Trying to learn how to use Windows 8 is really difficult…sorry, this is probably a boring chapter, but, I don't do battle scenes. I always skip them when I read stories because they are boring, so, don't expect a ton of pokemon battles in the story. (THIS STORY IS ABOUT THE LOVE BETWEEN PROTON AND LYRA NOT POKEMON BATTLES GOSH DON'T YOU GUYS WATCH ROMANTIC COMEDIES?)
Also, thank you all for the graduation wishes! :3 I didn't trip as I walked across stage and I actually got a tan while I was on vacation!
Proton felt a heavy weight on his back as he walked towards the front door of his house. "Prooooo! Take me with you!" Gemma pleaded, wrapping her arms around his neck so she wouldn't slide off of his back.
"No, Gem, I can't." He sighed, making her slid off of his back. "This is something for my club, I'm not allowed to bring you."
"That's not fair!"
"Life is not always fair, Gem. Sorry, but I can't bring you along. Go play with Alex or something. I'll be home later." With that, he went out the door and shut it behind him so he couldn't hear any more of the girl's whining. He loved his sister, but she really could be annoying. He started his car and drove towards Lyra's house. He didn't know why, but he was actually happy that they were getting to hang out. Of course, the rest of the Rockets were there, but it didn't matter. This could give them extra time to earn points to help them stay in the lead in the games. However, he didn't even know if Lyra was still keeping score. She hadn't mention anything about them in a while.
Lyra was already waiting outside for him when he pulled up. She dashed to his car and jumped in, locking her seatbelt in place before he could blink. "Go go go go or my mom will come out here and try to invite you in for dessert or something." She said quickly, her words ran together but Proton was able to understand her and they were out on the road heading towards the mini golf place within a few minutes.
"So, who is winning the games?" Proton asked.
"Eh? Oh, the games, well, you guys are." Lyra said, wanting to hit herself. Everytime someone asked her, she always said the Rockets were in the lead. She really needed to stop saying that, because if she kept up the points like they all assumed she did, the Rockets would not be winning. They were always the first she thought of, and she had a feeling it was because of the green haired boy sitting next to her.
"We are?"
"Uh, yes, but the Plasmas are very close behind, it's almost a tie.." She lied, trying to sound confident, but, she never seemed confident around Proton. She tried to fake it, but she was sure he could see straight through her. The way he looked at her made her shiver, but she held eye contact with him.
"We can't let that happen, now can we?" He asked as the stoplight turned green and he hit the gas, speeding off to play minigolf.
"Hey, I can pay for myself!" Lyra whined as Proton paid for her, yet again. He shushed her and grabbed a mini golf club and a red ball for her, while he grabbed himself a club and a green ball. Carlos stepped up to pay, mostly in coins.
"Those freshmen, always carrying change around. It's annoying. Has anyone heard of Coinstars?" He grumbled. Lyra figured it out quickly that the money he paid for a round of mini golf, the club, and the yellow ball was from freshmen who he stole lunch money from. How could she forget that these guys weren't the nicest? Ariana grabbed herself a red ball, Petrel got a purple one and Archer got a light blue ball.
Well, Proton thought he was good at mini golf, but Lyra clearly was the champion and almost hole-in-one'd every hole. Carlos got so tired of it, he just started to throw and toss his ball onto the hole, instead of putting it. Ariana, Archer, and Petrel ditched them for another mini golf course because they were sick of losing, while Proton and Carlos stayed with Lyra, deciding to just lose with dignity rather than be a sore loser.
"Told you I was good!" Lyra smiled at them as Carlos rolled his ball down the course.
"I thought you were bluffing." Proton admitted as Carlos' ball dinged against the bricks lining the course. He heard the boy curse and then just grab his ball and drop it in the hole.
"Next time you'll believe me, won't you?" Lyra asked, now smirking at Proton, who felt very dumb for doubting the girl. "My friends and I used to mini golf all the time."
"The ones that are coming into town?" Carlos asked when he finally joined them at the next hole.
"Yup, May and Dawn." Lyra said and set her ball at the start of the hole. She got into position and tapped her ball, sending it down the green with ease. "They'll be here tomorrow, then we're going to the lake for tanning with the Galactics."
