Chapter Eleven — Scandals and Stalkers
"Silv! Close the door! Bugs will get in!" Gold shouted from inside the house.
The redhead whirled around and told him to shut up before turning to the new neighbor. He took the cookies. "Thanks for the gift. Bye." He was about to close the door, but Soul intercepted him and put her foot in the doorway to stop him.
He opened the door wider again and looked at her. She looked like she was going to cry, but she held it in.
"Are you okay?"
"I'm fine!" she shouted, sucking her tears back in and wiping them. "Anyways, I just wanted to ask if Crystal Lee is here."
"Of course not!" Silver replied quickly, trying to hide the fact that a famous actress was living there.
"Relax. I know you're Silver from Pokespe. I was just wondering since Crys is my sister," Soul admitted. "Can't you notice? We're twins!"
Silver stared at her harder, trying to find the similarities. Sure, he compared her with Crystal at first, but it was because of the hair style. Looking at her even more made him realize that Crystal was her twin sister. The two had very similar features and their faces were the same, but hair color was different. It was hard for him to tell at first because he was kind of focused on her frivolous outfit and her peppy personality; which was unlikely for Crystal to ever have.
"Okay, yeah," Silver replied, believing her. "What do you need Crystal for? I was serious back then. She's not here."
"Wait, seriously?" Soul exclaimed. She stomped her foot then made a pouty face, adding an arms cross as well. "Man, I wanted to surprise her! Okay, never mind. Tell her that I stopped by. Okay, Silver?"
"Okay yeah, whatever," Silver said, beginning to close the door.
"Wait!" she called, making him stop.
He opened it again. "What is it now?"
Soul leaned forward then snatched the girl scout cookies out of Silver's hand. "I'll be taking this. I'm starving," she said, walking away afterwards.
What was the point of you coming here then? Silver thought, his eye twitching at how she rudely did that.
The redhead sighed then shut the door. This was one of weirdest meetings and discoveries in this life.
"Who was that?" Red asked once he came back to the living room.
"Crystal's twin sister," he replied, dropping on the couch.
"SSG has a twin sister?" Gold inquired.
"Apparently," Silver replied.
The Next Day
Blue yawned and stretched as she walked over to the main set to do the next scene. "Hey. Everyone left without me! How rude!" she said when she saw Red and Green. The boys stopped their conversations and turned their attention to the brunette.
"Oh hey, Blue," Red greeted. "The guys wanted to eat pancakes, so we left early."
"Thanks for the invite," Blue responded sarcastically. "We invited you guys last time too!"
"Last time, it was disaster too," Green reminded, saying the real reason why they didn't invite them.
"Well I didn't see Crys, Sapph, or Yellow either," Blue pointed out, crossing her arms.
"Yellow and Rald left early to perform remember? As for Sapph, Ruby wanted to drag her shopping somewhere, and Crystal... I actually don't know," Red answered.
"Huh?! Ruby and Sapphire are on a date?!" Blue exclaimed, looking 100% more interested into the conversation.
"Idiot. He told us not to tell her, remember?" Green reminded, elbowing Red in the arm.
"O-Oh yeah..." Red said, scratching his cheek with one hand and rubbing the spot with the other.
"This is even more suspicious now that they're hiding it! Oh my Arceus, I cannot believe they're on a date!" Blue squealed.
"They're not on a date. They're just shopping for fabric for the movie premiere," Green clarified, looking annoyed of her thoughts. "He wants to match with her since they're fake dating."
"I don't care! We have to spy on them! C'mon!" Blue said, grabbing both of their arms and dragging them.
Green ripped her grip while Red sweatdropped. "Blue, we have to start rehearsals. We're kind of behind," Red reminded her.
"B-But their date!"
"They're probably finished already anyways," Green said. "It was two hours ago after all."
Blue immediately turned dejected before brightening up a few seconds later. "It's okay. I might've missed their special moment, but I can just pester Sapph about it later!" She shrugged off. "Let's start rehearsal guys! Time's a wasting!" And with that, she laughed to herself before marching off onto the middle of the setting.
"Well, at least she's working," Red said optimistically, though he secretly thought she was insane, but it wasn't anything new.
"And yet she's serious when she's alone..." Green muttered to himself, remembering her practice last time.
"What was that?" Red asked.
"Nothing," he dismissed. "Let's go. Today's an early day, and I have something to do later."
Crystal touched her forehead. She wasn't sick, was she?
This morning she felt really dizzy and wanted to puke. She could barely walk, so she tried to get some fresh air to heal herself, but it didn't work either. It didn't help how the weather suddenly changed afterwards and it was freezing the next day instead of being humid. Now there she was, sitting on the bench with a long buttoned beige coat, black tights, and beige winter boots. Of course, she wore sunglasses and a hat to hide her face from others. She laid against the bench and sighed.
"Hey, I'm back," White said, appearing in front of her with ice cream in her hands. She handed her the chocolate cone and licked hers. "Is something wrong?"
