Chapter XXXI- Two Unexpected Surprises
"WHAT!!??" I continued to say as I looked back and fourth between Jarod's determined
face and James' confused one.
"James...I didn't know you had a....little brother?" Jessie said and walked over next to
him.
"I....I didn't either. I mean...It's impossible. You must be mistaken...?" He said.
"No. I'm not. My mothers name is Jenna Silph, my fathers name is Daniel Silph, and my
older brothers name...was James." He explained as James realized that he could in fact be
his realative.
"...James..." Jessie said quietly and looked at him.
"...Jarod..." I said as I put my hand on his shoulder.
"What do you mean....was James?" James asked.
"My mother told me when I was five that I had an older brother that ran away before I
was born, and that he would never come back. I was sad to hear that I would never get to
meet you, so that's why I became such a misfit. I was hopping that if I caused enough
trouble, you would come back and set me straight. Ever since then, I've been trying to
find you..."
"Then....that means...you..." James said and stood in shock. "But...how do I know...you're
telling the truth?"
"My....your Growlithe evolved with my help. Growly...I loved that Growlithe."
"Growly...evolved?"
"Yeah. He always hoped he would see you again after you left for the second time. But he
said he understood that you....um..."
"He....told you all that? Even about...." He motioned back with his head as if to point to
Jessie.
"Yes. All he wanted was for you to be happy."
"You...you really are my little brother? Aren't you?" He said as his eyes began to fill with
emotion.
"I'm glad I got to meet you James." He said and offered to shake his hand.
"I'm glad...that I have a little brother like you." He said and shook his hand. "But you
know, I'm going to go home and ask mom about this!" He said and winked.
"I hope you do." Jarod said and detached his hand from James to hold mine.
"Well Jarod...it was nice to meet you." Jessie leaned over and gave Jarod a kiss on the
cheek, then whispered something to him that I didn't hear, but made him turn a little red.
They both walked away from us twords the stairs, but as they did, Jessie brought her left
arm up, and something twinkled on her left ring finger. She then grabbed James' hand and
they both walked up the stairs. I gave him a look like, 'All right...what the hell did she say
to you???!!!'
"What?!" He said as he caught my eye. "Oh. You...want to know what, she said..." I
shook my head yes, but he didn't answer. "It was nothing. I'll tell you later. I promise(soft
voice)." He shook it off then finished, "Now, we've got some trianing to do.", and then
took out a pokeball. "Who's going first?"
"Oh! Me! Me! Me!" Erika yelled and ran to the other end of the arena. We trained down
stairs for an hour, until our pokemon asked for a rest. We went back up stairs and stopped
at the pokemon center south of the training house, and flew back to Pallet Town. It was
about 11:00 by the time we got back to Proffessor Oaks place, just about lunch time.
Our days went pretty much like that from then on. We would wake up, have some
breakfast while I helped Prof. Oak with his computer, then, headed to Viridian for some
training in the training hall. The we would come back about 11:00 or noon to eat lunch,
and relax the rest of the day. The trainers there were from Jhoto, Kento, and even some
from the Orange Islands, looking to sharpen their skills. We started off only battling
people from Kento, but we soon moved on to people from Jhoto, like Jarod. He loved to
battle them because that was the way he was raised to battle pokemon, and it was
compleatly freestyle; what ever you could use went. His Pegesedon was purely awesome,
and it even helped Hinoarashi to evolve. Yes, that cute little fire mouse finally evolved
into a Quilava. It had a sleek body like a Ninetails, but short little legs, and fire for a tail,
as well as on top of it's head. It's skin was a beautiful brick red color, tough and burn
resistant. Pegesedon gave it the will to fight, by encouraging it while I fought. I helped
too of course, but encouragement like that coming from another one of his pokemon pals
met a lot to him. Raichu over two months gained six levels putting him at an estimated
Lv.71 and my other pokemon at about Lvs.65-70. Erika's Ryu was the star attraction in
April when all of the people from the Dragon's Den came to visit the training hall and
hold their yearly, "Dragon Call" Festival. All Dragons and only Dragons were welcome
downstairs that day, and Ryu won second place at Lv. 72. He was ultimatly beaten, only
after a grueling battle, by an awsome dragon pokemon called a Drasphare. It was the
evolution of Seafoam Island Dragonair only, using the Mist Stone, with the trainers love.
