Chapter 2: Yellow Drops Her Luggage
A/N: Aloha! You know, I've no idea why I have decided to create funny chapter names, just to say. Maybe I got that idea from a book I'm reading.
(insert random name): Boss, the west wing's on fire!
Me: Oh! *whips out a Pokéball* Go, Starmie! Oh, and, yeah! *turns the book on auto mode*
(insert random name): Go, Seel!
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Yellow walked past a huge building while on her way to school. Well, the school that would be educating her until Saturday...
Her nose perked up. She smelled smoke.
Smoke?! Yellow panicked and wondered if she should help. But then she remembered the only Pokémon she had on hand at that moment was her Pikachu, Chuchu.
"Woah!" Yellow cried as someone banged into her.
"Huh?" that someone said, turning around. "Oh, sorry, Miss! Here, take this as a token of apology." That someone handed Yellow a Technical Machine. "It's TM 25. Contains the move Thunder. Be warned - it's powerful, but not very accurate, and you can't fire too many shots at once."
"Oh, thanks," Yellow mumbled.
"I should introduce myself," that someone said. "I'm Camellia, a reporter of that magazine, Battlers' Weekly."
"Yellow," Yellow introduced herself. "I should get going..."
"Okay, see you around, Yellow!" Camellia chirped, waving. "Let's get going, Seel!"
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Yellow took a deep breath and walked into the café near the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City.
"Yellow!" Dana called.
Yellow hurried in the direction of her friends calling her name. "Hey, guys," she panted. "You guys will never guess what."
"What?!" Julia, never really one for patience, demanded. "I don't like being kept in the suspense!"
The blonde said, "Listen, on Saturday, I'm moving to Kanto."
Three faces paled. "No way..."
Silence.
Which Dana then broke. "What, this Saturday?" she said.
"Next."
"But, whoa!" Stephanie cried. "Wow, you must be bummed! Talk about short notice!"
Yellow nodded.
"Where're you gonna... stay?" Julia asked painfully.
"Pallet Town." And Yellow was darn happy that it wasn't Viridian, because of that tragedy.
Suddenly, the four of them started crying, not knowing who had started it and stuff (and stuff). The other customers have them alarmed looks. Some were mumbling about girls, others (the more emo ones) started crying along (even though they didn't know why) while others spilled coffee (how elegant).
"I-I'll miss you!" Stephanie choked out. "Remember to email, you!"
"Me too!" Dana chimed in while wiping her tears away with her napkin.
Julia simply nodded, which was pretty impressive, considering she had her head buried in her hands.
Yellow, who had just calmed down, felt her eyes well up again. Yes, she sometimes felt these three were far too noisy and feisty for her own good, but they were precious, nevertheless. They were together when they were laughing, painting nails, gossiping, listening to music, bashing One Direction and crying. And she was going to miss all that.
"You guys are the best," Yellow said. "I'll miss you guys! And, yes, I'll reply all your emails!"
But would she?
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It was two Saturdays before the fateful (and tear-ful) Saturday, when Yellow would be leaving her home for the past twelve years and was going to enter a whole (not-so) unfamiliar region.
Yellow just kept a two weeks' worth of clothes in her closet (to be worn for the rest of the next two weeks) and she packed those into her yellow luggage. She tossed in her sunglasses, sunscreen, soaps, shampoos and other whatnots her mum got at the last moment.
"Yellow, are you done packing?" Mum called from the kitchen.
Yellow nearly sighed in exasperation. "Mum, I just started packing!"
"Oh, you did?" Mum said cluelessly.
"Yup. I was at the Café at Goldenrod City the entire morning, and I got back about twenty minutes ago," Yellow replied.
"Well, you should hurry," Mum stated matter-of-factly.
Isn't that what I'm trying to do? Yellow wondered.
Her mum was... different from all the others. Dana, Stephanie and Julia always complained that their mums were constantly nagging, but Yellow's was calm and laid-back. Of course, the laid-back attitude also came with spontaneity. Her mum would randomly appear from a corner and toss some "cute girl" clothes at Yellow, giving the girl the shock of her life (before another one came). Why was Yellow haunted by feisty and spontaneous people? That was what she constantly wondered.
Speaking of cute girl clothes, Yellow's mum walked in, wearing pirate hat and a weird Jigglypuff mask. She flung a cute blue top at Yellow, causing the young blonde to leap out of her skin.
"Um, Mum, what's this?" Yellow said that, despite knowing what 'this' was (a shirt).
"A shirt!" Mum beamed. "Blue sent it to me, telling me to give it to you."
Oh. Everything pretty much made sense now.
"Oh, thanks," Yellow chirped happily.
"So!" Mum said. "Are you done with the packing?"
I would've been HALF-WAY if you hadn't interrupted, Yellow thought. But she also knew Mum meant well, so she refrained from saying that. "Um, not yet," she said instead.
"Okay!" Mum replied. "I leave you be now."
"Finally," Yellow muttered under her breath.
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It was (only) Monday and pretty much the entire school heard that Yellow's moving to Kanto. Yellow didn't like the idea, but kept her mouth shut (to also prevent flies from entering).
Suddenly, Yellow was in the center of attention. Maybe it was because Kanto's a cool place, or maybe they'd miss her. Either way, Yellow found it creepy that Jocelyn (the typical "cool girl" of the year) was chattering to her. The boys would all go starstruck every time they saw her and they would shout her name. The girls would say hi and chat about clothes and email (and clothes and email and clothes and email...).
