A Pokemon Academy Production…
PROFESSOR ELM.
Students pass by guidance center. Today was a relatively quiet day. It was a slow Friday afternoon, with not a whole lot going on. Meanwhile, in Professor Elm's office, the brown-haired man clears his throat. He folds his hands together like a sandwich and stares firmly at Grace and her mother. Grace's mother was wearing a bandana, due to her being sick. She's been doing routine chemo treatments for a while now, and it's made her lose her hair. Elm adjusts the computer screen over towards Grace's mother, which showed all of Grace's grades. "As you can see Mrs. Johnson, Grace has been falling behind in all her classes, skipping them and talking back to teachers."
Before she was going to say something, Liza ends up coughing up blood. This worried Professor Elm, and he scattered to grab her a napkin. "Here take this." He said. He gives her the napkin. The two quickly hold hands and it was like for a moment, they quickly felt connected to one another. Liza blushes and uses the napkin to spit the blood into it.
Grace caught this and grunts. "We're supposed to be talking about my grades, not flirting."
"Right…" The nervous Elm responded. The man was so nervous that, the moment he tried to grab the keyboard, and ends up falling on the ground. "I'm sorry." He apologized. Elm bends down to grab the keyboard, but his pants end up ripping, showing off a little bit of his behind.
Grace laughed. She thought this moment was hilarious. She takes her phone out and takes a picture of Professor Elm's behind. "This is so going on Instagram."
Elm quickly turns around. His face was red, from being super embarrassed. "I think we should...um...reschedule this meeting, due to future developments." Elm swallows his spit and quickly leaves the room, so he can fix the rip in his pants.
Grace couldn't stop her laughing, but Liza was worried about the poor little man. But at the same time, she thought that his scatterbrain-ness was adorable.
"Pretty Woman"
Starring:
Classic Gone Retro as Anderson Myan
Deutschland1871 as Ross Huot
Golem2.76 as Josh Smith
MaMcMu as Cole Heartleaf
Mara the Wolf as Mira
Mara the Wolf as Misaki Akane
Musicromo as Miya Brunson
Nintendo as Professor Elm
Nintendo as Professor Birch
R3dLuv3Singin as Khuzaimah "Khu" Minami
SniperSnip1000 as Quinten Lee Valora
WaqueKoala2.0 as Grace Johnson
n00bsleyr as Dakota Moore
Guest Starring:
Mara the Wolf as Max
Mara the Wolf as Liza Johnson
PROFESSOR ELM.
Professor Elm came rushing to Professor Birch's office. The lovesick guidance counselor wanted to discuss his newfound infatuation with Grace's mother Liza Johnson. However, he notices that Birch was already in a meeting with another student, but luckily for him, things were about to dwindle down.
"We'll discuss this later Mr. Snyder."
"Whatever man." Derek gets up and walks pass Professor Elm. The arrogant boy had a rude look on his face. But luckily, he didn't have to be there long, as he left room.
Elm walks up close to Birch. "Rough day?"
"Tell me about i," Birch said. Birch's desk was a mess. It was piled up with many different papers and folders. Birch had a lot of paperwork that he had to do, and he's been slacking because of students constantly getting into trouble. "If these little shits don't get their act together, I'm going to explode."
"Birch...you know you shouldn't use language like that in a school setting. Students might hear you." He warned. Elm sits down in the same seat that Derek was just sitting in. Lucky enough the seat was right in front of Birch's desk.
"Does it look like I GIVE a fuck?" Birch asked.
"No... not at all…." Elm stuttered.
"Now what do you want Josiah?"
"Well, I wanted to get your advice on something." Elm started. He was a little flustered. It's been a while since the last time he felt this way about a woman, and he almost forgot how to act when it came to courtship. "You see, I had a meeting with Grace Johnson and her mother today to discuss Dakota's grades, and I well...may have developed a little crush on Grace's mother…"
Birch gives him a blank stare, which startled Elm. "Is everything okay? Oh shoot, it's not going to work out isn't it?" He assumed.
