THAT GLACEON

I began writing on this one a little later in the week. After the last chapter, I was pretty pumped to immediately start on the next. Well, that 10 minutes didn't last very long, before I was seconds later absolutely hammered on my bed XD. I need to stop writing at 2AM. Never mind that, though. Here's the 36th chapter. Please do enjoy it, and I'll see you on the other side.

Awesome Sawss doesn't own Pokemon, or any of its external franchises.

Before you start reading, I've included a little narrative treat for you guys, just to spice things up a little. This was a polite and clever suggestion from the one and only, TOXICMACHAMP. Thanks a lot, dude! You're absolutely phenomenal! Now, let us continue with the story, yah?

CASSIDY's POV

I could hear the faint sounds coming from a snoring Umbreon beside me. I know I should be asleep by now. I could see from the bright red digits on the alarm clock that it was already three hours past midnight. Cooper had told us to be up and early tomorrow. Hopefully I would be woken up by Julley.

What kept me awake were my actions a few hours prior, when I laid Julley down on the couch, and... I'm sorry, it pains me to think of it. I have no idea what came over me. Hormones or not, I should be able to control myself around him. That's not me. It's just not me. I was just curious. I wanted to know how... it felt. I've heard Zoey on the phone sometimes, talking about her experiences with Cooper. Yuck, I know. Anyway, she said that it was "breath-taking" and "magical". No need to fill you in with any more details. I wanted to know if that was true, and if I would feel the same things too.

I considered going on my phone and searching up ways to suppress this hunger, this lust. However, my eyes felt sore and needed some rest, so I placed my paws on Julley's furry and fragile frame before falling asleep.

Coming to an early wake, I stretched my muscles and got out of bed. I hadn't really dreamed of anything too spectacular. You know when you fall asleep, and all you see is static? Yeah, that was it for me. Julley was still snoring away, and it still looked a little dark outside. Looking at my digital clock, I noticed that it was merely 6AM. There was no point going back to sleep, since it was getting towards 8 anyway. I slowly crept out of the covers, contemplating whether to wake Julley up or not so he could accompany me with my trek downstairs. I decided to let him sleep, since it would be inconsiderate of me to disturb him just for my amusement. I left my room, and looked across from the hallway. I saw a bit of light creep under the door to my brother's room. What could he possibly be doing at this time of the night? But to be fair, what was I doing at this time of night? I shrugged my shoulders and walked downstairs, hoping that I could catch a rerun of "Solrock Underground".

Once downstairs, I turned on the TV and flicked through all of the channels. When I found a programme suitable to my liking, I got comfortable on the couch and put my attention to the TV show. However, a small nagging sound coming from the ceiling began to sway my concentration. Listening harder, it kind of sounded like squeaks, as if coming from a bed frame. Keep in mind, Cooper's room was directly above the lounge, and Zoey did sleep in the same bed with him... Oh, great. The epiphany couldn't have been any sweeter. Those two love-pidgeys were always at each other. I felt compelled to go upstairs and tell Cooper to knock it off, but I didn't want to risk seeing something that I shouldn't have.

After approximately forty minutes of nothing but television and squeaky sounds, I heard thumps coming from the stairs. It was Cody, entering the lounge in his turquoise fur coat and his video game in his paws, up and early to get going on this trip. Although, he was looking kind of glum, which was unusual for someone like Cody.

"Morning, Cody. What's wrong?"

Cody grudgingly tore his eyes away from the screen. "I'm tired... I don't feel like going to the amusement park anymore..."

"Then go and sleep?" Cody shook his head.

"But if I sleep, I'll miss the amusement park!"

I pinched the flesh above my nose as I slumped more into the couch. It was getting closer and closer to 8AM, but Julley wasn't awake my yet. I made that my objective as I got up from the couch and trekked back upstairs to my room, where I found Julley exactly how I left him: Asleep. I gently shook him from the covers, making him stir as a result. It was utterly adorable, looking like a baby Torchic emerging from an egg.

