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Chapter 2: Professor's Party
Sapphire opened her large blue eyes then saw Crystal sleeping on the floor. She tiptoed out of her room and then opened the refrigirator and looked for something to eat for breakfast. She groaned when she saw nothing in the freezer. She sat down the table and then mumbled "What am I going to eat!! Papa, didnt leave me some food!!! I'll starve!! Yes!!! I'm starving right now!!"
"Well, you have to do someting about that!! Dont just sit there and wait for the food to come to you.." came a reply. Sapphire glanced and saw Crystal.
"What can I do about it?! Tell my stomach!!!"
"Let's go eat outside!!!
"Where?! There's no place good enough for us to eat in!! Its all trees!!"
"But I thought you like trees and swinging on it so pokemon would come near you.."
"I know but... it might steal our food away..you know, wild pokemon roaming around this area.."
"That's not what I mean, I mean that we should eat in a restaurant or any eatery here... I think I should give the food here a try!"
"Whatever you say!!"
"But first, we should take a bath!"
"Are you kidding?!! I wont go in for a bath with you!! That's just wrong!!"
Crystal frowned " I didnt say we should take a bath together!"
"Even so! I wont take a bath!! It only makes me feel unaccepted to the nature! Dont worry!! I wont stink at all!!"
"But you still need to get a bath....now!"
Sapphire rolled her eyes "Fine fine!!! I will take a bath!!"
~Later~
Crystal went out of the bathroom then ordered Sapphire to get in.
"Remember to wash under your armpits!!" she called out from outside.
"Yes!! I will!!" Sapphire replied.
"And dont forget to clean your face up and wash behind your ears!!"
"Of course!! How could I forget that!!" Sapphire replied pretty annoyed.
"And put some shampoo in your hair so it would smell fragnant!! And the soap too!! That's important!!"
"I know!!! I know!!!"
When Sapphire stepped out the bathroom, Crystal immediately looked at her armpits and ears then smelled her hair.
"Hey, you really did clean yourself. Lets go.."
~At an eatery just around the corner~
"I would like to eat some bacon and eggs for breakfast today..." Crystal told the waiter then faced Sapphire "How about you, Sapph?"
"I would like to eat the same, too and I would like to order a glass of milk with it, too.."
"Okay," the waiter said then bowed "I'll be bringing your orders in fifteen minutes.."
Sapphire sighed then said "About the talk we had last night...I was wondering.."
"Are you still bothered about it? Dont worry!! I wont tell that to anyone!!"
"But how can I make sure? Your tongue might slip and you would reveal my secret to others!"
Crystal moved forward a little "Well, just tell them I like Gold so it'll be fair for the both of us. Dont tell me you havent thought about that?"
Sapphire blushed "To be honest... no.."
"Well then, you better start thinking something like that... It might help you someday.."
"Anyways, can you help me train my pokemon?"
"I'm not good at battles at all but you can count on me when it comes to training... I guess.."
"Okay!! Lets go eat fast so we could have time to spend together!" Sapphire told her then suddenly asked "When's the party anyway?"
"Its tomorrow.. and I'm so excited about it!!!"
Just then, the waiter arrived and handed them their breakfast. Sapphire took a sip from her glass then squealed "Fresh miltank milk is the best!!"
Crystal ate her meal happily while staring at Sapphire who ate her breakfast like a wild munchlax "Sapphire! Where are your manners?"
"I'm hungry!!" was all that Sapphire said. Crystal sighed but smiled.
~On their way back to Sapphire's house~
Sapphire stretched her arms then looked at Crystal "Let's go train in the meadow, a few blocks away! And that was the best breakfast I had this week!"
"Sapphire, you're 14 years old.. Try to act a little mature.."
"But I'm hungry that time!! There's no helping it.."
When they arrived at their frontyard, they were both surprised that Ruby was actually there waiting for them.
"I've been waiting here for a lifetime for you guys.." he said.
"I didn't tell you to come here and wait for us, you twit!!" Sapphire told him angrily. She widened her eyes when Ruby just walked pass her.
"Wh--why didnt he fight back?" Sapphire thought "He still likes me, right? But why? He hates me, then.."
