After having given a statement to the police, Kat and Calem, as she now knew, had chosen to return to their home town. Having had no where else to go, she had gone with them. It was a new place after all.
Vaniville Town was currently her favourite, sure it wasn't big or famous like Lumoise City but it was nice. Everyone was friendly. Kat had moved there 5 years ago, from Santalune City with her mother. Money had had been tight for awhile, which was the reason why Kat had been working at the hotel instead of following dream and going on her own pokémon journey.
Grace, hadn't been very pleased to start with, after learning that her daughter had quit her job, but she'd been very welcoming as to let her daughter's friend stay. Which at this point had been three days. Any friend of Kat was welcome, never mind whether they were well off or not.
Lexi sat at a table, outside a small cafe, the Litleo exploring the surrounding area, it was a nice enough. The buildings were bright and the fountain made the town seem quaint. It had been Kat's idea to meet up at a cafe in Aquacorde Town. Apparently Calem had something to tell them that was very important and couldn't wait until after breakfast.
"Hey Kat do you know why Calem wanted to meet us so early," she said only just managing to conceal a yawn.
Kat twisted a lock of hair between her fingers, "knowing Calem," she said slowly, "it either has something to do with Professor Sycamore or his research. He's always going about it, you know being his assistant and all." She yawned, most of the previous night had been spent by the two girls, gossiping in Kat's room.
"You know you two should probably go to bed earlier," Calem had just arrived from within the cafe, setting down the tray, he took one of the uninhabited seats. Kat took her drink from the tray immediately and winked at Lexi, as if to say 'I told you so', a gesture which didn't go unnoticed by Calem. He glanced quickly at Lexi and then at Kat, his eyes lingering on the latter's face, knowing that she was probably up to something.
"Thanks, Calem," Kat said in response to her friend's look, her voice mockingly sweet. She leaned towards Lexi, "I've got him wrapped around my little finger."
Calem rolled his eyes, "you know sometimes I wonder why we're even friends, Kat."
Said girl was stirring her drink with the straw, she said playfully, "oh you know you wouldn't survive without me, Cal."
Lexi choose that moment to loudly voice her opinions, "you do know that if you don't tell us why you wanted us here so early Calem, I'm leaving and going back to bed." Kat gestured to Lexi, nodding in agreement.
Calem just stared at the girls, flabbergasted. After a few moments of him silently moving his mouth, he spoke, "you both agreed to come meet me."
"Um, no. I believe we agreed to meet you if it was quick and you bought us stuff from the cafe." Lexi smirked inwardly as Calem backed down. Being around other teenagers was fun.
"This morning I got a message from Professor Sycamore. He wants the three of us to come to lab as he has something he needs us to do."
Kat nodded, "sounds fair enough," Lexi, however was not so enthusiastic, she was on her feet in seconds.
" I am not going back to Lumoise City!" She exclaimed loudly, causing the few other people around to stare at them.
Kat kicked her in the shin, from under the table, "Lex, calm down."
Lexi refused, her voice growing in "do you know how long I've been trying to get away from there and now you want me to go back. Hell No!"
"Come on Lex, Professor Sycamore is a pokémon professor. Professors sometimes send trainers off on journeys to help with their research. He might want us to go find some rare pokémon or something. Which means that you would have an excuse to get even further away from Lumoise City."
Lexi sat down, after a moment she spoke, her voice calmer. "Well if it means getting to see more of Kalos, then...I guess I'm in."
Kat stood up, cup in hand, "Brilliant, now that we've sorted that out. I'm going to grab my stuff." She looked back at Lexi, "you coming Lex?" Said girl stood up and followed her friend.
"Yeah. Come on Litleo" The lion cub looked away from the Pidgey, pecking at the ground nearby.
"Hey Kat?"
"Yeah?" Kat answer from where she was bent over searching through her closet for something.
"Why do you have flying goggles?" Lexi held up said goggles. Kat withdrew from the closet, like a Watchog at feeding time.
"I was looking for those, where did you find them?" She said taking the goggles and putting them in her bag.
Lexi crossed her arms, "you didn't answer my question"
"Oh right, yeah. I got these from my Dad before he left to be with the 'love of his life. I keep them to help remember the times before he left."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know."
Kat looked up, "no, it's alright. Mum's been good, especially after being left with two stepdaughters to raise. You may not agree with me but having two older sisters to play with is quite fun."
Lexi grinned, "I would swap my sister for yours any day. At least Alexa was willing to bring us here on here Noivern. Verity wouldn't have even let me touch it, if it was hers, let alone give me a lift somewhere."
"Yeah, I know. I'm glad that Verity left the hotel like what, a month after I started working there."
"It was two weeks, Kat"
"Oh yeah," Kat said, her voice hinted with challenge, she put on a very bad impression over Verity. "Get my clothes, do this, do that, go fetch me some overly priced inedible slop that no one would ever actually want to eat." Lexi let out a short laugh and gave Kat a weird look. "What?"
"If you keep doing impressions of my sister then this is going to be a very long journey."
A/N-Hope you all enjoyed it and as always, tell me want you think.
