"Great, back to the snowy mountains we go…" Jessie mumbled to herself.

The team had been walking for days trying to catch up with the twerps. Jessie, James, and Meowth were becoming exhausted, so they decided to take a shortcut and travel over the snowy mountains ahead. This would save them at least a day or two of travel to get to the nearby town.

Jessie loved the snow; absolutely loved it. But this time, she was feeling differently. She had recently started having dreams of her mother. Knowing that her mother had been lost to the snowy terrain in the Alps, to an untimely death, made Jessie miserable to have to cross these snowy caps.

Once Team Rocket built a makeshift igloo out of snow for camp, Jessie decided that she needed to pour a glass of wine to relax. She was looking for an out, to numb the pain she was holding inside. "This will help take some of the edge off…" she thought to herself.

One glass became two…then three…then before she knew it, she had downed an entire bottle to herself.

Jessie was totally incoherent at this point; there was just so much pain inside of her that she didn't know how to stop. She was never one to allow herself to truly feel her emotions, and would usually use coping mechanisms such as rage, avoidance, aggression...and this time, she chose alcohol.

She felt physically numb, and the mental and emotional pain was slowly starting to slip away as well. James and Meowth were quietly sitting on the other side of the igloo making stew for dinner, they didn't even really pay attention to Jessie during this time. James knew she had a little bit to drink, but did not pay attention to just how much while he was cooking dinner.

After several minutes, Jessie felt the need to get up and stretch her legs. She felt herself crawling inside of her skin, and she needed to get some fresh air (regardless of how drunk she was).

"Hey James. Meowth? I'm going to step outside real quick-be right back *hiccup*" Jessie started wobbling outside into the blistering cold and snow.

"Sure." "Ok." James and Meowth were not even listening; their focus (and belly's) was totally spent on dinner. Which was almost done at this point.

"Boy Jimmy, dis sure smells good!" Meowth said blushing with excitement for a warm meal.

"It truly does Meowth! I can't wait to sip on a nice piping hot bowl of this stew! How 'bout you, Jess?"

James turned around, noticing the empty sleeping bag where Jessie was and blinked. "Hey Meowth, where did Jessie go?"

"I tink she said she needed ta go outside for somethin'" Meowth continued stirring the boiling pot.

"What on Earth would she need to go outside for in this weather, Meowth?" James asked, genuinely confused and with a clueless expression on his face.

"I don't know-should we go out and look for her?" Meowth asked, with little interest. His priority was food at this point.

"HMmm" James nodded his head yes.

Jessie was not far from the igloo camp. She was walking up and down the snowbanks, trying to sober up a little as she was beginning to feel nauseous-but the pain inside was so hard to tolerate. She stared at her feet walking back and forth in the snow, paying attention to her boots as they left marks in the fresh snow. She listened to the crunching sound beneath her feet. She wanted to focus on something, anything, aside from the realization that her mother was gone.

"Well Jess, guess you truly are alone in this world now," Jessie thought, feeling sorry for herself.

Suddenly, Jessie felt the ice and snow crack beneath her. The crack was loud and she felt the ground beneath her shift and move. Within seconds, Jessie fell through the cracked ice-completely submerging in sub zero temperature water.

Not too far off, James and Meowth witnessed this in horror. They immediately ran to where Jessie had fallen through the ice, trying to be mindful of where they were stepping so as to not suffer the same fate.

"Carnivine, use vine whip!" James sent out Carnivine to fish Jessie out of the freezing water. After several moments, he was able to scoop her up and James managed to pull her freezing cold body out of the waters. James and Meowth pulled her away from the ice, and laid her on her back.

"Jess. Jessie!? Are you ok!?" James asked, placing his hands on her shoulders and leaning her up. Her body was limp and there was no response. "JESSIE!" James shouted again, gently shaking her. Meowth's eyes grew wide with concern as he saw this.

"Hey Jim, how we gonna wake her up?" Meowth held his paw up to his mouth, eyes wide large with concern.

James placed her back down flat on her back, and held his head up to her mouth, then her chest. He grew concerned as he did not hear her breathing and couldn't make out any heartbeat. He immediately started compressions as hard and as fast as he could. He grew frantic as he did everything he could think of to help save his friend. After several rounds of compressions and back slaps, Jessie started coughing up water and shivering as she came to.

"Jess, Jessie! Thank goodness you're alright!" James said exasperated and relieved. He and Meowth gave Jessie a big hug, but she was much too weak at this point to hug back. Her shivering was so bad she could not even control her own body. The lack of a winter coat or gloves did not help either…

"Jess, let's get you back inside camp," suggested James, as he helped try to stand her up. The thought of the igloo was not very appealing right now, but at least it had a warm fire and some blankets.