"Do you know any good combination outfits for my pokemon, Crystal?" he asked her.
"I HATE YOU!!" Sapphire suddenly shouted at him!! "Dont you dare come near me!!"
The 14 year-old girl walked inside her house, slammed the door in his face then locked it. Ruby, on the other hand, was entirely confused. He just wanted to spend a day, just one day without fighting Sapphire. He noticed she got fed up with there fights. What did he do to upset her like that?
Sapphire fell to her knees. Why did she do it? It really did hurt her... If only they did not have that talk, she must have rejoiced that, for once, Ruby did not fight with her. After that she cried. She did not know why. She just cried and cried. Suddenly, she realized something. A weird feeling she never felt before but she didnt care what it was and ignored it. Tired of crying, Sapphire slowly fell asleep against the door (again).
~Lunch~
"I'm worried," Crystal told Ruby "What if Sapphire locked herself up in her room. What's gotten into her today?"
"Hey!! Why are you looking at me like that?!" Ruby asked her "Its not my fault!!"
"I know... but I think Sapphire might have..."
"Might have what? I didnt fight with her so I dont have anything to worry about! She sure is weird today!!"
Crystal suddenly remembered what she told Sapphire the night before then she lowered her head...
"I'm partly to blame, too.. I told her something last night and... and.."
"Dont mind her at all!! Sapphire only pretended that so she might catch our attention and we should worry about her."
"That doesnt sound like her at all... Sapphire is not like that.."
"You have a point there.. I wonder what happened to her."
~Late afternoon~
"Now I'm really worried... she might have fallen asleep on the floor and then she, maybe, formed puddles pf saliva on the floor.."
Ruby, who was eating a burger then, choked "Dont say that!! Its gross!! And I dont think Sapphire would drool like that.. maybe, a little only.."
Crystal stood up from the grass then said "I'm going inside... I better get my dress ready tomorrow for the party.."
"Dont you want to watch the sunset? The best scenery of the day? Littleroot Town is the best place to see it, I think."
"There's always sunset every afternoon and Sapphire had been inside that house all day... alone."
Ruby sighed "Well, in that case, I'm heading home too to put on some finishing touches on my outfit. Remember to let Sapphire wear the dress I made for her and pass by my house, tomorrow at six."
Crystal rolled her eyes "Yes, we will, Ruby. Yes, we will."
After hearing those words from Crystal, Ruby merrily skipped back to his house. Crystal slowly opened the backdoor and directly saw Sapphire sleeping against the door.
"Like I said.. how long did she really sleep in that position?" she asked herself, sighed and lifted Sapphire up to her bed on the other room. Trying to catch her breath, Crystal felll to her knees and told herself "Note, Crystal. Never ever lift Sapphire up again. She's heavier than she looks like, you know. Probably, even heavier."
She looked up at Sapphire "Sweet Dreams, Sapphire.."
~The next Day~
Sapphire opened her eyes then sat up when she saw Crystal trying on a long, dark blue dress and she seems to have troubles in tying the ribbon behind her.
"Let me help you," Sapphire said that made Crystal glance.
"Thank you," Crystal replied when Sapphire grabbed the ribbon and tied it. She replaced her yellow star earrings with blue one that matched her outfit. She then, put on matching shoes and a handbag.
"What's this new gown for?"
"You forgot, didn't you?"
"Forgot what? I know nothing.."
"We'll go to where your father is now and we will join their party."
"EEEW!! Parties with old people arent fun at all!! I'll rather stay here!!" Sapphire pouted then crossed her arms.
"Is it because you know Ruby is coming with us?"
"You just gave me more reasons not to come!"
"Sapphire, you dont need to over-react. He did not know what we talked about last night. He even told me that he just dont want to fight you for the day. There's no problem with that, is there? You better go apologize for doing what you did."
"I will. But really... I'm not interested in going to the party. If I ever will, I'll just catch up."
Crystal softened her eyes and patted her head " I cooked ham for you for breakfast. I'll wait for you at the party until 9:00 pm. Dont disappoint me."
Sapphire jumped over her bed then told Crystal "I'll come, I promise!"