Birch started laughing. "This is the most hilarious thing I've heard all day. You came in here to get advice about dating…? You, dating? Oh my god, that shit is hilarious. Why would anyone want to date an ugly shit like you? You're still a 35-year-old virgin."
"Birch!" Elm whispered. He looked around to make sure that no one heard that. He was lucky that no one was around. "You know that is supposed to be a secret between you and me. I want to wait until I'm married...you know, find the right person and all."
"Well then ask her out…" Birch shrugged. He takes a sip of his coffee. The man didn't like the taste of the coffee. "This could use a little more cream...god my husband is such a cunt." He sits the coffee down, surprised to still see Elm still stand there. "Ugh...you're still here...why again?"
"Birch, I'm being serious. I want to impress this girl."
"Well then if you want to impress her, go out and buy her a ring."
Elm felt like a light bulb went over his head. "That's a great idea." Elm gets up, knowing what he had to do. "I'm going to go out and buy a ring for Liza. Thanks, Birch! I know that talking to you was a great idea." Elm leaves the room and Birch couldn't be happier.
MIYA.
Quinten and Anderson were together walking down the hallway. "Ever since Ross moved in with our family, my parents have been throwing a party every other day." He explained. While he thought it was a good thing that his parents adopted Ross, the over-celebration of said adoption felt like it was going a little overboard. "It's like a non-stop."
"I mean they probably just want Ross to feel welcome is all," Anderson explained. "I mean CPS did place him into your parents care after they found out he was squatting," Anderson replied, hoping to give his friend some graceful answers. Anderson and Quinten were hoping to make it to class on time, as they pass by Mira and Miya
The last call final bell rang for third period and Miya and Mira were walking together in the hallway. Mira was looking at her phone, ignoring Miya who was going on and on about her date with her new boyfriend Enzo. Mira was constantly liking Instagram posts made by Misaki who was becoming a rising internet star.
"Mira, my date with Enzo was just so perfect. It was like we were in a romance movie." She vented. She still felt like she was in heaven. But she notices that her best friend wasn't paying attention to her and wanted to call attention to it, but before she could do so, both girls end up looking up as everyone in the hallway came together like a group of ants.
"What the?" Mira asked they were all looking at the something. It was scary, horrifying and out of this world. It was Josh dressed up in the schools cheerleading uniform with pom poms too. The school uniform was a half sleeve shirt that matched the same color scheme of a Dragonite, the miniskirt was too.
"Let's go Dragonite's Dragon Rage! Let's go Dragonite's feel the pain!" Josh chanted.
Everyone was surprised to see this.
"Wow he actually did it, I'm impressed." Ross took pictures of Josh as Josh kept on saying the school anthem over and over again. "I'm so glad he kept the end of the deal on his bet."
Mira's phone started to ring. She opens her Instagram page and was surprised to see Josh wearing a cheerleading uniform was trending. "How is it already trending?"
"What's trending?"
"Josh. This right here, I don't understand how and why certain things trend." Mira sees that a post was liked by Misaki and it interested her. "Even Misaki liked the post, and I didn't even know she liked social media."
"Come on Misaki isn't a vampire. She's actually pretty cool."
"Misaki cool?" Mira asked. "All she does it stay to herself and talk to Chroma or her brother most of the time."
"You shouldn't judge people, Mira." The bell rings and the two-t start walking, heading to class. "You'll be surprised."
"That's why I'm going to look at her Instagram and see what kind of stuff Misaki posts." Mira heads to Misaki's page and presses the follow button.
PROFESSOR ELM.
Professor Elm went to Mauville Mall, going on his lunch break earlier. It wasn't very busy at that time. This was due to the fact that the people who usually hang out at malls, teenagers, were still in class. Which was perfect for Birch, as he didn't want to have his students see him going out to buy a ring.
