Me: Hello again! I finally managed to keep some food down, and have an urge to write again! Here we go!

Chapter 4- Secrets

When they finally got back to the main group Londie was giggling like mad, making Gemma glare at her as they walked into class.

Bradley and Londie quickly sat next to each other, but just as Gemma went to sit by her reinstated boyfriend Ash snatched the seat up, making both very confused.

Shrugging Gemma sat next to a sad looking May.

A male teacher walked in a few minutes later, he had very scruffy black hair and was in a wrinkled suit. He also looked in dire need of a shave.

"Sorry class, I only just got up." He chuckled nervously. Everyone laughed. "Well, since you already had breeding class today, I'm not gonna make you listen to the gross stuff. Why don't you all just chat and take care of your Pokémon partners?"

Everyone cheered and started to do as he said. Gemma turned to May.

"He's a bit easy going isn't he?" She said.

"He is." May smiled weakly, gently polishing her Wartortle's shell. Chimchar jumped up onto the table and started to chat with the water type. Gemma looked at her new friend with worried eyes.

"May...? What's up?" She frowned. May shook her head.

"Nothing, it's just my mind playing tricks." She said.

"May..."

Sighing May dropped the polish, looking down. Wartortle and Chimchar hopped off to chat with Pikachu and the others, though Pikachu wasn't talking to Wartortle. Eevee also popped out, running to chat with Pikachu, but again he ignored May's Pokémon.

"Ash is ignoring me." She sighed.

"Why?"

"I don't know."

"I'm sure you're just imagining it." Gemma reassured.

"I'm not. I tried to talk to him when we got to the table and he ignored me, talking to Jadon instead. And when we were on the field, I smiled at him and he turned away! I don't get it." May whispered. Gemma put a hand on her shoulder.

"It'll be ok, May." She said. May just nodded. Gemma sighed and pulled a pad out from her bag along with a pencil.

"Whatcha doin'?" Londie giggled from behind the two, both jumped.

"Londie!" May exclaimed.

"I'm drawing, Londie. It's one of my past times." Gemma replied as she flipped through her book of many Pokémon sketches and sketches of her friends.

"Whoa, they're really good." May said, Gemma blushed.

"They're not all that great." She said.

"They are." Londie agreed.

"OK, I'll believe you." Gemma smiled, slowly drawing a picture of Chimchar, Eevee and Wartortle playing together. The two others kept peering over her shoulder, much to her irritation. "Uh, do you mind?" The two giggled and started to do their own thing, AKA Londie flirting with Bradley and May still watching.

When Gemma finished the one she was doing, she started a new one, one that made May blush.

"Gemma!" May hissed as two familiar forms started to appear on the paper.

"What? You obviously want it to be like that." Gemma said, continuing to draw.

"But he doesn't."

"Excuse me? Who's the one who kissed you?"

"But he told me to forget it."

"He was nervous, did you kiss him back when he did?"

"Uh... I don't think so, I was stunned, so I forgot." May said.

"That is why! He thought you didn't love him back!" Gemma said.

"SHH!" May hushed. Gemma giggled again and drew in the faces of the kissing pair on the page.

"You two would be perfect together."

"I'm gonna kill you." May groaned.

"You won't."

"Don't bet on it."

"I will."

Health went quickly, and so did the rest of the day. Math and History flew by, Gemma barely remembered what she had been taught. This was probably because she managed to force Ash and May to sit next to each other so she was by Walter.

Then her vibe was ruined when she remembered...

"Damn! I have detention!" Gemma groaned as she walked towards Registration with her new friends.

"On your first day?" Walter chuckled.

"Remember? We were late to strategy." May replied. "Oh, we're not in Mrs. Sharp's room, we're in the main detention room."

"KK." Gemma sighed. "Do we have battle class tomorrow?"

"Yeah, so remember all your Pokémon." Jadon said.

After reg. was up she went to detention with the three other girls and sat in the white room. To her surprise, Water walked in seconds after she sat down.

"Walter?" She whispered.

"Hehe... from the comment I made to Ms. Jenkins this morning." He whispered back. Gemma giggled, only to hear a loud cough.

"Sorry miss." She apologised, giving Walter a disbelieving look. He chuckled and sat down.

After the hour was up, Walter walked over to her.

"Want me to walk you home?" He asked, Gemma smiled and nodded, slinging her bag over her shoulder, much to Chimchar's annoyance.

"Chim!" He fumed.

"Oops, sorry Chim." Gemma giggled, stroking his head. He cooed and snuggled into her neck, both humans laughed whilst Grovyle gave all three a weird look. "Oh! That reminds me, I have someone I know you'll be happy to see Grovyle." Gemma grinned throwing a Poké ball, releasing a kind of chicken type of Pokémon.

"Combusken?" It said.

"Look Blaze." Gemma smiled, looking around Blaze caught a glimpse of Grovyle and ran to hug him. (I know Blaze is normally male, but this is for plot purposes.)

"Gro?" Grovyle exclaimed before hugging her back, both the humans and Chimchar smiled at the couple. The Pokémon held hands as they all walked toward Gemma's home.

"So, what's the new house like?" Walter asked.

"Big."

