I aspire and hope that my story and others allow you, my readers to escape reality, even for a while and just relax as things around us are hectic. My mental health was drained the past few weeks but I pushed through and made this chapter, with some adjustments to my original idea which causes the next chapter to be the final of the Wallace Cup saga. Keeping this story alive has gotten me through the storms and may it do the same for you too.
Besides my OCs, I do not own any characters or likeliness of Pokemon and its content. Let's go!
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"OK, now look over here."
Black locks flew in the air as the owner turned around and crossed her arms over her chest, pouting her cheeks.
"Lita, I don't want to be your model while we're relaxing." Mya said with an annoyed face.
"The natural light is amazing now, if I don't catch your beauty then it will be hell to find the next spot." The purple haired woman continued to snap shots of the coordinator.
"Ugh, someone help me please." The woman looked to her three friends whom avoided her gaze.
"She already got me this morning." Raye commented as Jessie nodded in agreement.
"Same."
"She got me last night in Sootopolis." Mariah added while adding sunscreen to her arms.
The ladies were in Fortree city walking along the wooded pathways in the trees, they admired the view of the earth-inspired destination. Their pokémon were also enjoying the off day by playing with each other or relaxing under trees.
As Raye knelt down to feed her Espeon a berry, Jessie smiled. "Let me get a picture of you two together."
The pale woman nodded and smiled at her pokémon, the psychic feline jumped on her trainer and knocked her down. Jessie's eyes caught a glimpse of something under Raye's fringe which flew in the air for a split second but returned to its original place. The magentette raised her eyebrow while taking a picture of the duo. 'Was that..'
Raye stood up and gave a small smile. "Thank you Jessie. Would you like me to take a photo of you?"
Jessie blinked and hand Raye her phone. "Please and Thanks." She jogged over to a tree branch where Yanmega was resting and smiled. "Whenever you're ready."
Raye pointed the phone at the magentette and took a shot; Jessie tip-toed up to the branch and placed a kiss on Yanmega's head. The pale woman blushed. "This is beautiful; you should let Lita print this off with the other photos."
"There are a lot of pictures she has that I want to put in my photo album." Jessie looked at her phone's clock and smiled. 'I still have time before meeting up with James.' Her eyes then locked to Mariah and Mya sitting on a bench surrounded by sleeping pokémon, as the magentette ran towards the pair Lita popped up and took a picture of the scene.
"Now this is what you call a vacation." The purple haired woman smiled.
"What are you going to do with those pictures once we're back in Sinnoh?" Raye asked.
"Most of it was Wallace Cup promotional pictures for the Veilstone Mall's magazine, however I got more personal pictures of everyone that I might create a digital album and e-mail it to you all." Lita's cheeks began to turn red as she turned to the pale beauty. "If that's alright with you."
Raye nodded in response. "Of course, I believe it's what friends do right?"
"Yep." The purple haired woman then began playing with her hair. "About the dinner and the conversation we had, I hope there's no hard feelings or awkward moments between us. You're a really cool and beautiful woman that I would love to be…possible friends with. "
"It's fine." Raye smiled softly while looking at the woman before her. "I usually get confessed to from the new ranger recruits at least five times every month." Lita chuckled as she continued. "I understand that you were attracted to me but I am heterosexual and cannot receive your affections. However, I am grateful that you and the others allowed me to join on this trip; this is actually my first time travelling with just girlfriends and not for work, thank you Lita." A wider smile crept onto Raye's red painted lips and the wind blew her hair in the air.
The sincere yet real scene that the purple haired woman saw allowed her to reach forward and grip Raye's hands. "Thank you for accepting me and the other girls, also for trusting us with your first girls' trip." The woman grinned. "Hope you had fun."
The pale beauty giggled in response.
Meanwhile on a wooden park bench, Jessie was shaking Mariah's shoulders back and forth as her shocked expression made Mya laugh.
"When were you going to tell me that you and THE Steven Stone were canoodling it up here in Hoenn?" The magentette stood in front of her friend.
"Aren't you the one who always said that you two weren't in a- "Mya held up two fingers to signal air quotes "-relationship?"
"That joke's getting old Mya." Jessie pouted, she sighed and sat between the ladies. "I still need an answer Mariah."
"Stop acting like a diva." Mariah leaned forward and placed her elbows on her knees as her head was resting on her hands. "You just tried to shake my brain from out of my skull, let me at least catch myself first."