"That'll be fun." Proton said sarcastically as he hit his ball. It hit Lyra's ball and went straight into the hole. Lyra pouted/glared at him, but he just smirked at her, shrugging as he did so. "My bad."
"My bad my butt." She grumbled, putting her hands on her hips. "I'll get you on the next hole."
"Eh, we can go to the next hole." Carlos declared, following them to the next hole. He knew there was no way he could win anyway. "Galactics are so weird…they want to create a new world or something. I dunno, they're space freaks."
"Sure are." Proton said, agreeing.
"And the Magmas are land freaks, Aquas are water freaks and Plasmas are just…freaky." Carlos said, not coming up with something for the Plasmas.
"And what are you guys? The best gang? I'm thinking more of the thug gang." Lyra said, smiling as boy males gave her a half glare, but not protesting to it. "Please, you two, you know I'm right. And hanging out with all the gangs separately will be nice. I'll get to know each of you guys more this way."
"Why do you want to get to know us?" Proton asked, leaning on his golf club.
"Because, it's all part of the games. You'll see at the end of them." Lyra said, putting the ball and getting another hole in one. She cheered and grabbed her ball out of the hole, smirking at the two Rockets, who both let out defeated sighs. "Next one!" She called out, skipping to the next hole. The two males followed her and Lyra set her ball down to putt. She thought about it for a few moments, then Proton sneezed and she swung the club hard, sending the ball flying. "Proton!" She shouted, acting like he was the reason her ball was now gone, however, she couldn't have planned it better herself.
"Sorry." He mumbled, rubbing his nose.
"Go get me my ball. Or another ball." Lyra demanded.
"What? I don't want to walk al-" He stopped as she glared at him. He groaned and headed back towards the main building, cursing as he went.
"Okay Carlos, where did you go when you left the park?" Lyra asked straight forwardly.
"Wait, what?" Carlos asked, surprised. "Did you send that ball flying just so you could ask me that?"
"Maybe. Proton sneezing really made it seem believable. So, tell me. I need to know."
"No way, you'll tell the others and I'll get in trouble." Carlos shook his head, holding his golf ball tightly in one hand.
"I won't, Carlos, I promise!" Lyra said honestly, looking him right in the eye. The boy gave her a skeptical look, but gave in.
"I went to the junkyard with Jasmine to battle Volkner. Nate was there too. We usually do that every once in a while."
"You know Volkner? Wait, you're friends with Jasmine?"
"Yeah, no biggie, just don't let anyone know! I don't wanna get in trouble like Nate does. Ariana would kill me if she found out I hung out with Jasmine." Carlos looked behind him, seeing Proton approaching. "So, hush about it, okay? Maybe next time you can come with us, you'd like it. I'm great in battles." He smirked.
"Here." Proton handed her a new ball. "Just don't hit it into the water."
"My turn!" Carlos tossed his ball. It bounced and plopped right into the water. "Dammit." Carlos groaned.
"I'll get it!" Lyra dropped her bag and ran to the little pond.
"Don't!" Proton shouted, but she jumped in anyway. The water was chilly, but clear. She searched for the yellow ball and found it, and a few other balls too, and returned to Proton and Carlos, wet and with a rainbow of golf balls in her arms.
"Ha, got it." She smiled, handing them all to Carlos. She shook herself to get all the water off. Proton sighed and took off his jacket. He placed it on Lyra's shoulders and she pulled it around her, starting to feel cold.
"Don't do that ever again." Proton told her, zipping his jacket up on her once she got her arms through the sleeves. "You could have slipped and broke your neck."
"But I didn't." Lyra rolled her eyes at him. "I'm fine! Plus, look how many golf balls we have now!"
"So, I totally destroyed you in mini golf." Lyra announced as Proton drove her home later that night. He frowned while she beamed, very proud of herself for winning. "Come on, be a good sport about it."
"I am." He grumbled. "You only won by a few points.."
"Awah, don't be a sourpuss now." Lyra laughed as they pulled up in front of her house. Proton turned to look at her and she kept the smile plastered on her face. Lyra became aware of how quiet it was as they looked at each other. It dark outside and inside the car, but she could make out Proton's face in the darkness. She brushed her now dry bangs out of her face. She thought about taking his jacket off and giving it back to him, but, she wanted to keep it just a little longer. "I'll wash your jacket and give it back to you soon."
