Japanese Title: Can It Be?! Thinking More In Advance!
Translation: Yoroshii Itto Gozaru?! Kangae Ichidan Arakajime!
By: Pro_V
Title By: rainflower of Rainflower.net
"Pain, pain, and even more pain," Peter grunted and leaned against a tree as his shoulder again started turning red, "He really got me. Stupid William!" he punched the trunk of the tree beside him and yelped as he used his bad arm, "Oh damn. Ow," he bit his bottom lip to keep from screaming, "This leaves me between a rock and a hard place. Looks like those League snots get the day off. As do I," he cringed again, "Make that a couple of days."
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Will opened one eye slowly and spotted Luri sleeping calmly under his arm. He gave an evil smirk and was about to scare her awake when her eyes shot open. She shoved him off and jumped out of bed. For someone who was electrocuted and whipped the day before, she sure could move. He sat up and tilted his head and awaited her to return. She came slowly from the bathroom with a towel over her face and beat red skin.
"Luri!" he jumped up as fast as he could go, "Are you all right? What happened?" he stayed back a few steps.
"Stay back, please," she swallowed, "I don't feel too good. I think I'm getting a cold."
"Are you sure that's all it is? You're not really sick or anything?"
"No. It's probably just a little chill from all this snow. I feel like I could fall over. I'll bet it's just the stomach flu."
"If you're sure," he looked her over worriedly, "I'll go tell everybody you're not feeling well. You just go back to bed."
She watched him walk out and looked side to side nervously, "One small detail I didn't mention…"
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Luri got hit with nausea again the next morning. She wouldn't let anyone near her, fearing she'd get them sick. There were a few details she 'forgot' to mention to Will; two of which lead to a very serious conclusion. She sat banging the back of her head on the headboard to her bed when the door opened and two-toned eyes peaked in.
"Stay out," she moaned, "I'm not going to get you sick."
"I can live through a cold," Eevy shrugged and stepped in, closing the door behind her, "You know. Getting sick in the morning is a sign of something."
"Yeah, a cold," she sprawled out on the bed as Eevy sat down.
"No, Luri," she shook her head and poked Luri's side, "Have I missed something, or can you suddenly catch a chill?" she watched Luri cringe, "You can't chill, Luri, and you know it. You don't chill because your entire body is chill-proof because of your resistance to cold."
"I can still get sick," Luri slightly scowled out the corner of her eye, "I just don't get sick from getting cold. It's just the flu, I know it."
"Luri," Eevy gave a commanding sigh.
"All right, all right," she sat up, "So I'm getting sick in the morning and I'm a little tired."
"And…?"
"And…I am late this month…" she muttered.
"Luri," Eevy crossed her arms and eyed her, "You have to tell him."
Luri's eyes flew side to side nervously, "Would you?"
"No way!" she sprang to her feet.
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Luri was nervously chewing her fingernails when the door creaked open but no one came in. Only a little flower levitating in and dropping at the foot of her bed. She saw the door start to close and jumped.
"Hey! Will! Hold up!" she called as Will poked his head in the door, "Come here."
"But…I don't want to get sick!" he pouted and cringed.
"You won't," she shook her head and stood up, "We need to talk," she swallowed hard.
"Uh…OK," he stepped to the side of the door and closed it carefully beside him, "What about?"
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Eevy was just sitting, listening intently to the calm before the storm, "Once she tells him, he'll explode," she muttered out loud as she read the next page of her book.
"What's that?" Morty looked up at her, "What'd you say?"
"Nothing," she snickered and turned the page, "Nothing at all."
"If you say so," Eusine shrugged to Mizu who returned the gesture.
"You can't be serious!" the left of the two doors swung open with Will stomping in, "No way!"
"But I am!" Luri jumped in before the door could slam on her, "I am totally serious, Will! I promise!"
"Well stop promising!" he sat down and shivered, "I don't want a promise like that!"
"You told him, didn't you?" Eevy looked at Luri without turning her head from the book.
"Yeah," Luri looked at her then back to Will, "What's wrong with it?" she snorted.
"Wh-What's wrong with it?" Will nearly fell over, "I'm not ready, that's what's wrong with it!"
"Not ready for what?" Lisle stared at them blank faced.
"I wasn't really even ready for a serious relationship and now you expect me to-No way!"
