Life: Welcome back!

Leien: Enjoy the story!

Kelly: Wake me up when the bubbliness ceases.

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Four: All Around Call Around

"Hello?"

"Hi, Brock."

"Hey, Ash! How's it going?"

"Fine. Are you still in Pallet Town?"

"Yeah. By the way, how did you know my Pokégear number?"

"Memorized it. Anyway, listen Brock, my mom's makin' a real big dinner tonight, and she wants to invite a bunch of people including you. You coming?"

"Sure! Your mom's a great cook! Say, uh, who else's coming?"

"Me, Pikachu, Misty, you, Gary, Professor Oak, Mom, Tracey, Jessie, James, Meowth--can you believe she wants to invite them?!?--Jenny, Maia, two new girls."

"Maia? Ohhh, my everlasting love has returned! Ash, you can be sure I'm going to be there in ten minutes!"

"But, Brock, it's only four, and the dinner isn't until--"

Click.

"--Six."

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"Oak residence, Gary Oak speaking."

"Hi, Gary, it's Misty."

"Hey, Misty, how ya doing?"

"Pretty good. Gary, Ms. Ketchum's making a big dinner at her house tonight, and she's inviting everyone from the lunch and breakfast. Ash just called and invited me, and he asked me to call and invite you and Professor Oak and Tracey. Want to come?"

"'Course I do! When is it?"

"Well, dinnertime. At six, I believe. And pass the message on to the others. See you there, then, okay?"

"Okay. See ya, Misty!"

"Bye! Oh, Gary?"

"Yeah?"

"Could you please try not to eat anything Ash puts dibs on this time? Ms. Ketchum wants a non-hazard dinner."

"You got it. But Ash always does dibs in his head. How'm I s'posed to know when he dibs something?"

"He'll stick a fork in it like the last two times."

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"Team Rocket, Jessie speaking. Who is this?"

"Hello, Team Rocket. I had a feeling you would be near this payphone!"

"Who is it, Jess?"

"It's the twerp's mother!"

"Whadd's she want?"

"I was wondering if you'd like to come to my big dinner this evening!"

"Us tree?"

"Yes! You three seemed to exceedingly enjoy my big lunch, so I decided to call you and invite you to my big dinner at six!"

"A d-d-dinner! Oh, we'll be there!"

"Yes! Will you have Kool-Aid?"

"Of course!"

"Den we're all comin'!"

"Yeah!"

"See you then, Team Rocket!"

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"I still cannot believe Mom invited Team Rocket."

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Life: Another chapter completed!

Kelly: So tortured.

Life: The next chapter is when everybody arrives!

Kelly: Just think when Maia and Jenny see Brock, and Ash sees Gary and Team Rocket, and James sees the food.

Life: Insanity galore!

Leien: Yahoo!