Author's Note: See Disclaimers in Part One. I have been on a sabbatical,
of sorts, from fanfiction. I do plan on finishing up some old debts over
here in the Pokemon Dept. before sliding over to the Harry Potter Dept.
for a while. I must admit to you all that I don't know what to do about
this story. There probably won't be any more major action, but I'll try
to end it on a comfy note. It could go on forever you know.... I cannot
guarantee that I will finish it though.
"I'll go get us some lemonade," Doc said and headed for the Student Union. After a quiet driving tour of Argentum City, Doc and Holiday had brought Jessie and James to the Argentum University to have a look around.
"This place is great," James said. They had just left the English and Humanities Department. James had fallen in love with academia. The faculty advisor for incoming freshman, Dr. Thoule, was a short man with unkept hair and glasses. He walked them through the halls, explaining some classes and bragging about other professors. The head of the Creative Writing Program, Dr. Debell and the head of the Tech Writing Program, Dr. Yawser spoke with them in the faculty lounge. James felt a great sense of belonging.
"So," said Jessie, "How far along are you?"
"Oh, a little past three months. I'm not fond of this stage, but I've been told it gets better. So what about you two? You're not hitched yet?"
"We haven't set a date," Jessie said.
"Soon," James said quickly, feeling a little defensive. "After we get settled in and everything." Jessie glanced over at him and smiled. Doc returned with a tray of lemonade and sat down.
"So, what do you think? Nice campus, eh?" he said.
"Yes. That tech writing program sounds really cool," James said.
"It is nice," Jessie agreed, " but I never was too wonderful in school, though I would like to resume my nursing education."
"The Nursing program here is really good," Holi said with a grin. "This is great! Now you don't have to fool with those silly proficiency tests!"
"Really? You can just pick what you want to do?" Jessie gasped.
"Of course. A lot of people take the test because they just don't have a clue what to do. If you've studied nursing before, I doubt you'll even have to take the education survey, Jess," Doc said.
"That's cool. It's one less thing..."James said.
"Let's go home before we head off to the Shogun Corporation Tower. That way you can check out the house next door," Holi said. Everyone agreed.
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Jess stood in front of the empty house with her mouth hanging open.
"My God, it's huge!" she said.
"Bet you hear that all the time, eh?" Doc said, punching James playfully in the arm.
"Doc!" Holi growled. James just laughed.
"James. The house. Definitely the house." James grinned. He figured she would melt at the sight of it, but he had to admit that he was pleasantly surprised as well. It was a white house with green trim and a large porch.
"Wait 'til you see the inside!" Holi said. She was almost as excited as Jessie. The women all but dragged the guys into the house. James fell in love for the second time that day. The kitchen was huge, and he had visions of cooking a large pot of baked potato soup on the smooth, shiny stove. He was jolted out of his daydream by excited screams coming from the bathroom.
"James, we are getting this house! You can have the rest of it, just leave me the bathroom!" James laughed as he made his way to see the royal bath.
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The two couples sat on the porch of Jessie and Jame's soon to be new house. The porch had two swings, one at each end, and each couple swung lazily in the warmth of the day.
"It's so exciting having new neighbors," Holi sighed. They watched a car pull in to the house on the other side.
"Oh, there are the Tekashis. They'll want to meet you," Doc said, waving the new couple over, " Jessie, James, this is Brock and Kara Tekashi."
"That's Dr. Kenji to you, bub!" Kara smirked, giving Doc a push.
"Whatever." Doc replied.
"Wow. Hey, Brock," James said, jumping up to shake hands with his old enemy.
"Hey, guys! So you finally made it to Shogun? That's great!"
"How long have you been working for Giovanni, Brock?" Jessie asked, she couldn't help but smile.
"Oh, I've been with Karasumi for a couple years now. We met shortly after I came back from Johto."
"Wow, the illustrious Team Rocket! I suppose you finally got that pikachu away from that brat, then?" Kara smiled. She looked like a Joy, but her hair was light pink.
"Now dear, he is still my friend," Brock said. Kara rolled her eyes and winked at Jessie and James.
"So are you getting this house? That will be wonderful," Kara said.
"Yes. This is all happening so fast. I can hardley believe it," Jessie said. The others nodded. Aside from Brock, they had all been in her position before.
Brock and Kara had come home to check on a houndour that they were keeping at their house and to get a late lunch. Kara invited everyone in for lunch, and they decided to go to the Shogun Tower together afterwards.
The Tower proved to be a busy place. Kara, who was known in the Tower as Dr. Karasuma Kenji, showed them around the building before taking them to her bionic/cyborg research lab. Brock worked a few floors up in a breeding/cloning lab.
"If you go into tech writing, you'll be on the third floor. If you stay in Argentum, that is." Kara explained. "The ninth floor is where our medical offices are, Jessie, but you will probably be happier at Goldlake Hospital. You are going into human nursing, right?"
"Yes, that's what I studied before," Jessie said.
The tour was soon complete. Jessie and James were dropped off at their hotel, and they went to bed that night quite comfortable and excited about their new life.
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4 months later
James was sitting in the living room having a detailed
discussion about Shakespeare with Meowth. With classes starting up in two
weeks, James was trying to get into the habit of reading and discussing
things. He had always enjoyed reading, and the scores on the high school
equivilency test he took when he was 18 were high enough, but he was still
a little nervous. His education survey was average, thankfully, but he
hoped to do better than average during his first semester. Jessie had already
started the nursing program and was working as a nurse's aid at the hospital.
Meowth was just ending a tirade on the manipulativeness
of Lady Macbeth when there was a knock at the door.
"Ya expectin' anyone, Jim?" Meowth said. James shook his head. It was probably Brock or Doc coming over to chat, or maybe Holi dropping off more wedding junk. He smiled at the thought. Next week he would finally be married. He'd wanted to have the wedding right after they had moved in to their new house, but when Jessie hinted that she would like her wedding day to be on her mother's birthday, he couldn't see any reason why she shouldn't get what she wanted. They couldn't go off on a long honeymoon, with classes starting a few days after the wedding, but they could make up for that later.
James' happy daydream drained from his head, along with all the color in his face, when he opened the door and saw his visitor.
"What are you doing here, Jezebelle?"
A/N Okay, so I lied about the action. Divine inspiration at the keyboard.
Enjoy!