A/N: I am now using Ƥ, the Latin capital letter P,to represent Poke currency, if FF doesn't edit it out. And I fixed the dividers. And credit to the makers of Portal, cause I made a spin-off from them.

WARNING:

Ages 15+. Contains a referential comment.

RECAP:

Jobe left to go for some lunch, and by default, he went to the Shack's snack bar. It was there that he found a bulky man stopping Kayla from leaving, so Jobe decided to defend her, and push the man around until he stopped. After he did, they had a short conversation over a hot dog with onions, and the burly man came back. This time, Jobe unleashed hurt on him. After that, he forgot about work, so they headed back home, later to have an interesting talk about the future. The next morning, Jobe left for work, then got the reservations at the hotel, and unauthorized, he went back to home and found Kayla taking a nap. He played a joke on her, and woke her up, only to find that she was sleeping nude. After telling her that she could move into the room now, he went back to work, and she unpacked whatever they had at the hotel. At three o'clock, he left for the Tavern, and hung out for an hour, to find that she wanted to get groceries.

o-o-o

"Hey, is there even a grocery store in Undella Town?" Jobe asked Kayla, who was fixing her hair.

"There's got to be. Undella isn't just a vacation spot. They're bound to have some industry here." she said, taking a brush through her luscious brown coiffure.

"Umm, Kayla? Yeah it is. It is just a place for people to get away from the daily grind. I just happen to be staying here for a prolonged period of time. Oh, and I haven't gotten paid yet, so guess what? We can't buy hardly any food at all..." he said, tying his shoes.

She gave him a look. "Don't you mean, 'we'? I'm not leaving anytime soon. And I can take some out of an ATM or something." she said, after finishing her hair.

"No, I don't want you to spend all your money on me." he said.

Kayla shook her head. "Okay, I don't like telling anybody this, and that's why I acted like we might not make it without you getting a job, but my family is like mega-rich. I mean, seriously loaded. By far the richest family in Nimbasa, maybe even in Unova. All the money I've spent on you and me combined, doesn't even equal to how much we spend on Dante for one hour. The cost of you is so nominal, I could support you and a whole family of four for hundreds of years, at the rate you're going now. I don't mind spending any amount of money at all. In fact, dad wanted me to use some of it, he was afraid I might buy a house and move away if I saved up too much. Anyway, my dad owns a huge company called Exposure Laboratories. Massive company. They probably research everything that is not known about Pokemon, and what they have discovered, chances are, they are the ones who revealed it. I'm not sure, but Dr. Wellstep might've been working on a project for them until he...passed."

That hit Jobe, because there were some many other things he wanted the ask the Doc. "Well, still. I need to be able to support myself, unless..." he said, thinking of an idea. But he sadly threw it out as nothing. "Nevermind. Yeah, I doubt there would be another scientist who would know the same stuff he did." he said, vowing to find one after his criminal record was cleared.

"What were you going to say?" she asked him.

"No, it was nothing. Don't worry about it. It was crazy. Really, it was." he said, trying to forget he had even considered it now.

Kayla shrugged. "Whatever. You know, if you dare, you could always ask my dad about the scientist thing. He could probably name several of them. But I wouldn't go that close to Nimbasa right now," she said.

Jobe agreed. "Wouldn't be very smart. But, I may take you up on that offer later." he said. Jobe's eyes started to wander, looking her up and down. "Your hair looks good." he complimented.

Kayla smiled. "You like it? Thank you. Does it look as good as my body does?" she teased.

He stopped for a second. "Uhh, I suppose so..."

"Hmm..." she hummed in response.

"I don't know if that's a good or a bad hum..." he replied.

"Well, you just weren't as eager to compliment my hair as you were my figure..." she noted.

Jobe didn't know how to respond to that. "Well, umm... they both look nice, I mean your hair and your frame, not... oh, nevermind..." he said, striking out.

Kayla smiled, and shook her head. "You know, I do have a sense of humor, contrary to what you might think. I know the difference between a playful comment and a cheesy pickup line. And you're not using the pickup lines like any other guy would use."

He nodded, not really even understanding what she had just said.

o-o-o

Jobe led the way out of the hotel, and into the main plaza of Undella; which consequently, wasn't that big. It was like the olden-day markets: there were a couple fruit vendors there, along with a vendor selling freshly-baked bread. There were also some who had caught fish in the Bay, and a few selling homemade clothes, candles, lotions, etc.

