It was just about seven-thirty in the morning when Gardevoir slowly began to blink awake. It took her a few seconds to wake up enough to get her bearings. When she did she realized they were still in the room they rented at the Pokémon Center, and she was still laying in a sleeping bag on the floor cuddled into Brennan.
Without moving much, she looked up towards his face. He was still sleeping. A small smile crept onto her face when she saw this. She thought he looked cute. She could feel that he was relaxed, which was a good thing. It meant he wasn't having a nightmare, or something.
She looked back down, relaxing, herself as she did. A small content breath escaped her as she once again closed her eyes. She knew, to be on the safe side incase one of the others woke up, she should probably pull away from Brennan and not be cuddled against him, but she really didn't want to do that.
She definitely was content with the way things were. Regardless of whether they were laying in an expensive comfortable bed in a mansion, or a pile of hay in an old barn, if she was with Brennan, she was happy. And practically being able to use him as a pillow helped her, too.
She continued to lay there for several more minutes before she began to feel Brennan stir. He moved just a little bit, looping his arm back around her waist as he did, before once again settling and becoming still. She was somewhat caught off guard by this, but at the same time, had to bite her bottom lip knowing that even in his sleep, he still knew enough that she was there that he wanted to make sure she was still close to him. It was small, but she did have to admit... it aroused her a little.
She lay there, staring at her sleeping lover, continuing to bite her lip as she did. Feeling his hand on her body, and being so close to him, it was beginning to make her ache. She tried to ignore the feeling, but it was definitely hard.
She finally decided that laying there wasn't going to do her any good. So instead, she gently took hold of Brennan's arm and moved it off of her, before pushing the top of her sleeping bag off of her thin body, and sitting up. She looked around the decently sized Pokémon Center room, taking in all the still sleeping faces spread out around it. At least everyone was still sleeping. That was good at least.
After sitting there for several minutes, she finally stood up, grabbing her dress before making her way to the bathroom and shutting the door behind her. She had changed out of it and into her pajamas the previous night. She figured maybe an early morning shower and getting changed may help keep her mind off of her... situation.
After laying her dress down on the very marble looking sink, she stood in front of the large bathroom mirror just staring at herself. She began to strip out of her oversized pajamas, before once again going back to staring at herself.
She knew Brennan loved her. He tells her everyday. But she still just didn't understand why. She had asked him, but still never got his answer. Her thin, pasty body wasn't anything to ride home about. She didn't feel like her breasts were, either, and everyone seemed to be infatuated with them for some reason.
She eventually shook her head before turning and heading towards the shower. She pulled back the curtain, staring at the knobs for several seconds. They were different from the ones back at the apartment. After contemplating her next move, she finally began to twist them. To her surprise, she actually got the water to come on. After her success in that regard, she moved onto the next knob. The water was on, now all she needed to do was to get the shower on.
She felt kind of dumb as she stood there messing around with the knobs. It was just a shower. She felt like she should know how to get things right just for the simple fact that it's not hard to figure out. But she had grown so used to already knowing exactly where to position the knobs at Brennan's apartment to get things just the way she wanted them, this was... different.
After twisting the middle knob, the water began to rain down from the shower head. A small smile made its way onto her face after. She stuck her hand under the water before almost immediately pulling it back. The water was freezing cold. She let out a somewhat frustrated humph as she stared at the knobs.
She continued to mess with them for several more minutes, her frustration building the longer she did, before she finally got it to where the water was to her liking. That was a relief. Deciding that she didn't want to waste anymore time, she quickly climbed in, letting the now warm water rain down upon her.
She stood there letting the water hit and run down her body, a soft moan escaping her lips as she did. She always enjoyed this part. It was like, just for a few minutes, she could wash her problems away. It was kinda relaxing.
After feeling like she had given the water enough time to soak her thin, pale body, she began looking around the equally as pale shower for soap. Sitting on a small ledge were a couple of small bars of complementary soap, and a couple equally as small bottles of shampoo and conditioner. Again, they weren't what she was used to back at the apartment, but she could make do with it. It was a Pokémon Center. She couldn't expect too much.
She grabbed the soap and began to wash her body. She just wished Brennan was in there with her to help her. Sure, even though her psychic had been weakened due to what had happened, she still had enough power to use it to wash her back. But still. Having Brennan in there, rubbing his hands all over her wet body, soaping it up...
