Hey there!!! Chapter 3 is here!!! Thanks for continuing reading my story!! I'm sooooooo happy for the reviews!!! I will do my best to, ummm, interest and entertain you as much as I can!! Keep those reviews coming!!!! I'm really happy and I'm thanking all of the readers!! Thanks for choosing to keep on reading my story!! I appreciate it! Sorry I wasnt able to update sooner!! Because I wanted to change ny avi after typing one thousand words but I accidentally clicked on it without saving what I typed!! I was sooooooo mad that time!! Sorry to keep you waiting, guys...


Chapter 3: Ballroom Talks

Sapphire continued to walk and stopped in front of Ruby. "I'm sorry.." she said then ran towards Crystal.

"You're late!! And what's up with you putting the phone right down when I was talking to you?!!! Dont you know that's rude?!" Crystal yelled at her. Sapphire only stuck her tongue out and said "Sorry.."

Ruby looked at Sapphire. Why did she apologize to him. She didnt do anything bad to him. Is it for acting strange in front of him? He did not know. He only knew that all of it will not end just there. Sapphire still did not smile at him and she still did not talk to him like she normally did. She told him only two words "I'm sorry" and that's it? She usually says more than a hundred words when he talks to her. She's still acting really weird.

"Sapphire!!" her father called out "We'll be sailing the seas of Hoenn for 2 days with Crystal. Can you take care of yourself or should I be left behind to guard you?"

"Papa.. I'm 14 years old.. I can totally take care of myself even if you're gone!! Besides I'll be staying here together with Blue and the others!" Sapphire replied that left a small grin in her father's lips before he turned away to talk to other professors.

~7:47 pm~

"Alright!!" Professor Oak announced at the microphone, clapping his hands to catch attention "We, professors, decided that we'll have a 1-hour ballroom dance party tonight."

"Awesome!!! I love dance parties!!!" Blue squealed then turned to Yellow. "Its your chance to dance with Red tonight, Yellow.."

"It is? But how? I'm not good at ballrooom dancing.." Yellow replied, blushing.

"Just ask him.." Blue said pushing Yellow to where Red was standing.

"You dont need to force her to do something she didnt want to.." Crystal told Blue.

"But she wanted to dance with him... Its sooooooo obvious, Crystal!" Blue said, winked then looked at Sapphire who was sitting down the chair, looking down the floor. She, then whispered to Crystal's ear "What happened to her? Is it because of your talk together at the phone?"

"I dont think that's that.." Crystal replied "Something happened yesterday that Sapphire didnt like."

"Dont you just stand there! Tell me everything that happened!" Blue ordered.

"Everything?" Crystal asked. Blue nodded then she sighed "I guess I dont have any choice but to tell you.."

~One Story Told Later~

"So that's what happened..." Blue said, shaking her head "Poor Sapphire. We should do something about that!!"

"Do something? But how?" Crystal asked.

Blue winked and said happily "Let's make them dance together! It's a perfect night!!"

"I dont know... maybe that will never happen because Sapphire did not know how to dance and Ruby hates dancing when his partner doesnt know how to dance right."

"What makes you say that? My plan will surely bring them back together!!"

"Nothing! I just figured that the two of them did not know how to dance in a ballroom."

"Nonsense!! A guy who is obsessed with contest not know how to dance in a ballroom? Impossible!!"

"But Blue!! Look at him!! He cant even smile!! Look at both of them!! They look so depressed, only sitting down the chair on opposite sides and looking down the floor... I think those two are in love!"

"That's why we're bringing them back together!! Is it clear?! I mean, you dont want to see them looking like that!!"

"You have a point..." Crystal said then sighed "Okay!! Let's do your plan!..... What's the plan?"

"All we have to do is to convince Ruby to ask Sapphire to dance with him.. Its simple!!"

"But who should convince him? You should!!!"

"Why me!!? Why not you?! You know him more than I do!! You should talk to him!!"

"No!! I'm not as good as you when it comes to convincing and I'm not good at giving blackmails!"

"Blackmail? Who said anything about blackmail? And its only a talk, Crystal. And let's decide by tossing coins!!"

"Toss coins?" Crystal asked, confusingly.

"Yeah!! Let fate decide!! I choose the head!!"

"Tail goes for me then!!" Crystal said, helplessly.

"Okay!! Here goes!!" Blue said then tossed the coin. "Please tail, please tail!!"

"Hey!!! I wish its head then you'd finally have some quality time talking with Ruby! By the way, loser talks to Sapphire!!"

Just then, the coin landed on the tiled floor and out came the head. Crystal grinned widely at Blue. "Well, you do realize you're talking to Sapphire.." Blue asked then Crystal nodded. The long-haired girl sighed and walked towards Ruby.

"Hey!! What's up?" she said happily. Ruby looked up then looked down again, completely ignoring Blue.

"What's with this guy?" Blue thought, a vein popped in her head. She tried to control her temper then forced a smile on her face "Umm... Nice night for a dance isnt it? Its so cozy and calm!!! The music is so soothing!!"

