Chapter 10
Cynthia and I were on her Togekiss.
"Cynthia, whats up with mom, anyways? She wasn't like this until 2 weeks ago…"
"Just that she's upset and doesn't know how to show it. Or… she could have only stayed married to dad because….he was rich. She did enjoy that mansion."
I just couldn't believe it. I balled up my fists and stood up.
"I HATE HER!"
People were looking up at us and Cynthia gave me a warning glance. I sat down as my burning cheeks were covered by my wind-blown hair (gladly, they were pretty dark)
"Oh I almost forgot." I opened my phone and went to my contacts list. I clicked mom's name.
Her picture was her large smile glancing at the camera. I hadn't seen a true smile off her face in a really long time.
I stopped. I didn't click delete. Actually, I saved it, in case she called to apologize, or if I called her. Yes, I knew I did something wrong. But I wasn't ready to apologize. I just wasn't.
My phone started ringing.
Alex.
"Hey! Katie! What's with the SOLD sign! You didn't say you were moving out!"
"Someone already bought the house?"
"YES! WOULDN'T YOU KNOW? ITS YOUR HOUSE!"
"She kicked me out…." I said.
There was a long pause and the only noise was Alex's awestruck breathing.
"Oh… I'm sorry…. I didn't know…."
"its ok…."
After 3 more minutes I hung up.
Cynthia looked at me with pure sympathy.
I shrugged. "are we there yet?"
"yep. Just pulled in."
We were quiet for a while.
When Cynthia's friends walked up, she pulled me with her.
"Hey, Luc, Berth, Aaro and Flin,"
"Hi, Cynth, and is this your sister you've been talking about? Is she ready yet?" Aaron, the one with green hair said.
"Just about, Kat, you ready?"
I nodded.
"Cynthia, there's a boy waiting for you. He beat me right before you came." Lucian, with purple hair said.
Cynthia bit her lip and I could've sworn I heard her mutter these words: "cant believe someone came this far…. But then again, I've never been beaten since I challenged Rowan…"
Lucian grinned as Cynthia walked away.
I looked at Lucian. "Alex's grandfather…."
"Former champ. Alex is the challenger."
I hit my head. "I should have known…."
"Strong boy he is," Bertha said.
Flint and Aaron nodded. "He's a heck of a battler."
"and he's a gym leader. Ready, Katie, to come and battle me?" Aaron said.
"I guess…."
"Good luck!" the others said.
I was led to a room. The heading was inspection.
"GYM BADGES!" A man said.
Aaron reached into my bag and handed my case to the man.
"She's good!"
I took back my case and was taken into the first elite four room.
And the battle had begun.