Gardevoir's thoughts froze as she felt herself begin to bite her bottom lip. She slowly looked down to where her hand was, realizing it was just a few sure inches away from her slit. It sure managed to travel whilst she had been lost in thought.
She stood there, still, debating on what she should do. She got up out of the comfort of Brennan's arms to come take a shower and get away from her surprisingly perverted thoughts. But it seemed like all she was doing was making her... problem worse.
It had now been over a week since the last time her and Brennan had had sex, and she had been aching for it again. Since they had been together, this had been the longest in between time they had had, and she had just gotten so used to them doing it enough to fulfill her needs, that this sudden absence of it was making things a lot harder than they should be.
She very gently began to run the soap up and down against the front of her right leg, before slowly moving her way towards her thigh. She didn't know why she was so desperate for it, but she was.
Just the thought of feeling him make love to her again was making her wet, and it wasn't because of the shower water, either.
But what really made things worse was now they were on vacation with everyone and they couldn't do it. That realization alone hurt her. She was craving him so much, but couldn't do anything about it. What she did know though was she was going to have to relieve herself before they left for the beach. There was no way she could get in a a bathing suit and go spend time there feeling the way she currently was.
She slowly began to loosen her grip on the small bar of soap, before letting it fall out of her hand and down the floor of the shower, ignoring it as the water pulled it towards the drain.
She continued to rub her soapy thigh, helping the water wash her off. She let out a soft moan as her hand got closer to her entrance. After the soap was gone, she slowly ran her finger right in between her slit, letting out a low gasp as she did.
Stopping at her clit momentarily, she gave it a few short rubs with her finger, before running it back down to the bottom. Her breathing began to turn short and heavy, as she once again ran it back up towards her clit.
This isn't exactly how she imagined finally reliving herself, but it did feel nice. Her pace slowly became more steady, now introducing a second finger to help rub the outside of her aching womanhood. And finally, after feeling like she had teased herself long enough, she was getting ready to plummet her fingers inside when...
Knock Knock Knock*
"Hey Gardevoir, are you in there? Do you mind if I come in and use the restroom?" Luna called from the outside of the door, she sounded like it was really an emergency. Letting out a gasp, Gardevoir pulled her fingers away from herself in frustration.
"V-Voir." She finally replied, her voice sounding pretty shaky as she did. After, she heard the door open and Luna rush in, closing it back behind her.
"I'm sorry for bothering you, but this will only take a minute." She apologized as she made her way towards the toilet. She was pretty embarrassed about this. She didn't want to intrude on her, but she knew she wasn't going to be able to hold it in until Gardevoir was done.
The now frustrated and still unrelieved Pokémon stood in the shower, tuning out Luna's tinkle. The only thing she could think about at that moment was taking care of her problem.
Luna, however, was right when she told her it wouldn't take long. She was done in a mere thirty seconds, or so, having flushed the toilet and was already washing her hands.
"Sorry for bothering you again, Gardevoir." She apologized very sheepishly once more. Even in her current state, it really wasn't hard for Gardevoir to hear the embarrassment in her voice.
After hearing the bathroom door open, before shutting again, Gardevoir let out a deep breath as she stared back down towards her biggest problem right now. Even though she felt like she really needed this right now, Luna's interruption really just turned her off from wanting to do it.
And even though she knew she would probably regret ignoring it later, she finished washing herself before turning the water off and climbing out of the shower. She had been in there a pretty long time and figured if the others were already up like Luna was, they were probably wondering what she was doing.
After drying off, she quickly threw her dress on before gathering her discarded pajamas and exiting the bathroom. To her surprise, most of the others were still sleeping. Luna being the only one that was actually awake. She offered the Pokémon a somewhat sheepish smile as she floated towards Brennan's bag.
"Good morning, Gardevoir. I didn't get to say that earlier." She let a somewhat low laugh as she did. She was trying to make herself feel less awkward.
"Gardevoir." Gardevoir replied, forcing a smile on her own face, and looking towards the blue haired girl.
"Sorry again about earlier. I didn't mean to barge in on you." She once again apologized after staying silent a few seconds.
"Gardevoir. Garde." The Pokemon assured her that it was okay. She didn't care about her coming in and using the bathroom, her main issue was being interrupted before she could take care of herself. But she couldn't tell her that. Luna once again smiled, taking what Gardevoir had said as a good sign.
