Disclaimer: I don't own anything in the Pokémon series except for my OC, original character, Aoi Wilkerson. All rights belong to Satoshi Tajiri and Game Freak and Nintendo. This is only for pleasure and nothing else. With that, on with the show!

Paul's PoV

Looking around the apartment I had rented in Lumiose City, Kalos, I realized I was a long way from home but I didn't care. This girl was on my mind and I couldn't stop thinking about her. Turquoise blue hair, the color of aquamarines, brown eyes, the color of milk chocolates, beautifully delectable caramel skin. She said she'd be coming around noon. It was already 12:15 pm, she was late, but I didn't mind.

"Hey, Paul! Sorry I'm late! Got stuck in some really bad traffic! Ugh! Rush hour in Lumiose is worse than it is back in New Hampshire! I swear, the traffic is so bad that I got stuck in traffic twice! Right when I thought it was all over, the traffic became worse. Again. I'm sorry I didn't introduce myself earlier. My name is Aoi, Aoi Wilkerson. It's nice to meet you. Enchantée." The girl spoke as she turned her key into the door to our apartment. The girl was also my new roommate. I didn't find out about my roommate until last week. It would take her a while to transport herself and her luggage to Lumiose City, especially because she was coming from the Northeastern part of Unova, New Hampshire. I'm not surprised she was so late.

"Sheesh. I can't believe you were so late! Good Arceus! You're even worse than Barry sometimes! And to think he was always late!" I replied in a snarky tone.

"Hey, mister! Don't you dare take that tone with me, mister! You know that I brought my Pokémon from home with me and I'm not afraid to put you in your place!" Aoi retorted, glaring at me with daggers in her eyes.

With that I looked her right in the eye and said, "Oh yeah? Well, show me what you've got! I have no tolerance for the weak and even worse tolerance for those who waste my time." I said, looking Aoi in the eye, daggers glaring in my eyes right back at her.

"All righty then, it's your funeral! Go, Ashley!" Aoi said, throwing out a large Poké Ball. The Poké Ball opened up to reveal a large Female Absol. The Absol looked very high level, level 95 was the reading on my Poké Dex. The Absol was wearing a necklace that had some sort of stone in it. "Ashley, open your light! Share your power with me! Beyond evolution, Mega Evolve!" Aoi shouted as she touched her earrings.

That was when I realized I was up against a Mega Absol and her trainer. "Go, Aggron!" I shouted sending out my best Steel and Rock type Pokémon. I had received a set of stones in the mail last week and I attached one of the stones to Aggron last night and the other to a little necklace Ash had given me back in LaVerre City. I touched my necklace and Aggron began to glow in a blinding light. Aggron reemerged after five seconds in a pure Steel type stance.

"Think you can melt the most tempered Steel-type Pokémon?" I taunted, looking at Aoi in the eye.

"As a matter of fact, yes. Ashley, use Flamethrower!" Aoi ordered.

"Aggron, Iron Defense!" I called to Aggron.

"It's no use! I've spent countless hours with the best Fire-type Users, including Malva of Kalos's Elite 4, Flannery of Lavaridge Town, Flint of Sinnoh's Elite 4, Blaine of Cinnabar Island, even the most rock solid defense has been no match for Ashley's Flamethrower move!" Aoi said, looking at me.

I gulped realizing she was right all too soon and noticed Aggron had fainted from the sheer impact of that one Flamethrower.

"Aggron, return. You did your best, so I'm perfectly satisfied with that." I said, recalling Aggron back to her Poké Ball.

"Well, I guess your arrogance was enough to have me put you back in your place. Guess you got a little too cocky for your own good, Paul Shinji Thornton." Aoi said, looking at me.

"Wait, how do you know my full name?" I blurted out, looking dumbfounded.

"I know a lot about you. I watched your match on TV against Ash four years ago. Ash beat you pretty badly even though it seemed like you were winning to begin with. I've kept a close eye on your activity since then. I'm actually a secret agent for the International Police. Malva is only undercover working for Team Flare. Her being a part of Team Flare? All a ruse. She's actually one of the International Police's top agents. Lack-Two, codenamed Nate, has instructed me to keep watch over you by moving in with you, so know that if you set one foot out of place, I'll have my Delphox cook you before you can say hamantaschen." Aoi warned, looking at me with those stone cold milk chocolate eyes. Her milk chocolate eyes looked like frozen milk chocolate candies. Her hair flowed in the wind, as she looked at me sternly.

"Y-yes ma'am." I replied, simply, too dumbfounded to argue about it.

Aoi's PoV

Wow, Paul really is a little too cocky for his own good sometimes, but that's why I'm here. But honestly, in all fairness, Arceus forbid... I'm falling for him. I might be Autistic and have Celiac Disease but that doesn't mean I'm oblivious to emotions. For you to not be able to show emotions, you'd have to be inhuman. I looked at Paul who was sulking around on the couch but I sat down next to him. "Hey, what's wrong, Paul? You look confused." I said, looking at Paul carefully.

"I don't know about you, but for some reason, the ice in my heart has been melted. You were the one to open the door to my once closed heart but I am not sure why. I don't know why but I think... I love you." Paul said, stammering the words "I love you" into my ear.

"Paul... I never knew you felt the same way I did." I said, only to have Paul press his lips against mine. He swiped his tongue against my bottom lip looking me straight in the eyes, begging for entrance. I moaned as my lips willingly opened up, letting Paul's tongue map out my mouth.

"Mmm... Aoi, you taste... amazing. I told myself I'd never fall in love but... you're an exception to that rule. Your lips taste so sweet, like cherries but your perfume smells like strawberries. Would you... let me make love to you?" Paul said, asking the last question hesitantly.

"Yes. Paul, I'd be honored for you to make love with me. Please, make love to me. I don't just want to kiss, I want to take it all the way, even if it means I get pregnant." I said, smiling at Paul.

"All right. If that is what you wish." Paul said, smiling.

"Let's get started then." I replied simply.

End Chapter 1

Next time on A Lesson Learned, A Fire Burning, Paul proposes to Aoi in the beginning of her pregnancy. He knows Aoi is going to say yes, but what he doesn't know is the fact that she's having sextuplets. How will Paul handle the news?

Next Time: A Surprise Revelation, A Marriage of Prosperity.