An Acknowledgment of the Inferno

by EmikoTohinusdv89

Team Rocket stumbles upon the Pokémon League ceremony and enjoy the celebration. At dinner, the human members of the team get a little tipsy, and start testing how far they can take it with each other. Jessie and James reflect on how their attraction and feelings for each other began, though are still afraid to tell each other. Later that night, they end up in their hotel room..

"Team Rocket's blasting off again!" The gang screamed…swiftly plummeting back down to Earth.

-SLAM-

"Yeowch!" cried Meowth, rubbing his butt from the painful landing.

Jessie, James, and Wobuffet followed suit, and slammed into the ground in a heaping pile. Jessie smacked them all off of her.

"Errrrr, James and Meowth, this is all your fault! My idea was full proof, but you incompetent imbeciles decided to ruin another perfect plan!" Jessie yelled with her hand now balled into a fist. James and Meowth cowered in fear, awaiting for a slam on the head, that luckily never came ... .Jessie was now looking at something in the distance. The group noticed, and looked on at the amazing site before them!

It was the Pokemon League opening ceremony! The team's eyes sparkled at all the ceremonial fair and excitement. There were carnival rides, fireworks, shows, games, and of course….LOTS AND LOTS OF FOOD! It was a beautiful sight to behold. It was now evening, and the bright lights colored the background and brought with it a feeling of enchantment. The opening ceremony was a festival that lasted all weekend long before the first day of the competition. It is a favorite to the Pokemon trainers as well as the nearby residents who are lucky enough to have the League held in their town that year.

"Oh wow guys we really made out dis time with dat landing didn't we!?" Meowth's mouth was watering at all the wonderful smells.

"Burgers, Malasadas, Fried Ice Cream, and Donuts!" James said, clasping his hands together-Tears of happiness welling up in his eyes.

"Hey!" Jessie said, placing her fist in her hand. "Let's take a break and enjoy ourselves, I think we all deserve a chance to have some fun!"

"Yeah!" shouted the other team mates, jumping in the air with excitement.

And with that, everyone bolted to the ceremony fair; all running towards the carnival stands of their choice….Jessie went right to the games with the cute Pokemon plushies, Meowth went to the fish bowl toss, and James went straight to the Noodle stand, ordering 3 heaping helpings to himself. After the first round of fun, the team dashed from stand to stand, enjoying the games, entertainment, food, and prizes.

After a couple hours of rapid-paced excitement, the Team met back up in the center of the carnival, and decided it was time to head on over to the water gun stand-ironically, plush Ekans and Koffing toys were the game prize. Jessie and James' eyes sparkled, remembering their old friends. They just had to win these prizes!

"Hey James, I'll go first." Jessie said matter of factly.

"Hey! No fair! Why do you get to go first?" James whined.

"Because the lady always goes first!" explained Jessie with confidence.

James rolled his eyes and stepped to the side "Hhhh, Fine.", allowing his partner to take the first shot.

"Go Jessie!" Meowth said, cheering his friend on.

"Woooobufffet!" Wobbuffet said in agreement.

"Ok, let's go! I will win that Ekans doll!" Jessie said, more determined than ever.

-Fail-

"Oh, no problem…I'll get it this time for sure!" Jessie announced.

Another fail.

And then another….

and another; until almost all of the tokens had run out.

"This isn't fair-the game's rigged!" Jessie said, steam coming out of her ears and face red as a tomato berry.

"Hey lady, if you can't get it that's your fault-poor aim." shrugged the man behind the stands.

Jessie grumbled, crossing her arms in frustration.

"Jess, why don't you let me take a turn?" James asked pitifully and somewhat annoyed.

"Errrr, why!? I want to be the one who wins Ekans! I have to be the one to get it!" she scowled.

"Well Jess, I used to be a pretty good shot growing up on my estate. My Grandpapa used to let me play with his Wooden Poliwhirl dart board when I was a small lad." James said confidently.

"I said I want to be the one to win it! What part of that don't you understand!?" Jessie shouted close up to James' face. Meowth and Wobbuffet cowered, ducking for cover; afraid to get pummeled in the midst of Jessie's outburst.

"Well fine Jessie, but at least let me help you!" James firmly offered.

"And how do you suggest you do that?" Asked the fiery redhead.

"Here." and with that, James stood behind Jessie, placing his hands on hers and helped her aim the water gun. He couldn't help but get a little red in the face.

Jessie blushed, a bit taken aback from his sudden closeness to her-his body pressing right up against her back. Somehow, anytime the two bickered, they always managed to be pressed right up on eachother again…

James secretly breathed in the smell of Jessie's hair; it was wonderful. A lovely scent of raspberry and roses, daffodils….and…. "Ok…get back in focus." James thought to himself.

"Alright, here. A little lower, more to the right…" James said, in concentration. "Now!" and with that, he pressed Jessie's fingers on the trigger…the little Ekans figurine slowly crept up to the winning bell…closer, and closer, until….

**DING DING DING DING DING!**

"Annnd, we have a winner!" the carnival man shouted.

Jessie jumped up and down for joy as she snatched the Ekans doll right out of the man's hands.

"Wow! My very own Ekans doll! Thank you James!" Jessie said with stars in her eyes and a big smile; squeezing her new purple plushie.

"Of course!" smiled James, as he was finishing up his round, winning his Koffing doll on the first go.

"Wow guys, dat was really somethin'...talk about good ol' teamwoik" Meowth said, very pleased for his friends. Jessie and James gave each other a quick smile.

"Ok, enough of the sentimental stuff-let's go get some real food to eat!" Jessie said.

"Ok!" "Sure!" agreed James and Meowth.

"Woobuf!" Nodded Wobbuffet.

And with that, the Rocket group headed over to one of the casual dining restaurants towards the back of the festival. After all that running around,the group was a bit exhausted and wanted to rest their feet before returning to the fun.

"Oh wow! This place looks nice!" said Jessie with a sparkle in her eye.

"And da smells are even bedda!" acknowledged Meowth.

The group got seated at a table; Jessie and James decided to order a couple of drinks for their first round before deciding on their meals. It wasn't too often that they had the opportunity to sit back and relax a little bit. Although they weren't big drinkers, they felt like celebrating and having a little fun. The night was young, so they wanted to loosen up a little bit before finishing off their night with a bang.

"Youse two go ahead and enjoy yourselves wit da booze…I'm ordering an appetizer…Meowth is famished" stated a starving Meowth.

About an hour and a half into the evening, Meowth and Wobbuffet were still stuffing their faces. Jessie and James on the other hand, were getting a little tipsy off of multiple bottles of "Anti-Hero IPA" -a drink that became a favorite of theirs during the old Bicycle Gang days in Sunnytown. The two were giggling, teasing each other as they mocked the other two, making jokes in a playful stupor.

"Boy, you guys sure are packing it away aren't you? I didn't realize we were at the all-you-can -eat buffet" Jessie snickered, facing Meowth and Wobuffet.

"Meowth, don't you think you've had enough to eat? You're starting to look like a round ppp-Purrrrugly!" James said, trying to keep a straight face…it didn't last long however. A chuckle slipped from his lips. Meowth frowned in disapproval.

"Shut it Jim, or you'll have a new slash on that dopey face of yours!" Meowth shot back.

"Ah-hahahaha!" Jessie laughed. "Ok James, let's let the boys have their fun-we are all free to do what we want tonight!"

She was in a good mood. Seeing this made James smile. It wasn't too often that Jessie was able to let loose, and when she did, she was much more relaxed and not so…well, hot headed. He loved that about her; this was the genuine side to her that he held dear to his heart.

As the night continued, Meowth and Wobbuffet were starting to slow down. Bellies full, they were entering their second food coma of the evening. Jessie and James were still going strong though, ordering another round of drinks. This time, opting for something a little stronger than watered-down beer.

"I'll have a vodka and cranberry please-make it a double!" Jessie requested

"OoOoo! I'll have the same!" James said with a gleam in his eyes.

"Yall bedda cut it out soon, before dis place cuts ya off and kicks ya out!" Meowth said in irritation.

"Oh come on now Meowth, we're just having a little bit of fun! This will be the last round, I promise." Jessie said cheerily.

And these drinks-these drinks were strong thanks to the bartender. As Jessie sipped on her drink through that tiny straw, her head began to feel a little fuzzy. She was already relaxed and chipper before…but as she sipped more of her cocktail, all inhibitions slowly faded away. Jessie was starting to feel gooooood.

James was enjoying his as well. The burn felt good on his throat, and made him feel all warm and giddy. The pair began giggling, now getting a tad touchy-feely with each other in playful middle-schoolesque banter. Meowth rolled his eyes as Wobbuffet looked on with his typical clueless Wobbuffet grin.

After a few minutes, Meowth pipped in.

"Alright youse two, I'm glad to see you two havin' such a wondaful time togedda but we gotta "pay our check soon". I wanna go back out dere and win a few more of dem prizes before the nights ova!" (Dine and dash was obviously the plan)

"Just a second Meowth, let us at least finish our drinks" Jessie said happily.

"Hey, can we at least order an appetizer to go? I'm still *hic* hungry" James asked.

Meowth sighed. "Fine, but den we're outta here!"

The waiter brought the menu back out to James, who began flipping through the excessively large menu to find the perfect choice. As he was in deep thought (as deep as his thoughts could go at this point-after all, he was a little drunk) he pushed his hair behind his ear ever so gently, a strand falling back over his face. Jessie glanced over, and slowly found herself staring at him. Her slow reflexes made it take a while for her to even notice her longer-than-usual gaze-she turned her face down and began blushing. "He is just so beautiful" she thought to herself, quickly realizing the thought she had, she shook her head trying to snap herself out of it. "This is James we're talking about here-get it together Jess." gritting her teeth.

Jessie knew since the moment she met James that he was special. She always felt an instant connection with him, and a bond so strong it was magnetizing-they somehow always found each other, remaining inseparable for all these years. As time progressed (and hormones began raging) she slowly found her attraction to him grow in new ways…a feeling she quickly shoved back down the moment it would rear its terrifying (and honestly, confusing) head back up. This was James, her sweet childhood friend. But as he grew, he started getting more and more gorgeous.

But it wasn't just his looks of course, there was an innocence about James she couldn't quite place, and yet, he was also quite intelligent and worldly-though sometimes his clumsiness and playful personality got in the way of showcasing that for him. He was always spouting off random Pokemon knowledge, among other random things he had learned. He charmed her with his silliness, sophistication, and wholesomeness. Jessie was not one to indulge in these kinds of feelings, especially the kind that made her feel vulnerable. Although she yearned for love and the fairy-tale romance, she was also too scared to ever let her guard down long enough to let that happen for her.

After James placed his order, he finished his cocktail and faced Jessie.

"This appetizer is going to be delicious Jess! You must try some!" James said with a big grin on his face. Jess smiled back in turn, "Ok."

Now James was the one with his eyes locked on Jessie.

She was stunning, always stunning in fact. He always felt mesmerized by her sapphire eyes, gorgeous fair skin, and strong personality. Unbeknownst to Jessie, James held the same deep feelings for her, probably since the day he met her.

When he first ran across Jessie at Pokemon Tech, he initially freaked at the uncanny resemblance she had to his fiance' Jessiebelle-so much so, at first he thought she WAS her, and that the crazy girl followed him all the way there. But he soon realized, this fiery redhead was nothing like Jessiebelle. She was passionate about what she wanted in life, she was independent and strong. But most of all, she had a heart and a caring soul-no matter how hard she tried to hide that with her tough-girl facade. He fell for her harder than a Snorlax falls to sleep after a big meal. He was deeply infatuated. Over time, that infatuation grew to be even more-and he was finding himself batting off feelings of love at any chance he got. Like Jessie, he too had some pretty deep-seeded trust and commitment issues-words like "fiance'" and "marriage" terrified him. For this reason, he swallowed his feelings for Jessie as best he could-many times with little success, as he held onto and embraced his best friend any chance he got in moments of fear or joy. Any excuse to get touch and be close to her.

The more James looked at Jessie, the more his attraction for her began bubbling to the surface again-thanks to the loosening effects of the alcohol, much to his dismay. However, at this point, he was too carefree to notice anymore. He felt his loving feelings for his partner slowly mingle with additional strong feelings of lust. That warm and fuzzy feeling started burning into a raging inferno, all the way down...and suddenly he felt his pants getting tighter around his growing manhood. He balled his hands into fists, trying to resist the urge to grab on to Jessie and make a move on her. This lasted a good 30 seconds before all efforts to resist flew out the window.

Jessie looked up and noticed James' staring at her, and she felt her face grow warm; a pink glow spreading across her cheeks. He wasn't just looking at her, he was gazing at her with an intense look in his eye. Was…was James looking at her with desire? With lust? Jessie sat there frozen, not really believing what she was seeing. She began to feel a tingling sensation spread throughout her own body. This wasn't just the alcohol anymore-this was, something more.

She made a small nervous chuckle towards James and then began sipping her drink once again, looking away from her amorous-eyed friend. Her unusual bashfulness caught James off guard, and this intrigued him even more. "OoOo, this could be fun," James thought to himself with a grin.

As Meowth and Wobuffet laid back in their chairs, relaxing and patting their full stomachs (unaware of the lustful-eyed exchange between their two human friends), James gently placed his hand on Jessie's bare thigh. He had a moment of worry that he was asking for a clobber to the head, but that worry faded quickly as the alcohol continued to give him that wonderful gift of confidence. He gave Jessie a devious grin as she continued to try and look in the opposite direction.