"W-Wha, what year is it?" mumbled Julley, configuring his eyes to accommodate to the light from my desk lamp. I put a paw over my mouth to suppress a giggle.

"C'mon, Julley, we have to wake up to get to the amusement park." Julley nodded as he pulled himself out from the covers. I couldn't resist putting a paw on his back to caress his smooth fur. I gestured towards my door, telling him that we should be getting to the lounge. I think that it was time to leave now. I could hear Cooper and Zoey downstairs talking to each other.

We headed downstairs, where we encountered the rest of my family, minus my mom, of course. She was either at work, or asleep. Zoey was at the bottom of the staircase, packing a handbag full of essentials, such as her purse, her phone and a scarf. It wasn't too cold, so I guess that she thought that it looked cool. She turned around to face us, and put on a smile.

"Hey, you two! Are you ready to hit the road?" she asked, placing sunglasses over her eyes and wearing a toothy grin. For some reason, she looked very out of breath, taking large inhales of air from time to time. The both of us nodded as Zoey opened the door to the car, where Cooper was washing the windscreen of his beloved vehicle. Yes, his matte white Laironghini convertible. It was one of his favourite things in life, next to Zoey and candy.

"Hey Cooper, are we going now?!" I shouted, tearing his attention from his car.

"We better if we wanted to make it on time. Hop in the back!" he replied, as he resumed cleaning of his car. I opened the car door so Julley and I could enter. The soft black leather felt like silk to my paws.

"Wow, Cooper's car is awesome!" complimented Julley, staring up into the baby-blue sky. I would have to admit, Cooper's car was a pretty good one. He spent about two years saving up for it. Surprisingly, Cooper was at the young and ripe age of 22. He excelled in all of his classes at school, therefore he ended up graduating and moving on to university at 15 years of age. Now, I bet that I can guess what you're thinking; When are you going to graduate? Pfft, I'm nowhere near Cooper's level of intelligence. This was a bit of an issue, because ever since Cooper grabbed his doctorate, my Mom was looking at me next to get mine. Unfortunately, she wasn't advised that there was a 5 mile wide gap between Cooper and me.

"Yeah. He's gotten a whole load of money from all the stuff he does at Camerupt university, like fusion reactors, and finding out additions to the electromagnetic spectrum, and all of that yadda. Yet, that's all the way like… Outside the city or something." Julley put a paw to his chin and nodded. It really sounded like I was boasting, but it was pretty hard not to. It's normally something I wouldn't tell people. We are quite a rich family, and lots of people would claim us as 'over-consumers' or 'rich snobs'. I know that Julley would never do that though; he's too nice, too polite and too caring to say something like that.

Cody then opened the car door, and jumped into the back seats with us. Of course, he put himself right between Julley and I, which really threw the rest of this ride out the window. I don't mind sitting next to Cody, but the bottom line was I was unable to sit next to Julley. Julley, my boyfriend. I hope that we would have more time to bond together when we get there.

Once Cooper and Zoey got into the car, we took off, accelerating at high velocities as the wind coursed through my hair. Cooper had always told me that convertibles were chick magnets… Well, that was all until Zoey slapped him on the cheek. Regardless, he wasn't exactly wrong. It was him that was the 'chick magnet'. It pains me to say it, but there's no need to lie. Cooper, when he was younger, used to be heckled by nearly every girl around his age on in the neighbourhood; he was smart, rich, and in tremendous form. By that, I mean he was pretty ripped. Well, not really. He was just really skinny so it was easy to see his muscles. However, Zoey eventually won the race for Cooper's affection, mostly because she was one of the bunches who looked past his highly earned wages and his toned body and judged him using his personality. Cheesy? Totally. Thar's not to say that Zoey was super picky on character. The Zoroark would always tell me about how he would attract a whole bunch of boys due to her very obvious curves. The two seemed to go together like cheese on toast.

