Point Me To The League
Chapter 3
Petalburg with Love!
Disclaimer I do not own Pokemon, or Bridget Jones' Diary 2
All right, me hearties! We're here for our favourite fic…PMTTL! so read on, and find out what comes next…I feel like being a pirate today…and this chapter is an in-between chapter, with SHIPPY hints…read on if you want!
Last Time…
Brooke and May found their way to Route 103, and May battled Brendan, with Brendan winning. While their Pokemon are healing at the Pokemon Center, May thinks Brendan is cool, while Brendan's thoughts are unrevealed. They are now walking back to Littleroot together…
"Oh? So you were born in Hoenn and grew up in Hoenn? How interesting…I lived in Johto, so we're pretty new here. Brooke grew up in Kanto, and moved here with me!"
May seemed to be telling her family moves since she had been born. Brendan was replying, but very dully. As for Brooke…she was looking straight ahead and ignoring May and Brendan's chatter. Past Route 101, past the family of Wurmple…soon they saw the now familiar signpost of Littleroot Town, and hurried to get to the square white building that was the Pokemon Lab. The door looked like it had been kicked recently, though. Brendan stared for a while at the footmarks on the glass sliding door, and frowned. He walked inside, and May followed, with Brooke marching through like she had been before.
"Dad what happened outside- oh!" Brendan could be heard yelping. He now sounded like a puppy, so May went and tried to find the puppy she thought was there.
"Where's the puppy? Where's the puppy, Brooke?" May asked while searching under the tables and chairs. Brooke glanced at her and sighed.
"May…there is no puppy…it's Brendan yelping…"Brooke told her. May's face dropped quickly. She stuck her head around the corner of the Professor's office. Her face turned bright red and quickly pulled her head back around the corner and gulped. Brooke surveyed her and asked her what was wrong. May replied embarrassedly.
"Um…Brendan was …uh…changing in the Professor's office…the Professor was …uh…holding up a pair of …uh…boxers and…uh…Brendan seemed to really like them, so he was…uh…yelping…" May said slowly.
Brooke's face stayed calm for two seconds, while her long-lashed eyes blinked a couple of times, then she cracked up laughing. She tried to say something, but resulted in laughing even harder, making May blush harder as well. She started to laugh nervously just as Brendan and Professor Birch came out. They were talking normally until they saw the girls, and suddenly silence was hanging in the air. May was blushing very much now, and she ran out of the lab. Brooke shrugged her shoulders, and walked out after May. Brendan gulped and looked at his dad. Professor Birch had a small smile on his face, and he pushed Brendan out of his lab, with a knowing glance. Brendan understood the glance and jogged after Brooke, who was walking towards Route 101. He guessed May was running home with her running shoes, and searched around in his red backpack for his own running shoes. Throwing out a lot of junk with his things inside, the running shoes were nowhere to be found. Brendan's eyes bulged and he started searching more furiously.
"Damn it…don't tell me I left them at home…please no…" he muttered.
The running shoes had indeed been left at home, under his bed since he was wearing normal trainers at the moment. Brendan sighed, and began to jog towards Oldale Town to get some items before heading to check on May. His face slowly turned pink while he jogged, and by the time he got to Oldale Town's Mart, his whole face was red. As you probably guessed, this wasn't from running but from…I'll leave you to think about it heh. Walking inside, Brendan chose a couple of items that he was low on, since he hadn't brought a lot of money, and rushed out onto Route 102. This Route led to Petalburg, which was where Mr and Mrs Sapphire's gym house was located. Norman Sapphire was the leader of Petalburg Gym, so it seemed reasonable that they had a second house there. Brendan decided to run quickly, since he didn't want to get there when it was late.
On May's side, she was walking slowly up the driveway of the gym house, next to the gym, and heard shouts coming from it. She automatically knew it was a gym challenger, and noted the fact he had spiky black hair under a Hoenn cap. May ran silently up the rickety stairs that led from the driveway to the front door, and pressed the doorbell. A soft voice called out "Coming" from inside the house, and the stained glass door opened. The brown haired woman gasped, and hugged May tightly. May choked and staggered into the house, flopping heavily onto a sofa in the next room, their lounge. A younger boy wearing black-rimmed glasses walked in, staring at the Hoenn Pride figure lying on the sofa.
"Where's your starter Pokemon? Which one did you choose? Can I see? Have you trained it? Is it cool-" he began firing questions at May, who looked back at him and was speechless. The woman from before, by the name of Caroline, was their mum, and she stopped in the doorway, frowning at the boy.