Once he realized Jessie didn't smack his hand away, he slowly moved his hand up Jessie's thigh, rubbing it up and down, brushing up under the hem of her skirt ever so slightly. Jessie froze, but was extremely intrigued by her friend's new boldness-this was probably the most turned on she had ever felt. James, being so forward? This felt foreign to her, but man did she love it.

She gave him a smug side-smile, and returned the gesture by placing her hand on his leg as well, scooting her chair closer to him…Jessie decided to play this game, and have a little fun. She stared back at James in flirtatious interest; she dipped her finger into the dessert on the table, and slowly licked the whipped cream while slowly sucking the taste off of her finger. James' eyes grew wide and his mouth dropped open-

The mutual lust-filled desire and attraction was becoming too much for either of them to ignore. As James continued to stare in a stunned stupor, Jessie squeezed his upper thigh, moving up to stroke the outline of his now, rock-hard member. Suddenly, she gave it a gentle yet firm stroke, up and down his length until….

James eagerly stood up from the table. "Welp! I'm ready to head back to our room; I'm getting tired! Ready Jess!?" He grabbed her hand and quickly began gathering their prizes and appetizer to scramble out of the door.

"HEY! I aint done here, we still haven't been on da Merry-go-round or da Ferris Wheel yet!" Meowth said with an irritated groan.

"Wooooobuffet" Wobuffet whined.

James and Jessie looked at eachother, and gave each other a knowing nod.

"You two are more than welcome to stay. We'll meet you back at the hotel." said Jessie, now giggling more than ever; and still a little tipsy.

"Hey! What's with that goofy look on youse two faces!? You aint trying to catch dat Pikachu at a time like dis are ya's? I thought we was trying to relax!?" said a vexed Meowth.

James giggled "Oh no Meowth, we're really just tired….we'll see you later! Toodaloo!" he said, lighter-than-air.

And with that, the young pair darted off back to their room, as quickly as their clumsy legs could take them. James held her hand the entire way, and the two laughed in an exchange of silliness, happiness, and disbelief about the strong pull between them tonight. Whatever this was, it felt good and they didn't want it to stop.

They finally reached their hotel room, and James struggled to get the key out of his pocket…Jessie giggled at his goofy, awkward smile and clumsiness. He was just so endearing.

Jessie grabbed the side of his silly face and smiled, "Here, let me help you with that," and took the key. James blushed.

"Oh, thank you Jessie," James said with a shy laugh.

Before she could turn the key, their eyes locked again. The intensity was just there, nothing they could do to stop it. Their faces grew closer…James slowly pushed Jessie back against the hotel room door. The magnetic pull between them could no longer be ignored, or contained, for any longer…James pressed his lips hard against Jessies', giving her a deep, passionate kiss. He placed his hand behind her head, pulling her in closer with desperate intensity. Jessie reached up and held James' face, trying as much as she could to contain her excitement, and quite honestly, her desire to take him right then and there. Jessie let out a contented whimper and melted in his arms…kissing him in return.

In this moment, it almost felt as though literal sparks were flying between them-time stood still. As their kiss continued, they both half-hazardly reached behind and in front of them to open the hotel room door.

Neither of them knew what to expect. All they knew was they just wanted to be together and enjoy this moment-whatever "this" was.

Jessie and James gleefully grabbed each other and tossed themselves onto one of the beds, with James landing on top of Jessie; smiling as they bounced on the plush bed. Jessie playfully grabbed James on his shoulders, and rolled him over so she could now be on top of him. They looked into each other's eyes and giggled, both with nervousness but also impassioned excitement. As the space between their faces grew smaller, both Jessie and James had a certain look on their face-a dead giveaway to the other partner. They were both intoxicated by each other, craving every single moment they ever shared together, but now, they wanted even more. It was an unspoken understanding that neither of them had any experience with sex. After all, having or developing any sort of relationship while working for Team Rocket was next to impossible. So being able to have any experience with sexual intimacy was not happening; this was truly foreign to them…but the most beautiful thing they were now experiencing, together. And once again, their lips met.

Jessie slowly untucked James' shirt, running her long nails along his chest as they kissed. James lightly moaned in her ear; he slowly began kissing and sucking on the side of her neck-leaving an ever-so slight mark. Jessie giggled-this surprised her, and yet at the same time it was very sensual to her. She had never had anyone make her feel this way before, and she was loving every minute of it. James returned to face Jessie, giving her another kiss. Jessie squeezed her thighs around his hips, pressing her body harder against him as James shoved his tongue deeper into her mouth. Suddenly, James reached up and grabbed her breast; although Jessie obliged, this startled her for a moment and she gasped a little.

"Oh Jessie, I'm so sorry…I…I didn't mean…" James stuttered, trying to say the right thing. He was just in the moment, but he didn't want to push it too far with his best friend. She meant too much to him to let his raging desires get in the way.

"James. It's ok..don't stop." Jessie whispered, and pulled him back to her.

Their kiss continued, and James gently massaged Jessie's breast with his hand again-feeling her nipples harden underneath her shirt. He gave it a light pinch and circled his finger around them.

"Ahh, James, please don't stop. Please" Jessie pleaded.

James gave her a devilish grin. He slowly lifted her shirt up, removing it as he unclasped her bra…letting it fall beside her. Her top half was now fully exposed to her partner. She blushed, and felt vulnerable. She was now feeling very exposed to her best friend-but this sudden sexual game with him was turning her on. It felt so wrong, and yet, so right.

Jessie slowly grew feisty, and wanted to take back a little bit of the control. She reached down and shoved her hand into his pants, rubbing his rock hard cock through his boxers. He moaned as his eyes squinted shut from being touched.

"Does that feel good, James?" she asked sheepishly.

"Oh god yes, Jessica…it feels amazing." James said in exasperation, his breathing began deepening.

His tight underwear could no longer contain his raging boner, the head now poking out of the top …dripping with pre-cum. Jessie saw this- and her excitement grew. She placed her hands on each side of his hips and slid his pants and boxers down. She placed her hand around his cock, holding it firmly there for a moment. She began moving her hand around the head, rubbing the wet gland…giving a few slow, languid pumps up and down his shaft.

"Oh Jess…Jessie, please…" James was now lifting his head up, unable to keep his lower body still. He never wanted this feeling to end. After a few minutes of this, in between deep kisses, he slowly felt himself on the edge. Jessie then sat back up, and slowly moved her face down to his waist, licking up and down his pelvis until she took his cock in her mouth. "NNnnggg" James moaned, eyes flying open. This was new territory…this was going to get him in trouble..this was going to make him blast off any second. Well, this was not how he wanted it to end. James suddenly sat up, startling Jessie, and pushed her down on her back spreading her legs wide open.

"My dear, we mustn't forget, ladies first" , giving her a wink.

"Oh James. You're such a gentleman." Jessie said blushing, ready with anticipation and arousal.

"My sweet Jessie, I am no gentleman."

And with that, James reached under her skirt, and pulled down her panties at lightning-speed, swiftly burying his face deep into her soaking wet pussy. He slid his tongue up along her opening, reaching her clit and giving it a little suck. Jessie rolled her neck and shoulders back, as she felt a tingling electricity spread throughout her.

"There, right there James….ahh! Don't stop, please don't stop, oh my god." Jessie called out.

This was the most intense feeling she had ever experienced in her life. James continued, slowly reaching a hand up the inside of her thigh…he wanted to feel her soft wetness. He slowly circled his finger around her opening, as he continued sucking and licking her swollen clit. Then, he slowly thrusted his finger deep inside of her, moving in and out, all while still pleasuring her with his tongue.

"Oh, oh my god….aHhh" Jessie moaned out in ecstasy.

James was turned on like never before. He reached down and began stroking himself, gripping himself hard while his partner's legs began to shake beneath him. James then forced a second finger inside of her.

"James, oh god, please, please don't stop…please keep going," Jessie said, begging him.

He was now furiously finger fucking her, as he fiercley jerked himself off at the same time. Jessie's moans grew louder, her breathing grew more labored…

"Mmmm Jessie, cum for me baby" James said to her, sweetly.

His words were all it took to bring her there..

"Ahhh, James, James, I'm cumming!" she cried out as James continued his pace, enjoying the feeling of her contracting against his fingers.

Jessie's entire body convulsed-the shockwave of her orgasm spread throughout the entirety of her body…enveloping her with the most amazing feeling she had ever experienced. She was gobsmacked.

Jessie let out a small sigh, eyes half closed as she drifted further off into her afterglow. James smiled, pleased that he was able to pleasure her in this way. After a few minutes, Jessie sat back up, and turned to James.

"It's your turn now." Jessie smiled.

Meanwhile, somewhere off in the not too far distance, Meowth and Wobuffet were slowly making the trek back to the hotel room. They were still bloated from their excessive dinner spread, and dragging the many carnival winnings behind them. The hotel felt like it was miles away…

"Woooobbbbufffeettt…." Wobbuffet moaned in exhaustion.

"Don't ya worry my blue buddy, we're almost dere…" Meowth said, trying to make himself believe this as well. He was dragging his feet slowly, each step felt like 100.

Little did these two know, the intense "activities" the other two members of the gang were enjoying.

…

James was now the lucky member of the duo who was able to experience the oral pleasures given to him by his gorgeous friend.

"Oh, Oh God, Jessie….Jessie that feels so…mmmm…so fucking good. Please, please keep going, don't stop, I'm so close…" James purred with desire, stroking her long flowing hair.

Jessie gazed up at him as his cock was buried deep in her throat, and gave a wicked grin.

She released him from her mouth, and dragged her tongue from his balls to the head of his dick, continuing this several times. James shuddered and moaned.

"Oh Jessie, you're…you're teasing me…please don't stop now…" James begged.

Jessie loved feeling this power over him, she loved making him squirm as he did to her. She was now back in control. Not long after, she took him back into her mouth, quickening her pace and she grabbed his shaft by one hand, letting her firm grasp glide up and down…faster and faster until….

"Oooohhhhhh…..Jessie!" James let out a cry, shaking as he came deep inside her mouth. Jessie hungrily swallowed every last drop of his warm load…sucking through to the very last drop. Licking her lips and pleased with herself, she sat up laying her head on James' chest, and began stroking his chest with her hand.

"My god Jessie, that was wonderful…you my dear, you are the most captivating creature on this planet…" James said, now drunk on his post-orgasmic stupor. Jessie relished in his words; enjoying the unnecessary boost to her already inflated ego.

James' breathing slowly came back to normal…and the pair laid together with James wrapped around Jessie, her face buried into him for several minutes. Soon however, Jessie took a nose-dive deep into her own thoughts, as reality slapped her across the face. Panicking, she sat up.

"James. James, is this, is this ok. Is what we just did, is it ok?" Jessie said worriedly.

James sat up a bit, looking into Jessie's eyes, confused for a moment by what she had meant. However, James noticed the panic in her eyes, and he grew alarmed.

Jessie hated feeling weak, but she couldn't help it. No matter how hard she wanted to keep it inside, there was no way she'd be able to hide her emotional turmoil from her friend this time.

"Jessie, Jessie please don't be upset. I, I don't want…want you to regret what just happened. I hope, I hope you can forgive me…I am so sorry if things went too far…" James said in dismay, now feeling a wave of guilt as he worried he started something between them that probably crossed the line.

"No James, it was amazing…I, I never experienced or felt anything like that before. I wanted it, I wanted it so badly with you, but that's not what I meant." Jessie said, now fighting back tears.

"Then what's the matter Jess?" James asked, genuinely worried about his best friend. He could see how frightened she looked.

"I just, I don't want this to change anything between us….I love you, our friendship…I don't want that to ever end because of what, what we just did….I couldn't bare the thought of losing what I have with you…you mean everything to me James; you're my best friend." Jessie opened up, the tears now falling down her face. She began to cry.

James' heart felt full in this moment; this was the most heartwarming and genuine thing he had ever heard her say-and she said it to him. He held her tight, doing his best to comfort his beautiful friend.

"Jessie, there is nothing on this Earth that will ever destroy what we have together. Our friendship is nothing that can ever be broken, no matter what…I love you too much to ever let anything happen to us." James said, holding her hands, giving her a firm kiss on her forehead.

Jessie sighed, now feeling more at ease. James was happy to see her slowly relax, he just wanted her to feel safe with him.

*****Boom. Slam. Whoosh. Crash.******

"WOBBUFFET YOU BIG NUMBSKULL; WATCH WHERE YA GOIN'!" shouted Meowth at the front door, with what sounded like multiple festival prizes and snacks falling to the ground.

"Wooooo-buffffff" Wobbuffet said in disarray.

A jingling of hotel keys could be heard behind the door. The two human Rocket members heard this, eyes opening wide.

-"GAAHHH! Meowth! Wobbuffet!" Jessie and James said in unison.-

They clumsily regained their composure as they quickly put the rest of their clothes back on-Jessie flying to the bed opposite the one she was just laying in. They sat quietly on each bed as Meowth opened the front door, trying to hide the guilty look on their faces.

That was easier said than done.

"Meowth, Wobbuffet. So nice to see you back so soon." Jessie said behind a forced smile.

"What? Um, ok sure Jess, whateva you say. Hey! What happened to youse guys' hair, you look like you've been tru a whirlwind or somethin'" Meowth said, noticing their disheveled appearance.

"Huh!?" Jessie and James said in unison, looking at each other from across the room.

Their hair was a complete, tangled mess. Their uniforms didn't look too hot either; all wrinkly and unkempt…compliments of what had just occurred mere minutes ago. They both blushed, clueless of what to say or how to make this look.

"Well, uh, we just decided to go on a walk near the boardwalk and it got a little windy" James said lamely, pointing his finger up in the air.

"Yes, that's exactly right! We just got back not too long ago ourselves" Jessie said, sounding even more lame.