"She's right Jess, she has every right to not tell you or anyone on how she's enjoying her vacation." The coordinator smirked and leaned towards the magentette with a blue painted finger pointing towards her. "But since you want to meddle in someone's love life, let's talk about you and that mystery man you talked with last night in Sootopolis city."
Jessie's face immediately flushed red as Mariah, slightly recovered yet still wore swirly eyes leaned her back towards the coordinator and rested her head on her shoulder with a smirk. "My, what a tangled web you have woven Miss Aqua Ribbon."
The magentette chuckled nervously as Mya continued. "It's not fun now that the Buneary has the pistol huh?" Blue eyes directed to her Buneary, Lita's Skunktank and Mariah's Froslass sitting together, enjoying a conversation.
"What's the commotion over here?" Lita's voice broken the atmosphere as she and Raye were walking to the trio.
Jessie sighed as Mariah, head still on her shoulder commented. "We're trying to find out who was the guy Jessie was talking to last night." The blue eyed coordinator glanced at the red head as Mya continued. "A.K.A meddling."
"Sounds like fun." The purple haired woman smirked and sat on the grass in front of Mariah. "Please continue the verbal attack."
"Lita!" Jessie cried, she then looked towards the pale woman whom also was seated on the grass but in front of Mya. "Raye, a little help here?" A lavender eye looked at the magentette, it then glazed over in curiosity and a shadow danced around her face with a small yet wicked smirk gracing her lips.
"You All SUCK!" Jessie cried out as the four ladies laughed. A fully recovered Mariah removed her head from Jessie's shoulder and replaced it with two hands.
"It's four against one madam. You have nowhere to run so start talking; who's this guy Mya was mentioning?"
The magentette sighed. "He's a longtime friend of mine; we go all the way back from Kanto where I'm originally from, we attended an academy but failed to graduate due to our abysmal grades."
Mya and Mariah straightened their postures as Jessie continued. "We both briefly joined a bicycle gang in Kanto. From there, we continued to travel around the regions together trying to catch-" She caught herself before revealing her Team Rocket history, clearing her throat she continued. "-capture pictures and videos of legendary pokémon throughout the regions. We unfortunately were fired from our job six months ago and he did say that he was returning here to Hoenn in pursuing a career. I was just surprised to see him at the party and how refreshed he looked now that we're not working together…memories of the past came back to me and we were talking like we haven't' split up for a while." Her cheeks then became red. "Actually, he has a job here in Fortree city and after that, he's supposed to take me to greet his grandparents."
Mariah squealed in excitement, Raye blushed and held her hands tightly together on her lap.
"How romantic and exciting is that?" Lita asked while leaning back. "If you two get together, it'll officially fight Mya and Volkner's relationship story as the world's cheesiest."
"What?" The amazon woman looked at her companion on the grass as Mariah added. "Yep; after your confession in Sunyshore city, Jessie sent a picture of you both to Lita and I. We also got a summary on how you two knew each other and got together."
"You and Sunyshore's gym leader are dating?" Raye asked the coordinator, she then tilted her head. "I can actually see that; your energy compliments his cool character."
Mya looked away and smiled as the ladies laughed. Jessie's pink pecha phone rang and she picked it up, the woman rose and smoothed out her dress. "I'm sorry ladies but I got to go."
"Her date's about to begin girls." Lita said as the others giggled, Jessie sighed and walked towards her pokémon, recalling them to their poke balls. The four women also followed in pursuit to discover more about the unknown man.
The five women walked to the Fortree gym where a black car was present at the front. Jessie looked at her phone and pouted. "He said he was going to be here in a few minutes but I don't see anyone." The gym's doors then opened and the gym leader came out with a Swablu on her arm, as she released the bird pokémon to fly around the sky, her eyes went towards the group. "Oh, Jessie!"
The flying gym leader ran to the magentette and held her hands. "Thanks for the talk last night; Wallace and I are not officially on romantic terms but we are having a dinner date tonight in Rustburo city."
The four women behind the pink clad coordinator leaned in and gazed towards the woman in curiosity as Winona continued. "If it wasn't for your pep talk, that closure I wanted probably wouldn't happen." She reached in her pocket and pulled out her cellphone. "I would like to have your number so we can keep in touch, if that's OK."
"Of course." Jessie smiled and exchanged numbers with the flying type expert. Her eyes then focused back on the car in front of the gym. "Is that your car? Headed somewhere?"
Winona followed her gaze and shook her head. "No, I have a lot of challengers coming today so I'll be busy. That car belongs to the photographer I hired to take photos of me; the league insisted because they want updated photos of all of the gyms and their leaders."