"So I thought maybe once we get all of these sleepyheads up we could get some breakfast on the way to the beach," the way she seamlessly changed the subject, her happy mood returning, was both strange and impressive to Gardevoir, "What do you think?"
Gardevoir nodded in response to her question. Breakfast did sound good at that moment. Maybe eating something would change her mood, especially after the morning she had had so far.
"Great! It's almost eight-thirty now, so maybe we should start trying to get them up," The way Luna said it made it sound like it was more of a suggestion, when in reality she already knew she was going to start trying to get everyone up. She was excited and ready to get their fun filled day started.
Gardevoir continued to stick her pajamas back into Brennan's bag, before looking down towards her still sleeping lover. She thought he looked so cute in his sleep. Heck, she thought he looked cute regardless.
She floated over to him before getting down on her knees next to him. She once again bit her bottom lip as she stared down at his still sleeping form. The dirty thoughts that were currently playing in Gardevoir's mind weren't helping her any. She eventually shook her head, before finally resting a gently hand on his shoulder as she began to lightly shake him.
"Gardevoir," she spoke softly, trying to wake him up. He slightly stirred a bit, but quickly became still again. "Gardevoir," She repeated, this time a little louder than the last. Again, still, nothing. A slight frown took over her face as she continued to stare down at him.
"Lane! Wake up!" Luna exclaimed, violently shaking her boyfriend as he did. The sudden screaming made Gardevoir jump.
"GAHHH!!" Lane exclaimed in surprise, jolting awake and shooting up as he looked around the room in a panic. "What was that for?!" He asked, looking towards Luna, who had a smile on her face.
"I tried waking you up nicely, but you wouldn't budge. I'm sorry for having to become your alarm." She explained herself in a rather relaxed tone. One almost as if she didn't just almost give her boyfriend a heart attack.
Luckily for them, though, the others had heard the commotion and were now stirring awake. This included Brennan, who began to move around, getting the still slightly surprised Gardevoir to look down at him. He tiredly blinked awake, almost immediately locking eyes with his girlfriend.
"Good morning." He said, his tone matching his tired appearance, as he sat up and stretched.
"Gardevoir." She replied, a more genuine smile returning to her face as she did.
"What's all the yelling about?" Brennan asked, looking towards Luna as he did.
"Blaziken." The tired Blaziken added, as he pushed himself up with his elbows, looking towards the blue-haired human.
"Oh, I was just waking Lane up. He's a pretty heavy sleeper." She replied very nonchalantly. Lane seemed very annoyed by this. That much was obvious.
"Not THAT heavy of a sleeper." The sound of his response definitely matched the way he looked. Luna let out a little giggle before kissing his cheek.
"Now that everyone is awake, what do you say about stopping for breakfast on our way to the beach?" She stood back up from the edge of the bed as she spoke. Everyone gave some sort of grumbled response. They were all still too tired to sound extremely happy about it.
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After giving everyone enough time to wake up and get situated, they all began to get ready to go.
Luckily for them it didn't take too long for everyone to get ready, especially considering not all of them needed bathing suits.
After everyone was ready, they gathered what they were going to be needing and headed out. Their plan was to spend a good few hours at the beach enjoying themselves and having fun, and then coming back to the Pokémon Center to rest up, before heading back out to catch the ferry through routes 109, 108, and 107 to Dewford town.
They knew the ferry ride alone was going to take a couple of days to get them to their destination, but they were going to enjoy themselves in the meantime. Then once they made it to Dewford Town, it was still at least half a days walk to where his parents lived, so depending on what time they got in on the Ferry, that was going to mean they were probably going to have to camp out a night, hence why they brought their camping equipment with them.
But all the travel was going to be worth it. Brennan hadn't seen his parents in awhile, so he was pretty excited for that. He also had introducing them to Gardevoir and Pichu, and like he had said before, he knew they were going to love them like he did.
The group finally headed out of the Pokémon Center and began their walk back towards the diner they had eaten at the night before. Lane had brought up the fact that they did have a list of breakfast items on their menu, and they all enjoyed the dinner they had the night before, so they figured it was worth a try.