"No way what?" Jason looked back and forth between them.
"Not ready for a serious relationship?!" Luri jumped, "Could have fooled me! I needed help, you know!"
"Help with what?!" Medira burst.
"There's no way! No way!"
"Well what other ways are there?!"
"What happened?!" Mizu shouted at the top of her lungs.
Will snorted some kind of noise and slammed down in a chair, "Luri's pregnant."
"What?!" most of the group echoed, excluding Eevy who merely snickered.
"Hey, I could be. We don't know for sure," Luri huffed and crossed her arms, "And what's wrong if I am?"
"N-N-Nothing," Lance held back on laughing, "Nothing at all."
"N-Nope," Jason slapped his hand over his mouth, "Not a thing."
"Hey, stop laughing!" Medira cracked him upside the head, "I think it's nice."
"Don't get any ideas," he narrowed his eyes while she smiled wide.
"It is not nice!" Will jumped, "I can't be a father! I can't even be a decent boyfriend! Besides, we're not even married!"
"So what?" Lisle shrugged, "Lorelei wasn't when she had Luri."
"That's beside the point," Will snorted with narrowed eyes, "The thought of a family never even crossed my mind!"
"Thanks a lot," Luri scowled.
"That is not what I meant," he said pointedly, "I, as a guy and as an Elite member, am not ready for this!"
"Big baby," Eusine crossed his arms and snickered, "She obviously had help."
"Thank you, Eusine," Luri nodded.
"How do I know it's even mine?!" Will suddenly blurted without thinking.
"William!" Eevy snapped as her book went flying to the floor, "How could you say such a thing?"
"Will!" Lance jumped, "Are you nuts?"
"That's mean," Misty slouched.
"That was more than mean. That was just plain cold," Ash partially growled.
"I-I-I-I just," Will shook, "I'm sorry, Luri."
Luri just stood with her chin quivering and her eyes watering. She spun on her heel and walked out, leaving Will half-dead behind her.
"I-I didn't mean it," he looked down and away, "Really."
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"I thought he'd be happy," Luri sobbed into her pillow, "I thought he'd want to start a family. No, instead he denies any part in it and shoves an invisible dagger through my heart. Now he even tells me he didn't really want a serious relationship after he was the one who started the damn thing in the first place!" the room filled with an ice-cold mist, "I give up. I really do."
"It's kind of cold in here. You all right?"
"Get out!" she raised a hand and sent a roar of ice water towards the door in an attempt to freeze it shut.
"That won't keep me out," she heard a Poke'Ball come open and a fizzing noise as his Pokemon Teleported him in, "I'm so very sorry, Luri."
"I'm happy for you," the fog thickened, "But I don't honestly care."
"I really am sorry, Luri," Will walked up beside her and crossed his arms to keep warm, "You just surprised me. Hearing that I'm a father doesn't hit my ears every day."
"Yeah, well, you didn't have to say what you did, so just go away," she rolled over and kept the pillow over her face.
"I will not until you talk to me," he pulled the pillow away and held it behind his back.
"I've been talking to you. Now give me back my pillow," she reached to grab it but he pulled it away and held it above his head.
"No," he threw it across the room, "I mean really talk to me. Have an actual conversation with me," he sat down next to her even though she kneed him in the back.
"I have nothing more to say to you," she crossed her arms while laying down, "Except get the hell out."
"Listen to me," he sprawled out over her legs with his legs hanging off the bed, "I didn't mean what I said and you know it. It just fell out under pressure. I know I'm the father. I mean, we may fight sometimes, but I know you'd never do anything like that against me."
"It sure sounded like you meant it," she cracked him in the back of the head with her knee, "You sounded so serious."
"I am never serious unless I'm in one of two situations. Immense danger or a Pokemon battle. Now, a Pokemon battle constituting immense danger is when you really have to look out."
"So when you say you love me and that you didn't mean it, you're not serious," she retaliated seriously.
"…Strike, Luri. Strike true," he rolled his eyes, "OK, let me rephrase that. I'm only serious during immense danger, a Pokemon battle, and when dealing with things such as that. Happy now?"
"Elated," she sat up and looked down at him, "That's what I like about you, Will. You're only serious when you have to be and even then you can crack a joke. But I still hope the baby turns out like me and not you."
"Ouch," he suddenly jumped a bit, "Do you want the knife back, or should I just leave it in my heart?"