Crystal looked at her, waiting for more of her answer. Sapphire groaned "Okay! I'll wear a dress!"
Still. Crystal continued to stare at her. Sapphire groaned even louder "The dress Ruby made..."
"I'm going now!! See you at the party!!" Crystal smiled and said then walked out of Sapphire's house then went to pick Ruby up.
~In Front of Ruby's House~
KNOCK!!! KNOCK!! KNOCK!! went the door.
"I'll get it!!" Ruby's mother happily replied then opened it.
"And who's this beautiful young lady standing in front of me?" she asked sweetly when she saw Crystal.
"I'm here for Ruby. Is he around?" Crystal asked.
Ruby's mom looked at her from head to toe "You look so elegant. And so much mature for my Ruby.."
"Excuse me? But what do you mean, Ma'am?"
Without answering her question, the woman asked again "How old are you?"
"I'm 16. What made you ask?"
The woman shook her head "But my son is only 14 so you could not be together."
"What? We're just going to a party together. What's wrong with that?"
"You are too old for my little man to go to date to."
Crystal twitched her lips "I'm not dreaming of dating him. I would rather date Gold."
"And who's this Gold? Someone I should know about?"
"Stop asking questions already!! Are you always like this? Interferring with your son's, or even other people's lives?!"
Tears rolled down the woman's face. "Sorry.."
"Ma'am!! I'm so sorry!!! I didnt mean to shout at you like that!! I'm sorry!!"
The lady in front of her wiped off her tears "Its okay.. I receive that from other people, as well. I'm just so childish that's all. But not all the time!! I started to act a bit mature when I got Ruby in my tummy, when I realized I was going to become a mummy."
"Do you really need to say that to me?"
"I'm telling this to you so you wont become a parent at an early stage."
"Oh, really?" Crystal asked rolling her eyes "That will really help me a lot. Thank you!! (She thought "It didnt even make sense..") heheee.."
"Come in here. Ruby must be putting on his blush-on. Until then, you go wait here inside."
"Thank you." Crystal said, walking in and sat down the couch. "Nice place you got here!"
"Yeah? I spent a lot of money to construct this house but I'm always alone here at times. I'm with my pokemon but I dont have someone to talk to."
"Why not? Your husband? Ruby?"
"My husband is a gym leader. Ruby's always out looking for contests and if he is here, he would spend the time making clothes or perfecting his pokemon's appearance. He never had the time with me. Sometimes he heads out to Professor Birch's house to meet up with his daughter. The two of us are not as close as it seems.
"I see. Do you have any photoalbum I could look at?"
"No problem! Here!!" she replied then took a photoalbum from under he table. Crystal turned the pages. Its full of Ruby's baby pictures.
"I never get tired at looking at this photoalbum. Sometimes I even cry while looking at it."
Crystal saw a picture of Ruby, when he was 2 years old, without any outfit, poking his bottom. She twitched.
"What's this? A Ruby-poking-his-butt picture?"
"Yes!! He had the cutest little bottom in the history of my family!"
"Tell me about it! If Ruby ever sees this, his gonna tear this apart!"
"You should keep it then! You live in Johto right?"
"Yes!! I will!!" Crystal said then thougth "Gold would die of laughing when I show this to him when I get home!"
Ruby ran down the stairs. Crystal immediately hid the photoalbum in her bag then stood up. "I guess we better get going now. Thanks for this album maam!"
"Album? What album?" Ruby asked. Crystal suddenly smiled nervously."Nothing!!" she said.
From outside, Ruby rode Crystal's arcanine,Arckee, while she rode her meganium, Mega.
"Dont do something BAD!!!" his mom called out that annoyed them both.
~At the Resort; 10:37 am~
"We're here!!" Crystal said then went inside leaving her Mega and Arckee to run around the huge space at the back of the resort.
"My! My! Crys! That really suited you!" Professor Oak told her.
"Oooh!! I agree!" Professor Birch added then looked around "Where's my daughter?"
"She's catch up with us. I guess.."
Ruby smacked his forehead. He just realized Sapphire wasnt there when they were already at the party.
