The Ball
Snowflakes where falling everywhere, what made the city a lot nicer
looking, the girl thought. It was two days before Christmas, and there was a
big festival in the town. The soft cold touch from the snow on her skin made
her shiver all over her body. She had always loved snow, winter, to be precise,
although when she was a young girl, her mother disappeared in the middle of
Christmas days, and she hadn't come back. She shivered again. Her partner was
secretly looking at her and noticed her shiver. She isn't wearing a warm
outfit, that's for sure, he thought, while looking at her body, wearing a short
top, and a mini skirt with high boots. 'Come on, Jess', he suddenly said,
startling his partner, 'let's go buy some warm clothing.' 'But we don't have any money, James' Jessie
said, confused by the sudden change in her partner. She examined him, and
noticed nothing out of the ordinary. His pretty emerald eyes were looking at
the snow at her feet, and he didn't look like he was cold. His lavender hair
was in a perfect haircut, like it always was, unlike hers. She had to put
dozens of hairspray in it and it still had the tendency to fall back out of the
elegant French twist it was in. His eyes are beautiful, she thought to herself,
suddenly aware of that she was checking him out, like she would always do, when
he wasn't looking, that is. She was far too afraid that he would notice her
staring at him, and then refusing her like so many men had done when she was
younger. She quickly pulled her gaze to a clothing store they were walking by.
James looked at her boots standing in the snow, and
pulled Jessie into the clothing store. Meowth was just following them, while he
muttered that it was unfair that the Baka humans could decide where they went
next. Jessie turned around and glared at Meowth. She obviously overheard what
he was saying. Meowth got a sweatdrop a la Anime, and ran quickly out of the
store, waiting outside in the cold puffy snow, that came to his belly. He
shivered, but decided that he was really better of waiting outside, than going
in again and face Jessie's temper.
Inside, James got all sorts of jackets for Jessie,
while Jessie was enjoying the warmth of the clothes she tried on. She was
confused that he didn't get any clothes for himself, but she didn't say
anything from it, because she was enjoying the attention James gave her too
much. 'How about this one, Jessie?' James asked at her with a questioning look
on his face while he hold a cloak/jacket in front of her, white like the snow,
and it came to her feet as she tried it on. Then she saw the price card.
'James, we can't afford this! It's way too expensive! We spend all our money on
food, remember?' She pulled out her fan. 'You are trying to cheer me up, are
you? Because you atleast have a nice warm Team Rocket uniform, and I have
almost all my stomach exposed! Are you trying to lift your guilt? I can make
that happen!' She raised the fan above her head, but James held her wrist to
stop her. 'Jessie, I'm not trying such a thing. I have some extra money saved,
for bad times. I can buy the thing if you want to, but please don't hit me!' He
ended it a whiny tone. Jessie pulled her fan down. Really? She said,
unbelievingly. 'Would you spend your money to make me warm?' James cheeks
reddened. 'Umm... yes, I guess, but only because otherwise you would get ill,
and then we'd have to go to the Pokemon Center. Then Nurse Joy would report us
to Officer Jenny, and then...' Jessie muffled James by putting her hand on his
mouth. 'Okay, okay, I get the point James! You're only doing it for your sake!
That's okay, I probably would have done the same. But it's still sweet of you
to do so.' She added with a big grin on her face. James was speechless. Jessie
thought that he did that for his own sake, and she wasn't angry at him? Winter
time all affects us differently, even Meowth... he thought. He looked out of
the shop window, where Meowth was beginning to look like a snowman, or snowcat,
which you prefer. He turned to look at Jessie again, who was wearing the white
clothing, and hugging herself to get her warmer. Her hair was in the perfect
elegant haircut again, he thought. She had really beautiful hair. He wished he
could stroke it once, but unfortunately, she would never feel the same way
about him as he did about her.
He loved her.
To be more precise, he was madly in love with her
since the first day he met her! His feelings for her had grown every day, and
he was positively sure he loved her. He'd never felt this way about anyone
before, about any girl, still he was sure. He only had to look in her
incredible blue eyes, and he would get lost and totally forget what he was
doing. 'James, why are you staring at me like that?' A voice suddenly burst in
his thoughts. It was Jessie, ofcourse. James got red again. Darn it! He thought
to himself, can't you do or say anything to her without blushing? The answer was no, or so it seemed. Jessie
smiled to herself. He looks so cute when he's blushing, she thought. 'Are you
warm now?' James asked. Jessie just nodded. James paid and they walked out of
the store, lifting a frozen snow-Meowth in his arms and quickly got to a hotel.