The only thing was, they realized real quick just how hot it was today. They knew the walk was going to be miserable, but they had the beach to look forward to. Going for a swim should help.
Brennan and Gardevoir tailed behind the rest of the group like they had done the night before. As they made their way back down the trail they had gone down before, Brennan looked over towards his girlfriend as she glided along side of him.
She was currently wearing the thin, lime green hoodie she had gotten during their first shopping trip. She was also wearing a red swim cover that had white flowers sprinkled all over it. That was to, of course, cover her swim suit until they got to the beach.
For some reason, Brennan had yet to even see her swim suit. Luna had taken her to pick it out just a couple of weeks before hand, but she never showed it to him. Even after he asked her what it looked like, she avoided his question. It was pretty weird that she had been so secretive about it. Even somehow managing to hide it from him, even though it had been packed away with the rest of their things in his backpack. Either way, he didn't make a big deal out of it. If she liked it, that's all that mattered. He'd see it when they got to the beach.
Brennan was wearing his swim trunks that were black with yellow lightning designs zig zagging all over them. They were pretty simple. He had also thrown on a random tee shirt to wear until they got there. It was white and said "It's no use!" in light blue letters with yellow outlines. Gardevoir had no clue what it meant, but figured there wasn't any point in questioning it.
"So... the floor wasn't so bad last night. I mean, after we got comfortable at least." Brennan commented, trying to spark up a conversation with her. She looked over at him, nodding in agreement. Cuddled into him, she was comfortable. Floor, or not.
"Gardevoir." She replied, grabbing ahold of his hand as she did. He smiled at her as they intertwined their fingers. They hadn't passed any other trainers yet, so they figured they could get away with some hand holding, not like they hadn't done it in public before.
Regardless of the heat, luckily for them, the walk to the diner didn't seem like it took as long as it did from there to the Pokémon Center the previous night. Lane was especially happy about that. Once they reached the diner, they headed inside, managing to get the same table they had sat at the previous night. But even though they didn't get the same waitress from the night before, they got one just as friendly, which was nice.
But what really surprised them, even though they had to place a ridiculously large order for everyone that was currently sat around the table, they still managed to get their food out to them in a surprisingly quick manner. And, on top of that, the breakfast was a lot better than the dinner they had last night. The diner definitely was a good choice.
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After everyone finished their breakfast, the group finally headed towards the beach, ready for their relaxing day of fun. Gardevoir was at least a little excited, she had never been to the beach before.
The walk from the diner to the beach was only about twenty minutes, so it wasn't too bad. The first thing the group noticed upon their arrival was just how many people were there. That was a given. The beach was a pretty popular spot.
Gardevoir looked around in a somewhat nervous awe at all the trainers' and their Pokémon that were currently swimming, playing in the sand, or just laying out relaxing. It was definitely a sight to behold.
As the group made their way onto the beach, they began to look around for a spot to set up their stuff, which seemed like it was going to be a feat in itself. It was barley after ten o'clock, and even though the left decently early and it didn't take them long to eat their breakfast, they still weren't able to beat the apparent rush that the beach brought in.
It took several minutes of walking around, but they did finally manage to find a spot that wasn't right on top of another group of people, and it was in a pretty good spot, too. It wasn't too close to the water, but it wasn't too far away either. It was nice.
After finding their spot, they began to set up their things. Luna had brought a decent sized umbrella to stick into the sand so they would have at least a little shade. Brennan was shocked at the fact that she had managed to fit it into her bag without him even noticing it. Either way, she stuck it into the ground, shading their small area.
"Now! Let's go have fun!" She exclaimed in a very excited, childlike tone. Brennan let out a little chuckle as she did.
"Alright, you guys can go play, but don't wander too far— stay in sight." Brennan said pretty sternly, looking around at his Pokémon. They all nodded at their trainer, before heading off to do their own things.
"I'm going to go get in the water!" Luna said happily. "Come on, Lane!" She tried dragging her boyfriend along with her, but was struggling.
"I'm going to hang out here a few minutes. I'll meet you over there." He replied, dropping down onto his towel that now rested in the sand as he did. Luna shrugged.
"Okay. Suit yourself." She said, before quickly stripping out of the clothes she wore to cover her swimsuit. The swimsuit she wore was somewhat of a tight fit. The bottoms snuggly clung to her hips, while the top slightly pushed up on her breasts. It wasn't bad, or honestly all that revealing, but it didn't take long for the horny eyes of other beach pedestrians to fall onto her.