Walking up to one of the vendors, Jobe asked if she knew where the closest grocery store was.

"Why, young man, you're looking at it!" the lady who was working at a Berry stand answered.

"You mean there's no big store like a Grumpig Grocery or anything in this place?" he asked again.

"Uh, yah, I just told you that! Now buy something if you want food or not." she said, offering him a Watmel berry. Jobe didn't have an interest in berries; however, he did want some of that bread. He left Kayla at the berry stand to go get a loaf.

The bread stand had many different selections; between a sourdough, French, Italian-style, he had no idea what the difference was. They all smelled delicious, so he picked one at random, and ended up with a ciabatta. Kayla had walked over to the mini-bakery, and put the ciabatta back.

"No. That's for a panino. A sandwich. The bread we need needs to be a sourdough." she said, picking up another lump of grain and paying the lady for it.

Jobe shrugged and went along with it, because he didn't know the various qualities amongst the different loaves. Apparently she did, so he let her be pilot for the rest of the grocery trip. They bought several pounds of various berries and vegetables, some slabs of fish, and another loaf of bread, due to Jobe's pestering of her not to spend a whole lot of money on him. It should be enough to last them through the end of the week.

o-o-o

Going back to the hotel, which was now their home, the unpacked what food they had into the refrigerator. About this time, Jobe was conveniently getting hungry.

"Hey, what's for dinner?" he asked Kayla.

"What, am I your wife already? I don't know. Step on a berry and have some jam on toast." she said, hopping on the right bed with the remote in hand.

Jobe took the comment in a weird way. It was different for her to be so sarcastically cruel in that way, he wasn't used to hearing this side of her.

"Well... fine. No need to be spiteful." he said, getting up and browsing through the fridge. There were no leftovers from the restaurant, and he didn't really have a taste for jam. Giving up, he closed the door and jumped back on his bed, the left one.

"Oh, for Pete's sake. What do you want to eat?" she asked him.

Jobe shrugged. "I dunno, I've never had any of the stuff we got today, save for the meat."

"Well... how about you try it?" she suggested.

Jobe got back up. "Yeah, sure, okay." He sat down at the small table, while she got out the free plastic dinnerware the hotel provided them with. She tried cutting a slice of bread, but it wasn't working. She threw the plastic knife away, and reached into her purse and pulled out a pocketknife.

"It'll have to do for now." she said, wishing she had purchased at least two sets of silverware earlier. Her knife easily cut into the bread, the blade being partially serrated. She then sliced a few vegetables, and handed several berries over to Jobe.

Sitting down across from him, Kayla fixed her own plate. "Now, what do you want to taste first? And, for the berries, you can combine the different flavors. The vegetables won't go together very well."

Jobe contemplated his answer, and decided to bite into an Aspear first. He tried to take a chomp out of it, but it was so darn hard. Jobe didn't expect that, and almost shattered his teeth.

"Ow! I didn't know it was so hard! Dang! Lemme have a soft one." he said, and Kayla picked out a Bluk. It looked like a Razz, but it was blue instead of red. He slowly took a bite out of it, noting that it tasted sweetly dry. It was an enjoyable flavor, but not one he could eat all the time.

"Well? How'd it taste?" she said, digging into her own meal.

"Eh. I wouldn't pick that one if I was stuck on an island." he said.

Jobe picked another one, and after making sure it was soft, he bit into a Shuca berry. This one was sweet, with a spicy kick to it. He liked this one, in contrast with the others. When Jobe thought about it, he deduced that it tasted like Kayla's personality; she was very sweet, yet she could have that spicy side of life at the same time.

"Mmm! I like this one!" he said, asking her for more.

She gave him the rest of the Shuca Berries, except for the ones on her plate.

He quickly finished what she had given him. Now there was only hers left.

"Aww, come on! Let me have the rest of yours." he begged.

"No. And just so you won't..." she said, taking a bite out of all of them.

"Aww..." he pouted.

"You're not going to try any different ones?" she asked.

Jobe shook his head. "Not till I get one more Shuca."

Kayla looked down at her plate. She had three left, but she had already bit off of them.

"Well, if you don't mind me already chewing on them, here..." she said, offering him the rest.

Jobe looked at the berries, and decided he liked the berries more than he cared about eating after someone. But not that Kayla was just any 'someone' to him.