"Are we there yet?" And there it was. Cody, approximately 5 minutes into the trip, has already asked the 4 words that should never be uttered during any road trip.

"We just left, bro. We still have an hour left to go." answered Cooper, taking a swift turn to the right. Cody groaned in turn, making him a visual target to every pedestrian and commuter in the area.

"But Coop! I'm huuuungry!" I smiled when he said this, and I also saw that Julley was smirking as well. I don't know why he was, probably due to Cody's whining tone. However, I found it funny since Cooper hates it when people call him 'Coop'. He finds that it's demeaning.

"Didn't you have breakfast?" Cody shook his head.

"Nope, so can we have McDonphans?" I could tell that Cooper was seconds away from slamming his head on the horn. Zoey placed a paw on Cooper's shoulder.

"Just let him have what he wants, Cooper." Cooper rolled his eyes and swerved in the direction of the restaurant. Cody smirk in victory and waited for his award. I wasn't too hungry, but was happy nonetheless. I felt a little sorry for Cooper. Cody was refractory when it came to materialistic things. If Cody wanted something from Cooper and Zoey was less than 10 feet away, he would indefinitely get whatever he desired. The young Glaceon would book it immediately to Zoey if Cooper refused to give him his wishes, and as you saw there, Zoey would persuade Cooper to eventually give in. I admired his craft, but that doesn't change the fact that it was a super jerk move.

We pulled up into the parking area for McDonphans. Cooper got out of the car.

"Hey, we're gonna go inside, so are you two going to stay here?" I gave Cooper a thumbs-up, so Zoey and Cody left the car too, and followed the Jolteon into the fast-food restaurant. This left me and Julley in the vehicle. I looked at him, slightly licking my lips and scooching closer. You know about the things I've been feeling, and I wanted to know if Julley could relate to them. It was a feeling that tugged at my body, urging me to take care of it, but of course, it wasn't exactly too easy. Hopefully, it wouldn't sound too awkward.

"Julley… Do you mind if I ask you something?" I asked, scratching the top of my paw.

"Sure." He was so calm, so relaxed, and here I was, getting nervous like a little schoolgirl. We were already in a relationship, so why was I getting so worried? Despite this, I tried hard to not sound like I was skittish.

"Well, uhh… You see… Did you do the Math homework?"

DAMMIT.

"Yeah, it's kind of easy, actually. It's just all about the Cosine rule." Although that information was actually kind of useful, it wasn't the answer I was looking for. To be fair, I wasn't asking the question I was looking for.

"Alright, thanks…"

"…"

The silence was deafening. I wanted to do something about it, but I was frightened that I wouldn't get the best response out of him. Aww, I was going to have to ask him sometime, so I may as well do it now. At least while I have the opportunity.

"Okay, Julley. Now I actually need to ask you something. Please… Please don't be weirded out by it, alright?"

"Of course I won't be weirded out by anything you say. We're a couple, I love you, remember? That means I'm obliged to respect your opinions."

This is a little off-topic, but mind you, what he just said was incredibly romantic. Now here it is. Don't blow it.

"So… I've been having these feelings… Towards you. Do… Are you having these feelings too?" That felt like I was getting a Snorlax out of my throat.

"Feelings? What kind of feelings are you talking about?" I hadn't blown it just yet. Nevertheless, I needed to play my cards correctly, but without being explicit, there wasn't much of a way to explain it.

"It's… Something that I feel in my… Nether regions." Julley's ears perked up as soon as I said that, as if the word was taboo. Of course, it was Julley. The innocent Umbreon was new to this kind of softcore vocabulary.

"N-Nether regions?" I nodded. Julley didn't look shocked, but rather extremely addled. However, I was cut off with the sound of soft padding, and shuffling of paper bags. It was the return of Zoey, Cody and Cooper, and the termination of my field day. All three of them entered the car, hustling four bags of nothing but fat. And meat. To say the least, Cody was beaming like there was no tomorrow, and Cooper was dejected with a burning hole in his wallet.