They had been able to afford the hotel for Christmas, but that was the last of
their money. They walked in and turned the radiator on. Soon warmth began developing
in the apartment. James put the frozen Meowth in front of the radiator as
Jessie refused to take the white cloak off, and sat on a comfortable chair.
James turned the television on and sat on a red couch. 'ball will be hold at
the Gym, it's free to come, and only for Christmas. There will be no further
balls on Saturday, I repeat, there will be no further balls on Saturday. You
should have seen what problems that caused last year, the reporter muttered,
and then remembered he was on television. He got, you guessed it, the sweatdrop
a la Anime. He chuckled politely and quickly ran away from the set. James
chuckled, but Jessie looked really dreamy, with starry eyes ( yep, a la Anime) and James could tell she wanted to go to the ball
(duh). 'Jess, we don't have the money to buy clothes to go to the ball. I spend
my last money on your coat, and we don't have any money or whatsoever.'
Aw, James, come on!' Jessie said in a whiny tone (
already noticed my characters are really OutOfCharacter?) 'Please? It will be
fun!' James: 'Jessie, I don't want to, because I...OW!' Jessie hit him with a
mallet. 'There! If you don't wanna go with me, only because it's me, that's
okay, but just say so!' 'But I was already saying some...' Whack! 'Ow! Jessie!
Please stop!' Whack! 'That's it! I won't take it anymore Jess!' James said.
'You are always hitting me, and I didn't even say something this time to hurt
you! I hate you when you hit me like that!'
Jessie dropped her fan and mallet and looked at James.
He was really angry. Suddenly James blurred in her eyes. She couldn't hold back
the tears. After so long, she had really trusted James, and more... And now he
hurt her just like all the others had done! He would just leave her to die in
her heart a little more. She felt the tears roll over her cheeks. I won't let
him have his pleasure, and see me crying because of him! She thought. I won't!
She ran away, and slammed the door behind her, leaving James and Meowth( who
wasn't frozen any more) stunned. 'Jessie...' James weakly said.
The snowflakes fell into her long,
luxurious hair, while she stared at the blue moon. Mommy, she thought, why did
you ever leave me? I hate being to James and Meowth, but I can't help it, I'm
just too afraid to get hurt. I know James was right, and that I shouldn't hit
him, but I just don't wanna get hurt, and now I'm hurt because I did that. I
don't know what to do, mommy...I just don't. She sobbed.
Team Twerp was walking in the city, as they could buy
clothes to go to the ball. Tracey had joined them, as did Prof. Oak and Gary.
Delilah, Ash's mother, couldn't come, because she had some underwear to wash. (
I have really dry humour, as you can see.) Ash and co. All had their tux's on,
and Misty came out with a long yellow dress, and her magical hair that can grow
and shrink in one episode, (See: The Misty Mermaid) was now long, and in a high
ponytail. 'Yeah, yeah, okay, can we now dance at the ball so I can catch
Pokemon soon?' Ash said. Misty got veins all over her face and smacked Ash with
a mallet, while Brock, Tracey, Gary and Prof. Oak got all sweatdrops ( a la
Anime). Suddenly James came walking by, who was staring at the ground, really
depressed. He looked up. 'Have you seen Jessie, by any chance?' he asked to
them. 'Huh? Is she gone then?' Misty asked. 'What happened?' James told
everything, and, suprisingly, Misty was very understanding. I quote: 'If it has
anything to do with love, then it's serious!' James got a really red face when
she said that. Tracey: 'Yeah, that's
real love!' ( How many times does he say that in the short time he is on the
air?) Team Twerp let James borrow some
money, so that he could take Jessie to the ball, if he could find her, that is.
So James goes on his way again. Meowth decided to stay behind, because he got
tired and cold from all that walking in the snow. After a few hours later, James was so cold that he decided to
sleep in the woods where he was in, because it was far too long to walk back.
Suddenly he heard a voice, singing. It was a beautiful voice, and he walked in
the direction the voice was coming from. He removed a few branches from his
sight, and there he saw Jessie. (you guessed it...)