"Photographer?" Mariah asked as the ladies looked towards the vehicle to see the trunk was open and someone was near it; as it closed a man with periwinkle hair in a low ponytail began fiddling with his phone. The four women raised their hands towards their lips and covered their large smiles, some snickers were also heard.
Jessie frowned. "You all still suck."
The male walked towards Winona. "I'll email the league tomorrow with the photos Miss Winona, would you like copies of them as well?"
"Of course, your pictures are the best and I can't wait to work with you again." The flying type trainer smiled and shook his hand. "Thanks again for coming so early, the trainers I'm battling today will keep me busy until sunset."
"It's no problem. Glad I can help you." His jade green eyes then went towards the group of women, focusing on one. "Jessie, perfect timing. I was going to call you."
The four ladies behind the magentette walked away as Jessie smiled. "Well you don't have to now that I'm here."
"Great." He offered his arm to the woman. "Shall we go? Nanny said she was making lunch for us."
Before she answered, Mya stepped in front of her. "Excuse me, but you're not going to take her away without introducing yourself to us."
"Us?" The man asked, he then saw three more women surrounding the magentette. The pokémon ranger standing next to the pink clad coordinator with an icy glare.
"She came to Hoenn with us and will be returning to Sinnoh with us so we don't want to hear her bitching and screaming about how you possibly did her dirty while she's with you." Mya continued.
The photographer chucked lightly and smiled; fixing his posture and removing his glasses, he slightly bowed. "The owner and head photographer of "Hoenn Life" magazine, my name's James Kojiro." He placed his glasses back on and winked. "Lovely to meet all of Jessie's friends."
The blue clad coordinator sighed. "You have charm; I'll give you that." Lita and Mariah nodded.
Raye added. "We're going to Lavaridge town later on; return her the same way we're giving you."
"You're making me sound like an object." Jessie commented with a sweat drop on her cheek.
James raised his hands. "We're only going to visit my grandparents and talk together. Don't worry, she'll be safe."
Jessie sighed. "You all are being so extra." The coordinator moved her barricade out of the way and held James' arm. "Message me when you're headed to Lavaridge and I'll be there."
"No problem." Mariah smiled and waved.
The periwinkle haired man nodded to the ladies once more before escorting Jessie to the car's passenger seat and let her inside the vehicle. He entered the driver's side and drove off the gym's parking lot.
Mariah sighed. "You think we were a bit harsh on him?"
"No." Lita answered. "You know how Jessie is when things don't go her thought-of way; she bitches on and on."
"And her diva-esque attitude doesn't help one bit." Raye added. "Just pray to Arceus that their afternoon goes well or else we'll be receiving the fury of her dislike later on."
The ladies nodded in reply as they continued their day in Fortree.
On the ride towards his grandparent's house, James sighed. "Those women are overly protective of you Jess, what kind of spell do you have on them?"
The magentette frowned. "I don't have any spell on them, they just want to be nosy and poke their noses into my personal life."
"A trait that you're known for."
"I didn't ask for a comment from the peanut gallery." Jessie looked out of the window with a heavy blush on her cheeks.
James laughed. "I'm just teasing Jess; we haven't seen each other for a while so might as well enjoy what time we have together." He pushed a button beside the steering wheel and the car's roof began to fall back and packed itself in the trunk. "Just let your hair out and be free."
Jessie looked at the man with a raised eyebrow before shrugging her shoulders and lowering her window down, she raised her feet up next to the door's mirror and crossed her ankles, keeping one arm on her dress and another by her head to ensure her hair doesn't blow on her face. The duo smiled and laughed as they cruised along the highway towards a city outskirt.
Around ten minutes later, the black car with its roof back into place pulled up at a beautiful mansion where two elderly people stood at the front door with smiles dancing on their faces. As the two young adults got out of the car, they walked and smiled at the older couple.
"Nice to see you again Nanny and Pop-Pop." James smiled brightly as he gestured towards his female companion. "You remember Jessie from a few years back?"
The magentette did a light curtsy and smiled, Nanny walked over and held her hands.
"How could I forget this beautiful woman? She like you are now having this youthful glow since you left that evil organization. Are you eating well darling?"
Jessie blushed. "Yes ma'am. Thank you for allowing me to visit both you and your husband today."
"Of course dear, it's no problem." Nanny walked towards the front door as Pop-Pop opened it. "Now, shall we get to our lunch date? I made James' favorite sandwiches."