"Riiiiggghhhht." Meowth gave them both a questioning look; eyebrow raised, he just shook his head. He was too tired to dispute their obvious tall-tales tonight. "Alright youse two, I'm goin ta bed; it's been a long night."

"Goodnight Meowth. Goodnight Wobbuffet." the pair said in unison to their companions.

And with that, they turned out the lights, and everyone passed out after a long day of fun.

The next morning during breakfast, as much as Jessie and James wanted to deny it, there was a definite complicated energy between the two of them. Although the night before was definitely enjoyable for the pair, this didn't stand in the way of things already growing excessively awkward. Both of them were quieter than normal, playing with their food, fidgeting in their seats, and in their own little worlds-"omg, what just happened last night, does he/she know how I feel, what if he/she knows I have always loved them for like a million years, will he/she be freaked out, will our friendship change?" They both pondered-their thoughts going a mile a minute. The vibes in the air were noticeably strange.

After about 10 minutes of quiet, James broke the silence.

….

"Uh, Jessie…um *cough* could you please pass me the maple syrup."

"Hmm? Oh…sure James." Jessie said, looking like she was just startled out of deep thought. "Here you go."

"Thank you very much, Jessie", James said nervously.

"You're welcome, James," said a modest Jessie.

Silence.

Meowth eyed them and raised an eyebrow. "Everyting ok you guys? You both are actin' weirder den usual."

"SURE!" "Everything is fine!" Jessie and James said in unison, looking at their feline friend-

~sweatdrops~.

"Waaaabbuffetttt" voiced a questioning Wobuffett.

"Well, youse guys bedda snap out of it soon. We still gotta get our plan ready for swipin' that Pikachu before the openin games." Meowth said matter of factly.

"Right." said Jessie. "Ok." said James.

James cleared the table and worked on finishing up the dishes. Jessie sat with Meowth to help devise the final touches of their plan. The morning was quiet. Too quiet. Meowth and Wobuffett were feeling weird, and wondering what in the world was the matter with Jessie and James. Meowth was starting to wonder just how their sudden change in mood would impact and affect their plan. He tried keeping an open mind however, and hoped their odd behavior would be gone by afternoon.

After about an hour or two, the final touches of their next plan were complete, and the group decided this "new" Pikachu-grabbing-machine needed a couple more parts to be finished and ready. Meowth, being the absolutely amazing and gracious Meowth that he was, volunteered himself to go with Wobbuffet to swipe the final items for their machine.

He knew his friends needed some time to collect themselves in order to be ready.

"Alright youse guys I'm headin out! We'll be back soon!" said Meowth. And off he and Wobuffet went.

"Alright Meowth"..."See you later" the two said back.

…..

Silence.

…..

"So um, Jess. How are you feeling today?" asked James, rubbing the back of his head with a huge blush across his cheeks.

"Fine. Never better. Everything's great!" Jessie said, trying to make herself believe that BS. Face redder than her hair.

"Good." said James.

"Yeah. Good." said Jessie.

…..

They both tripped over their thoughts and gave a light awkward laughter…."heh heh heh….

"Soooo, uhh…." *clearing their throats*

"SO I WAS THINKING WE SHOULD PROBABLY DO THIS AGAIN AND JUST ENJOY OURSELVES AND NOT LET IT GET IN THE WAY BUT HAVE IT BE LIKE A WAY TO LET OFF SOME STEAM AND STILL BE BEST FRIENDS YOU KNOW LIKE FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS BUT STILL HAVE IT BE LIKE THE WAY IT WAS WHADDYA SAY?" Somehow the two managed to say the very exact thing, and the very exact time.

"Oh, thank god" James said exasperated.

"I'm glad we're on the same page here James" smiled Jessie.

The two smiled at each other and felt a wave of relief rush over them. They hadn't lost their best friend, things were ok! And best part of all, they could have their cake and eat it too-they could actually do "this", again and AGAIN! It was a win win.

However, deep down in their hearts, they knew this arrangement was just a bandaid for what they both desired to have with one another. The rush of endorphins and happy hormones accompanied by a youthful sex drive obstructed this painful reality from them-for now.

Annnnddd…..que the raging hormones again.

"Well! We have some alone time now, want to spend some more "best friend time" together Jessie?" James smuggly asked.

"Absolutely, James!" grinned Jessie.

…

And with that, the two closed the gap and were all over each other in an instant. Their arms wrapped around each other tightly and mouths going wild…making out in an urgent frenzy. Suddenly, James stumbled over himself and fell backwards into the couch. Jessie fell down as well, in his lap. She pulled James' face closer to hers, kissing him deeply-their hands exploring each other's body.

As their make out session continued, the fire between them grew stronger. James could feel himself pressed against Jessie's warmth. He was rock hard, and the feeling of rubbing up against her pussy was absolutely incredible…it was honestly becoming too much for him. He began feeling dizzy for a moment from it, but soon he was alert and ready for more.

James grabbed Jessie's thighs, moving up towards her waist. He slowly reached for her panties, and looked up at her to see her approval. Jessie gave him a seductive smile as his ok. She got up for a moment to allow James to remove them…then she unbuckled his pants-he slid them down and off of himself.

Jessie slowly crawled back onto James lap, as they continued a deep kiss. She lowered herself down, straddling him with ease. James let out a shocked, wide-eyed sound. He was in shock this was actually happening right now-He grabbed a hold of Jessie's waist and helped ease her down further. Soon they were pressed onto each other…Jessie rubbed her heat across James' cock. He felt his dick slide up and down in between the slippery folds of her pussy. It was so warm and wet; his head leaned back and eyes grew heavy. He was in heaven. He was almost to the point of not being able to stand it, and then….

Jessie sat up above him, grabbed his rock hard manhood, and slowly guided it right to her opening. This was it. This was the moment they had wanted for so long.

"Jessie, Jessie wait. Are you sure?" James asked, a little nervous himself. Was he actually about to lose his virginity to Jessie!?

"Definitely" Jessie affirmed. She knew deep down she always wanted this moment to be with James.

Slowly, Jessie lowered herself down. Soon, she guided the head of his cock so it was just barely penetrating her. It was a rush…a buzzing, electrical pulse shot throughout both of their bodies….she slid down until the head pushed in all the way.

"Ahh, omg Jess…" James moaned.

"Ahhhhh, James!" Jessie called out.

Although it felt amazing for Jessie, it was also tight and a bit uncomfortable…she was afterall, a virgin like James. They remained still like this for a moment, just with the head of James' dick inside of her, relishing in the heat between them.

James noticed Jessie becoming a little tense.

"Hey Jess" James said soothingly, "It's ok, just relax sweetheart, let's take it slow." He placed his hand on her face.

Jess placed her hand atop his and nodded. She centered herself, took a deep breath, and….

James stabilized her hips as she slowly lowered herself down further…she could feel him entering her, filling her completely. It was so tight, so warm, so….so deep.

"Ahh, James!" Jessie let out a faint cry.

"Nnnngggggg Ooohhhh Jessie" James cried out with his eyes squeezing shut.

This was the most amazing feeling he had ever felt…so deep inside of her. So close and intimate with Jessie, feeling her all around him…it felt so so good.

Jessie let out a little whimper, but after the initial shock of being entered for the first time, she felt wonderful. This was by far the best feeling she had ever experienced. And James was the one giving her this amazing sensation.

Not long after, the two began to quicken their pace. Jessie slowly started to move up and down, as James thrusted deeper and deeper into her. Their intensity, their desperation from wanting this for so long grew…their faces leaned in for another kiss as Jessie rode James…slamming herself into him, James meeting in turn with passionate, rapid thrusts…their movements in perfect sync. Faster, deeper, and harder…

Jessie felt James hitting against her cervix; he was so deep inside of her, it was almost hard to catch her breath. She began feeling a warm sensation creep up throughout her entire body, as her legs began to shake, and tingling feelings below…

"James, I think I…I think I'm about to…uahh…" Jessie said between breathless moans.

"Jess, it's ok. I want to feel your pussy cum…" James said, drunk in utter pleasure.

"Fuck, oh, oh Fuck James…." Jessie screamed

James took Jessie's hand and began sucking on two of her fingers, giving her a seductive look.."Cum for me, my sweet…"

"AAAAHHHHHhhhhhhh!" Jessie felt a wave of intense electricity shoot across her body from her core to her scalp. She shook intensely as she slowly came down from her orgasm…This was, this was amazing…she was almost paralyzed from just how wonderful this feeling was…after about a minute, she composed herself and slowly began to lift herself up atop James' dick again.

James grabbed her face and kissed her. "No Jess. Lie down for me."

Jessie gave James a questioning look, and then lowered herself onto her back.

James took off his shirt and gloves, all the while looking down at Jessie. Jessie stared at her breathtaking friend, his lightly tanned skin and smooth muscles…She was ready for more. She slowly removed the rest of her clothing as well…

James lowered himself on top of Jessie, hands to the side of her shoulders and waist against hers. He leaned down to kiss her, giving her a warm passionate kiss, as he grabbed the back of her head. He was now right up against Jessie's opening again, sliding himself between her. As their bodies pressed firmly against one another, Jessie felt a single tear slip down the side of her eye. At the same time, James could feel his emotions bubble up, sniffling quietly, closing his watering eyes for a moment so Jessie wouldn't notice-trying hard to hide their feelings from one another….

James slowly broke their kiss and looked down at Jessie and smiled.

"Jess, are…are you ready?" he asked nervously.

"Yes James. I'm ready." Jessie said smiling.

James grabbed himself and slowly pushed the head of his cock deep inside of her again. The second he was all the way inside of her, they both let out a satisfied groan-James started thrusting himself deep inside of Jessie. Jessie wrapped her arms around James' neck as he buried his cock deep inside her, thrusting hard until she felt as though he would push right past inside of her.

"Fuck, oh fuck James….oh…oh god…ffffuuuucckk" moaned Jessie. She was shocked how close she was to cumming again.

James smiled and lifted her legs, placing her ankles over his shoulders ... .then, he lowered himself down, grabbing behind her shoulders and thrusted into her, hard as he possibly could….

He was extremely close, and it took every ounce of power within him not to just let go of his load, but he wanted to make sure his partner came at least one last time before….

"Jjjjjaaaaammmmmmmeeeessss" Jessie shouted out, convulsing all around his aching cock…so tight and wet, clamping down and gripping his cock until…

"Fuckkk, Jessiiieee, I'm, I'm going to cum…I can't hold aahh...ahhh!" James screamed.

"That's alright James…Cum inside of me baby. I want to feel you cum deep inside of me." whispered a breathless Jessie.

That was all she wrote- James let out a releasing moan.

James thrusted one more time deep inside Jessie and released himself deep inside of her pussy, collapsing on top of her. Their bodies shook through the aftershocks of their orgasms…

James slowly lifted himself up, gazing intently at Jessie and gave her a warm kiss. Jessie smiled back at James and kissed his cheek. They held each other's faces, both letting the welling up tears stream down their flushed cheeks-each trying to wipe each other's tears away with their thumbs as they stroked each other's face. This, this was more than either of them could ever imagine. More pleasurable, more intense, more passionate….but there was also something else. This felt, this felt like they had made love to each other. This moment they shared together, their first, somehow brought them even closer together. They shared everything in life together; so many moments, trials and tribulations, the hard times and the good times, the laughs, the tears, the pain, the joys ... .and now, they had shared their bodies with each other. They were now as close as two people could possibly be, their souls almost felt like they had become one in that moment..

Little did they know, they both wanted so desperately to say "I love you" right then and there. They resisted that frightening urge, and slowly just swallowed that wish away.

Shortly after the young Rockets collected themselves, Meowth and Wobuffet came back home with the last few pieces needed for their new plan. The team now had all the pieces they needed, and hurriedly finished building…This plan was for sure going to work! This was the best piece of machinery, and the most promising plan yet! Nobody could get in their way, no one….not even the twerps! Their confidence led them to believe there would be no Blasting Off today!

Wrong.

"WE'RE BLASTING OFF AGAIN!*

Slam. The group crashed to the ground in a painful pile of humans and Pokemon-rubbing their heads and their butts from the landing.

"Jeez you two, if it weren't for all dat sudden distraction youse guys have, whateva it is, this plan would have worked out just fine! What's da matter with youse guys!?" Meowth stated in irritation, ready to scratch them. He was peeved that his buddies still didn't seem to be on their A game-or, whatever their best was for people who tend to lose all of the time.

"Sorry Meowth" James said, rubbing his head.

"Whatever. If it weren't for you shouting random demands at us we wouldn't have messed this up! It's your fault!" Jessie shouted in retaliation. She was angry to admit that her secret activities with James were throwing her off. She started getting a headache between the confusing emotions and her irritation with Meowth.

Regardless of the recent failure (and a couple more failed schemes over the next few days), Jessie and James didn't stop doing what they were doing-distraction be damned. The two weren't able to keep their hands off of each other, taking advantage of any alone time they got. Meowth started noticing their odd behaviors more and more. Suddenly, he became their personal Meowth-servant, and was always asked to run this errand or that, pick up this from the store, go and get this or that from the base. He was starting to become suspicious, but was unable to place his finger on exactly what was going on. "What are these two bozos up to?" He wondered to himself. Another annoying development was the recent uptick in screwing things up before they even got started-falling in their own pitfalls 30 minutes before the twerps were even nearby, ruining the equipment mid-set up and catching things on fire, blasting off into space before the battle even began….this was getting out of control.

"Ok! I've about had it wit youse two-enough is enough! Now tell Meowth what's goin on before youse guys get a scratch facial!" Meowth furiously demanded.

