Hello! It is the 28th and I am back with a new chapter. I wrote this one pretty late in the month but since the middle of May I knew that I was going to tackle this storyline because I have been writing a lot of things to do with Sammy, Justin's boyfriend of nearly a decade, as of late! At the beginning of the year, my best friend and I came up with a new character, a long-lost relative for Sammy. This here is the letter that Rey absorbs of that relative reaching out to Sammy. I hope you enjoy! And no doubt will I end up including him in Pikachu Tales as well :P

Disclaimer: I own the story and the OCs mentioned!

Dear Mommy,

How unusual for me to see in my mind's eye a bunch of words from a screen rather than someone putting pen to paper! Nevertheless, this is a letter that keeps coming to my mind and I cannot ignore it no matter how hard I try. I know it's not because of the uneasiness of the digital words and the notification. It might not be something that longs to be shared but it deserves to be felt. I feel it very strongly. So of course, I am sharing this with you too.

Dear Samuel,

I can't help but call you that even though I know you go by "Sammy" and you absolutely loathe being called your birth time. Both of those things are no secret. I know you go by "Sammy" now. You always have done and probably always will. Or at least, I think you do. Are you a "Sam" now? You've aged quite a lot since the two of us last spoke. You must be… nearly 30 by now? Jesus. You're a grown man. And you might be a "Sam". But you'll always be Sammy to me.

I don't know if you remember me. I can't make my mind up whether it will be for the better or for the worse if you do or you don't remember me. It's Jorginho here. I used to live with you and your family back in Hoenn. I was your cousin. I guess I still am your cousin.

In the opposite way to how even after all these years I can't help but tease you by calling you "Samuel", I can't seem to bring myself to call you my cousin or refer to myself as your cousin. It always felt like we were far more than that. When we strolled along the beaches and you asked me pedantic questions and somehow opened my mind, try as I might to keep my way of thinking as rigid as it always was, we felt closer than just that.

You will always be a brother to me. And in truth, I've thought about contacting you for years but I've always lost my nerve. I hope this actually is you! I hope it is you and that you are the Sammy Taylor that I am looking for. How embarrassing would that be if I've got it wrong?

I think you are you though. Judging by the photo attached to your profile, you still have that same smile that could be used to enrage your enemies and send your loved ones into a complete pool of love. You have a bit more of the skin ink going on than I would've imagined! Piercings too. But it's still you. Yes, it looks like you. And I hope it is you.

How have you been? I hope you do remember me. I know years upon years have passed and I'm doubtful whether I actually will appear in any of your memories. You must have been… About eight the last time that the two of us had any sort of contact with each other. The last reaching out to one and other was done by putting pen to paper. Now it is being put forth by me by typing. How grown up! I suppose the both of us are pretty grown up by now.

I want to know all about you. But to make sure you know that it really is me, I've attached photos of the two of us when we were younger and a photo of me now. And I will tell you about what I've been up to.

Well, when you and your family – my family, too – moved from Hoenn to Alola, I headed off to Kanto in order to study to become a doctor. Do you remember this? I wrote to you frequently still while I was at school. My method of training was not exactly typical and I am ashamed to say that I got involved with some pretty corrupt people. But we don't need to go into that. I'm not that person anymore. I'm no longer 20. I know you aren't either.

It's hard to believe that I missed out on all of those young years of you. And you being you, I know that you are a bit of a golden boy too but you probably found yourself into some mischief one way or another!

After doing some shady work for a number of years, I'm now pleased to say that I ended up getting quite an unusual degree combination which allows me to heal both young children and young baby Pokémon too – as well as a few older creatures here and there. I would like to tell you about that if you would like to hear about it. It's been some of the most fulfilling times of my life. But it cannot compare to when you and I were both a lot younger and so very carefree.

I never stopped thinking about you, Sammy, and wondering what you got up to. It seems by your profile that you've done pretty well for yourself and I'm not surprised to see you're still into acting and performing as you always did when you were just a little boy. You were always going to put your dramatic flair to good use! I mean that in a good way, I promise.

I wish that I could've been there since the beginning. And I wish that I could say that I tried my hardest to keep in contact with you but the truth is that I allowed months and eventually years to pass by and I believed that the silence should remain. It would be too weird to pick back up again as if we had never left off.

I never would have dreamed of doing what I'm doing now. But like I keep saying, I am older and you've been on my mind recently more so than ever. I wish to know the man you've become. I can see some details here and there but I would love to know more about your life. What keeps you alive. What makes you come alive. Your hardest moments. Your triumphs. Your downfalls.

I know you aren't likely to give all that up immediately to practically a stranger but I hope that we can become familiar with each other once again and maybe even see each other in the flesh too and really pick up where we left off. Too much time has been lost. But I would very much like to make up for it now.

If this really is Sammy and you remember me and you would like to reconnect then I would be overjoyed. If it is you and you remember me but you don't wish to reconnect then that's fine too. At least I know that I have tried. At least I know that I would have tried just the one fateful time.

We go way back, you and I. And we may just be cousins but your blood still runs in my veins. And I would like nothing more than to revisit those old times that we shared and perhaps make new memories too.

Either way, it's your call. Thank you for hearing me out. I wish you nothing but the best in life, no matter what.

I hope to hear from you soon. Take care,

From your old compadre,

Jorginho. Or Jorge. Or Jin. Whatever it is that you prefer, Samuel (!)

There you go! Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed :) So yes, I won't spoil too much about who Jorginho is and it is stated that he is a cousin but it's a little bit more complicated than that. I think you can see his teasing nature shine through here, and hopefully his stoic acceptance as well. I think that Sammy's dramatic, occasionally stroppy character needs a level-headed, action taking guider and Jorginho will definitely be that for him! And was like that for him when they were younger. I wonder what corrupt people Jorginho got involved with? It couldn't be an organisation with R's on their uniform, could it? :P Thanks again for reading and I will be back again on Wednesday with Pikachu Tales so see you then!

Amy signing out :)