The photographer blushed and Jessie laughed softly as they both entered the mansion. As they travelled to the backyard patio, the lunch with the elderly couple went along great; the coordinator talked about her travels throughout Sinnoh and her recent win at the Wallace Cup. The couple congratulated her and commented that both she and James have been doing very well since Team Rocket, the duo looking at each other before continuing the conversation. After an hour, the elderly couple excused themselves and left Jessie and James outside; the two sitting in lawn chairs under an umbrella watching their pokémon play together.
"I remember you said that you moved back to Hoenn but I wasn't ready to see you in Sootopolis." The magentette commented while looking at her pokémon. "Might I ask how did the photography work started out?"
"I was tinkering with my father's old camera, you know the ones with the large bulbs and the heavy body that is just mad to lift up. I was unintentionally taking photos of my parents and their guests at a lunch gala they hosted in one of our winter homes in LaRousse city."
"I forgot your family is super rich." Jessie commented as James laughed.
"Yep. When I showed Father my pictures, he thought that they were next to professional and sent them to one of his photographer friends from Unova. He really liked them and asked me to both intern for and train with them over the winter holiday because he commented on me having a special eye for capturing moments." He took a sip of his drink from a glass before continuing. "When I returned, I bought a second hand camera, immediately traveled around Hoenn and parts of Johto to take test shots and post them on InstaPic to promote Hoenn Life, the magazine that I help start before leaving for Unova. I got asked for sessions with The Elite four, the Battle Frontier's leaders and even the Champion; using those pictures skyrocketed my presence and soon I became the most requested photographer in the region."
"Well look at you, Mr. Fashionably booked and busy." Jessie smiled, she ate a cookie from the plate in front of her. "Do you have another appointment in the future?"
"Actually, I have one tonight in Dewford Town; the gym leader has a fighting event there and asked me to capture some photos, I'm also thinking to include it in an article for the magazine."
"Is it possible for me to get a copy?"
"Of course." He pulled out a silver pecha phone. "I can take your number and when the issue's printed, I'll mail you a fresh one right off the press."
Jessie laughed and the two exchanged information, James then sat straight and looked towards the sky. "Enough about me. I see that you're having the time of your life in Sinnoh but I don't see Wobbuffet on your team." His green eyes went to the group of pokémon that sat in a circle and talked among each other.
"I left him in Kanto with my previous apartment building's owner, she was lonely and I thought of it to be a good idea."
"That was nice, do you ever think of him?"
"Of course." Jessie smiled. "He's like my needy son who wanted all the attention and becoming the class clown."
James returned the smile. "He would be a great addition to your contest team; how you both worked in the past and your current growth will be a fierce combo that other competitors should look out for."
Jessie looked over to the socializing pokémon; her thoughts replayed the moments she had with her Wobbuffet and the moments they spent together travelling, enjoying meals and continuously being surprised with him popping out of his ball.
The man beside her smirked and grabbed a cookie. "By the way, I want to talk about your ladies-in-waiting that not only glared daggers at me last night but also stepped up to me earlier; how did you met those women and why do they love you so much?"
The coordinator told James about how she met every woman and all the events leading up to them arriving to Hoenn.
"Wait, back up." The periwinkle haired man turned his body towards the women and sat up straight. "You mean to tell me that two of them are from Team Galactic?"
"Yep, and just like us, they're reformed. The difference is that they experienced more hardships then we did but Lita, Mariah and I have built and developed a genuine relationship."
"Wow. Didn't think I would hear that company's name again; after their leader disappeared and those mass arrests, I would think they will disband for good."
"Well get this." Jessie sat up. "They are rebuilt and on the loose again in Sinnoh."
James ran a hand through his loose hair and sighed heavily. "How do you know about this?"
"Lita and I saw that new admins are running through their old headquarters; they're also causing small yet crazy havoc around the region that couldn't be ignored."
"Well don't get in the madness Jess." James stretched over and held the coordinator's hands. "Even though we left that life in the past, who's to say that it would not be tempting to backslide and continue that life of on-the-run, hungry days and cold nights."
Jessie's face fell. "We were together during those times."
"But I will not be there once you go back to Sinnoh; Meowth and I won't be with you and it's your job to continue forward down this positive road that you created for yourself. I'm happy with the new life I created for myself and I see that you are as well, just don't go overboard as you always do with plans."
