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I woke up the next morning with a pounding headache. I had that weird dream again.

It was a beautiful sunny day, but that made my headache worse. James and Meowth were still asleep, as per usual. I decided to find some food for when they wake up, and prepare the balloon with our supplies. I let out wobbuffet and mimkyku. Although they're not very helpful, they kept me company.

James and Meowth woke up shortly after I finished breakfast, while I was planning out this weeks plan to capture pikachu. I was too focused on the preparations that I didn't even notice them. That was, until James tapped me on the shoulder. It scared me so much I could've jumped out of my skin.

"Don't do that!" I told him. Without looking, I sent a slap in his general direction.

Now it was his turn to be scared and jump back. "Geez! I just came over here to see what your doing."

"Well, while you two were sleeping the day away, I got a head start on today's big scheme. And I made breakfast." It was rare to see me cooking -hence the burnt malasadas- so James was pleasantly surprised.

"Oh wow! Looks like someone's feeling like themself again!"

I nodded, although my head still hurt like hell. We headed to the burnt-out campfire to eat. I made eggs and berries just like James had yesterday, there's not much variety in this forest. I was actually quite proud of my cooking today, as the eggs weren't too burnt and I picked the best berries I could find. For the most part we'll eat whatever, but it was always nice to have something decent tasting.

Meowth was clearly not proud of my cooking, as he was making over exaggerated faces as he ate his egg. "If you have something to say, say it." I told him.

"Eggs are burnt."

"They are not!"

"Are too"

"I'll burn you, you egg head!"

James stopped eating to stop us. "Would you two stop it?! Meowth, Jessie was nice enough to make us breakfast, stop complaining. Jessie, take some constructive criticism every once in a while."

Ugh. I hate it when he did that. Lectured us like we're children. Whatever. I continued to eat.

I then remembered last night's events. "So, James, how was your little date?" I asked him.

He immediately perked up with happiness. "Oh Jessie, it was wonderful!" He took his last bite of food before continuing. "First, she showed up in the most beautiful blue dress! We talked for a while and I realized we have so much in common, but we're also different enough for it to be interesting, you know? We kinda complement eachother I guess. I'm sorry, I'm talking too much. Anyway, we ate our food and it was great! Have you tried that new noodle place? Delicious! After, it was time to go, and she said she wanted to see me again! We planned out second date for Sunday. That's fine, right?"

"Sunday as in tomorrow? yeah, I guess that's fine." I said. It was so unlike James to talk so much, and it was hard to keep up, but I liked hearing him so happy. Although there was something I wanted to know about the 'blue dress'. "And about the dress, was it baby blue and floor length? With sequins from the neckline to the waist?"

He gave me a weird look. I guess that was a random question. "Yes...why?"

Just like in my dream! I knew it! "I've um, wanted to get something like that for myself... for this contest thing I signed up for..." I lied.

He no longer looked suspicious. "Oh okay! I'll ask Jenn where she got it! Although, if you really want blue, you should probably go for a darker colour to match your eyes, and it'd look better with your complexion."

I just nodded in response. Classic James.

After breakfast was done and over with, I told the rest of my team about today's plan: a good old fashioned pokémon battle. No secret weapon, no surprises, no funny business. James thought it was risky, and if I'm being honest, I thought it was risky as well. In reality, we didn't stand a chance against that stupid kid.

We had learned so much in our many years of working together, and yet we were no match for Ash's unique battle style. Not only that, he always got his way, no matter how unlikely it was. The world practically revolved around him. It's rigged. We'd never win.

But, we were desperate. Nothing else ever worked in our favour, so why don't we play by the rules for once? It was worth a shot.