"Max, you shouldn't ask so many questions at once, it's not polite." She said in the same gentle tone, with a hint of annoyance now. May smirked and poked her tongue out at Max, "and you shouldn't poke your tongue out all the time either, May." May stuck her tongue back in quickly. She got up and walked down the corridor, turning right into an orange and blue room before slamming the door shut. Her hip pack now lay on her bed, with her Pokeball about to fall out of its holder. May took no notice, and opened up her laptop that was sitting on her pine table, and logged onto her user. Opening up her online diary, she began to type.
Hey Diary
I can't believe what I saw today, it was so embarrassing! The son of the Professor was changing in his office…and it was into new boxers! And Brooke must think I'm so weird now, even though we've known each other for five years. When we raced into the quiet Littleroot, I saw her pour water on her head, and I tried to copy her. I'd forgotten my water was icy, and my head still feels cold…the Professor's son is pretty cool, even though I lost against him in our battle. Anyway, I have to go now, see ya round!
May added it to her diary, then closed her new laptop. She looked around her room, finding it was slightly different from before. Her poster of the regions' cities was falling off, and her cupboard's new coat of orange paint was peeling off already. May also noticed that her blue blanket was opening a little at the seams. And finally, she saw that her drawers in the pine table she had were roughly shoved in, something she would never do to the table she had made herself. Narrowing her eyes, she grabbed her Pokeball and closed her door behind her quietly, but the faded sign saying 'May' still rattled against the door loudly. The rattle echoed down the corridor, making a head pop out of the room a few metres down from hers. Black-rimmed glasses were askew on the face.
"May why don't you get rid of that stupid door sign? It's annoying me every time you come out of your room!" Max said. He frowned at May, while she stared back at him angrily.
"Have you been messing around in my room!" May asked, trying to keep her anger down, with no luck. Max looked horrified.
"Ye-No, I haven't done anything to your room, May," He lied quickly. May narrowed her already narrowed eyes, took an obvious deep breath, and shouted down the stairs.
"MUM! MAX'S BEEN MESSING AROUND IN MY ROOM!"
In the kitchen, preparing tea, Caroline cringed. It always hurt when her daughter shouted like that. She put down her oven mitts and stared longingly at the warm brown kitchen, with tea half prepared on the table, wishing she didn't have to go up and stop the quarrel between May and Max. Caroline slowly walked up the stairs…
"IT'S NOT RIGHT THAT I GO TO LITTLEROOT AND YOU USE MY COMPUTER TO LOOK UP STUFF!" May shouted at Max. He glared at her and shouted back.
"WELL I DON'T HAVE A COMPUTER OF MY OWN, SO I HAVE TO USE YOURS! AND NOW I KNOW YOUR SECRET!" Max retorted. Caroline cringed again and said something quietly, which both of them didn't pick up. She sighed and walked down the stairs again, this time going into the lounge. She looked in the large shelves in the corner, beside the TV, and found a silver whistle. Caroline ran up the stairs and watched May and Max for a moment. Taking an obvious deep breath like May, she blew the whistle hard, resulting in the two covering their ears up and stopping the quarrel. Caroline sighed happily and went back to the kitchen to finish cooking. No sooner had she put her foot on the stairs, a whiff of burnt food started coming up. May looked at Max, and ran down the stairs, stopping in front of the kitchen door. She walked in, followed by Caroline then Max, looking worried that he mightn't get any tea to eat. May looked around for the oven mitts, but Caroline had stuck them in the fridge by accident, so May sighed and wrapped the end of her skirt around her hand. She turned the dial on the oven to off, and opened the door of the oven, screaming.
At that moment, Brendan was walking by their house, and thought he recognized that scream. He walked down the drive and rang the bell, waiting rather impatiently.
Max reacted to the bell, and went to open the door. As the stained glass door opened for the second time that day, it revealed a relaxed but impatient Brendan Birch. He looked at Max, and frowned.
"Does May Sapphire live here?"
Max looked dumbly at Brendan. "Yes she does. Who's this?" He asked rudely.
An annoyed voice came out of the kitchen. "Max don't be so rude! Ask him who he is first!" Caroline's voice floated out.
Max blushed and sweat-dropped. "Uh, okay Mum. What's your name?" Max smiled annoyingly now. Brendan blinked a couple of times and answered.
"Brendan Birch. You don't need my middle name…my dad told me to find May, since she still needs her starter equipment." Brendan replied. Max's eyes lighted up.
"Wow, are you really the son of Professor Birch? How cool! Can I go over and study the starter Pokemon?" Max said hurriedly, since he didn't want Brendan to have no time to listen. Brendan raised one eyebrow.