The blue moon is shining on
me silently
Just like lovers who look
at each other in the late night.
Say, tell me, oh shining
stars up in the night sky
I want to be his
sweetheart, I want to tell him.
James was stunned. He never
knew Jessie could sing like that! Ofcourse, he had hear her sing when we tried
to catch the Jigglypuff, or rather, the song of it, but this was with much more
feeling, with a lot of sadness, hopelessness in it. She began crying. It made
him feel so guilty.
Running through the ever
expanding constellations of the Galaxy,
I want to hold you tight,
right now.
My eyes have travelled so far
away,
But I'm alone by myself
tonight, so to the shadow of the moon I whisper...
...good
night
Jessie curled up like a
ball, sobbed some more, and closed her eyes.
James wrote a note which said that she could take the
money(which he included) and buy herself a dress, he would be there waiting for
her. He lay it beside her, hesitated of waking her, decided not too, and put a
rose in the rolled up piece of paper. He stroke her head softly, careful not to
wake her up, and left.
When Jessie awoke, she smelled a rose. She quickly
opened her eyes. 'James!' She looked around. James wasn't here, only a folded
piece of paper with a rose in-between.
She opened it and read it, with tears in her eyes. Don't be such a
cry-baby, Jess, she thought to herself. You don't have to cry so much. James
was here and... I wonder if he has seen me sing? Jessie got a sweatdrop ( say
it with me now! A la Anime) She decided to go shopping.
James was constantly worrying. ' Is he coming? I hope
she's coming to the ball and if I handled that the right way. I don't know! I
hope she's coming! She will come, won't she?' Meowth got nuts there and then.
He scratched James. James screamed out in pain. 'Ow Meowth! That hurts!' 'Suits
you right! Can't I get my cat-nap here?' James sighed. 'Sure', he said. 'James,
I know you're worried about Jessie, but it will turn out okay!' Meowth was
almost going to say that Jessie was in love with James, but he decided he would
leave that to Jessie herself. 'Now get your butt dressed and go to the ball!
I'm sure it's already steaming there!' James was confused. 'Aren't you coming,
Meowth?' he asked. 'Naa, you go, I can't stand all those love-birds there.
Reminds me of Meowzie.' It was really a change for Meowth to show his emotions,
but like he had said before, everyone changes at Winter time. Or was it
Christmas time? He couldn't remember. Anyway, when he got to the ball, he
searched the room for anyone who slightly resemblanced Jessie, but no such
luck. Team Twerp and the others were already there, and Gary was dancing with
Misty, while Ash showed Tracey how he had to hold his Pokeball when he had
caught a Pokemon (as in the scary Scyther who cut Jessie's hair of in: Tracey
gets Bugged) Brock was hitting on Nurse
Joy who was still in the same outfit as she always was. James asked to Prof.
Oak, who was studying the empty Pokeball that he held in his hand. 'Umm, Prof.
Oak?' James asked, wondering what the Professor was up to. 'What are you doing
with an empty Pokeball?' 'Oh, that. Oh well, I'm not a very good dancer, and I
was wondering anyway how those huge Pokemon like Snorlax or Charizard can fit
into these things. It will make me more famous than I already am when I find
out!' James chuckled and got the sweatdrop a la Anime. 'Okay... have you seen
Jessie around here somewhere?' The Professor looked up from his studying. 'No,
but I'm sure she will be here any minute. She really cares a lot about you, I
can see that. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some studying to do.
After another hour, James began to think she wasn't
going to show up, no matter what everyone said. Nobody came in anymore, and the
announcer who called everybody's names when they entered took a coffee brake.
He got asked to dance frequently, and now he accepted, to a dark-blue haired
lady who had big blue eyes, but not nearly as pretty as Jessie's... As he
danced, the announcer called. 'Miss Jessica!'
