Undella Town, Caitlin's Villa, Day 2 of 60, 9:45 A.M.

Lotte

Lotte sat looking down the hallway where Caitlin had walked down, more than likely to talk to Skyla. He felt embarrassed now that he realized what he did. "I feel like a complete moron. Whistling like some pervert, I can't believe I did that. I'm such a dolt."

Caitlin came down the steps and sighed. She looked at Lotte and shook her head, "As much as I love you, brother, you can be-"

"A complete dolt? Yeah, I was just telling myself that. I feel like some pervert now, sis, and it really ticks me off."

Caitlin walked over and wrapped her arms around Lotte. Lotte relaxed as he felt her begin rocking back and forth. As she did, Lotte looked back up at the hallway, intent on apologizing as soon as Skyla walked out. As he waited, Caitlin began humming a familiar tune from when they were younger. The words escaped Lotte at the moment, but he hummed along with what he knew.

When Skyla came around the corner, she stopped at the top of the steps. Lotte stopped humming and looked up at her. She didn't seem as mad as he thought she would, but he stood up anyway, "Sorry Skyla, I was a little…rude just then."

Skyla smiled, "We've been friends for a while, Lotte, it'd be strange if we didn't joke around every once in a while."

Lotte shook his head, "It was still off-colour, and I really shouldn't have done it. This whole situation makes me feel like a pervert now."

Skyla walked up to him and put a hand on his shoulder, "Don't worry about it. If it makes you feel any better, I forgive you."

Lotte chuckled and looked her in the eye, "Thanks, Skyla. I do feel a little better about this." He scratched behind his head and smiled, "The whole thing has certainly woken me up though."

Skyla giggled, "Yeah, it woke me up, too."

Lotte nodded, and then turned toward the door. "I have to head back to the Pokémon Center. The rest of my Pokémon are over there, and walking around without them feels weird. I'll see you all later."

As Lotte walked out the door, he let out a long sigh. Walking back toward the Pokémon Center, he thought back on when he saw Skyla walk out of the shower. "She was kind of hot. I wouldn't mind walking in on her again. NO! OF COURSE I WOULD! I WAS JUST MAKING A BIG DEAL ABOUT HOW BAD THIS WHOLE THING MADE ME FEEL!" Lotte shook his head and hurried back toward the Pokémon Center. He looked up on the cliff and could see Zekrom still sleeping. He sighed as he walked into the Pokémon Center. "Looks like I'm still here for a while." He thought while he headed back to the room where his stuff was.

He grabbed the rest of his Poké balls and his sketchpad and left the Center. He walked up the slopes leading up to the cliff where his friend slept. As he neared the large black dragon, he stepped lightly, so as not to disturb Zekrom. He sat near the edge of the cliff and looked down at the beach.

As he thought about what to draw, a deep voice resounded from inside his head.

"Something is troubling you, Lotte. I can feel it in the air around you. What is wrong?"

Lotte turned toward Zekrom, who had one eye open, looking right at Lotte. Lotte sighed, "It's that girl again, Zekrom. Every time I'm around her, I start thinking in ways that I normally don't. I get a tingling sensation in my stomach whenever I see her, almost as if I could-"

"Start generating electricity in your body?" Zekrom said with the dragon equivalent to laugh. "Isn't it obvious, my friend? You love this girl, but you just can't bring yourself to admit it."

Lotte thought on what Zekrom had said, and found himself nodding in agreement. "You're right, Zekrom. I love her. But what should I do? I don't think I could ever bring myself to tell a girl something like that."

Zekrom brought his head close to Lotte, and then let out a huff. The warm air fogged up Lotte's glasses, which Lotte cleared on his shirt. Zekrom then brought his head back and looked down at Lotte. "When the time comes, you will have to make a choice. Will you confess your feelings for her? Or will you ignore how you feel and proceed with the same patterns of your life? Just look for the moment to tell her, and then choose. Beyond that, I have no advice for you."

Lotte nodded, "Thank you Zekrom, my friend."

Zekrom let out another huff and closed his eyes. Lotte knew that the dragon had gone back to sleep. With no one to talk to, he took out his sketchpad and started drawing a person. The girl he had just been talking about. When he finished, a pencil sketch of a girl with the wings of a Swanna on her back looked up at him. He looked back and smiled, "Skyla." He said in a voice that was barely a whisper.

He put the sketchpad away and looked back down at the beach. A few people had already laid out their towels and were swimming in the water. Lotte got up and began walking back down the cliff.

"I am on vacation, after all. Why not going swimming?" He thought as he walked through the doors of the Pokémon Center once again.

Author's Note: Short Chapter I know, sorry. They look so much longer on Word...