"Besides eating ice cream on a cold day like this? Nothing," Crystal replied sarcastically.
"Hey, I wasn't the one who wanted it," White retorted. "You were the one who said you were hot."
"Yeah, I know," Crystal mumbled apologetically. "I thought something cold might make me feel fresher."
"I get that being in a building for days or hours could make you sick, but I thought you'd want to go back. I heard your vacation was horrible in the woods," White said, taking a seat next to the girl. "But then again, you're in the woods, so I can't really blame you."
White knew she might've sounded snobby, but she fully knew she was a city girl and could admit without problem.
"Most of it was ruined by the rain and some ursarings," Crystal answered. "Plus, Blue set the tent on fire and we ended up sleeping in hammocks shared by someone."
White giggled, thinking it was funny to imagine. "You know, I find this kind of ironic. You all are celebrities and yet, you guys live in the weirdest situations," she commented.
"Well yeah, but you're not exactly scotch free either. You were chosen as a manager to live a good life, but instead, you're running around taking care of even though you're younger than us," Crystal pointed out. "Speaking of which, why aren't you with Yellow and Rald? Usually you would go with them when they leave the city for a concert or something."
"I really wanted to be there for them, but I couldn't because I'm meeting with a new client today," White replied, looking a bit down about it. "I mean, I know I shouldn't worry since I left Black with them, but I can't help but feel uneasy."
"Considering you've been less stressed out because of Black, I trust him," Crystal commented. "He's a good assistant. You should trust him too."
"Yeah... I know," White said, sighing again before licking her ice cream. She looked at her watch. "Anyways, I will have to go soon, so we should head back to the set. I know you're not doing any major scheduling scenes till sunset time because of it being booked, but I better drop you off before I go to meet my new client."
"No, it's okay," Crystal reassured her. "I have like two hours and I bet I could make it back on my own. You should go. I want to enjoy the scenery here."
"Are you sure? I can get a taxi and drop you off," White offered.
"I'm fine. The studio is just down a few blocks and close by so you shouldn't worry about it," Crystal assured. "I'm a grown adult who can handle herself."
White let out a sigh and stood up with a worried look. "Well, okay. If you want to stay here so much, I'm trusting you with yourself. You're a really responsible person so I can't really distrust you," White said.
"Of course you can't," Crystal said. "Now, hurry up and go. I know you can't be late."
"Okay, but be careful! Call me if anything happens," White told her.
Crystal nodded, and the brunette quickly went off to a taxi. Meanwhile, the blue haired girl laid her back against the bench, looking up at the sky.
"I'm so bored!" Gold announced, keeping his attention on the T.V. the whole time while pressing buttons on a controller. "I like how we don't have to wake up early and all, but why do we have to start filming so late? I rather have the night to myself."
"Stop whining," Silver said beside him, laying his feet onto the table and sipping on a cold drink. "I needed a break."
"Silv!" Gold paused the game then turned to the redhead. "Can't you play with me? This game is boring, but it'll be fun with two people!"
"No," Silver flatly rejected.
Usually, Emerald would be the one who plays those kind of games with Gold, but the boy wasn't here because of an out of town concert.
Gold sighed. "I should've just followed Crys and White," he mumbled.
"You should've," Silver said.
"You are so mean! Why are you so cranky this time? I know it's not 'cause you woke up in the morning because we didn't," Gold responded. "You know what, maybe this is just your regular state. I know, let's go get girl scout cookies! I heard they're on sale temporarily now and I want to go out!"
Silver glared daggers at him at the mention of girl scout cookies. "Don't ever mention that ever again," he told him.
Gold got the shivers, and hugged his arms. "Dang, Silv, why are you... Wait. Don't tell me it's a chick?!" The boy grew a smirk and crawled on the couch, closer to him.
"Get out of my face," Silver said, shoving his face away.
"No way! It's a girl!" Gold exclaimed. "Who is it? Don't tell me you got past your siscon with Blue!"
"I'm going to kill you. What siscon?!" Silver inquired, irritated. He sighed. "Look, this is my regular mood and face. I was born this way."
DING DONG!
"Oh, I'll get it!" Gold shouted, getting up to go answer the door, thinking it might be Crystal or something.
He couldn't because Silver immediately jerked in his seat and yanked the boy back while placing a hand over his mouth.
"Mmmfffgg!" Gold tried to say within his hand.
"Don't get it. Shut up," Silver told him. "It's going to be her."
"Wo?" Gold said, trying to say, 'who?'.
"Her sister— Crys's sister. She's the crazy girl who visited us yesterday and this morning," Silver answered, taking his hand off of his mouth.
"Oh that rainbow gal?" Gold inquired, vaguely remembering her second visit in the morning.
"Yeah," Silver replied "So shut up and ignore the door."
DING DONG!
"Why won't she leave already?!" Silver muttered to himself, hissing.
"Why don't I answer the door instead of you and just deal with her?" Gold reasoned, seeing his desperate need to not see her.
"Okay, I'm not here," Silver told him slowly, hoping his slow brain would understand simple words.
