Me (pokeninja6600): I absolutely love this chapter. It is just so awesome.

Roma: Yep. Well, probably, but Ninja HASN'T LET ME SEE IT YET!

Me: *rubs back of head sheepishly* Hahaha, yeah, there's a reason for that...

I sat at the window, lazily looking outside. A few minutes earlier I had come rushing inside the gym, soaking wet. I would've been angry but Eve was partially the one who doused me with water, and I just couldn't get mad at that cute of a Pokémon.

"Here" Chili had said, reaching for my dripping jacket.

He had used his Pansear to help dry my clothes and had given them back to me nicely folded and still slightly warm. I had smiled and thanked him.

I sighed and rested my chin on my hand, still looking outside.

The triplets were all quite different but I found the one that intrigued me most was Chili. He could go from being a hotheaded jerk to as sweet as a Smoochum in less than three seconds.

'And I thought Agatha was the one with the mood swings' I thought to myself with a smile.

I was abruptly brought out of my thoughts as I realized Cress had jumped in the small pond to swim with Roma, and he was now holding her in his arms.

My mouth dropped open and I quickly turned to Chili, who was still sitting beside me, also looking outside.

"What's up with that?" I asked, pointing to the pond.

Chili chuckled, "Well, it looks like Roma actually returns his feelings after all"

I didn't think my eyes could've gotten any wider but they managed.

"So Cress has a crush on Roma?"

Chili nodded, "Big time, he just didn't know she had one on him"

"Heck yeah she does, she is head over heels for him, but she thought he didn't feel the same" I said, remembering the past night when Roma had gushed over the blue haired boy.

Chili laughed again, "Well, I think I see a new couple in the future"

I nodded, Cress and Roma definitely made a cute couple.

"So, do you have…" Chili trailed off and I glanced over to him, wondering what had him tripped up.

"You know, do you have a boyfriend?" he asked, quickly looking away.

I made a face, "No, why on earth would you ask that?"

He cleared his throat and looked back to me, "No reason, I was just wondering" he said, nervously laughing.

Man that boy was weird.

My gaze snapped back outside as I saw both Roma and Cress heading back inside with towels wrapped around them, Eve following close behind.

I giggled and quickly ran to the door. The minute it opened I grabbed Roma's hand and dragged her to the nearest room.

"So, what did he say?" I asked.

I could tell she had been expecting my barrage of questions because she rolled her eyes and blushed.

"You know, he just talked about Eve, and stuff" she said quickly, drying off her arms.

I moved my hands around, letting her know I was waiting for more details.

She gave me a look, "That's all, what more do you want Eva?" she asked with a smile.

"Are you guys, you know, dating now?" I asked, exited by the notion of a new couple.

She blushed but shook her head, "I still don't think he's as into me as I am him"

"Oh come on" I said rolling my eyes, "You two have to make it official sometime!"

She blushed further but didn't say a word.

We spent the rest of the day with the triplets and I had to admit that I was starting to enjoy their company. For three brothers they were all quite different. Cress was calm and collected, not much seemed to bother him. Cilan was quite OCD, always needing everything to be perfect. And then there was Chili, who if I had to guess, he was the one that was adopted. He was hyper and impulsive, always getting on people's nerves.

That night Roma and I sat in our Pokémon center room and I was once again brought back to the reality of getting a gym badge.

"So when are you going to be ready to head on out to the next gym?" I asked, folding a blanket.

She didn't answer and I peeked over at Roma to see she had an odd look on her face.

"Um, I don't know if I'm going to be ready to go on anytime soon…" she said, once again a coloring coming to her cheeks.

I scrunched my eyebrows together in confusion but finally made the connection that she didn't want to leave because of Cress.

"Oh come ON, Roma!" I whined and she smiled.

"What will it take for you to go?" I asked. In all honesty, I could've just moved on with my journey on my own. But I enjoyed her company and I figured it wouldn't hurt to have someone from Unova as a guide.

She paused and then smirked, "If you can convince the triplets to come along, then I'll go. All three." she said.

My eyes widened. Convincing the triplets, who had a gym, and a home, and a life here to move on and travel across Unova. She had to be kidding.

But as I looked at the dead serious expression on her face I realized she wasn't.

"Fine" I retorted, putting my hands on my hips, "I'll convince them, you just wait and see"

The next day I set to work on the triplets. Lance, another member of the elite four in Kanto, also a good friend of my grandmothers was incredibly good at convincing people of things and had taught me a few tricks of the trade throughout the years.

Chili was oddly easy to convince and I had a feeling he had wanted to go out on a journey for a while.

Cress was a little harder to convince, but after I played the Roma card (saying she would be leaving, and this way he would get to stay with her) he caved and agreed. All I had left was Cilan, and I knew it was going to be rough.

"You can't be serious" he said in a deadpan tone, obviously not amused in the least.

"No, come on it'll be fun" I said. I had already exhausted almost all of my ideas for convincing Cilan and I was running on low. I sighed.

"So what is your goal in life, Cilan?" I asked.

He answered slowly, "Well, I want to be a first class connoisseur, of course."

"Well, what better way to do that than traveling around? You will have a more worldly approach, and you would have a wide audience to taste your cooking and whatnot." I said, trying to make it sound amazing.

I could tell I had planted a seed in his mind as he looked up and scratched his chin.

"Yes, but what about the gym?"

I paused, "You know there are tons of people just clamoring to be a gym leader, how about you give one of them a chance to be in the spotlight?"

He made a face and looked around, seemingly assessing absolutely every object.

"Well, I can't deny that I have kind of wanted to get out of here and go on a trip..." he said slowly and I leaned forward, waiting for his inevitable answer.

He sighed, "Alright, you win."

"YES!" I shouted.

I dashed into the kitchen where Roma was brushing Eve.

"There, I did it. I convinced all of them. So what do you say? Are you ready?" I asked; a wide grin of anticipation on my face.

Me: Wow. See why I loved it? Oh, and malory, you won't have to hold Amy back from going on a rampage for too much longer cause the next chapter will be up soon as well.

Roma: *helping restrain Amy* Yep, wow this chick is STRONG! WHY?

Me: *sweat drop* Ooooookaaayyyyy...that's not weird, hahaha. Oh well. REVIEW!