Four: L'eggo My Eggs!

"Now, does anyone want some orange juice?" Delia questioned. "I decided to squeeze some more."

"I'll take some!" Ash cried.

Brock nodded. "I want some, too," he said. Delia filled both his and Ash's glasses.

"Ash," Tracey said from his seat two chairs away from Ash's, "do you think I could borrow one of your Pokémon for a sketching after breakfast?"

"Sure," Ash said after he had wolfed down some pancakes. "Which one you want?"

Tracey shrugged. "I don't really care which one you give me, so long as it can stand still long enough for me to sketch it."

Ash nodded. "I think Pikachu could manage that," he said. "You want Pikachu to do it?"

"Okay," Tracey agreed.

"Pika pi!" Pikachu agreed from the floor.

Ash reached for a sausage when he noticed that there weren't any. "Hey, there was a sausage on this plate!" he said.

"What, you mean this one?" Gary taunted, holding up a small piece of sausage.

"Argh!" Ash growled. "Not again! I already had dibs on that!"

Misty secretly slipped Ash's butterknife out of his hand.

"Dibs? Dibs don't matter if you don't eat it!" Gary said. He ate the last of the last sausage in front of Ash's angry eyes.

Misty pulled Ash's fork away from him as well.

"MO-OM! GARY ATE MY SAUSAGE!!" Ash cried.

"Ash, I have plenty more sausage waiting on the stove," Delia replied primly. She disappeared into the kitchen and returned with more sausage as if to prove her point.

Gary smirked at Ash and got another sausage.

"Will you two cut it out and just eat?" Misty said.

Delia nodded. "Your fighting is very entertaining but also a little exasperating."

Misty served herself some eggs. "Ash, watch out," she warned. "Pikachu's coming up on the table. I suggest you put your spoon down."

Ash put down his spoon as Pikachu jumped up on the table.

"Delia, this bacon is wonderful," Professor Oak said as he picked up three more strips.

Pikachu reached for the eggs.

"Now I feel like some eggs," Professor Oak said.

"How do eggs feel?" Ash joked.

"That was really bad, Ashie Boy," Gary said as if bored. He pretended to yawn.

Pikachu picked up a handful of eggs and turned around.

"Oh, excuse me Pikachu--ooh!" Professor Oak accidentally smacked Pikachu in the head with his hand while trying to maneuver around the Pokémon.

Pikachu fell off the table once again, and the eggs fell from its hands. The eggs fell onto the floor, and Mr. Mime instantly swept them away. Pikachu got mad and charged up.

Everyone shrank back. "Oops," Professor Oak mumbled. Even Mr. Mime stopped sweeping and stared as Pikachu charged up more and more.

"No! Stop!" Ash cried. He leapt from his chair and picked Pikachu up, intending to take it out of the room. Startled, Pikachu accidentally released its attack on Ash, electrocuting him in the middle of the dining room.

Everyone sat there for a moment, frozen in place as if someone was taking a picture of them, except that they were all gaping at the fried Ash and the sheepish Pikachu. Dark wisps of smoke were rising from Ash's head.

There was silence.

"Pikachu?" Delia ventured. "Would you like some eggs?"

Pikachu nodded. It jumped out of Ash's black-burnt arms and walked across the table on all fours to stand beside Delia's plate. Delia handed Pikachu a large spoonful of eggs, and Pikachu took it off the table, unhindered by any of the aghast starers.

More silence.

"So, did anyone see the lunar eclipse last night?" Misty asked.

"I did!" Brock cried.

Everyone managed to resume talking. Mr. Mime resumed sweeping. Ash brushed himself off and sat back down. Pikachu happily ate its finally procured eggs, sort of wondering why they were all saying things about a lunar eclipse that had never happened.

The chapter is done! I hope you liked it. Review and tell me what you think! And here's a little look at what's coming up in The Hassles Of Big Breakfasts...

A dangerous spill...

"Look out!"

Delia didn't see the puddle of orange juice and stepped right in it. Brock and Ash, trying to catch her, slammed into each other as Delia tripped. The plate of leftovers went sailing in the air, and the food started raining upon the people around the table.

Keep reading!

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

Thanks to my sister who read my story and told me it was worthwhile!

Thank you to the loyal reviewers who have reviewed every chapter!

Thanks to those who handed me some constructive criticism!

And thank you to the people who make successful big breakfasts! It was delicious!

~Life