Alright...Time for Chapter 2 ^_^ There's quite a bit of Rocketshipping in this one...because this is actually meant to be a Rocketshippy fic...but I'll try and get some others into it as well. I haven't actually finished this chapter yet so I don't know what's going to happen in the end, but yeah...Sorry if the characters are a little OOC...I try, but I haven't seen the eps with May and Drew in them for a while...so bear with me... anyway ONWARDS:

Forget about the Rain
Chapter 2
There's A Storm A Brewing

The clouds outside rumbled as they excreted their contents, occasional flashes of lightning could be seen, lighting up the Pokemon Centre's rooms, where eight people were completely oblivious to the pandemonium going on outside...or maybe not.

"James, it looks horrible out there," Jessie whispered, watching a bolt of lightning split the sky.

"Hmm.." He mumbled back from his bunk.

Jessie shivered, "I'm cold."

James looked over at Jessie, who was wrapped up like a Kakuna.

'She Doesn't look cold,' He thought and she shivered violently. 'Maybe she is.'

"Come over here," James said, moving over to give Jessie some room on his bunk. She peered at him from a slit she had made in the blanket for a second, then stood and ran to his bunk. She pulled James' blanket off of him and unravelled herself herself from her own, placing it over James and jumping in next to him. Jessie sat up and pulled James' blanket up over hers. Once she had finished, they both snuggled down into the warmth, Jessie soon fast asleep.

James looked down at Jessie, her hair falling from her usual style and smiled. He watched her until she turned towards him, her hands snaking their way around his waist, her nose poking his collarbone. James' Breath caught.

'This is really happening.'

He could feel her breath on his neck and her leg twitching slightly between his own.

"Amazing," He sighed, and placed one hand on her hip, the other playing with loose strands of her hair, as he slowly drifted to sleep, against his will.

Ash awoke to the sound of thunder, roaring so loud it made the windows shake.

"What's 'appenin?" He asked sleepily, rubbing the crust from his eyes.

"The storm. It began last night," Misty replied, sitting at the end of Ash's bunk.

"WHAT?" He yelled as he jumped to the window. The ground outside was completely saturated, almost flooding a little. The whole sky covered with dark, almost black clouds, that showed no sign of clearing any time soon.

"Ugh! How depressing, my hair is going to be disgusting," May complained, Screwing her face at the rain.

'I don't think so,' Drew thought to himself, gazing at her quietly. all of a sudden there was a knock at the door.

"Come in," Brock called. The door opened and there stood Nurse Joy.

"It looks like you kids will be staying here until this weather clears up," She said, smiling.

"Looks like it," Drew muttered, moving to sit closer to May.

"Oh Drew, You can go see your Roselia if you like." Joy turned towards him. Drew sprung from his seat and followed Joy out to the recovery room, the rest quietly tagging along behind. When they arrived, Drew ran towards Roselia's bed.

"You're Okay!" He smiled.

"'Selia."

Ash, Misty, Brock and May watched the scene smiling, while Joy changed the Meowth in the next bed's bandages.

"Hey what's wrong with that Meowth?" Ash asked, walking over to see what Joy was doing.

"This Meowth sliced his tail open on a rock," Joy replied.

"Oww. Is it Okay?" Misty asked. The Meowth opened its' eyes.

"It should be fine," Joy replied.

"Do you know how it happened?" Ash asked, wincing as the cut became visible.

"Yeah!" A brooklyn accent spoke, making everyone jump. "Your damn Pikachu, shockin' us inta Blastin' Off, makin' me land on a sharp rock and bleed into unconsciousness, Dat's What!"

"It's Meowth!" everyone cried in unison (except Drew and Joy).

"Yeah, Yeah it's me, get ovah it."

Ash clenched his fists, "Don't help him, he's from Team Rocket!"

Joy finished bandaging his tail.

"My job isn't to Judge people or Pokemon and neither is yours. If a Pokemon is injured, I will help them regardless. Do you think a Pokemon's health is more important then another's, just because that Pokemon may not be a saint?" (A/N: I was watching 'A CHANSEY OPERATION' the other day...I love how Dr. Proctor shuts Ash down) she asked him.

"If that Pokemon is Meowth, then yes," he replied.

"ASH!" Brock scolded, "It shouldn't matter, Joy's right."

"I guess." Ash muttered and glared at the ground.

"Umm... If Meowth is here...Then shouldn't Jessie and James be here too?" May asked, changing the subject slightly.

"Hey, Yeah! Meowth, Where are they?" Ash asked.

"I don't know! I've bin asleep all night, 'aven't I!" Meowth answered, rolling his eyes at the boy.

"Are you talking about the people who brought Meowth in?" Joy asked.

"Did the guy have Blue hair and the Girl, Red?" Brock joined in. Joy nodded her head.

"Were they wearing Team Rocket uniforms?" May asked.

"Um...the man had a black shirt on, but the Meowth was wrapped in what looked like a jacket, and the woman's jacket was to stained to see anything," Joy replied.

"Are 'dey still 'ere?" Meowth asked, putting his two cents in.

"Yeah, they're staying in room 4. I'll take you there if you like Meowth."

Meowth nodded,"Dat'd be nice, tanks."

Nurse Joy picked Meowth up and placed him onto the floor. "Try not to move your tail to much to much or you'll rip your stitches," She said and the two left the recovery room.

"Let's go," Ash called, running after them."They're probably up to something."

Misty, Brock and May all followed after him while Drew was torn between following or staying with Roselia.

"I'll be back in a minute, Roselia," He decided.

"Roselia," it called as Drew ran after everyone else.

