Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of
its characters.
A/N: Jessie and James became a couple prior
to this fic. This is why they share a bed, cuddle, and such.
"Good night, everybody,"
Meowth said, pulling the covers over himself in his little cat bed.
"Wobba wob!"
"Char-bok!"
"Weezing, weez!"
"Good night," James
yawned, folding his arms behind his head as he settled into the comfy bed.
Jessie flicked off the light switch and slid
in beside him. She rested her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around
him. He moved slightly to get comfortable, then let one hand rest on her
back.
"G'night, Jess,"
he whispered.
"Night," she replied,
closing her eyes.
Meowth and Wobbuffet snored quietly in their
sleep, Arbok's tongue involuntarily flicked in and out of her mouth, Weezing
floated a few inches above the floor, James' chest rose and fell as he
dozed…and Jessie…could not sleep. For what seemed like hours, she just
laid there, tired as all the others, but unable to fall asleep. She remembered
when her and James were kids and she couldn't get to sleep. She would crawl
into his bed and he would tell her a story until she slipped off into dreamland.
She smiled as she thought about this.
'Those were the
best times…hmm…'
She opened her eyes and looked up at her
sleeping partner.
"James?" she whispered,
reaching up and tugging on his silky blue hair.
"Hnnn…?" he mumbled,
his eyes opening a sliver.
"I can't get to
sleep," she told him.
He looked at her for a moment, then his eyes
closed again.
"Mmm, sorry," he
murmured.
"James!" she scowled.
"What?"
"Tell me a story…like
when we were younger."
He sighed quietly.
"Oh Jess… Try counting
Mareep."
Jessie rolled her eyes, but then closed them
and tried his suggestion. And she did see fluffy little Mareep jumping
over a brick wall. 1,2,3,4,5,6…she counted each one she saw. She counted,
and counted, and counted, and counted, and counted…and counted…and counted…and
counted…and counted… Her eyes opened and she frowned.
'Well, that didn't
help.'
She sat up and shook James' shoulders.
"James…"
He opened one emerald eye to look up at her
in mild annoyance.
"It didn't work.
Tell me a story."
"Jessie, darling…ask
Meowth, please."
Jessie frowned at him as his open eye closed.
She slid out of bed and knelt down beside Meowth's cat bed. She tapped
him awake.
"What is it?" he
asked. "Can't get ta sleep?"
She nodded her head.
"Yous guys always
need my help. What would you do without me?"
He sat up a little bit and thought.
"Hmm…try drinkin'
a glass of warm milk!"
"We don't have any
milk, Meowth."
"Oh. Den…how 'bout
some tea?"
"None."
He scratched his head.
"Uh…"
"Wobba wob!"
Jessie and Meowth looked over at the blue
pokémon who had woken up.
"Huh? Yous have
an idea?"
"Wob! Wobba wob
buffet wob-buffet!"
Meowth clapped his paws together and nodded
his head.
"Dat's good, Wobbu!
He says to take a nice, hot bath."
A few minutes later,
Jessie was soaking in the tub. She piled her hair up onto her head, held
together with clips and barrettes, and was twirling one crimson red ringlet
around her finger. She sunk deeper into the water and thought. She thought,
once again, about when they were children. She rested her head on the edge
of the tub, her eyes closing halfway. She used to love it when James told
her stories. They would always be about a prince named James and a princess
named Jessie, and they would go on adventures. Really stupid adventures.
…Really useless adventures. Jessie chuckled. The stories were always quite
dumb, but they worked. She'd fall into a peaceful sleep almost instantly.
James' voice was just so smooth and soothing…
Even after her bath,
she couldn't manage to fall asleep. This time, James didn't even say anything
when she woke him up, so Arbok and Weezing told her to try reading a book
or watching a movie. She did both and returned to bed. Everyone was sleeping
soundly except for her! Frustrated, she buried her head in her pillow,
ordering herself to fall asleep. She tossed and turned, finally lying on
her back. She stared up at the ceiling and sighed loudly. After several
minutes, she felt James' arm wrap around her waist and he pulled her close
to him. Sighing, he started rubbing his hand on her back in a slow circle.
She looked up at him. His eyes were closed and he had a semi-annoyed, semi-amused
smile on his face.
"Once upon a time…Princess
Jessie and Prince James had to go shopping for new shoes…"
Jessie smiled and cuddled up to him, closing
her eyes happily.
"…so the spell was
broken and the evil frog turned back into the handsome shoes. But since
there were only two shoes, Prince James let Princess Jessie have them and
he went barefoot for the rest of his life. The end."
As he finished he looked down at her and
saw she was sound asleep. He smiled and kissed her head lightly before
closing his eyes. Meowth and Wobbuffet snored quietly in their sleep, Arbok's
tongue involuntarily flicked in and out of her mouth, Weezing floated a
few inches above the ground, Jessie smiled sweetly as she dozed…and James…could
not sleep!
End.