I needed a walk. This rejection took a bit of a toll on me if I'm being honest. She thought I'd be better off with Jessie? Jessie most certainly doesn't like me like that, nor do I like her.

At least she realized she'd be better off with someone else. I hope they'll be happy together.

I compared my feelings for Jessie to those for Jenn. I definitely admired them both a lot, but they were the only two people I've talked to for a long time, unless you count the twerps.

I found myself walking towards the beach, which was no surprise, in Alola you could basically walk in any direction and end up at the ocean. I sat down at a beach chair and continued to reflect. I needed some time to collect myself before I had to face Jessie and Meowth again, I'm sure they wouldn't mind.

I was really confused as to why she thought that way. I suppose I did talk about Jessie a lot, but she was pretty much the only person I had to talk about. The only thing I talked to Jessie about was Jenn for the past couple of days, did that balance it out?

I decided to compare Jessie and Jenn as people. Maybe Jenn related to her in a way? They really weren't all that similar.

They were both beautiful, but that probably didn't have to do with anything. They were both from Kanto, but again, that wasn't too important. I needed to look deeper, which was difficult considering I hadn't known Jenn for that long. They were both very opinionated, and they were both pretty spunky.

They were also both really selfless, although they showed it in very different ways. Most people wouldn't describe Jessie as selfless, as not many people got to see that trait in her. She always tried to hide her selflessness, but she couldn't help it even if she tried. Jenn didn't even try to hide her selflessness, in fact, she embraced it. Hm, I guess that was their biggest similarity, and I admired them both for it.

Maybe I did like Jessie. I mean, I felt very comfortable around her. I felt similarly towards both of them, it's just my feelings for Jenn came so quickly that they seemed overwhelming.

I tried to think back to when I first met Jessie, wondering if I felt the same when I first met her. Oh boy, that was a long time ago. I couldn't really remember what I thought of her back then, but I do remember having a positive opinion of her, even though she was generally unliked in pokémon tech. Clearly something went right, as we ended up comforting eachother at the end of the semester, after we both failed that stupid test.

Thinking back to pokémon tech brought back a lot of memories. Most of those memories were terrible, but there certainly was some gems in the mix. What am I doing? Being nostalgic isn't helping my situation at all!

Whatever. Even if I do like Jessie, it doesn't really matter because she most certainly does not like me back. She was the one who set me up with Jenn, which she probably wouldn't have done if she liked me like that. Also, she practically launched herself at any attractive guy whenever there was an opportunity, so you'd think I would know by now if she liked me even a little bit.

This whole situation was hopeless. I can't like my best friend!

I wish that Jenn would've just broken up with me like a normal person instead of confusing me like this.

I realized that the sun had started setting. Jeez, I've been gone for a long time. I hoped Jessie and Meowth weren't worried about me. I guess all there was left to do was return to home base and hope things didn't get weird.