Ivy's Story

Chapter 3. This is the last chapter I have ready until I work on the next chapter. Which I hope will be soon

"One rainy day I got to go to Clay's house and meet his parents. We spent the day playing board games and when the rain stopped we went outside to play."

I sighed and looked up at the gloomy grey sky. I was sitting on my swing and swaying back and forth, not really swinging. I looked up at the sky, noticing a cloud going by, "that one looks like a Steelix," I giggled to myself, then sighed, "I hope it doesn't rain..." I got up off my swing and was walking over to the shed to get my rubber ball when I saw a familiar log fly over the fence and then saw Clay scramble over the top and fall into my yard.

"There's a gate you know..." I said dryly as he came over. "Yeah, I know," he grinned, "but climbing over was more fun." I sighed and rolled my eyes, "If you say so." "So what do you want to do?" Clay asked, I shrugged, "I dunno, what do you want to do?" Clay thought for a minute, "Want to ask your dad if you can come to my house?" "Sure, come on." We walked into my house. My dad was in the living room, reading the newspaper. "Hey, daddy? Can I go with Clay to his house?"

My father looked up from his paper at me, "Sure, just be back for dinner." He went back to reading. "Thank you, daddy!" I thanked him then skipped out the back door to Clay.

"He said I can go. Come on!" I said and we walked over to the gate. Clay grabbed his log and swung it onto his shoulder as I opened the gate, "After you." Clay giggled and walked through and I followed, closing the gate behind me. As we walked down the path we met up with Mrs. Sandslash.

"Ivy? what are you doing out in this weather?" Mrs. Sandslash asked. "Oh! hi Mrs. Sandslash!" I greeted her. "How is Andrew?" Andrew was Mrs. Sandslash's son and another one of my friends. "Oh he's doing very well. He's going to start Kindergarden this fall." I clapped my paws, "really? me too! maybe we'll be in the same class." Mrs. Sandslash smiled, "maybe so, well, I better get home before it begins to rain." With a wave of her clawed hand, she went on her way.

We continued down the path, talking about nothing in particular, when I felt a raindrop on my nose. "what?" I looked up, and got a raindrop on my head. "run!" I yelped and Clay and I ran the rest of the way to his house. I tried to memorize the way even as we ran.

Once me made it to Clay's house we stopped to rest under the covered front porch. Panting, I shook myself to get rid of the water on my fur and my fur poofed out, making me look ridiculous. Clay laughed and I glared at him before smoothing my fur down.

Walking into the house, Clay set his log against the wall next to a larger metal girder. "Mom! Dad! I'm home!" Clay called. A Gurdurr entered the room, "welcome home, son!" he came over and scooped Clay into a hug, causing Clay to laugh.

"Someday I'll be big and strong like you Dad!" Clay said as his dad put him back down on the floor. His Father laughed. "In time son, in time, but until then," he ruffled Clay's head, "you'll always be my little boy." Clay laughed and pushed his hands away.

Clay then spotted me, "Oh, right, Dad, meet my best friend Ivy." I waved shyly, "Hi..." Clay's Father laughed, "Well, it's nice to see my boy making friends." He then smiled at his son, "I thought you were too young for dating." He teased. "Daaaaad..." Clay groaned, then grabbed my paw, "come with me and meet my mom." He said as he pulled me into the kitchen.

The kitchen was warm and smelled of baking cookies. A rather beautiful Female Serperior was humming and practically gliding around the room as she made cookies.

"Hi Mom!" Clay called as we walked in. His Mother turned her head to see who came in and smiled as she removed a tray of cookies from the oven, before putting more in to bake. "Welcome home Son." She slithered over and wrapped herself around her Son in a loving embrace.

Clay's Mother then looked over at me, "And who is this?" She asked with a warm smile. "That's my best friend Ivy, Mom. I brought her over to meet you and Dad." She then gave Clay a gentle nudge, "Now run along and play, I need to finish these cookies for the Bake Sale tomorrow."

"Come on Ivy let's go to my room!" Clay laughed as he ran by. I laughed and took off after him. Once we got to his room we flopped down on the floor. "Let's play Eels and Escalators!" We both laughed because Spongebob Squarepants was one of our favorite shows.

After a few hours of playing, we heard Clay's Mother call us. "Clay! Ivy! Who want's cookies!" "We do!" We laughed as we ran into the kitchen. His mother laughed as we came in and she handed each of us a cookie. "My Mom makes the best peanut butter cookies." Clay informed me as I bit into the cookie. He wasn't wrong. "This is amazing!" I cried after chewing.

Clay turned to the sliding glass door that led to his backyard. "Look, Ivy! The rain stopped! Let's go outside!" He grabbed my paw again and dragged me to the door. "Ok, ok," I laughed.

We ran outside and began a game of tag. "Your it!" I tagged Clay before running off. We spent the rest of the afternoon playing but all too soon I had to go. After saying goodbye to Clay and his parents, I headed home.

"Dad?" I asked that night after dinner, as my Father tucked me in at bedtime. "Yes, Honey?" He said as he pulled the blankets under my chin. "Dad...do you think Mom will ever come back?" I gazed up at him sadly as I squeezed Mr. Creepy, my Cofagrigus Doll, the one my Mother made for me when she still lived with us, before she decided to leave my Father.

My Father gave me a sad look, "Maybe one day, Honey..." He gave me a kiss and as he moved to turn off the light, "Dad?" I called again, "Hmm?" he turned to look at me. "I love you." He smiled. "I love you too, Sweetie, goodnight." He turned out the light and closed my door as I fell asleep.

"My parent's always did like you" Clay said with a laugh. I hit him. "Hush, silly. Then I gave him a kiss, "I love you, now let me get back to my story."

Clay's Father loves to tease him XD and Ivy's Father seems sad doesn't he? We'll learn what really happened to Ivy's Mother in a later chapter. Reviews Plz