"You're being critical," she played with his hair and pushed it out of his face, "Your hair color wouldn't be so bad though."
"What? Now all you like about me is the color of my hair? That's nice," he sarcastically scowled.
"No," she looked him dead in the eye, "I like your accent too."
"You do? I mean! My what?" he slightly jumped, "I don't have an accent. Nope! Nope, never did."
"Do you take me for a fool, William Logos?" she poked him in the stomach, "You don't mind your voice acting during certain situations."
"I don't?" he frowned, "Damn," he let his real voice out, despite how much he hated it, and ran his hand around her chin, "So what's the chosen name?"
"I like a name like Loren or Lara."
"And…who said it was a girl?"
"Who said it wasn't?"
"Nobody. I was just asking. How would you know all of a sudden?"
"I don't, but I'd still like to know who said it was a boy."
Two-toned and sandy-brown eyes snuck around outside the door, "Did you think they were this serious?" the sandy eyes looked down at the two-toned ones below them.
"There were hints, but I never thought they'd go this far this early," the two-toned eyes looked up at the pair above them, "What about you?"
"Not really, but I suppose some things aren't always as they seem."
"No, I meant are you that serious?"
"Who? Me? Uh…I don't know," the brown eyes choked.
The woman with double-colored eyes reached back and hit the side of the guy's waist, "Don't even tell me. I'm afraid to know."
"I could show you easier than tell you," his fingers drummed up her side and fooled with her shirt.
"No way," she snatched his hand and jammed it into his own pocket.
"Why do you ask me such questions only to burst my bubble?" he pushed her hair out of the way and kissed her neck while coaxing by running his hands along her arms.
"I'll burst more than your bubble if you don't stop," she grabbed his nose and pulled him away, "As per your question; when you actually give me a straight answer to such a question, I may let your bubble float for a while," she turned and walked away.
"Hey! Wait!" he jumped along behind her, "I'll think of an answer! Wait up!"
"You're sure you're OK with this?" Luri fooled with the hem of Will's shirt, "Really sure?"
"Yes, I am," Will nodded and snatched her hand, pulling it up and laying a kiss on the back, "Nothing would make me happier. Well…" he thought about it for a minute, "One thing would."
"Really?" she looked a bit upset, "What?"
He stared her dead in the eyes, "Marrying you."
She leaned down and kissed him, pulling away slowly, "All you'd have to do is ask."
"All I'd have to do is get up enough guts," he snickered nervously.
"I'll wait then," she pushed his vest to the sides, "But my answer will always remain the same."
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"So," Jason snickered at Will, "What's up, Mr. Mom?"
"Ha, ha, ha," Will snorted, "You are just so very funny. Rodent."
"Come on," Medira pulled Jason's ear, "Can't you be any nicer? I still think it's nice."
"And I still say don't get any ideas," his eyes narrowed again.
"The same goes for you," everyone thought it'd be Lance talking to Eevy, but it was actually the other way around.
"I hope she doesn't take after Will at all," Lisle laughed a bit, "That'd be scary."
"And who says it's a she?" Morty jumped up, leaning over the table at Lisle.
"Who told you it wasn't?" Mizu did the same beside Lisle.
"What if it isn't?" Eusine stood up next to Morty.
"What if it is?" Sooney stepped up.
In a few minutes, the entire table was up and roaring. Women on one side and guys on the other; all fighting over the gender of a baby that wasn't even theirs. Will and Luri just sat and glanced from each other to the fighting crew repeatedly. Eevy and Lance sighed and shook their heads while the rest of the group barked at each other. Tracey and Brock were fighting to calm them, not verbally battling, but it wasn't working. The six not screaming just looked to each other and shrugged while the others continued. The group slowly quieted and sat calmly back down with slight murmurs about the opposite gender being the most stubborn on the planet.
"Are we through?" Eevy sighed.
"Yeah…" Ash muttered.
"I guess so…" Misty frowned.
"Thank you," Will nodded then shook his head.
"We've got to get going anyway," Luri stood up and walked out, "Doctor's visit."
"Which doctor?" Lance gave an evil snicker, "Ouch!"
"That's enough of that," Eevy commanded as she removed her fork from the back of Lance's hand.
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"Ooh!" Yuu-Yuu jumped, "They're back!" she sprang from the couch and zipped to the door, "Hi, guys…" she trailed off.