Elm walked into Kay's Jewelry, not knowing what to expect. He looked down and saw a whole bunch of jewelry. From rings to necklaces they had it all, so he knew he could find something for her. "I hope I can find something."
"Do you need any help?" A woman who worked at the store asked.
"Why yes. You see there's this girl I like, and I want to impress her, by giving her something big."
She had a wide smile on her face. "Something big…" She walked over to the engagement rings, thinking that he was talking about proposing to someone. Elm followed her. "I take it you want to propose to her."
"What!" Elm panicked and got a tad bit nervous. "No, no, no. I don't want to purpose to her!"
"Oh!" She felt bad. "I'm sorry, I thought when you said you want to do something big, that meant-"
"No, no, no, no! I just met this woman today, I can't be doing things like that, it'll freak her out!"
"Got it." She put on her best thinking cap, wondering what the best item he could get for her. But that quickly came to an end. "I think I have a perfect idea! Follow me…" She walked over to the necklace part of the store and he followed her.
MIYA.
"So, we should allow males to go into females' bathrooms?" Enzo asked. He looked straight at his opponent Misaki. Debate class was getting pretty heated. Misaki was up against Enzo and the topic was about gender. Both Misaki and Enzo had differing opinions on the topic. Also, in this class was Miya who coincidentally was scrolling through Misaki's Instagram profile, looking at all the positive reactions Misaki was getting from her posts.
Misaki held back everything in her power to make sure she didn't go off on the boy, even though she really wanted too. "It's not a gender thing," Misaki replied. She grabbed the stand and looked straight at her classmates. They were getting really invested in the conformation between the two of them. "It's about equality for all," Misaki said. "If the school gets rid of gendered bathrooms then it would be an equal opportunity for everyone."
Miya ignored the debate between the two of them and turned around to Mira. She puts her phone in Mira's face, showing off a picture of Misaki laying in the bed with a captain that said, "Life sucks, everything sucks, I suck." The post had over 10k likes. "How do I get this many likes?"
"Miya," Mira said. She tried to look over at the debate, but Mira was too busy shoving the phone in her face, following her everywhere. "I'm trying to pay attention to Misaki and Enzo's debate. You know we have to write a paper giving our own opinions."
"I know…" She started. "But we have more important matters at hand, like how do we get more likes then Misaki." She started to do more "investigating" Misaki's Instagram profile for ideas.
Mira pondered. "Maybe you can try posting sad and depressing things like Misaki?"
"Why would I want to post something sad and depressing?"
"I don't know." Mira quickly pulls up Misaki's Instagram profile. "But Misaki does it all the time." She puts to the likes that Misaki was getting and Miya was impressed by it. Misaki was getting over 200k likes, just over sad quotes.
"That's unbelievable." Miya was still in shock. "Why in the hell would someone spend all day, liking sad quotes?"
Miya and Mira walk into their Spanish classroom. The classroom was a glass half empty, with only two more minutes left for passing period.
Miya tried her best to try and understand why Misaki's posts were getting traction online, but she couldn't comprehend it. "What's so entertaining about it?"
"Because it's relatable." Max overheard the conversation, all the way from across the room. He was sitting on top of his desk and eating an apple.
"I love brother but why are you butting in our conversation?"
"Well Miya asked a question and I'm just responding." He explained. He gets off his desk and walks over to them.
"What do you mean by it's relatable?"
"Well, people can relate to bad things." Max pulls out his phone, so he can show an example. He goes to Misaki's Instagram and chooses a post she made two weeks ago:
"Some days are just bad days, that's all. You have to experience sadness to know happiness, and I remind myself that not every day is going to be a good day, that's just the way it is!" - Dita Von Teese
Miya gets uncomfortable by that and shivers. "See, that is depressing. Why is that appealing?!"
"As I said, Miya, it's relatable, and being relatable is the new its thing." Max shrugs his shoulders and walks over to his desk to sit down.