Gold got up from his spot and waltz over to the door. Honestly, he was kind of interested in seeing her sister because he found her very eccentric on the first impression. Of course, he wouldn't go after her because he learned once in his life that you should never go after the sister of a girl you're going to date (aka Crystal in his eyes).
He opened the door and became face-to-face with Soul who froze in her motion of ringing the doorbell again.
"Oh hey!" Soul greeted, bowing politely.
"Yo," Gold replied, giving her a small wave.
"Ah, I know you!" Soul said a second later, pointing at him. "You're the other co-star who hangs with Crys, am I right?!"
"That's me," Gold responded, looking quite proud.
"Is she here?" Soul asked again.
"Nope," Gold replied. "I mean, we're off right now, but she must be hanging somewhere."
"I see," Soul said. "So is Silver here?"
"Huh?"
"Is Silver here?" Soul repeated.
"Silv? Wait, why?" Gold asked, looking a hundred more times interested. "Oh, but no, he isn't."
"I felt bad for what I did yesterday so I was going to return my gift to him," Soul explained, pulling out the girl scout cookies from yesterday and handing to Gold. "But since he's not here and the cookies go bad soon, I'll leave it to you to hand it to him."
"Ah, is that so? Thanks for this," Gold said.
"No problem," Soul replied. "Anyways, I'll be back next time for Crys. Can you tell her I stopped by and that I want to meet her for something?"
"Yeah sure," Gold responded.
Soul gave one more polite bow before saying her goodbyes and leaving their doorway.
Gold walked back to the living room to Silver and tossed the cookies on the boy's lap. "You're such a mean person when super serious gal's sis stopped by to give you cookies. They're expensive girl scout cookies too, ooh~!" Gold said, making it sound special.
Silver gave Gold an eye roll then looked at the box. "Whatever."
"We're going ta be late! How much are ya going ta buy?" Sapphire whined, holding twenty shopping bags due to Ruby. Apparently if his hands are full, then it's harder for him to shop. That, and since Sapphire was a muscular, fit, and strong person, he decided to let her hold the bags. But of course, he was still a gentlemen. He carried two bags around each of his wrists to lighten up the load.
Ruby held up a nice piece of fabric in his hands. "I need more fabric anyways," he replied. "How does this color look like?"
"Didn't you already buy blue?" Sapphire reminded.
"No, that was sky blue. This is ocean blue," Ruby clarified.
"What's the difference?" Sapphire asked, irritation visible in her voice.
They've been shopping for about two hours already, and it was only two stores the whole time. Sure, they had disguises like sunglasses and hats, but Sapphire always felt uncomfortable in public because they can get caught or recognized easily. Not to mention, the amount of bags she was holding was gaining attention from nearby shoppers.
"I cannot believe you just asked that," Ruby said, sounding offended. "Sky blue is slightly lighter! See?" He grabbed a roll of fabric out of his bag and showed her the difference. But of course, there was none in her eyes.
"Whatever," Sapphire quickly dismissed. "Can't we go already? The shoot is in three more hours and we have thirty minutes to get there plus traffic!"
Usually she wasn't the type to complain or be uptight about time, but she really wanted to stop shopping.
"Don't worry! We'll make it!" Ruby responded, staring at the roll of fabric with a serious expression. "Hmm... I don't think we'll need this color because a darker shade is more needed to bring out your complexion." He put it back on the shelf then turned around to her.
"Okay, let's go get something to eat. I haven't ate since this morning," he suggested.
Sapphire let a sigh in relief and dropped her shoulders. "Finally!"
Crystal's POV
Ugh, I feel horrible.
I put my hand on my forehead. I don't think I feel warm, or I'm sick. I just feel woozy and have the urge to throw up. Maybe I'm just getting sick of something, the cold is getting to me, or just lack of sleep. I put my hand down and replaced the glove I took off before shoving my hands into my pockets. I should've brought a thicker coat. It's freezing cold, and I should've not eaten the ice cream.
I sighed.
I was way too careless.
I stood up from my seat on the bench and started to walk towards the set. I should get some rest in the dressing rooms at the set. Where is the set again? I took a deep breath and closed my eyes for a second. What is with me today? I feel so weak.
Digging through my purse, I pulled out my phone.
Huh? Everything just got blurry and there were two things for a second. Okay, now it's focused. Oh, shoot, I really am sick. It's probably just a small cold. I shrugged it off.
My heart stopped when I felt a cold chill go up my back.
I turn around, and realized some guy dressed in full black staring at me with sunglasses.
Did he recognize my disguise?
I turn back around and continued to walk faster while keeping steady. Everything keeps blanking out for some reason. Was I really this weak during colds?
I hurriedly pressed Sapphire's number and called her. She was the only one who I can depend on right now, considering Gold isn't an option, Yellow and Rald are gone out of the city, Red, Green, and Blue were working, White is with a client, Silver is probably with Gold so he would let that idiot know, and Ruby is my second choice.
