"How are you two doing?" the man asked, walking over to the two trainers.

"Professor Rowan!" they both yelled.

"Good I take it."

"Yep!" said Hikari.

"As good as it'll get," said Jun.
"Hey!" whispered Hikari, nudging him in the side.

"I-I mean great."

The man coughed, clearing this throat. "Well, anyways, what are you two doing here? This is an invite only party."

"Ah! The kind hostess of the party invited us here, a little favor."

"Hmm, I see. Well, that being said, you two are the youngest ones here, you do know?"

"Don't worry! We'll be a-okay!"

"I hope so," he said, not completely trusting the two.
"Professor Rowan! It's been awhile," said another man, as he went of to talk to him.

After their brief conversation with Professor Rowan they went back to doing their own thing. Hikari went back to eating the food and Jun went back to talking to her, finishing drinking his punch.

She was examining a piece of cake when she felt it. Quickly she turned around to see Jun staring right back at her. "W-w-what?" she stuttered, face flushed.

"You look cute," he responded, smiling cutely at her.

"Wha..?W-what are you blabbing about now, Jun? S-stop looking at me like that!" she ordered, turning around so as to not face the boy.

"I … I'm going to the restroom!" she said, running to find the place.

He chuckled and went back to sipping on his drink.

"Jun," said the girl, smiling at him. "Is everything going okay? I'm a little worried, you know?" she asked, sympathy showing for the boy.

"It's okay."

"But! S-she just stormed off like that! It's unladylike! She obviously didn't want to be here with you like that! I'm a girl so I should now!"

"She's oblivious to her feelings. It's one of the things that's cute about her. Things like that, you just wouldn't understand. Sorry but, there are somethings money can't buy."

"..."

He laughed. "Did I offend you?"

She smiled back at him. "Good. You pass. On me to help you then you wouldn't have gotten anywhere. I'm happy for you. Oh, and while on the topic, girls always understand how other girls feel, even if they are oblivious." She smirked at him. "It's a girl thing, you wouldn't understand."

A smirk came to his face as she left. "You would think so, wouldn't you?"

She stared long and hard at her face in the mirror. Red. It was completely red. What was she going to do? She couldn't just go back out there looking like this! Especially when she knew she had to go face him. What was she going to do?

She slapped her cheeks with both hands. "Okay, Hikari, this is not time to panic. We can't let our emotions get the best of us! We're gonna go out there and give em a run for there money! That's the way! If we can't talk it out, then we fight it out! We're not gonna loose to the likes of Jun!"

Her face became even more red. What was she doing? Talking to herself? If people heard her they would think she was a nutcase! Her eyes moved toward the door. What if there was someone there?

"Well, it's better safe then sorry," she said laughing.

Gulping down hard she walked over to the door. Slowly she opened it. No one. She dropped her head in relief. She didn't know what to do if there really was someone outside the door. She'd die of embarrassment, that's for sure.

She looked down to her chest. Her heart was still pounding rapidly. Was it from embarrassment or was it because of suspense? She placed her hand on her cheek. It wasn't hot anymore. She guess she'd cooled down. A pep talk was what she needed, she knew it. Good as new. Now nothing could stand in her way to a sure fire victory. Today would pass by as quick as it came. Then she could get out of that uncomfortable dress she had to wear.

"Oh my, Hikari! Are you done talking to yourself?" said a voice from right in front of the girl.

Her face once again lit back up. "What?"
She chuckled. "Such a cute face, dear. Now I know why he wanted to bring you here. You're just like a beautiful piece of art work," she said, smiling at the girl.

"D-did you need to talk to me about something? If so, what is it? I need to hurry and get back to Jun."

"Why speak of the devil. That's exactly who I wanted to talk about," she said, smiling at the girl.