It was a beautiful Dragon that looked a little like Ryu, but it had a bat angel wing
combination, and claws that were too big compared to it's body. Its head was like a
dragonair, but it had a longer horn and it had a star encrusted at the bottom of it.
Finally though, it was my birthday. I really didn't expect this day to be any
different from any other. We got up that morning, and went down stairs as usual. I ate my
breakfast and Prof. Oak asked me to help him with his computer. I turned it on and to my
surprise, it had written on the desktop, 'Happy 17th birthday Marcy!'
"I thought....!" I said as I turned to Prof. Oak.
"I don't know how do do that!! I didn't do it!" He said and we both looked at Jarod.
"........" He looked up from his bowl with his mouth full. "....what?" He said and
swallowed then smiled.
"Very funny. You know, you really shouldn't be touching...Prof.Oak's computer." I said as
I fixed it for him. "There you go." I said and got out of his chair.
"HeHe...." Erika said and turned around to face the sink so I could only see her back.
"I'm sorry, did I miss something??....?" I asked as I walked into the kitchen.
"Surprise!!!!" Erika yelled as she turned around with a present.
"Oh....Erika! Thank you!" I said and took it from her then gave her a big hug. "Do you
want me to open it now?" I asked as I read the card.
"Yeah!" Jarod said and he stood up to stand next to me.
"All right." I said and gave the card to him, then slowly took off the jumbled layers of a
paper that were supposed to hide the present. I took off the last layer and held in my
hands a medium box. At this point, I knew it was an article of clothing, just what though I
had no idea. I opened it up and pulled out a new red shirt that had yellow bands on it
instead of green, a low back for my wings, and a little Raichu patch on the back just
below the ribbing. It was a cut off top, just like Erika's, and there was a pair of short
shorts in there too. "OH!!! It's soooo cute!" I said looking at the little patch. "Thank you!
I'll wear it all today!" I put the empty box on the table and ran upstairs to my room to get
dressed. I came back down, and it looked, perfect on me. "Thank you!!!" I yelled and ran
over to give Erika another hug. Jarod had gotten dressed as well while I was upstairs, his
room was on the first floor, and he said,
"You know, why don't we stay here today? Take a day off from training?"
"I don't know. I mean....we've done so well." I said and played with my chain that had the
ring on it.
"Raichuuuuu!!??" *Pleaseeeeee!!!???* Raichu asked as he patted my leg.
"....ohhhh....ok." I said and sat down at the kitchen table. Raichu jumped onto my lap and
said, "Raichu RaiRai!" *Thank you Marcy!"
"....you know Marc.... I have a present for you too." Jarod said and put his arm around me.
"Ok! I'll close my eyes." I said and closed my eyes.
"Oh Jarod, before you get Marcy her present, could you go and get some more fire wood,
I need it to start the fire so we can have a pancake feast!" Erika said as she tied on an
apron (and winked).
"Sure! You wanna come? You'll get your present afterwards." He said and I opened my
eyes.
"All right!" I said and we walked out the front door. We walked down the road for a bit
until we were out of town. Then we walked into some bushes and looked around for
peices big enough to bring back. "Hey look!" I said to Jarod and pointed to a Rattata
under a branch. I went over to it and Jarod said,
"Be careful Angel, those things might bite..." He said and continued to pick up branches
and sticks. I pulled the branch off of it and it came to look at me.
"Oh...this one is soooo cute, it's too bad I didn't bring my pokeballs, otherwise I'd capture
it. Go ahead, run along." I said, but it just sat there. "What's wrong little one?" I asked and
held my hand out, palm up. It sniffed my hand and climbed onto it. It was only about the
size of my palm. "Jarod look....?" I said and held it up. He looked up to see me holding it
and said,
"I'm telling you, you have some weird conection with pokemon or something; like a
psychic bond. You talk to them, they understand you, they talk to you, you understand
them." He said and walked over to look at it. "It really is cute though. It's probably a
baby."
