"Alright, are you ready little guy?"
Giovanni kneeled down to reach his son, who was standing sitting on the carpet in front of him. Silver looked up at his father, almost as if wanting to know what he just said, and then turned his attention to what laid in front of him. A long, red path covered the wooden floor, appearing to have no end. Along the side of the hallway where tall walls, adorned with various floral decoration as well as many pictures, showing the growth of the young family. Silver continued to look on ahead, and saw something at the end of the hallway: another room, and his mother.
"Look Silver." Giovanni said in a soft tone, "Mommy's over there. Why don't you go to her?"
The sight of his mother was all the motivation he needed to move.
Silver put his hands on the soft carpet, and very slowly, started to move one of his little arms forward. As his hand reached the ground, Silver repeated the same process with his other arm, and dragged his body and legs forward until his entire body was in the spot where his hands once stood. Silver continued to crawl slowly towards the end of the endless hallway, determined to reach the warmth of his mother's arms.
Erin looked on as her son was reaching the entrance to the living room. She could see Silver grinning, and eventually giggling as he came closer to her. Erin quickly kneeled down to Silver's height, waiting for him to reach her hands. Silver made one last movement, and finally reached his mother. Without thinking, Silver placed his little hands into his mother's hands and started to laugh.
"Yes! You did it!" Erin cried out with joy and picked Silver up. She cuddled his small body into her chest and kissed him all over his face. Giovanni made his way towards the room, smiling to himself and giving an inward chuckle. It did not take him as long to reach the room as Silver did, seeing as he was only 6 feet away from the entrance to the living room. He reached his wife and child waiting for him near a long brown couch and a small playpen next to a window.
Erin looked lovingly on at her husband as she placed Silver into the playpen. Silver took no time in playing with the toys sprawled out in front of him, reaching for a small stuffed Pokémon plushie in the shape of a Rhyhorn.
Giovanni smiled once again and put his arms around Erin.
"He's adorable, insn't he dearest?" Erin asked Giovanni as she kissed him tenderly on the lips.
"Yes..." Giovanni trailed off and kissed his wife back.
Both parents quickly stopped themselves from going any further, as they remembered their now three-month-old son was still playing in the room.
"Well…shall we sit down then?" Erin asked.
"Sure."
The couple sat down on the couch and watched their little child play on with his toys. Silver seemed to have lost interest in the plush doll and reached towards some blocks. Not knowing what to do with these toys, Silver started tossing them around the pen and pushing them around with his feet; he even managed to toss several blocks outside the pen and onto the carpet covering the wooden floors of the room.
Erin and Giovanni started to laugh quietly to themselves.
"I can see he's determined as well Erin." Giovanni stated.
Erin looked up towards her husband's face with a puzzled look. "How so? Silver is only 3 months old, and he has just learned how to crawl."
"That's not all." Giovanni interrupted. "He can almost stand on his own too."
"Really?" Erin stated with a surprised tone. "When did this happen? I thought he would be too young to do that yet."
"Well, he started to grab hold of anything his little hands could tough a few weeks ago, then he began to lift himself up from the floor, and about four days ago, he was finally able to lift himself in a standing position without anyone's help. If that isn't determination, I don' t know what is."
"Oh you. You know babies are always determined to do whatever Mommy and Daddy do."
"Yes, but he's still so young Erin," Giovanni stated, "He has a very strong will, even at his age. I know he'll grow up to become a powerful trainer."
"Trainer?" Erin questioned, "Isn't it too early to think about that?"
"Relax. There's no way that Silver can raise a Pokémon at this age, but-."
Before the conversation could continue, both parents could hear a noise coming from the pen.
When they looked, Silver was already holding himself up by holding on to the edge of the pen. Erin looked surprised and happy at the same time.
"Aww, look at you sweetie. You're standing up for Mommy, aren't you?"
Silver seemed to have ignored his mother's words and started reach his arms towards her.
It didn't take Erin long to know what Silver wanted.
"You're hungry, aren't you Silver?"
Silver responded by making small whining noises through his mouth.
Erin picked Silver up and made her way outside the room.
She turned back towards Giovanni. "I'm going to Silver's bedroom to feed him. You coming?"
Giovanni stood up and stared back at his wife.
"Of Course."
Erin and Silver quickly disappeared into the hallway, with Giovanni right behind them.
The black-haired man looked at the walls along the hallway, admiring the décor and Erin's wonderful taste in home décor. Soon, Giovanni came across several pictures along the hall.
He stopped too look at the pictures, recognized each one. The first picture depicts himself as a younger man, along with his Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Rhydon, Dugtrio, and Beedrill. He and his entire team were standing in front of the Viridian City gym. It was the day he became the 8th Gym Leader of the Kanto Region.
The second picture depicts another younger image of himself and Erin before they were married. They were happily sitting under a tree in the Viridian Forest, enjoying another date. Little did Erin know that it would also be the day Giovanni would propose to her.
A third picture depicts their wedding day, with the happy couple dressed in their wedding outfits, and Giovanni's Ground Type Pokémon following close behind.
The last picture near their room shows the couple in a hospital room, on the day Silver was born. Erin was lying down on the hospital bed while Giovanni was holding his newborn son in his arms. Even if that picture wasn't there, he could never forget that day, or the hectic events that took place while trying to get to the hospital.
Giovanni got out of his state of reminiscing and made his way towards Silver's room.
He reached the room and looked around. The room was colored a shade of light blue with some white stripes running down the walls. More toys lay sprawled out across the room, even under the small crib at the end of the room. Meanwhile, Erin was sitting with Silver on a small white chair next to the crib.
Erin was already pulling down her shirt, signaling that she has just finished feeding their little boy.
"My my, you do eat a lot, now don't you little one?" Erin talked in a soothing tone.
Silver spit up a little, then yawned.
Giovanni chuckled lightly to himself while Erin cleaned off Silver's face. She placed Silver gently in the crib and placed a small blanket over his body.
"Good night, sweet dreams." Erin kissed Silver on the forehead and rubbed his head gently.
In no time, Silver was already fast asleep in the crib.
Erin walked towards her husband's side and kissed him on the cheek.
"You know Erin, I've been thinking lately…" Giovanni trailed off, and then started again. "Maybe we should give Silver a Pokémon soon."
"Oh, but Giovanni, we've just talked about this, he's still a baby. What can he do with a Pokémon?"
Giovanni smiled at Erin and cupped her head into his hands. He reached down and kissed her lips lightly.
"You'll see Erin."
With that, he walked outside the door of his son's room, and headed towards the front door of the house.
"I'm heading off to the Gym. I have to see if there are any challengers today. I'll be back in about 2 hours."
Erin smiled and answered back, "Alright, take care."