Chapter 3
Our flight lasted an hour longer than it was supposed to, but we didn't care all that much. We talked about our new jobs, and found out our work places were almost right across from each other. Aside from the occasional Fench, it was a really fun conversation. He'd taken up an interest in pokémon evolution, and wanted to research some sort of new "special" evolution that nobody knew about yet. He was super interesting, and she had a good time.
"Hey, how old are you?" Blue wanted to know, for personal reasons.
"Er, 22 years, mon ami."
"22? You're a professor and you're not even thirty? That's pretty impressive."
"Oh, and how old are you?" Blue realized that the answer might be a bit weird.
"I'm 24. I know it sounds weird that I had eight years of college, but I did graduate high school. I just was let out early because I'm gifted in academics."
"Oh? I was let out early for that very same reason, and it's not very common to find somebody like that."
Before Blue could respond, we had landed. The seatbelt sign had switched off, and they were allowed to go. She sighed heavily, looking at Augustine and realizing that she might not see him again.
"Stop!" Blue stopped dead in her tracks, looking behind and seeing a rather winded Augustine running at full speed.
"Blue! Our conversation had ended so early, and there is still so much to learn! Do you want to meet up for coffee later? I know a really good place!" He gasped loudly and grabbed an asthma inhaler, using it.
"Alright, where do you want too meet up?"
"There's a really good cafe right next to the pokémon center on North Boulevard! They have the best cake in the universe! It's where I always stop after my long travels between Hoenn and Kalos!"
Hoenn? She guessed that it was too small to get a direct flight. The place was tiny compared to Unova.
"Sure, what's it called?"
Sycamore went red in the face and and started to tremble.
"Well, do you want to just get a ride there from the airport? I mean, it doesn't sound like either of us have anything important to do today, and you can leave your luggage in the lab while we eat..."
"That sounds great! We just need to wait for our luggage first."
Their bags came around fairly quickly, Blue's being small with some money and a special oak case carrying two poké balls.
"May I ask who they are?"
"Sure thing!" Blue yelled, ready to show off her friends.
Blue dropped the poké balls, revealing a Goomy and a Slupuff, both of which her dad caught her when he was in Kalos. The professor clapped his hands, than pulled a giant duffel bag off of the carousel.
"Goomy has to be one of my favorite pokémon! They're just so hard to find!"
Blue laughed, and Goomy proceeded to climb on to Blue's shoulder. Goomy looked wet and slimy, but was mostly dry.
They called a Lumiose cab, and Blue realized that they were Blue, not yellow like most taxis she'd seen in her life. When they got in, Augustine started talking again.
"First, we start at my apartment above the lab and drop our things off. Then, we shall go to the cafe and you shall try the best cake in all of Lumiose! Tres bien!"
Something about seeing sycamore happy, made blue happy.
When they arrived at the lab she started to place her things down neatly.
"No!" The professor yelled. "Don't place it there! This isn't where we stop. Let's go to the elevator."
The professor signaled toward a rather hidden elevator, the same colour as the wall around it. They stepped on, and blue realized that there were only two buttons, each labeled crudely with masking tape and sharpie. One read "floor one" and the other read "Professor's office". The professor got a key out of his bag and put it in a little panel underneath the buttons. It opened, revealing another unlabeled button. He pressed it, and the room shifted, squealed and eventually started to move.
"They need to replace this sorry excuse for an elevator. Moves so slowly" the new professor scowled. Blue snorted.
"In my old apartment, it would take three minutes to get my floor with the elevator. This is super fast."
The elevator stopped, and they stepped through the door to reveal a roomy three bedroom apartment. It didn't look cheap.
"I guess there are benefits to being a professor. Anyways, just place your stuff in the kitchen and we're good to go!"
Blue walked in to the roomy kitchen, when an automated voice sounded.
"Hello, Augustine. Would you like some coffee?"
Augustine ran in to the kitchen, his face burning red.
"So sorry about that! Usually I'm the only one in my kitchen!"
Blue got a grand tour around Augustine's apartment. He had a massive master bedroom, two guest rooms and two full baths.
"How would somebody living alone need all of this space? Have you ever actually filled both guest beds at once?"
The professor blushed again. "Ah, well it came with the lab, and this place was way nicer than my tiny studio apartment near prism tower." She couldn't argue. She would rather stay here than in her family's tiny little studio.
They went to the cafe, and Blue sat down. The professor asked what she wanted and went to the till while she waited patiently. After ten minutes, she went to see what was going on. She found the professor arguing with the lady at the till. He turned around and saw Blue, then he shut up, for a second.
"Unbelievable! They said that they stopped making chocolate! Was that a little too much to ask? I mean, really?! No chocolate at all?!"
Blue ran up to stop him. "You know what? Let's get the coffee, stop at the store and I'll make you some great chocolate cake. How does that sound?"
Augustine looked at Blue, then the employee, then back at Blue. He sighed heavily, but agreed. Things were going well, but she knew that she could still blow it at any second. They got their coffee, stopped at the store and went back to his Apartment. He sat at his huge, stove-included island as Blue got everything prepared. After a while, the cake was complete. It was chocolate, with powdered sugar and a mint garnish.
The professor tasted it, sat there for a second, then ate the rest of his piece quickly.
"This is amazing! Better than that old cafe! And so much cheaper! I never knew cake could be this good!" Blue blushed, and her phone rang.
"Give me a second." She walked in to the bathroom, and Augustine could hear some arguing and then some crying. He heard a loud yell and something clattering to the ground. He wasn't stupid, and knocked on the door. First there was crying, and then she quietly said to come in.
"What's going on, bon ami?" She looked at him quietly, and started talking.
"My uncle has gotten really sick, and he needs to use the apartment they were going to let me stay in. I'm homeless! I've got no place to go!"
Augustine picked her up and sat on the couch. Being more than six feet tall, he could easily pick up her 5,7' figure. He sat down next to his crying friend, and held her shoulder.
"It's okay, you can stay with me for now, if you want. I've got all of this space, and nobody to share it with. Trust me, there would be no problem."
Blue stopped crying and wiped her tears away with her scarf. She looked up at Augustine, and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you so much, that's amazing!"