"Friendly aren't you?" I said as it moved to sit on my shoulder. Suddenly, I heard
something like a little click, and the latch on my ring's chain broke. "Oh No!" I yelled as
the Rattata jumped off with my ring and chain. We raced after it and finally caught up to
it.
"I'll get it!" He said and ran over to it.
"Jarod be careful!" I yelled and stood back. He jumped onto it, grabbing the ring out of
it's mouth. "Jarod!"
"I got it!" He yelled in triumph, and the Rattata ran off in fear.
"Oh! The chains gone...." I said as he held it in his left hand, tears filled my eyes.
"That's ok....I think I like it better here anyway..." he said and slipped it onto my left ring
finger.
"......hu....?" I muttered and he got down on one knee, then said,
"Marcy Blaze of Cinnabar Island, I give you this ring as a token of my love and devotion
to you........." He stopped for a moment and blushed... "Please, be mine forever....and
marry me..."
".......oh.....Jarod.....?!" I said finally in astonishment, "Yes!! I promise! I'll be your's...for
the rest of forever!" I began to cry and laugh at the same time in my excitment, "This is
the best gift....anyone....has....ever given me!" I said and as he stood up, I began to cry,
and he hugged me tight. "I love you Jarod!" I said over my tears.
"I love you too Marcy..." He said and stroked my hair. "....I love you too..." I pulled away
for just a moment, not too far, but just far enough so that I could see his eyes...they were
filled with tears too, and as he wiped a tear off my face with his left hand, I noticed, he
also had a gold ring on his finger.
"I Promise...." I said slowly and kissed him on the lips underneath the shade of the trees. I
was so light, and I was so happy, I felt like, for just a few moments, like I was in heaven.
The kiss lasted longer than the last, and there was an even nicer feeling to it because, I
knew that he would be here for me no matter what from this day on; he was mine. We
walked back to the house with the fire wood and I ran into the kitchen, dropping the
sticks n'stuff on the table.
"...whoa, Marcy!" Erika yelled as I jumped on top of her and hugged her tight. "What is
it!?" I held up the ring on my hand, and she gasped, "Oh!!!!!Congratulations!!!!" She
finally hugged me back and tears filled my eyes again as I said,
"And you're going to be my Brides' Maid!"
"That's wonderful!!! But....can I make breakfast first?" She asked and stroked my back.
"Oh! Sorry! Sure, we got you the wood n'stuff you asked for." I said and pointed to the
sticks on the table.
"Great! How' bout you go sit on the couch and calm down, and I'll start the food. Jarod?
Can you start putting that fire wood in for me?" She asked and I walked out of the kitchen
sitting on the couch near the professor. I could still hear their conversation though.
"I told you!" Jarod tried to whisper.
"I didn't belive it until I saw it! You got it!" She said and handed him what sounded like
money.
"Told you I could do it!" He said quietly.
"Oh, I knew you could...I just didn't know if you were ready. That's all. Here, keep it. I
was joking anyway." She said and handed it back to him.
"I'll just be over there." He said and walked to where I was sitting on the couch. "Hey, I
was wondering...how are you gonna tell your mom?" He asked as he sat down next to me.
"I never thought of that!! What will she think!? Will she be happy? Disapointed!?
Angry?" I started to mumble as Prof.Oak answered a phone call.
"Oh! Good Morning Mrs.Blaze. How are you?" He asked and then said, "Marcy! Your
mom wants to..." I stood up and ran around the couch, pushing him out of the chair.
"Oh!! Mom!! How did you know I was going to be here!?" I said as Jarod walked up
behind me and put his hand on the back of the chair.
"Oh hunny that was easy! I knew if you couldn't reach me, you would call or ask Ash for
help! All I had to do was call him up and find out where you were.^_^ I'm just glad I
caught you before you went off for training." She said.
"Well....actually, we're not going to train today..." I said as I blew a peice of hair out of
my face that was annoying me.
"Oh....how come? You don't feel well?"
"No....it's not...that...GRRRR!!!" I said and brushed the hair behind my ear with my left
hand.
"Oh! Darling!! Is that what I think it is!!??" I suddenly realized that I still had my ring on,
and she must have seen it.