I put it against my ear. C'mon... hurry up and pick up.
"Yo!" someone answered at the end of line.
"Hey Sapph!" I immediately greeted. "Sorry for bothering you right now, but do you remember where I'm supposed to go for work today? White was telling it in front of everyone yesterday so I thought you'd know."
"You don't know?" a huskier voice replied. It didn't have the accent either, but I'm pretty sure I pressed Sapphire's contact.
Am I hallucinating? Whatever.
"It slipped my mind," I admitted. Dang, that hurts my pride.
"Wait, why are you going now? I thought you don't have it till later."
I looked back at the guy, who was still following me then back forward. "There's some guy following me, and I'm pretty sure the set is closer than home since the sets I worked in are in the area. I just forgot which set. Wait. Maybe I shouldn't go to the set if that guy is going to follow me..."
"Where are you? I'll come to get you!"
"It's okay. I'll just run into a store and hide for an hour or so. It's not big deal. Sorry for bothering you, but thanks Sapph," I said, hanging up afterwards.
"I'm so bored!" Gold whined once again. "Maybe we should go out."
Silver raised an eyebrow at him. "And risk getting into another paparazzi craze? Don't," Silver told him. "We already got scolded by that old man the other day."
"But Crys and the others went!" Gold said.
"Yeah, but Crys is with White, and the others are actually careful. I would leave too, but the marathon of Omega Proteam might come on soon, and I don't want to miss it," Silver said, laying on the couch and pressing buttons on the remote to change the channel. "The only one who can't leave is you because you're never careful."
RING! RING!
"That's your phone," Silver informed, glancing at the vibrating and ringing device on the kitchen table.
"I know! I know!" Gold said, sighing and hoisting himself off of the couch slowly.
He walked over to the phone and picked it up. "Yo!" he greeted, surprised to see why Crystal was calling him.
"Hey Sapph!" she replied on the other line.
She thinks I'm Sapph? he thought. Before he could correct her, she went on. "Sorry for bothering you right now, but do you remember where I'm supposed to go for work day? White was telling it in front of everyone yesterday so I thought you'd know."
Gold raised an eyebrow, now surprised that Crystal actually forgot. "You don't know?" he asked.
"It slipped my mind."
So she can have those moments too, huh, Gold thought. He was about to tell her the place, but then he froze in place, realizing something. "Wait, why are you going now? I thought you didn't have it till later."
"There's some guy following me, and I'm pretty sure the set is closer than home since the sets I worked in are in the area. I just forgot which set. Wait. Maybe I shouldn't go to the set if that guy is going to follow me..."
WHAT? "Where are you? I'll come to get you!" Gold said super fast.
"It's okay. I'll just run into a store and hide for an hour or so. It's not a big deal. Sorry for bothering you, but thanks Sapph," Crystal replied, quickly hanging up.
"Wait, Crys!" Gold shouted after she hung up.
Silver looked up from the T.V. "What's wrong?" he asked, seeing the boy shout with a worried expression.
Gold hurriedly grabbed his coat and sunglasses, and explained, "Crys is getting chased by some weird guy. I'm going to go help her."
"I guess you have no choice," Silver said, giving in to the excuse.
"I'll be back soon! I think she's near the park since she likes to go there a lot," Gold mumbled, recalling memories.
"What are you doing?" Sapphire asked, leaning forward in her seat to see Ruby's sketchpad. "Drawing somethin' like Yellow?"
"Uh, uh," Ruby responded disapprovingly, pulling the sketchpad against his chest to hide the sketch from her. "Right now, I'm creating your dress. I want it to be a surprise, so no snooping."
Sapphire rolled her eyes. "We've literally been talking about fashion and dresses for the whole day! Let's talk about something else," she insisted.
"How's your salad?" Ruby asked, doing what she said.
"Yummy," she replied, taking a spoonful of it. "Speakin' of which, are ya sure ya don't want anything ta eat? Earlier ya said ya were hungry, and yet ya're getting only a coffee here."
"Yeah, I just remembered that we're going out to eat lunch soon, so I don't want to eat too much until then," Ruby replied.
"We are?" she asked, raising an eyebrow.
"White and I are," he replied. "She wants me to come to meet the new Pokespe actors."
"Wait, ya mean the one who's goin' ta be goin' over the Sinnoh region? Those?" Sapphire asked, getting a hundred more times curious. Ruby nodded in reply. At that, Sapphire slapped the glass table hard, making a cringing noise. She raised her hand up enthusiastically. "Ooh! Ooh! I wanna come!"
"Shh!" Ruby quickly shushed her, putting a finger over his mouth while looking back at the other people and her.
"Is that Sapphire Birch?" People started to look at them.
"Hey! That guy has the same hat as Ruby!"
"Isn't that them?!"
"Are they on a date?!"
In seconds, people started to crowd around them, immediately recognizing them.
"Run! Run!" Ruby quickly rushed, grabbing like fifteen bags.
"Ya're actually gonna hold the bags?" Sapphire asked as she grabbed the remaining ones.