But even when Yellow was the school's new celebrity, "the new school celebrity" would still hang out with her three BFFs as they would probably never see each other again. Maybe except on Skype - they all had Skype, which meant they had laptops. (Hopefully Dana's one isn't spoilt - it happens pretty often. Dana claims it's "just my bad luck", or her older brother's playing around...)
It was the same ol' timetable for Yellow (class and social), with the only new thing was that on Tuesday, boys invited her over to play video games with them.
"Yellow!" Darren shouted. "Wanna come over to my place and play Xbox?"
"Yeah, c'mon!" Ken agreed. "It'll be a blast."
Yellow hesitated. Boys inviting her over to their place? It was just... wrong. In the past four days, she'd been to many girls' homes before, but a guy's...
"Don't worry!" Darren added hastily. "You can invite your female friends." He coughed. "Just don't invite them all - my brother would call me a mumble mumble mumble."
Yellow raised her eyebrows. She knew that whatever Darren's brother had called him, it wasn't very nice (ten-timer?).
"Please?" Ken begged. "I mean, Darren's got this major crush on you, so don't let him down!"
"What?!" Yellow gasped.
"KEN!" Darren roared, blushing.
"Ooh, crap." Ken tore off, with Darren hot on his trail.
"Ooh, so you have a secret, well not anymore, admirer," Stephanie said, grinning.
"I-I..." Yellow was at a loss for words; she didn't see Darren as a crush or anything. Just as a friend and stuff. She shook her head. Boys... And they say women are complicated! she thought indignantly.
"So, you going to Darren's place?" Stephanie asked.
"Yeah... Why not?" Yellow said. "But don't get the wrong idea - I only like him as a friend." She had to say the last part softer because she was afraid Darren would hear and his heart would break into millions of pieces.
Even if I do like him as a crush, we could never work out. I mean, I would in Kanto and he'd be here in Johto, Yellow reasoned with herself.
"Mind if I tag along?" Stephanie questioned.
"Okay," Yellow said distractedly.
"Great!" Stephanie cried happily.
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It was Wednesday (and a school holiday), and Yellow was in her dining room with her three BFFs. Stephanie and Yellow were telling Dana and Julia about yesterday (the Xbox day).
"And Darren sort of stayed away from Yellow, cuz he's embarrassed!" Stephanie said. "I mean, Yellow knows that he's infatuated with her, and..." She grinned.
"What?!" Dana and Julia shouted childishly.
"He told me to..." Yellow explained.
Flashback
Yellow, Stephanie, Darren and Ken were playing some Mario game, with Darren's and friends watching and cheering the four of them on.
"Hey, Yellow," Darren said. "Um, could you come with me to the backyard please?"
"Um, okay." Yellow walked with Darren outside.
Once outside, Darren wasted no time and kissed Yellow on the lips. Yellow was paralyzed, with the letters WTF playing around in her head. As much as she had fantasized about her first kiss, she'd never thought it'd be with a guy she didn't love that way. She just... couldn't kiss him back.
Suddenly, a rather naughty voice said, "Why not? Just go out with him until Saturday! Don't let the relationship be serious. Just let it be a fling. And you don't have to actually love him. Just stick to kissing and you won't feel anything when the two of you part. Besides, he isn't the best kisser in the world."
And as insane as that sounded, Yellow actually heeded the advice and kissed Darren back. He backed her up against a tree and then closed the gap between them, such that their bodies were pressing up against each other. He placed his hands on her waist and she placed her arms around his neck.
End of flashback
Their jaws dropped.
"Did you tell your mum?" Dana asked, the first to recover.
"Most of it," Yellow replied.
"Wait, wait," Julia said. "So your relationship with Darren is just going to be kissing?"
"Pretty much," Yellow answered, "since I didn't think it would make sense if we let the relationship get serious."
"Wow," Dana said. "You have a boyfriend..."
"He's just a fling," Yellow said hurriedly. "We both agreed our relationship will never get anywhere and that even if I stayed, we'd probably break up. Besides, he likes kissing and flings."
"I'm suddenly worried," Stephanie said. "That Darren will never be able to settle down."
The four went silent.
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It was the fateful Saturday, and Yellow was on the plane. She was thinking about how eventful the past week was.
She'd became the school's hot topic, with both the moving to Kanto part and the Darren part.
She had gotten a boyfriend, even though all they did was kissing (and touching...) and their relationship was just a fling.
She pretty much became the queen of kissing (and her mum strangely approved).
Sweet memories, all of them were. Of course, her plan hadn't exactly worked out. The part about feeling nothing when she parted with Darren, that is. She felt a slight twinge of sadness, but that was it. She didn't cry buckets until it came to her three besties.
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Four hours had passed, and Yellow, her mum and gran were at Celadon Airport.
"Yellow~!"
Yellow's head turned and she saw Blue. Blue was wearing a blue top and a pair of denim shorts and sneakers, just like she had told Yellow in the morning.
Immediately, Yellow flung her luggage aside (her mum caught them) and rushed towards Blue.
Soon, the two girls were laughing and crying (what a strange scene, if you picture it) and hugging.
"So, how's your week been?" Blue asked.
"Tell you in private," Yellow said. "Been pretty eventful is what I'll say now."
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A/N: Okay, I have no idea why I decided to include Yellow of all people in a fling relationship. It's just OOC for Yellow.
Sorry for OOC Yellow. Oh, and you know my editor's name. It's Camellia, the one who gave Yellow the TM for Thunder.
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