"That was such an inspirational speech and a shady comment all in one." Jessie raised her eyebrows and laughed, James joined. She then showed her photo album and talked more about her Sinnoh journey. The duo continued to talk together; remembering their Team Rocket days and laughing about many moments where they were blasted off in the air by Thunderbolts over again. Time flew by before the sky began to turn orange and Jessie's phone rang signaling her friends were heading to Lavaridge Town; the duo began preparing for the travel to the volcanic town with Jessie collecting her pokémon and assisting James with his photo equipment to the car.
As James finished packing his car, Jessie was saying goodbye to his grandparents. Nanny held her hands.
"Take care of yourself dearie, and don't forget to eat properly."
The elderly man nodded. "Also keep in touch with my grandson over there, he needs to find a good girl like you to settle down with soon."
"Pop-Pop!" James shouted in embarrassment as Jessie laughed.
"That reminds me; what happened with his fiancé Jessebelle?"
"Oh that woman is finally out of our lives." Nanny commented with a smile. "After James returned, he placed his foot down to my son and his wife demanding that the engagement gets called off because they literally detest one another and divorce would happen within a year."
"Plus her attitude was too tiring for my son to keep on a charade of merging two companies." Pop-Pop smiled. "At least you're a breath of fresh air young lady. Stay happy and healthy."
Jessie smiled brightly and curtsied at the couple, the blushing photographer escorted her to the car and waved at his grandparents as they left the premises.
"It was like they gave their blessings for us to be together." Jessie laughed. "I love your grandparents."
James blushed and focused on the road as the car continued to move along the road towards Lavaridge town.
The ride towards the tow underneath Mt Chimney was not long, the duo kept their conversation healthy as they approached the Pokémon center. James exited the vehicle and assisted Jessie out the passenger side.
"Today was fun." The photographer commented.
Jessie smirked. "Yeah it was, I wished you would take more photos of me to prove your camera magic though."
"It's fine, I got enough of those from the contest."
As the two shared another laugh, a sudden scream filled the air. "JESSIE!"
The duo looked towards the Pokemon center's door to see two women running towards them; both wearing white robes and sandals were Mariah and Raye, the latter lightly jogging with an expressionless face. Each woman gripped Jessie's arms and Mariah nuzzled her neck.
"I thought you would never get here on time." Mariah said, she then glanced at James with a mischievous look. "Sooo, how did it go? Anything important that we need to know?"
"Nothing too serious." James tapped the bottom right rim of his glasses and smirked. "Except the idea of my grandparents giving me their blessings for us to be together."
The short red head squealed and bounced on her feet. "That is so cute, isn't it Raye?"
Said woman just nodded, she them looked at the man before her. "She likes you…so I approve." Her gaze swiftly turned away. "For now."
Jessie sighed. "Thanks once again James, it was fun."
"No problem Jess. I'll send you copies of your pictures with the magazine." As he walked over to the driver's side of his car, he looked towards the women holding Jessie and the two behind them. "Make sure you four ladies take care of her, she's special." The coordinator blushed as the man started his car, he then lowered the passenger side window and leaned towards it. "She also has temper tantrums like a ten-year-old so my regards to you all!"
Jessie flared up as the other women laughed and simultaneously commented. "We know!"
The car drove off and the ladies entered the Pokémon center, Lita gave Jessie a robe and sandals. "We were just about to go inside the baths, get changed and bring out your pokémon."
The magentette nodded in reply. As they entered the changing areas; the four ladies left to the hot springs leaving Jessie to undress, she began to remember James' words from earlier. 'But I will not be there once you go back to Sinnoh; Meowth and I won't be with you and it's your job to continue forward down this positive road that you created for yourself...'
'I know James; I don't want to place my new life at risk just to backslide into crime again.' Her blue eyes gazed at Alice and Aqua dancing around a mirror with Len and Mimi beside them playing with a towel. 'I have lives that are counting on me to give them the best.' Jessie finished packing her clothes and smiled at her team. "Is everyone ready to go in?" A unanimous cheer signaled the pokemon's excitement and Jessie opened the screen door.
The group excitedly ran towards the hot spring baths and joined the other pokémon, Jessie smiled and walked towards the shower and faucets to wash her hair. Already seated were Raye and Mya; the latter rinsing off soap from a Riolu. Spotting the pokémon, Jessie sat beside Mya.
"Is this little one yours Mya?"
"Yes he is." The coordinator smiled; she turned the shower head off and shielded herself as the small pokémon shook itself dry. "Jessie, meet Mako. Mako, say hi." The Riolu placed one paw behind him and slightly bowed, Jessie clapped as the pokémon looked towards his trainer. "You're done sir. Have fun with the others." Mya kissed the pokémon on his forehead and he walked over to the others.
