DISCLAIMER: Same as before, I do NOT own Pokemon. I only own the characters, events, and crazy twists that I've added in.
WARNING: Okay, this chapter has: Self-Inflicted Violence, Violence, and Blood. So, read at your own risk.
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Aw, come on guys! No one has left me a review and I doubt anyone has even read this story. This story is based off of real events. I wrote it as an autobiography and then decided to change it into a Pokemon story. I've had a few chapters of the Pokemon version done when I decided to post it on this website. So, I've basically written this story 3 times. Please read and review, I've worked so hard on this story!
SUMMARY OF THIS CHAPTER: Elizabeth must say her goodbyes to all of her friends, but what's this? Are her parents allowing her to hang out with Chris the whole day? Find out what happens on this, supposedly, unplanned day with Elizabeth's best friend that's a boy. In this chapter Liz also gets her Pokemon that she will take with her on her journey. She also receives a strange present from Chris.
Chapter 2: Erroneous Abandonment
Elizabeth Ann Cordaro got up out of bed. She walked into her bathroom and looked at herself. She started crying. It had been a month and 1 week since she went to the SWAM party and she was devastated. She had lost all of her extra friends, she was failing all her classes, and she was getting verbal abuse and physical abuse every day at school. The only people that were there for her were Kathryn, Chris, Lauren, Alex, and Spencer. They helped her get through each day, except for 6th hour. In 6th hour Liz would be called a slut, whore, bitch, lesbian, and goth. Liz has gone through a lot since the party, style wise. She completely changed her style. She no longer wears happy and preppy clothes, she wears simplistic and comfortable clothes or dark and different clothes. Amanda and Anthony, Liz's parents, only let Liz go to Kat's house, Lauren's house, and Chris's house. Her parents don't really trust Alex and they don't know Spence that well. Liz has picked up a new and dangerous hobby. One that requires her to keep her wrists covered at all times.
Liz walked into her bathroom, locked the door, and opened the medicine cabinet in the mirror. She started crying as she looked at her image.
"I'm so ugly, I'm so fat, I'm so stupid, and no one likes me. I hate my life!" She said to herself. She looked down at the sweatshirt sleeve she was wearing. Her left arm started shaking as she moved back some medicine bottles and found the familiar friend she was looking for. She pulled up her sleeve and looked at the many scars that go across her wrist. She put the knife blade to her wrist and let the tears fall to the floor. The tears felt like fire and they burned her cheeks. The liquid clouded her vision as she pressed down on her wrist. She pulled the blade across her wrist and saw, through her blurry eyes, the blood start coming out. She closed her eyes and sighed. She let the blood sit there for a moment as she thought about her life. She smiled. A good release of pain this is. I hurt myself so no one else can hurt me. She grabbed a maroon hand towel and pressed it to her wound. She waited for the bleeding to stop, and then she put the hand towel in the laundry basket. She brushed her teeth, brushed her hair, and looked at her pitiful self. She sighed, as she decided not to put on any make-up. Whenever she wears her simple clothes, Liz doesn't wear any make-up, but when Liz wears her dark clothes she wears dark and heavy make-up.
After she finished in the bathroom she walked into her room. She stripped down naked and threw her dirty clothes into the hall. She then took out a new bra and panties and put them on. She put on a white undershirt and a white skirt that went down to her feet. The skirt is made of cotton and looks wrinkly. She puts on a belt that's made of flowers. She then grabbed a soft and comfortable light blue long-sleeved t-shirt. In all of her long-sleeve shirts she cuts holes in the end of the sleeve so she can stick her thumb through the whole. The holes are in both the right and left sleeve. With the hole the sleeve covers half of the hand, while without the thumb in the hole the sleeve goes down to the wrist. She brushed her red hair until she was satisfied with it.
