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Author's Voice to Characters (I'm back. The album is done) (the characters can't hear the author's notes)
Chapter 36: Goodbyes and Stories: Aaron, Andy, and Marie
Today, in Celadon City, Andy was a very happy camper. He had just gotten word that his mother had given birth that morning to a little girl named Andrea.
"ALRIGHT!" Andy had yelled into the phone.
While he was getting the news, Marie and Misty had gone to the perfume shop with Brock. Ash and Aaron decided to play it safe and go straight to the gym.
"We'll meet you two their later." Misty called to her boyfriend.
"Are you two SURE you don't want to come?" Marie asked.
"YES!"
Unfortunatly, they had to wait because Erika was at the shop. When Erika finally came, thanks to the girls and no thanks to Brock who was flirting with every girl in the shop, it was a battle of Tangela vs. Charmeleon, and Gloom vs. Eevee.
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After the battle, Andy met up with the five trainers in a park and told them the good news.
"Will you go home?" Aaron asked.
"Probably would be a good idea. Don't worry. I'll meet up with you guys before the league."
"Alright. They finally opened that new monorail in Saffron." Brock said as he looked in his guide book
"I guess this is goodbye for now." Andy said sadly.
"Yeah."
Hey Aaron! Look in your backpack!
"Uh oh." Aaron, Marie, and Andy said, "The Author. She's back."
What's that suppose to mean?
"Nothing." They said as they looked
Just as they feared, there was a photo album very similar to Ash's.
"ALRIGHT!" Ash, Misty, and Brock yelled
They opened the album, and turned to various pictures. Some were just of Aaron and Static. Some were Aaron, Static, and Andy. Later on in the album, Marie started to pop up in the pictures.
"I guess you weren't there the whole time." Misty turned to her future sister-in-law.
"No. I met Aaron after the Silver Conference." She admitted.
"Whoa Aaron. What are you doing in only a towel with only Marie in the room?" Ash asked with a grin.
"WHAT? WHAT IS THIS PICTURE DOING HERE?"
I had to. It wasn't fair to Ash to have him only have an embarrassing photo.
"This isn't embarrassing. This is torture."
"Is that what you were talking about last time?" Ash asked Marie.
"Yeah. It was shortly after I joined the team. Aaron had forgotten there was a girl in the group and came out of the shower in nothing but a towel."
(A/N: I know. I'm cruel)
Aaron was blushing about as red as Ash was when Andy called him hot in the Ashley costume.
"Here's one of Andy hitting on Officer Jenny." Aaron said changing the subject
"And here's one of Pearl and Heart."
"Who are these guys?" Misty asked pointing to a group of three trainers when Aaron was just starting.
"Those are Vincent, Jimmy, and Marina" Aaron explained.
"Who?"
"His friends from New Bark." Ash told his girlfriend.
"They're a year younger than me." Aaron explained.
"Oh. Do you know where they are now?"
"No. I lost contact with them after they left for their journeys."
"Acutally. I think I battled Vincent in my first Silver Conference."
"Now you tell me. How was he?"
"He was fine. A great trainer. We tied."
"Interesting."
"There's Greg." Marie pointed to a picture.
"Oh yeah. That's when I defeated him in the Silver Conference."
"He looks annoyed."
"I think that look suites him."
"You know, if we ever meet up with him after I train Jiggly, I should sick it on him."
"Oh yeah. Remember on Cinnabar Island when Gary said that the entertainment had arrived and it was Jigglypuff?" Brock reminisced.
"Yeah. We ran so fast." Ash laughed at the memory.
"Hey Andy! Here's you doing what I was doing in Ash's album." Brock pointed to a picture of Andy carrying packages.
"Please don't remind me."
"Here's another one of Pearl and Heart. What ARE they DOING?"
"They're worse than Jessie and James."
In the picture, Pearl and Heart were doing interpreted dance in bikinis while saying their motto. (A/N: Don't ask. The answer will probably be in the Prequel to Parent Trap)
The gang quickly turned the last page to a picture of the six trainers and three pokemon.
"And here we are now." Aaron finished the book.
"Now that I look back, I can't believe how much we've been through." Ash said.
"And there is more to come." Brock said.
"And we will face it together." The two girls said.
The Ketchem twins looked at each other and knew that the other was thinking of one thing: Rota.
"At least, as together as we possibly can." Andy admitted sadly.
"That's right. Do you want us to come?" Marie asked.
"Nah. You guys go on and train. I'll see you guys later."
TBC
Preview:
"Excuse us." Both boys left the phone, still on, and ran out of the Center.
In the background, Mrs. Ketchem could hear her sons' friends ask what was going on. Then she heard a faint "YES!" from outside. Then, the identical twins came back in and picked up the phone.
"Sorry about that. We had to get something out of our systems and we couldn't do it inside a Pokemon Center." Aaron explained.