The next morning, Blaze woke Lily up with a wet lick. She pushed him off and got out of bed, nearly tripping over Snap, who lied in his usual place on the floor. Snap, hearing his trainer up, yawned and followed them out. Lily nearly knocked Zenith, who was perching on a coat rack, over with the door. The Pidegeotto protested.

"Sorry girl. Why don't you perch on the one Mom and Dad brought you?" She just landed on her shoulder and gave her an annoyed look. They went into the kitchen where Lily gave them food and got some cereal for herself. Oddly enough, her parents weren't home. She just concluded that they went to the store. Half an hour later found her at the Miyamatos' residence. They appeared to be gone too.

Maybe they're at Professor Oak's ranch helping him. She walked down to the lab and went in. Blaze looked around, also confused that nobody appeared to be there.

"Hello? Is anybody here?" Something tapped her on the shoulder.

"Surprise, Lily!" She grabbed the person's arm and flipped them over. After calming her nerves down did she realize that she had just thrown Ty. "Good throw. Ow…"

"Ty, don't startle me like that!"

Her parents, the Miyamatos, Oak and his crew, and a few of the townspeople came out of their hiding places.

"Happy 16th birthday sweetheart!" her mom exclaimed, "I can't believe my little baby is almost all grown up!"

"Can she move out now?" her dad asked, receiving a look. "What? Kids are expensive."

"I almost forgot that it was my birthday! Thanks Mom and Dad!"

"You should thank Ty; he was the one who planned it." Lily enveloped Ty in a hug. This time, he hugged back.

The party lasted for a few hours. The Miyamatos came over to the Klines' for an early dinner. The Pokémon ate out in the backyard, while the people ate at the dinner table.

"You're lucky Lily," her dad told her, "When I was sixteen, Miles and I were walking through the worst thunderstorm in Kanto that decade. Even worse, when we finally got to the Center, there was only one room left and guess who I had to share it with?" Nobody answered. "I had to share it with Gio, my rival. Let's just say by the next morning, both us were kicked out of the Center for fighting." Mrs. Kline giggled.

"That's the first time I met them."

"Would this be Gio the jerk that Mom dated for a few weeks?" Her parents nodded. "Dad, I hoped you kicked him all the way to Cinnabar Island."

"I sure did. Nobody pushes us Klines around!" Her mom cast a look at him.

"Dear, don't encourage her."

"What does she have to worry about? She has Ty to keep her on the leash. Or is it the other way around?" The adults had a good laugh while the kids were less than thrilled about the comment.

"Mr. Kline…" Ty stated, "You know we're just friends."

"Yeah, but it's true."

The festivities moved into the backyard to enjoy the night air and put their feet in the Goldeen pool. Lily then received her presents. Her parents gave her a new backpack and different colored headband, this one being yellow. The Miyamatos gave her a new pair of shoes, since hers were pretty worn and a book on natural remedies. Ty handed her a rectangular shaped package.

"Go ahead; you don't have to save the wrapping." She eagerly tore into it.

"What is it?"

"It's a memory book. I figured now that we're traveling together, we need a way to remember the events. You can write in it, put pictures in it, or whatever. Do you like it?"

"Ty, it's perfect." She hugged him for the second time that day. Their parents left a few minutes later, leaving the two to look at the stars. She sighed. "Ty?"

"Yeah?"

"I really enjoyed traveling with you, even with all the Rocket stuff. I think that made it that more interesting. Do you think anything like that will happen in Sinnoh?"

"I sure hope not. I don't think there are any teams in Sinnoh."

"Aw, I wanted to make fun of them. I've got lots of material."

"I bet you do." He laid back. "You know, we have to go to Viridian to catch a ferry to Sinnoh. That means going into the heart of Rocket activity."

"It'll be fine. We're not going to be staying there long."

"Don't jinx us like I did back in Fuscha with Mark and Tony."

"I'm a firm believer in the Chaos Theory, if anything goes wrong it will. We'll be fine. I mean, we have our Pokémon and each other. That's a hard combo to beat." Ty nodded. A cool breeze blew through.

"Lily, I've been meaning to talk to you about something." He sat up. "Do you like me?" She looked confused for a second.

"Of course I do! We've been best friends ever since we were in diapers!" He blushed.

"That's not what I meant. I mean, have you ever thought about me more than a friend?" She didn't immediately answer. Arceus, I've wrecked 15 years of friendship! Why do have to be so stupid sometimes?

"To tell you the truth, no. Why, have you?"

"No, it's just something that Dan said. I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable."

"No, it's a valid question. There's only one way I know how to find out." Ty raised his eyebrow and scooted away from her.

"Lily, you know I'm not comfortable when that subject is brought up." She laughed, much to his surprise.

"I meant we kiss, you silly Psyduck!" He grew very red, embarrassed over his misinterpretation. "But if you don't want to kiss me right now, that's okay."

"So are we dating?"

"I'm not sure. Let's just say yes for simplicity reasons."

"Alright. Boy, John is going to flip when he hears this and poor Dan will have a broken heart."

"Won't John be disappointed too?"

"Lily, he only hit on you because he liked your reactions. He's not as idiotic as he looks. He's more like a clown."

"All these years, I've been calling him a jerk. The next time we meet him, I'll try to be nice to him." They both lay back, gazing at the stars. A few minutes later, they were both asleep.

AN: As always, read and review.