"You're really that keen to study just the Hoenn starters? That's interesting…can I talk to May please?"
Caroline came out of the kitchen, holding a plate with cupcakes on them. She offered the plate to Brendan. "Want one? Freshly baked, and please come in,"
Brendan accepted and chewed the cupcake thoughtfully. What had made May rush home, in less than four hours? When it had taken him, Brendan, more than seven hours to walk here?
He walked behind Caroline, with Max chattering away beside him. May was sitting in the kitchen, pouring icing onto the cakes with a teaspoon. When she saw Brendan, she blushed, and dropped the spoon. She ran out of the room, and sprinted up the stairs. Brendan looked surprised, and walked up the stairs to knock on May's room. There was no answer. Brendan walked down the stairs again, and sat down to eat cupcakes and tea.
Meanwhile in her room, May logged onto her diary again, and began to type.
Hey Diary
I'm back again, since : he : is here, and I locked myself in my room. I wish Brooke was here, she would make life a lot easier! Oh, why didn't I think of ringing her? But I'll have to make sure my PokeGear's working…anyway, he is here, as I said, but I'm so embarrassed! I'm not going to tell anyone else to save me from disaster. This entry might be long, since I don't know when Brooke's going to come. But yeah, he's cool as I thought, and now I can't even talk to him cos I'm so embarrassed about that changing incident! Thank god I have this diary…if anyone knows how to use a PokeGear properly in another region, tell me! I need to ring Brooke desperately…
Closing the window only, May walked over to her yellow shelves, and looked for her PokeGear. Sifting through at least ten devices, from Kanto and Johto, May finally found her PokeGear, and searched for Brooke's old GearNo. Hoping that Brooke had been carrying her PokeGear, May selected the GearNo. She waited for a few glass-shattering heart-beats…
Brooke was walking into Petalburg City's PokeCenter. Her bag began to shake, indicating someone was either ringing her with PokeGear, or sending her a message with PokeMesse. Opening her silver bag, Brooke found her PokeMesse, and took a look at it. The screen was blank, with a metallic voice stating, "You have absolutely no messages…not even from your parents". Brooke ignored the voice and searched for her PokeGear this time. While she was rummaging in her bag, Brooke tried to think who was calling her in Hoenn, when PokeGear wasn't even here. It could be Jason, or Mum and Dad…Brooke thought silently to herself. Then an idea struck her just as she found her PokeGear. Brooke pressed the green button and turned on Vid Mode.
"Hello…May? Is that you there?" A feeling of pride grew in Brooke as she realized that her guess was right. May smiled sheepishly on the screen. She looked behind her shoulder and turned back to the PokeGear.
"Brooke Brendan came over to our gym house, and it's torture for me! Are you in Petalburg?" May whispered loudly to Brooke.
Brooke winced and checked whether there was a bench she could sit on. The PokeCenter, Mart, and a small park…the park! Brooke broke into a run and sat down heavily on the bench, with a bewildered May on the screen. Brooke found her water bottle and drank from it again, since she had filled it up at the PokeCenter already. Sticking the bottle back in her bag, Brooke said a few words May didn't hear. May frowned, and Brooke repeated herself.
"Is Brendan still at your gym house?"
May sweatdropped and scratched her head. She walked over to her laptop and told Brooke to wait. Brooke had no idea what May was doing, but waited patiently anyway. May was looking for her diary, of course, and stuck her PokeGear close to the screen, to show Brooke what she had written. Brooke read it out loud, and told May to take it back out again. The screen was still stuck on her laptop, and there was only a muffled voice around. Brooke took a deep breath, and shouted into the speakers.
"MAY SAPPHIRE! PUT THE POKEGEAR BACK!"
May jerked back into the real world just as Brooke started to shout. Dropping the PokeGear, she covered her ears and ran around the room in circles, while giving Brooke a clear view of what was happening. Brooke sighed, and wrote the message out on her screen, making the words appear on May's PokeGear. Pressing the red button, Brooke set off for the Sapphire Gym House.
After May had calmed down, she picked up her PokeGear and found Brooke had gone. Only a GearMessage was left, and May read it out to herself.
May, stop screaming and I'm coming over now. Leave Brendan to me for now. Forest.
May suddenly felt reasonably calm. Possibly due to the fact that she didn't have to face Brendan for now. Sighing, she put her PokeGear back on the shelf and grabbed some clothes to have a shower. Downstairs, Brendan was having a hard time trying to answer all of Max's questions.