"He's so mannerly."
"I got him right before we left Sinnoh, however he was shut off from me so during my training over here we had some time together to fully understand each other. It was amazing." Mya grabbed the shower head and aimed it towards her head. As she turned it on Jessie looked over to Raye and stared in awe as the woman rinsed the conditioner off her extremely long hair, she then placed her hair in a ponytail and wrapped it around until it became a large half bun.
"I can't believe you did that with ease Raye."
The pale woman looked over to the coordinator, she blushed. "I had to adapt, I really love my hair like this." She got up and walked towards the hot spring bath.
"She's so mysterious." Jessie commented as she began washing her hair. After an hour of both washing her pokémons' furs and washing her tresses, the magentette rinsed her hair and looked in the mirror; her hair has grown past her shoulders while her fringe also grew a bit to cover parts of her forehead. She passed her hands through her hair once and rose up from the sitting stools; grabbing a towel, Jessie walked towards the bath where she saw Raye shivering in a corner with her face turned to the wall and Mya patting her back.
"What's happening here?" The magentette asked, entering the warm water and taking a spot next to Lita.
Said woman replied. "Mariah suddenly had inspiration to create more clothing designs for us and wanted our body measurements; however instead of using measuring tapes like a normal person, she decided to pounce on them like a Liepard and massage their breasts."
The red head smiled. "Not just the chest area, I got everyone's natural waist sizes and shoulder lengths as well."
The purple haired woman smirked and looked at Jessie. "She got all of us and you're probably next."
Jessie's face turned blue and she looked at Lita. "So why are you not fazed by the attack?"
"I don't mind women I know touching my body." Lita shrugged her shoulders. "Especially since I know how spontaneous Red can be when her creative imagination takes over."
Mariah suddenly jumped onto Jessie and began moving her hands all over the coordinator's body; water splashing around and the other two women looked on at the display.
"AT LEAST DON'T TOUCH THAT AREA! AH! WHY IS THIS NECESSARY?!"
The red head's ahoge twitched and she stood up. "My work here is done. I might add; your chest is slightly larger for women your height."
Jessie blushed, Mariah continued. "However the biggest size still goes to our Raye! Mighty fine and legendary."
Mya walked over and threw her towel over Mariah's face. "Enough talks about chest sizes, you sound like a pervy old man."
Raye also walked over with her hands up. "Revenge." She began tickling Mariah and the contagious laughter made the other women joined in.
Lita stretched her arms and smiled. "So what's the plan for tomorrow ladies?"
"Absolutely nothing." Jessie commented. "I just want to sleep in and eat at the hotel's buffet all day."
"I second this." Mya added. "This trip has been so tiring and being in my pajamas is all I want to do."
"Slumber party in Jessie and Raye's room!" Mariah shouted out, wrapped in a towel and holding Raye's arm. The latter nodding in agreement.
The women finished up in the bath house and flew back to Slateport to partake in their party. As they were walking towards the hotel, Jessie was trailing further away from the group in deep thought; her fingers intertwined with one another and her eyes focused on her feet. Her chin was then lifted up and she was faced with her rival whom looked worried.
"You seemed down on the way back from the hot springs, are you OK?"
"Does someone need their asses beat tonight?" Lita asked with her arms crossed, Raye's eyebrow began to turn down.
Jessie held up her hands. "No no, everything with James went by perfectly. I'm just thinking of something he said."
"In a good or bad way?"
"It's good, I just needed to make sure of something." The magentette smiled. "You all don't have to worry about me, it's slumber party night so let's get some drinks and have fun." Jessie ran in front of the group and was about to enter the hotel however a man walked out and blocked her way, she stopped immediately before running into him.
"I'm sorry, I really need to look where I'm going." Jessie apologized and looked at the male before her, she gasped and stepped back when she realized who was in front of her.
The brown haired coordinator smiled and waved his hand. "Jessie, nice seeing you again. Congrats on winning the contest."
The magentette's face began flaring up and her heart rate accelerated as she continued looking at the man before her.
"Um, Jess…are you OK?"
In response, Jessie immediately gripped his free hand. Her face was to the ground as she tried to control her breathing. Magenta locks then sprung up and her blue eyes focused on the person in front. "Astin, we need to talk."
I planned and will include people from the LGBTQ community (Lita +) and people of color (Mya +). It will show in time. Now, time for a music session. Like, Follow and Review my lovely reader! See you soon ^_^.