Miya thought about what he said and started wondering about what she could do next in order to get more likes on social media. Maybe he's right?
PROFESSOR ELM.
Not thinking and going by his heart, Elm did some digging and found out where Grace was living. So, Elm went to Grace's house, which was a mansion over in the west side of New Mauville, which too far from where he was. He knocks on the door with his right hand and holding his flowers in his left.
Grace was listening to a podcast with her headphones in her ears, but she heard the sound of the knocking from afar. "Coming!" She sighs before going over to the door and opening it.
When she opens the door, she was stunned to see Professor Elm on the other side of the door. "What are you doing here?" She asked.
"Um...Grace." He started stuttering, his nerves getting the best of him. "Would your mom happen to be home?"
Grace tried her best to stop herself from laughing. "Yeah, one second." Grace goes to get her mom.
Elm was curious about Liza was going to react to him, but he wanted to remain positive.
Liza shows up. She inspected Professor Elm and was taken aback, just a smidge. "Um...hi Professor Elm."
"Please call me by my name, Josiah."
"Josiah. What are you doing here?"
"I was wondering if you...maybe...wanted to go out on a date tonight?"
"Wow." She expected that sort of but didn't think that he was actually going to do it. She didn't exactly know she felt about Elm, so she didn't want to break his heart. "Listen, Elm-"
Elm's heart breaks. He's heard that response many times before. He almost dropped his flowers, but in order to not appear weak he put on a facade. "I know what you're going to say, and I'm sorry for wasting your time." Elm tried his best to look confident, but his heart was just too big for that. He left very sadly, making Liza sad too.
MIYA.
Miya was trying her best to concentrate on her homework, studying in her room. However, her parents constant fighting downstairs was distracting her from getting her work done. "Will you two be quiet!" She shouted.
She goes to try and shut her door, before thinking for a quick second. She remembered the attention that Misaki was getting for posting sad things and thought about going it herself.
Miya takes out her phone. She walks over to the balcony, where she can get a quick glimpse of her parents arguing.
"You were out with her again, weren't you!"
"Yeah, so? You never give me any more attention; I practically have to beg for it!"
Miya points her phone at her parents and opens up her camera app and starts to record it. She had no regrets filming a private conversation about her parents and felt quite happy doing it, so she smiled.
PROFESSOR ELM.
Distraught, distracted and tired, Elm wasn't having the best morning. Forgetting to shave and having a five o' clock shadow, Elm grabs his cup of coffee and takes a sip. He was doing some paperwork, but his mind kept wandering on to other things.
Professor Birch knocks on the door. "Knock, knock."
Elm ignored him, which worried Birch. "Are you okay man? Because this isn't like you."
"Sorry Denzel." He presses enter on his laptop and pays attention to Birch. "I just have a lot on my mind."
"What's up?"
Birch sighed. "You know how I have a huge crush on Grace Johnson's mother right?"
"Yes."
"Well yesterday I showed up to her house with flowers and I was going to ask her out on a date, but she rejected me."
Birch couldn't help but laugh. "Oh my god, that's hilarious! You are such a nerd."
Elm felt insulted. "Shut up! I really like her."
"Bro, you don't just show up to someone's house and ask them out on a date. you call them first."
Elm facepalmed. "I know and I feel really stupid for not doing so." As Elm was swimming in his sorrows his phone started to ring. He looks over to the side and sees that he was getting a call from Liza herself, which made him happy. "It's her!"
"Answer it."
"Well, I don't know what to say."
Birch rolled his eyes, grabbed the phone and answered it for him, before throwing the phone back to a protesting Elm. Elm holds the phone next to his right ear. "Hello."
"Hey, Josiah."
"Hey, Liza."
"Look." Liza regretted everything that had happened, after thinking about things last night. "I'm so sorry about everything that happened. That is not how I wanted things to end between us."