"Well yeah, I can't look like a horrible 'boyfriend' by making my 'girlfriend' carry all my stuff," Ruby replied, getting up and running out the door.
Sapphire rolled her eyes at his reason. "I should've known," she mumbled, following after him.
"And cut! That was good!" the director shouted, hopping off his usual chair. He walked up to the actors and actresses in front of him. "Nice job, guys!"
"Thanks!" Blue said, grabbing a water bottle from one of the assistances. "Are we going to film more today?"
She was kind of surprised because they were behind schedule, and thought they would record more. But when the director says 'nice job', it usually means that they were done for the day, so she assumed he meant it this time.
"Actually, that's all," the director replied.
Green cocked an eyebrow. "Aren't we behind schedule?" he pointed out.
"Yeah... but we'll still make it on time," the director reassured.
"Do you have something to do today?" Red asked, guessing.
"I'm supposed to be meeting the new members for another drama," he replied. "All the directors of each region are supposed to get together to meet them. We have to be done quickly before nighttime because we still need Hoenn and Johto... Oh, but you guys too. I need you guys to come back to the set at 7 PM. You basically have a long break."
"It's okay," Blue said, brightening up. "I was seriously dead yesterday, and I'm starving today. I needed one. Hey, Red, Green, let's go to this Unovian-typed restaurant! I heard they sell burgers there!"
"They sell burgers everywhere," Green pointed out.
"Well yeah, but they aren't as good," Blue replied, shrugging him off. "This one is really good! Black and White took me there and recommended it themselves."
"Oh yeah, Black and White are Unovian, huh?" Red recalled.
"Yep! That's why we have to try it," Blue declared.
"I'm hitting the coffee shop. You guys go," Green replied, walking away from the conversation.
"Wait, Green!" Blue shouted, running after him.
The director sighed then smiled. "Do you think they get along?" he asked Red.
"I've never seen anyone who irritates Green more than Blue, so yes," Red answered, grinning back. He ran up after them. "Hey guys! Wait for me!"
"Did we lose 'em?" Sapphire asked, looking back and forth as Ruby reassembled his disguise. She looked at him, then gestured her hat, "These don't work anymore. Especially yers. Why are ya wearing a hat on top another hat?"
"Because I can never depart with this hat," Ruby replied. He sighed. "Dang, these are heavy. Sapph, hold these."
Sapphire rolled her eyes, and took the bags off of Ruby's wrists, leaving the normal two bag amount.
"I wanna go home," she announced, feeling that it was the safest place to hang around before they go to the shoot.
"Yeah, I need to change my clothes too," Ruby replied.
"What's wrong with 'em now?" she asked.
"They reek," he answered, sniffing them constantly. They literally took thirty minutes just to get away from the fans, and now they were in some gross alley way that had a lot of smelly dumpsters around. It was even harder to convince Ruby to hide there.
"Of course they do," Sapphire mumbled, sighing disappointedly at the boy.
Crystal seriously thought she was malfunctioning or something today. Although she could barely make her way to the store, the stalker didn't follow her in at all like in the movies because they don't want to be caught. Now, the stalker was literally waiting outside the doorway.
I wonder if it's a fan... maybe I should just sign something, Crystal reluctantly thought, also thinking of ways to escape. She quickly dismissed the idea because there were others around. But seriously, who stalks in broad daylight in a black, standout outfit?
But she knew she really needed to go soon. She's been waiting in the store for an hour, and she really want to leave it before she actually collapse or something. And so, Crystal made the worst plan possible because she was done with almost everything. When she left the store and passed the guy, she tried to not make eye contact and just ignored him if he were to advance at her. She tried to do that, and it failed horribly. Now there she was, being grabbed by the guy by the wrist.
"Hey," the guy said. "Do you want to go to a bar with me? I'll treat."
"No thanks," she denied, trying to rip his grip off.
"Aw, don't be like that," the guy replied.
"She said no," A deeper voice said from behind her.
Crystal turned around, only to find Gold in all his glory.
"Crys, let's go," Gold said, yanking her towards him, breaking the grip the guy had.
"Is this your boyfriend? Leave him," the guy said, grabbing her wrist again.
Crystal couldn't muster up the strength to yank it away because her head was heating up and she couldn't process anything at the moment.
"Let her go," Gold told him, ripping off the grip once again.
"Hey man! You just can't take my girl like that!"
"Uh yeah, I can, actually. I'm much more better looking," Gold replied.
"Why you!"
The guy threw his fist to Gold's face. Since the boy expected it in these situations, he quickly dodged it then swung a punch of his own. It made a direct hit on the guy's face and knocked him back onto the ground. Gold knew that wouldn't exactly end him though since he looked like he could get back up anytime, so he grabbed Crystal's hand and ran. Crystal only followed without word.
Gold stopped running once he thought he was safe. He took a deep breath to stop his heart racing. "What is with people these days?!" he mumbled. He turned around to face Crystal. "Also, what's up with you? You should've used your karate moves on him like you do with me, Crys!"