"Alright, can we get going now?" asked Cooper, igniting the engine with the simple twist of a key. Cody nodded as he munched into his fries. I sighed, knowing that I was unable to fulfil my opportunity with Julley. Awell, at least I had my share of fries to keep me company.

"Thanks, Cooper!" said all three of us in the back in harmony. Cooper rolled his eyes as he chewed on a cheeseburger in one paw.

"Don't sweat it. Just don't blame me when you start puking up your meal." commented the Jolteon as we continued our hour long journey, which was now currently delayed by a couple minutes. The wind that stroked past my face was really relaxing, and I was compelled to sleep while in this state. However, a pressing force on my left side. Mind you, I sat in the right side of the car, behind Cooper, so whenever we came to a sharp turn to the right, Cody would instantly be flung onto my side. I tried propping my legs up to block him, but my defences weren't good enough, as Cody came careering onto my body again.

"Cooper! Can you slow down a bit?" I shouted, but I only got a grin from him as he did nothing to change his speed., but instead accelerate a bit more.

"COOPER! KNOCK IT OFF!"

"Alright, alright, I'll slow down, but we don't want to get there too late." Cooper reduced the car's velocity by easing up on the pedal. After that, the ride turned out to be a silent one, the only sound came from occasional coughing from Julley. It then dawned on me how awkward he must have felt right now. There could be something I could do, but right now? I'm not all that sure.

While we were cruising down a highway, Cooper began to bob his head from side to side. He was clearly getting bored. Julley was focused on the speeding scenery that passed by as we travelled. Cody was uncomfortably shuffling in place. I didn't really get his problem, but that was soon to be revealed as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Cooper?"

"What's up?"

"I'm bored. Can we play a game?" This put a small smile on Cooper's face. At least it wasn't anything demanding should Cody be wanting to tug at another one of Cooper's nerves.

"Sure we can. I remember that there was this one that my buddy and I used to play when I was in college! I forgot his name... Francisco? Theodore? Uh, something like that, my minds still a little foggy. Anyway, you start off by everyone taking to-"

"Cooper?"

"Yeah?

"I need to use the bathroom."

Cooper looked like he was seconds away from grabbing a tire iron and slamming his face in with it. Exhaling, he gave an answer to Cody's plead.

"If you didn't know already, we're on a highway, bro. There are no bathrooms. Now as I was saying..." Small whimpers began to emanate from the young Glaceon's mouth. This was one of the things about Cody that rustled my jimmies. If he wasn't successful in getting what he wanted, he would then resort to the technique that should have been lost ages ago in the mind of a 9 year old: crying.

"But Cooper! I need it!" Cody's voice began to get higher and more irritating the more he talked. Cooper was getting closer to absolutely losing it. I've never actually seen Cooper get genuinely angry , a little aggravated, but never has he gotten into full on outrage mode. At least, not before my eyes.

"I know, Cody, but I couldn't take you to a bathroom even if I tried!" Zoey detected that Cooper was getting a little irked by Cody's behaviour, and I couldn't blame him for it. She put a paw on Cooper's shoulder, rubbing it to get him to calm down and lower his voice.

"Cooper. There's a hard shoulder to your left in a couple of yards. Just pull over, and Cody will do his business there." Cooper moaned once more as he halted the car on the gravely terrain for Cody's needs. I shifted my vision to Julley, who was smiling a little, finding fun out of Cody's antics. I found myself sort of lost in his eyes. Those crimson orbs were so extravagant and alluring. They were an electric red, but didn't scream any kind of urgency. They were rather a soothing colour.

Thankfully, Julley didn't notice me staring at him, as I caught myself in the act. Cooper took Cody out of the car and to a large field of bushes where he could do his deeds in private. Zoey turned the rear view mirror so she could see us.

"Sorry about the wait, you two. I really don't want Cooper to be getting angry over Cody. He's quite a patient person, and the last thing I want is Cody taking advantage of that." explained the Zoroark, lifting her sunglasses to rub her eyes.