"Lyra-" Proton was cut off at the front door to Lyra's house opened and light flooded onto the yard.
"Ah, there's my mom. She probably thinks we're making out or something." Lyra joked, though she was growing nervous with every passing second. "What were you saying?"
"Nevermind." Proton shook his head. "I'll see you later." Lyra, now a little disappointed, got out of the car and waved goodbye, before heading inside her house to be pestered by her mother.
"We're so happy to see you!" May and Dawn squealed as they jumped out of Dawn's car and hugged Lyra tightly.
"I'm happy to see you two, too!" Lyra cheered, hugging them back. She was so excited that they were here to visit. She just hoped that they got along with the gangs. The girls chatted and gossiped and giggled as they waited for Emilie to show up to Lyra's house. When they heard a car pull into the driveway, Lyra turned to her friends and gave them a serious look. "The Galactics, that's what they call themselves, are sort of weird, okay? But they're really chill too, so, just, don't be freaked by them."
That was difficult to do when Emilie was a complete road rage driver and played broadway music so loudly Lyra thought she was going to go deaf. They all jumped out of the car when they got to the Lake, much to the confusion of Emilie, who claimed she was a great driver.
A drifblim floated over to them. It led them down a gravel path that opened up to a grassy area with benches and grills everywhere for cookouts, and a large sandy beach, where many people were. Jupiter was laying out in the sun, while Mars and Saturn were in the water with the others, probably Galactic lower ranking members. The drifblim floated over to Jupiter, who sat up and moved her sunglasses off of her eyes. "Took you guys long enough!" Her eyes narrowed when she spotted May and Dawn.
"Hello Jupiter, these are my friends from my old school, May and Dawn." Lyra said politely, knowing she didn't want Jupiter in a foul mood.
"Nice to meet you two, I'm Jupiter." She said calmly before laying back down. Emilie rolled her eyes and spread her towel out on the other side of the beach. Lyra pulled May and Dawn with her while she walked over to Emilie.
"She's just bitchy…a lot." Emilie told Dawn and May, who laughed and spread out their towels. "Isn't that right?" She cooed to her Vulpix, who yelped and laid on the towel happily. May called out her Torchic and Dawn called out her piplup. Lyra decided to let Fritz out and the little lamb pokemon fell asleep instantly.
"Mars is the redhead and Saturn is the blue haired guy." Lyra said and pointed to the other two main members. They looked to see Mars jumping on Saturn's back, causing him to tumble into the water. A gust of wind swept the beach from two grunts battling and Jupiter fell out of her chair. Silence swept over the beach like the gust of wind had. She stormed towards the boys to yell at them.
"Jupiter is scary. Saturn and Mars aren't, really.." Emilie sighed, putting her sunglasses on. "So, Lyra, how was golfing last night with the thugs?"
"Thugs?" May asked.
"The Rockets, another group. I beat their butts." Lyra said proudly. "It was a lot of fun, actually."
"Good, glad you had fun. Hanging out with me is better though." Emilie smirked and rubbed sunblock on her arms and face. "I know I'm not a fine guy, like Carlos and Proton, but I'm a pretty good looking girl."
"Who is Carlos? Who's Proton?" Dawn asked looking at Lyra. "Why didn't you tell us about them?!"
"Because, we don't talk about other groups out loud. Shush." Lyra hushed her friends. "The groups…okay…gangs…don't like each other, so, please don't talk about them when other gangs are around. Emilie is chill about it, so, she doesn't count. They're just these two guys in the Rockets." Lyra explained quickly.
"Yeah, just watch out for those Plasmas…" Emilie growled. "I know they talk shit about me to Cheren. Trying to sabotage my chances with him!"
"I'm guessing you like this Cheren guy?" May asked, watching Emilie intently.
"Yes, and that stupid Bianca gets in my way! I need advice for it!"
"I don't know these people…but, I don't think you should get so jealous." Dawn said calmly. "Just, be yourself. You're friends with him, right?"
"Yeah.."
"He obviously likes you enough to be your friend. That's good."
"Especially for Cheren." Lyra said, remembering how….Cheren, Cheren could actually be. "If they were talking shit about you, he wouldn't be friends with you."
"I guess that makes sense…I still hate Bianca.." Emilie grumbled, crossing her arms. She hated the blonde giggly girl and that would never change until Cheren was Emilie's.