Liz went down stairs. Her parents weren't in the kitchen. Liz went in, grabbed a soda from the fridge, and took some cookies from the cookie jar. That was all she had for breakfast. She went into the living room and watched T.V. This is how she spent the past 5 weeks… eating, drinking, sleeping, and watching T.V. She hated the lifestyle because she has gained 30 pounds. So, she decided to go on a 'diet' to only eat a small amount of things. She would sometimes talk to her friends on the phone or visit them, but normally she didn't. She likes being antisocial; it helps her gather her thoughts. Liz heard 4 feet walking down the stairs and raised an eyebrow. I thought my dad already left for work, she thought to herself. Her parents walked into the living room and smiled.
"Honey bunny. You know how 6 weeks ago you asked us if you could go on your journey. Well, now we're letting you." Liz's mom said. As she said this Liz looked out the window.
"Wow." Liz showed little enthusiasm.
"We think it's for the better. We want you to go alone so you can get away from here. We invited your friends over to say goodbye."
"Really?"
"Yes, they'll be here in a few minutes." Liz smiled and waited to hear the doorbell.
Once she heard the doorbell ring, Liz ran to the front door. All of her friends rushed into the door. They all started to group hug inside the foyer. Then they all stood in a line as they waited for their goodbye. Liz walked up to Kat.
"I'm gonna miss you chumly." Kat said. They hugged again and held the embrace for a while.
"Me too! Kat, you are so pretty. I hope while I'm gone you get a boyfriend and have your first kiss!" Liz tried to hold back tears but couldn't.
"I hope you catch some awesome Pokemon! I'm sure one day we'll meet up and battle!" Kat replied. They had always pictured their first battle being against each other.
Liz walked over to Lauren. They kissed each other on the cheek. Lauren started to cry also.
"Lauren, I hope you and Alex are so wonderful together. I hope you two have a wonderful relationship."
"Thanks Liz. Have a great time! Call often!" Lauren replied. "Nothing will ever go wrong with Alex and me."
Liz walked over to Alex. They hugged for a few seconds.
"Take care." He said as he play punched her on the arm.
"You too! You better take good care of Lauren or I'll kick your ass!" She said as she feigned a punch. He flinched and then laughed.
"No worries!"
Liz hugged Spence and he hugged her back.
"You've always been a big brother to me, even though you're in the same grade as me." They laughed.
"Have fun! I love ya!" Spence replied.
Liz hugged Chris and laid her head on his chest. She breathed in his sweet smell and cried harder than with the others.
"Oh my God Chris, I love you so much (in a brotherly way). Thanks so much for everything. You are so wonderful!" She kissed him on the cheek.
"Aw, shucks! You're welcome! Just be careful!" He gave her a squeeze and then released. Chris then walked over to Liz's mom. He whispered something in his ear.
"Yes you may." Liz's mother replied. Liz hugged everyone one last time and they all walked out the door, except Chris.
"Uh… don't you have to go back to school?" Liz asked after sniffling.
"Naw, my mom and your mom said I could hang out with you one last time."
"Wow! Thanks mom." She said as she hugged her mom.
"Your welcome." Liz's mom said as they all piled into the car. She drove them to the park. No one was around so Liz and Chris sat on a random bench.
The area seemed to have been selected by Chris instead of a random area. Everything was perfect. All of Liz's favorite flowers were in the garden in front of the bench. They were on a hill so you could see the sunset perfectly if you were there when the sun was setting. There were trees behind the bench and a pond next to it. Liz got up and sighed a happy sigh as she plucked a red rose. She smelled it. It smelt so magnificent. Liz also picked a white rose, a lily, and a tulip out of the ground. All of those flowers were her favorite. She cut off the stems with her bloodstained pocketknife. She then tied all the flowers together (without the stems). Liz then tucked two of the flowers behind each ear. She smiled at Chris.
"How do I look?" Liz asked sarcastically as she walked back to Chris.
"Gorgeous." He replied. Liz blushed a little bit as she sat down. "I set up a picnic." He said pointing to an area near the pond.