"It's alright. Cody does that all the time anyway. Especially when Mom's around." Julley looked a little astonished when I said this.

"Huh? I always thought that Cody was just a young, innocent kid that liked to have too much fun?" Both Zoey and I turned to face the Umbreon, ready to contradict his statement. It wasn't his fault that he believed this. The first time Julley met Cody made him seem like a nice kid, but once you got to properly know him, you too would realize that he was truly a nightmare.

Just then, an annoyed Cooper entered the car, as well as a content Cody. "Alright. Please, can we get on with this trip?" pleaded Cooper, turning the key that whirred the engine back into life. We soon got back on track to arrive at the amusement park at a decent time. Although, we had been delayed on our schedule thanks to a certain spoiled Glaceon.

It had been about an hour of constant travelling. I do not remember a lot of it because I had decided to go to sleep. We came across a road that led to a large, vast field of green, green and more green. On the field were a lot of trucks that surrounded multitudes of funfair and carnival rides, flashing hundreds of different coloured lights to make the rides stand out from the blue atmosphere and green landscape.

"Wow... Take a look at that..." muttered Zoey, locked in a stupor due to the heights that some of the rollercoaster rides were able to reach. By the time I took another look at Cooper, he was already dashing off to get to the entrance. We followed after him, and showed our tickets to the security guy that stood there. Once we did that, we were eligible to go on as many rides as we wanted until it was time to leave. Cody, who looked ecstatic to try out every single ride in this park, began to jump up and down at the sight of a rollercoaster ride.

"Ooh! Cooper! Let's go on that one!" When I got a more detailed look at the ride Cody was pertaining to, I paled due to how high the rails got. Those altitudes were in range to accidentally smack a flying Pidgey passing by. It's not that I'm scared of rides like that, but I'm simply paranoid. I've seen thousands of those scary movies regarding the disasters that could occur while on these rides, and that very much was the last thing I wanted.

Cooper put a paw on Cody's head. "C'mon Cody, you know that you never start with the awesome rides first. Otherwise you'll ruin the rest of the day for yourself." Cody regretfully nodded, and walked along to examine what else the park had to offer.

So far, there was nothing too interesting. Although, I halted in my tracks when I came upon the sight of three milk bottles, stacked into a pyramid shape with slightly scratched and worn baseballs strew around it. You can already tell what I'm talking about. A game that sounded like an absolute cakewalk on paper, but was then sprinkled on with loopholes to ensure that you had no chance of winning. A grinning Houndoom stood over the counter, a black and white striped hat nestled in between his horns. A baseball was being tossed up and down in one of his paws, as the other acted as a head rest. He eyed me up. Lowly chuckling to himself, as if to mock me. He knew that I couldn't win. Now I was behoved to prove him wrong.

I walked up to the counter, putting both paws on the table to make him certain that I was prepared to shove his wayward beliefs down his throat.

"Step right up, missy, step riiiiight up! You'll have three balls here to knock down every milk bottle set on the table over there! Knock 'em all down, and you'll be allowed to win a prize. Care to have a try?" His smirk never faded away as he filled me in with information I already knew. I nodded my head, and he gave me my balls as he stepped to one side to spectate. I reared back a paw, closed one eye and stuck my tongue out to maximize concentration. There was no way I was gonna miss. Now, all I needed to do was apply power to my shot. Lots and lots of power. At blinding speeds, the ball was launched out of my hands and bounded towards the bottles. Once it hit... The ball simply bounced off like I hadn't tried or anything.

The Houndoom had the audacity to begin laughing, right in my face. "Haw haw haw! You're gonna have to try harder than that if you want to win, missy!"

This was unreal; those bottles should have been sent flying. I knew I couldn't do this alone, so I enlisted the help of the one and only.

"Hey Julley, can you come here for a second?"

The Umbreon, who was enjoying a cone of pink candy floss, turned in my direction, and waltzed over.

"What's going on?"