James looked up, and saw Jessie in a big light-blue
dress, that went to the ground. Her hair was neatly done in a bun, which
elegantly hung in her neck. She had two braids of hair, that curled up around
her face, in front of it, and to top it all off, she had the rose that James
put in the letter, in her hair. She put her cloak/coat of, and stood there on
the stairs. James mouth was open in amazement. OMG, he thought, she looks SO
beautiful. He almost drooled on the girls' dress. Jessie looked around, as if
she was looking for someone, and her eyes stopped when she met James' eyes. She
suddenly saw the girl next to him, but pretended not to notice and walked down
with her dress in her hand, careful not to trip over it. This had to be right,
she thought. Seeing James with another girl is worse enough already. She
reached James, and looked at him playfully. 'Well, James,' she said, 'aren't you
going to introduce me to your friend? Or is it girlfriend?' James just stared
at her in awe. The girl took a step forward. 'My name is Sira, and yes, he is
my boyfriend. He asked me to be, because he had such a lousy girlfriend before.
Ofcourse, being the nice person that I am, I accepted.' She extended her hand
for Jessie to shake, while she looked at her like a snake looking at its pray.
Jessie shook her hand, firmly, a bit rough, then she looked at James. 'Congratulations, James!' She faked her happiness, it was
obvious. She was too cheerful.
Knowing Jessie, that couldn't be sincere. James began to say that it wasn't
true at all, what Sira was saying, but Jessie had already walked away. James
gave Sira a glare, and then ran off to find Jessie in the crowd, while Sira
left with a smile on her face, as if she only had done that to ruin the love
between the Rockets. From the looks of it, she was. Meowth looked at her, and
wondered if Giovanni maybe hired her to split things up between Jessie and
James. It was against the rules to have a relationship while in Team Rocket.
The Boss said that the work would suffer from it, but as Jessie and James never
caught one Pokemon, he rejected the idea. He often wondered why Giovanni didn't
fired them years ago, as he continued to drink his beer, getting a little
light-headed. He looked next to him, where Tracey was sitting, getting his
third glass to his mouth. Meowth sighed. It must be because the only one who
would want to dance with him is Nurse Joy, and Brock is keeping her busy all
night... He looked into his other direction, where Prof. Oak sat with the
Pokeball in one hand and a magnifying glass in his other, staring at the
Pokeball. Meowth sighed again and ordered another drink. I hope James finds
Jessie soon, so that I can get away from all these Baka humans... Meowth
thought.
Meanwhile, James couldn't find Jessie anywhere, so he
started to look outside, on the balcony where he could look over the whole
garden. He saw a figure! Or no, it were three figures! James was confused. Who
could that be? He didn't see anyone get out? He jumped of the balcony and ran
towards the figures. They were Gary, Misty, and a Machamp from Gary. 'Eeeeeww,
I don't even wanna know what happened here!' James freaked. Misty just blushed,
while Gary tried to defend himself. 'My Machamp tried to do it! He's much
stronger than me! And that carrot-head Misty, I only did it to make Ash
jealous!' Gary pleaded that James would believe him, as Misty got a head size
million, and smacked him with a mallet. ' 'You only tried it to make Ash
jealous? You jerk! I know I should have gone with Tracey!' James got a
sweatdrop ( okay, I'll stop.). 'Have you seen Jessie, by any chance?' He asked
to them, pretending to not see Misty trying to choke Gary and Gary struggling
to escape from the wrath of Misty, while he called a very embarrassed Machamp
back. Misty stopped for a minute. 'Jessie? You lost her again?' She asked
curiously. James didn't know to be embarrassed or angry with Misty, but he
didn't do anything. Gary saw his chance and slipped away from Misty. 'She was
just on the garden, but when she saw us...eh...coming, she quickly left inside.
She muttered something about taking the best out of the party as possible and
then leave... Gary added, and then quickly ran away. James couldn't blame him,
who would wanna be stuck with the angry temper of Misty on your head? He
quickly walked back in, and saw that the party was a total mess. Everyone was
in a circle and playing Spin the bottle. He didn't see Jessie, however. He
looked around, atleast now it was easier to look around with all the people
standing together. He saw Jessie sitting at the bar, next to Meowth and Tracey.
James ran towards her and saw that she was a little drunk, just like Meowth.
Tracey however, was completely drunk. He quickly lifted her up from her chair,
to save her from Tracey's hormones. He was so happy that she hadn't left yet.
In the meantime in the circle of people, Ash and Prof. Oak had to kiss. Ash was
sincerely regretting ever playing in this game, while the professor was still
busy studying the Pokeball. They moved closer together, and... James turned
quickly away. Nobody wanted to see that. (Did you want to see that? Eeew!