"Oh! Cool!" She said. They got up and went over there.
Chris was right; Liz did look gorgeous with the flowers in her hair and with the simplistic clothes; she looked magnificent. But the thing is Chris doesn't care what Liz looks like; to him Liz is always beautiful. It was a warm sunshiny spring day and as they sat down on the blanket a slight breeze picked up. Everything seemed to be perfect. All Liz could smell were the flowers, her own perfume, and Chris's cologne. Everything was so beautiful and wonderful. All of the gorgeous spring flowers, the soft water splashing onto the shore at the pond, the wind was barely blowing and made the warm sun more comfortable, and Chris, dressed in a red, white, and blue striped polo with khaki shorts and blue slip-on Vans classics. Wait a minute, she thought to herself. Is this a date? I think it is!
Over the last 5 weeks Liz started getting a small crush on Chris. He looked especially handsome today. Chris's curly brown hair was growing longer and he needed a haircut, which made him especially cute. His green eyes seemed to sparkle and glow as they stared into Liz's blue eyes. He smiled and Liz smiled back. The suffocating silence was broken to each of their relief. Everything seemed to move in slow motion as Chris spoke.
"So? What do you wanna eat first?" He asked. Liz bit her tongue, instantly she snapped out of her reverie.
"Um. How 'bout the sandwiches."
"Okay. They're ham and cheese with mustard… your favorite, right?" Liz nodded as she was handed the sandwich. She bit into it and moaned happily. For some reason a sandwich never tasted so good and it was just a regular old sandwich, maybe because Chris's hands made it. They finished the sandwiches as the sun went right above their heads, signifying that it was 12 p.m. Liz and Chris laughed as a cute little female Vulpix was chased by a male Vulpix. The male Vulpix tripped and the female Vulpix was helping him up.
Everything seemed to be perfect to Liz. She seemed like she was in a dream that was coming closer and closer to the end way too quickly. He smiled at her as he handed her a bag of chips and a soda. They ate the chips and drank the sodas. He then pulled out two slices of cake. Both were equally the same size. The cake was a chocolate cake with chocolate chips and it had chocolate icing, that type of cake was definitely Liz's favorite type of cake.
"I made it myself. I hope you like it." He said.
"I'm sure I will." She replied. A delicate moan came out of her lips as she ate the cake. Again it was just regular food, but it seemed to taste heavenly.
"This is so good!" She said as she finished the last bits of her cake.
"I'm glad you like it." He said. He added the cutest smile and Liz almost gagged. "Are you alright?" He asked instinctively. Liz just nodded and laughed.
After they finished their food they watched the sun move slowly from where it had started. Liz was so comfortable even though she was sitting in some sort of fetal position. She had her legs up to her chest and she was holding them. Chris was sitting with his legs out, he looked really nervous. He faked a yawn, stretched his arms up, and placed one arm around Liz. Liz giggled silently, that was probably the oldest trick in the book. That trick gave you an excuse to wrap your arm around somebody. Liz turned toward Chris and smiled.
"Um. Oh. Sorry." He said as he took his hand away.
"No, no. It's okay." She said as she leaned back. They were on a hill so they were able to lean back; the hill was like a recliner chair. Chris leaned back also as he wrapped his left arm around Liz's shoulder again since it was okay for him to do it without faking the yawn.
"So, what do you wanna talk about?" He asked quietly. They had been at the park since 10 and it was about 6. The time seemed to speed by even though everything was going slowly. It was like the airplane effect. The airplane goes super fast when you're in it, but when you see it from the ground the plane looks like it's going slow.
"I dunno." She replied. "Wow, it must be getting late. The sun is about to set. I love watching it set. Can we stay?" Liz asked.
"Sure. Your mom said we had to be back at dark. She trusts me, I hope. Hopefully she won't think I'm trying to score or anything today." Chris was thinking aloud.
