Thank you for the reviews! As a note, I'd like to say that Brooke is able to understand pokemon for the same reasons that Noah can. Anyway, I hope you like this chapter!
Noah and the pair of pokemon stood on the front porch of Brooke's house. He rang the doorbell; DING-DONG! DING-DONG! DING-DONG! He heard scrambling inside and somebody yelled "I'll get it!" Then the door opened and an Espeon poked her violet head out and grinned when she saw them.
"Hi Shadow! Hi Noah! Come on in!" she said cheerfully as she pushed the door farther open and flicked her tail to motion for the boys to enter.
"Hi Sophie. Where's Brooke?" Noah said as he stepped inside, Shadow and Crusty following his lead.
"She's watching CSI," replied Sophie. She noticed an unfamiliar psychic presence and gave the group another look over. She spotted Crusty standing by Noah's leg. "Who is he?" she asked, pointing a paw at Crusty.
"That's Crusty. Noah bought him so he wouldn't get eaten," explained Shadow.
"Cool! That was a really sweet thing to do," she responded, shooting a smile at Noah.
Noah just shrugged his shoulders and looked at the ground. To strangers he would have looked like he didn't care, but Shadow could see the bashfulness in his friends face. Then Noah looked up, gave the group a small smile and walked to the living room. The pokemon followed him.
Brooke was sitting on the couch. Her shoulder length blond hair was streaked with bright purple highlights. The only make-up she wore was eye-liner, which made her emerald eyes really stand out. She was a bit short and about average weight, while Noah was kinda tall and thin. She was wearing a pair of light blue pajama pants with white stars on them and a darker blue t-shirt. She saw Noah and grinned.
"Hey Noah! Glad your here! I was just about to call; your favorite episode of CSI is about to start!" she said, still grinning from ear to ear.
Noah's eyebrows raised. "The one with the photography teacher, the cheerleader, and the jock?" he inquired.
"Yep," she replied.
"Awesome," he said as he sat beside her to watch the show. Shadow and Sophie took their places on the floor in front of their trainers and Crusty climbed up on the couch next to Noah. Brooke noticed Crusty just as he managed to scale the couch.
"Who's he?" she asked, nodding her head toward Crusty.
Crusty cut in before Noah or Shadow got the chance to talk for him. "My name's Crusty! Noah rescued me by buying me from the store before I could be sold as someone's supper!"
Her eyes widened slightly before softening. She smiled gently and said "That doesn't surprise me. He acts all tough and unfeeling, but on the inside he's just a big softie." She smirked and shot a glance at Noah from the corners of her eyes.
Noah rolled his eyes and had a look of annoyance on his face.
She giggled a little and added "That's why he likes ice cream bars so much. After all, you are what you eat!" She laughed again and Crusty, Shadow, and Sophie laughed along. They knew it was true.
Noah cocked an eyebrow. "Well if you are what you eat, I guess it makes perfect sense that your favorite food is the banana," he said, a smirk forming on his lips.
The whole group laughed and Brooke gave Noah a playful punch in the arm. "Are you calling me crazy?" she accused in a joking manner, still laughing a little even as she spoke.
"Hell yeah," Noah replied with a full smirk on his face. The whole group burst into another laughing fit before turning their attention to the TV as the commercial ended.
Soon after the episode was over, Brooke's mother (Naomi) came into the room. Her eyes narrowed when she saw Noah sitting on the couch.
"What is HE doing here?" she said venomously.
"Mom, he's my friend and he's just her to watch TV with me," Brooke replied with a look of absolute annoyance and a bit of anger in her emerald eyes.
"Young lady, you KNOW I don't like that boy or his mutt being in my house, and you KNOW I hate you spending time with him. He's a bad influence and I don't want you hanging around his," Naomi replied.
""I don't care Mom! He's a good guy and you'd see that if you would just look past a person's exterior for a few damn minutes!" Brooke yelled angrily.
"Watch your mouth young lady! Your father and I didn't raise you to be a potty-mouth," Naomi warned.
Brooke growled slightly as her body fidgeted with rage. Noah, Shadow, Crusty, and Sophie stood nearby and watched as the battle between mother and daughter took place, eyes wide and mouths agape. They new better than to interfere with their argument.
Naomi took the silence as an opportunity. "Now you go to your room. You are grounded until I say otherwise and you are not permitted to see Noah under any circumstances."
Brooke's eyes closed as tears of rage poured down her face, slightly smudging her eye-liner. "I HATE YOU!" she screamed as she ran up the stairs to her room. Sophie followed, worried for her best friend.
Naomi then turned to Noah, Shadow and Crusty. "Leave," she commanded, eyes narrowed in hatred and disgust.
The trio obeyed. It was her house, after all.
"Dang. That lady seriously needs to go see a psychologist," Crusty commented as they walked aimlessly around town.
"Definitely. I feel sorry for Brooke and Sophie," Shadow replied.
Noah nodded in agreement before looking at his watch. It showed 12:37 in glowing, green digits. He sighed. It was still pretty early in the day and they didn't have anything to do to kill time.
"Soooooo, what he gonna do?" Crusty asked nonchalantly. A claw moved down to rub his belly as it growled. "May I suggest something involving getting something to eat?"
"I don't really want to go home yet, but we don't have any money," Noah pondered aloud.
Shadow's crimson gaze fell upon a poster and lit up. He turned to look at tthe others and said "Hey guys! I have a great idea!"
I left you with a bit of a cliffhanger in this one. I pretty much just ran out of room to write the whole next scene. Anyway, that was chapter 3, I hope ya liked it. Please review!