"You kids have fun with the other kids!" Professor Oak said the walked off with Sapphire's father inside the conference room. At the corner of her eye, Crystal saw Green, Red, Yellow and Blue all in swimsuits, swimming in the nearby swimming pool.
"Come on, Green! The water is perfect!" Red told him. Green rolled his eyes and went in. "That's it!" Red exclaimed.
Upon seeing Crystal, Blue ran to her "Why are you wearing a gown like that! Its still for tonight! And why not enjoy with us in the pool!"
Crystal shook her head. "I need to join the conference later on. And you look so sexy in that swimsuit, Blue! Gold would nosebleed if he sees you."
"Okay. I'll just stay here and persuade Ruby to go to swim with us."
"Sure. I'll go now." Crystal said then went inside the conference room. Blue looked at Ruby. Ruby gulped and backed off.
~Later on; 2:53 pm~
"That conference would take a lifetime!" Crystal sighed then widened her eyes when she saw Red jumping over Ruby's stomach. She rushed to them and asked "What happened?"
"Red pushed him to the deepest part of the pool and he did not make it." Yellow replied.
"He died?!" Crystal asked, widening everyone's eyes."NOO!!" they told her. She smiled then turned to Red.
"You wont cure him like that!" she told Red.
"You're right. I'm not heavy enough. I'll just ask Venusaur to jump on his stomach!" Red said reaching out to his pocket.
"NOO!!" everyone screamed that stopped him.
"You'll definitely crush his bones!" Yellow said.
"Ooops!! Sorry!!" Red said then stuck his tongue out. "And I cant do that, Yellow. Only Venusaur could do that if he jumps on Ruby."
~4:19 pm~
"I'll never go near that pool again!!" Ruby, finally awake, told Crystal while she rubbed a face towel on his wet face.
"Its also Red's fault, he pushed you.." Crystal replied. "Cant you swim?"
"I can... but the water was way too deep and my make-up might wash off. Look at my perfect outfit!! Its ruined and wet!"
Crystal sweat-dropped "Only because of that? You caused more trouble to your face more than you could have if you just swam."
"Yeah... I feel kinda, ummm, sorry for my face. And when will Sapphire arrive?"
Crystal looked at him a bit surprised "You want to see Sapphire?"
"Where is she anyway? When will she arrive? Why didnt she come with us on the way here? I've been spending the whole day yesterday and today Sapphire-less!! What did I do to her?! I didnt do someting wrong did I?"
Crystal, still, looked at him, her eyes slightly widened. After a few seconds Ruby continued "I want to see her again. I want to see her smile.."
That's that. Crystal heard enough then stood up and walked away.
"Where are you going, Crys?" he asked that made Blue's (who was drying herself with a towel, that time behind them) head turn.
"I'm going to make a phone call." Crystal replied.
"Why? Who is that person you're going to call?"
"You dont care about it! Just leave me alone for a while and dont dare follow me!"
Blue stood up then followed her secretly but Ruby caught her "Where are you going? I can see youre trying to follow Crystal." he said.
Blue chuckled nervously "I'm going to the ladies' room." she replied.
"But the ladies' room is in the other way..." Ruby added.
A vein popped on Blue's head, "Why!! Yes!! It is!! I better go now..!" she said, still heading the way where Crystal have gone to.
"Yep!! She's going to follow her!" he told himself then turned at Yellow who was sitting on the chair beside him. "How did you get here, anyway, Yellow?"
"Oh! Green is the grandson of Professor Oak so Green is always invited to come here. The professor said that we should come along, too so Green wont get bored. You? How did you end up in this resort?" Yellow asked back.
~With Crystal~
The girl in the blue gown sighed and dialled Sapphire's home phone number then waited for Sapphire to reply. Meanwhile, Sapphire, who tried what she didnt try to do before (to watch TV) happily skipped away from the TV screen and answered the phone.
"Yes? Birch's residence! Can I help you?"
"When are you planning to go here, anyway?!!!" she heard Crystal's voice coming from the other end. "I've been waiting for you!! Where are you now?!!"
Sapphire stood still then rreplied "At home. Watching television. And no!! I wont go there!! That's final!!"