Pervert!) Jessie struggled to get out of his arms. 'Let...me...GO!' She yelled.
Everyone turned at them, not wanting to see the sight of Ash and Prof. Oak
kissing either. James and Jessie both blushed bright red.
Jessie relaxed in his arms. 'Congratulations on your
new girlfriend, James... I just thought that....' She closed her eyes and
snuggled in his chest, while she was crying. He felt moist seeping trough his
shirt. He gently put her down on the floor and stroke her head. 'She isn't my
girlfriend, Jess. She just said so to hurt you, I guess. I didn't think you
would show up any more, so I thought I would just dance once and then leave.'
Jessie looked up trough tears, which melted James heart. Her eyes where so
beautiful, and he was so lucky to be able to look at them, that she didn't
leave. He knew then that he would confess his feelings to her that night, only
to make sure that she would know and never leave again. If she did, that just
would show that she didn't love him back, and then he would be able to get over
it, or wouldn't he? He honestly didn't know. He just needed to know how Jessie
felt about him.
'James, what are you staring at?' Jessie asked at him,
smiling trough her tears. 'Do you want to dance, my fair lady?' He asked in his
best impression of his father. He shuddered inside. I never thought I would
impersonate my father, he thought to himself. He helped Jessie get up and lead
here to the dancefloor, where everyone was busy dancing again, so there would
be no risking in Ash and Prof. Oak kissing again. It was a slow, sensual song.
James lead Jessie, and Jessie lay her head on James' shoulder, very content at
dancing with James, and she snuggled deeper into his chest. James blushed and
hold his arms around her waist. They both wished that this night never had to
end again, all the drunk people here, the smell of sweat and alcohol sharply
mixing into a smelly odour. But also holding each other, being together
forever. Together forever. That had a nice ring to it, James thought.
The night flew by fast, with Jessie and James
continued to dance all night, Meowth trying to get more drunk than Tracey,
which was nearly impossible, they ended up kissing each other, Ash trying to
forget what happened between him and Prof. Oak, and how he would explain it to
his mother. Misty and Gary continued arguing, while Machamp secretly wished
that he wouldn't get called out. Brock hit on nurse Joy all night, and because
she was so drunk she even let him do it. Brock was seriously happy, no need to
say. Pikachu decided to stay home, for the soul reason that he didn't wanna be
there when Ash would get drunk.
As they dumped Team Twerp, Team Rocket walked home,
still hugging each other. Meowth had to come in a basket, who was sound asleep.
In the hotelroom, James pulled Jessie in his arms again and lay her on the bed.
He stroke her cheek. 'Jess, I really had fun tonight. Maybe we could do it
again, of you'd like....' Jessie mumbled something, almost asleep, because of
the comfortable warmth of the room and the soothing touch of James' stroke.
Ofcourse, it was also because she was tipsy, but she didn't want to admit that.
The night had been far to nice to break the magic of it. James continued. 'I'm
really sorry that I hurt you liked that, Jess, okay?' Jessie nodded. 'I'm sorry
that I said I hated you, because I don't... It's more the opposite, because'
James looked at Jessie, and knew it was the time to tell her. He was terrified
to find out that probably she didn't feel the same way. Suddenly Jessie closed
her eyes, with her head falling on his lap. 'Never mind', James said, a bit
relieved. He stroke Jessie's hair and gently lay her on the bed. Then it hit
him. Tomorrow was Christmas, and I didn't even get Jessie a gift!
Later, Jessie woke up with a nasty headache. 'Ouch...'
She moaned, as she rubbed her forehead. There was a basket beside her. She
opened it and a sleeping Meowth came out. She couldn't help but giggle. Had he
been sleeping in the basket the whole night? She put him on the bed and stood
up, looking out of the window. Snow everywhere. Suddenly she remembered
everything that happened yesterday. 'O no!' She said to herself. 'What have I
done? He said he didn't hate me, and then he was going to say something else,
and I fell asleep? I must have been tired...' 'Or you were drunk', Meowth said,
waking up. 'Ow, my poor aching head... where's James? He asked, looking around
the room. 'James?' Jessie yelled, really
wanting to see if he wasn't mad at her sleeping when he was going to say
something. No answer. 'James?'