Jessie and James just looked at each other, not really knowing what to say. Obviously they couldn't tell Meowth what was really going on. It was none of his business! And it would just complicate things even more. And they honestly didn't want to hear his snickering jokes about the two of them doing the nasty together.

"We just haven't been feeling right since the day of the opening festival" Jessie started shrugging. "The night of fun just distracted us from our duties because we don't get to catch a break often…whatever though…we will get back to it eventually."

"That's right!" agreed James; awkwardly going along with her excuse.

"Well "eventually" bedda be today, because you guys are messin things up woise den usual! Pretty soon da boss is gonna be on our tails again calling us failures and giving us da boot!" said a frustrated Meowth.

The team went about the rest of their day as usual, until it was time for a measly meal and off to bed.

As the days continued, and the Pokemon League marched on, Jessie and James were beginning to open up to each other more. It was not something that was necessarily planned (or even noticed, really), but more often now, the two began having deeper conversations about life, internal struggles, dreams and desires, and more recently-childhood before meeting. James didn't really know much about Jessie's past before he met her. She was very tight-lipped about her life through to about the age of 5 or so. Although he knew that she once lived in a place covered in snow, that she enjoyed having a "snowgasbord" for dinner (weird), and that at one point she was put in foster care-though he never understood why.

One evening, while Meowth was asleep and curled up by the fire, Jessie and James sat up talking for a little while. For whatever reason, neither of them could get to sleep. James decided to make the two of them some hot tea, and sat next to his friend to continue their shared experiences. He loved connecting with someone else; it helped him realize he wasn't alone.

Suddenly, Jessie spoke up.

"James, have I ever told you why I was raised in the snowy mountains?" Jessie asked.

"Uhm, no Jessie you never have. I always wondered why, I just, I didn't want to intrude and ask too many questions of you." James said politely. "Why were you raised in the cold Jessie?" James asked. He genuinely wanted to know, and it seemed like this was the perfect time to ask since Jessie seemed to be more open tonight.

"Well. My mother was assigned on a mission to find Mew near the Andes. Her name was Miyamoto; she was a gorgeous woman--that's where I got my stunningly good looks from of course" Jessie said with pride and confidence. "However, she never made it back from her journey. I was about 4 years old then, and I ended up being placed in foster care by Team Rocket. They couldn't be bothered by children, especially me." Jessie started getting a little sad, and her eyes began to water.

"Years ago, headquarters let me know that they found her rucksack and pair of gloves buried in the snow after all that time-they were able to confirm she had died during her journey…*sigh* And so…that's my story." she stated matter-of-factly, separating herself from the deep pain she held inside.

This did not fool James. He could see the pain in her eyes. She was still that little sad girl, yearning for her mother.

"Jess. Jess it's ok to be upset. I'm so sorry you went through that, and that, your mother…"

Jessie interrupted, giving a fake smile.

"It's ok James, it's better this way. At least now, now my mother will never see how much of a failure I've become…but I, I just wish…I could have been better for her. I never even got to say …" Jessie began to cry and wipe her tears… "I never got to say goodbye, James". She struggled to hide her sobbing, trying to control her breathing as best she could.

James was shocked at how much she was opening up to him tonight. Sure, he's seen Jessie cry before, but never like this. Aside from her professing the concern over their friendship the other day, usually her tears were for silly reasons-like for reasons of vanity and dramatics. But this, these were tears of pain. He was frozen for a second, not knowing what to do…all he knew is he needed to do something. He had to comfort his best friend-he wanted to take all of her pain away. James scooted closer next to Jessie, and grabbed her and held on to her tight. Giving her a gentle kiss on the head.

"It's ok Jessie. It's ok. I'm here for you." James said, doing anything in his power to sooth her. He wrapped a blanket around both of them and held her while she let herself cry and grieve-the first time in years she was able to do so.

Jessie continued to cry for several minutes, until she exhausted herself and slowly fell asleep in James' arms. James held on tightly, stroking her hair…quietly crying to himself. He loved her. Although he always knew her rough exterior was most likely due to her poor childhood, he was finally able to understand just how much loss she had in her life too. He cared for her so deeply-he made a vow to himself in that moment that he would do what he could to continue to help her let down her walls-she deserved the world. She deserved to feel safe. To feel happy. To feel able to cry if she needed to. To let people in. He wanted to give her everything he never had as a child growing up-but more importantly, what she never had growing up. She was his family now-she was his everything.

The next morning Jessie woke up, realizing she had fallen asleep in James' arms. Her blue-haired friend was still sleeping peacefully next to her as she sat up rubbing her eyes. "Great; what was that about last night? Not sure why I had the random urge to share my terrible life story with James…" She was embarrassed to share this side of herself, to anybody-even James. She did blush at the thought of him comforting her though-

Butterfrees slowly started floating around in her stomach, which was soon disturbed by her loud-mouth friend.

"Mornin' Jess. Looks like youse two slept well togedda last night" Meowth said sarcastically from the corner of his mouth as he was stirring their breakfast.

"Quiet Hairball! We just passed out from running around all day trying to catch up with those twerps!" Jessie yelled back.

"Well, if I didn't know any bedda, I'd say you and Jimmy got awfully cozy last night, despite your sudden lack of energy" Meowth said flatly.

James stirred in his sleeping bag and yawned, still oblivious to his friends' fighting.

"Errr, what difference does that make!? And why are you so concerned with us? Since you woke up so early, you could have been working on plans to capture Pikachu!" Jessie retorted, getting in his face.

"Well if ya hadn't noticed…I'm da one makin' breakfast dis morning Jess!" Meowth now got up in her face as well.

Suddenly, there was some movement underneath the sleeping bag.

James was mumbling something in his sleep…suddenly he got a little louder just enough so his team could hear that he was talking in his sleep…Meowth and Jessie crept closer and held a hand up to their ears…

"Jessie, don't worry my darling. I promise you, I will always be there to walk by your side, through each chapter of our lives…*snore*…." James got still again and started drooling.

"GAH-HAHAHA!" Meowth busted out laughing, holding his stomach.

*Tck#*…"What's so funny, Meowth?" Jessie asked, side eyeing him.

"Sounds like Jimmy's got it real bad for you Jess! Make sure you invite me to da weddin…hahahaha!" Meowth could barely hold himself together-the whole thing was entirely too comical for him.

James woke abruptly from his sleep and sat right up…"WEDDING? EEEEEeeeeeee!" Shouting in terror.

"Great, now look at what you've done, furball!" Jessie said with irritation-*SLAM*

Jessie swiftly wacked Meowth hard with a hammer, sending him into the atmosphere.

"Oh uh, did I miss something Jessie?" James asked, obviously confused.

*Sigh* "No James…Well, I guess we should get to work trying to catch that yellow rodent again…"

Jessie and James sighed and stared off quietly for a moment…

"I have a better idea Jess….why don't we take advantage of this alone time we have while Meowth is still soaring sky high?" James happily said, with a dopey, shit-eating grin on his face.

"Oooo James, good idea" Jessie gave him a sly smile.

The pair kissed and decided to enjoy each other's "company" quickly before the furball returned.

After Meowth was able to get back to camp, post hammer slam, the group decided to continue on with the day as planned. Since the head twerp was busy on his 4th round at the Pokemon League, the trio decided to go after a bigger prize. Not far from town, there was a small Pokemon breeding farm that housed many LARGE pokemon: Haxorus, Rhydon, Khangeskan, Copperajah, and many more.

"This would be a perfect opportunity to round up some perfectly large Pokemon and bring them back to the boss!" announced Jessie, excited with the possibility of success!

"Sounds good Jess!" James said with an eager smile.

"Alright, just as long as youse two don't screw up again with your small brains in da clouds, I'm ready." announced a snarky Meowth. Although his two human companions were still not on their A game, he figured there could be no way they would be able to mess this mission up! The owner of the breeding center had left for vacation, and left a young local boy in charge of watching over the farm-this was going to be too easy.

Or so they thought.

"Carnivine! Use pin missile!" James shouted.

An overly-excited Carnivine did a U-turn and dashed right to James, chomping down on his head and tangling up in his vines.

"Not me Carnivine! Attack those Copperajah!" James whined.

"Errr, no matter, I'm not letting this one get away. Wobbuffet, counter attack!"

"Waaaabbbbuuuffffff" cried the blue Pokemon, overwhelmed by the angry herd of Pokemon.

"Will you guys get it togedda over there! I can't catch any of dees Pokemon with da net gun if you don't get control of da situation!" yelled a frustrated Meowth.

"Carnivine, razor leaf!"..."Seviper, wrap attack!"...

Suddenly, a very large Haxorus…most likely the leader of the herd, decided to hone in on Jessie and charged at her in a vicious rage. Jessie stood in shock as she braced for the attack, "Well, I guess this is it" she thought to herself, preparing for her demise.

"Jessie! No! I'll save you!" shouted James, pushing her out of the way in the nick of time. In the process of protecting his precious Jessie from certain devastation, he unwittingly tripped over the net and released the Pokemon Meowth was able to scrounge up at the last minute-all but destroying their nearly-successful attempt at grabbing up some rare pokemon for the boss. The trio managed to rush out just in time, beyond the gate, escaping the enraged Pokemon before they could blast off again. After catching their breath and collecting themselves, Meowth yelled at his two incompetent humans with disgust.

"WHATS DA MATTA WIT YOU!? WE HAD DA POKEMON IN OUR GRASPE, NO ONE AROUND IN SIGHT TO STOP US, AND SOMEHOW YOU NUMB SKULLS GO AND SCREW IT UP AGAIN!"

"But Jessie was in trouble…I couldn't let those Pokemon harm her!" explained an emotional yet disappointed James.

"Jessie's a big goil, she can fend for herself! How many times have we all been shocked, trampled, blasted, and pulvarized before!? What's da big idea!?" questioned an irritated Meowth.

"But I…" started James.

"He's right James" said a reflecting Jessie. "I could have handled myself just fine, but then you had to go and let your knight-in-shining armor complex get in the way." She was now huffing and crossing her arms.

Jessie's words cut James like a knife. Is this really how she felt? Did she not understand just how much she meant to him? Did she not remember their intimate conversation last night? Did she not feel close to him? Did she even need him? James was hurt, confused by her cold reaction to him saving her, but this is just Jessie being Jessie he thought-

At the same time, Jessie was in her head as well. Although she wanted to run into James' arms and shower him with affection for saving her, she needed to save face in front of Meowth.

But at the same time, she was beginning to feel a strong urge to build a wall around herself. The deeper conversations with James, the intimacy, the way she noticed him looking at her lately, it confused her, no, it terrified her. She honestly didn't believe he could love her, she believed he was just going through some silly school-boy crush fueled by good sex-she didn't believe he truly cared about her in that way. Jessie could not allow herself to be hurt, she could not allow herself to be heartbroken. A stubborn Jessie decided she would intervene before it got even more messy and complicated-she would have "the talk" with James tonight…

After dinner, Jessie, James, Meowth and Wobbuffet made a fire and began working on fixing their latest net guns from the earlier mess up. Meowth was still irritated, but was slowly cooling off from the disappointing failure. Wobbuffet sat around staring off in a clueless gaze like always. The group sat in silence for the most part, exchanging simple pleasantries and trying to regroup.

Suddenly, Jessie stopped sewing the net and stood up.

"James, can I have a word with you?" she said flatly.

"Uh, sure Jess," said a concerned James. Meowth just gave them a questioning side eye, but continued working on the repairs.

Jessie and James walked over to the far corner of the camp site behind a tree, out of earshot from their Pokemon friends.

"Listen James, we need to talk." Jessie said matter of factly.

"Oh. Uh, ok." James said, confused.

"Listen, I appreciate you saving my life, but I am no damsel in distress and this is work. You can't let whatever it is you and I have going on get in the way of that, got it?" Jessie began.

James was astonished as he listened to Jessie's cold demeanor.

"Look, I think it is time we re-evaluate what we have going on here. Honestly, I'm starting to think that all of these pillow talk sessions are messing things up for our team." Jessie sternly said.

"What…what are you saying Jessie?" asked a puppy-eyed James. He was clearly hurt from her revelations.

"What I'm saying is, I'm all for casual sex, but we have to keep it that way. That means, we have to lay out some ground rules." Jessie stated. James looked at her in shock and honestly even more confused than ever.

"This means: no more sweet nothings afterwards, no more kissing and hand holding, no more cozying up to each other, and no more 'gazing at' each other and all that mushy stuff during sex. We got a job to do and we can't let whatever "this" is get in the way of that. We are doing this as a benefit to ourselves after all-you know, "friends with benefits". So that's all it needs to be. Got it? We just have sex and that's it, no more extra nonsense." Jessie said firmly.

Inside however, she was hurting from what she was saying to him. She did not want it this way at all, but she was scared. Scared of him not feeling the same way. Scared of him one day getting bored with her, maybe even running off with some other woman (Jessiebelle perhaps? No, no way…but someone) She wasn't ready to face potential heartbreak, so she wanted to do whatever she could to stop that from happening.

James was shocked. He stood there for a moment in utter disbelief. "After everything we have had together and shared together, getting closer, how could she even say this?" James thought to himself. He felt his chest tighten with heartache, and it took everything in his power not to break down in that moment-he wanted so badly to hold Jessie close and tell her he wanted more with her, that he loved her…

But after a moment, his feelings for Jessie made time stop. He was stuck, he felt that he couldn't bring himself to tell her. The thought of being "in love", a relationship, …commitment with the hopes it never fails, scared him. And with Jessie? If they were to be together, there would be a chance she would eventually get tired of him, or fall out of love and reject him. James could not risk that, he would not be able to bear such pain. He decided at that moment to separate himself as well. "I'd rather have Jessie in my life as a best friend, then potentially one day not have her in my life at all…"

"Ok Jessie. You're right." James lowered his head and nodded. The two slowly shook hands in agreement, unbeknownst to them just how painful this felt for each of them…

Over the next few days, things were getting different. Jessie and James were acting more like their usual dimwitted selves, although maybe a bit more quiet-but Meowth just shrugged this off. "At least dere not messing up as badly anymore".