"….So who is Proton?"
"Just a guy." Lyra murmured.
"Just a Rocket thug that's totally into her." Emilie laughed, causing people to stare. "But, let nature run it's course. Time will tell if you two will make it work."
"Shut up." Lyra told Emilie, her face bright red. She still had Proton's jacket in her bag. She didn't want to wash it yet because then it wouldn't smell like him. Minty with a little bit something else. She couldn't figure it out. It smelled very good though. She felt weird for keeping it and wearing it, but, he was the one who put it on her. It's not like she stole it or anything. Nate wore Tabitha's jacket when she got wet, and Minuet had stolen Touya's hat and worn it for a few hours at the park, so, it wasn't weird that she wore Proton's jacket to bed last night. Was it? Oh no, it was!
"Eh?" Dawn said, looking out over the water as two jet skis zoomed by, sending huge waves to the area where everyone was swimming at. Mars toppled into the water, pulling a few people with her.
"Haha." Emilie laughed as the people swimming were thrown off balance by the waves.
"It's that damn Volkner!" Saturn shouted, seeing the blond spiky haired male ride by again. He waved to them and smirked, obviously pleased with his work.
"Isn't that Nate?" Lyra asked, seeing the blonde clinging onto to Volkner for dear life, obviously not happy with the activity they were doing. Her face was buried in Volkner's back and she screamed whenever they went over a wave. Flint was right behind them with another blonde girl, though she was seated in front of him. He looked like he was teaching her how to drive it, but he was in full control of the machine.
"Sure is." Emilie chuckled, looking at the furious face Mars was wearing.
"Wait, did she say Volkner? Like, the shining, shocking star Volkner?!" Dawn asked, amazed. "Woah! I didn't know he and Flint went to your school! You're so lucky!"
"Who are they?" May asked, not following Dawn.
"Uh, every girl in school talks about them! They came last month to our school for some battle thing. He's the electric trainer! Flint is the fire one! They knocked everyone out when they double battled together. They're so cool!" Dawn gushed, stars in her eyes.
"I bet I can ask Nate if she'll introduce you to them…?" Lyra said and Dawn squealed.
"That would be awesome!" Dawn looked so excited. Lyra hoped she could follow through.
"Be careful, you know how Nate is.." Emilie warned Lyra, lifting her sunglasses up to look at her. "They need to ride by here again. I love tidal waves."
"I can't believe I might actually get to meet Volkner and Flint!" Dawn squealed, putting mascara on in Lyra's bathroom.
"Relax, might is the key word. I gotta ask Nate when she shows up to get us…" Lyra said, looking out her window.
"Where did you get that jacket from?" May asked, pointing towards Proton's jacket, which Lyra was wearing. She had been wearing it all day as they sat around and watched 'What Not To Wear'. It was black and not super baggy, so it looked normal on her.
"Just…" Lyra struggled to come up with a lie.
"Is it a boy's?!" Dawn asked from the bathroom. "I thought it smelled a little boyish."
"No!" Lyra lied, shaking her head. The doorbell rang then and she sent a silent pray to every legendary pokemon.
"Oh, is that her? I hope these guys aren't weird like the Galactics. Emilie was nice, but I didn't like the rest of them." Dawn murmured, pulling on her shoes.
"I liked 'em." May said and trotted down the stairs, following Lyra. Dawn caught up to them and Lyra opened the front door.
"Let's go." Nate said, turning on her heel. Literally, she had on heels. Lyra followed her, as did Dawn and May, who shot her confused looks. "Sorry I was late, I was at this formal thing with my mom, that's why I'm in heels and the pants and the top and the hair.." She muttered, patting her head to make sure her bun wasn't messed up. "C'mon, I'm in heels and I'm walking faster than you." She called to them, already down the driveway and inches from her car while Dawn and May and Lyra were still on the sidewalk.
"How do you walk like that in those?" May asked as they all climbed into her car.
"Weeks of practice." Nate told her and started the car. "So, what did you want to ask me Lyra?"
"Oh, well, we saw you and Volkner and Flint at the lake yesterday.." Lyra said and Nate stopped the car and looked at her seriously. "I won't tell Tabitha, promise. Dawn just really wants to meet them."