Again, louder this time. Still no response. 'He probably buying you some
Christmas presents, don't worry about him. He'll be back, James was really
worr...' Meowth was going to say worried that she wouldn't come back, but he
decided to leave that to James himself. Baka humans, he thought, why can't they
just admit their feelings for each other instead of putting it all on Me-owth!
'Christmas?' Jessie asked. 'O no! It's Christmas! I forgot!' She grabbed her
cloak and ran out, trying to find something for James while the stores weren't
closed yet. She looked at every store, but none had things that were right for
James, or what James would like. Suddenly she saw something. It's perfect! She
thought.
James was looking at the stores, and didn't know what
to but for Jessie. All the make-up is sold out, and even if it wasn't, I still
would want to buy something else...something meaningful, James thought to
himself. After last night, I mean... Suddenly he saw something. It's perfect!
He thought.
When he got back to the hotel, Jessie was already
there and Meowth had borrowed *cough* stolen *cough* a Christmas tree from the
forest. It reached the top of the room, and then the top of the tree bend over.
Jessie was decorating the three. 'Wanna help, James?' She asked. 'Sure!' He said, happy that Jessie was in a good mood
again. 'Just let me put my groceries
away.' 'Groceries, huh?' Meowth chuckled.
Jessie was really relieved to see James again. Sure, Meowth had said
that he would come back, but she hadn't really been sure. James put his groceries
in his room, and came out to decorate the three.
When they were done, the three was so over-decorated
that it nearly hit the ground because of its weight. 'Time to put the presents
down!' Meowth said, wondering what he was going to get. James and Jessie
startled and got sweatdrops (told you I would stop). They forgot Meowth! They
put their gifts down, and saw that Meowth wasn't putting packages under.
'Well', he began, seeing the looks on his team-mates faces, I thought the three
would be enough... because I risked my butt for it with the danger of getting
caught, even by the Growlithes of Officer Jenny!' 'That's okay', Jessie said,
still with a sweatdrop, 'I haven't got anything for you too... I kinda forgot.'
'Yeah, me too', James said, embarrassed. 'WHAT?' Meowth yelled. 'How can you
forget about Meowth? That's not fair!' Jessie sighed and trew a yarn ball in
the room, and so did James. 'That's your present!' They yelled in unison.
Meowth purred as he played with the balls. (awww, how
cute) Jessie and James looked at each other and smiled. 'Very well, Jess',
James said to Jessie, trying to remain dignified. Then he failed. 'Can we open
the packages now?' he yelled in her face. 'Please? Please?' 'Okay, you open
your package', Jessie said, smiling. James was just a little boy sometimes.
Or... most of the time. She handed him his present. He quickly unwrapped it,
and out came (okay, I have been trying for 2 weeks figuring out what to put
next, but since I'm not a guy, I really don't know what to give him... Please
have mercy) a small box. It was made of wood, and there was a rose carved in
it. He opened it. Inside was a note with a rose in the middle. He opened it and
read it.
'James, you know I think you're my best friend, and I'm really sorry about me
falling asleep when you were saying something.
The truth is, I'm just afraid to get hurt, and I'm
writing this because I'm too embarrassed to say it. Your real present is hidden
in the tree.
Love, Jessie. '
He stared at Jessie, who was looking up
to him, waiting patiently for something. He hugged her. 'You're my best friend
too, Jessie', he whispered, touched by the note.
'That's okay James', she whispered. 'Now go search
your present!' She faked a smile. James smiled too and searched for his
present. 'Let's see, it isn't in here', he mumbled, with his head in the three.
Jessie giggled. 'That looks really dumb, James', she said to him. 'I know, but
I wanna have my present!' He whined. 'Well, don't expect much, because I ran
out of money a long time ago.' Jessie said. 'Everything you give me is worth
getting, Jess,' he said, in a warm tone. He pulled out a package. 'Ooh! What's
this?' He shook it. The thing in it banged to the side of the box. He quickly
opened it. It was a Pokeball. 'There is nothing in it, but you can catch a
Pokemon with it, so I practically gave you a Pokemon', Jessie said quickly, a
bit embarrassed. James smiled reassuringly to her. 'Thanks Jess!' He blurted
out. 'I'm gonna get a new Pokemon! Yay!' He danced around the Christmas tree.
Jessie smiled yet again. She couldn't stop smiling this day, it seemed. James
stopped and gave Jessie her gift. Her you go, Jess', he said gently to her.
