Chapter 3: Taking a bath

After Nurse Joy finished the check up and healed some minor wounds, Jess let us out of our Pokéballs again.

"I've already had dinner in the meantime, but I brought you some Pokéfood" She held a bag with Pokéfood in her hands. "Let's go Upstairs first, I need to change my clothes and then I'll take a bath.

We went upstairs (climbing stairs isn't as easy when you're so small) where Jess was looking for her room. She finally found it and unlocked the door. The room was really big, and had a nice smell. From the big window you had a great look over Cherrygrove City. In the corner there was a soft bed made ready. Several wardrobes were standing on the wall next to the door. Another door led to the bathroom, which had a toilet, a bathtub, a shower and a washbowl with a mirror hanging above it. Jess closed the door behind her and tossed her backpack onto the bed.

"So alright, I'll go take a bath, You want to join me Nick?"

Wait, what? I asked in surprise.

What's your problem? You're a Water-Type, so go and enjoy your bath, I don't really like water, being a fire type...

That's not the problem. It's...I'll see her naked

And what's the problem about that? You're naked as well, and what's the big difference, she's still the same person with or without clothes, I wonder why humans even wear clothes?

'Looks like Travis doesn't really get my point, but he's also right. Maybe I should stop thinking like a human...'

In the meantime Jess had gone to the bathroom and turned on the water to fill the bathtub. I looked around in the room. Inside one of the wardrobes I found a small mirror. I took it and inspected my face, as I couldn't see it last time I explored my new body. My face was completely covered in white fur. On top of my head there were two spiky ears covered in blue fur. My nose was big and oval shaped with a light-brown colour. My pupils were black, below my eyes there were some black dots that looked a little like freckles. My teeth were also sharper than before. 'I really look like an Oshawott...' I put the mirror back and went to the bathroom. Jess was just about to get undressed. I tried to not look too much in her direction, instead I hopped on the edge of the bathtub and watched the water-level rise. After a while, it was high enough and Jess climbed into the bathtube, turning the water off. I carefully climbed into the bathtube as well. The water was really comfortable. I laid myself on my back and let myself drift in the water, trying not to think about anything else now. I soon got tired of just drifting, so I used my tail as a paddle to speed up a little. That mad me wonder how fast I could swim. A bathtube was just a little too small to test this. Then I got another idea. Watertypes are able to breathe underwater...so I could maybe try that. I dived underwater to test my theory. It actually worked. I could breathe underwater. That's soo cool. I returned to the surface. Jess smiled at me.

"Having fun?"

I nodded. Yes I do. Not caring that she didn't understand me.

Who would have thought that being a Pokémon could be so much fun? And I didn't even do that much, just some battles, eating and taking a bath is everything you need to be happy...

After the bath, Jess gave us the Pokéfood, she mentioned earlier. Travis already seemed to know that kind of food, as he used to live in Professor Elms lab before. I was skeptical at first, but when I took the first bite, I realised that it was actually really tasty, so I ate as much as I could. Jess soon went to bed. Travis hopped onto the bed and gestured me to do so as well.

She always wants me to sleep in her sleeping bag because I'm so warm and cuddly. He explained.

She really likes cuddling, does she?

Better get used to it. he giggled.

'Well better this way than having a trainer who doesn't love you at all.' I thought and crawled under the blanket.