She happily made her way towards the water oblivious to the attention she was drawing. Someone who did notice though was Lane. He let out a low growl, non too happy with the way these guys were staring at his girlfriend. He stood up, storming towards the water.
"Where you going?" Brennan asked, obviously knowing where he was going.
"To get in the water." Lane replied back, hurrying his pace towards his girlfriend. Brennan and Gardevoir sat underneath the umbrella watching as Lane finally caught up to Luna just as she reached the water. She smiled widely, grabbing his arm as she pulled him in. The guys that had been gawking at her seemed to have realized it too, finally looking away in disappointment.
"Man, I think if it came down to it, Lane and I could have taken a couple of those guys." Brennan commented. Gardevoir let out a little giggle.
"Gardevoir." She replied. "I know you could have." was what she said. Brennan looked over, offering her a small smile as he did.
"So... when are you going to show me your bathing suit?" He asked, noticing the fact that she was still wearing her jacket and swim cover. A light blush formed on her face as she looked away from him. Brennan raised an eyebrow, before leaning back, propping himself up with his elbows, continuing to stare at his girlfriend.
Gardevoir stood up, grabbing the zipper to her jacket as she did. Brennan watched her, expectantly as she slowly began to unzip it. Once she finally had it unzipped, she slid her arms out of the sleeves, before discarding it down onto her towel. After, she grabbed the sides of her cover up, pushing it down, before allowing it to fall to the ground. Brennan was left somewhat surprised as his girlfriend now stood in front of him in the bathing suit she had been hiding.
The top and bottom were both about the same color green as the sleeves on her dress. The bathing suit was rather small, and honestly showed just a little more than Brennan would have liked, BUT she looked really good in it. The way the ties for the sides of her bottoms rested gently against her pale hips, and the top straps wrapped smoothly over her shoulders, being tied in the back— her spike also poked through perfectly between each breast pad, the small bridge keeping the two pieces together being pushed down ever so slightly by it. She stood in silence, waiting for him to say something. It took a minute, but he finally did.
"You look... amazing, Gardevoir." He was still in a state of awe as he stared up at her. She did look great. He was going to have to thank Luna again for taking her to pick out her bathing suit. Gardevoir's cheeks burned just a light shade of pink as she smiled down at him.
"Gardevoir. Garde." She spoke somewhat timidly as she dropped back down to her knees, staring down at him. She told him she was glad that he liked it.
"But just out of curiosity, why were you hiding it from me? I mean, it's not a big deal, or anything. I'm just... curious." He figured at this point, it was okay to ask her again.
"Gardevoir. Garde. Voir." Her explanation was she wanted it to be a surprise. She thought that it was kinda silly saying it out loud, but still. Plus, she was kind of worried about him not liking it. Which she really shouldn't have been worrying about, but still.
"Well, I'd say the surprise was worth it." Brennan's comment made her light up. She really was happy that he liked it. She liked it too, but his opinion about things really mattered to her. "So, how about we go for a swim? See your new swim suit in action." Gardevoir liked that idea. She smiled and nodded in response.
After, they both climbed up to their feet before heading towards the water.
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The pair swam around for several minutes, even joining Lane and Luna at one point. Luna had been climbing around on Lane's back, causing him to have to fight to stay above water. But he couldn't be annoyed with her. She was having a good time, and so was he.
A game of chicken was played at one point, too. Gardevoir and Luna perching themselves on the shoulders of Brennan and Lane. It was a hard fought bout, but thanks to a little trickery by Gardevoir, she and Brennan ended up taking the win.
After swimming around for close to half an hour, they finally decided to get out for a few minutes, walking back towards their small set up.
Blaziken and Delphox hadn't been sitting too far away from it, playing in the sand with little Pichu. The small mouse Pokémon was having a blast, occasionally letting out little happy cries when one of the evolved Pokémon would do something funny.
Roserade and Sandslash had joined in on a game of catch with Mightyena, taking turns throwing his tennis ball and letting him catch it.
Meanwhile, Machamp, being the sports lover that he is, joined in on a game of volleyball with a few other Trainers. It was him and two blonde girls that had to be mid twenties, taking on three guys about the same age that were clearly jocks. Brennan watched as one of them hit the ball up and over the net, it not making it far before Machamp quickly spiked it back over and back over the net, scoring his team another point.
