It's always hard to say good-bye. If you're lucky enough, you have a friend who will go out of his/her way to make you feel better...

Session 4: Reference to Chapter 24, Book 1

" "WHAT?" Kat screamed.

Samantha ignored her friend's disbelief and continued packing supplies into her satchel. Tony was in the adjacent room, talking to Kat's mother. Blaze sat at Samantha's feet with Bobby and his Gloom staring at her with a saddened look on his face.

"My parents won't let me go to Johto! You just have to stay Sammie!" Kat cried.

"Listen Ms. Copycat…we all need to do what needs to be done. The winds of fate have called me to Johto, and that is where I must go." Samantha said."

Kat watched nearly in tears as Samantha packed her bags. This was it. This was really good-bye. Samantha was off to Johto. Kanto would soon become but a simple memory in the back of the trainer's mind.

"Won't you come back to earn the rest of your badges, Sam?" Kat asked hopefully.

"Nope. I've heard there are even tougher Gyms in Johto. I know that Julie, Bobby, and the rest of my Pokémon wouldn't have it any other way," Sam replied.

"But Sammie..." Kat began to whine.

"Kat, you know I'll come visit!" Sam reassured her best (human) friend. "Hey, where did Tony go?"

Kat chuckled, "I don't think he's ready for you to leave either. He's only going to stay here because of me, you now. He went out with my Mom and Dad. They aren't used to me having a guy in my life."

"Tony...Of course he would rather stay here with you! You two are in love! Which is more that I can say..." Samantha trailed off.

"Hey, what ever happened to AJ, Sammie?" Kat asked though before now, she had never had the courage to ask Samantha about AJ.

Samantha became suddenly more sullen. She hadn't even asked herself that lately...she knew the answer really hurt.

"He...hasn't even...in months..." was all that escaped Samantha's mouth before she began to tear.

Kat felt awful. She really shouldn't have asked about AJ. "Sammie...look, I'm..."

"Don't you apologize, Kat! Let's face it, AJ is a jerk! He wins 8 badges, and decided to never call again. The last I heard from him was in a letter, and it was to brag! No 'I miss you, Samantha', no 'I can't wait to see you, Samantha'!" Samantha began to cry.

"Wow. How the hell did you focus all this time? You must have been terribly distracted. You never told me any of this. Don't you know that's what friends are for?" Kat said hugging Samantha tightly.

"It was silly of me to have a school-girl crush, while I was trying to be a great Pokémon trainer. Silly of me to think a long-distance relationship could last...Do you remember that Gym Battle I had in Star City against that other Samantha?"

Kat nodded, "Yes. Your first loss..."

"Maybe it wouldn't have been my first loss if he hadn't called me that morning and been so cold. He didn't even seem to care about me, or look at me...just his Sandslash. I wouldn't have used Joelle or Julie, I'm sure of it. Guess it was my fault for being so depressed and still trying to earn a tough badge."

"No. Sammie, no! Don't you ever blame yourself! Some boys are real creeps...like Patch..." Kat smiled.

"You know, you are so lucky to have Tony. He's so sweet, so respectful. You two are genuinely in love. All I see is and absolutely innocent, romantic relationship."

Kat sighed, then giggled, "You know we haven't been all that innocent, Sammie..."

Samantha looked up to Kat with an eyebrow raised, "What do you mean by that?"

Kat looked around to make sure that Tony and more importantly, her parents, were still out of the house. "Well...do you remember when you were in Fuchsia Gym...and you let me an Tony go into the Safari Zone together?"

Samantha gasped, "You DIDN'T!"

Kat blushed, "No, not THAT! But it was Tony's birthday, remember? So I decided to give him a wonderful gift..."

Samantha gasped again. "Kat...what did you two do?!"

"Please don't tell Tony I told you anything about it. But...we got naked...and I ended up going down on him..."

"Whoa! I'll be damned, you two! Is that all?"

"No. He went down on me, too..." Kat said still blushing.

"He did? My God what did that feel like?" Samantha said having no idea about any of these things herself.

"It was wonderful. Perfect. I've never felt anything like it before. It was like getting a THUNDERSHOCK from Julie...then all of the sudden exploding into a full-blast THUNDER! We did all those kinky things, and yet...it all felt so right...I don't regret it at all..." Kat said remembering that day well.