He eagerly scarfed them up. "Meh. I guess that'll do for now." he said, feeling full.

Kayla looked surprised. "That's all you're going to eat? 7 measly berries and a slice of bread?"

He nodded. "Yeah. I've never really been able to eat a lot since I, well, woke up."

"Ah." she said. "Woke up today?"

Jobe shook his head. "No, being woken up from Wellstep. I've noticed how much you eat, and I can't eat near as much as you can."

Kayla shrugged. "That'll save you money."

"I suppose..." he said.

After Kayla finished her dinner, they both hopped onto their respective beds, and she turned the TV on, though she didn't expect there to be anything good on.

Indeed, there wasn't anything but the typical news shows and something on the Pokemon channel. Jobe wanted to watch that, but Kayla thought it was boring. She kept flipping through the list, until finally stopping at a show about how things work. She apparently liked these shows, other ones that try to crack myths, ones that have useless facts, etc. Jobe didn't really have an interest in that crap, he was more curious about things that would actually be useful one day.

They continued to watch the show for two hours, Kayla occasionally commenting on something they said on the program. After it went off, she cut the TV off, then turned over to Jobe.

She continued to look over in his direction, until he looked back at her.

"Uhh, Kayla? Is there something you want to say?" he asked her.

She bit her lip. "No, not really." she said, obviously lying.

Jobe's eyes narrowed. "Yeah, okay." he said, not even bothering to question her about it. He decided to get some sleep, so he told Kayla goodnight, then got under the covers.

"Yeah, goodnight, Jobe." she responded back to him. Kayla decided to go to sleep too, and pulled out the pajamas from her bag, then headed into the large bathroom to change. But, she heard Jobe snore, so she just changed right there. He didn't budge, even after she was trying to be as noisy as she could, to attract his attention, but he was out cold. Shrugging, she hopped into her own bed, and thought about the future until she fell asleep.

o-o-o

The next morning, by the time Kayla woke up, he had already left for work. She missed him during the mornings, but she knew that he had to go. Kayla also knew that he had to get paid here pretty soon, or they wouldn't be able to afford the room.

She started the day by tidying up some of the mess from dinner the night before. She washed the only pair of silverware that they had, washed the two plates, and the two glasses. I wish all the dishes that I would ever have to wash could be so few...

After she finished the dishes, Kayla decided to go out and walk around Undella a bit. She got dressed into something decent, then walked out of the hotel, towards the more popularized area.

o-o-o

Jobe had been working for an hour or so, before he got the curiosity to ask the nurse working at the Center part when he was to be paid.

"Paid? We don't get paid. Neither will you." she said.

That shocked Jobe. "Uhh, what? I don't get paid for working here?"

"You call sitting there reading that newspaper work? Have you even had a single customer? I haven't had a single one for the past 5 years."

Jobe started to feel like he had been duped. "That's crazy. There isn't even a place to work here!" he yelled. "How is someone supposed to make a living around here?"

"Move to Lacunosa."

After he heard that, Jobe stormed out. Fumed that he had just wasted two days 'working' at the Mart, there was virtually no other way to make money. There was nowhere else to work in Undella. Maybe I should go to Lacunosa...

o-o-o

Kayla was browsing at the market again, looking through the wares that they were selling. Not much different from what they were selling the day before, however. She did pick up some more Shuca berries, though. Kayla soon got bored of the market, and left to go back to the hotel. She wanted to order a swimsuit for herself and Jobe, so they could go swimming in the Bay. Unfortunately, this had to be done online, there were no departments stores in Undella.

Luckily, they had some computers inside of the lobby, so she logged on and browsed an online department shop over in Black City, which they had passed over on their way to Undella. She looked over the site for swim trunks for him, and found a flashy blue pair with white streaks on it, costing about 50Ƥ. She placed it on the order, then searched for a bikini for her. As usual, they only had about 500 million different ones. This is going to take all day... She thought.

Kayla continued to search through the many , until she found one that matched Jobe's shorts. Hey! That'd be pretty cool. So she ordered them, too. Thinking about what else to get, she randomly clicked on links until she found one leading to Indoor Accessories. There were some pretty neat things in this section, including indoor putt-putt sets, indoor pools, indoor swings, etc. Pretty much anything you did outside could be found with an inside version. Kayla looked around some more, until she saw an indoor grill, that was apparently flameless, so carbon monoxide poisoning wasn't a risk. She clicked on it for more info, but it said 'Back ordered', so she went ahead and ordered the two bathing suits. After supplying her credit information, she closed the web browser, and head up to the room.

o-o-o

Jobe had no idea what to do now. Without a job, he felt like he had to rely on Kayla to live, which he technically did now, anyway. He didn't like it, but there was no other choice: he would have to go to Lacunosa and see about a job there.