"Oh....you mean the ring....?" I said and held it up so she could see. Jarod smacked his
hand to his forehead. "I.....wanted it to be a surprise..."
"Oh!!! This is soooooo wonderful!!!" She began to yell and moved closer to the screen to
look at it. "My little baby's getting married!!!" She began to say as her eyes filled with
tears. "So, who's the lucky man???" She asked wiping tears out of her eyes.
"Oh...I am Mrs.Blaze!" Jarod said and put his head on my shoulder, putting on this
ridiculously cute smile.
"Oh Jarod!!! I'm sooo glad that it's you! This is just wonderful! When were you going to
have the wedding?" She asked still very excited.
"Um well...we haven't talked about that quite yet; I just proposed a few moments before
you called^_^()" He said and blushed a little.
"Oh! Sorry to catch you so off guard dear! What about after you go through the pokemon
Leauge?" She suggested.
"I don't know Mrs..."
"Non sense! Don't call me Mrs.; call me Mom!"
"Right then, mom, but I was thinking a month or two after the competitions."
"Well! Ask your girl what she thinks!" She gave him this look like 'ASK HER!'
"What do you think Angel?" He said and turned to me.
"Oh...I don't know. A month sounds fine." I said and smiled.
"Wonderful darling! I'll get you the best wedding dress money can buy!" she said, but I
interrupted,
"Mom, if you don't mind....I think it would be best if Jarod and I picked one out....you can
give us your opinion too of course! But, this is something I really need to do."
"Well sweet heart, if that's what you want, it's all right with me. Just call me up when
you're looking around!^_^" She said, then quickly added, "Oh! I almost forgot! We found
a beautiful brand new house in Goldenrod, Jhoto! Oh it's big! And oh! You'll love it! We
just finished moving in about a week ago! That's where I'm calling from now, if you
hadn't noticed. I even redecorated your new bedroom! The number's 750-743-1256 ok?
Stop by if you're in the neighborhood! It's blue and the number's 70! Good luck you two!
Bye Son!" She said and hung up.
"Angry hugh???!!" Jarod said at me exagerating.
"Well, with my mom, you can never tell!^_^()" I said and closed the line.
"WHAT!!??" I continued to say as I looked back and fourth between Jarod's determined
face and James' confused one.
"James...I didn't know you had a....little brother?" Jessie said and walked over next to
him.
"I....I didn't either. I mean...It's impossible. You must be mistaken...?" He said.
"No. I'm not. My mothers name is Jenna Silph, my fathers name is Daniel Silph, and my
older brothers name...was James." He explained as James realized that he could in fact be
his realative.
"...James..." Jessie said quietly and looked at him.
"...Jarod..." I said as I put my hand on his shoulder.
"What do you mean....was James?" James asked.
"My mother told me when I was five that I had an older brother that ran away before I
was born, and that he would never come back. I was sad to hear that I would never get to
meet you, so that's why I became such a misfit. I was hopping that if I caused enough
trouble, you would come back and set me straight. Ever since then, I've been trying to
find you..."
"Then....that means...you..." James said and stood in shock. "But...how do I know...you're
telling the truth?"
"My....your Growlithe evolved with my help. Growly...I loved that Growlithe."
"Growly...evolved?"
"Yeah. He always hoped he would see you again after you left for the second time. But he
said he understood that you....um..."
"He....told you all that? Even about...." He motioned back with his head as if to point to
Jessie.
"Yes. All he wanted was for you to be happy."
"You...you really are my little brother? Aren't you?" He said as his eyes began to fill with
emotion.
"I'm glad I got to meet you James." He said and offered to shake his hand.
"I'm glad...that I have a little brother like you." He said and shook his hand. "But you
know, I'm going to go home and ask mom about this!" He said and winked.
"I hope you do." Jarod said and detached his hand from James to hold mine.
"Well Jarod...it was nice to meet you." Jessie leaned over and gave Jarod a kiss on the
cheek, then whispered something to him that I didn't hear, but made him turn a little red.
They both walked away from us twords the stairs, but as they did, Jessie brought her left
arm up, and something twinkled on her left ring finger. She then grabbed James' hand and
they both walked up the stairs. I gave him a look like, 'All right...what the hell did she say
to you???!!!'