As Jessie haphazardly and weakly tried to stand up to walk, she immediately fell right back down to the ground. It was hard for her to gather enough strength, and her chest was hurting a bit from the water being forced out of her lungs. The cold was all-consuming, making being able to move that much difficult as she felt the damp clothes turn to icicles.

"Oh no!" James shouted. "Jessie!" Meowth called out! Her friends were worried about her, but they needed to get her back to shelter quickly-her shivering was starting to intensify and she appeared to not be fully coherent yet.

Without hesitating, James hurriedly picked Jessie up, cradling her in his arms and trudged back to the igloo camp with Meowth by his side. The snow was starting to pick up now, and the shards and flakes of ice and wind were painful on their cheeks and hands…James and Meowth gritted their teeth and tried their best to avoid the ice from hitting their eyes…James tilted Jessie so her face was against his chest, protecting her from the winter cold. Finally after several minutes, they made it.

James immediately set Jessie next to the small fire, as Meowth and Wobuffet began throwing more logs and twigs onto the fire. The two Pokemon were working as quickly as possible; they started to hear Jessie's teeth chattering from several feet away.

"Hey dere Jess, youse ok?" Meowth asked as James quickly covered her in a warm quilt. Jessie didn't respond, she was unable to speak from shivering too much; it felt like she was unable to control her body. "I…I can't even move…." Jessie thought to herself, as her teeth chattering and extreme shivering continued. James started rubbing her arms briskly overtop of the quilt, trying to warm her up. It was no use.

James looked at his partner, his friend, and saw how cold she was. He noticed her lips started to take on a bluish hue to them, and that her shivering almost seemed worse. He then realized just how soaking wet her uniform was, she was drenched which was making her even colder. Her boots and gloves even had small icicles forming on them. James thought to himself, unable to know how to approach the situation, but it needed to be done…no need for being sensitive or bashful around the topic.

"Jess. We need to get you out of these soaking wet clothes." James said matter-of-factly. He did his best not to blush at the thought of that. Meowth just gave a wide-eyed look and his mouth was wide open and distorted. "Gahh!"

Much to James' surprise, Jessie did not fight it. The ice cold clothing sticking to her skin was like shards of glass sticking all over her body; she was in pain and she wanted it to stop. She slid the quilt off of her shoulders just enough to reach under her Team Rocket Jacket, but when she tried to lift it off of herself, she didn't have the strength to pull it off with her gloves. She struggled for a second or two before James stepped in.

"Jessie, may I…may I help you?" James was concerned and wanted to help her. He could see how weak she was and she was struggling…Jessie gave a nod "yes" as she continued shivering with her blue lips. James quickly shimmied her out of her gloves, then her boots. Once those items were off, James shot Meowth and Wobbuffet a look, almost as if to say, "turn your eyes in the other direction" and the two complied and minded their own business.

James removed Jessie's jacket, then black undershirt…leaving her with nothing but a light pink bra. He then removed her skirt, taking extra care not to touch anything he shouldn't be touching. He got a quick glance at her panties and noticed they were matching, with a little red heart charm on the band…he quickly averted his gaze and blushed. "I can't look at Jessie like this, not right now". He got upset with himself that he even dared to look at her like that right now-his friend was hurting and freezing. He quickly wrapped her back up into the blanket, covering her whole body; He wanted to make sure Jessie was as comfortable (and covered) as possible.

Meowth and Wobuffet brought Jessie over some hot soup, while James made her some tea. It had been 10 minutes or so, but Jessie was still shivering under the heavy quilt. Something about that didn't sit right with James. He brought Jessie the hot tea and sat beside her.

"Jess, is everything ok. You're still shivering" and he held his hand to her forehead. She felt a little warm, but definitely not a super high fever.

Jessie opened her mouth, trying to get the words out but struggled to do so…. "J…Ja…mes.." She struggled to even say James' name. She looked down towards her body as it was shivering…then it clicked with James and he immediately flushed bright red.

"What's da matta, Jimmy?" Meowth asked.

"Waaabbbbuuuffet?" chimed in a clueless yet concerned Wobbuffet.

"I…uh…." James just rubbed the back of his head, unsure of how to handle what needed to be done.

Jessie was still sitting in her soaking wet bra and underwear, and although it wasn't much, it was still enough to freeze her skin and cause her body temperature to drop even more.

"Guys," James said, turning towards Meowth and Wobbuffet, "I'm going to need you to give Jess and I some privacy."

Meowth and Wobbuffet's jaws dropped…

"Now!? At a time like dis Jimmy!? Poor Jess is sittin dere freezin' and all youse can tink of is DAT wit hers!?" Meowth was flabbergasted.