"Well, are you planning to score tonight? And if you are… what type of score?" Liz gulped. Chris wasn't as strong as Jeff, but he could still over power Liz if he wanted to. Liz turned her head to look into Chris's eyes.
"Liz. You know I would never hurt you. The only thing I wanted to do was spend time with a friend."
"Is that all we are, friends? I mean… do you think there's a possibility of being something more?" She asked slowly.
"What are you getting at? Are you wanting me to ask you to go steady?" Chris asked in a confused voice. His confused expression was so darling to Liz that she giggled a little.
"Maybe…" She said in a slow high-pitched way.
And that's when what Liz thought was perfect got even more perfect. They stared into each other's eyes and smiled. The sun was setting and they both knew at that moment that they liked one another. Chris moved his head in and so did Liz, they both closed there eyes as there lips met slowly. They held the kiss for a while before releasing. Liz felt so warm inside. Liz wrapped her arms around Chris and placed her head on his chest. Chris kissed Liz on the top of her head.
"I love you." He whispered. His voice trembled because he was afraid of her reaction. A bit of rain fell down onto Chris's pants. He looked up to the sky… the sky was a pink and orange color so it couldn't be raining. He then heard Liz breathe in deeply. She then sniffed and he looked down at her. She was crying. The tears continued to hit Chris's leg. He wrapped his arms around her and hugged her tight.
"What's wrong? Did I say that at the wrong time?" He asked as he placed his head on her head.
"No, no. I've never felt like this before Chris. I'm scared of the future. I have to go on my Pokemon journey, but I've finally found someone who I truly love and who truly loves me." She looked into his eyes.
"You make me feel so warm inside Chris. I'm going to miss you. I love you too, so much. If only this day could last forever." Their lips met again. Liz and Chris's tears met at their noses, dripped down their lips and cheeks, and then fell to the ground. Chris broke the kiss and held Liz tighter as they watched the sun set.
Chris and Liz walked home, hand in hand. Chris kissed her goodnight and then he left. Liz sighed as she opened the door. She was then bombarded by questions.
"So? Did he hurt you?" Her mother's worried voice spoke.
"No."
"What did you two do?" Liz gulped.
"We ate at the park, he had set up a picnic. We then watched the sunset and…"
"And what? Did he hurt you? Did he rape you?" Her mother asked. Her words were like a train wreck they were going so fast that they hit each other.
"No mom! He would never hurt me! All we did was kiss." Liz's mother sighed and looked at Liz.
"That all? Good. Well, describe it! I'm your mother and I'm a girl and I know how girls share their first… I mean kisses." She cut off the first kiss part because Liz had already had her first kiss stolen away. Liz smiled at her mom. Liz had never talked girl-talk with her mother before.
"Well, I asked if he was planning to score. And he said no. Then I asked if we would be anything more then friends. He was all like, 'What are you getting at? Do you want me to ask you out?' and then we kissed. It was so magical and wonderful." Liz was staring at the ground while she was talking. She heard her mom sniff and then she looked up to see her mom wiping away some tears.
"That is so beautiful."
"It was. It was so magical. He then told me he loved me and I started crying. I explained how I had never felt feelings like the ones he gave me before. Then we kissed again as our tears trickled down our faces."
"Wow. That sounds like a movie kiss! That's so beautiful." She then broke the happiness that Liz was feeling. "Sucks that you have to leave tomorrow." Liz sighed. Thanks mom for ruining my best moment again! She wanted to shout.
"I know." Liz she said instead and then she slowly stalked away. She went upstairs and called Kat and told her all about the date.
After talking to Kat for a few hours Liz hung up. Liz couldn't fall asleep but she ended up crying herself to sleep. Liz woke up at 8 a.m. Today was the day she had to leave. Liz walked downstairs and ate some cereal. She went back up to her room and called Chris.
"Chris?"
"Yeah?" He asked
"I want you to know something. After the SWAM party I started cutting myself." Liz only heard silence.