"But Sapphire!! You told me you would come!!"
"But its not a promise!!"
"Not a promise?! I heard you say that you promise!!"
"I crossed my fingers at that time, you know!"
"But you still told me you would come and I believed with what you've said!"
Sapphire felt kind of guilty. She did tell her she would come but she really dont want to. "Sorry.. But I really dont want to come to that party.."
Crystal sighed "Ruby... you like Ruby, dont you? He told me he wanted to see you... he told me he wanted to see you smile... Sapphire, you've got to come here and join us.."
Sapphire lowered her head then, without hesitation, put the phone down. Crystal got mad then called again and again but Sapphire wont answer. After a few tries, she ran out of pennies then gave up. When she was about to walk away, Blue showed up.
"Blue?!!! Where'd you come from? Did you listen to our conversation?"
"I cant hear the sounds on the other end but you were, like, shouting so loudly that everyone could hear what you're saying.."
"Is it really that loud? I was just.. ummm.. how do I say this?"
Blue patted her shoulders and said "Let it be.."
"What do you mean?" Crystal asked, puzzled.
"Just leave her for a while to think for herself... she'll come.."
~Back at Sapphire's House~
Sapphire lay still on her bed. Questions circled her mind like
"Should I go?"
"Did Ruby really tell her that?"
"Was Crystal telling her the truth?"
She was really confused but later she decided. She decided t head for the resort and meet up with Crystal.. After all she promised. She nervously walked towards her closet and opened it. There hung two dresses...(only two) with same designs. One which was a perfect fit to her and the other one who wouldnt fit her perfectly until she was 18. She took out the smaller one and sighed.
"I'm gonna need a bath after this one." she said then took her clothes off and slid herself inside the dress. "Watch out everyone. I'm coming.."
~6:46 pm Inside the Ballroom~
Crystal sighed. The party would end in three hours but Sapphire was still nowhere in sight. She saw Sapphire's father walk towards her. And she only looked at the man, ready to answer his questions.
"I'm sorry, Crystal, but I thought you said my daughter will come here. Are you lying?"
"Noo!! I know she's coming!! Let's give her some time... please... she promised me she'll come.."
The professor sighed."That Sapphire's making promises she cant even do.." He then, turned to leave.
Crystal sighed "Where are you, Sapphire?" she asked herself, tapping her foot on the ground.
"Hey." Blue called out to her. She was wearing her ballroom gown with Yellow right beside her. "Crystal, stop thinking and worrying so much. You wont look as pretty like you did a while ago if you keep on doing that." she winked. "Stay calm!"
"How could I stay calm, now? There's only three hours left for her to come or she'll be left behind when we go and have a tour around the seas of Hoenn starting tonight at 9:00 pm."
"Can we go, too?" Yellow asked.
"I dont know.. You, guys, did not join the conference, so maybe not.."
"Oh! I see.." Yellow said sadly
"But Sapphire didnt join the conference either..How come she could come?" Blue complained
"You have a point there. But I just wanted to make sure I could see her before we go on the cruise and leave."
"You're making me regret for not joining the conference, you know." Blue said.
"I'm sure you'll have fun staying here all day tomorrow with no one saying to get off the pool.."
"Yeah... I guess so... No old people to ruin my young life!"
Suddenly, the door sprung wide open that made all the people inside the ballrooom's heads turn. Ruby dropped the sandwich he was holding whle the others' eyes widened in shock. She was wearing a blue, frilly dress that really suited her.
"Sorry, I'm late, Everyone!!" Sapphire said then walked inside the ballroom.
"What are you wearing, Sapphire? Are my eyes deceiving me? Is this a dream? Or is this real?"
Sapphire stopped and told her father "Your eyes are not playing tricks on you, papa.. its all real.. I'm wearing this outfit right now."
Leaving her Dad speechless, Sappphire continued to walk then stopped in front of Ruby.....
Yay!!! I'm done with Chapter two!!! I was so tired after typing this!! Thanks and keep on reading!!!! I'll make it better next time!! For sure!! Keep on reviewing!! That's all thank you. Watch out for the next one!!