"What?!" He said as he caught my eye. "Oh. You...want to know what, she said..." I
shook my head yes, but he didn't answer. "It was nothing. I'll tell you later. I promise(soft
voice)." He shook it off then finished, "Now, we've got some trianing to do.", and then
took out a pokeball. "Who's going first?"
"Oh! Me! Me! Me!" Erika yelled and ran to the other end of the arena. We trained down
stairs for an hour, until our pokemon asked for a rest. We went back up stairs and stopped
at the pokemon center south of the training house, and flew back to Pallet Town. It was
about 11:00 by the time we got back to Proffessor Oaks place, just about lunch time.
Our days went pretty much like that from then on. We would wake up, have some
breakfast while I helped Prof. Oak with his computer, then, headed to Viridian for some
training in the training hall. The we would come back about 11:00 or noon to eat lunch,
and relax the rest of the day. The trainers there were from Jhoto, Kento, and even some
from the Orange Islands, looking to sharpen their skills. We started off only battling
people from Kento, but we soon moved on to people from Jhoto, like Jarod. He loved to
battle them because that was the way he was raised to battle pokemon, and it was
compleatly freestyle; what ever you could use went. His Pegesedon was purely awesome,
and it even helped Hinoarashi to evolve. Yes, that cute little fire mouse finally evolved
into a Quilava. It had a sleek body like a Ninetails, but short little legs, and fire for a tail,
as well as on top of it's head. It's skin was a beautiful brick red color, tough and burn
resistant. Pegesedon gave it the will to fight, by encouraging it while I fought. I helped
too of course, but encouragement like that coming from another one of his pokemon pals
met a lot to him. Raichu over two months gained six levels putting him at an estimated
Lv.71 and my other pokemon at about Lvs.65-70. Erika's Ryu was the star attraction in
April when all of the people from the Dragon's Den came to visit the training hall and
hold their yearly, "Dragon Call" Festival. All Dragons and only Dragons were welcome
downstairs that day, and Ryu won second place at Lv. 72. He was ultimatly beaten, only
after a grueling battle, by an awsome dragon pokemon called a Drasphare. It was the
evolution of Seafoam Island Dragonair only, using the Mist Stone, with the trainers love.
It was a beautiful Dragon that looked a little like Ryu, but it had a bat angel wing
combination, and claws that were too big compared to it's body. Its head was like a
dragonair, but it had a longer horn and it had a star encrusted at the bottom of it.
Finally though, it was my birthday. I really didn't expect this day to be any
different from any other. We got up that morning, and went down stairs as usual. I ate my
breakfast and Prof. Oak asked me to help him with his computer. I turned it on and to my
surprise, it had written on the desktop, 'Happy 17th birthday Marcy!'
"I thought....!" I said as I turned to Prof. Oak.
"I don't know how do do that!! I didn't do it!" He said and we both looked at Jarod.
"........" He looked up from his bowl with his mouth full. "....what?" He said and
swallowed then smiled.
"Very funny. You know, you really shouldn't be touching...Prof.Oak's computer." I said as
I fixed it for him. "There you go." I said and got out of his chair.
"HeHe...." Erika said and turned around to face the sink so I could only see her back.
"I'm sorry, did I miss something??....?" I asked as I walked into the kitchen.
"Surprise!!!!" Erika yelled as she turned around with a present.
"Oh....Erika! Thank you!" I said and took it from her then gave her a big hug. "Do you
want me to open it now?" I asked as I read the card.
"Yeah!" Jarod said and he stood up to stand next to me.
"All right." I said and gave the card to him, then slowly took off the jumbled layers of a
paper that were supposed to hide the present. I took off the last layer and held in my
hands a medium box. At this point, I knew it was an article of clothing, just what though I
had no idea. I opened it up and pulled out a new red shirt that had yellow bands on it
instead of green, a low back for my wings, and a little Raichu patch on the back just
below the ribbing. It was a cut off top, just like Erika's, and there was a pair of short
shorts in there too. "OH!!! It's soooo cute!" I said looking at the little patch. "Thank you!
