Mistletoe- Rocketshipping

Jessie, James and Meowth were sat on a park bench in Lumiose City, shivering slightly against the cold December air. Jessie was cleaning Gorgeist's Pokeball while James was flicking through his guide to the Kalos region while Meowth was sharpening his claws and hatching a new scheme to try and catch rare Pokemon.

"Huh? What's that?" Meowth wondered as something glistened on the grass by a nearby bush.

"What's what?" James asked, his attention being drawn away from his book. Meowth didn't answer, instead, he jumped down off the bench and went over to see what had caught his eye

"Oh wow, that's gotta be worth a lot of money!" He exclaimed, picking the item up to find that it was a diamond ring. The mention of money had now caught the attention of both James and Jessie who had made their way over to where Meowth was stood.

"And now it's mine" Jessie laughed, snatching it away from Meowth

"HEY! Give that back, finders, keepers" Meowth argued

"No, what do you need with a ring? You don't even have fingers" Jessie replied, trying the ring on, finding it fit her perfectly

"See! Perfect fit" she taunted, flashing the ring in the faces of James and Meowth to which the pair just rolled their eyes at her. Jessie was about to gloat some more but was stopped by her stomach reminding her that she, James and Meowth hadn't eaten since last night.

"James! I'm starving, where is the best place to eat around here?" She whined to her partner. James opened up his guidebook again, flicking through to the food and drink section.

"Hmm... It says here that there is a Christmas market with Kalos' largest collection of food and drink stalls of any Christmas market"

"Well, what are we waiting for? Let's GO!" Jessie ordered, running off towards the market until James had to call her back

"You're going the wrong way" he yelled out to her

"Oh," Jessie mumbled as she made her way back to where James and Meowth were stood before allowing James to lead them all in the right direction.

Jessie, James and Meowth found a quiet spot to rest and to feast on all of the different foods they'd managed to buy at the Christmas market. They were just about to tuck into their bounty when James heard his name called out from a voice that made his blood run cold and the hairs on the back of his neck stand up.

"James? Is that you?" The voice belonged to James' supposed fiancee- Jessebelle. James looked up from his food to see her running towards him- a nightmare scenario for him... Made all the worse as she had his parents with her.

"Mom, dad... What are you doing here?" James asked, totally ignoring Jessebelle.

"We were bored at home so we decided to rent out a penthouse apartment for the winter season" his mother explained

"We were actually throwing a small Christmas party tonight. You should come, it'll give you and Jessebelle a chance to reintroduce yourselves to each other" his father invited, he glanced over at Jessie and Meowth.

"Your... Friends are of course welcome to attend too" he added

"Thanks, I'll let you know what our plans our" James replied as politely as he could manage, he had no desire or intentions of attending his parents Christmas party. In fact, he'd go so far as to say he'd rather do anything else.

"Well here's the address" his father informed him, handing him a card with the address of the apartment they'd be hosting the party in.

"Thanks, might see you later" James replied with a deadpan voice, taking the card and putting it in his pocket without even looking at the address. With that James' parents and Jessebell walked away from the trio. James finally let out the breath he wasn't aware he'd been holding

"Hey, Jimmy, you okay?" Meowth asked.

"Yeah, just seeing those three together, I'm never gonna marry her so why do they always keep insisting I do... I hate it" James sighed

"So we just don't go to this party" Meowth reasoned

"WHAT! Pass up the chance of hitting up what should be the richest party in all of Kalos?" Jessie scoffed selfishly. James turned to face Jessie and began to argue against going.

Jessie fiddled with the ring she had picked up earlier, now sitting on her left hand while James straightened up his bow tie. Both having raided their wardrobes for the most suitable attire for the event. James looking dapper in a simple black tuxedo with a purple shirt and Jessie wowing the guests as they walked in wearing a slim, backless two-tone pink and purple cocktail dress.

"Jessie, are you sure about this?" Meowth whispered to her as she made a bee-line for James' parents and Jessebelle, followed closely by James.

"Yeah" Jessie replied

"Ahh, James. So glad to see you could make it" His father smiled.

"James! Come here my darling, with me under the mistletoe!" Jessebelle beamed out, reaching out to pull James towards her. She was stopped by Jessie grabbing her arm and pushing it away.

"Not so fast sister" Jessie warned her.

"We have something to tell you all" She added with a smirk.

"Mom, dad, Jessebelle... I'm afraid I can not marry you..." James began

"And why not?" Jessebelle demanded

"Because I'm engaged to Jessie" James answered, Jessie, took advantage of the stunned silence to pull James to her under the mistletoe before pressing her lips against his.

"Sorry, your loss" She winked at Jessebelle, flashing the ring that was sat on her left hand at her after she broke the kiss with James. Leaving her and James' parents stood with mouths agape as Jessie, James and Meowth turned their backs on the trio and walked out of the party.