"We have 3 starters in each of the regions, right? The starters here are Torchic, a Fire type, Mudkip, a water type, and Treecko, a Grass type. Which one do you want when you are a trainer, Max?" Brendan asked. Max looked happy that Brendan was asking him a question.
"I was going to pick Mudkip, but since May picked it, then I won't have it. Torchic is like a girly Pokemon, so I want Treecko! I heard it excels in speed, is it true?" Max replied. Looking ready to burst from happiness, Max grabbed another cupcake with icing and started to gobble it. Caroline turned around from making hot chocolate, and scolded Max for leaving only 2 cupcakes with icing for May. Brendan perked up at the mention of May, and the doorbell happened to ring again for the third time that day. Max yelled "I'll get it!" to Caroline before rushing out of the kitchen, hoping to get out of trouble for eating most of the iced cupcakes. Brooke was getting impatient waiting outside, and was just about to ring again when Max's head appeared. He smiled happily and greeted Brooke. Seeing Max, Brooke gave him a hug before walking into the kitchen, where everyone was most likely to be. Caroline called out to Max asking who it was, and Brendan replied for him.
"It's Brooke," he said softly. Brooke glanced at him and nodded her head politely. Caroline turned around, and smiled at Brooke.
"Hi Brooke, are you looking for May? She's locked herself in her room for some reason after Brendan here came over. Do you think you can try and get theses cupcakes to the other side of her door?" Caroline winked. Brooke caught the hint in it, and agreed. Picking up the plate, and a mug of hot chocolate for herself, she walked up slowly, when Brendan suddenly appeared next to her, offering to carry the plate with his own chocolate mug in the other hand. Brooke turned down the offer, and realized he was going to follow her to May's room! Brooke panicked, and a bit of chocolate slopped over onto her hand, jerking her back to reality with a little cry. Brendan frowned at her, and grabbed the plate to stop Brooke hurting herself anymore. Brooke ignored his help, and walked as fast as she could up to May's room, and knocked on the door. May called out, asking who it was, and Brooke answered, asking her to open the door quickly. May ran to the door, and unlocked it for Brooke. Brooke walked in, ad shut the door just as Brendan saw her go in. Brendan frowned, and put the food down before knocking.
"May? Brooke? It's Brendan here, can you open the door?" Brendan called.
May gulped, and smiled sheepishly at Brooke. Brooke was literally sweatdropping before opening the door for Brendan. May saw a black and red gloved hand holding a plate before whipping around to face her desk. Brendan blinked a few times, and stared around the weird room. Especially at the back of May's head, while she was taking deep breaths to calm herself down. Brooke stood in the middle of the two, and Brendan kept on moving his head to one side of Brooke while she moved herself in that direction to block out Brendan's view. He gave up and asked May directly.
"May, why are you avoiding me? What happened?" Brendan asked. May's shoulders drooped, and Brooke decided to move out of the way. She sat down on a spare chair and waited for a good show. Brendan was walking closer to the desk. May was gulping hard, waiting for something miraculous to happen. Brooke was getting bored of this, so she decided to make the first move.
"Look Brendan, what underwear are you wearing at the moment?"
Brendan turned a bright red and muttered something only he could hear, "Boxers,"
May turned redder than Brendan at this point, while Brooke grinned. "We-no, May actually knew this already,"
Brendan had a bewildered face on, and he gulped uneasily. Brooke almost fell over from laughing.
"There you go, now start your little conversation," Brooke ended. May turned around and makes a face at Brooke, making Brendan bite his lip to stop himself from laughing out loud. Brooke was what Brendan longed to do, rolling around from laughing too much. May and Brendan stood around awkwardly, until Brendan picked up his chocolate mug and walked out, leaving May a glowing bright red. Brooke finally recovered from her laughing, and stood up before falling onto May's bed. A soft tune began to play, with May realizing it was their piano. Someone was playing the piano! Running down the stairs with a cupcake, May turned on the heel of her foot and stared at the pianist. Brendan Birch was playing skillfully on the piano, changing from the Fur Elise he was playing to Alla Turka, and May reached over him to grab her violin. Setting up her position, she began to play a duet with Brendan, attracting a small group of people from Petalburg to listen outside the window. In the Petalburg Gym, all battles began to slow and stop as they listened to the beautiful song. The gym challenger stopped the battle with his hand, and tilted his head to one side. His jet-black hair messed up even more as he ran his fingers through…
haha! Cliffhanger…kinda. -- that kinda sucked, but then again, it IS an in-between chapter…well, R and R…that should be long enough, I was onto my seventh page on MS Word…