Samantha thought about what Kat had just said. Her first instinct told her to be angry with Kat, and more importantly Tony. If Kat's parents ever found out what those two had done, not only would Kat be in extreme trouble, but so would Samantha. Kat's sister had entrusted her little sister to Samantha, specifically telling her not to let anything happen to Kat. But the more Samantha contemplated it, the more rational her mind became. "Well...like I said, you two are in love...I'm happy for you Kat."

"You mean you understand? Well I have to be honest, I thought you'd get really mad. That's why I hadn't told you sooner..." Kat said relieved.

"Thought never crossed my mind..." Samantha lied. "That's awesome that you have a man you trust enough to do those things. To think...I wasted a lot of emotions and a lot of my time thinking about AJ. I'll never get that back..."

With that thought, Samantha began to cry again. Kat felt awful. There really was a time and place to discuss all of this...now wasn't the best of times. Kat moved over to Samantha, and let Samantha rest her weeping head on her chest as Kat rubbed her back.

"It will be OK, Sammie! Please focus! You have people counting on you. You have people like me who care about you very, very much..."

Samantha looked up into Kat's eyes, "You mean that?"

Kat smiled at her best friend, "You bet Sammie. More than life itself."

The two stared into each other's eyes. Samantha felt touched, but Kat was feeling something different. Whatever it was, her heat was racing a mile a minute. Kat slowly leaned forward, and kissed Samantha on the cheek. Samantha turned her head away without giving it a thought. She blushed and turned back towards Kat, who gave her another kiss...only this time it was on the lips! Samantha didn't seem to care at all this time, because something about it just felt so right. She pressed back against Kat's lips this time before returning her embrace.

Samantha pulled away, and looked at Kat in shock, but still blushing. "That was my..."

Kat smiled, "Was that your first kiss, Sammie?"

Samantha lightly shook her head, "No...I kissed Gary Oak in the 6th Grade on a dare. But that was the first time another girl kissed me..."

"Well, was that good or bad?" Kat asked.

"Oh, it wasn't bad, Kat. It kinda felt...right..."

Kat giggled and nodded. She leaned forward to kiss Samantha again, only this time Samantha responded by kissing her back. The two stayed lip-locked for a few moments. Samantha's pain over that boy sure was fading faster than she could hope for. Kat started running her fingers through Samantha's auburn hair as they kissed. Samantha did likewise, playing with Kat's blonde hair. Their eyes never opened. Kat, surely by pure instinct with her past experiences with Tony, parted Samantha's lips with her tongue, and let her tongue explore Samantha's now open mouth. Samantha was scared at first, but the sensation of this new kind of kiss felt all too good. Samantha was now probing Kat's mouth with her tongue, as they played with each other's hair.

Kat then became more bold. She started to massage Samantha's breasts through her yellow T-Shirt. Samantha was still enjoying the relaxation all too much to even care. She just moaned as Kat lightly stroked her breasts. Kat, figuring everything was OK, slid her hand under Samantha's shirt. Samantha didn't mind it at all. She just continued her passionate kiss with Kat.

Samantha stopped all of the sudden, and pulled away from Kat's mouth. Kat's hand was still under Samantha's shirt fondling her breasts, so Kat blushed. Samantha smiled, "If it makes it easier, you can take off my shirt..."

Kat felt somewhat reassured, and pulled Samantha's T-Shirt off. Soon thereafter, Kat unclasped her bra. Samantha sighed as the cool air hit her exposed breasts. Kat marveled at the sight of Samantha topless. Her breasts were much larger than Kat's. Kat's daydream was broken up by Samantha planting another kiss on her lips. Samantha moaned as Kat massaged her bare breasts, and Kat moaned as Samantha began to massage her breasts through her white blouse.

"This is so relaxing, Sam..." Kat cooed.

"Hey, I'm new at this. I'm just following your lead..." Samantha responded.

With that, Samantha began to unbutton Kat's blouse. In a few moments, Kat's bra joined Samantha's on the floor. They embraced and kissed again. They both moaned as their nude breasts came in contact with one another's.

"Here's a lesson from Tony..." Kat smiled.

Kat gently bent Samantha backwards as took one of her nipples into her mouth. Samantha gasped and moaned as Kat gently swirled her tongue around. Kat alternated between Samantha's two nipples as Samantha ran her fingers through Kat's let-down hair.

"Good lesson," Samantha laughed, "now let's see what I've learned."

