Me (pokeninja6600): Hi all! Here's the next chapter! I totally forgot to mention for the last, like, seven chapters that we do NOT own pokemon.

Roma: I thought they would already know that. If they did own pokemon, I would be in the anime.

Me: Yes. Yes, she would.

Roma's POV

"I did it! I convinced the triplets! All of them!" Eva said, bursting in on Eve's brushing session.

"Why has she interrupted my obligatory grooming?! I'm starting to dislike this girl a little." Eve woofed, licking her paw. I rolled my eyes at both of them.

"Really? You actually did it?" I asked in disbelief, setting down Eve's brush to look at Eva. She looked as if she was about to burst from excitement.

"YES! I DID IT! I DID IT!" Eva chanted, dancing around the kitchen. I made a face. I didn't think she'd be able to do it...

"Does that prove her to you?" I asked Eve. She shrugged then nodded.

'...I guess." Eve said noncommittally after a long pause. I smiled.

"Okay. That settles it then." I said, putting my hands down on the table. "We leave tonight."

"TONIGHT?! ARE YOU FLIPPING INSANE?!" Chili shouted.

I shrugged. "Some would say that, yes. I prefer the term creative personally. And besides, I like to travel by dark." I said lightly.

Chili clenched his fists. I laughed. "Still not afraid of you, fire freak." I said.

"Please, just let us wait till morning!" Chili whined. I sighed but agreed.

"Fine. Eva, we..." I stood up and was about to tell Eva we needed to go when Cress grabbed my wrist.

"I was actually wondering if, since we will be travelling together after all, you girls would maybe stay at the Gym tonight. Instead of your, uhh, normal arrangements." Cress said. Chili nodded vigorously and glanced at Eva. Cilan smiled slightly and nodded as well. A smile twitched at the corner of Eva's mouth. She was wondering what I was going to say.

"When did I become the decision maker?" I muttered. "Okay, fine!" I finally said.

"YES!" Eva and Chili shouted. They looked at each other and started laughing. Cilan rolled his eyes and shook his head good-naturedly.

I glanced down at Cress and noticed he hadn't let go of my wrist. He apparently noticed too because he let go and started to fuss with his hair. I smiled. Eve jumped onto the couch where Cress and I were sitting and rubbed against my hand.

I petted her and she tried to purr. "Rats," she said after a couple tries. "I'm still not a cat. I had some Purrloin try to teach me but oh well. They can't transform into 7 different pokemon, as far as I know." I laughed. Cress looked at me funny.

His eyebrows were scrunched together and he was smiling a little bit. I grinned.

"We oughta turn in, eh?" Chili said, throwing his arm around Eva's shoulder. She smiled and said, "Yeah, probably. Early start tomorrow, after all."

"Aw, do we have to?" Cress and I mock-whined. Chili and Eva stared at us for a second or two before protesting, "That's MY line!"

A few hours later, we were all asleep on the Gym floor in our sleeping bags or various furniture. (For me, it was a couch.) Well, we were all supposed to be asleep on the Gym floor in our sleeping bags. I'm pretty sure everyone but me was asleep at that point. I had started to sing to get myself to sleep.

I'm bulletproof, nothing to lose
Fire away, fire away
Ricochet, you take your aim
Fire away, fire away
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium
You shoot me down but I won't fall
I am titanium

I sang that line quietly to myself for a few minutes. Then I stopped. I heard a long, low whistle.

"You're good, you know that?" a voice murmured. I smiled a little.

"So I've been told," I muttered to the invisible voice.

I heard rustling and soon felt something on my mouth. I was puzzled and after a few seconds, the good sensation was gone. I scrunched my eyebrows together, trying to adjust my vision to the dark. What I saw shocked me.

I saw Cress sitting at the edge of the couch! I pulled up the covers up to my chest and whispered, "Uhh, hi Cress..."

"Hi Roma..." he whispered back.

"Hi? Is that it? Wow, you two are more ignorant than I thought..." Eve said after a few minutes' awkward silence.

" So, I was uhh wondering if you, uhh...That is, I uhh well, umm...Oh, I'm no good at this..." he said. "Chili told me to do something and, oh good Arceus, I'm horrid at this..." Cress stammered, running his fingers through his hair.

"Cress?" I asked quietly, crawling closer to him.

He looked up at me and I put a finger to his lips.

"Shut up. Just, please, shut up and kiss me already." I murmured.

"Happily," he muttered back.

I pressed my lips against his and we kissed. It was absolutely wonderful and I enjoyed every second of feeling his lips against mine and running my fingers through his soft blue hair.

After a minute or something, we pulled apart. I smiled. He made a move to get up but I grabbed his wrist.

"Please, please, please don't leave me. Please. I need you, Cress. I love you." I whispered.

He sat back down and laid down where I was beforehand. He patted the place next to him. I looked at him dubiously. He smiled a little.

"What?" he whispered. "Do you not trust me?"

"Of course I trust you. It's just...oh, nothing. Never mind." I whispered, yawning. I cuddled up next to him and he stroked my hair until I fell asleep.

Me: Okay, that's the end of that. Fun chapter, right? Tell me in your review!