After sneakily watching the Twerp win his 5th round in the Pokemon League Championships (the trio couldn't help themselves from seeing their Pikachu win with ease-the more experience the better, they thought) the group headed to a nearby Rocket base for the evening. Meowth and Wobuffet ended up passing out on the couch downstairs by the fire. Jessie and James sat in awkward silence for a while, but then Jessie broke the ice.

"You know James, the other day, I have to admit I was a little impressed by the way you saved me from that Haxorus" Jessie blushed.

"Oh, you were!?" James said with his face lighting up. This was the first time Jessie wasn't just having small talk with him in days. This brightened his mood.

"Yes, and honestly James, it was incredibly sexy." Jessie gave him a small grin and a wink.

"Ooh, uh, really?" James smiled with bright red cheeks.

"Yes. I really like to see you take charge in those situations…I like it alot. But James dear…" Jessie scooted herself closer to James on the couch "I need you to come upstairs and take charge of me now".

Like lightning, the two flew up the stairs and into one of the bedrooms and locked the door.

James grabbed Jessie by the shoulders and gave her a look, and stopped himself from kissing her. He remembered the recent rules that were laid out. The past few nights of disconnected sex with his partner were still strange…and it was very difficult for him to get used to. He was conflicted, wanted to connect with Jessie and hold her close and just love her the way she deserved to be loved, and be loved by her in return. But at the same time, he was afraid of just what love meant…

He quickly got back in the mindset of pure animalistic urge, and pushed Jessie back on the bed. Tearing off her clothes, then taking off his shirt….pulling his pants down below his waist. Jessie grabbed his rock hard cock and shoved it deep inside of her. She forcefully pulled James down on top of her and began fucking him hard while she was beneath him, moving her hips furiously up and down. While they were in this position, Jessie forcibly grabbed James' face and brought him close to hers so their noses were almost touching. She then pulled him down close to her mouth and whispered in his ear, "I want to hear you moan like a fucking whore." James was extremely turned on by this point…he had never heard Jessie talk this way before…it turned him on like crazy…

But in that very moment, James knew he had to get back in control of the situation. He grabbed Jessie by the waist and told her, "Ah ah ah, remember Jessica: you're mine."

James flipped her over from her back, and pulled her up so she was on her knees in front of him with her ass in the air. James stood up from behind her while she was still on the bed, presenting herself before him, soaking wet with anticipation and ready…James grabbed Jessie's hips and slammed himself back into her eager pussy. He fucked her with all he was worth, thumping up against her ass going as deep and as quickly as he could. He wanted to see her beg for more as she came…

"James, fuckkk, oh my god, fuck me, please fuck me…"Jessie cried out in utter ecstacy.

"Fuck, Jessie, you feel so fucking good, you're so fucking tight" James moaned.

A moment later she found herself looking up at the mirror above the headboard, and saw her being fucked from behind. It was hot to see him fucking her like that…

But in a matter of seconds, that hot feeling swiftly blew away into a cold sadness…and her feelings started bubbling back up. How she craved so much with this man, more than just perpetually astonishing sex. She felt her breathing change, as a knot welled up in her throat…she tried her best to swallow her emotions deeper. She released herself from the pain, and went back to enjoying the physical pleasure once again.

Jessie closed her eyes as she felt James thrust in and out of her, harder and faster. Within a short few minutes, Jessie found herself closer to the edge, this was almost it….

"Fuck me James, cum deep inside of me! Please cum inside of me…" Jessie screamed out in pleasure, now reaching the point of no return. She came hard, her body convulsing in earth shattering pleasure.

"Fuckkkk, yesss…" James howled…he quickly finished inside of her, enjoying his comforting release.

James stroked Jessies hair, and shuddered as he came down. Jessie was panting trying to catch her breath…she felt like a goddess…Within a matter of seconds, James was ready for more. He began sliding in his slippery we cock slowly in and out of Jessie's now swollen pussy…petting her hair, and giving a light smack on her ass.

"Ah!" Jessie was surprised. But turned and smiled at James…

After some moments of light, slow thrusts to get them both ready again, James gently placed his hands on Jessie's hips and had her get on her back. He wanted to face again; he wanted the chance to look at her face again, even if this was forbidden. "I know I'm not supposed to look at Jessie while we do this, but I just want to look at the woman I love while I am with her like this…She won't notice." James thought to himself. He was starting to fade in and out of lust and back into love and longing. He wanted so desperately to feel close to Jessie again, to connect with her on a deeper emotional level like before…

James placed himself over Jessie, and slowly entered himself inside of her. She felt amazing. The two began their coeval dance again, and slowly worked up the pace a little more. James felt so good with her like this, he was slowly able to relax and enjoy the feeling once more. The two soon were moaning again in delight, telling each other how good the other felt. James' eyes slowly opened, as he wanted to look on his beautiful partner…he smiled as he gazed down at the beautiful person before him. Instinctively, Jessie slowly opened up her own eyes to look at James…which shocked them both a little. They held their gaze on each other for a moment, and felt the magnetic loving pull between them all over again…It was the most emotionally overwhelming feeling either of them had ever experienced. Both of them began to feel their eyes water…and leaned in closer, about to kiss-

This vulnerable feeling frightened Jessie.

"James" she said as she squeezed her eyes shut hard and turned her face from him, "please don't look at me like that..remember? Please don't…" She was feeling so afraid of her love for him.

James blinked astonished, and paused:

Abruptly, James got off of Jessie, stepped off the bed and began gathering his clothes.

"Jessie I can't…I can't do this with you anymore." he told her with obvious pain in his voice, holding back his tears.

"What, what do you mean James?" Jessie sat up on the bed, looking confused and upset.

He quickly put on his pants, and left the room in turmoil. He was unable to do this anymore, it hurt too much. Forcing himself to have emotionless sex with the person he was so deeply in love with, was becoming too painful for him. He found his heart breaking nearly every time he laid down with her since their "talk". As he walked out of the Team Rocket base, he stepped out into the evening woods and needed to clear his thoughts. He began to worry, "Oh my god, what just happened, Jessie will be so angry with me…will she hate me? Did I offend her? How on Earth can we ever go back to our old friendship now…" James hurtfully thought to himself. He was so afraid to lose her as a best friend.

Jessie sat there completely stunned. What did he mean by that? Was he mad at her, did he no longer desire her, did she do something wrong? Her mind went a mile per minute. She sat there dazed and confused…she didn't know what to think.

Suddenly, she felt her world crashing down all around her, and Jessie grew solemn "What have I done…I…I made a terrible mistake."

It had been a long weekend at the Rocket base. Jessie and James were both in their feelings, barely communicating unless it was about catching Pikachu. Meowth was dumbfounded as to what the hell was going on between them-again. He was getting sick of it, but he decided to stay out of it this time; he was tired of getting pulverized by the two of them anytime he brought it up.

Jessie and James were dealing with a whirlwind of emotions inside. Neither of them really knew how to handle it, what to say to the other, or how to deal with what they were feeling. Jessie was quiet, trying to swallow her heartache, while James was acting moppy and whinier than usual. Both of them wanted so badly to apologize and to let the other know their true feelings; but both were too stubborn-as always.

"I can't take this much longer, what is wrong with me…why can't I just talk to James" Jessie argued with herself, deep in thought while the trio walked towards town.

"Jessie is still so mad at me, how am I supposed to let her know how I really feel about her now-" James worried, also stuck inside his own head.

It was the day before the final Pokemon League Championship match, and Ash was announced as a finalist in the battle for the title of Pokemon Master. A short distance away, he was mentally preparing for his final battle against the current Champion, Leon.

It was a lovely sunny day in the town of Mesagoza. But there were some shifty characters nearby who had plans of their own. A group of four trainers: Victor, Griffith, Trushit, and Maveth, were planning to take control of the Pokemon League, with the desire to destroy the facility, bring down the final championship battle, and take ownership of all the Pokemon in the arena. The four looked like something out of a dark gangster movie; they were definitely intimidating…

"At 4 o'clock, we will release the detonator to smoke bomb the entire stadium. During the chaos, Griffith and Maveth, you will release all of the Pokemon we have to take control of the crowds and the trainers" Victor said, directing his gang.

"Once we have the stadium in control, we will be able to take all of their Pokemon! We will be able to conquer the entire region with a troupe like that", laughed Griffith.

"Yes, and when we sort through all of the Pokemon, we can sell the weaker ones to trainers who like using weaklings for battle bait" laughed a villainous Trushit.

The four members laughed in a devious uproar.

Unbeknownst to them, Team Rocket was listening in on their twisted plans near the trees. They could not believe what they were hearing.

"Those idiots actually think they can ruin our plans to capture Pikachu, and take over the Pokemon League? Ha!" chuckled Jessie.

"But Jessie, these characters look really bad!" cowered James.

Jessie looked on, and continued listening in on the wicked plot.

"What do ya mean Jimmy? We can't let dem get da upper hand on us!" Meowth said determined.

"I know…but I'm scared." James said, whimpering.

"James! Snap out of it! We can handle these four wannabe's, and the fact that they actually want to sell Pokemon as battle bait…" Jessie went off.

"You're right Jessie, that's even more evil than we are! I don't want to let that happen-but what can we do? How are we going to be able to take down all four of them?" asked James.

Jessie sat in thought for a moment, then suddenly a lightbulb went off:

"I think I have an idea."

Nearby, the "heros" were chatting and eating ice cream while they were giving Ash words of encouragement. Ash was nervous, but ready for his final battle. Misty and Brock were doing what they could to reassure him that he was going to do amazing, and that no matter what happened he was an amazing trainer and had come so far from his first day leaving Pallet. Suddenly, Jessie, James, and Meowth popped up from behind a bush.

"How's it goin' youse guys!" asked Meowth

"Oh no, not you three again!" complained Misty, standing up in defense.

"Team Rocket!" Ash shouted "I should have known you guys would be nearby-I don't have time to deal with you right now!"

"Hold on Twerp, we're not here to steal your Pikachu" explained Jessie.

"Right, we're here because we need your help to face off with REAL villains." James said proudly.

Jessie swiftly smacked him.

"OOOoooo!" James rubbed the back of his head.

"Huh!?" Ash, Misty, and Brock looked at each other in confusion.

"Listen, there are four nasty trainers out here looking to ruin the Pokemon League competition and steal all of the Pokemon" Jessie shared.

"So, how is that any different from what you guys are always up to?" asked an annoyed Brock.

"Hey! We are nothing like those pirates!" James shot back.

"Right, these guys actually wanna sell off da weaker Pokemon to use as battle bait" shared Meowth.

"What!?" Ash, Misty, and Brock said in unison.

"We have to stop them!" announced Ash.

"Right! So we need your help to do so-will you twerps help us? We'll call a truce for now." Jessie reached out for a hand shake.

Ash took her hand, "Ok. Let's do it!"

The next day, approximately two hours from the final Pokemon League battle, the Twerps and Team Rocket headed behind the outside of the Stadium. There, they spotted the four outsiders, planning for the takeover, and jumped behind one of the structures of the building to remain unseen. The leader of the group was gathering up the smoke bombs, hiding them along the base of the stadium. Two of them were also gathering up nets, radios, and other devices for their plan. One of the members started trying to pick the lock of the back door of the arena.

"Errrgh, we got to stop them!" Ash said with his hands balled up into fists.

"Easy Twerp…we have to be smart about this. These guys mean business, and they are going to be more prepared for an attack than you think" Jessie mentioned.

"What should we do? We can't let them do this." Asked a worried Misty

"I know, let's hand over our Pokemon to the twerps! Then the three of us can approach and distract these no-good criminals, creating a diversion. The twerps will have a window of opportunity to ambush them with all of our Pokemon working together. We can hit them before they even know what's coming!" suggested James.

Jessie grabbed her fan and was about to slap him over the head at the idea, but stopped herself. "James, that's actually a great idea!"

Jessie and James handed over their pokeballs to the twerps, and walked out into the clearing and approached the four evil trainers. They announced their presence.

"Hey guys, looks like you're on our turf" Jessie said, making herself known.

"Yeah, we are the only evil-doers in this area. So leave now while you still have the chance" announced a confident James.

"You bedda scram if you know what's good for ya!" Meowth sneered.

"Who are these chumps?" questioned Victor with a questioning look on his face.

"Looks like we ran into the circus this year-look at these clowns!" Said Griffith.

The four trainers busted out in laughter, not paying any attention to the twerps slowly making their way closer.

"Clowns, huh? Well you won't be laughing long" Jessie affirmed shaking her finger at them.

"That's right, because we have the good guys on our side this time," smiled James.

"Huh!?" The four questioned in obvious confusion.

Suddenly, the Twerps jumped out, ready for battle:

"Pikachu, Noivern, Sceptile, Morpeko, Carnivine, Go!" Yelled Ash.

"Steelix, Croagunk, Wobbuffett, Seviper, Go!" Shouted Brock.

"Starmie, Staryu, Politoed, Mime Jr, Yanmega, Go!" called Misty.

Ash, Misty, and Brock worked together, and had each of the Pokemon use their most powerful moves against the trainers, blasting them hard with all of their might! Jessie and James quickly grabbed some random bazookas out of their back pockets (because you know, cartoon logic) aiming and releasing their rockets for a final blow to the gang!

