Chapter 1: The Girls/Women-Only Vacation PART I

A/N: Welcome to my new story, The Gems. I hope you'll enjoy the first chapter of it : The Girls/Women-Only Vacation PART I. All seems peaceful... for now, that is.

BTW, I've hired a new disclaimer!

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon, and 'dei' belongs to my class ONLY.

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"This is heaven, isn't it?" Winter commented. She was lying on one of the sea-side bed things, except it was by the pool.

"I never thought you're the sunshine kinda person," Flannery said.

Winter shrugged. "I'm so full of surprises." Winter leaned over and grabbed her glass of lemonade.

"Hey!" Whitney yelled. "The trampoline's here!"

You'd think a make-up store gave a discount on lipstick. Well, look at how fast they ran towards the trampoline.

Who knew I loved trampolining so much? Winona thought as Winter shoved Jadia and Whitney onto the trampoline.

"Let's shuffle!" Whitney cried, making an attempt to do the LMFAO shuffle on the trampoline, but ended up failing. Miserably. Still, she had a good time.

Jadia did something as crazy as to (attempt) ballet-dance on the trampoline.

"That's crazy!" Candice cried. "Here, you can dance mid-air now!" She jumped onto the trampoline, taking Jadia of guard.

"Hey!" Jadia cried.

Candice smirked. "Do what you can to survive here."

Jadia scowled.

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It was dinnertime, and the women/girls were standing around the BBQ pit, trying to start a fire.

"Lemme help!" Flannery said. "Ninetails, use Flamethrower!"

"You just burnt the BBQ pit!" Maylene said.

"Heh heh." Flannery smiled and sweat-dropped. Suddenly, her Pokégear started to ring. "Sorry, guys! I'll be back in a bit!" She rushed off to a corner.

Winter smirked. "Three guesses on who that is."

"Her boyfriend?" Fantina suggested.

"Yeah, but who," Winter said. "As in, a person."

"Uh..." Everyone was stumped - except Winter, who seemed to know just who-. Even Winona, who knew Flannery the best of all of them, was stuck.

"Is it Brawly?" Maylene wondered.

"Can't be; he's dating Roxanne," Winona said thoughtfully.

"We are not!" Roxanne was blushing at the very thought of she and Brawly dating.

"As surprising as it sounds," Winter added with a smirk.

"Mack, ex Admin of Team Magma?" Misty offered.

"Close," Winter said. "But he's missing."

"And I don't think Brawly will be very happy to hear Flannery's dating someone he had lost to in the Kyogre and Groudon incident," Winona stated.

"Maybe I should tell you," Winter said. "But let me say another thing first. Flannery's sure taking longer than a 'bit'."

"So?!" Jadia demanded. She was kind of Jasmine's opposite.

"Then again, maybe I shouldn't!" Winter laughed.

"How about we all confess who we have a crush on?" Candice suggested eagerly.

"I am out of here," Erika said, making an attempt to walk away, except she was being held back by Janine.

Janine laughed. "Oh, please stay, Erika," she pleaded. "It'll be fun!"

"Then you go first," Candice said to Janine, grinning.

"No way." Janine shook her head. "You were the one who suggested it. Why don't you go first?"

"You said it was fun!" Candice argued. "You should go first."

Winter laughed. "Ladies, I think I'll go first if you can't decide!"

"Who is the guy?" Misty asked eagerly.

Winter smiled. "Aaron."

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"There's something strange, Missy," Pearl said. "I thought by now you'd be challenging the Johto or Hoenn Gyms."

"I would," Platinum replied. "Except I want to challenge the Mahogany Gym first, but the Gym Leader, Winter, is not in."

"And nothing I say will make you challenge the other Gyms first, right?" Pearl pressed.

"Too true, Pearl."

Pearl smiled. "Oh, and I remember something Dad told me. Something about what you had said about me."

"Oh?" Platinum raised her eyebrow in an attempt to show that she was just interested and not anything else, but the truth is, she was blushing. It was very slight, but it's still a blush. "What did he tell you?"

Pearl's grin got even wider. "Well, after challenging the Battle Hall and winning," he said. "Dad told you to follow him to some room in the Frontier.

"He said that you had said that I didn't think he was the worst father on earth," Pearl continued. "You'd also stated that I often spoke about him, and that I'm very proud of the fact that I inherited his ability to predict a Pokémon's next move by its stance, from Dad.

"You had continued by saying that any battle prowess and determination you have," Pearl went on. "Must've rubbed off on you from your travels with me, and that you were the one who was being taken care of.

"Am I right, Missy?" Pearl asked gently.

Platinum nodded slowly. "Yes..."

"Well," Pearl said. "I was very happy when I'd heard that. Oh, and in case you're wondering, this question is just some random thing that's popped in my mind," he added.

Platinum smiled softly, in attempt to hide her thoughts from Pearl. Wow! she thought. I think I don't have to see Winter to solve my love problems. I... I think I've chosen the boy!

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The other girls/women - except Flannery, who was still on the phone with whoever - stared at Winter in shock.

"What?!" Winter said defensively. "He's so sexy!"

The others still gaped at her.

"Janine, it's your turn now." Winter smirked.

"Okay." Janine drew a deep breath. "H-he is..." For some reason, she could not choke out the man's name.

Candice playfully slapped Janine on the back. "Spit it out," Candice said cheerily.

Do we belong in the same world? Janine wondered. She took another deep breath. "H... he... he is... Falkner."

Winter, Jadia and Whiney high-fived. "We knew it!" the three shouted.

Sabrina face-palmed. How did I get dragged into this mess?

"Your turn now, Candice," Janine said, spinning around to face Candice.

"This may seem stupid," Candice stated. "But I think I like Silver!"

"H-how do you even know him?!" Misty spluttered.

"Well, we were imprisoned in the same room, and next to each other," Candice explained as though it was obvious. "That gave me a chance to get to know each other."

"I think you to are perfect for each other," Winter announced casually. "After all, you're warm and friendly, while he's cold and distant."

Candice beamed. "Okay, it's your turn, Winona."

Winona turned into a very interesting shade of red. "I can't believe it..." she mumbled. "Okay," she said louder. "This is very, very stupid, but..." She paused, wondering whether to chicken out.

As though reading Winona's mind, Winter behind Winona, and pinned her arms behind. "You can't run now," Winter sang cheerfully.

Then I've no choice. Winona inhaled. "He's... Wallace."

"The both of you will get back together!" Winter crowed, and un-pinning Winona's arms.

Winona blushed. "S-shut up!"

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Platinum looked at Pearl, at Diamond, that back at Pearl.

Yes, she thought. I love... Pearl.

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A/N: Rise and shine! Lovely weather!

Actually, I had originally planned for Platinum to realise who she loves at the end of the story, but I guess I've changed my mind. ^^ Now it's up to Pearl to make this into a Haughtyshipping fic.

Commonershippers, I don't care what you think. You should've known this, if you've read my profile. If you did, then you'd know I love Haughtyshipping, so I might choose it for this story too.

This chapter's getting too long, so I'll continue the crushes in the next chapter. So, please review nicely, especially you, Commonershippers.