"Huh?" Elm got a strike of hope, his heart beating faster and palms getting sweaty. "What are trying to say."
"What I'm trying to say is, things haven't been so well ever since Grace's dad died and my divorce with Robert, I just feel like I bring bad luck to man." That was something that Liza wanted to get off her chest for a long time. "I just worry that if me and you start dating, then things might go wrong."
Elm understands where she was coming from, but with a boost of hope, he didn't want to give up so easily. "Well, we won't know if we don't try."
She recognized that he made a fair point. "But it's scary."
"Life is scary, but that's the fascinating thing about it, taking chances."
She smiled. "Well then Josiah, what are you doing on Friday?"
"Spending time with you."
The two of them blushed with wide grins. If only they were in the same place right now, they would see that they both felt the same way about each other.
MIYA.
"Sorry about your parents fighting Miya."
"Thank you, Cole. It's great to know not everyone in this world is at war."
Cole taps Miya's shoulder and Miya's taps his back. Cole who was with Khu walks away, as the hallways were a little cluttered that Thursday afternoon. With students coming up to Miya, after her Instagram post of her parents fighting going viral. People felt sorry for Miya, but Mira wasn't so sure if her intentions were genuine.
"Sorry Miya."
"Sucks your parents are fighting."
"Why thank you, it's tough hearing that every night."
People just kept on coming up to Miya and Miya was loving every bit of it. "Isn't this great Mira? I'm finally getting the attention I deserve."
"Yeah, because getting this type of attention is a good thing."
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"I don't know Miya, it's just that using your parents fighting to gain attention on social media is sad and desperate." She confessed. It was hard for her to admit it, but it needed to be said.
Feeling insulted Miya had to clap back. "Wow, I can't believe you just there." She started, not seeing the error of her ways. "What's so bad about it? Misaki uses her pain and suffering for attention on social media."
Without notices, Miya had no idea that Misaki was right next to her. Misaki in frustration slams her locker. She couldn't be silent and let her name be slandered like that. "You have no fucking idea what you're talking about Miya."
"Oh really?" She asked. "Then explain to me why every single one of your posts sounds like someone is going to kill themselves."
"I post those quotes to let people know that they're not online. Online I don't have to actually talk to people and be judged as I do in person. Everyone goes through something."
Miya refused to believe that. "That sounds like a load of bull and you know it. Just like how I'm using my parents arguing to gain attention, your using the abuse of your dad to gain attention, so I say that where equal."
Misaki shook her head. "You couldn't be more wrong." Misaki didn't want to talk to Miya any further, not wanting to let her angry consume her. But she quickly turned to look at the girl.
"And to think that I thought us being locker partners was going to be the start of us being friends, but as I said, I'm not meant to be happy." Misaki walks away, but Miya just shrugged it off. Misaki held her head up high, not wanting to let this moment tear her down.
PROFESSOR ELM.
The school was coming to an end, thus making the hallway empty minute by minute. Grace, Dakota, Anderson and Quinten were chatting it up and waiting by Dakota's locker who was grabbing a few things before going on home.
"So, what's the plan, what are we doing tonight?" Quinten asked.
"We can do Pizza at my place." Anderson shrugged. "My brother hasn't really been home lately, so I've been home alone by myself a lot."
"Good, that sounds like a plan, girls?"
Before she could respond to Quinten, Grace looked over at smiling and skipping Professor Elm. "Anderson, Quinten, Dakota, and Grace. How are you?"
"Good sir." Three out of the four said with Grace not saying anything.
Elm took a special notice in Grace and smiled the hardest at her. "Tell your mom if had a good time on our date."
"Sure."
Elm nodded and walked away. Her friends tried their best to understand if what they were hearing was the right thing. "Wait...did Elm just say that you two went on a date?"
"No," Grace responded. "My mom and him went out on a date."
"So, does that mean Elm is your new stepdad."
Grace shivered at that horrible thought. "Eww, I hope no." She wished.