"Give up yet?" One of the girls called in a friendly-mocking way.
"Just because you guys are, like, twenty points ahead of us doesn't mean we can't come back!" The guy who was the cause of Machamp's latest point called back, clearly not taking losing well. Brennan got a good chuckle out of that.
He finally turned his attention back towards his girlfriend as they made it back to the umbrella. Brennan grabbed his towel and began to dry himself off some, the sun doing most of the work for him on their short walk back over there.
"I'm going to run to the bathroom real quick. You going to be okay for minute?" He asked. Gardevoir smiled and nodded before grabbing her own towel and spreading it back out in the sun just out from underneath the umbrella. She was going to lay out for a couple of minutes and dry off. Brennan smiled at this. "Alright, just don't stay out there too long, you'll get burned." He said, not wanting her to have to suffer through the horrors of sunburn.
"Gardevoir." She replied, lowering herself down to her knees, before finally laying down on her stomach, folding her hands under her cheek in front of her. Brennan shook his head in amusement at this, before finally walking away and towards the bathrooms.
Laying out in the sun was something Gardevoir had done before, but never to this extent. In some cases, like at that particular moment, it was relaxing. It didn't take too long before the sun had completely dried her off, either.
But unbeknownst to her, there was someone nearby that had been watching her for several minutes now. Someone that she was familiar with, but at the same time, she wasn't. He finally decided to make his move now that she was alone. He figured it was probably his best shot, too.
He managed to get over to her, stopping right at her side. She hadn't heard him approach, but after several seconds, she knew someone was standing there. She forced herself to look up, spotting him staring down at her with somewhat of a smirk.
"Gallade." He spoke in a very flirtatious, but still douchey tone. Gardevoir instantly began to feel uneasy. She pushed herself up onto her knees, flashing an annoyed glare towards him. "Gal-lade. Gallade?" He rubbed her cheek this time. She immediately smacked his hand away, causing him to frown.
"Gardevoir. Garde. Voir." She replied, clearly annoyed at this point.
"Gallade. Gall. Ade." The Gallade spoke once again, this time he asked her if she wanted to head to the far side of the beach where no one was at.
"Garde." She instantly shook her head in disgust, causing the Gallade to frown again. At this point, the same spiky haired man from the previous night walked up and joined his Gallade.
"Come on sweetheart, show my boy a good time 'ere. He deserves it after that last battle he won." The man spoke, praising his Gallade. Gardevoir began to move back at this point, even though she was disgusted by this situation, she was even more uneasy. These two gave her really bad vibes. However, they didn't seem like they were going to give up that easy. "How 'bout just a quickie to relieve his stress? It'll be done before your trainer even realizes you're gone." He spoke once again, this infuriated Gardevoir. But she didn't even get to do anything before the Gallade once again went to rub her cheek.
"Voir!" She exclaimed, once again smacking his hand away. Her scream got Blaziken's attention.
"Blaziken." He told Delphox to watch Pichu, before standing up and heading over to the scene. He shoved the Gallade back as soon as he got close enough to. Gardevoir stared up at Blaziken in the most thankful way possible. "Blaziken. Blaze?" He asked, anger present in his voice. The spiky haired trainer let out a chuckle before saying anything.
"My Boy Gallade is just trying to make his move in this very beautiful Gardevoir here. Everything is alright. So you can go back to playing in the sand, or whatever." He said. Blaziken shook his head.
"Blaziken. Blaziken. Blaze-I-Ken." He replied, motioning towards Gallade, and then pointing behind them telling the pair to get lost. Gallade didn't like that too much.
"Gallade. Gallade. Gall-ade." He said back, the anger now very apparent. He began to try and step around Blaziken to get to Gardevoir again, but didn't get far before two large, grey hands put a stop to it.
Machamp stood there, not very happy. He had seen the scene unfolding from where he was playing volleyball, and walked away mid game to come put a stop to it.
"Machamp. Champ. Machamp. Machamp." He said. He told the Gallade he was going to give him one chance to walk away before he folded him like a pretzel. Gallade stood still, moving his glare back and forth between Blaziken and Machamp. Gardevoir, who was now standing, stood behind the two larger Pokémon, as they made a barrier between her and Gallade.