"Oh." Came his reply.
"But I've decided to stop. You're the reason I'm going to stop, I love you too much to hurt myself knowing that it hurts you." Liz said.
"Okay, that's good. I'm gonna say one last goodbye today. Okay?" Chris asked.
"Yes. Well, I hafta go." Liz said. She sat there waiting for three words before she hung up.
"I love you." The words came from Chris's mouth. The words were firm… they weren't trembling. Obviously he really did love her. Liz was satisfied. Those were the words she wanted to hear.
"I love you too." She replied. She hung up the phone and walked downstairs.
Her parent's were standing in the living room with boxes that were wrapped. Liz smiled. She felt like the decent down the staircase was her grand entrance to a ball. The thing was, Liz wasn't wearing a gorgeous gown, and instead she was wearing a white tank top with black gloves that have a hole for her thumb. The gloves went all the way to her elbow where she had attached some elastic bands to hold the sleeves to her arms. The sleeves were actually made out of a shirt she ripped up because it reminded her of Jeff (it was a present from him years back). Liz had on light blue pajama pants with Butterfree dancing around one another.
They got me gifts! She thought happily to herself.
Her mother and father were waiting for her. They both smiled.
"I know it's not your birthday," Her mom began. "But we got you some presents."
"Yay! I'm so surprised!" Liz lied, but she had gotten really good at lying. She opened the first present, which was wrapped in red wrapping paper. A rectangular box looked up at her. She opened the box and gasped. Her parents had gotten her some new shoes. She smiled.
"Thank you! Thank you! I need these!" She said. The shoes were plain old running shoes. They are white with a bit of gray on the sides; they also contained the famous Nike check in red. She opened the next box, which was squared. She smiled. Inside were red, white, blue, and black bracelets.
"Thanks! These are really cool and they match everything!" She placed the wristbands next to her shoes. She then opened the third gift. Inside was a brand new cell phone! It was navy with pink buttons.
"Whoa! Thanks a lot!" She said as she messed around with it as though she was a 5-year old getting a new toy for Christmas. Liz looked so happy for once. Liz punched in her friends cell phone and home phone numbers in her phone book, she changed the background to a cute Charmander biting its tail, and she downloaded a ring tone from one of her favorite songs. She then opened her forth and final gift. It was a small squared box. Inside was a red and blue machine thing. It was small. Her parents smiled. She gasped excitedly.
"What is it?" She begged to know.
"It's called a Pokenav." Her father said. "It tells you where you'se is, who you'se battled, and other stuff." Liz's father was a true Italian; he spoke exactly like he was in Italy. Underneath the machine was money, and lots of it.
"How'd you pay for all this?" Liz asked. She had forgotten that whatever her dad did got the family a lot of money.
"We juss did." He said. Liz had saved up $100 in her wallet but her parents were giving her $5,000!
"Make sure you buy only what you need." Liz's mom said as she winked to her father. Liz didn't know that her dad was going to be with her on the journey and make sure she didn't do anything stupid.
"Thank you so much!"
She grabbed all of her gifts and brought them upstairs. She placed all of the gifts in the backpack she had packed for the journey. Inside the backpack were underwear and some spare clothes (she planned on buying clothes elsewhere because she didn't want to mess up her ones that she owns). She had packed everything the night before. She changed into a white t-shirt with a Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip sleeping under a tree. Underneath the white t-shirt she wore a long-sleeved black t-shirt. She put all of the bracelets on her left hand in case she got hot and wanted to pull her sleeves up, so no one could see her scars. She pulled on a khaki skort, a skort is a skirt with shorts underneath. She put on some clean socks and her new Nikes. She brushed her hair and then put it in a ponytail. She smiled at herself in the mirror and walked downstairs. Her parents were waiting for her by the garage. She put her backpack in the trunk of her dad's BMW Z-3, which she had never been allowed to ride in.