"Shut up..." Crystal muttered, looking at the ground. "I have a headache..." Before she could say anything else, she collapsed into Gold's arms, which barely caught her in time.
"Huh? Woah, you're heating up!" Gold exclaimed.
"HEY, GET BACK HERE!" Gold looked up, only to find the guy he punched earlier running towards them.
"Hold on, Crys," Gold said, carrying her on his back.
One of the joys of being home alone is that you're alone. Silver found this very nice. He didn't mind if Blue was with him, but with the others, he really needed a break from them. Especially Gold. But his peaceful home alone hour ended quickly when he heard loud pounding on the door.
He sighed, and put on a hat before walking over to get the door.
Once he opened the door, Gold, who was carrying an unconscious Crystal on his back, ran into the house quickly then slammed it shut.
"Dude! If a guy in black comes knocking, I wasn't here!" Gold told him, immediately locking the door.
"Did you piss another guy off?" Silver asked, looking for an explanation.
"Okay, so I found Crys quickly and she was being grabbed by this weird guy, and so I did self-defense when he tried to punch me, but it wasn't strong self-defense, and in the end, he came chasing us the way there, possibly trying to kill me," Gold explained horribly.
"Summarizing, you let some random guy follow you all the way to the place you live in," Silver summarized. "Nice job."
"Oh, shut up," Gold told him. "I lost him down a block, but there's a chance he might find us."
KNOCK! KNOCK!
More poundings on the door.
"Quick! Turn on the sprinklers or something!" Gold whisper-shouted so the other side wouldn't hear him. "I'm pretty sure the sprinklers could hit him!"
"Anymore bright ideas?" Silver asked sarcastically, shoving him aside. He whispered back, "You go to the living room and hide from the doorway with Crys, I'll handle him."
"Okay, good plan," Gold said, nodding and running to the kitchen.
Silver turned around and answered the door, only to be face-to-face with the guy that Gold had described. He played it cool like usual. "Why are you at my house?" Though, it came out a teensy bit rude.
"I saw some guy carrying a girl run down to one of these houses. Is there anyone that has crazy black hair with goggles around here?" he asked politely, surprising Silver.
"Oh you must be talking about... Roger. Yeah, that guy lives down another neighborhood, but he hangs around here sometimes," Silver replied. "He's super annoying, and likes to prank everyone. I think he hangs around another block down. You should check it out."
"Okay, thank you."
With that, Silver closed the door. "And yet, you couldn't get rid of him." He walked back to the living room.
Gold came out from hiding and placed the unconscious Crystal onto the couch gently.
"What's wrong with her?" Silver asked, seeing her condition.
"She's burning up," Gold replied. "What should we do? Should we call a doctor? Yellow usually handles this kind of stuff, but she's out of town right now."
"I've taken care of Blue when she had a cold before. Just go set her in her room and let her rest," Silver told him.
"Uh, we kind of can't enter our rooms right now," Gold pointed out.
Silver let out an irritated sigh. "This is why I hate my life." He shook his head before continuing, "Okay, we'll—"
"Hurry up! Ya're so slow!" Sapphire shouted; a loud door slam following her.
The two entered the living room, into the situation.
Ruby, who was out of breath, muttered, "That was horrible..."
"I can't believe they found us again—" Sapphire stopped in the middle of her sentence when she saw Crystal. Immediately, she tossed the bags onto the ground and ran to the girl. "What happened ta Crys?! Did one of ya try ta kill her?!"
"Seriously?" Silver responded.
KNOCK! KNOCK!
And the pounding continued.
"Don't answer it! It could be the paparazzi!" Ruby said.
"Quick! Turn on the sprinklers!" Gold ordered.
"Sprinklers won't drive anyone away!" Silver argued.
"Ignore it, and cover the windows," Sapphire said, pulling the curtains closed. "We need ta take care of Crys! What do we do?"
"Warm her up," Gold suggested.
"She's already warm you idiot," Silver said, slapping the back of his head. "She'll get better with some medicine and rest. But first we need to feed her something so she can take the medicine... And no one here knows how to cook besides the patient herself. Great."
"I mean, we have left over ramen from last night," Sapphire suggested.
"As if a sick person can eat that," Ruby said, rolling his eyes and earning a glare.
Sapphire growled. "Oh yeah? Ya cook worst than I do!"
"Not really," Ruby replied calmly. He sighed then looked at the people in front of him, deciding what to do. "Okay, I think the best one to do the job are Gold and Silver. My apron caught on fire last time, so I'm not going to chance it again. Sapphire... yeah, just you two."
"Hey!" Sapphire snapped. "I can cook!"
"Last time, you tried to help Blue, and you guys almost burnt the house. We're not going into this again," Ruby said. "We have to get ready anyways. The paparazzi is going to fade soon, and we need to head to the studio in an hour or so."
"But I don't want to leave Crys alone!" Sapphire whined.