"AAAAHHHHHHHHH!" yelled the nasty four, and the combination of all of the moves and rockets blasted them into the atmosphere, far away from the Pokemon League and ruining their evil plot.

The day was saved!

The Twerps and Team Rocket jumped for joy, and celebrated the win! They could not believe saving the entire Pokemon League competition and all of its trainers and their Pokemon. This was an amazing feeling for each of them! What was even more interesting, is that they were able to work together to reach a common goal.

"Wow guys! I can't believe we did it!" Ash said happily.

"I know, you guys really came through!" Brock said with a smile.

"Of course! Who could have handled this better than Team Rocket" Jessie said confidently.

"Youse guys weren't too bad yourselves" Meowth admitted, happy to actually have done something right for a change, even if it was with the good guys.

"I'm really so happy we were able to stop those guys from ruining the competition, and for protecting all of those Pokemon" stated a cheery Misty.

"Yes, it is an amazing feeling." agreed James.

James was feeling such an amazing high from protecting the competition from devastation. He was so proud that he and his team actually did an amazing job, and with the twerps of all people!…He felt higher than air at this point, nearly unable to keep all the happy emotions at bay. He looked at Jessie standing there with pride, as she smiled and looked genuinely happy-and from doing something good. He was proud of her, and what they had all done, accomplished together. This feeling, this feeling gave James the push that he needed all along…he was ready to face and profess his truth to her.

And then, in front of everyone, James took Jessie's hands into his. She blushed, and looked up at him, not really knowing what he was about to say to her.

Then he spoke:

"Jessie. Jessie, I need you to know that….to realize how much you mean to me.

Since the moment I met you, I felt like I had finally met the missing piece to my heart. Jessie I, I need you to know that I am in love with you…and that I have always been in love with you." James opened his heart to her, meaning every single word.

Jessie looked on with tears in her eyes, she couldn't believe her ears. Finally, she heard what she dreamed of for so long, James was in love with her just as she was in love with him. She felt so complete at this moment.

"James, I…I feel the same way, I always have…James…I'm in love with you too." Jessie said, trying to keep her heart from exploding out of her chest.

And with that, James pulled Jessie closer, hand in hand, and went in to kiss her on the lips, in front of everybody. It was a kiss of deep and pure love. It was the most beautiful thing the group and Meowth had ever seen (except for Ash, he was kind of grossed out by the whole lovey-dovey kiss fest between the Team Rocket duo). Misty clasped her hands together, shipping the hell out of them in awe. Brock stood there and gave a knowing nod. Meowth held his hands up to his face, eyes large and sparkling-he felt his heart get so full. Finally! Finally these two had admitted their love for one another.

"Wow youse guys! You really know howda get a Meowth all choked up" Meowth said wiping a tear from his eye.

"Wwwaaaaa Waaaaa….bbbuffettt" Wobuffet started crying with happiness for his friends.

"That was so beautiful you guys" Misty said, tearing up. "I wish Ash would just hurry up and say he loves me too…" she thought begrudgingly to herself. She hid a frown.

"I uh, I'm happy for you guys" Ash forced himself to say, with his hand rubbing the back of his head.

"Thanks Twerp, that is nice of you to say" smiled Jessie.

"Well Jess, I guess you know what this means…" James said, looking at her.

…

"LOOKS LIKE TEAM ROCKET'S BLASTING OFF AGAIN…!" and with that, the happy lovebirds took off running towards the sunset hand in hand…Meowth and Wobuffett chasing happily behind them.

It was the evening after the Pokemon League competition, and the Twerp was named the champion: a Pokemon Master! Jessie and James quietly watched the final match and cheered him on; ironically, they were happy for their little twerp.

Later that evening, James decided he needed to run an errand and left their cabin for an hour or two. Once he returned, he asked Jessie to dinner, alone-an official date since becoming a couple.

"Youse guys enjoy yaselves, I'll watch over Wobbuffet and the others." Meowth waved goodbye to his human companions. Meowth paused and teared up again, "I'm still so happy you two dummies finally admitted ya feelings for each-odda." Meowth cried huge streams of happy tears.

James escorted Jessie to a lovely French Restaurant in town, and my was it fancy! Something that would normally be way over budget for their measly Team Rocket salary. Jessie decided not to question it, and was just so happy to be spending time with her James. The two sat down and ate a lovely meal, shared a desert and a half bottle of wine. They were overjoyed with how they were finally able to be together, and that everything that needed to have been said for so long was finally said. They were so in love; it was magical.

After dinner, James walked Jessie over to a nearby overpass, overlooking the water. The night sky was a beautiful deep blue, and stars were lighting up the sky. The smell of flowers and blossoming trees filled the crisp evening summer breeze. It was a lovely night.

Then, after finding the perfect spot with the most scenic view, James turned to face Jessie.

James took Jessie's hands and looked lovingly at her:

"Jessie, You were always the one who was there by my side, walking beside me through adolescent angst, through our training days, through our ups and downs, and our life of crime. But Jessie, I want even more with you, I want…I want you to walk beside me throughout the rest of my life."

James got down on one knee; he had happily sold his rare bottle cap collection earlier that day to pay for a ring for his beautiful Jessie. He held up a beautiful Diamond ring with a sapphire halo setting.

"Jessie…will you do me the honor of marrying me?" James sweetly asked.

Jessie's eyes grew wide and immediately filled with tears. She grabbed James by the hands and pulled him up close to her.

"James, yes! Of course I will, this is everything I have ever wanted with you!" Jessie hugged him and kissed in a romantic display of affection and happiness.

They were finally being true to themselves, to each other, and allowing their true hopes and dreams to become a reality. Their friendship and their love had allowed them to let go of their past hurts and fears; they were ready to allow themselves to be happy, to be vulnerable with someone, and to have love and be loved. This was going to be the beginning of a beautiful life together.

—Prepare for trouble, world!—

Jessie and James were overjoyed with their engagement, and could barely contain their excitement. They rushed home at the end of their evening together to announce the news to their friends. Meowth, Wobbuffet, and their other Pokemon were sitting around the table playing a game of cards.

"Hey youse guys! How was your evening?" Asked Meowth.

"Oh, it was better than you can imagine," smiled James.

"Ah-ha!" Jessie held out her left hand, showing off her dazzling ring.

"WHHHaaaa-tt!? Please don't tell me ya pullin' my tail!" Meowth started welled up with tears…. "Dats so beautiful you guys….congratulations!" Meowth was rubbing the tears and snot from his face. Wobuffett and the other Pokemon friends began crying happy tears as well.

"So, are you still ready for an invitation to our wedding, Meowth?" Winked Jessie, teasing him about the joke he made weeks earlier.

"Right, because we are going to the city hall to have our ceremony right there in the town square!" James smiled

"We already have everything we need-compliments of advance from our Team Rocket paychecks" Jessie shared. "And, we will need you guys there as our guests and our witnesses! Meowth, I want you to walk me down the aisle" and she faced her feline friend with a loving smile.

"Oh, you guys….Of course we'll all be dere!" cried Meowth. "And Jess, I would be hona-ed to walk you down da aisle!"

Later, the couple and their Pokemon friends headed over to town in preparation of their upcoming nuptials that evening. James was getting ready at a nearby hotel with his Pokemon, dressing in a fine suit and tie. He was growing nervous with excitement, overjoyed to marry his best friend and the love of his life. "This is it, I can't believe this is real-I can't believe I am actually marrying Jessie. She just makes me so happy, I, I can't wait to spend the rest of my life with her" James thought to himself. James brushed his hair back into a low ponytail; a few loose strands falling in front of his face.

Jessie was across the street in the local Bed and Breakfast across the street, with Meowth and her other Pokemon by her side. She was brushing out her long, flowing hair, letting it cascade in soft waves behind her back. She had already put on her flowing white dress (that Meowth and Wobbuffet helped her pick out at such short notice). As she re-applied her pink lipstick, she grew nervous. She was so excited and happy, but was still overwhelmed by the last few weeks of her life-everything was so perfect, like the fairytale she had always hoped for. "Looks like you finally got your knight in shining armor, Jess. I wouldn't picture it being anyone other than my dear James…" Jessie thought to herself with a smile.

"Ya Ready, Jess?" Meowth asked as he straightened out his cat-sized bowtie.

"Yes, I've always been ready," Jessie said with a smile. This was it, this was the big moment.

James was already waiting for Jessie in the town square at the altar. He was so nervous, he was trying not to fidget and mess with his hair or tie too much, but he couldn't help it. He started getting a little sweaty around his forehead and hands too, but he quickly shook that off. He was smiling and tearing up from joy. "I can't believe it, I'm really about to marry Jessie…my best friend, my partner, my everything…" James thought to himself, getting himself even more emotional than he already was before. And then, she came…

Jessie stepped out into the cobblestone aisle; she was beautiful, almost like an angel. Her long red hair was flowing down her in loose curls, her make-up looked flawless, her stunning white dress fit her body so well, and she had a long cathedral train that sparkled in the sunlight: she was breathtaking. James could hardly keep it together, she was so stunning. He choked up and started crying, as his bride walked down the way before him.

Jessie was tearing up as well, trying to hold it in (as to not mess up her make-up; but it surely was a struggle for her to keep those tears from falling). "Keep it together Jess, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry…whatever you do, don't cry you'll mess up your make-up, don't cry*SNIFF*" Jessie repeated over and over in her head.

Meowth was beside her, proud as could be and crying like a blubbering baby. Woboffet and the other Pokemon of the Team stood beside James at the altar. Once Jessie arrived to stand next to James, they looked at each other with tears in their eyes and a big smile; they were ready to commit their lives to each other (although to them, it seemed they had done so from the beginning). This was it, this was so real for them.

It was James' who first shared his wedding vows to Jessie:

"Jessica, you have walked beside me for over half of our lives. With you, I know I am never alone. You have seen me during my best times, and my lowest. You lifted me up anytime I wanted to give up, and gave me the strength I needed. Love is a word that does compare to the fierce,blazing passion I have in my heart for you. You are my light that shines my way in the darkness. You are my rose that brings so much beauty to this world. I love you Jessica, and I am ready to commit myself to you as your husband for the rest of my life."

Welp, so much for not crying….Jessie started blubbering, but collected herself as much as she could.

Next, it was her turn to read her vows to James:

"James, not many people can say that they married their best friend; but I am lucky enough to say I married mine. All of our journeys, all of our adventures, the trials and challenges we faced, you were my rock. You were the one who kept me going, and I am so happy I have never faced anything alone since you walked into my life. You make me laugh when I want to cry, you taught me to not take life so seriously, and you showed me that there is just so much beauty in this world. James, I promise you that I will always be there beside you, to face anything our lives bring before us. I commit myself to you today, as your wife, forever and always-I love you, my sweet James."

After they shared their vows, they kissed as the sun was setting and were finally husband and wife.

Jessie and James left the next morning for the resort located a couple of towns over. It was a lovely beach town, with white sands, palm trees, and it offered wonderful honeymoon packages. The couple was thrilled, and so were their Pokemon (who were staying at the resort too….a couple of condos down)! They allowed Jessie and James their alone time, but felt as though they needed a little bit of fun in the sun themselves!

Jessie and James were still on their post-wedding high (and would remain this way, probably forever at this point). They were so happy, and so excited to relax and enjoy the summer sun and spend some alone time together, officially as husband and wife.

"Isn't the sun wonderful James? I could lay out here and soak up the sun forever!" Jessie stretched back onto her lounge chair.

"It is amazing Jess. Ahh, it feels so good to be relaxing like this again" James took a sip of his coconut drink.

The white sands were warm, and felt amazing on their toes. Soon, the couple stepped out into the water and splashed around in the cool ocean. The salt water smelled amazing, their sun-kissed skin was sparkling, and the breeze felt good in their hair. They spent the entire afternoon, acting young and care-free again, enjoying the time they had with one another. After the sun began to set, the two decided to head back to their honeymoon suite and order some room service.

"Let's order a little bit of everything James! The entire dinner and dessert menu looks delicious!" Jessie said with delight!

They both drooled.

"OoOo, good idea Jessie! Quick, hand me the phone so I can have them send it all up!" James squealed.

After the ridiculous amount of food was delivered to their room, Jessie and James stuffed their faces and enjoyed every second of the delicious decadence. It wasn't too often that they got to eat, like THIS. It was great! They laid there for a while in a food coma, rubbing their bellies in satisfaction. After they let their stomachs settle, they laid beside each other and James rubbed Jessie's back, moving her hair behind her shoulders. He gave her a gentle kiss on the lips.

"Jessie, I'm so happy. I can't believe we are here together, like this. It is better than I could have ever dreamed." James was in awe of her.

"Oh James…*sniff* I love you so much" Jessie wrapped her arms around him and pulled him in for another kiss.

The two kissed passionately; everything in that moment felt right in the world. They were both so happy to have taken this step together…and in such a whirlwind fashion too! Very "Team Rocket" of them, but they couldn't have been any happier.

As the kiss grew deeper, the two began exploring each other's bodies. Jessie rubbed James up and down, while James grabbed Jessie's breast, leaving gentle kisses along her neck.

James rubbed his nose up and down Jessie's neck, his breathing sent arousing shivers up her spine. He then whispered in her ear:

"Jessica, my darling wife…I want to make love to you." James gave a smug yet loving smile to her. Jessie smiled warmly and the two kissed again. "God, I love him so much" Jessie thought to herself.