"How big?"
"Mansion big." Gemma said.

"Whoa... this promotion must be bloomin' big!"

"It is. I have my own art room and everything."

"You are lucky, gal."

"I know, I didn't think so when I moved here yesterday, but after today, I know I am." Gemma smiled sweetly at him. Walter smiled back, squeezing her hand. "Oh! We're almost there."

Sure enough they soon reached the white brick house, and were standing in front of the door.

"See you tomorrow." Walter said.

"Yeah..." Gemma replied, looking into his eyes as she stood on the top step up to the porch. Before either knew it they were kissing, Gemma having to lean down due to her added height.

Little did they know that on the other side of the street were Alessandra and her friend Markus (the boy in blue and red), and the two caught sight of what was going on.

"Aww! Isn't that just the sweetest thing?" Alessandra giggled.

"I guess, Alex. Isn't she the new girl you met?" Markus said.

"Yeah, and?"
"Isn't that a bit quick for someone she just met?"

"Maybe they already knew each other, I dunno." Alessandra shrugged, "It's still cute."

Gemma walked in happy, only to have her mood killed by her parents.

"Where have you been missy?" Her father said.

"Detention." Gemma replied, grabbing a sandwich from the fridge.

"For what?" Asked her mother.

"Being late to a class. I had to confront a bully to stop him from beating up my new friend."

"Alright, you've been let off easy this time, but if it happens again...."
"I know, I know." Gemma sighed, running up to her room. She finished her sandwich and quickly started to write one of her many stories on her laptop (yup, my OC is as close to me as possible this time, lol), this one was about a boy who got amnesia and had a pregnant girlfriend and they went through all sorts until he got I back and they started a family. She posted them on a site called '' and had many good reviews for that particular story.

"Hmm... what next? She's just been kidnapped and about to get out... ah! A kiss!" Gemma smiled to herself.

(Ironic or what huh? It's my story remember me if you haven't guessed. :P)

Walter walked into his home, only to hear the familiar sound of his parents fighting. Sighing he walked up to his room, throwing his bag to the ground.

His little brother walked up to him, tugging his shirt.

"Walter, I need help on my homework." He said. Walter smiled.

"OK, Buddy, let's get your homework done." Buddy dragged his brother off to his small room, and the two sat on the bed, doing the homework and chatting and laughing, until they heard the fighting getting louder and their sister Lily crying. Walter told Buddy he'd be back in a minute and walked to get the crying three year old. The little blonde girl held her arms up to her eldest brother, he picked her up and took her to her little nursery, placing her on the floor so she could play with her scruffy little bunny. Her green eyes shone as he kissed her forehead before locking her door with the only key and going back to Buddy. His brown eyes were upset as his elder brother lay beside him again.

"C'mon, 45+56." Walter said.

"Is she OK?" Buddy asked. Walter smiled weakly, ruffling his brother's blonde hair.

"Yeah, Lily's OK. I locked the door so Dad didn't hurt her." He said.

"I don't like it here." Buddy sobbed. Walter wrapped an arm around his brother's shoulder.

"Me either, but it's all we have. Now, what is 45+56?"

"101." Buddy replied.

"Write it down." Then they heard their father's footsteps up the stairs. "Stay here; I'll lock your door." Buddy nodded, and he got up and left the room locking the door behind him. As he was sneaking to his room his father grabbed his collar. Walter braced himself.

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"Where'd you get that bruise?" Gemma asked as Walter walked her to school the next morning.

"I fell from my bed and hit my cheek on the side table." Walter lied. Gemma seemed suspicious, but believed him.

"OK, well, hurry up! Grovyle, you too!" Gemma grinned, grabbing his hand and running to school. Walter couldn't help but smile. Their Pokémon followed behind the humans, chatting as they did.

They bumped into May in the playground, so the three all ran to registration. Walter let off one of his cheeky remarks to Ms. Jenkins again.

Some people, who seem happy-go-lucky, just act that way. They use it as a way to cover up for their dark, unforgiving lives. Walter is a Scorpio, and yet nothing like one. He is more like a Gemini, popular and funny, but still has the mystery of a Scorpio, something he will never let on to.

"Alright class, head off to battle class!" Ms. Jenkins said. Everyone ran from the room to the best class, AKA battle class.

"Is he talking to you now?" Gemma asked May, the brunette shook her head. "Nice outfit."

May was in a blue tank top with a pair of white denim crops, the top had hearts all over it.

"Thanks, yours is too." May smiled. Gemma had the same style of jeans as yesterday, but she had a white top with a paint splodge pattern.

"Thank you too. Walter, isn't your shirt a bit, wrinkled? Your mom's a neat freak." Gemma asked.

"She didn't have time." Walter lied, again. Gemma frowned, she knew when he was lying.

"May, Ash is over there, go on, talk to him." She then said, "And don't take him blanking you for an answer!" May smiled and ran off. "Watch, she'll get him to talk to her."

They watched. May went to Ash and tried to talk to him, but he turned away. May grabbed his arm and turned him around. They could see her talking, before she grabbed him in a big friendly hug. Ash looked stunned, but hugged her back. Gemma looked up at Walter and smiled.

"Now c'mon and show me how battle class works." She giggled.

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