"You're not. She has Gold and Silver with her," Ruby replied. He grabbed her wrist. "Now c'mon, we need to change. I left the clothes hanging on our bedroom doors. You can go to the restroom first."
Sapphire sighed then looked at Gold and Silver, wondering whether she could trust them. Then she looked at Crystal who was breathing really hard. She knew the girl wouldn't want her to miss her photo shoot, so she decided to comply and go with Ruby.
"Okay, let's get to work," Gold said. "I can only make rice, just saying."
Silver rolled his eyes. "Rice soup it is then."
Meanwhile...
"Nice job guys! Now we just have another meet-and-greet, a late night concert, then we'll be doing the same routine on the other side of the town and we're officially finished," Black recited, looking at the paper that White prepared for him. "You have about thirty minutes before we leave again."
Yellow laid back in the hotel bed and let out a sigh. "It's fun, but stressful," she mumbled.
"Well, yeah. Going through crazed fans is hard work after all," Black said, thinking about his job of shoving them out of the way. "Here, let's watch some T.V. for the meantime."
"I'm gonna start snacking," Emerald announced, opening a bag of chips and keeping his eyes on the screen.
"Breaking news! We have the biggest ones ever about popular celebrities!"
"Really? This show? Isn't this the lame show that busts careers?" Emerald asked, recognizing it.
"Well, they don't always bust them," Yellow said.
"I wonder who they'll show," Black commented, drinking his water bottle. "I heard this channel is really popular for getting the scandals correctly."
"We have news about the newly formed power couple, Ruby and Sapphire! They were spotted at Café Angela on a date! It was also found out that... get this, Sapphire is pregnant with his child! We found out when we saw the diet food she was eating, which are for pregnant woman! Here's a picture of her eating it that the cameraman caught..."
Black immediately did a spit take, Yellow fell off the bed, and Emerald choked on his chips.
"I miss so much when I leave town for a day..." Emerald mumbled, sticking his tongue out in disgust.
"What is Prez thinking?!" Black said, immediately blaming it onto the manager.
"I'm going to call her," Yellow announced, pulling her phone.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you. You are..." White gestured to the three guests, shaking their hands.
"Hey, I'm Pearl, and this guy is Dia! We're in the comedy field!" the blond haired boy in the middle introduced. "This woman right here is called Missy!"
"It is a pleasure to meet you," she replied.
"Likewise," White responded. "I really wanted to introduce you three to other Pokespe actors and actresses, but it seems they didn't have time to spare before their photo shoot."
"Really? Who?" Diamond asked eagerly.
"I invited Ruby at first so he can get your styles, but Sapphire also want to come, so it was going to be the two of them," White replied. "I wonder what they're doing right now." She shrugged her shoulders. "Oh well, let's just continue the rest of parts with the directors when they arrive. For now, can you guys answer some questions for me?"
"Yeah, sure!" Pearl answered.
"Are they gone?" Sapphire asked Ruby, who was looking through the small glass hole on the door.
"Nope," Ruby replied, walking back to the living room with her.
While Gold and Silver were somewhat cooking, the two finished getting dressed.
"Wait, Sapph. Let me change something," Ruby said, reaching his hands out towards her.
Sapphire immediately slapped his hands away in defense. "I'll do it myself!" she insisted.
"No, but you don't do it right," Ruby said. "Oh! This is a perfect time to do this. I command you to let me fix your outfit. It's messy."
Sapphire's eye twitched. She knew she lost the bet and everything, but really? Command? She would've savagely attack him right now, but she was always a loyal person to her words. Since she lost, she had to suck it up and bare with it for awhile.
"Fine," she mumbled.
Ruby nodded approvingly, and began to straighten her head accessory.
RING! RING!
"Sapph! It's your phone!" Gold shouted, stopping his cooking process.
"I'm kind of busy right now! Put it on speaker for me!" Sapphire shouted back.
"Guys, shut up. We have a sick person in the room," Silver reminded.
Gold shrugged, and did what she said and answered the call for Sapphire. Immediately upon answering it, someone from the other side shouted, "OH MY GOSH, SAPPHIRE! IS IT TRUE?!" Clatter and small crash noises were heard in the background.
"BLACK! DON'T ASSUME!" a female voice said, presumably Yellow.
"BUT THEY'RE KNOWN FOR BEING RIGHT AT SCANDALS!"
"I'm so confused! Tell me what do ya guys mean!" Sapphire demanded, stopping their tiny squabble.
"YOU'RE PREGNANT!" Black shouted through the phone.
Everyone in the room besides the sick Crystal turned to the said girl with questioned and surprised looks.
Sapphire's eye twitched again. "Eh?"
