THAT GLACEON
I sincerely apologize for the lack of updates! I had the HUGEST writer's block, but let's just hope that it's the last. Anyway, the 8th chapter is here, continuing where we left off. Also! This chapter was fixed up, beautifully! Keep your eyes peeled for any easter eggs!
Disclaimer: I always seem to forget these, I don't own Pokemon, poor me.
Julley observed the messy spectacle that was Cassidy devouring a Magikarp fillet. What a feat. However, something seemed… fishy (forgive me, I couldn't resist). Cassidy didn't really seem like herself, as if there was an agenda on her mind, and it just constantly compelled the Dark-type to ask what it was.
Looking down at his Magikarp fillet that he miserably poking with his fork, Julley gave life to his thoughts.
"H-hey Cassidy?"
"Yah?" replied the Glaceon, with half of a Magikarp hanging between her top and bottom front teeth. Admittedly, Julley found the sight to be slightly adorable, but that was irrelevant.
"Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine"
Oh, I guess I was just overthinking things.
Well, it's either that, or you were caring for her because you liiiiiiike her.
Get a life you… Or me? Who exactly am I talking t-
*BBRRINNNG* shrieked the school bell, signalling that it was time for the final lessons of the day.
Julley got up from his seat and stretched his legs before heading to his next lesson. Well, at least until the speeding Glaceon caught up to him, startling the Umbreon.
"Hey Julley! What's your next lesson?" asked the ever-so energetic Ice-type.
Julley peered at his timetable, and saw that he had Math as his final periods. What a great and fun lesson to conclude the day with, right? (Personally, maths was one of my favourite subjects)
"I-I've got Math next."
"Sweet! So do I!" exclaimed Cassidy, oddly excited over… Mathematics?
Gee, isn't that a coincidence, huh?
Soon after, they finally reached their class with some time to spare, their teacher was conveniently a Porygon. Julley was listening to more rambles about the miscellaneous adventures that occurred in Cassidy's life. However, as he scanned the classroom for any signs of an overly-masculine Blaziken, he saw a flash of crimson light discreetly shine for a moment in his peripheral vision. Julley turned to see where it came from, only to look into the eyes of a familiar Lucario. The exchange gave him painful flashbacks of the ordeal between himself and the fighting and steel type that occured yesterday.
Oh no.
Well… Isn't THAT a coincidence? Two girls in one am I right? Sounds like a crappy rom-com.
Shut up you.
Julley quickly turned his vision towards the front of the class before the mysterious enigma that was Jasmine could notice him.
"So then he said: 'That's no Kindergartner, that's my wife!'" joked the happily-nonchalant Cassidy, unaware of the Lucario on the other side of the room. She did, on the other hand, notice that Julley wasn't paying attention.
"Hey Julley, are you okay?"
Julley turned his attention back to Cassidy after realising that he had no idea what she had said.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine. I just spaced out."
Cassidy chuckled, while an unexplainable hint of red came across her teal cheeks.
Sure you are.
When are you gonna be useful for once?
As soon as you get a girlfriend… Well I better start being useful now since you have one!
Cassidy isn't my girlfriend! We've barely even known each other for that long!
Yeah, I guess you're right. Especially when you have Jasmine over there in the equation too!
That's it, I'm shutting you out.
You can't shut me out forever, hater!
After a tedious argument between one's self and another tale of Cassidy's brother's crazy episodes, the math class proceeded without any awkward conflicts, or to be specific, any certain glances. The final bell rang, and the students (along with the teacher) were out of the classroom with all promptitude… Well, aside from three others: If it wasn't obvious, Julley, Cassidy and Jasmine.
Julley was trying to escape the classroom with all haste to avoid any form of contact with the Lucario, but much to his dismay, his "putting-books-in-bag" skill seemed to be failing at his time of need.
Jasmine finally packed up her belongings and turned in the direction of the exit, yet was deterred from her task due to an all-too familiar Umbreon trying to cower in the corner of her eye. Her signature smirk found its way onto her face as she slowly approached the dark-type.
"Hello, Julley." calmly and confidently stated the Lucario, a hint of seduction lingering in her tone like a breathmint.
