Chapter 2: Missed Date

Jonathan was currently dashing past a corner store for the third time. He then took four left and passed it a fourth time. Maybe if he took four rights…. Jonathan then spat out the stupid juice the author was feeding him and stopped to try and remember the directions.

The Pineco Café was next to the Pelliper Post Office which sent letters in town via Pelliper. He was near a park, so he decided to climb a tree to get a better view over the buildings. After a bit of searching he found some Pellipers leaving and arriving from one roof. Woo! I found it, he thought.

After climbing down, and brushing off the ants he stepped on, he was on his way to meet up with Jenny. As he ran he remembered that he had to get her a gift. He had one earlier but an incident with the blender caused him to not have one. Jonathan noticed that he was standing near an antique store. Whoever it was that let him have this sudden stroke of luck he thanked from the bottom of his heart, to which I say "You're welcome."

Jonathan entered the store and almost had a heart attack when he nearly ran into a stuffed Ursaring. His yelp attracted the old man who owned said shop. "Hello, there, young man. Is there anything I can help you with?" he asked. The fact that he spoke behind Jonathan, combined with the lingering effects of the Ursaring, made him almost jump out of his skin.

"Uh, yeah. I'm looking for something for a certain someone."

"A special someone, I presume?"

"Y-yeah. Do you have anything that would be a good gift for a first date?"

"At an antique shop?" Jonathan then realized when you want something romantic, an antique shop wasn't the best place to go to. "Hmmmm…. You know, I think I may have something." Jonathan then thanked whoever it was that gave him this luck again. I feel so liked. The old man led Jonathan to the counter and pulled out a small relic that looked like it belonged in the antique shop where it was. "Here you go, boy! Normally this would go for about fifty dollars" Jonathan felt sad. "But for you, I'll give it to you for twenty!" Jonathan felt glad.

"Wait a minute, this isn't some scam where the thing actually costs five bucks, is it? Because that's happened to me before. Like that time where I bought a soda at the movies for twenty, or that time I got a pencil for five dollars."

"Trust me boy, this isn't a scam!" Jonathan decided to go ahead and buy the relic. Even if it was five bucks it was better than arriving to the café empty-handed.

As he was leaving he heard the old man mention something about the relic having mystical powers. He didn't hear him well, as he freaked out when he discovered it was now 10:20!

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He sprinted as fast as he could before stopping, turning around, and then sprinting again when he saw the familiar corner store.

Jonathan's sprint had slowed down to a fast walk after he had run five blocks. He was almost there, he could see more Pellipers in the sky.

As he walked he saw a little boy playing with a Zigzagoon. Such a sight brought a smile to his now gasping face. As they were playing, the kid accidentally kicked the ball into the street. Being a kid, he didn't know of the danger known as a driving man with a cell phone. Even though the Zigzagoon tried to stop him, the boy walked into the street for his ball.

Driving towards him was none other than a driving man with a cell phone. Jonathan sure as hell didn't want to see a five-year-old little boy be turned into road kill before his eyes, so he ran after him. Jonathan pushed the boy out of the way of the car and onto the sidewalk. The kid fell and scratched his palms and knees. Nothing that could kill him. The same couldn't be the same for Jonathan….

He always had bad luck.

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Meanwhile, out in the forest not to far from where Jonathan saw a close up view of a driving driver from the wrong side of the windshield, a lone pokemon egg was beginning to hatch.