A/N — Yo, so I'm gonna be totally honest bc this sounds like bragging, but I actually finished this chapter last month in June, but haven't had time to actually post it! Came back like two weeks ago, but I was still in vacation mood so I didn't get to post it till now! Btw, I will be FINALLY updating "The Keyblade Pirates" tomorrow for those who actually read that one. Anywho's, I was writing some scenes when I thought that it would be interesting for the whole world to think Sapphire is pregnant and whatnot XD Originally, I was going to just stay chill with one-shot chapters until the movie premiere, but y'know, why not add another mini-arc before it? As a fake couple, they must be prepared to jump over every little thing after all ^-^ LOL. Lastly, summer is ending for me in like a month or so, and I am really upset. I plan to release two more chapters of this story before August ends, so hopefully that'll be well (btw, I'm already 1/3 done with the next chapter and will probs be done writing it by this week)!
Important Note, I have another upcoming vacation on a cruise ship around August something, so things might not go as planned, but it's a goal for me to write as much as I can to get updates out before summer ends since it's the perfect time! Plus, when school starts, updates will be very laggy like last year, and won't be the same until October, probably.
Other note, as for the Sinnoh Trio, they will be showing up slightly less than regular since they aren't the main characters. I think they're appearances are like Black and White, just slightly, but still they show up. They'll come into motion in upcoming chapters, don't worry!
Anyways, now that I'm done with my blabbing, I will like to turn the attention to my beautiful reviewers and all their glory!
NOTE TO THE REVIEWERS (gotta start bolding names so it's easier to find urs) —
DNN. TDN. US — thank you sooooo much! your review was super sweet :) made my day! and lol, ships are a struggle tbh. franticshipping is actually the hardest to ever write in my life, but I'm challenging it with this story XD also, soulsilvershipping between this will happen VERY slowly, sorry! I got some upcoming scenes with them, so don't worry!
leafxblue — THANK YOUS XD
TobyFox — lol thanks for the review, and " to you too!
xXSachixWakamuraXx — my puns are life, aren't they?
ananonoddish — HAHA, thank you so much :))) I appreciate that you still read this story even after the super slow updates! I try my best to make the characters interact normally even though I'm not really good at imagery or description XD but thanks for the support and for reviewing! I'm looking forward to updating this story in two weeks from now...? But it all depends on how fast I finish the next chapter! Wish me luck :)
Just Another Kid — Okay this is a month late, but DANG! You're probably in school already, but when I posted that chapter, that's when I got out lol. Though summer is ALREADY half done *cries* the mob will always come back to you, dude. It will. LOL, tbh Silver WOULD be the first one to reject the proposal, don't cha think? Also, yes I made them twins again. Black in this story is NOT related to them though since I decided not to for easier purposes! And yeah, I actually mostly focused on oldrivalshipping in the last chapter bc I want ships to progress with franticshipping! I tried to do the same with mangaquestshipping actually, but I think I overdid it? I don't know, but they barely have moment so... well, i'll change it back to franticshipping next chapter! Also, again, you're so sweet! I'm relaxing and writing real nicely :) Thanks for your kind encouragement as always! Your reviews give me life, dude! They're always so funny XD Let us suffer in school together LOL. And yeah, Rald is gonna be super hard to find... sigh, this'll be hard. Thanks for reviewing like always XD
leontinees — LOL, really? thanks :) oldrivalshipping is still strong, huh? LOL, I am so sorry! I actually wrote this chapter BEFORE you reviewed about mangaquestshipping. Though I ship them (no offense to you), i'll make moments minimum, so don't worry about it! About Crystal and Eusine? Uh I'm not really into that ship all the way, but I guess I find it cute. LOL at the moment when suicune picked her instead of him XD I love eusine's crying moments. Also, yeah! She's kind of a tomboy but not as overboard into nature like Sapphire XD Though, I write her meaner than her real character since she's actually nice (sometimes annoyed of Gold's carefree attitude though). Yeah, actually I preferred Lyra, but when I see people write Soul, I started to write it as Soul too because I feel like Soul is like another pokespe character; kind of like Leaf in anime fics even though she's only in the games. ALSO YES! It is totally not healthy XD When you have to clean up later and the stink is seeping into the floor and everything LOL. YES AGAIN! It sounds really weird, but I ship him with a pokemon... this is the first time I've ever done that. It's probably because Latias has a human form. Probs a cosplayer though XD that sounds nice. Also, Liza might be tall...? I don't know. I'll find someone for him eventually! Anyways, for your favorite character, Wally, don't worry, bc spoiler alert, I've actually planned to put him after this mini-arc ends XD I've planned to use him in the beginning but missed the chance! Anyways, thanks for reviewing :)
Rose Diaries — LOL, thank you XD oldrival needs some shippy moments, and they're like second to my otp XD I love their personalities though! Also, I was planning to do that in the beginning truthfully, but now I've decided to the cliché story of normal girl x famous celebrity XD she WILL be contributing in the drama though. I'll leave it at that! Also, thanks :) I've whipped up something surprising! Wait for it!
LASTLY, AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING! :))))
I love reading all of your reviews! Your comments about this story are always so entertaining to read! XD I hope to get the next chapter out in two weeks, but fingers crossed bc I dunno if I can do it. I'll try my best! If not next two weeks, then maybe three? All I know that it's less than a month from now.