I looked at the Houndoom, an amused expression on his face as he adjusted his hat.

"Just one favour. All you need to do is knock down those bottles with this ball, alright?" Julley nodded and took the ball. He stood over at the counter and prepared a shot, his tongue stuck out as well. I'm not sure why, but I found it really adorable when he did this. There's just this really irresistible aura around him. I always seemed to have an excuse to call him cute. Whenever I saw him, my brain would beg me to just grab him, cuddle him and never let go. As contextually irrelevant as this thought was right now, I couldn't help but remember the first time I met him. It was a moment that I would never forget, ever.

After talking with my new tutor teacher, I took a look around for any available seats. There was one in the middle, but I didn't want to make myself known too soon. Otherwise, there was a seat adjacent to the window, and in front of an Umbreon, who looked a little dazed. I sat down and turned to face the Umbreon. I figured that I may as well try and make friends now, so I would have some acquaintances over the remaining school semester. I gave him a few gentle taps to get his attention.

"Excuse me?"

The Umbreon shook themselves awake, looking a little stupefied, but I found it kind of funny.

"Uhhh..." they stuttered. I could tell by his soft and gentle voice that they were a male.

"Hi, I'm new here. My name is Cassidy, what's your name?" As I asked that, he looked towards the floor to find his answer. It was pretty peculiar that he did that, but it would be rude to judge someone because of that. My Mom would always complain about how it's immoral.

"Erm... M-My name i-is J-Julley." Stuttered Julley, who still decided to keep his vision aimed at the ground instead of my own two eyes. There wasn't something on my face, was there?

"Okay, I hope we can be friends then!" I cheered, giving him a friendly smile to emphasize my greeting before I turned around to face the chalk board. He seemed a little shy, though. I wonder why? Maybe that's part of his personality. Otherwise, it is nothing that a nice old round of compassion couldn't fix!

My thoughts were disturbed as the Umbreon that I, at first glance thought was going to simply be my friend and nothing more, had landed the baseball on the bottle, but were also unable to make the tower move even by an inch.

"Wha!?" he exclaimed in disbelief. I was aware that Julley wasn't all that strong, but I was certain that he could throw a ball better than me. Surely, something had to be rigged.

"Haw! Sorry little man, but it looks like you're in the same boat as your friend over there!" heartily laughed the Houndoom at our misfortune. Knowing that neither me nor Julley could accomplish in knocking over the bottles, I decided to throw in the big guns. Also know as Cooper, who was happily munching on a candy cane, all the while being monitored closely by Zoey. She hated it when Cooper would eat copious amounts of junk food. Sure, he found a way to keep fit all the while, but Zoey was still not a fan. Anyway, Cooper looked over at me and finished his cane as he walked over.

"What's happening, sis?"

"We can't seem to knock over these bottles, no matter how hard we throw our balls. Why don't you have a try?" Cooper was eager to get in a turn. He had a soft spot for sports and the like, so there was no wonder why.

I handed Cooper the final baseball and he stretched his arms out before getting ready to chuck the ball. Cooper was undisputedly the strongest out of all of us, so I knew that he would stand a better chance... Right?

Cooper aimed accurately; I didn't deem him as one to miss a shot, let alone one that was less than a couple feet away. He swung his arm in an arch, sending the ball spinning to the terrified milk bottles. The ball came into contact with the brick wall that were the milk bottles, and was launched away. But it didn't stop there. I don't know how hard Cooper had thrown it, but it must have been pretty hard due to the way the baseball ricocheted off the walls around it, travelling so fast that a bullet would be green with jealousy. Not wanting to risk getting pelted in the face, I ducked and put my hands over my head. Safety is the number one priority here, kids. Cooper and Julley saw me do this and did the same. Even the obstinate Houndoom scampered away with his tail between his legs.

