Hey guys! Um, so this is a new story and I don't know, I've been losing inspiration on my other stories lately, so I decided to put them on a short hiatus until further notice. If you want more information, it's in my profile, so if you're curious, just check that out.

Right now though, I have this really fun idea that I think you guys might like so yeah, here it is!

Ages: Ash, Misty, and Gary: 23, Drew, Paul, and Leaf: 22, May and Dawn: 21

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot.

Roommates

Chapter One-The Move

"Here's your change and your strawberry cake, sir," a brunette chimed as she handed the aforementioned items to the man in front of the counter. "Have a nice day," she finished with a charming smile.

The man smiled back before taking his leave. Once he left, the brunette's brown eyes scanned the place for any customers. Good thing it was the afternoon, so not a lot of people came in due to jobs.

Her phone notification had gone off a while ago, indicating she had a text but she couldn't pick it up since she was working with a customer. Now that he was gone and that her boss wasn't around, she was able to check it.

From-Dawn Berlitz 2:30 PM

Leaf, I just got the call from the apartment building! The manager told me that there were four open apartments, so that means we can each get our own as planned. But that's not the best part. Those four open apartments are all on the same floor, next to each other! We're all going to be neighbors! Contract signing at three! I've let the girls know already too, btw! Don't be late or we'll lose our rooms!

Leaf stared at the white iPhone in her hands in disbelief. She had to restrain herself from screaming on the top of her lungs since that would scare the workers, so she just grinned and looked at the time, eyes nearly popping when she saw the time.

2:40 PM

Without warning, she put one of the better workers, Melody, on her shift as she took her stuff to leave. The girl didn't care. Leaf was the supervisor anyway, so her boss was a bit more lenient on the brunette.

As Leaf drove to the apartment, over the speed limit as well, she couldn't help but be excited about finally living on her own. Her best friends and she had planned it. Once they had finished college, they would move out and start living on their own. Though they had considered living together, they also figured that they'd have to learn to live on their own. So that's what they did. Lived alone in an apartment, but still as close as possible.

By the time Leaf had reached the building, she had three minutes to spare, so she quickly found a parking and parked her car before sprinting into the huge piece of construction.

When she went inside, she found her three friends and the manager. The three girls, who had arrived earlier, grinned upon seeing Leaf and quickly ushered her over to them. The brunette complied to the order and met up with them.

"I'm glad you were able to make it on time," the manager commented as Leaf made her way towards them. "One more minute and you could've lost your room."

The girls giggled as Leaf brushed the comment aside. She made it on time anyway, so there was no need to worry about it.

"Well, I'm here now, so let's get to contract signing!"

So they did that. The manager had produced four identical contracts for the girls to sign, and although Leaf had considered reading the whole thing, including the fine print, she decided against it. The environment they had chosen was a nice place and the manager himself was quite friendly, so why would he try to trick them?

Once that was done, the four girls left the place to go gather their things from home and everything will be set. They had planned to move in the following day.

"I am so excited!" another brunette squealed. "Finally a place of my own and it's beautiful too!"

Another girl nodded in agreement as she fixed her side ponytail.

"And let's not forget the great view of the sea, May!" she added. "All those beach trips will never be long rides ever again."

"Misty," a bluenette called. "I think it's perfect for you since your job is at that beach," she pointed out before giggling.

"Oh, like you're not excited too, Dawn," Leaf piped. "The place is like right next door to the mall. It's heaven for you."

As they all made their ways to their cars, they continued to poke fun at each other until they had all respectively gone back to their own vehicle and gone their separate ways back home to pack and move to their soon-to-be-new-home.

"Oh, I can't believe May is finally going out on her own," an older brunette gushed as she helped May pack the boxes in her room. "I remember as if it was just yesterday that you were entering elementary school."

An older man besides her chuckled at his wife's overdramatic reaction.

"Caroline, we knew that this day would come," he reminded before turning his attention back to his daughter. "I just didn't think that it'd come so soon."

May giggled softly before taping the box that contained her jeans and shorts. She was going to miss her parents when she moved to the apartment.

"Well, she had to move out eventually," a new voice rang.

All attention was diverted to the door frame. A teen boy leaned against it with a knowing smirk playing on his lips as he pushed his glasses up from the bridge of his nose.

"It's not like Mom and Dad are going to take care of you forever, May."

The brunette merely stuck her tongue out at him before going back to pack. Although she hated to admit it, she would eventually start to miss her younger know-it-all brother, Max. He was cocky when it came to books and they fought all the time, but she would no doubt miss those fights she ever had with him.

"Don't worry, guys," she reassured. "I promise I'll visit when I have the chance. It's going to be hard balancing work and all, but I'll visit."

"Are you sure you have enough money for the rent?" her father asked.

May nodded before answering, "The girls and I all worked long enough for a year worth of rent, Dad. Don't worry about us."

Before Norman was able to respond back, Caroline interrupted him with a, "Stop worrying, Norman. Like you said earlier, it's bound to happen eventually."

And with that, the family had gone back to packing and the two parents prepared for their daughter's leave the following day.

"Dawn, are you going to bring your whole room to the apartment or the whole house?" Johanna inquired as she walked into a mess she called her house.