I'll wear it all today!" I put the empty box on the table and ran upstairs to my room to get
dressed. I came back down, and it looked, perfect on me. "Thank you!!!" I yelled and ran
over to give Erika another hug. Jarod had gotten dressed as well while I was upstairs, his
room was on the first floor, and he said,
"You know, why don't we stay here today? Take a day off from training?"
"I don't know. I mean....we've done so well." I said and played with my chain that had the
ring on it.
"Raichuuuuu!!??" *Pleaseeeeee!!!???* Raichu asked as he patted my leg.
"....ohhhh....ok." I said and sat down at the kitchen table. Raichu jumped onto my lap and
said, "Raichu RaiRai!" *Thank you Marcy!"
"....you know Marc.... I have a present for you too." Jarod said and put his arm around me.
"Ok! I'll close my eyes." I said and closed my eyes.
"Oh Jarod, before you get Marcy her present, could you go and get some more fire wood,
I need it to start the fire so we can have a pancake feast!" Erika said as she tied on an
apron (and winked).
"Sure! You wanna come? You'll get your present afterwards." He said and I opened my
eyes.
"All right!" I said and we walked out the front door. We walked down the road for a bit
until we were out of town. Then we walked into some bushes and looked around for
peices big enough to bring back. "Hey look!" I said to Jarod and pointed to a Rattata
under a branch. I went over to it and Jarod said,
"Be careful Angel, those things might bite..." He said and continued to pick up branches
and sticks. I pulled the branch off of it and it came to look at me.
"Oh...this one is soooo cute, it's too bad I didn't bring my pokeballs, otherwise I'd capture
it. Go ahead, run along." I said, but it just sat there. "What's wrong little one?" I asked and
held my hand out, palm up. It sniffed my hand and climbed onto it. It was only about the
size of my palm. "Jarod look....?" I said and held it up. He looked up to see me holding it
and said,
"I'm telling you, you have some weird conection with pokemon or something; like a
psychic bond. You talk to them, they understand you, they talk to you, you understand
them." He said and walked over to look at it. "It really is cute though. It's probably a
baby."
"Friendly aren't you?" I said as it moved to sit on my shoulder. Suddenly, I heard
something like a little click, and the latch on my ring's chain broke. "Oh No!" I yelled as
the Rattata jumped off with my ring and chain. We raced after it and finally caught up to
it.
"I'll get it!" He said and ran over to it.
"Jarod be careful!" I yelled and stood back. He jumped onto it, grabbing the ring out of
it's mouth. "Jarod!"
"I got it!" He yelled in triumph, and the Rattata ran off in fear.
"Oh! The chains gone...." I said as he held it in his left hand, tears filled my eyes.
"That's ok....I think I like it better here anyway..." he said and slipped it onto my left ring
finger.
"......hu....?" I muttered and he got down on one knee, then said,
"Marcy Blaze of Cinnabar Island, I give you this ring as a token of my love and devotion
to you........." He stopped for a moment and blushed... "Please, be mine forever....and
marry me..."
".......oh.....Jarod.....?!" I said finally in astonishment, "Yes!! I promise! I'll be your's...for
the rest of forever!" I began to cry and laugh at the same time in my excitment, "This is
the best gift....anyone....has....ever given me!" I said and as he stood up, I began to cry,
and he hugged me tight. "I love you Jarod!" I said over my tears.
"I love you too Marcy..." He said and stroked my hair. "....I love you too..." I pulled away
for just a moment, not too far, but just far enough so that I could see his eyes...they were
filled with tears too, and as he wiped a tear off my face with his left hand, I noticed, he
also had a gold ring on his finger.
"I Promise...." I said slowly and kissed him on the lips underneath the shade of the trees. I
was so light, and I was so happy, I felt like, for just a few moments, like I was in heaven.
The kiss lasted longer than the last, and there was an even nicer feeling to it because, I
knew that he would be here for me no matter what from this day on; he was mine. We
walked back to the house with the fire wood and I ran into the kitchen, dropping the
sticks n'stuff on the table.
"...whoa, Marcy!" Erika yelled as I jumped on top of her and hugged her tight. "What is
it!?" I held up the ring on my hand, and she gasped, "Oh!!!!!Congratulations!!!!" She
finally hugged me back and tears filled my eyes again as I said,
"And you're going to be my Brides' Maid!"
