A Deflated Third Wheel
After completing High school, if enrolled in the trainers program, you are awarded with your very first Pokémon starter. Depending on your GPA the Pokémon may vary. A 3.5 and higher give you the opportunity to choose between a Bulbasaur, Squirtle, or Charmander. Anything lower than that you have the choice of a rattata or pidgey. The salute and valedictorians are awarded with a unique starter.
I ,along with my two best friends, were about to start are very own journey together. And we all got Pidgey's.
To be honest my friend Mia and I weren't as into our studies as we were with boys. I mean, the whole reason we even enrolled into the Trainers Program was because the thought of being able to travel and camp out under the stars in our boyfriends arms all night was about the only excuse we needed. Unfortunately, my ex boyfriend had the same goal. Only I was not that girl he had in mind.
But I was not gonna let that stop us from continuing our plans.
We had hiked up rout 281, an easy starter trail that lead to the hot springs at the foot of MT Califa. Our destination for adventure. We all promised ourselves to be a bit more adventures and skinny dip together. Ok so at first I wasn't as sure about it. And now knowing that I was going to be the third wheel...it would be too awkward. But I think that was the kind of fun I may have needed to get "Ricky" out of my mind.
However upon reaching the springs, just hours away from night fall, we noticed "Ricky" had already reached the springs. He and his new "lady friend" were swimming in each others arms the way I had imagined him and I countless times in my dreams.
I was so furious that with out thinking I had marched straight up to them barking up a storm.
Just feet away from the edge of the spring my foot slipped on some loose gravel causing me to fall flat on my ass.
But that was not the worst of it.
You see, this being the first time traveling with mixed company, I was unsure of how comfortable I was with letting others see me in a new and never before way. Yes. I am talking about bathroom breaks. Out in the wild you have but one place to do your business. And that is behind a tree.
Well as you can imagine, or not, when I fell I made a huge mess of things. On the floor beet red, I instantly got back up and shamefully ran with my tail between my legs. But since we had already been traveling all day, my body collapsed mid way. Only to find myself awakened in our local hospital. And a news article that tells the story of an unconscious girl found with her soiled pants.