Room 4

The door creaked open and Meowth ran in, the rest quietly filing into the room, looking for the two thieves. Meowth spotted a wisp of blue hair that had escaped the warmth of the blanket, and jumped up next to it. The six 'spectators' watched as Meowth peeled back the two blankets to reveal James' head, his hair splayed across the pillow, eyes closed and mouth slightly open... still asleep.

Meowth shook his friends' head slightly,"Hey, Wake up Jimmy," He called and James slowly began to open his eyes. He looked over at Meowth and grinned sleepily, "Feeling better?"

"Yeah, tanks fa bringin' me here."

James pulled his hand from under the blankets and scratched behind Meowth's ears. The scratch cat purred and pushed his head harder into James' hand, encouraging him to keep going.

"Lucky we did come here. We wouldn't have survived in that storm. Jess sat up and watched the lightning for a while last night," James told Meowth, not noticing the other six watching him.

"Speaking of Jessie, where is she?" May spoke up, scaring James half to death.

"She's asleep," James replied coldly.

Ash looked around at all of the bunks looking for signs of Jessie. The only sign was that the Bunk near the window was missing the blanket. He turned back to James and narrowed his eyes.

"She's not here, she's probably stealing all of the Pokemon as we speak."

"No, she's asleep," James argued.

"Prove it! Where is she?" Ash challenged and James looked at him.

"Fine."

James lifted his other hand from the blankets and pulled both of the quilts down to reveal what was underneath. There Jessie lay, sprawled across his chest. Her thigh length hair surrounding the two, some dangling over the edge of the bed, tips just skimming the floor. Her hand was curled into a fist and lay just next to her face, the other on James' hip, just under his shirt, their legs tangled together, partly covered by Jessie's hair.

Misty and May both gasped and all six stared at the three on the bed, Meowth grinning slyly at the two, James blushing slightly while Jessie lay completely oblivious to everything, her facecompletely at peace.

"Told you so," James smirked as the twerp's faces turned from shock to confusion.

"Why are youse sharin' a bed?" Meowth asked. " There are plenty of bunks."

"Jess kept complaining that she was cold, so I old her to come and join me," He replied. He had felt Jessie begin to stir. She slowly moved her arms around his waist and sighed, not wanting to open her eyes.

"Looks like she's awake Jim," Meowth smiled and moved down until he was level with her head. Jessie could feel his presence in front of her and she slowly moved her hands up, making sure noone noticed but James, who giggled.

"What're ya laughin' at?" Meowth turned his attention to James.

Big mistake.

The six 'spectators' watched as a grin spread across Jessie's face. Her eyes still closed, she wrapped her arms around Meowth and pulled him into a huge bear hug.

"Mee-owth!" The Pokemon screeched, thrashing in her arms, but Jessie kept a tight grip.

"How ya feeling Meowth?" She asked, tickling him a bit.

"Good as new!" He replied, "Until you attacked me!"

Jessie sat up and plopped Meowth into her lap, grinning.

"Sorry. Couldn't resist."

"Yeah, yeah."

The scratch cat purred as Jessie scruffed his fur, James now sitting up, smiling at the two.

"What're you three doing here?" Ash yelled, standing in front of them with Pikachu next to him.

"The twerp?" Jessie blushed and she quickly pulled Meowth out of her lap and onto the bed. "You snuck into our room so, PREPARE FOR TROUBLE!" She stood up, her hair now completely down, her singlet and pyjama pants rumpled. Misty and May both quietly admired her hair.

"You can't escape so MAKE IT DOUBLE!" James joined in. The two struck a pose, but looked quite funny because of the pyjamas they were wearing.

"You two losers look ridiculous!" Ash laughed.

"Don't we always?" James whispered to Jessie, who hit him with her fan in return.

"Shut up James."

"Say, I think I remember seeing you two yesterday," Misty stated.

"WHAT?" Everyone in the room (excluding Joy, Drew and Misty) yelled.

"When?" Jessie asked.

"Why didn't you tell us?" Ash and Brock called in unison.

"In the restaurant, you were both laying across a table after eating what looked like something chocolatey, and I didn't realise it was them at the time."

"Oh, I remember...That was the most amazing food coma I've ever been in," Jessie looked over at James, holding her stomach.

"You can say that again. Just thinking about that pudding makes me comatose." he replied.

"Youse had puddin' and you didn't even get a doggy bag for Me-owth?" The cat screeched.

"Well we can't exactly get you a doggy bag if we eat it all, can we?" James answered.

"Wait...So you three have been here for a while then?" May asked, confusion in her voice.

"They arrived about two hours before you yesterday," Joy chimed in.

"What makes you think you can stay here?" Ash yelled at the thieves.

"Um...one, Meowth is injured, two, technically we were here first and three, THERE'S A GREAT BIG TYPHOON OUTSIDE!" Jessie screamed in his face.

"Wot makes ya tink YOU can stay here?" Meowth joined in.

"We're not evil."

"...and because they are, they should be left to die in a storm?" Drew asked Ash. "They don't look evil to me."

"I like this kid," James smiled at Jessie.

"Drew, they try and steal our Pokemon everyday," May walked over to Drew, " I agree that they should be able to stay, but we have to keep an eye on them at all times."

Jessie rolled her eyes, "I'm over everyone seeing us as Team Rocket and not as people." She muttered under her breath, but both James and Misty heard her. The latter stared at Jessie while Ash reluctantly agreed to let them stay, and thought about what she had just heard Jessie say.

'Maybe they really aren't as bad as everyone thinks.'

"Alright! It's agreed that we're able to stay. We probably would've anyway, but still. Can you please leave so that Jessie and I may get dressed."

The six all left without complaint and the two rockets slumped back onto their bunk, Meowth between them.

"What have we gotten ourselves into."