Julley reluctantly rotated in the direction of Jasmine, but made sure to shoot a quick glance at the Glaceon, who was currently occupied with her bag also. It seems that she isn't really the best packing her stuff either. Julley decided to try and make this conversation quickly, as he didn't really want Cassidy getting involved with the unpredictable Lucario.
"H-hey Jasmine, I-I didn't know you attended this school." returned Julley, his timidity becoming more obvious in his tone.
"Well, yeah, I do, I was enrolled at the start of this week."
That was weird, albeit consistent with what the daughter of Maxwell had told him yesterday. Julley had not seen her until now, so maybe this was the only class they shared? If so, then that would work greatly in his favour. However, his true objective was to get Jasmine away befor-
"Hey Julley!"
Aww man.
Well, isn't that a coinci-
Yes, I get it, a coincidence. Are you gonna keep your mouth shut now?
Cassidy, with all sorts of optimism in her walk, strutted over to the pair and gave Julley a joyous smile as a greeting, before looking at the taller Lucario and asking:
"Hey there, I haven't seen you around, what's your name?"
"Hi, I'm Jasmine."
"Alright, mine's Cassidy! Nice to meet you!"
"You too."
Next, Jasmine studied Julley closely, before going back to Cassidy. She repeated this a few times, before opening her mouth.
"So, uhh… Are you two dating, or..?"
In essence, the one comment devolved the Eeveelution duo into a pink-flushed frenzy. Julley definitely seemed to be more disgruntled than the Glaceon.
"N-No!" Julley asserted, his face depicting extreme concern and shock. "We're just friends."
"Oh…Sorry about that."
What followed what the most awkward silence Julley ever had the displeasure of sitting through. Thankfully the tactful Cassidy piped up before the Umbreon could die of awkwardness.
"So, I was thinking of grabbing some ice-cream after school. Do you wanna come, Jasmine?"
Oh man, please don't say yes, pleeeeease!
"Sorry, I can't come; my father wants me to be home soon."
THANK ARCEUS!
No problem.
Be quiet, you- wait a second, you wouldn't happen to be Arce-
Cassidy interrupted the question that's answer would have changed Julley's life forever, and directed her attention at the pondering Umbreon.
"Well, do you wanna come with then, Julley?"
Had they not just went somewhere to eat before school? Anywho, Julley on-instinct said "Yes", as he was just taken away from his thoughts. On the other hand, his mind was now begging him to decline as he was very tired and was desperate for sleep. Furthermore, he REALLY wasn't in the mood to be dealing with any angry, furious and pride-shattered Blazikens still loitering around the school areas.
Plus, it would be pretty rude to say "No" when you just agreed to go out with your girlfriend, wouldn't it Julley?
You are impossible.
"Cool, let's go then! See you later Jasmine!" shouted the Glaceon who looked very elated to be getting some ice cream.
Before Julley could even utter a goodbye to the seemingly emotionless Lucario, he was taken under the surprisingly strong Glaceon's grasp, and was then soon rushed out of the classroom. It was weird upon thinking about it, nevertheless, Julley would feel a little embarrassed when Cassidy would man-handle him this way.
As Julley looked back to take one more look at Jasmine, he could've sworn he saw a small smirk appear on her profile, but as soon as he blinked, they were already outside of the school gates.
Golly, she's fast!
And you dig that, don't ya?
Julley shook his head rapidly and turned towards Cassidy, who seemed to be in deep thought, before looking back at the moonlight 'Mon.
"Julley, super sorry and all, but I just realized that I gotta pick my little brother from school. Is it alright if we could do that instead?"
"Y-yeah, I don't mind." declared Julley. He never really liked ice cream anyway.
"Sorry about that, I only just remembered. Normally my Mom just picks him up, but she's busy today."
"It's fine. H-honest." Julley replied again, whilst trying to put on an assuring smile so she would feel a little better about the situation.
Suddenly, she returned back to her conventional state-of-happiness and wore a wide grin.
"Thanks Julley!" Said Cassidy, before turning back into the school gates in the direction of the elementary site, which just so happened to be right next to the main building, but was a lot smaller.
