Chapter four: Do you think you can dance?
It was in the middle of the night and everyone were asleep. But if you looked closer at one of the young men, you could see that one had a small smile on his face. He had a really nice dream...one he did not wanted to be waked up from.
Volkners dream.
Volkner stood in a field that was white with snow. He weared a nice, white shirt and white slacks, but he did not freeze. Suddenly, he could feel a small breeze blow to the left of him. The male spinned and saw a raven haired girl stand there in a white dress that fit her well. She looked beautiful; she looked like an angel of some sort.
The electric pokemon user walked towards her. He was quite curious. The girl looked up on him with a smile on her face. Suddenly, he realized that the girl was Candice. "Candice?" asked the boy. "Mhm" replied the Snowpoint gym leader.
The blond felt an urge to kiss her bubbled up in him. He could not resist it and bent down to kiss her. Then...
End of Volkners dream.
"Wake up!" yelled a voice. To be more specific, Roarks voice. "Ugh. Did you HAVE to wake me up! I had such a nice dream..." groaned the male. The brunett put on his socks. "You better hurry a little. Fantina is having her dance lesson in 45 minutes" said the other male before he went out.
The Sunnyshore boy dressed himself in a light blue sweater and dark blue loose-fitting jeans. He then styled his hair a little. The male went out of the room, but he bumped into something small and soft. "Sorry" said Volkner as he looked down at a small, black head. It turned out to be Candice. But she had cut her hair; it used to reach her elbows, but now, it reached somewhere between her shoulders and her chest. It looked much better now.
"Nice haircut" said the blond. "Thanks..." smiled the female. 'I got my chance now!' thought the boy and looked down at her. "Erm, Candice...do you want to be my date on the dance tomorrow?" asked the electric pokemon user. Her hazel eyes lighted up. "Sure! I'd love to!" smiled the raven-haired girl before she gave him that sugar sweet smile. The boy was now more red than a Charmeleon with a serious sunburn.
After a rather quiet breakfast, they went to the dance room where Fantina waited for them. She was dressed in a simple, long-sleeved lavender dress that reached her knees. "Bonjour. We will have dance lessons today. Please pick your partners" said the woman as she placed herself next to Wake. Byron went over to Maylene while Volkner and Roark went over to Candice and Gardenia. "Great. Boys, place one hand on the girls waist and hold her hand with the other" instructed the dancer while she demonstrated it on her partner.
Volkners face went slightly pink when he placed his hand on his partners waist. 'Wow. Candice has really soft hands' thought the male when he placed his right hand in his partners right one.
During the next two hours, the oldest female demonstrated the steps of different types of dances. Byron and Maylene had small problems since the girl was noticably smaller. Luckily, the adult was not unfamiliar with dancing, so he did not suffered much. Gardenia stepped sometimes on Roarks feet; the other couple had similar problems as well.
The 'soulful dancer' looked at the two couples. She knew that they were young and shy about their feelings, so she tried to make them a bit more secure. The woman sat on a slow song on the music player. "Byron and Maylene, you two are excused" said Fantina. The two shrugged before they went back to their rooms.
The other couples gulped. "This is a slow dance. Boys, wrap your arms around the girls waist. Girls, wrap your arms around the boys neck" said the woman. She demonstrated it on Wake before she looked at the others.
"Uhm...are you fine with this Candice?" asked the Sunnyshore gym leader. The Snowpoint gym leader nodded. She felt two arms snake themselves around her waist. The young woman raised her arms, and laid them around the young mans neck. Then, she rested her head at her partners chest. "You're OK with this?" asked the female. The blond nodded, which made the Snowpoint gym leader smile.
Gardenia and Roark were a bit more shy. The female wrapped her hands slowly around the rock pokemon users neck. He took the hint and lowered his arms before he wrapped them around her waist.
The gingerhead placed her head on his chest and looked a little worried since she wondered how her partner would react. "Do not worry Gardenia; I'm fine with it" murmured the brunett in her ear. He did not mind it really; her body was soft in a way.
"OK, the lecture is over. All of you have done well, and you can do what you want the rest of the day" announced Fantina. All of them left the room, except Wake. "Erm, Fantina...do you want to go on the dance with me?" asked the man, his cheeks in a very faint shade of pink. "I would love to" said the woman before she went out of the room.
Next post on the program was dinner. "Spaghetti bolognese! YUM!" exclaimed Maylene with a grin. They went to the dining room and begun to eat. "This is reawwy good" said Candice between the munches. Gardenia nodded in agreement, while the two boys ate in silence.
After eating, the black-haired girl, the pinkette and the gingerhead went to the hot springs. They had only a towel around their torsos. Suprisingly, their dancing teacher was already in the water with a Misdreavus (AN: In this story, she owns one). "Oh hello girls. Say hello to Misdreavus" smiled Fantina. The ghost pokemon floated towards the girls with an odd smile on its face.
"What's he...or she doing?" asked the Eternia gym leader while she pointed on the pokemon "He wants to play I think" replied the woman. The ghost pokemon floated towards the Veilstone gym leader and started to nuzzle her neck. "Hi hi, it tickles!" giggled the girl. The Misdreavus flied over to the grass pokemon user and started to nuzzle her neck as well. "He's cute"said the girl while she patted the pokemons head.
