"Okay, everyone, hurry up and finish your breakfast, because today, you'll be staying at David's house!"exclaimed Brock.

"Why?"

"Because it'll be more fun."he said.

"It will?"

"Yes. Now, finish, and I'll walk you there, on my way to Ms.Balmaceda's."

"Yay!"

When they got there, David asked, "Okay, what would everyone like to do today?"

Everyone had a different thing they wanted to do.

"Oh, boy."

How does Brock handle all of them? Now he understood why he wanted to leave them with him for a day. Is this what he goes through everyday?

"We can't do everything at once. One at a time. Why don't we all color?"

"I don't like coloring."

"Timmy always teases me about my coloring."

"I want to go on a bike ride."

"I want to go outside."

Great, now what do I do?David asked himself despereately.

Brock arrived at Ms.Balmaceda's house a little earlier than usual.

"I'm not late, am I? Lily?"he realized that Lilly wasn't there yet. "Oh, well. I had better get to work, anyway."he said to himself.

"One of my own secret recipes, Ms.Crystal."he said, as he put her breakfast on the table.

"It looks just fabulous!"she said.

"Well, I thought you'd like it."

"I love chocolate! How did you guess?"

"Well, I saw that your sundae was three different flavors of chocolate ice cream. Brownie, world class chocolate, Rocky Road."

She smiled at him.

"I am quite a chocolaholic."she admitted.

"I could never have guessed from your looks, just by your ice cream."he said.

"Is that supposed to be a compliment?"

"Well, yeah, I guess."

She smiled and dug right in.

"I must tell my aunt to give you a pay raise!"

"That's not necessary."said Brock.

"And what do you do on your afternoons?"she asked him. "Apart from helping your poor neighbor with those infuriating children of hers?"

"Oh, well, I…am a part-time gym leader."

"Pokemon, huh? I have an uncle who is a Pokemon trainer. My cousin wants to become one soon."she rolled her eyes. "Oh, well, it's what they like. I, myself, could probably never train them. I've heard that they're quite a challenge to train. I would never have the patience."

"Well, it's fun. It is hard,"he admitted. "But very rewarding, as well."

"That sounds just lovely."

"Perhaps I could show you the gym, and you could watch a gym match, if you'd like."

"That would be nice of you."

Meanwhile, David was regretting his promise to Brock more and more every second.

"No, don't! That's my mother's!"he exclaimed as his mother's most precious vase crashed onto the floor.

"Mike!"he yelled out for his brother. "Mike! You were supposed to keep the younger ones entertained!"

He ran to his brother's room. The door was closed, he opened it, to find Mike listening to some music, eating some potato chips, and playing a video game.

"I am not going to waste my time babysitting."He simply said.

"You have to help me. Please! I can't handle all this kids myself. Besides, it's nearly lunch time!"

"Good, I'm starving. What're we having?"

"Nothing, if you don't get over here and help me."

Mike sighed.

"Fine."

What have I gotten myself into?David asked himself.

The phone rang. David ran to answer it.

"Hello?"

"Hi, David."It was Brock. "Listen, something came up, and I really need you to keep my brothers and sisters during the afternoons, too, okay. I'll pick them up in the evenings."

"Wha..."

"Thanks a bunch."

Then he hung up.

David stared at the receiver.