James looked extremely confused for a moment, then quickly realized what Meowth was implying…

"WHAT!? Never! I mean…uh, just shut up furball and turn around this instant!" James pointed over to the wall of the igloo. His Pokémon friends complied.

James waited for a moment to be sure that Meowth and Wobbuffet were minding their business. Then he lifted up a blanket in front of Jessie.

"Here Jess, I'll cover you up so nobody can see. I'll help keep your modesty." James smiled at her; Jessie knew she was always safe with him. She managed a smile and started with her bra, as James faced the other direction while holding the blanket up over her.

Jessie's hands were stiff from the bitter cold still, and she was having a hard time managing how to unhook her bra at first. Her hands and body shook, and she became quickly upset and frustrated that she was struggling so much.

After about 2-3 minutes of struggling with the bra hooks, James slowly turned his head to face the blanket that was covering Jessie.

"Hey, Jess…everything ok?" He asked softly, not knowing what was taking so long.

"James…I…help?" Jessie managed to say in between shivers.

James' eyes grew wide. "Omg, Jessie actually wants me to help take off her bra!?" He thought to himself, in a small existential crisis. "How am I going to go about this without her slapping me about it later!?"

After a moment of panic (and dread for offending Jessie—earning some form of physical punishment later) he decided to wrap the blanket around her front, as he reached behind her back and began unhooking her bra, trying his best to keep his eyes on the igloo ceiling. Both he and Jessie had a slight blush to their cheeks. Jessie began staring up at the ceiling as well, trying to avoid her obvious flustered reaction to it all.

Jessie managed to slip the bra off of herself, while still covered for privacy by the sheet. Then it was time for her panties. James nodded at her and held the blanket back over her again, covering everything so no one could see. Jessie reached each hand on the side of her waistband and began slowly moving her underwear down her thighs. Before they got very far, the wet panties rolled and began tangled a bit, making it very difficult for Jessie's weak and cold hands to bring them further down her thighs. She struggled for several moments before embarrassment and panic set it. "Ok Jess, get it together, you can do this, take your time and BREATHE". Jessie repeated this mantra in her head a couple times. She was absolutely NOT about to ask James to remove her panties.

Five minutes had passed, and the stiff, cold, rolled up underwear were still stuck firmly against Jessie's upper thighs. "Great."

James swallowed, then turned to face the blanket again.

"Everything ok Jess-IE!?" His voice cracked from nervousness…he had a feeling he knew where this was going…

Jessie let out a weak sigh, then used most of her strength to hold her eyes over the blanket to get James' attention. James pulled the blanket a little bit further exposing Jessie's entire face so that it was in view. James looked and noticed a look of defeat on her face, with her eyes drifting downwards, and a very obvious red glow to her face.

"Uh…um…." James stuttered.

Jessie and James sat still silence for a minute.

"Do you, do you (*swallow*) need my help again, Jess?" James was turning red now too, trying not to choke on his own words.

Jess gave a bashful head nod, avoiding James' eye contact. Both were glowing a very bright red at this point…the heat in the room was almost unbearable.

"You know for tryin to make dis not awkward and uncomfortable for Jess, you sure are doin a poor job dere, Jimmy-boy" Meowth said sarcastically and with a smug grin on his face.

"Oh, quiet you fur brain!" James shot back, obviously flustered and irritated.

And with that, James had Jessie lay down with the blanket covering her body. He held his hands above the blanket, trying to get up the courage to reach underneath and towards her bare waist and thighs. He could help but get a little hard (he awkwardly shuffled his legs to hide this from sight.)

James then slowly reached his hands under the blanket, as he faced away from Jessie. Jessie at this point was averting her gaze in the other direction as well. James' hands gently brushed over Jessie's thighs, making her jump a little from the sudden contact and warm touch of James' hands. James then slowly moved his way up, until he found the pair of underwear that were sticking to her thighs. James grabbed a hold of them and managed to maneuver them down a bit, slowly moving her panties down her thighs and towards her feet. This moment in time felt like it lasted forever—it gave both James, and Jessie, confusing feelings about the situation. Although it was honestly extremely awkward for the teammates, well, friends…they both felt something else too bubbling to the surface.

James placed her wet underwear next to the fire, with her other pile of clothes. James then wrapped the small blanket completely around Jessie, then a much larger quilt. "Ahh, this feels much better". Jessie thought to herself.

After the group ate dinner (Meowth, James, and Wobbuffet took turns spoon feeding Jessie), the group decided to add more logs to the fire and try to get some sleep to wait out the storm.

Meowth and Wobbuffet were on one side of the fire in the sleeping bags, and quickly passed out. Jessie and James laid on the other side of the fire in their own sleeping bags, with a mountain of blankets on top of Jessie as well for good measure.