They drove to the PokeCenter. That's where you get your first Pokemon if you don't have a Professor to give them out. Umido Town, obviously, didn't have a Professor. They went inside and Nurse Joy met them. She smiled at Liz as she pointed to people behind Liz. All of Liz's friends were there. She hugged all of them, but Chris who gave her a kiss on the cheek… and a hug. Liz was given the choice of 7 Pokemon.
First, there was Treecko, the Wood Gecko Pokemon. Treecko was green and had yellow eyes. Treecko had a red belly and his tail was large. His tail was also green, but it was a darker green. Then Nurse Joy showed Liz Torchic.
Torchic was the Chick Pokemon. Torchic had a red head, yellow feathers on its head, yellow wings, a red torso, a tan beak, and tan claws. Torchic also had black beady eyes. Then Mudkip was shown.
Mudkip was the Mud Fish Pokemon. Mudkip had a blue head, blue feet, and a blue torso. He had a light blue tail, light blue chin, and a light blue belly. Mudkip also had black beady eyes. He also had orange colored spikes coming from its cheeks.
Eevee was next. Eevee is known as the Evolution Pokemon. Eevee looked like a fox and had a brown head, a brown torso, and brown ears. His tail was a light brown color and so was his neck fur.
Next she was shown Pikachu, Pikachu is the Mouse Pokemon. Pikachu has a yellow head, a yellow body, but he has brown stripes across his back. Pikachu's ears are also yellow but the tips of his ears are black. He also has a yellow tail that looks like a lightning bolt, but the beginning of the tail (the part coming out from the back) was brown also.
Liz was then shown Mareep, the Wool Pokemon. Mareep looked like a lamb, but it had yellow fur on its torso and it had yellow fir on the top of its head. Mareep had ears that were striped yellow and black. Mareep's face and feet were blue. Mareep's tail was also striped yellow and black, but at the tip of the tail was a round ball that was yellow also.
Liz was then shown Snubull. Snubull looked like a bulldog. Snubull had a pink head and a pink torso. But its neck had a light blue ring around it and she also had light blue dots on her torso. The Snubull had white feet and it looked like it had 4 ears. The ears were pink with black tips. Snubull is classified as the Fairy Pokemon.
"So, which one do you want?" Nurse Joy asked. Liz went through each of Nurse Joy's explanations for all 7 Pokemon.
"I think I'll have Snubull." She said. Nurse Joy nodded.
"An excellent choice. Here's 5 Pokeballs, they're used for capturing Pokemon, and here is a Pokedex. Point it at a Pokemon and it tells you about them." Liz did what Nurse Joy said.
"Snubull, the Fairy Pokemon. Although Snubull looks frightening, it is actually kind and affectionate. Snubull are very popular among women. Snubull's abilities are: Intimidate and Run Away. Intimidate allows Snubull to lower the attack of an enemy Pokemon when entered into battle. Run Away allows Snubull to escape from any battle against wild Pokemon." The computerized voice said.
"Wow! That's cool. Well, I guess it's time to say goodbye… again." She said. Liz hugged and kissed her mother and father. She hugged all of her friends. She then got to Chris. She stared into his eyes and smiled.
"Well Chris. I'm gonna hafta call you. I'm bringin' my new cell phone." Liz said to Chris.
"Okay. But I want you to have this." He gave her a small blue box. She opened it. Inside was a gold necklace. It had a golden heart at the end of the necklace. She opened the heart and read the inscription.
"Yes! Yes! I will!" She said as she hugged Chris. Chris kissed her on the lips as Liz showed her mom.
"Wow!" Her mom said. "That's very wonderful Chris!" Liz's mom said as she hugged Chris also. Liz's father chuckled as he read the inscription.
A/N: Uh oh! Cliffhanger! You'll just have to wait until next time to see what the gift from Chris says. Thank you for reading this chapter and please remember to review! Thanks a lot!
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