A few of you guys were upset by what Drew said, and I understand. I was tired, and not focusing on my writing as well as I should have. So, hopefully I can redeem Drew a little in this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon
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December 31st, New Years Eve
A new year approached, and I had nothing to show for it. My children had gained a second father, and weren't sure how to deal with it. I kissed my ex and felt sparks, when I was with Brendan. I felt like a terrible person.
I awoke to the smells of coffee and eggs. Valarie was curled against my side, her new Torchic stuffed animal clutched in her arms, brown curls plastered against her porcelain skin. I ran my fingers over her cheek, and slid out of the bed, stretching in my warm flannel pyjamas.
I covered Valarie with the blanket, and turned when a small voice caught my attention. "Mom."
Fabian and Jasper stood in the doorway, expressions closed. Fabian's black pyjamas were loose, and Jasper's blue ones were flannel footie pyjamas. "Yes?"
"Can we sleep in here?" Jasper asked, and the clock time flashed five o'clock.
I smiled at my boys, "Of course. Just be careful not to wake Valarie." The bobbed their heads and slid into the bed, one on the opposite side of Valarie. They nodded off quickly, and I changed into jeans and a red t-shirt with fuzzy white socks before slipping out of the room.
I walked into the kitchen, and Brendan sat at the table, sipping coffee and reading the paper. His red eyes flickered up and smiled when he saw me.
"Eggs are fresh and coffee's in the pot." He said, turning his gaze back to the paper.
As I walked past him, I kissed his forehead, "I'm just going to have some coffee. Thank you for making eggs anyway." I poured a generous amount of coffee in a mug and added creamer and sugar.
"I'm sure the kids will eat it." Brendan said, and this reminded me of how things were before Drew came back into the picture. The thought of Drew made my heart clench tightly, and I sat across from Brendan.
"Yeah, probably." I said, brining the rim of the mug to my lips, letting the sweetened liquid warm my tongue and throat. "What was in the mail?"
Brendan smirked, and handed me an invite. Curious, I tore it open.
You are cordially invited to the wedding of Damion Jun and Dawn Hikari.
February 14th 2012,
We hope dearly you'll attend.
I gaped at the invite, before yanking out my cell-phone and dialing Dawn's number.
She answered on the third ring, voice grouchy, "What?"
"When were you going to tell me about this?" I demanded, wondering why in the hell my bestfriend wouldn't tell me sooner.
"Well," She dawdled, "you seemed preoccupied. I was waiting for you to get the invite. Of course you're the maid-of-honor. You don't have to plan anything. Bachelorette party is on the 11th. Good night." Followed by the dial tone. She hung up on me.
"Hey, Brendan, did you know Dawn was getting married?" I stared at my smirking boyfriend.
"Yup." I swatted his arm.
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We (the kids and I) were seated in the living room of Drew's house. Charlie stood, with Jackson next to him, stone faced. Valarie causally wondered up to him, and smiled at him brightly.
"Hi Charlie!" She greeted, curtsying. I giggled, and Fabian clenched his fist. "Did you like my drawing?"
Charlie smiled at her, bowing, "I loved it, my lady." She burst into a fit of giggles, and stumbled back to the couch were I was seated at.
Drew walked down the stairs, face passive. Brianna and Jess were nowhere in sight.
He sat down, and smiled, "So, what do we want to do today?"
Fabian, answered, bitterly, "Anything you want, father."
Jasper paused for a moment, "Can we play with the Pokémon?"
"Can we see a contest?" Valarie asked, "Mommy said she used to be a coordinator, and that's how she met daddy. Can we, please?"
Drew looked to me, "It's a win/win." I said, "Jasper gets Pokémon and Valarie gets a contest."
So that's how we ended up in Drew's mock contest hall, two Pokémon each out. He had his Absol and Masquerain out, while I had my Blaziken and Glaceon.
Jackson was the mock judge, "And the contest begins!" The kids sat on the sidelines, cheering.
"Absol, use water pulse, and Masquerain, use hidden power!" The hidden power swirled around the water pulse as it flew closer to the Pokémon.
I didn't panic, "Glaceon, use ice shard!" The ice shards countered the water pulse, breaking it apart. "Blaziken, follow up with fire spin! Glaceon, ice beam!" The powerful fire spin launched at Drew's Pokémon, an ice beam in the center.
"Counter with silver wind, Masquerain." The wind blew the blast back at me, and hit Blaziken and Glaceon with their own moves and silver wind. "Absol, razor wind." Absol fired off it's strong razor wind, barely giving me time to counter. Which I didn't get. It hit my Pokémon with a force that nearly knocked them over. They were panting, and I had to come up with something, fast.
"Blaziken, over heat!" I tried, "and Glaceon, shadow ball!" Blaziken glowed, and the powerful over heat threw itself at Drew with the shadow ball front and center.
Calm as ever, he said, "Iron tail, now." Absol lept up in the air, and sliced through the over heat, sending sparkles across the stadium. "Silver wind and water pulse."
I was stunned. I couldn't react fast enough. "Dodge!" I cried, although both Blaziken and Glaceon were hit. They fainted, and Drew smirked in triumph. Crap.
I returned them to their Poké-balls and gave Drew a small smile.
"Nice match." I said.
He shrugged, also returning his Pokémon, "You were good. But you were better when we were teens."
I laughed, "So you admit I was good?"
Drew blushed, and said nothing. Jasper hopped off the bench, and asked, "Can we play with the Pokémon now?"
Drew and I looked at each other. What was the harm? So we released our Pokémon. Drew's Pokémon, Roserade, Flygon and Butterfree were the same as ever. (Masquerain and Absol were resting, and so were Blaziken and Glaceon.) I let out Beautifly, Skitty, Venusaur, Wartortle, and Munchlax. The kids skittered off the bench, and conversed with the Pokémon.
I sat down next to Drew.
"May, what I said last week. . ." I so did not want to go there. I kept my attention on Valarie, who was playing with Beautiful, Butterfree and Roserade with Charlie. The boys were having a mock battle.
"Hmm?"
"I didn't mean it." He said, and quickly corrected himself when he saw the look of horror on my face, "Not about you. I meant that. What I didn't mean was that I came back only for you. I came back for them too. I was just caught up in the moment I guess."
I smiled, "It's okay. I understand." But I didn't.
Could things get any stranger?
*Shrug* this was more of a filler then anything. Review.
~Emerald~