Samantha bent forward and started to lick Kat's breasts. Kat silently thought it felt a little better than when Tony had done it. It...just felt so right... Samantha made sure to clamp-down, but not bite, each of her friend's nipples, as Kat panted with pleasure. The two took turns suckling on each other's breasts, stopping only for the occasional kiss.

"Anything else you've learned from Tony, Kat?" Samantha giggled as Kat played with her breasts.

"Well...I don't think you're ready for that..." Kat winked.

"Oh after all of this, I'll be ready for anything!" Samantha said eagerly.

"Even Pokémon battles? No more 'boy distractions'? " Kat said seriously.

"...Especially Pokémon battles!" Samantha smiled.

"Alrighty then, Sammie..."

Kat stood up as did Samantha. Kat sighed dreamily and grabbed Samantha's black sweatpants by the elastic waistband. She slowly slid them down to around Samantha's ankles. Samantha smiled a reassuring smile, and Kat slid her cotton white panties down to join her pants on the floor, exposing Samantha's virgin womanhood to Kat's eyes.

Kat led Samantha over to her bed, and had Samantha lie down. Kat parted her friends legs to get a closer view of her most private part. Kat became a little unsure. Doing this for Tony seemed all too easy...but being a woman herself, Kat knew she'd have to do this very gently. She slowly moved her face towards Samantha's mound, and inhaled deeply. It didn't smell too bad...it was actually quite arousing. Kat stuck out her tongue and gave it a quick lick...not bad. It was actually very sweet tasting. Her fears defeated, Kat started to lick along the opening causing Samantha's body to twitch a little. Assured whatever she was doing was the right thing, she used her fingers to spread the lips, and plunged her tongue deep inside of Samantha. Kat was actually beginning to love the taste, so she put her entire mouth around Samantha's "love-button".

"Mmmmm...God, Kat!" Samantha inadvertently screamed out.

Kat giggled and continued working her tongue all around Samantha's hairless mound. Samantha held Kat's head there, never feeling anything quite as good as this her entire life. Kat began to remember all the things Tony did, and what had felt especially good. It then dawned on her. She reached up from playing with herself between her own legs, and inserted a finger into Samantha's opening. Samantha screamed in pleasure, and bucked forward and backwards to make Kat's finger pump in and out of her.

Kat still really couldn't believe she was doing this...and with Samantha too! It was OK though. This wasn't just a girl she just met...it was Samantha. Samantha who had taken Kat under her wing. Samantha who helped her relationship with Tony blossom and grow. Samantha who had always been there for her! It was quite alright in Kat's book now, as Samantha reached her orgasm.

Kat picked her head up, "Feel better?"

Samantha smiled with her eyes closed, "Much. That was great!"

Kat got up and began to put her clothes back on. She handed Samantha all of her clothes too.

Samantha frowned, "What about you? You deserve to get what I just got..."

"My parents could come home at anytime...Besides, I could just have Tony do it later!" Kat laughed out loud.

"Yeah, lucky you!" Samantha giggled putting her shirt back on.

"Hey Sammie...does this make me a lesbian? Does this make me a cheater?" Kat asked looking to the ground.

"I don't think so. You won't make a habit out of this, I don't think. As for Tony...I don't think he'd care you did this for me...besides, if he did, what he doesn't know won't hurt him. I'll call this curiosity..."

"Curiosity killed the Kat..." Kat mused.

"Kat," Samantha said picking her head up and kissing her, "thank you. Thank you so much. I don't think I could have gone on in my Pokémon quest if you hadn't cared about me enough to do all of that stuff."

"Well half of it was because I care about you..." Kat corrected her best friend.

"What was the other half?"

Kat laughed, "Talking about Tony made me horny!"

"You're bad..." Samantha said shoving her friend. "But you're oh-so good at it!"

"The best part Sammie...was that that was not an imitation....I really care that much about you. You'd just better kick some serious ass in Johto!"

"I will. For you, for Tony, for my family, and for my Pokémon...I will!"

"Bliss-eeeey!" Blissey called from downstairs.

"Whoa my parents are back!" Kat panicked. "I gotta run to the bathroom!"

"Why?" Samantha asked.

"I need mouthwash!" Kat said. "Well, before Tony kisses me anyway!"

Samantha laughed as red-faced Kat ran to the bathroom, and slammed the door behind her.