5/2/13: Major change. "Cousin" to "niece." That was the word I was trying to think of when I was writing this chapter. Alex is not gay.
"Mornin' Alex."
Crap… "Morning…Absol…" Absol was sitting at the table, looking at Alex searching in the refrigerator. He took out a juice carton called 'Orange Juice,' made of some fruit called an 'Orange.' He took out a glass from the cupboard. He poured some juice in the glass, putting the carton back in the fridge, and sat right across from her.
"Why?" she said. Just one word was all she said; he knew what she was talking about. He didn't talk, he just stared at her. He knew that he was going to talk eventually.
He took a sip of the juice and said, "I don't know, I just have, okay?"
"Doesn't seem convincing," she responded.
"I'm telling you, I don't know. I just have it. Even if it is not filled, I can still use it whether if I can melee with it or not."
"Why would you use it?"
"If I'm troubled in a large fight."
"Then why don't you train like other youths?"
He stares at her with a serious look, and then looks at himself. He looks at her again.
"It doesn't matter, just train, whether if you don't have any powers."
"Yesterday-"
"Oh yeah, that's right." She thinks for a minute then asks, "How are you going to use it when it runs out of ammo or not using melee?"
"I'll find a way," Alex takes a sip of the juice. "Can you not talk about it now?"
"Oh, alright," responded Absol, "but I won't let go of it." She left the chair and went to the fridge, took out frozen waffles. Alex is still sitting in the table, taking another sip of juice.
Later that day…Inside the house…
Alex is sitting in the couch, with Luke on the other couch. Outside, Luxray is sitting under the tree in the front yard with Absol and Manectric. Glaceon is also outside the yard with the three.
"So Alex…" started Luke, "what's with this…Pokémon?"
"So you know?" asked Alex.
"Glaceon," he said.
"Ah." He thought about it for a minute, "She's the first one I met."
"Oky…" Luke seemed to want to know more.
"She's different than the other species she is," said Alex. This took Luke's attention.
"Oh," started Luke, "and by how?"
"She's differently colored than the others," says Alex. That seemed to ease him a little bit.
"A shiny?" asked Luke.
"No, not a shiny," answered Alex. Luke losses his ease and wonders. This better not be… thought Luke. "That's what I thought at first."
"And how is she different?" asked Luke.
"She's a Lucario, by the way," started Alex. I swear to God… thought Luke. "The blue fur is pink."
"A-and where did you meet her?" asked Luke with suspicion.
"I was at some smoothie joint. The store across where I was is where I saw her. She walked to where I was." Luke seems to twitch his eye.
"And what's her name?" asked Luke.
"Her name?" asked Alex, "Her name is…uh…Tracey."
Alex probably crossed the border line.
"You're goin' out with my niece?!" yelled out Luke, standing up from the couch. He charged an Aura Sphere with Alex not noticing.
"Holy shit."
"Well, someone got pissed."
"Well hopefully it won't affect us."
"It probably won't affect you."
"True…true…"
"How the hell was I supposed to know that?!" Alex yelled back, still sitting on the couch.
"Fuck," stressed out Luke, "I don't know. Goddamn…"
"Are you sure that Tracey is your cousin?" asked Alex. Luke looked at his with a confused and made look.
"She has pink fucking fur and has an older brother, Floyd, with dark red fur," said Luke.
"How do you know that? Did you spy on us?" asked Alex.
"When the hell did she say all of that crap to you?" asked Luke.
"Uh…" Alex isn't very good at telling lies. Telling a good lie could be only a dream.
"Fuck it," Luke said.
"Like I said earlier, I didn't know," Alex said, standing up. "It's not like we're gonna get married sooner or later." Luke has a mad look on his face, and threw an Aura Sphere at him. He dodges the sphere, hitting the wall near the front door.
"Holy crap!" someone said at the other side of the wall. There now is a hole in the wall, but no one to know who said the phrase.
"Alright…alright!" Alex said, "I get the message." He walks out the door.
Outside the house…
Alex slams the door, "Fuck!" he yelled out. Luxray, Glaceon, Absol, and Manectric stare at Alex, confused. He walks toward him, his head down.
"Don't look, he's coming," Absol quickly whispered. Glaceon looked down, while the other two men are staring at Absol while she is staring at Manectric, to looks as if they didn't see anything. He came up, looking at the group.
"You heard the argument, didn't you?" said Alex, in a flat voice.
"No, why would you say that?" said Absol.
"Don't lie to me," said Alex.
"Okay…" said Glaceon, "we heard the argument. But not all of it; only when you yelled and after that hole."
"Okay, so you didn't hear it all…" Alex sat down with the group.
"That's messed up," said Luxray.
"I didn't know," said Alex.
"Aren't you related to Luke?" asked Manectric.
"Not entirely," answered Alex, "I'm not the son of man…or him." He looks up and points at Glaceon.
"So you are partially related with them?" asked Manectric.
"No" answered Glaceon, "we took care of him after he was abandoned in that sidewalk over there." He moved his head toward the sidewalk in front of the tree."
"Abandoned?" asked Manectric. He turned to Alex, "I'm sorry to hear that."
"Thanks…I think." He still looks back at the ground.
"Well, where I used to live…" everyone looked at Manectric, whose talking at the moment, "It was legal for cousins to marry."
"What?" yelled Absol.
"Oh my God…" Glaceon said.
"Hmm…" Luxray whispered. They eyeballed at him, in silence. Manectric broke the silence.
"It's true…I think it's still legal today."
"Are you trying to make me feel bad about myself?" asked Alex.
"No," answered Manectric, "Only trying to inform."
"Ok," said Alex. He stood up," I'm goin' out."
"Where?" asked Absol.
"Out," said Alex.
"Whatever," said Glaceon. Alex walked out without a word.
"That's a little shocking," said Absol.
"Same here," said Luxray. There was a silence, then, "…what were we talking about again?"
"I don't remember…" said Glaceon. Then, "…oh yeah, now I remember…"
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