Yay chapter two! I hope anyone who reads this enjoys it, I would really like a review if you would be so kind! Please, tell me what you think! Thanks Lovlies!

xox~ Eiry-Ann-Chan

Chapter 2: Starting Out

I slammed my fists quickly against Kaleb's front door. I was surprised that he had not already made it over to my house, but he probably just didn't want to deal with my mom. Who would? She could be very aggressive sometimes, and very brutal, but I could tell that she was trying to loosen up.

Kaleb's mom opened the door. Great. I was terribly with small talk. I really don't care for conversation with people very much. I always end up learning way more than I actually needed to know. Unless it was one of my close friends, then I could be the best listener in the whole freaking world.

"Hi Mrs. Burner, is Kaleb awake yet?"

"Oh hello my dear! I believe he is getting ready for your little adventure!"

Oh, how I hated every word of her greeting. Little adventure? Little adventure my ass. This was my dream, and it was not small in any way. This was what I was doing with my life. And dear? What am I? Two?

"Oh, ok Mrs. Burner. Could you please just tell him to meet me out on my porch when he is ready to go?"

"Sure thing Ali, he'll be out in a second!"

The door was then slammed in my face. Mrs. Burner isn't exactly my best friend. She says that I lead her son to bad choices. I really hope though that her opinion never becomes too strong that she would act on that. To be honest, if I wasn't able to see Kaleb every day, I would have lost my mind a long time ago. And I've heard that the Looney Bin isn't the greatest place to hang out with my friends and watch a movie.

It took about 10 minutes for Kaleb to finally get his butt ready. Sure Mrs. Burner probably told him to slow down his progression of getting prepared, but he still should have hurried a little faster.

I ran up to Kaleb and gave him a hug. He was the only person I really ever hugged. There was just something about Kaleb's personality that made him easily trustable, and very loyal, which was good for me. The last thing I needed was for someone to betray me once again.

"You ready to go, sweets?" I asked my best friend in an impatient tone.

"Alice, could you ever just act like you actually enjoy my presents? Maybe just once?"

"No can do boy, now come on. Let's get the show on it!"

Kaleb and I had a special relationship. I would always make the stark comments towards him, and he would always pretend like he thought I was serious. Sarcasm is basically my religion. There was something about this boy though that made us inseparable. He took care of me, like a brother. I was annoying towards him, like a sister.

We never questioned our relationship, except for one time a while back. At my old school, before I was home schooled, I watched Kaleb score every single girl in our school with just a glance. His gleaming, emerald colored eyes got them on their knees every time. And on the rare occasion that that wasn't enough, his wavy, mysterious hair or fantastic body were next in line. His jet black hair fell perfectly over his forehead, and his body, well, you get the idea.

On my last year at that hell hole Kaleb found a girl he actually liked for once. Her name was Hazel, and boy was she pretty. She had long, flowing, blonde hair that bounced with every step she took, ginormous brown eyes that were almost hypnotic, and a great figure from all the sports she played. She was his savior and my poison. He spent every day after school with her, totally cutting me out. He was the only thing keeping me sane and I was losing him.

I accused him of ditching me every day, and I told him that it was making me bad again. I started to feel my depression coming back. Kaleb was literally my shining light, keeping me happy. Kaleb then told me to meet her. I refused immediately. I thought meeting her would make me feel worse, but instead I got a new and very great friend.

They later broke up, I mean, all high school relationships do, but him and I are still friends with her.

Although, why am I even focusing on that? Kaleb and I were starting our journey. We had what was important to us; our pokemon, and each other. We did not look back. We walked forward, waiting to discover our future. All I knew was, I was safe with him right next to me, and 'safe' was a very hard thing for me to feel.

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