Chapter 27

"I Wonder How She's Doing"

Back at the Indigo Plateau, Lance and Lorelei were slightly worried when they hadn't heard from her in about a month.  They knew from what people said that "no news is good news", but they were still worried about her.  They were worried because they were afraid that something had happened to her.

Lance was talking to his wife, "Lorelei, I'm worried about Rosella.  I would have thought that she would have at least called by now."

"I know what you mean."  Lorelei replied.

"Though hopefully Rosella is doing pretty well and hasn't needed to contact us."  Lorelei said.

"I hope that's the case."  Lance said.

Now he said, "I will however, be getting in touch with Steven to see if he's seen heads or tails of Rosella."

"That's a good idea.  If anyone's seen Rosella, it will be Steven.  Though there's the chance that their paths haven't crossed yet."  Lorelei said.

"That's true…"  Lance said after a pause.

"I've got some things to take care of."  Lorelei said.

"So I'll see you later on."

"Okay, see you later."  Lance said.

Now that Lorelei had gone off to do whatever she needed to do, Lance decided to take this opportunity to get in touch with Steven.  So Lance looked up Steven's cell phone number and dialed it.  The phone rang for a minute, and finally Steven answered.

"Hello, Steven speaking who's this?"

"Steven, it's me Lance."

"Oh, hi Lance.  I heard that you've adopted a daughter named Rosella."

"Yes, we did.  My wife and I, I mean."  Lance replied.

"That's good to hear.  You were always going on about how you wished that you had a child to one day follow in your footsteps.  And from the sound of it, you have just that."  Steven said.

"Perhaps one day."  Lance said.

"Anyway, I called to ask you if you've seen Rosella.  I'm a little worried about her since she hasn't called since I sent her to Houen to train."  Lance said.

"I sorry to report that I haven't seen her yet."  Steven said.

"However, I hope to meet her soon."

"Hopefully you will cross paths at one point."  Lance said.

"If I see her, I'll make sure to have her call you."  Steven said.

"If you would do that, that would be great."  Lance replied.

"Well it was nice talking to you, Lance.  I will let you know if I see her.  Until then, I've got to go, talk to you soon."  Steven said.

"Okay, bye Steven.  Talk to you soon."  Lance said.

Now with that, Lance hung up the phone, and went to find his wife. 

When he found her, he said, "Lorelei, I got a hold of Steven, and he said that he hadn't seen Rosella yet."

"I'm sure that she's fine."  Lorelei said.

"I'm sure she is." Lance said.

"However, I'm hoping that Team Aqua or Team Magma won't cause trouble for her.  She's still very young even though she's older than most trainers, but she still has a lot to learn about being a good trainer and also about what to do in tense situations."  Lance said.

"That's true."  Lorelei said

"Though, you must know that she isn't a little girl anymore.  She has to learn things on her own.  Sometimes with or without help."  Lorelei added.

"You're right."  Lance said.

Then he added, "I'm sure she's doing fine.  Though I will feel better when she calls us to let us know that she's okay."

I know, so will I.  So will I."  Lorelei said.

Now they both went to work on a stack of papers that needed to be filled out before the next Pokemon League Competition in about 6 months time.