Jessie slowly removed her top, as James removed his. They gave each other gentle pecks on each other's skin as they removed the rest of their clothing. Everything felt so good, and time stood still-it was just them in the world, nobody and nothing else mattered. Jessie scooted herself sideways, against James; he slowly entered her from behind as he kissed the back of her neck. It felt so sensual and arousing to her…

James lifted Jessie's leg up and continued his long, slow thrusts inside of her. It was so deep and she was so wet and warm, James closed his eyes and just enjoyed every minute being so closely connected to his wife. He wrapped his arm around her and began massaging her swollen clit as he continued thrusting into her from behind, gently taking pleasure in pleasing his wife.

"James, right there, mmmmm it feels so good" Jessie moaned in ecstasy.

"That's right baby, tell me what feels good…I want to make you feel amazing." James whispered in her ear. He slowly increased his thrusts, and increased teasing her clit with his hand. Jessie's breathing increased, as she was slowly reaching her orgasm.

"Oh my god, Jaaammmesss" and she came hard, humping and grinding both his hand and his hard cock. She felt amazing like this wrapped up in his arms. James then slowly moved Jessie on her back, and quickly entered her again. He started off slow again, dragging out each and every time he pushed his cock in and out of her. Long, slow, firm strokes…it was almost too much for Jessie to bare with her already swollen and sensitive pussy.

"Baby, baby that feels so good," Jessie sighed.

"I love you," James whispered in her ear.

"I love you too," Jessie smiled. They looked into each other's eyes, as they continued their passionate lovemaking, their bodies felt like they were tingling all over. The hair on the back of Jessie's neck stood up as she was overtaken by the most overwhelming pleasure she had ever experienced in her life. James was nearly in tears from how good she felt, and how much in love he was with her. This was what true love felt like.

James grew close, and began increasing his thrusts into his beautiful wife. Jessie wrapped her arms around him, and held him closer to her. She was nearly there as well, and felt her legs begin to shake with his rhythm.

"I love you Jessie, Jessie I love you…" James told her as he continued…a tear streaming down his face.

"I love you too, James…I love you so much" Jessie kissed him.

Soon, they both felt their bodies on edge, and released the feeling with each other and joined together in a powerful, earth shattering orgasm. James collapsed on top of Jessie, then got off and laid down beside her, and pulled her close to him. She nuzzled into him, placing a hand on his chest. She loved the feel of his heartbeat, and kept her hand there as she felt it slowly decrease in pace. They laid there in the afterglow, and slowly fell asleep in eachothers arms.

Four days into their honeymoon, Jessie woke up early not feeling so well. She quickly rushed to the bathroom of their suite and shut the door, immediately landing on her knees and vomiting into the toilet. She felt horribly nauseous, like she had a terrible case of food poisoning… "Uggh, why did this have to happen to me in the middle of my honeymoon with James…" she weakly said, feeling sorry for herself. She held her head in the toilet and vomited again.

James woke up from the sounds of vomiting coming out of the bathroom. He noticed Jessie was no longer beside him in bed, and quickly got up and knocked on the door.

"Jessie? Hey, sweetie, are you alright in there?" James asked, with a mild panicked expression on his face.

"Ugggh, James, I feel awful" Jessie said, as she slowly pushed open the door.

James saw Jessie on the floor with her head held over the toilet, looking pale and not well at all. Her eyes had light dark circles and she looked as if she hadn't slept well at all last night. She was moaning in discomfort, not really able to hold herself up. James rushed by her side and put his arm around her.

"Oh no Jessie! Are you ok? Do you need me to get you some medicine? Is there anything I can do to help?" James was beginning to freak out. He was concerned by just how sick his wife looked, and how quickly this sudden illness had come on. "Why don't I call the local Doctor and see if they can fit you in right away?"

"That's not necessary James, I think I'll be fine….uggh….nngg, I think it must have been something…something I ate….BLLLLAAAaaaaaa (and with that, she vomited again)". Jessie put her face in her arms and laid there, face down in the toilet.

"That's it! I'm calling them right now!" and with that, James left the bathroom and picked up the phone, and made her an appointment for that very morning. Next, he called Meowth.

"Meowth, come over here I need your help. Jessie's not feeling very good" James told Meowth, who was already next door at the poolside. Meowth rushed right over to see what the matter was, and saw a very sick Jessie sitting up on the side of the bed with her face in a trashcan.

"Oh jeez Jess, now of all times ta get sick like dat!? Dats awful-what luck!" Meowth said.

"Thanks for the reminder, fur ball" said an irritated Jessie, with her head still close to the trash can.

"Meowth, I need you to read me the directions of where this Doctor's office is while I drive Jessie there, can you do that for me?" James asked.

"Sure ting James!" Meowth felt worried for Jessie too; it was such a shame she got sick mere days after their trip began.

The gang rushed to the Doctor's office as quickly as possible, avoiding all the road closures, pedestrians, and swerving in and out of traffic. James made the normally 20 minute drive in under 8 minutes. Once they arrived inside, they quickly took a seat in the waiting room amongst the other patients. Jessie leaned on James, placing her head on his shoulder and trying to get some rest. James was growing anxious, wondering if Jessie had come down with a nasty virus or the flu. He felt so bad for her.

"Mrs. Jessica Morgan" called the Nurse. "The Doctor is ready to see you."

Jessie and James went to the back, while Meowth remained seated in the waiting area. The Nurse took Jessie's vitals, some blood, and some urine, and had her take a seat on the exam table in one of the available rooms with James by her side. The wait felt like forever, even though it was all of 10 minutes. Finally, the Doctor came knocking on the door. James got startled, and stood up quickly from his chair.

"Good morning folks, how are you both doing? Sorry to see you're not feeling well." The Doctor said, facing Jessie.

"Please Doctor, my wife woke up this morning vomiting, it finally stopped a little bit ago, but she feels awful! Please figure out what you can do to help her!" James asked pitifully.

"Hmm. Well son, I wouldn't worry too much about your wife, she is just fine!" smiled the Doctor.

"Huh..?" questioned James.

"Mmmhmm. Congratulations! You two are going to be parents!" The Doctor handed them over the test results-

***PREGNANT***

"HUUUHHHH?" "WHHHAAAATTT?" The pair said in unison.

"Haha! That vomiting spell was just a normal bout of morning sickness! A little ginger tea and nausea medicine should do the trick" the doctor handed a care bag over to the new parents.

Jessie and James sat there in shock for a minute-mentally taking this news in and trying to process it.

Suddenly, James firmly embraced Jessie with tears in his eyes. "Can you believe it, Jess!? We're going to be parents!" He was overjoyed, and gave Jessie a big kiss on her forehead. "This is *sniff* the second happiest day *sniff* of my life!" James was crying with tears of joy.

"Wow, I can't believe it, us-parents?" Jessie said in quiet shock looking down at the test results. A small smile emerged on her now glowing face. She quickly warmed up to the idea and got emotional.

Her, a mother? She was nervous, but felt so happy, like she was ready to take on the world.

A week after the newlyweds found out they were going to have a baby, James and Jessie headed back into town to have her Ultrasound done. This was a routine check up to measure the baby and see how things were coming along, though it was still too early to tell what gender yet. Jessie and James were excited to see the first images of their baby. The Ultrasound Technologist took the couple into the back room with the OB. The cool gel felt good on Jessie's tummy, and she laid back into the stretcher and relaxed a little. James held her hand, trying not to squeeze it from excitement. He was ready to see his little nugget baby on the screen!

Almost immediately, the Ultrasound Tech looked over to the Doctor and the Doc took a closer look at the imaging screen. They were both silent, with blank expressions Jessie nor James could figure out. The tech slowly moved the probe from side to side.

"Is everything ok?" Asked James.

"Is the baby alright?" asked Jessie.

"Yes, everything is fine, just give us a couple more minutes" the Tech reassured them.

The Technologist handed the probe to the Doctor, to give one final passover and look. The Doctor nodded and turned to face the couple.

"Well, this is quite surprising. It looks like you two are going to be having twins—double the joy! Congratulations!" Smiled the Doctor.

Jessie and James stared off in shock for a second, jaws dropped.

Then James broke the dead silence.

"Are you serious!? Two babies!? Oh my goodness Jessie, can you believe it!?" James clasped his hands together and had huge sparkling eyes filled with joy and unconditional love! His reaction was so sweet and precious-

…but Jessie was freaking out a little bit.

"Dou-dou….Double Trouble…?" She looked like she was in shock and about to faint for a moment. She stared at the screen at the two little embryos…One….Two….

"Jess, it's ok! We will be amazing parents! Now we will have two little ones to love…our family is whole already!" James felt so confident and so proud. He was overjoyed at knowing he was about to be a father to TWO precious babies.

Jessie was taking this a little hard. Although she was happy, she was stressed out: two newborns, twice the diapers, twice the feedings, twice the sleepless nights…..twice the size and twice the stretch marks…..

"Um, excuse me, I think I need to step outside and get some fresh air" Jessie said as she got up from the stretcher.

The Doctor and Tech looked on, as the young red head walked out of the room. James followed her. Meowth tried to stop Jessie and ask what was wrong, but she passed right by him and went outside and stood by the entrance. She was still trying to comprehend: two. Two babies. She was still trying to get used to the idea that she was going to be a mother, but now she has to be the mother to two. She loved the thought of her babies, but this was very overwhelming and scary for her.

"Hey Jess, are you ok? Is everything alright?" James asked as he stood in front of Jessie; the look of concern on his face.

"I just, I just can't believe it. Two? I mean, I'm happy, really I am. I'm just nervous. James, what if we fail at this, just like we've failed at so many things before." Jessie started getting tears in her eyes. James took Jessie's hands into his and looked into her eyes:

"Jessica, I'll make a promise to you: I swear I'll never let you down. I promise you, we will be the best parents for our children. I swear it," James told her meaningfully, mirroring words of commitment he told her all those years ago during their training days for Team Rocket.

Hearing James' commitment to her and their children helped Jessie feel excited and relaxed again. She had a partner who was committed to her and their family. And she knew her furball friend and Pokemon companions would always be by their side as well to support them.

"James.." Jessie looked up at James.

"Yes, my love" James held her chin in his hand.

"There is no one else in the world I would rather do this with than you." Jessie gave James a kiss on the lips, and the two embraced.

Jessie and James soon returned to share the twin news (and sonogram photos) with Meowth and their Pokemon companions.

"Well guys! We're back" announced a cheerful Jessie.

"Yep! And boy do we have something to share with you!" smiled James

"What is it Jess and Jim? Is it a boy? Is it a goil?" Meowth asked, trying to hold in the excitement.

"Waa-buff?" questioned an impatient Wobbuffet.

"We don't know that yet guys, it's still to early to tell" laughed Jessie

"Well, what is it den!?" asked a confused Meowth ... .Then Jessie handed Meowth the sonogram photos.

***Baby A*** ***Baby B***

"Wwwhaaa…!? YOUSE GUYS ARE HAVING TWO!?" Meowth gasped. The other Pokemon gathered around to stare at the sonogram pictures.

"Double Trouble Time," James winked.

"Oh my goodness….!" Meowth held up his hands to his big Me-owth and tears spilled over his eyes (big ol-anime style) "Congrats youse guys! I can't believe what my Meowth ears are hearin'"

"And you want to know the best part, Meowth?" questioned Jessie.

"You're going to be the uncle!" James said cheerfully.

"HUH!? Oh youse guys….me? Really!?" Meowth cried even harder. He was so excited to have the title of uncle!

"Of course Meowth! Our family wouldn't be complete without you!" Jessie smiled.

"You'll be a great uncle!" James said as he patted Meowth on the back

And with that, the gang all hugged and were happier than ever! The family was about to get even bigger.

It had now been several months since the young Rockets found out they were expecting.

Jessie was struggling. Her belly was getting bigger. Everything around her made her cry, made her hungry, made her emotional, made her feel overwhelmed. Her Team Rocket Uniform did not fit her anymore-luckily she was on "personal leave" so it didn't really matter. No need to put the uniform on just yet.

Jessie and James made sure not to let the organization be aware of their marriage and pregnancy-that was frowned upon and forbidden with teammates. But still…knowing she could no longer fit into her miniskirt and thigh high boots made her feel terrible. She was just not having an easy time at all. James remained there by her side doing whatever he could to comfort and support her. Meowth tried his best to be understanding, but many times he would have to cover his ears at the sounds of Jessie's emotional outbursts, or he would have to hide his food in fear she would swipe them and make some weird pregnancy concoction-like snack again.

This morning, Jessie was standing in the kitchen trying to open up a jar. She couldn't get it to open. She felt swollen, she felt sore, she felt tired, she felt FAT. It all came to a head and she began crying, again. James heard this, and ran in from the other room.

"Jess, Jessie what's wrong?" James asked, concerned.

Meowth rolled his eyes, "Oh, nothin' she's probably just sad that the sky is blue or somethin," he said sarcastically.

"ME-OWTH!" James scolded him with an aggressive tone in his voice.

"Jeez, sorry Jim. I'm just statin' the obvious!" Meowth shrugged.

"James! I can't do it. I can't open the jar…this is just awful. I, I don't think I can go on like this" Jessie placed a hand to her forehead dramatically, crying even harder.

James carefully took the jar and opened it for her. "See Jess! No harm done!"

Jessie cried again, this time even louder. Meowth rolled his eyes, covered his ears, and walked out to the other room.

"Jessie!? What is it? What's the matter!?" James was very confused at this point to her reaction to him helping her.

"I just *sniff*, I just love you so much" Jessie hugged him as she calmed down. James stood there blinking, then hugged her back. He smiled. "At least she's not crying anymore," he thought.

