Chapter Fourteen: A Visitor
I quickly turned around.
"Brock! What are you doing here?" I asked.
"Catching pokémon. What are you doing here?" Brock asked.
"We're going to Mukrow City ." I said.
"Where's Dawn and Ash?"
"At camp." Brock said.
"The tents are ready!" Greenalia said. "Oh, is this Brock?" Greenalia asked and came over to us.
"Yes. Glad to meet you." Brock said, went down on one knee, and kissed Greenalia's hand. Greenalia blushed.
"I'm Greenalia, the Gym leader of Gremlin town." Brock got up and smoothed his vest.
"Well, I'd better get going now. See you around." Brock said and winked at Greenalia.
"Wait!" I said. "Tell Ash I said hi."
"Will do. See ya!" Brock said and rushed off.
"Leela! Water!" Erin said, annoyed. I pressed the button on Ruby's pokéball. The Starmie appeared.
"Ruby, can you spray water into this pot?" I asked. Ruby looked at me skeptically, but she did.
"Thanks!" I said and closed her pokéball. I tossed it back to Hannah and put the pot on the fire Erin had made. Before long, the water began to boil. Erin poured the macaroni into the boiling water and stirred it with a clean stick.
"How's dinner coming?" Heather asked, sitting next to me.
"Macaroni's cooking; it should be ready in a few minutes." I said.
"Good." Nik said, sitting next to Heather. "I'm starving." Then Hannah and Garrison walked over to us.
"What's for dinner?" Garrison asked.
"Macaroni and cheese. Where's Greenalia?" Erin asked.
"Catching some pokémon. I'll go get her." Hannah said, standing up.
"I'll go with you." I offered. We walked off. Once we were a safe distance away, Hannah asked,
"You sure you don't like Nik?"
"Yes!" I said.
"What about Ash Ketchum?" Hannah asked. I blushed, thinking of his charming smile. Hannah laughed.
"You do!!" She said.
"No, I don't." I said, my grin a mile wide.
"Did anyone tell you you're a worthless liar?" Hannah asked, laughing.
"Yes, my sister. Multiple times." I said, laughing.
"So you do." Hannah said. I nodded.
"I knew it!" she said.
"Boo!" Greenalia said, popping out of the long grass in front of us.
"Waaaah!" Hannah and I cried.
"DON'T do that again!" I said, my hand on my chest.
"Did I get you good!!" Greenalia said, laughing hysterically. We walked back to camp, where Erin was spooning macaroni and cheese into bowls. Greenalia, Hannah, and I grabbed a bowl and got in line.
"Here!" Erin said and spooned some macaroni in my bowl.
"Thanks!" I said. I sat between Heather and Garrison.
"The sunset is really pretty, huh Leela?" Garrison asked. I nodded.
"Yup, especially with the mountains. It looks fantastic!" Heather said. Erin joined us.
"Hi guys!" she said and sat next to Heather.
"Hiya!" I said. After we were done eating, we washed our faces and brushed our teeth (water reluctantly provided by Ruby!). We set up our sleeping bags in our tents. Garrison and Nik were in one, Greenalia was in one, and Erin, Heather, Hannah, and I shared one.
After we were done, Heather said,
"Whoa, look at the sky, you guys!" I looked up and gasped.
"Wow!" Hannah said. The sky was filled with twinkling stars.
"Amazing." Garrison remarked.
"Lie down on the ground! The stars are more visible!" Greenalia said. We did.
"Look! It's the great Ursaring constellation!" Erin said, pointing to the sky.
"There's the Teddiursa!" Heather said.
"There's the Skorupi!" Nik said.
"There's the Krabby!" Hannah said.
"This is awesome!" I said. Greenalia yawned.
"I'm going to bed. Good night, everyone." She said.
"Good night!" We called. Greenalia walked to her tent.
"Wow! It's 10:30!" I said.
"Whoa! Bedtime for us! Good night!" The boys said.
"Good night!" We said. Nik and Garrison walked to their tent.
"It's just us girls now." Hannah said, laughing.
"Yup." I said.
"Brock came over." Erin said.
"WHAT?!" Heather and Hannah asked.
"She's right. They're camping nearby." I said. "You should've seen Brock's face when he saw Greenalia! Totally lovestruck. It was so funny!!"
"He kissed her hand!" Erin added.
"Ooooh!" Heather and Hannah said.
"Ooooh indeed. And she blushed!" I said.
"Ooooh!" Hannah and Heather said.
"I wonder if she likes him." Erin said.
"Probably, she blushed!" Heather said.
"That doesn't mean she likes him." Erin pointed out. Hannah yawned.
"I'm going to bed. Good night everyone." She said.
"Good night!" We said. She went into our tent.
"I can't believe how beautiful the stars are." Erin said, changing the subject. Heather and I nodded.
"Me neither. They look like diamonds in the sky." Heather said. I nodded. I wondered what was up there.
"It makes you wonder what it's like up there." Erin said, reading my mind. She yawned.
"Bedtime for us!" Heather said. She and Erin walked toward the tent.
"Aren't you coming?" Erin asked.
"I'll be along in a little bit." I said.
"OK." Erin said. Heather and Erin went into the tent.