"What's up with you? Find out it was twins?" Jason laughed wildly but shut up quickly, "What happened?"
"Have fun on the way?" Victor started to laugh, but also stopped quickly, "What's going on?"
"Hey, are you guys OK?" Vic tried to get them to stop and talk, but they just kept walking.
"What happened?" Tracey watched them slouch down the hall, "Did something go wrong?"
Luri sat down and covered her face with her hands. Will slammed down next to her and leaned her closer as the group filed in. Will put his hand through his hair and clenched a fist without removing it. Eevy shoved her way to the front with a smile, but it quickly melted to a frown when she saw the state of the parents-to-be.
"What happened?" she asked carefully.
They both remained silent for a bit. The room started fogging up; a sign Luri was either scared or upset. Some kind of breeze from the floor forced them to hold their shirts and skirts down; a sign Will wasn't feeling right.
"It's a," Will paused as Luri started crying, "It's just a false alarm. She's not pregnant and never was."
The entire group shot up straight. Eevy grabbed the chest of her shirt and inhaled a short deep breath. Medira gasped and threw her hands over her mouth. Luri leaned bawling into Will who put his arm around her shoulders and held her close. Lance looked off to the side and put his fist to his mouth. Jason looked down and away, nearly falling straight to the floor. Morty pulled Lisle closer and rested his chin on her shoulder as she started whimpering. Medira didn't dare cry, afraid she'd douse herself and cause the others to burst as well. Skiff took the stunned Yuu-Yuu's shoulders from behind and shook his head. Misty started lightly crying and leaned into Ash, who laid his arms around her and tipped back and forth. Brock bit his bottom lip and shook his head as Rachel and Beth wailed next to each other. Eusine and Mizu looked to the floor and held each other's hands as tightly as they could. Vic and Victor held their wailing away for when they were alone and could release it like banshees. Tracey put his arm around Sooney's shoulders and she took his waist, both sighing sadly.
"I'm so sorry," Eevy looked nervously around.
"We all are," Lance looked away.
"And I was making jokes," Jason murmured, "I am so very sorry."
"I wish there was something we could do," Medira said sadly.
"It's not your fault," Will swallowed, "Could we please be alone?"
"Yeah," Eevy turned, "Yeah, you can. Come on," she walked out slowly and stopped outside the door, only to start crying.
"Hey, come on," Lance wrapped his arms around her, "Don't cry."
"I was so happy for her," his shirt was getting wet, "Why do bad things always come to good people?"
"I don't know," he laid his chin on the top of her head, "I wish I did and I'm so sorry."
She stepped back and looked him in the eyes, "Have you found an answer yet?"
"Yes, I have, and yes, I am," he nodded.
"Seriously?" she sniffed, "You really mean that?"
"Yes, I do," he ran his hand through her hair, "And I always will. It'll be alright."
"I hope so."
"Why did it have to be us?" Luri choked out through her crying, "Why couldn't it have been someone else?"
"Obviously it wasn't meant to be," Will pulled her closer, "It'll be fine."
"How can you be so calm? I thought you decided you wanted this!" she sat up and leaned away.
"I did, Luri. And I still do, but it didn't work out and I'm sorry."
"You're disgusting! You are so disgusting! You don't even care!"
"Yes, Luri, I do care. And I always will. I swear to you that nothing would have pleased me more than having a son, or daughter, with you. Being a father would be great, but it just isn't time yet, I guess. I'm sorry," that whole time, not once did he hide his voice.
"I always wanted a family like my mother's," she put her arms around his neck, "I really want to be a mother someday, and I definitely want it to be with you. I don't care if it's a girl or boy; all I care about is that it works out for us someday and that we both still care by then."
"Like I said; I will always care. We will have another chance, Luri. I don't think I could keep myself away from you long enough to let you change your mind."
"I'll never change my mind on you," she ran her hand inside his vest, "Never."
He grabbed her hand and caught her in a quick kiss, "Next time, Luri. I promise."
The Next Chronicle:
Of Cerulean And Of Olivine
Notes
Well, I was originally planning on re-working this chapter a little bit, but then I got sick and got major writer's block o_O...I still like it anyway. Kinda depressing, kinda funny in parts. All too much like me. Anyways, onward to the next chapter!
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