After the first two trimesters, Jessie was now in her third trimester and finally starting to feel like her usual self again (her baseline moodiness, not her pregnancy moodiness). James was feeling relief, as was Meowth; finally, she wasn't an emotional wreck! She seemed happier than usual too, preparing for the babies, enjoying her lovely pregnancy glow, and even accepting her growing belly now-things were looking up!

At around 38 weeks, the young Rocket couple was growing impatient…mostly Jessie for obvious reasons.

*Sigh* Jessie began tapping her fingers on the table. "James, I don't know how much more of this I can take…they should have come out by now."

"It's ok Jess, maybe they just need to bake a little longer in there," James said innocently.

"WELL THEN HOW ABOUT YOU TAKE THEM AND BAKE THEM FOR A WHILE, JAMES!" Jessie shouted, obviously irritable. James cowered down with his hands up. "Ughh, sorry James. I am just very uncomfortable and I'm getting really anxious."

"It's ok sweetheart. Maybe there are some ways we can help things move along…" James suggested.

The pair hopped on the family computer and began scouring the internet…

"Hmm, eating spicy food, jumping up and down, aerobics…meh, tried it already…" Jessie said as she read off the list.

"Acupuncture, castor oil…..oh," James' eyes grew a little wide. Then he grew an intrigued smile on his face.

"What is it James…" Jessie turned and faced the computer screen again:

6. SEXUAL INTERCOURSE

"Oh! Well that obviously sounds more enjoyable than castor oil," she smiled as she faced James.

Jessie and James went upstairs, they were on a mission! The most important mission in fact…they needed to get these babies out! It had been several weeks since the two had been intimate, it was not comfortable for Jessie anymore and she was always tired or napping. She was a little excited to enjoy this connection with her husband again, as was James of course. They removed their clothing and were ready to get to business!

Jessie laid down, and James placed a large fluffy pillow beneath her head and under her hips and lower back. The support felt very comfortable for Jessie, so it put her at ease. James slowly entered Jessie, taking extra special care to make sure she felt comfortable. It felt so good entering her again; it was so tight and so warm. James immediately shuddered from how good it felt. "Oh my god, this feels so good…" James thought to himself. His wife's pregnant belly turned him on too, which made it all the more enjoyable and errotic. Jessie was enjoying this too, it felt so good having him inside her like that again, and everything down there was extra sensitive.

"Oh, James…mmm…it feels so good," Jessie moaned in delight.

"Yes Jessica, god I love being inside you…" James softly kissed her lips and brushed a loose piece of hair from her face. "God I love you."

"I love you, James," Jessie replied softly.

As Jessie grew more relaxed and at ease from this position, James slowly began increasing his thrusts…going up in speed and in depth. The head of his cock was rubbing right against her cervix…it felt so soft yet so firm-he gently massaged her from the inside. Jessie's nipples were rock hard, and she felt herself tense up ready for orgasm…

Suddenly the pillow beneath Jessie's back didn't feel quite so comfortable anymore. She felt a sudden cramp run up and down her back while James was inside of her. She winced a little bit, though James didn't notice at first. Then, it hit her like a ton of bricks…the contractions kicked in and she felt something warm…

"Ahhh! JAMES!" Jessie shouted.

James felt the sudden rush of liquid as her water broke.

"AHHHH! JESSIE!" James frantically got off of Jessie and immediately started gathering the overnight bags and clothes to pack away to rush to the hospital. He looked frazzled and panicked. "It's ok Jess! Everything is ok! Just hold on, I'll get you there as soon as possible! Omg, where is the diaper bag, where did I leave your slippers, omg, omg" James was rushing around the bedroom.

His frantics didn't really put Jessie at ease, but at this point she was just trying to focus on her breathing and trying to remain calm. Once James got everything packed into the vehicle, he shouted to Meowth that he was in charge, and left him and the other Pokemon while they went to the hospital.

"Good luck youse too! Try not to pop 'em out too quick Jess" Meowth waved.

"Hmmf, thanks furball…" Jessie frowned.

Once Jessie and James arrived at the hospital, James helped Jessie out of the car and into the building. She was trying to walk slowly and steadily, focusing on her breathing which at this point was becoming faster and deeper….she was trying to focus on keeping these babies in there, as the pressure below started to increase.

"It's ok Jessie, we're almost there, everything's going to be alright sweetheart …*pant pant*

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GET US A WHEELCHAIR!? MY WIFE IS IN LABOR!" James shouted in alarm at the hospital staff.

A sweet older nurse hurried over with a wheelchair and escorted them to the labor and delivery unit. Once Jessie was in the room, the OB doc came in right away to evaluate the progression of her labor.

Jessie was in agony. "Doc can I please get that epidural now…" Jessie asked exasperated. James held her hand as Jessie squeezed it-nearly cutting off his circulation. James winced and gritted his teeth.

"Well dear, I'm sorry to say but you have progressed rather quickly and are almost fully dilated. At this point we wouldn't be able to give you an epidural, but we will do whatever we can to make you comfortable…" the Doctor offered kindly. "I'd say you should be able to start pushing any minute."

"WHAT!? Push TWO babies out!? Doctor, do you even know what you're saying!?" Jessie was upset-freaking out about the massive pain she was about to face as her contractions got stronger and closer together. "Ahhh, I can't do this," she shouted. She started huffing for air and trying to control what was going on below…

"Isn't there something you could give her?" James pitifully asked.

"Unfortunately no son, but we will try to help her ease into this as quickly as possible." The Doctor checked her. "Well dear, it actually looks like you are definitely fully dilated now; ready to start pushing?" The nurse beside him smiled at Jessie and held her arm.

"What!? Push!? NOW!? …Jessie whined.

The Nurse grabbed one leg, James grabbed the other. They tried to help her focus on her breathing. Jessie grimaced and scrunched her face up at the pain-it was almost unbearable, but she was just trying to focus on it being over soon. James was tearing up-an emotional wreck, trying to pull himself together to be there for his wife. "This is it, I'm about to be a Father…this is it…"James thought to himself tearing up. Jessie began pushing harder and harder….

"Ok dear, One…Two…Three…big push!" said the Nurse.

"Try again dear….

"One…"

"Two…"

"Three!"

"Errrr-AgggghhhHH" Jessie gave a final push with all of her might…

Then, she heard the beautiful sound of one of her sweet babies…

"Wahhh Wahh…wahh!" cried the lively newborn.

"Congratulations! It's a boy!" announced the doctor.

"What, a boy!? I have a son!? Omg, I have a little boy…" James started tearing up and whipped his tears. *sniff* "He's so beautiful, Jessie."

The nurse took the magenta haired baby and wrapped him up in a blanket and took him to clean him up. Jessie smiled with pride and relief at the first wave of pain being over…she was able to catch her breath for a moment.

"Alright, we aren't done yet Mrs. Morgan. Are you ready for baby number two?" Asked the Doctor.

"Uggh….as ready as I'll ever be…" said a wiped out Jessie. James wiped the sweaty strands of hair out of her face. Jessie held on to the bed rails and braced herself for the next round of pushing. It took all of three minutes and then she was ready for that final push…it was almost over.

"Ok, give a big push ...ready? One….Two….Three…." said the Nurse and Doctor together. And with that, the next baby had entered the world!

"wahh…wahh!" cried the little one.

"It's a girl!" announced the Doctor. James took a look at the little red head.

James lost it. "Omg, omg, a little girl?! I have a daughter? Omg, she is so precious…I, I can't stand it…" and James sobbed. He was so excited, now he had a son AND a daughter. He felt as though his entire world was finally complete at that moment. It was the most overwhelmingly loving feeling he had ever experienced in his life-his heart felt so full.

Jessie lied there in bed, relieved, smiling and enjoying the kisses James was showing on her face. The Nurse brought over their newborns after they were cleaned up, wrapped up in a blanket. They were precious; so beautiful and pure. Jessie and James felt so happy, so full of pride…and felt so in love. They both teared up as they held their precious gifts.

"You did amazing, Jess. Thank you for giving me two beautiful children-our children. I love you so incredibly much" James said lovingly.

"You are amazing James; I love you" Jessie kissed his cheek as they snuggled up with their babies.

In this moment, something within Jessie and James shifted-priorities had changed. Their lives now had new meaning, and purpose.

This was the moment when they started debating on whether or not to leave Team Rocket, for good.

Jessie and James had been home with their newborns for about two weeks now, and they were adjusting well to their new lives as parents. Luckily, they had Meowth, Wobbuffet, and their other Pokemon friends to help them with bottles, diaper changes, and nap breaks. They were so appreciative and happy to have such wonderful friends. On the inside however, both Jessie and James were struggling with what to do about their life of crime. Both were seriously debating on leaving Team Rocket, but both were afraid to bring it up to the other…in fear the other would disagree. Team Rocket had been their identity for so long, it was hard to picture a life outside of the organization. But at the same time, the thought of finally being free and living a normal life was so much more tempting; it was what each of them truly wanted now.

One night, Jessie and James were holding their babies after a feeding, cradling them as they had fallen asleep in their arms. Jessie looked at her son and daughter's face, and admired how peaceful they looked. She wanted better for them. "They deserve a better life than this," she thought to herself. Then, she spoke up:

"James…" she started.

The pair spoke up in unison, "I want to leave Team Rocket."

This caught each of them off guard-they were both thinking the same thing at the exact same time…and that they felt the same way about it. They had a sigh of relief.

"But James, what are we going to do? How are we going to tell the Boss? How are we going to make any money? How can we afford to do this?" Jessie had a million thoughts and a million questions going off in her head. She was anxious, but ready to take the plunge…she just wanted to be smart about it.

James sat in deep thought for a moment.

"Everything will be ok Jessie. I have an idea," James declared. Jessie gave him a questioning look.

"I need to go back home to the estate. I may not have married that lousy Jessiebelle, but my parents will be open to the life I have chosen once they see the family I made for myself. They, they just have to. I need to go ask them for help, for my part of the inheritance…It's the least they could do after all the horrible things they put me through." James was firm on his decision.

"James. Do you really think that will work? What if they say no?" Jessie asked, doubtful of this plan.

"It will work Jessie; I know it will. And if for some reason it doesn't, then I will do everything in my power to make sure we have all the financial stability in the world…I'll get 5 jobs if I have to. We will be ok, I promise." James assured her.

Later the next day, James gave his wife and newborns a kiss goodbye and made his way back "home" to the estate. He was nervous; he hadn't seen or spoken to his parents in a couple of years by this point. He got 2 or 3 random postcards from them via Pidgey express during that time, but he would just ball it up and chuck it in the fire or trash can. He wanted to make sure he had the right "tools" in hand to butter them up to the idea of finally giving him his inheritance. He knew they would be angry with his choice of a wife, and even though a miniscule part of him wished they would accept her, he didn't really care what they thought. They were terrible, toxic parents…so their affirmation to his life choices were meaningless to him. He did however feel that pictures of his newborn children would sweeten them up. He also brought along some "New Grandpapa, New Grandmama" T-shirts for them. He cringed at making these t-shirts for them, but did it anyway out of desperation.

Hours went by, and no sight of James. Jessie was getting worried. She began pacing as the clock ticked slower and slower. Meowth was worried about her, and tried helping rock the babies to sleep while Jessie was a nervous wreck. Suddenly, the front door opened. James had a blank, wide-eyed expression on his face.

Jessie was stressing, "James, what happened? What did they say? Did they say no? Did your crazy ex-fiance stop by to beat you? James, don't just stand there, tell me!" Jessie asked as she shook him.

James shakingly held up a check, with a VERY large sum of money on it. He was still in shock.

Jessie and Meowth's jaws dropped. "WHAT!?"

-¥999,999,999,999- Pay to the order of Mr. James E. Morgan and Mrs. Jessica R. Morgan.

After about 10 minutes of complete and utter shock, the team finally snapped out of it and jumped for joy! They celebrated and danced in the living room: "We're RICH, we made it!" Jessie, James, and Meowth all cheered. Although the excitement of having mega wealth was always important to the trio, Jessie and James were more so happy that they now had the financial means to take care of their children-and to have the opportunity to live an honest (cringe) life. (They were still trying to get used to the idea that they would no longer be living a life of crime). But, they wanted their children to have the stable, loving, beautiful childhood they never had.

James smiled, he was so proud of himself. "So what's the next step Jessie!?"

"Putting in our two weeks notice…" said an unenthusiastic Jessie.

"Oh…that's right," James whined.

They both had visions of the Boss yelling at them, and throwing things at them as they walked out his office. 'YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET ME THAT PIKACHU YOU CHASED AFTER FOR YEARS! INCOMPETENT FAILURES!' They shuddered at the thought….

They soon shrugged this off and had the courage to go through with it. It needed to be done, and they had more important things to worry about. Jessie and James typed up a sloppy, half-assed resignation letter, and marched over to headquarters that very day. Oddly enough, the process of resigning went a lot smoother than they thought. (The boss almost seemed happy they were quitting…strangely enough.)

The team was relieved, well, the FAMILY was relieved. They were free of having to worry about Team Rocket anymore, or the boss, or being called failures all of the time….It was a great feeling and the trio was high on life! It couldn't get any better than this.

"Now what should we do youse guys?" Meowth asked as they all walked back home, babies in tow.

"I know! Let's go on vacation!" "Ooo! How about Poni Island, or Ula'ula Beach, or Alfornada!?" Jessie and James started spouting off random names of beaches and other shopping districts.

"I don't care where we go, all I know is that I wanna eat something'. Meowth is starvin'"

And with that, the family headed off…to where? They did not know yet, all they knew was that they had the rest of their lives to figure it out, and that they had their wonderful (and at times dysfunctional) family… :)