"Well girls, how is it going with Volkner and Roark?" inquired Fantina, completely serene. Maylene on the other hand washed her hair at the sinks on the side. She became 12 in the end of May and did not bothered that much about boys.
"It goes well I suppose...but he is kinda shy" muttered Gardenia. "If he's shy, try to make him comfortable in your company. Make him feel calm" adviced the Hearthome gym leader. Being a user of pokemon that did not had a very physical body, she knew those things.
"It goes well with me too..." informed Candice. Both of the girls added some shampoo in their hair. Suddenly, the ghost pokemon started to rub their scalps with his head.
"You are good Misdreavus" said the gingerhead and let out a sigh in happiness. "Misdreavus" giggled the pokemon. The pokemon then floated over to the other girl and helped her to untangle her black hair. "You're such a charmer, aren't you?" inquired the girl.
"Misdreavus, come back here please" said Fantina. The small ghost obeyed as it returned to the pokeball.
In the other bath, Wake was bathing his Squirtle (AN: In this story, he owns one). Byron had just left since he was not able to stand the heat any longer. "Squirtle!" exclaimed the little turtle while she smiled. Volkner and Roark came out from the locker rooms with only a towel around their waists. "Hello guys! Sit down!" said the adult with a big smile. "Wooaaa!" yelped the brunett. Since he did not weared his glasses, he could not see as clearly as before. The boy now found himself on the edge of the pool, flailing his arms because of Squirtles mist attack.
"Gotcha!" said the swimmer before he grabbed him. "Thanks" muttered the rock pokemon user before he was put down into the water.
"Squirtleee..." said a voice behind him. The water pokemon scratched his head. It was quite sorry for what had happened. "It's OK" smiled the male before he petted the turtles head. Squirtle smile, and managed to jump up on the top of his head. Volkner chuckled while he washed his hair. "Ha ha! I think she likes you!" laughed the oldest male present. "Really now! I could not tell" replied the mine worker, sarcasm evident in his voice. Now, both of the males laughed. Then, the water pokemon had enough. It jumped off the young man before it positioned itself in front of the wall that separated the boys and the girls side.
"Oh no you don't!" warned the Pastoria gym leader. The Squirtle showed him her tongue before it used water gun to shoot itself over to the other side. All of the boys sweatdropped. "OK. One of us has to go over to the girls side" muttered Wake. The blond sunk into the water, only visible from eye and up. The adult looked at the other male. "Roark, be a man and go and fetch my Squirtle" said Wake. "NO WAY! It's your Squirtle!" exclaimed the boy. "True. But in case there are any girls, you can not see much. Second, you are the youngest" said the male. "I'm not THAT near sighted...I only have –0,75 on both eyes" muttered the Oreburgh gym leader as he went to the wall. It was 6 feet tall, but the young man was only 5'8" tall (AN: Or 1,74 meters. The average for men in Japan is 1,71 I think). He stood on his toes and held one hand over his eyes.
Only Gardenia and Candice were left at the women's side. The other two had left since the heat had becomed too uncomfortable for them.
Both of the girls had talked a lot with each other and did not hear the boys. Suddenly, a Squirtle shot itself over to them. "Aaaw, what a cutie!" said the gingerhead before she hugged it. "Squirtle squirtle!" said the turtle while it smiled. "That Squirtle can not be wild; they do not live in this part of the region" informed the raven haired girl. "Do you have an owner?" asked the female. The pokemon nodded before it pulled its face to resemble her trainer. "Wake?" inquired the other female. "Squirtle!" said the water pokemon. Suddenly, they saw a brown head peeking up from the wall. "WHO IS THERE!" yelled both of the girls. The head turned out to be Roark, with one hand covering his eyes. "Can you please send over the Squirtle? Wake forced me" said the male. ((AN: This is STILL a K+ rated fic, since they're all covered up)).
The Eternia girl picked up the Squirtle while she made sure that the towel was safely secured around her torso. "You can look now. Candice is under water and I'm in a towel" said the female. The male opened his eyes before he took the turtle. "Thanks" said the Oreburgh boy and disappeared. For some reason, his mind did not have any dirty thoughts.
The male went towards the Pastoria man with the pokemon. "Squirtle, come back. Thanks for getting her Roark" said the adult and made it return back to the pokeball. The Sunnyshore gym leader leaned towards a rock. He looked up towards the sky. The young man looked handsome: his hair was usually somewhat wild when dry, but it was plastered to his foreheadin its wet state. His blue eyes glittered as they reflected the stars that had just appeared.
His shoulders and chest were above water level. The pale skin glistened a little because of the water. To cap it, the blond had a nice and toned torso as well. "Hey Volkner. Why are you so quiet?" inquired the brunett as he sat next to him. He was a bit envious of his friend; blue eyes and blond hair was not common. He sighed. "I dunno...I had a really nice dream this night. I was thinking if it could mean something" informed the electric pokemon user. He told his friend what he had dreamed. "So, what happened after you leaned in and tried to kiss her? Did she responded, disappeared or turned away?" asked the brown-eyed boy.
"You waked me up, moron" muttered the blue-eyed boy. "Sorry" said the male and scratched the back of his head. He sat himself next to his friend as he looked up on the sky. They went in a couple minutes later.