Pokémon Spring & Autumn, Volume 2

by ThuribleOD

Liam, a TCK Pokemon trainer at a small international school, juggles responsibility, romance, and the return of Team Power, a organization bent on bringing the Nanzo region under its thumb. Claire, the daughter of Team Power's Grandmaster, struggles to regain her father's confidence after her failure the previous spring. When their paths cross, their deepest convictions are tested.

26. Chapter 26

From: CassInTheCleods91

To:VengeanceOfSneasel

Subject: So….

Liam,

I hate to be the one to bring this up, but… it's probably better if we don't use terms like "love" when we email each other. It's not that I don't… well, we shouldn't encourage feelings that can't go anywhere.

Sorry to start off so awkward.

If I know anything about you, then you're angry because something is wrong and you want it to be right. That's a good thing. Well, it's not good to be angry. But I think what you really want is for people to do the right thing, and I, well, I like that about you, and I think other people should too.

I feel like I'm already not following my own advice. Oh well.

I went to Pinwheel Forest with some new friends from school last week. I managed to catch something I've wanted my whole life: a Whimsicott! It's so adorably fluffy. It reminds me of your Eevee. Unovan public school is really, really easy, by the way. I'm only taking honors classes and I'm still not challenged, like, at all. It makes me miss the teachers and classes at Everspring.

It's not all bad, though—I'm actually having a really good time! I really like my friends in Castelia. I've gotten a lot of badges and I'm keeping up with my plan to get them all before I graduate. The Unova League is pretty serious—I've been watching some of the champion's matches on TV, and she's tough! I think she'd make Silas sweat a little, even though she's younger than me.

Oh, and the food is so goooood. I'm getting fat on Unovan pizza, and I don't care.

I've been seeing the therapist a lot more about my cerebral palsy. It's really made me realize how much I was just coping back in Nanzo. I've gone back to using orthotics, which is super uncomfortable, but I can tell they're helping. I can't believe you let me climb up that mountainside back at the Orphanage with the way I was wobbling.

(Okay, so it was my idea, but still :P)

I'm gonna break my own rules again and say I miss you a lot.

Say hi to Taylor, Liz, Rebecca, and the whole Everspring gang from me,

Cass :)

P.S. I can't stop listening to Regina Spektor, so I don't have a song to share this time, but it's your fault for hooking me on her in the first place.