'Hope you like it.' Jessie slowly unfolded the paper and held a shining
necklace with a Mew on it. It was so beautiful, Jessie thought. The Mew was
made of Sapphire and Emerald stones, and it was like their eyes combined. She
flashed a big smile at him full of joy and unbelief. 'H...how could you afford
this?' She stammered. 'Just the rest of my spare money and I worked there the
whole day, and then I could have the rest for free! It was really nice of Sira.
She works there. She said she was sorry about what she did.' She also said that
she saw that it was true love, but he didn't say that with it. He wanted to
tell her himself, not quote someone. He took the necklace and put it around
Jessie's neck. She shivered from his soft touch and the feeling of the cold
necklace around her neck. Why a Mew? She thought. Doesn't he know? No, I never
told him. Why didn't I? I just keep hiding things from him, don't I? Oh well,
we'll see about that later. First let's just eat! James had actually bought
groceries, so he made something to eat, while Jessie was still admiring the Mew
on her necklace. It must have cost a fortune, she thought.
A few weeks later-
'It's the last day on this year, and we
are standing here to celebrate the events of the past year...' Prof. Oak was
holding his speech, while everyone was sleeping. Jessie had laid her head on
James lap and was softly mumbling. 'James...I... too...' James was trying to
keep his eyes open. He decided since he didn't tell Jessie how he felt about
her this Christmas, he would do it next year. But that's so far away! James
thought. He looked at Jessie sleeping on his lap. Then he smiled. But it's
worth it, he thought to himself. Ash' mom came on stage. 'Okay, you said enough
Professor', she giggled. 'Now come with me!' She pulled his ear and dragged him
of stage. 'That almost looks like Misty and Brock', Tracey said with a sweatdrop
on his head. Misty and Brock both got heads the size of a skippyball and kicked
him. Tracey ran off. 'Good riddance too!' Misty sneered. Everyone seemed to
agree with her and starter mumbling. Jessie woke up from the sound. She stood
up and looked at James. I wanna tell him tonight, how much I care for him and
how much I... Yeah, I will tell him tonight. James stood up too. 'Why are you
staring at me like that?' James said, mimicking Jessie when she had said that
at the ball and in the store. 'Just because', came the teasingly sounding
reply. Suddenly the crowd began cheering.
10...9...8...
James looked at Jessie. He looked at her eyes, her pretty sapphire
eyes, and her mouth, her small wet lips...
...7...6...5...
Jessie looked at James, at his beautiful emerald eyes,
and his braid of hair that was always hanging in front of his face...
4...3...2...
They walked towards each other, on a daze, a
trance....
1...0!
Fireworks were shooting in the sky, as James took her
waist around his arms and Jessie put her arms on his shoulders, playing with
his hair. They looked at each other with sparkles in their eyes. They began
moving closer together and James parted his lips a little. Jessie nudged her
head and closed her eyes, James did the same. 'Hey, don't you think it's a good
idea to make smaller Pokeballs, when they fit in these ones too?' Prof. Oak
came walking by and examined them. (Hey, I couldn't make it all sappy and
mushy, now could I?) Jessie pulled out her fan and mallet as she hit the
Professor into oblivion, while James couldn't believe what just happened. When
Prof. Oak had blasted off again, James pulled her into his arms again and
gently kissed her. Jessie was enjoying this every second, and enthusiastically
returned the kiss. The kiss deepened, and Jessie played with James' hair again.
It was a nice toy, she thought. (okay, that had absolutely no sense...) James gently rubbed her back. They parted
after a few minutes, and looked in each others' eyes. 'I love you, Jess', he
softly whispered to her, while stroking her cheek. 'I love you too, James', she
whispered in the same tone James was using, and hold his hand when they looked
at the lights in the sky. Everything will turn out okay, now that I have
Jessie, James thought. Jessie though exactly the same thing about James at that
moment, while he hold her in a tight embrace.
Okay, I know what you're going to say, it was far more
mushy than humour, but I can't help it because this was my first fic ever
written! I had the thought in my head for a very long time. The song was the
translation for Galaxy Fraulein Yuna, Good Night to the Moon Shadow, or Tsuki Kage ni Oyasumi.
I really hope you liked it, and I would appreciate reviews! Thank you!