Chapter 2B
Brendan walked out of his house slowly, trying not to trip. With half his limbs moving to the command to another person, tripping would be a disaster. May had suggested using a long-necked sweater to muffle themselves when the other one had to speak, and currently he had muffled himself
As May reached her friends, he learned that their names were Paige and Holly. The three of them walked to the place, and May slowly tightened her sweater while loosening Brendan's. Paige looked at her curiously, and she just gave her a friendly wave to deter her. She quietly muttered "Ok Brendan, you can go now."
A boy named Ethan, which Brendan knew well, walked up to him. Oh great, May doesn't know him.
Ethan asked "Hey Brendan! You ready to get your pokemon?"
He felt himself say "I sure am... sorry I forgot your name. What was it again?" and regretted it. This would not go well.
"Really Brendan, you forgot Ethan? Did a pokemon cast Amnesia on you or something?"
"Uhh, amnesia is a self-inflicting move"
"Yeah, just jerking your chain. Anyways, i'm choosing Torchic as my starter." Brendan stiffled at this, realizing that May didn't know that he wanted Mudkip
"I'm choosing Mudkip, sounds like I have the advantage." As he heard this, Brendan silently cheered, the secret was safe.
"Yeah, I know. You've talked about it all year. I wanted to choose Treecko just to counter you, but... that Torchic's actually pretty nice."
As they rounded the corner, they saw the lab, and May loosened her sweater.
The professors had some small talk with them, and although Brendan knew he sounded a little stilted, the conversation went fine until the pokemon were ready. May was urged by her friends to choose the starter. He prayed that she would pick Mudkip, but then realized that she hesitated, which meant that she might not pick Mudkip. Before she could do anything else, Brendan grabbed Mudkip as May's hands went towards Mudkip as well. He signed relief, and noticed that on her end, Treecko was the pokemon chosen. Ethan, Holly, and Paige smiled brightly as they chose their respective pokemon, Paige picking Torchic and Holly picking Mudkip. As they gave nicknames, he realized they needed to talk quickly. He heard May say "... shoot I forgot their nickname, give me a second" and retreated into the corner, where she pulled out the phone.
Brendan typed in "I don't think we can name them differently. Whatever you name Treecko, I name Mudkip"
"But I don't have any names set for them. I just couldn't figure it out."
"Maybe Treekip? It combines both our pokemon names."
"Yes, that sounds right" she said.
"So Brendan, what will the nickname be?" asked the professor.
He smiled as May said for them "Treekip"
Authors note: And boom Brendan's side is complete. (Just realized it might be a little hard to remember all the timelines, BUT I CAN'T HELP IT I NEED TO SHOW BOTH SIDES OK?!)