"Yeah... It is cozy.. but I'm not in the mood to dance with anyone.. If you're thinking that I would go to dance with you, well then, sorry I cant.." Ruby told her.

"I will not!!!" Blue said angrily. "And what's the problem with you?!"

Ruby stood up and walked away.

"Hey!!! I'm talking to you!!! And no one turns their backs on me!!"

The boy paused and said "Just follow me.. We'll talk outside!!"

Blue just nodded and followed Ruby outside the ballroom, to the fountain.

Meanwhile, Sapphire looked up from the ground and saw Blue with Ruby heading outside the ballroom. She had a strange feeling. Are they going to do something she didnt want them to do? She really did not want to know. She just sat there and looked up again when someone offered her some juice.

~Outside~

"Okay!! We're out!! What do you want to talk with me about?" Blue asked, a bit angry.

"I thought you were the one who wanted to talk to me." Ruby said raising a brow that made Blue back off for a couple of steps.

"Yeah!! T-that's right!! What's your problem with Sapphire!!?"

"Nothing." Ruby said, turned away from Blue, and looked at the twinkling stars above him.

Blue sat by the fountain, picked one of the four woopers, who was swimming in it, up to her lap and patted it gently on its head. "Are you sure nothing's wrong?" she asked that made Ruby's head turn. He sighed then sat on the bench, beside the fountain, near the place where Blue was sitting.

"Actually, no.." he replied, lowering his head.

"What are you waiting for? Tell me what happened. Dont worry!! You can trust me!!" Blue said excitedly, putting the wooper she picked up back into the water.

"We faught, okay!" You happy?" Ruby replied, pretty annoyed of Blue.

"No." Blue told him, crossing her arms over her chest and gave the boy a glare. "I'm not happy or contented with what you just said."

"What am I suppose to do?! I hurt the feelings of my long time friend and I dont even know the reason why!! This is all getting really weird.."

Blue looked at him then said "Well, at least you know you were the one who hurt her feeling. You better go and apologize to her."

Ruby only lowered his head (again) "I cant." he said "She wont forgive me even though I say sorry. She hates me and it hurts me real bad.. it really hurts me a lot.. Maybe because I'm sooooo in... nah!!! It's not possible!!"

"You think you're soooo what?! You have to tell me, like, right now!!" Blue ordered.

"I-I think I'm sooooo... ummmm.... soooo ....I'm.... I cant say it!!" Ruby said then started to blush slightly but that very faint blush did not escape from Blue's observing eyes. As soon as she saw that pinking color on the guy's cheeks. She knew something was up.

"Come on say it to me, now! I promise! Its only a secret between you and me! Only for the both of us!" Blue said, lifting her right arm (like making a pledge.)

"Okay. But, please promise me.."

"I just did!! Now get on with it!!"

"I think, I think I'm soooo in... in.."

"Yes?! Yes!?" Blue asked excitedly.

Ruby gulped and said, nervously.. "I-I I think I'm soooooo in love with her, with Sapphire, that it hurts me if and when she ignored me like what she's doing to me now."

Blue looked at him worriedly "Oh, I see, but you've got to, at least, try. With it, she might realize that you want to be friends with her again."

"I dont have any idea how! Sorry, Blue. Sorry for making you worry about me this much."

Blue thought about something for a minute then gladly suggested "Why dont you ask her to dance with you tonight? Then, you confess your feelings to her that you love while dancing on the dance floor!! You love her right? Then, you have no reason why not to do this. Come on!"

"But I already did it when we left Mirage Island when I was eleven yers old. And, actually, Sapphire was the one who strted it when she said that she liked me. And after all she aid, I told her that I like her, as well. I'm done with confessions."

"You'll just have to do it again! And get this whole mess over and done with! And, she liked you right? There will be no problem at all! And how could she resist your invitaton to dance with her. All you need is to replace the like with Love. After that, all the problems and troubles are fixed."

"I get it!! But its harder than it seems, Blue." Ruby said then lowered his head (again!).

"You know, you're meant for each other! She likes you! You like her! Its like, you two are the most perfect couple among the pokedex owners! Are you not contented? Cant you see that?" Blue asked but Ruby remained silent.

She then, asked, "What did you fight about, anyway, huh, Ruby?"

"I dont even know!! I just ignored her when she was about to start a fight! Thinking that she's fed up with our fights, I decided to ignore her whenever she's about to start an argument but it ended up with her saying I hate you in front of me."

Blue looked at him "He sure did fall for her, real badly." she thought "And I'm gonna help him win her heart back, again!"

The young lady stood up, sat beside Ruby and held his hands tightly to hers. Ruby looked at her with a surprised look on his face. She softened her eyes and smiled gently and sweetly at him. "Ruby, Ruby, Ruby.." she said, shaking her head.

"What?" he asked, a bit puzzled.

"After hearing your story, I kinda feel sorry for her." she replied.

"What do you mean by that?" Ruby asked raising an eyebrow.

"You said your feelings are hurt right now, because she refuse to talk or even look at you, right?" She asked. Ruby nodded slowly then, suddenly snapped a finger in front of his face.