"Oh, you do?" She asked and looked at Dawn before she continued to drive. "No problem, I was going to hang out with them after this. You promise you won't tell Tabs and Courtney and Brodie I was with them, I'll bring you three along."
"YES!" Dawn cheered, excited. "This will rock! Can we just skip bowling and go straight to meeting them?"
"No can do." Nate rolled her eyes, getting onto the highway. "Cosmic bowling starts early tonight, 8pm. It'll take an hour to play, so, after that, we can go meet up with them. Don't go all fangirl for them, okay?" She looked in the rearview mirror at Dawn, sending her a glare. "Seriously, don't."
"I have to tell you guys something." Lyra said as they paid for their bowling shoes.
"What?" Brodie asked, lacing his up.
"I suck at bowling." Lyra sighed, shaking her head. He laughed and patted her shoulders. "I'll try though…"
Lyra soon realized how Carlos felt last night when she and Proton were kicking his ass at minigolf. Nate and Tabitha were in the lead and were the perfect team, May, Dawn, and Courtney were on a team, and Brodie teamed up with Lyra because he felt bad for her. He wasn't good at bowling either.
"I'm glad you see you guys are all getting along." She commented when he and her when up to bowl.
"Tabitha and Nate always get into little fights. He ignores her, she runs off with Volkner and her other friends, he gets mad at her, she blows him off, and it always ends up with him saying sorry." Brodie shrugged.
"He ignores her?"
"It's weird." Brodie said, then bowled. His ball almost went into the gutter, but turned last minute and hit a few pins. "It's just how they are. He hates it when she goes off with her other friends, I don't see the big deal in it. She needs friends. We're seniors, we'll be graduating this year. She isn't and she'll be in charge of this group next year. She needs to have connections around this school, but, she's horrible at making friends."
"She's friends with me and she was nice to Dawn and May." Lyra said and groaned when her ball went into the gutter, again.
"Good. She's much better than she was when we all first met her."
"Here we go." Nate said as they pulled into the driveway of Volkner's house. "Please, remain calm." She said, mostly directed at Dawn, and got out of the car. The three girls followed as she knocked and then walked into the house. Volkner and Flint sat on the floor, into a video game while a girl with sandy blonde hair in a loose ponytail sat on the couch, watching them. A jolteon, leafeon, and flareon laid on the couch, watching their trainers. Nate released her espeon and it jumped onto the couch with them happily.
"Nate!" The girl cheered, jumping up to hug her. "Took you forever! Who are they? Did you bring your friends?" She asked and smiled at them. "I'm Lily, nice to meet you three!"
"I'm Lyra, this is Dawn and May." Lyra introduced them and shook the girl's hand.
"Glad you finally decided to show up." Volkner called out. Nate kicked off her shoes and walked into the living room, Lyra and her friends followed suit and all ended up on the couch. Nate dropped Volkner's jacket over his head, making him lose the game.
"Here's your jacket back."
"Damn Nate." He grumbled, pulling the jacket off his head. "Who are they?" He asked, looking at Dawn and May.
"I'm Dawn!" Dawn exclaimed, shaking his and Flint's hands. "You two came to my school in that double team tournament. I'm a huge fan!"
"A fan? Sweet!" Flint smiled while Volkner just shrugged.
"A fan?" Lily questioned, giving Nate a worried look.
"A fan who has no romantic interest in Flint and who will soon be back home in a day or two. She will probably never meet Flint again." Nate whispered to Lily, barely loud enough for Lyra to hear her. "So chill. I'll beat her up if she tries to get him before you can."
Oh boy.
"Dawn is NOT interested in Flint like that, I promise." Lyra told Lily, who looked relieved.
"Hey, isn't that Proton's jacket?" Flint questioned Lyra.
"What?" Dawn asked.
"That boy?" May said.
"Why didn't you tell us?!" Dawn and May shouted at her.
"Hm, guess he shouldn't have said anything.." Nate murmured.
Okay, Aquas & Plasmas will be the next chapter, so if your characters are in those gangs, get excited because they will definitely have big roles in the next chapter! Bystanders will as well! I HOPE YOU LIKE THIS 4,000 WORD CHAPTER. WOOT. I SHOULD TAKE VACATIONS MORE OFTEN.
Don't forget you can always send me infomation regarding your character whenever and certain changes are allowed.