After he went back to the hotel, and Kayla let him into the room, he told her the bad news.

"This really stinks. I asked the nurse today about when they got paid, and when I would, and she said that they have never been paid. She said they hadn't seen a customer in over five years." Jobe said with disgust.

Kayla didn't seem surprised. "Undella's not exactly a booming place right now. I seriously doubt that trainers would have any reason whatsoever to come here, except for a short break. Losing your job isn't all a bad thing, y'know. You get to spend more time with me..." she said playfully.

He smiled. "Yeah I do, but I still feel like I have to support myself. I don't like you paying for me all the time."

Kayla shook her head. "Look, I already told you, I don't mind paying for you at all. It hardly leaves even a mark on my account. To give you an idea, I think I've spent close to 400Ƥ on you, since I first met you. In contrast, I've spent nearly 4000Ƥ in one day while shopping, and my dad wasn't very happy at that. I'm telling you, it's not costing me a thing. He makes nearly 700,000Ƥ a day. You're not costing us anything. Don't worry about it, really." she assured him.

Jobe still didn't like it, but there was nothing else he could do for now. "Well, fine, but if I ever do start to cost something, let me know so I can stop it."

"Whatever, but you won't." she said.

"Although, there is supposed to be better business in Lacunosa Town. I may go there looking for a job." he said.

She shook her head again. "Why would you do that? It probably wouldn't even be enough to pay for food and lodging there. Just stay here for a while, and take a break. It's all move, move move with you. You don't ever just want to take a load of and relax?"

Jobe nodded. "Yeah, of course I do. But I know if I stop, the police'll catch me here, and if they see you with me, they'll probably arrest you again. I can't let that happen again. They'd probably lock me up so good, even I couldn't get out. They might even execute me right there." he said, trying not the think about it.

Kayla bit her lip. "What you need to do is find a good spot to stay, like here. I haven't seen a single official in the whole town, I think it would be one of the last places they'd look. The cops probably think you're trying to take over the whole region or something big like that, and once they find out you're just trying to be normal, they may leave you alone." she suggested.

"But I still killed that one guy. Even if he was arrested, you're guilty until proven innocent, and I can't be proven innocent, since I'm not. And they know that. There was a cop there that witnessed it, and so did you. I'll be persecuted one day for it, it's just a matter of what the sentence is." he said.

Kayla just shrugged. "Well, I can't stop you from doing anything, just remember, that I'm going where you do. Except for here, I'm staying here for a bit. No, I don't want you to get caught, but I don't think you will be, at least for a while. So just sit back, and let the relaxation take over... which reminds me. Do you know how to swim?"

Jobe thought for a second, then shook his head. "Uhh, amnesia, remember? No, I don't know how. If you mean going swimming in the Bay, then I don't really have an interest in it."

Kayla had just been shot down, that was one way for her to get another look at him shirtless. There was still that jacuzzi in the bathroom, which was large enough for two people. Though she doubted he would want to get in it with her.

"Well, I ordered both of us a swimsuit, if you ever change your mind. And there is a hot tub in the bathroom, too." she said.

"There's a hot tub in there? Oh, I didn't know that. Well, thanks for the suit, I only hope it's not something dorky as a prank?"

She giggled, trying to imagine him in it. "No, it's not dorky. It'll actually look pretty good on you..." she said, finally getting an image of him wearing the shorts.

"Fine, whatever." he said, trying to end the conversation.

"What, you're not going to ask how mine'll look?" she questioned him.

He shrugged. "I haven't seen it. I guess I will when it gets here."

"You're darn right you'll see it." she said mischievously.

Jobe didn't know what to make of that, so he let it go again. It was getting late anyway, so they both ate dinner, watched some useless TV commercials, then went to bed.

_o-o-o_

Feel the emotion yet? I do. But then again I'm writing it... And notice how Jobe tries to compliment her, but ends up failing? Yeah, he's not exactly an ace with the ladies. Yet.