Her bluenette daughter popped out from the corner the upstairs wall and looked down at her mother with a distressed look.

"I can't find my rent money anywhere! I think we've been robbed!"

The older woman only giggled at her distraught daughter, who casted her a confused look almost immediately.

"You left your money on the kitchen table a week ago so I put it away for you in my room in case you really do lose it in the future," she said, entering her own room. "You really have to be careful with where you put your important items, Dawn, or you really will lose it one day."

The bluenette sighed in relief upon seeing her money and put it away into her bag. Her mother was right. She was going to lose something important one day, but she couldn't help it. It had been a habit of hers to just leave things behind sometimes.

"I know, Mom. I'm trying to change that though. After I move in, I'll make sure my place is clean enough for me to find my things and make it sure it won't become messy."

The older bluenette nodded in approval and started to take a closer look at the mess. The white sofas were covered with thrown clothes while suitcases that were packed were opened with very few clothing left in them and brown boxes were turned over. It was not a pretty sight, and being the perfectionist she happened to be, she couldn't stand it.

"Dawn," she started, catching her daughter's attention. "I think we should start first by cleaning this house."

The younger girl only laughed sheepishly before turning the boxes over again and fixing the house back to the way it was before she tore it down.

"Clothes? Check. Shoes? Check."

Misty read off her list as she went through the boxes in her room. Once she had arrived home, she started packing and within three and a half hours, she was done. She didn't hoard a lot of things to begin with so it wasn't a long process for her to pack.

Her room was now practically empty, save for her bed and now empty drawers. The girls had originally planned to bring all their furniture, but changed their minds later when their respective family had offered to buy new ones for them. Their excuse was that it was going to be gifts for moving out.

After making sure she had everything, Misty fell back onto her bed and thought about her new apartment. She was finally going to get a place of her own! Sure Undella was a beautiful place, what with the beach and all, but there were little to no apartments available.

The one in Black City however, had just enough room for the four of them. Although the city was known for its greed and shady residents, it had an apartment building with four apartments with reasonable rent with a fair manager. Plus, the apartment building they had chosen was the one closest to Undella Town, so it had a great view of the sea from the rooms they had obtained.

"Misty," a voice rang, causing her to break away from her thoughts.

From her door frame was one of her sisters, Daisy. Out of the three sisters that Misty had, Daisy was the one she was closest to, though the blonde still teased her youngest sister sometimes.

"What is it, Daisy?"

The blonde smiled as she clasped her two hands together.

"I picked out your bed and other furniture things for your apartment. Don't worry, I've chosen white for them since it'll be easier to match," she informed.

"Thanks," Misty responded with a slight smile. "Are you sure it's fine to buy it for me? I can pay you back if anything."

"Don't worry about it, little sis," she waved off. "We didn't spend that much on the furniture. In fact, we still have leftover money."

That was another thing about them. They were the Sensational Sisters, so money wasn't a big issue for the three. It was also because of that that Misty was shunned by them when they were younger. They were into the girly things where as the orange-headed woman wasn't. And that was enough for Misty to want to move out once she had the chance.

"Anyway, I've already informed them to bring it over to your apartment tomorrow at noon, so be there to sign the papers."

Misty nodded indicating that she heard it and continued to stare at her ceiling.

"Now come on, we're eating."

The orange-headed woman quickly sat up and looked at her sister as if she had grown two heads. Growing up, they had rarely eaten together. In fact, this was probably the first time that had happened.

Daisy, noticing this, merely giggled at her little sister's reaction.

"We have to leave later tonight for a tour, so we wanted to eat together before you go off on your own tomorrow," she explained. "Now, come on."

Misty only stayed quiet and followed her sister out.

Maybe I will miss them. Just a tiny bit.

"Mom, Dad, are you guys sure it's fine to buy me my furniture? I can buy it myself."

The two older brunettes only sighed in frustration at their daughter's questioning. They understood that she didn't want them to waste too much money on her, but she had to learn to accept gifts when they were practically thrown at her.

"Leafy," her mother started. "We're completely fine with doing that. Besides, it's such an important moment that we have to do something. Just take it as a farewell gift."

The younger brunette hated to let it happen, but what was she to do? Her mother was stubborn as hell and her father was a persistent one as well, which meant that they won't let the idea of buying her furniture go until she agrees to let them do it.

"And you need to save your money for rent and groceries when you move into your apartment," her father pointed out. "You may be the supervisor for the bakery, but that doesn't mean you won't run out of money after buying furniture."

Seeing that both her parents had a point and that they were going to be relentless on the idea, she had no choice but to go with it. With a surrendering sigh, she nodded.

"Fine, I'll let you guys buy it. But I don't want you two spending too much, okay? I won't need a lot anyway."

And that was all it took for the two parents to drag her out to their car and to go to the local furniture shop.

This is going to be a long day.

Yeah, I'm really rusty with my writing.

But I hope you guys liked it. I'll try to update as soon as possible, but until then, leave a review and let me know how it was? C: I would really cheer me up from all the problems I've been going through, and all. Actually, I'm still going through them. So review and take me away from my crazy life, please? C: Long reviews are accepted too! Like you know, just a suggestion if you want to. I like to read them.