"Hey! What's going on here?!" Brennan called as he quickly approached the scene. Gardevoir was so happy to see him at that moment that it wasn't even funny. He had been on his way back from the bathroom when Delphox ran up with Pichu and told him what was going on.
"Nothing, nothing. We were just leavin', right Gallade?" The spiky haired trainer said curiously, looking towards his Pokémon. Brennan didn't even give him time to respond before he spoke again.
"Yeah, you were." He said, stepping in front of his two Pokémon that were currently standing up for Gardevoir.
"Look, we don't want no trouble." Spiky hair said. Brennan was beyond furious at this point.
"Oh, you don't? If you didn't, you wouldn't have come over here and started harassing my Gardevoir." He said.
"Gallade here just wanted to wet his whistle a little and your Gardevoir caught his eye. That's it. They're just Pokémon, it's not a big deal." Spiky hair said. He clearly wasn't taking this seriously. He and this Gallade and pissed Brennan off so much that it wasn't even funny, now on top of that, he's standing there saying stupid stuff like this. But what he said next, THAT is what really sent Brennan off. "She looks like she could use it, too. Hell, maybe he'll put in egg in her and you'll hatch a shiny." Brennan balled his fist harder than he ever had before and went to swing it, but Luna intervened before he could. She grabbed his arms and tried to force them down to his side, pushing him back behind Blaziken and Machamp as she did.
"Walk away... NOW." Lane said as serious as he could. They had missed most of the scene, but did hear the last little bit. Spiky hair stared at him for several seconds before scoffing.
"Let's go. We'll find you another Gardevoir." He told his Gallade, before patting him on the chest with the back of his hand, telling him to get moving. Gallade continued to glare at Blaziken and Machamp for several more seconds, before finally turning and following his trainer. Brennan didn't take his eyes off the pair the entire time.
"You're lucky they were here!" Brennan called to spiky hair as he walked away. He, of course, ignored.
"Brennan, what was all of that?" Luna asked, clearly worried about the situation they just endured. That could have ended very badly, so she knew it was a good thing her and Lane got there when they did.
"Delphox told me they started harassing Gardevoir." Brennan replied, the anger still present in his voice. Luna looked over at Delphox, who nodded in response.
"They're... jerks." She said, shaking her head as she did. She was pretty angry about the situation, too.
"Gardevoir, are you okay?" Brennan asked, finally looking towards his girlfriend.
"Voir. Gardevoir. Garde." She nodded before telling him that Blaziken and Machamp stood up for her. Brennan looked towards his two largest Pokémon, offering them a curt nod as he did.
"Thank you. Both of you." He said.
"Blaziken."
"Machamp."
They had both said "You're welcome." After, Luna looked around again. "Okay, after that, I think we all just need to cool down for a few minutes." After, she walked towards the small cooler they had brought and pulled out some ice cream bars. "I was going to save these for later, but I think we could use them right about now."
As she began to hand out the ice cream bars, Gardevoir made her way over to Machamp and Blaziken. "Gardevoir. Gardevoir. Garde.", she thanked both of them, before giving them each a hug. She really did appreciate them standing up for her the way they did.
"Blaziken. Blaze. Blaziken. Blaziken." Blaziken spoke. He told her she didn't have to thank them, that she was their family, and of course they were going to look out for her. This, hearing this made Gardevoir almost break down into tears. She managed to refrain from doing that, but she was close. Just thinking about how far her and Blaziken had come was something amazing. He hated her at first, and now... they were family. It truly did make her happy.
After being joined by Roserade, Sandslash, and Mightyena, the group ate their ice creams, trying to relax from the situation they had just gone through. After they finished them, they went back to trying to have a good time. It was difficult, especially for Brennan, who still wanted to wrap his hands around spiky hair's throat, but Gardevoir was doing her best to try and keep his anger from exploding.
She couldn't cling to him like she wanted to, but resting her head on his shoulder every couple of minutes, and occasionally grabbing ahold of his hand seemed to be doing the trick, which she was happy about. She did know something that would really calm him down, but unfortunately, THAT was out of the question.
Either way, they still had a few hours before they were going to be heading back to the Pokémon Center, so she wanted to make sure he enjoyed it instead of being angry about that guy the whole time.