we were going to Sunnytown to join a biker gang- this time I have no idea of the future, only that I will be spending it with Jessi, Not, he thought smiling, that that is such a bad thing.
Jessi turned and spoke to him as soon as the biker gang was out of sight. "I know a place called Celadon City. It's relatively small at he moment-but a good place to stay for a while"
"Would we be able to land jobs there?" James enquired
"Sure. The place is on..." she took her hands off the handlebar to motion the direction 'up' "It's on the way up. It can't be too hard for a couple of teenagers to get a part time job there"
"Cool" James said, then he looked over at her "How will we get there?"
This seemed to shock Jessi. She shrugged and grinned. "How much cash have you got?".
James blushed. He knew he should have grabbed his parents' credit card or something like that on his way out. "Well to be perfectly honest..."
Jessi whipped around her head dangerously. "Great. We're flat broke. It costs $8000 or something like that for two fearow flights from the next town to Celadon"
Suddenly an idea popped into James's head. He would not under any normal circumstances had thought of this, but Jessi seemed to bring out the crazy side in everyone. "Is there a bank in the next town?"
"Uh-huh. Why?".
James grinned wickedly. Jessi caught on and nodded slowly, a smile spreading across her slender face. "You're bad James, real bad"
The bank cashier eyes drilled holes into James's head as he made out the withdrawal slip for $50,000 from his parents' account. He finished with his fathers' signature and looked up smiling as he handed the slip to the skeptical clerk. The cashier raised his eyebrows and with a last look at James, strode away to collect the cash. James breathed a quiet sigh of relief. He leaned so close to Jessi he only had to breathe deeply to touch her and whispered "One more second under that cashier's laser intensity stare and I would have broken down and confessed" Jessi was taken aback by his invasion of her personal space but also pleasantly surprised. She rose up and whispered in James's ear "Just as well you didn't"
She felt strange being that close to James. The cashier returned to his counter, startling Jessi so much that she jumped back. He gave her a long hard look and placed the bundle of notes into James's outstretched hand. Jessi and James rushed to get out the bank as fast as they could, trying rather unsuccessfully to look inconspicuous.
Jessi breathed a huge sigh of relief as they stepped outside and mounted their bikes and she started to giggle. James looked at her in a confused and hurt way. Oh no, she thought, he thinks I'm laughing at him for getting so close to me. She couldn't think of a way to say she didn't mind it. "The airport is the last thing along this road- on the right side"
Jessi sensed the uneasiness between them as they crossed over the road and headed straight ahead. She could feel an unsettling feeling hanging over their heads. What, she asked herself, happened in the bank? Surely it can't be so important? Doubt filled her mind. She hated having anybody at all close to her. Why didn't she care when James stood so near her? What is happening to me? She wondered silently. James's voice cut through her thoughts "We're here"
The airport wasn't as flashy as James had pictured- just a few pidgeots and fearows scattering a runway. "What should we do with the bikes?" he asked, feeling foolish for overlooking the question before.
"Just dump 'em" Jessi said bluntly.
He couldn't bare the thought of dumping his bike. It was like a release valve for him, it was his escape route, that bike was the second best friend he'd ever had. Doesn't Jessi have any feelings? How could she just dump that bike? Didn't she feel attached to it? Obviously not, thought James dryly as she tossed the bike into the closest Dumpster. "Hurry up" she urged. Reluctantly James picked up his bike and tossed it away.
The ticket booth was run by a dumpy looking woman, possibly in her early forties. She flashed Jessi and James a warm smile as they stepped up to the counter. "Two fearow flights to Celadon City please" Jessi asked sweetly
"Of course dear" the woman babbled as she typed something on her computer. "Aren't you two the cutest couple? You remind me of myself when I was your age"
The woman bustled off to collect the tickets, quietly reminiscing her early years. Jessi turned to face James raising one eyebrow slightly, which caused him to blush excessively. Oh great, Jessi silently moaned; now I've stuffed up again.
The woman returned and after collecting the money James held out to her, she handed them the tickets to freedom.
Jessi led James to the fearows they would be riding. Jessi expertly flipped herself onto the closest ones' back. Oh-oh, James thought, I've never flown before. I have no idea how to do it and Jessi appears to be an expert- but then why should I care what she thinks of my inexperience? She's made it painfully clear what she already thinks of me. James sighed to himself and managed to scramble onto the fearow's back. Jessi commanded that her fearow take off and to James's surprise the pokemon next to him launched itself into the air.
"Take Off!" he yelled sharply. His mount leant back and ZOOM! The rush of air as his ride took off was incredible- it almost blew him off. He gripped tightly onto the neck and prayed he would not fall. They were about 30 metres above the airfield when Jessi called out to both fearow "Fly to Celadon City!" and, once again, to the shock of James, the two birds obeyed her. Maybe, he thought, being a pokemon trainer wouldn't be as bad as I thought it would, it actually sounds like fun, I guess anyway.
Jessi yawned and tried to appear casual as the wind whipped around her, making her long magenta coloured hair fly back. She had only flown once before but she hoped to be making the impression that she did this often. It was quite obvious that this was the first time James had ever flown; he was clinging for dear life on to the fearow's neck. The fearows are flying too low, Jessi thought suddenly.
"Fearow" she called to both of them "Gain some altitude"
There was the sensation of moving upwards and then they were up in the clouds. Looking down Jessi could see Fuchsia City. She saw the pokemon zoo and then the Safari Zone. She smiled when she saw her fearow turning right, heading to Celadon when there was a blinding light.
"AAARGH!" James screamed as this light momentarily blinded him. The fearows are free falling, he suddenly realised, Oh no I'm going to die.
The ground rapidly grew nearer to him. Everything was out of control. The wind stung his face as they descended. It's over, James thought with reckless abandon, This is it.
There was a sickening thud and four screams of pain in separate voices. James heard the cries from somewhere else. He saw his body twisted at an odd angle and then suddenly, without any sensation of movement he was back in his own broken body. "Jessi?" he cried weakly. There was no response. Oh shit Jessi, was she, could she, is she dead?
TO BE CONTINUED...
Love,
Mew2