a/n: 'Kay. So. This is pretty much just Skyla's feelings for Cress, but, you know, things should get fluffier/better from here. So enjoy. (No. Just no. Does it look like I own Pokemon?)
Jetlag
It was jetlag, this irreconcilable feeling of jealousy.
Skyla enjoyed her infrequent visits to the small café that everyone knew as the Striaton City gym. She knew it as her hang out spot. Sometimes she ran into a flustered Elesa mumbling something about whether or not to give free tickets to the Nimbasa Amusement Park as tips. Sometimes, when the two would hang out, Skyla would let something slip every now and then.
"And this little brat was flirting with him, Elesa!" she'd scream.
Elesa was well aware of her friend's small crush on the blue-haired waiter of Striaton City [café] Gym, even though Skyla didn't even think that she liked him.
The two girls had two irreconcilable views on why Skyla kept freaking out over some girl flirting with Cress.
"You're jealous," Elesa said slyly, smiling as if she knew all. Which she probably did.
"No. It's definitely the jetlag. I'm obviously not thinking straight. I mean, I don't have time for the silly things of love!"
"Skyla," Elesa said, a frown gracing her lips now. She spoke again. "You ride your unfezant to Striaton, and on top of that, I'm sure Cress gets jealous when you flirt with other guys. Remember at the last gym leader meeting? All you did was talk—or what the rest of the world calls it, flirt—with Brycen. He was going to hurt something, which was very un-Cress like if you ask me. I mean, I did date him last year."
"And now you're after his younger brother," Skyla retorted, "Tsk, tsk, tsk, Elesa. You should know better."
"Hey, at least I'm not Iris. She's going after his older brother."
"Uh, how does that affect the situation?"
"Well," Elesa said, "Iris is a complete nobody compared to us, so like, she's gonna be huge when they find out she and Cilan are dating. But like, if Chili and I were to date, I don't think it'd be as big a deal."
"You logic is strange, E."
Elesa laughed a bit.
"Yeah, I know. But your reasoning needs some working on."
With that, Elesa got up from the table they were sitting at and shouted over her shoulder, "Denial!" before starting her way back to Nimbasa.
