Chapter Seven: Time Will Tell
It was morning, and Laura and Isaac were still in the Pokemon centre. Isaac was the first one to wake up, rubbing his eyes to get the sleep out of them and soon stretching, but stopped short as he could still feel pain in his body. He was about to get out of the hospital bed, when he noticed Laura sat on a chair pushed close enough to use the bed as a pillow, sleeping with her head resting quite close to where his was. He thought it to be rude to suddenly wake someone up, so he got out of the bed via the opposite side, deciding to wait by the door.
Roughly ten minutes later Laura had woken up, moving her ears out of her eyes, and doing the same routine of stretching and rubbing her eyes. Once she was ready to move, she noted that Isaac wasn't in the bed, but a small cough caught her attention. It was Isaac, looking better than before.
Isaac opened his mouth to speak, but yet again Laura had wrapped her arms around him, stopping him from speaking yet again. "I'm glad to see your okay." Laura said, letting go and looking at Isaac, smiling happily.
Isaac simply smiled back, nodding. "Its good to feel balanced again." He said, taking in a deep breath, but flinching when he did. Clearly, he had yet to recover from the numerous injuries but he cleared his throat lightly and folded his arms across his chest.
"Take it easy Isaac, the nurse said she'll let us stay in a room for the day." Laura informed him. The information had surprised Isaac, but he shook off his suspicion and merely allowed Laura to lead. "Then I'll let you do the organising Laura." He said, following Laura as they left the room.
Once they were in the main section of the centre, both Isaac and Laura had to be cautious as trainers and other Pokemon were already here. Upon impulse, Isaac decided to take the lead, walking to the front desk where nurse joy was stood.
"Ah, if it isn't the monferno and lopunny. As promised, here's the key to your r... 'Trainers' room." Nurse joy said, correcting herself from making the grave mistake of notifying these trainers that wild Pokemon were roaming free in the town. "It's the last door on the right on the second to last floor
Isaac took the key with a nod of thanks, leading Laura to the room. They took the lift to the floor they were on. 'Why would she put us on the penultimate floor?' Isaac thought, wondering as to why nurse joy put them on the second to last floor by the top of the building.
The realisation suddenly hit him. Nurse joy had done this to ensure that both he and Laura not be under suspicion of the other trainers. After a minute long elevator ride, they were finally at their designated floor. It didn't take long to find their room, so Isaac unlocked the door, allowed Laura to go in before entering himself, and then locking the door for safety precautions.
"Well, this is cozy." Laura commented, sitting down on one of the chairs in the room. The room was a fairly large room, with two chairs placed in front of a television, and a double bed a few metres away from the doorway with plenty of space to move around in.
Isaac, leaning against a wall, had already begun planning on how they were to share this room, being the quiet natured Pokemon he is.
"If you'd like Laura, you may have the bed for the night." He offered, deciding to move from the wall and sit on the other chair, immediately liking how comfy it was.
Laura on the other hand, was having a miniature battle with herself. On one hand, she liked the fact that he allowed her to have the bed to herself, preferring not to be sleeping, quite literally, with a person she just met. But on the other hand, she wanted Isaac to sleep in the bed with her, because she wanted to return the kindness he has shown and possibly more. In the end, she looked at Isaac, her next sentences already planned after her mini brain teaser.
"Don't be stupid Isaac. Your not going to be sleeping in one of these chairs, no matter how comfy they may be, your sleeping in that bed as well." She finally said, feeling her cheeks warm up at her comment.
Isaac was a little surprised at how forward she was with her statement, but ultimately decided that this arguement had to stop before it should begin, sighing in defeat and nodding his agreement. "Alright then Laura, I'll take the side of the bed you do not choose". He said with a hint of fake reluctance to hide the small smirk on his lips at how serious Laura sounded.
And with that, Isaac and Laura had decided to leave going back to the forest until the next day, deciding to watch some television until nightfall.
Once sunset had approached, Laura decided it was time that they should sleep. A man of his word, Isaac waited until Laura chose a side of the bed to sleep on, going with the left side, furthest from the door, leaving Isaac with the right side, closest to the door.
Once their sleeping arrangements had been sorted, Isaac was the first one to fall asleep, while Laura had remained awake. Something was troubling her.
'This is gonna be a long night' she thought, sitting up quietly as to not wake Isaac. She decided to remain in the bed, but took to whispering to herself to possibly help her sleep. Something she tended to do if something troubled her, or if she just wanted to think aloud.
"Today has just been a really bad day for me..." She started, whispering to herself at the right volume as to not wake Isaac. What she didn't know however, was that Isaac was in fact awake.
He too was having trouble sleeping and remained awake after five minutes of rest. But when Isaac heard Laura start whispering, he thought it best if he didn't interrupt her, only wanting to hear what she has to say.
"I though that today was going to be a new start, tagging along with Isaac. But then that damned electavire had to show up and ruin everything... Lucky for me that Isaac turned up when he did. I honestly didn't want to find out what that idiot wanted with me..." She stopped, taking a shakey breath. Isaac was still listening secretively, regretting knowing what the electavire was going to do to her. But his slight shudder didn't go unnoticed as Laura saw his slight movement, but regarded it as something to do with him possibly replaying past memories of his life with Sensei Ronin and his home. She took the thirty seconds of followed silence as her que to continue.
"I just wish that there were more pokemon like Isaac, who just show basic kindness. But throughout today, I've been getting strange feelings." She stopped again, an unnoticeable blush appearing in her muzzle.
"For some reason, whenever he talks to me or does something nice for me, I can't help but feel grateful. He's the first Pokemon that has shown me kindness without any ulterior motives. I know I didn't give him a warm welcome, but he still chose to sit with me under that tree and comfort me." She stopped again, gasping quietly at something, something that might change her life for the better, or the worse.
"If what I've heard from my parents is true, then these feelings must be that I've..." She cut herself short, not wanting to say the words in Isaac's presence. 'I think I've fallen for him' she thought, the unnoticeable blush getting worse the more she dwells on it.
Isaac wanted to know what it was those feelings of hers meant, but he would have to find out another way. So he simply closed his eyes and fell asleep again, Laura following suit, but turning herself over so that she was facing Isaac, noting that his tail flame was smaller now. She didn't know why, but with his tail fire, she felt safe, warm and cared for.
If Laura's suspicion was true. Then she had indeed, fallen in love with Isaac. However, only time will tell if he returns her feelings.
