Chapter 5: One Week to Go

I sighed and looked down at the Lake Guardians that had fallen asleep on my desk. Picking up one of the many papers that I had currently strewn across the desk and leaning back, I looked over the list of Pokémon that I was planning on giving the students. It had been a week since my friends and I had talked to Dumbledore and everything was going smoothly. The chosen teachers had all agreed and Professor Grubbly-Plank had offered to take Hagrid's place as temporary gym leader until he got back. I smiled at the list. After many late nights spent brainstorming, Calem and I had finally come up with a final list of Pokémon that the students would start off with.

I put the paper back on the desk and looked at the time on my Pokédex. I shook my head at the thought that I had missed lunch. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence for me. Actually, now that I think about it, I had a tendency to work too much and end up skipping meals. You never really get used to it, but I usually make up for it at the next meal that I eat.

I heard the door crack open and looked up to see Calem walking in. He smiled at me, "you know you missed lunch right?"

I nodded, "yeah, I know. I can always grab something from the kitchen later if I'm hungry."

He looked at his feet before looking back at me. "Do you want to walk around the ground with me?"

I looked at the baby Pokémon on my desk and nodded, "yeah I'll go with you, but I'll have to bring them along though."

Calem waved his hand, "that's alright." He walked over and gently picked up Azelf as I picked up Uxie and Mesprit, all three of them cuddling closer to the person who picked them up. "Do you want me to carry Uxie too," he asked. I shook my head and smiled at him, "it's okay, I've got him. Come on, let's go."

Calem and I slowly made our way up the staircase, guardians resting peacefully in our arms, to the door that led down to the lake. We were approaching the lake when the guardians slowly woke up and looked around. As soon as they spotted the lake, the three floated out of our arms and shot forward toward the lake. I reached out to try to catch the young ones but they were far out of my reach, and I really didn't feel like landing in the mud if I happened to slip while chasing the trio. Calem laughed, much to my dismay, "I guess that the babies are too fast for their mother."

I looked toward the lake to find the brothers floating near the edge of the lake, splashing each other. I laughed, rubbing the back of my neck, "I guess so."

Calem chuckled and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, giving it a reassuring squeeze. "It's alright, they're still young. I'm sure they'll be fine."

"I know," I said, looking up at him with a smile, "I guess I'm just worried."

"Yeah," he said, watching the lake trio chase each other over the lake as they hovered over the lake, "that tends to happen every time you take care of a baby Pokémon."

"Hey," I said, smacking his arm as I lowered myself toward the grass, "it's no big deal."

"Yeah, I know," Calem laughed, moving to sit beside me on the grass, "it'll come in handy in the future."

"What's that supposed to mean," I asked, raising an eyebrow.

"Just in case you ever have your own kids at some point."

I laughed, "Calem, trust me when I say that that's the farthest thing from my mind right now. Raising these three is gonna be a job and a half in itself. I have no idea what I'd do if I had to raise a human child."

"True," he said, nodding, "I think raising Pokémon would be easier than raising human kids."

I paused, looking out across the lake. "Our students have seemed to be doing pretty well so far."

Calem nodded in agreement, "they're picking up everything pretty quickly."

"And even the teachers are doing really well, training their Pokémon and all."

"They may never be as good as the ones from our world, but they'll be pretty good gym leaders for the students to get an idea of how things work in our world," Calem said thoughtfully and laughed as he watched the antics of the Lake Trio. I looked up at Calem and smiled. I don't know what was wrong with me, but Calem looked pretty good from this angle. Come to think of it, he looked good from just about any angle. I shook my head slightly and hoped that Calem didn't notice.

Calem and I had been friends for seven years, why did this have to happen now? Why couldn't I have thought about this back then and then eventually have grown out of it. Now, not only do I still have the Weasley twins to worry about, not to mention any other guys that may just happen to wander into this mess, but know I have to deal with Calem?

I am so screwed.

Calem looked down at me once again before looking back up at the sky. It was only when I looked up that I noticed that the sun was slowly starting to set. "I think dinner's going to be ready soon," Calem said, standing up.

I nodded slowly, "I guess we should head back." I stood up and called for Uxie, Azelf, and Mesprit to come back so that we could eat dinner. They flew in front of Calem and I, racing each other toward the castle. I felt Calem's hand slowly cover mine as we watched the three heading toward the castle as fast as their little bodies could carry them.

"Only a week left until we give the students their own Pokémon," he said quietly.

I nodded, "I'm nervous."

"Why's that?"

"I just hope that they'll treat their Pokémon well."

"We've taught them well … that and they know that if we hear anything about Pokémon abuse that they're in deep shit."

"That's true," I laughed. I paused once again before continuing, "it feels like it was only yesterday that we were in their shoes, getting our first Pokémon from Professor Sycamore, ya know?"

"I know what you mean," Calem said, "sometimes it's hard to believe that we got our first Pokémon seven years ago."

And with that, we walked the rest of the way to the castle in a comfortable silence. I wasn't going to start worrying about relationship problems right know. In the meantime, my focus was on food and getting the lake trio to calm down so that I might be able to get a little bit of sleep tonight.

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