"Oh, Ruby," she said "It is really true that you are hurt because the person you love ignores you like that, am I mistaken? But Sapphire is hurt more than you are right now. When you said that you ignored her because you dont want another fight with her, she must have misinterpreted it and thought that you dont like her anymore."

Ruby widened his eyes for a bit when he heard the last sentence escape from Blue's mouth. He, then, took his hand from her gentle grip, walked towards a rose bush (actually, more are located around the fountain to make it a little bit more romantic... bwahaha.) and picked three red roses in full bloom.

"What are you gonna do with those roses?" Blue asked "Are you giving them to her? To Sapphire?"

"Like other people say, a red rose symbolizes that you like the person you will give it to."

Blue pointed at the three roses then asked Ruby "But you have three roses there in your hand. What does that mean?"

Ruby blinked "I thought you know it!! It means that you love the person you will give them to."

"Once again, are you sure you'll give them to Sapphire?"

"Yes, I am! Do you want me to change my mind, Blue?"

She shook her head then asked "Does that mean...?"

"Yup!! I'm gonna give this to her, invite her to dance with me tonight, take her out by the fountain, confess my feelings to her... then, then.."

"Then what?" Blue asked him, blinked for a while then when she realized what he's going to do to her, she widely grinned at him. "You're going to kiss that girl, arent you?"

Ruby smiled, nodded and said "Hope she wont eat something yucky tonight or her breath will surely stink."

Blue glared at him that made him ask "What?". She shook her head and punched him on the shoulder "That's what I'm talking about!"

"I get but please dont punch real badly, it hurts, too, you know." Ruby told her.

~Inside, Back with Sapphire and Crystal, 2 hours before the cruise will leave~

"Ummm.. thanks..." Sapphire said, taking the juice from Crystal's hands and took a sip on it when the blue-haired girl sat beside her.

"You still love Ruby, right?" Crystal asked that made her spit out the juice, she sipped in from her mouth.

"What?!" she asked Crystal, a bit surprised of her question, at the same time, blushing as red as a tomato. Crystal only giggled and said "You still do.." She, then, took two albums from her bag. They look like an old-fashioned and were used many years ago. There was a blue and gray one, and a red and black one. Sapphire took the blue one and opened it. There she saw what she did not expect to see and asked Crystal angrily "What's this? Where did you get it?!"

Crystal giggled and answered "First answer, that's an album where all your childhood picture of you are stored. Second answer, I found it under the coffee table of your father and took it with me, here, when you were asleep."

Sapphire groaned "You really do have the habit of taking someone else's things without their permission, dont you?"

"Come on, Sapphire! I only take things away secretly when I have the feeling it would do something good."

"Crystal, that's a thing. How will it do something good, huh?"

"I still do not know yet but I'm sure it will. And I also feel the same with the red one."

"What's the red one anyway?"

"Why dont you see for yourself." Crystal replied while Sapphire took it from her lap. The chestnut-haired girl, opened it and twitched as soon as she saw whose pictures were there, as a child, stored inside the red album.

"Wha-What's this?!!!! Crystal?!" She asked a bit annoyed of Crystal. Why is she doing all those thing? The question and now the pictures of Ruby? Its all weird! Crystal has nothing to do with her personal life and she's actually letting Blue join in.

Crystal winked "A little trip back to memory lane! I heard you have a past life with Ruby."

Sapphire swallowed hard then began to look at the pictures with interest. Crystal looked at her with a smile. She knew that those pictures will make her reallize..... something.

"So, how's the trip?" Crystal asked her.

"I'm not quiet done yet! Cant you see I'm not even halfway there!" Sapphire replied. She also twitched her lips when she saw the picture of Ruby, poking his butt. By then, Crystal knew she had to tell her something.

"You know, its crazy to think that you love the person that hurts you. But, its crazier to think that the person who hurts you, loves you, too."

Sapphire blushed. "What are you talking about?"

Crystal took the albums from her and opened both of it, in the same page. Sapphire widened her eyes. There was the same picture on the same page of the two albums. It was one when they were in Johto. With Sapphire leaning against Ruby's shoulder. The boy had a big grin on his face and Professor sat behing them, his hand on Sapphire's shoulder. Realizing what she was looking at, Sapphire blushed even harder than before! She was about to tell Crystal something but the blu-haired girl's finger kept her mouth shut.

"Blue's having a talk with Ruby now and tries to convince him to dance with you tonight. Just agree so the whole mess will be over."

Slowly, Crystal removed her finger from Sapphire's lips and added "Do you understand what I'm trying to say?"

Sapphire calmed down, blush and nodded. Crystal smiled widely "You should listen and obey more often if you want things to be better. Okay?" she asked. Sapphire rolled her eyes and said "Yes.. Crystal."


Yehey!!!! Its all done for now!!! Sorry, I'm soooooooooo late!!! I'm sooo busy about school, the exams, sorry!!!!! Thanks for being sooooooo patient!!!! Please, review.