As the duo approached the elementary site, Julley began to take notice of the colourful decorations strewn about along the windows of the building. Soon enough, they reached the entrance to the building, which was littered with myriads of different varieties of Pokemon. It was like one of those 'Where's Walrein?' activity books.
Cassidy recognised her brother amongst the crowd of other children and parent Pokemon, as did the smaller Glaceon who Julley inferred was her younger brother. Cassidy's brother then locked eyes with his elder sister, before hastily sprinting in the direction of the duo. After accumulating a great deal of velocity, what was previously a petite, innocent and care-free Glaceon suddenly became a small blur of white and blue bounding towards the two, although it seemed to have its sights set on Cassidy. However, much to Julley's dismay, Cassidy skilfully side-stepped the speeding object which instead careered into the poor, helpless Umbreon.
"Ouch!"
"Owwie!"
Although discreetly giggling to herself, Cassidy trotted over to the mess that was comprised of Julley and her younger sibling to ensure that they were fine. Sure enough, they were… Well, at least one of them was. Julley was still dazed and disorientated, struggling to balance on his four paws.
"Are you okay mister?" asked the innocent Glaceon, who looked like a smaller, cuter clone of Cassidy.
"Yah... yah..." were the only two words that Julley managed to get out before falling head-over-heels on the floor. Cassidy's giggle began to turn into a howl of laughter, as she witnessed the humorous spectacle that was the stumbling Umbreon. Eventually, she attracted the attention of other parents picking up their children, who greeted her with confused glares. Cassidy's laughter soon died down after a couple minutes, as she wiped a tear away from her cheek.
Julley quickly regained his composure and stood up straight, acting as if the whole event never happened. Cassidy took this moment to properly introduce the two to each other.
"Right!" Cassidy started. "This little snow-white fur-ball is my brother, Cody." she said, putting a paw on his back. At the mention of his name, Cody gave off a large ear-to-ear grin, very reminiscent of his elder sister. Julley waved at the small Pokemon and gave him a timid smile in return.
Cassidy then turned towards Cody. "And the Umbreon that you just body-checked is Julley!"
Cody's mouth then formed an "O" as he seemed to have a sudden realisation. "Ohh, so this is the guy you were talking about! Nice to meet ya mister!"
A minor blush crept onto Julley's face after hearing that Cassidy spoke of him even amongst her family members.
"I-it's nice to meet you too, Cody."
Julley then observed the young Glaceon's face. It was so pure and blameless. Julley couldn't even fathom anything sinister coming upon the small Pokemon.
This kid… He's just so innocent.
Hey, don't underestimate him, he may just grow up to be a mastermind criminal!
Of course you would find a way to make something as adorable as this little Glaceon as bad as a law-offender!
Cassidy then interrupted this great moment by saying: "Well, Julley, we've gotta split now, but I'll surely see you in school tomorrow!"
"Yeah, for sure."
Cassidy then turned and headed towards the exit, her brother in tow, but not before yelling a quick, "See ya later mister!" as he skipped along with his sister. As she left, Julley got a decent view of her pleasant rear, but frantically shook these thoughts out of his head before a certain voice began making snide comments about this subject.
Soon after, Cassidy and Cody were both then out of sight, therefore Julley took this as his cue to leave also. However, a very familiar Glaceon began running in from the school gates towards Julley.
That's weird, I thought they were going? I guess one of them forgot something here.
Upon closer inspection, the Glaceon made out to be Cassidy.
Cassidy then got within proximity to converse with the perplexed Umbreon. "Hey Julley, I just came back to ask you something."
A flood of different questions bombarded Julley's mind as he wondered what the question may be, ranging from personal questions, all the way to being just plain and out-right weird.
"Y-yeah?"
"…"
Almost instantaneously, Julley found Cassidy's lips upon his, before she abruptly sprinted off, all before he could react.
W-what?
What just happened?
You just got pecked, loser.
Well, wasn't that a chapter! Julley finally got his kiss, but that doesn't mean it's all a happy ending now, is it? Anyway, forgive me for the MASSIVE writer's block I had, and I hope you'll stay tuned for the next chapter. Smell ya later, folks!
-Sawss with a mediocrely modicum of Awesome