*PING*

The environment sounded safe. The sound of speeding baseballs flying off other object had subsided. However, we all looked over the counter to see what that sound was, and we couldn't believe our eyes. On the floor, were the three milk bottles, still kept in their pyramid shape. They must have been held together by glue or something. However, what the real surprise was the bottom two bottles had their glassy lower half shattered off. This meant that the whole thing was glued to the table! No wonder!

"So... You glued the bottles to the counter?" asked Julley, dumbfounded and breathless. The Houndoom began to sweat nervous beads of fear profusely.

"Uhh... Why don't all three of you pick your prize, and we could all be on our way, yes?" Smiling with glee, I looked at the various options we were given for beating the cheater. I ended up settling for one of those hand woven beach hats with a purple ribbon wrapped around it, and had "MIZU" scribbled on the inside. Julley found favour in a scarf that had embroidered on the front the name "N-strike". Cooper was a little hesitant with his decision, but he settled for a blue hoodie that read "B. Bursyamo" on the front, and didn't really fit his body shape.

"Hey guys, I'm a little curious. Who the heck is B. Bursyamo?" Julley and I exchanged glances, before breaking off into hoots of laughter, although mine was a lot louder than his. Although, Cooper still didn't have his question answered. Who said we had to anyway?

We went over to a table where Zoey was supervising Cody, who was (not so much) enjoying himself on the kids' ride, which was just as much fun as riding on a school bus. Zoey switched her gaze, and became aware of our new apparel.

"Wow, did you guys win that stuff from one of the fair challenges?" We nodded our heads, and took our seats at the table. Zoey couldn't help but get confused at the things that were written on our clothing.

"Wait... Who's B. Bursyamo? And who's N-strike? Are these all brands?" Cooper shrugged his shoulders, but I guess that he was appreciative of the fact that the things he was wearing was clean and smelled nice, so there was no reason why he would take it off.

Cooper fished around in his neck scruff, and took out his wallet. I swear, you can hide nearly anything in there. I've lost a whole book in there when I was a kid, and I didn't know until a month later! Anyway, he unveiled a 20 dollar note from the white furry bush that was his mane and handed it to me.

"Why don't you take Julley to get something to eat, alright Cass?" I gave Cooper a nod and took Julley to one of the stands that sold all sorts of food, not too far away from where we sat.

"What are you gonna eat, Julley?" The Umbreon put a paw to his chin, and activated his thinking mode.

"I guess... I could have a hamburger?" Hamburgers are okay, not refined enough for my taste, though. What really makes my mouth water are corn dogs, though. I've always had a liking for them, but I didn't know why.

When I handed the cashier the money and took the food, a crude idea popped into my mind. This corn dog... It represented something. Perhaps... I could use it to my advantage. To get a point across. No, it would be too dirty, I couldn't do that! C'mon, Cassidy, don't degrade yourself. D'aww man, now I'm confused. All I want to do is tell Julley properly how I feel. I know that I had a chance earlier, but it was ruined by my (literally) cold feet.

As I mentally slapped myself in retrospect of my failure that occurred hours before, we trekked back to the table where we were previously and enjoyed our food, eventually chiming into the conversation that Zoey and Cooper shared. The day was passing by pretty quickly, the sun already in the middle of the sky, and Julley looked kind of tired. He did have his sleep, right? That couldn't be right otherwise. It could be that I'm thinking too hard. However, one thing pecked at my mind: The feeling in my groin that had to be expressed to Julley's ears. Why was it so hard to tell him? UGH! I hate having to do this... Is this normal? Wait... I could just ask Zoey, no? Hm... I guess that would be my best bet of information as of now. I should probably stop panicking first.

Until then, I just need a moment. A perfect moment, to talk to him.

Dangit! I ended up finishing this chapter at 1AM! Maybe I'm just a nocturnal worker, y'know? Apologies that this came out a little later than usual, but I hope that you liked this chapter. If you didn't want the POV, sorry about that. It's just that it seemed like a really good idea, regarding the situation and all. It just felt appropriate. Well, the next chapter will be in the regular narrative, so don't you worry ;D

-SAWSS