"That's wonderful!!! But....can I make breakfast first?" She asked and stroked my back.
"Oh! Sorry! Sure, we got you the wood n'stuff you asked for." I said and pointed to the
sticks on the table.
"Great! How' bout you go sit on the couch and calm down, and I'll start the food. Jarod?
Can you start putting that fire wood in for me?" She asked and I walked out of the kitchen
sitting on the couch near the professor. I could still hear their conversation though.
"I told you!" Jarod tried to whisper.
"I didn't belive it until I saw it! You got it!" She said and handed him what sounded like
money.
"Told you I could do it!" He said quietly.
"Oh, I knew you could...I just didn't know if you were ready. That's all. Here, keep it. I
was joking anyway." She said and handed it back to him.
"I'll just be over there." He said and walked to where I was sitting on the couch. "Hey, I
was wondering...how are you gonna tell your mom?" He asked as he sat down next to me.
"I never thought of that!! What will she think!? Will she be happy? Disapointed!?
Angry?" I started to mumble as Prof.Oak answered a phone call.
"Oh! Good Morning Mrs.Blaze. How are you?" He asked and then said, "Marcy! Your
mom wants to..." I stood up and ran around the couch, pushing him out of the chair.
"Oh!! Mom!! How did you know I was going to be here!?" I said as Jarod walked up
behind me and put his hand on the back of the chair.
"Oh hunny that was easy! I knew if you couldn't reach me, you would call or ask Ash for
help! All I had to do was call him up and find out where you were.^_^ I'm just glad I
caught you before you went off for training." She said.
"Well....actually, we're not going to train today..." I said as I blew a peice of hair out of
my face that was annoying me.
"Oh....how come? You don't feel well?"
"No....it's not...that...GRRRR!!!" I said and brushed the hair behind my ear with my left
hand.
"Oh! Darling!! Is that what I think it is!!??" I suddenly realized that I still had my ring on,
and she must have seen it.
"Oh....you mean the ring....?" I said and held it up so she could see. Jarod smacked his
hand to his forehead. "I.....wanted it to be a surprise..."
"Oh!!! This is soooooo wonderful!!!" She began to yell and moved closer to the screen to
look at it. "My little baby's getting married!!!" She began to say as her eyes filled with
tears. "So, who's the lucky man???" She asked wiping tears out of her eyes.
"Oh...I am Mrs.Blaze!" Jarod said and put his head on my shoulder, putting on this
ridiculously cute smile.
"Oh Jarod!!! I'm sooo glad that it's you! This is just wonderful! When were you going to
have the wedding?" She asked still very excited.
"Um well...we haven't talked about that quite yet; I just proposed a few moments before
you called^_^()" He said and blushed a little.
"Oh! Sorry to catch you so off guard dear! What about after you go through the pokemon
Leauge?" She suggested.
"I don't know Mrs..."
"Non sense! Don't call me Mrs.; call me Mom!"
"Right then, mom, but I was thinking a month or two after the competitions."
"Well! Ask your girl what she thinks!" She gave him this look like 'ASK HER!'
"What do you think Angel?" He said and turned to me.
"Oh...I don't know. A month sounds fine." I said and smiled.
"Wonderful darling! I'll get you the best wedding dress money can buy!" she said, but I
interrupted,
"Mom, if you don't mind....I think it would be best if Jarod and I picked one out....you can
give us your opinion too of course! But, this is something I really need to do."
"Well sweet heart, if that's what you want, it's all right with me. Just call me up when
you're looking around!^_^" She said, then quickly added, "Oh! I almost forgot! We found
a beautiful brand new house in Goldenrod, Jhoto! Oh it's big! And oh! You'll love it! We
just finished moving in about a week ago! That's where I'm calling from now, if you
hadn't noticed. I even redecorated your new bedroom! The number's 750-743-1256 ok?
Stop by if you're in the neighborhood! It's blue and the number's 70! Good luck you two!
Bye Son!" She said and hung up.
"Angry hugh???!!" Jarod said at me exagerating.
"Well, with my mom, you can never tell!^_^()" I said and closed the line.