Heh, I didn't update yesterday. . .whoopsy ^_^;; I kind of. . .forgot. Heh heh, what kind of writer am I, forgetting about my own fic?!

Thanks Lauren and 'Hannah' for your reviews. In response to your interesting review, Hannah, fluffy? That's a first ~_^ And it's funny you should say that. It's also funny you ask who Lindsey's going to be paired up with. We shall see. . .poor Steve doesn't look like he has much of chance though. . .-sob-

But like I said. . .we shall see. Muhahaha.

~Chapter Sixteen~

A month later. . .

Hey Ivy!

How are ya? Sorry I haven't contacted you for awhile! Is there some kind of time change in Hoenn no one told me about? But then again, the school here does get out later, so maybe that's it? I dunno.

Slateport is actually a better city than I thought it would be. It's big, but not too big, so we don't get that many trainers coming through at one time, like we do in Johto. And there's no forests, so no creepy crawly bug Pokemon! Yeees! Just miles of this BEAUTIFUL sandy beach. You should see me! I'm so tan already!

I met a guy on the beach named Darrell---he's really cool-looking with hair darker than mine (if you can believe that) and these black eyes, but he's really pale. He dresses in black all the time, so I tease him and call him Gothic, but I don't think he really is. He just wants to hide in the shadows or something. He wears this loooong trench coat ALL THE TIME, even on the beach! It drives me absolutely insane. He keeps his Pokeballs in there, though. His Pokeballs are even black! It was strange when I first saw them. He doesn't have many Pokemon, though, just an Umbreon (OOOOH YES!!!) and an Absol. Dark Pokemon, of course. He keeps hinting at me to evolve Kitsune, but of course I would never do that!

Anyway, Darrell and I are becoming quite good friends in my opinion. . .but I'll tell you a secret (DON'T tell Steve or he might just come here and beat him up! Hehe ^_^): I really, really like Darrell as more than a friend! I can't quite figure it out. . .I've never felt this way about anyone. He's just so cool and I shiver when he talks. He makes me feel so. . .happy. Like when I'm with you guys, only this feeling is. . .different. I have no idea if he feels the same way, or differently, or what. He's soooo quiet, especially during the day. He's like a HootHoot, only coming out of his coat at night!

Oh, yeah, I've included a bunch of pictures I made Darrell take of me. Here I am jumping on Joker (HELP! Do I look funny in that picture? He's getting too small for me! I hope he evolves soon!), and with Kitsune and Umbreon, and, oh, this is a good one of me on the beach! Slateport has such a clean, beautiful beach for the astonishing amount of tourists who go there. Tehehe (My dad said when we first arrived here that it looked like Slateport got 'hardly any tourists'. Uh, yeah right. Maybe we came in the off season?).

Well, there's just random odds and ends pictures of me in Slateport. See, Hoenn isn't all that different from Johto! They do have this weird thing they've never had in Johto, though, called a Pokemon Contest. They have different categories like Cute, Cool, Strong, stuff like that. I laughed I should enter Kitsune in the 'Cute' category and Darrell should enter Umbreon in the 'Cool' one, but he just shook his head. He tries to stay away from large crowds of people. Tsssh, what a loner!

Oh yeah, here's a good one of me and Darrell! He didn't want to be in the picture, but at the last second I grabbed him and took one of us. See, he looks  SO uncomfortable! Ah, well, I'll have to work on him! Hopefully by the time I return to Johto, I'll have. . .-gasp- a boyfriend!

Hey, I'm allowed to dream, right?!

I miss you guys soooo much! So, who's Steve's current girlfriend? Oh, I hope he didn't break poor Anna's heart if he broke up with her. Tssh. What's going on at school? Anything interesting?

I think Hoenn must be full of illiterate people or something, because we're learning the EXACT SAME STUFF we learned LAST year! Ugh! Oh well, straight A's, here I come! I hope I'm not a year behind you guys or anything. At least I have time to catch up. . .I hate that stupid new rule that you have to be sixteen to get out of school! Ugh!

I hope you call soon, or I will! Maybe we can arrange a visit. . .and I can show you the beach (okay, and Darrell!). And Kitsune! He's getting so big!

Love ya!

BFF! Luv, Lindsey

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Hey Steve!

What's up? How are you surviving Johto without me, the Woooooooooonderous Lindsey Tamer? Ha, quite well I bet. . .I heard the rent-ins have a VERY cute girl in the family. . .you must be happy! ^_^

I made a good friend here, and so fast! He's pretty cool. His name is Darrell. He's got dark hair like mine, and a paaaaale face. I don't understand it though, he spends so much time on the beach, like me, and yet I'm darker than a Gengar! Well, he wears black all the time and this weird trench coat, so maybe that's why. He has two Pokemon, an Umbreon and an Absol, but he's not a trainer. I don't know what he does. He told me he just wanders around with his Pokemon, looking for something he doesn't know of yet. He said he was supposed to leave Slateport City awhile ago, but then he met me and stayed. He's out of school, so I don't know what he does all day!!! It drives me crazy when you have a friend you can't really do anything for.

Oh yeah, on Saturday Darrell took a bunch of pictures of me so I could show you guys that I actually am adjusting to life here in Hoenn. See, here's me looking very unbalanced on Joker (I think I'm getting too big for him. We gotta work on making him evolve!), and me with Kitsune. . . he's gotten huge! There's something in this Hoenn water, I'm telling you! ~.^

Well, I sent Ivy a lot of the pictures because I knew you'd probably lose them, ha ha. ^.^; So ask her to see the others. Oh yeah, here's me on the beach. See, I'm getting so tan! It does go with my hair, though, so I'm not really complaining. Mom keeps yelling at me that I'm going to sizzle and fry like a stranded Magikarp, but she's the one outside all day with the Rapidash, and I don't see HER putting on any sunscreen! Tsssh.

So how is everything over there? Is it weird not seeing a bunch of flames outside your window? Ha! Well, except for Iggy. He's sort of a flaming blob himself. Teach him any new attacks lately? Well, he doesn't have Kitsune to influence him, so probably not!

School here is so boring! They're teaching the EXACT same stuff we were taught last year! At least I'll be able to get good grades. . .not that my grades really mean anything to me. I just want to chill with Joker when I get out of school and then. . .well, I don't know yet! It's going to be something really cool, though!

Hey, time to be serious. . .have you had. . .that dream? I know, I know, I'm crazy or something but. . .it's been going on and off for me. It's confusing. . .why do I keep having this dream? Maybe it's just the stress from moving? I have no idea. Something keeps calling out to me, but I don't know what.

Hmm. . .well, I better end this letter soon since Mom is doing her little 'GET-DOWN-HERE-THIS-INSTANT-LINDSEY-TAMER' cough. I hope I'll be in better contact with you soon! I miss you lots!

Love, Lindsey

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I'm running out of weird ways to tell you to review, so I'll just say it. . . REVIEW! ^_^ I'll go back to literally cleaning out my closet. . .oi.

. . .Review! ;D