James felt himself dozing off, but was quickly awakened by the sounds of Jessie shivering close by him. Her teeth began chattering again and he saw the entire pile of blankets move. All he could see with a tuft of red hair sticking out from all of the blankets and quilts.

"She's still cold? But how?" James grew concerned, and knowing that they did not have any more blankets or means to keep her warm, he became very worried.

James placed his hand on the pile of blankets. "Jessie, are you still cold?" He lamely asked.

"Y-y-y-yes". Jessie managed to stutter out, teeth chattering a mile a minute as the mountain of blankets continued to shake.

James thought about what he could do, but then he remembered a time when his Grand-papa placed him in an expedition camp for young Pokémon explorers. James learned as a young lad that the best method to keep warm when in distress or cold, was body heat.

The moment James realized this memory he immediately blushed and felt dizzy as his eyes grew wider. "Oh dear, Jessie would absolutely kill me if I suggested that we…that we…*gulp*". James immediately pictured himself and Jessie wrapped up naked together next to the fire and he fell over.

"Ja-James?" Jessie whispered.

James crawled over right next to Jessie. "Yes, Jessie?"

Jessie looked up at him with big puppy dog eyes. She was afraid and she was cold. She didn't know what to do but she was at the point where she could barely take the cold anymore. She was looking to James for support, suggestions, anything to help her get rid of the freezing coldness and pain…

James looked at Jessie and saw the look in her eyes, and he knew he needed to just suck it up and be brave.

"Jessie, I. I know what might help you, but please, please don't take this the wrong way…". James stopped.

Jessie nodded, almost as if she knew what needed to be done. Her years growing up in the freezing cold and snow gave her similar knowledge to such situations—body heat was what she needed now. "Pl-ease" she managed to say with a blush.

James blushed too. Blinking. He couldn't believe his eyes, his ears, any of it. But he needed to do what he could to help his friend (and do what he could to keep himself composed from what was about to happen).

James slowly removed his gloves and boots. Then, he managed to take off his Team Rocket Jacket and black undershirt. Jessie looked at him, then averted her gaze when she noticed herself staring too long. Even though she wasn't feeling her best, she couldn't help but enjoy looking at James' smooth, muscular body. She blushed hard as she faced the other direction while James removed his pants.

James got under the sleeping bag and quilt, and opened it up for Jessie to join him. He looked at her, then realizing she needed privacy, looked away and kept his eyes closed.

"Here Jess. Come on, this should be able to help raise your body temperature up some" James said nervously, but thoughtfully.

Jessie crawled under the blanket with James. The moment their naked bodies pressed up together they each made a little noise of shock. This was so very new to both of them. But they soon adjusted and felt at ease…it almost felt natural? Jessie molded perfectly against James' body, and laid her head on his chest, wrapping her arms tightly around him. James held Jessie against him, firmly and protectively, being sure to keep her as close as possible to warm her with his own body heat.

Jessie felt comfortable, the most comfortable she had felt in forever. James was firm, yet soft. His body was so smooth and warm, his muscles felt amazing against the crevices of her body. He smelled lovely. He held her perfectly against him, just enough to make her feel safe. She heard the rhythmic sounds of his heartbeat as she laid on his chest, and felt her head slowly move slightly up and down with every breath he took.

"Omg," Jessie thought to herself, "I…..I love him."

As James held Jessie close, he began feeling similar feelings, many feelings. But for James, he knew many years ago that he was in love with Jessie. As he held her there, he wanted more than anything to get the chance one day to tell her how he really felt.

After a few minutes, James' body was able to warm up Jessie and she stopped shivering. She felt relaxed, and finally felt warm and comfortable. Barely awake at this point, she nuzzled into James's neck and chest as her breathing slowed. James grew tired as well, and felt his eyes grew heavy. It had been a long day, but he never wanted this moment to end. He loved being this close and intimate with Jessie, even if it was out of necessity and purpose, rather than a romantic interlude. He was still shocked that she even allowed herself to be this vulnerable with him. He let out a slight smile, nuzzled Jessie back, and fell asleep as well.

"Oh James. Thank you for keeping me warm and safe." Jessie smiled as she sat up and held her hand to James' face. James' eyes sparkled in awe.

"You're…you're welcome Jessie. I…I just want you to know that…." James felt the courage to say it.

"Yes, James?" Jessie inquired, looking extra sweet and she rubbed his cheek with her soft hand.

"Jessie. I just want you to know that I…that I lov…."

-BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP-

James woke up from the loud sound of the alarm, rubbing his temples and eyes. "Ughh….Oh, just a dream…." James had a sad look spread across his face, as he realized he never got a chance to tell Jessie he loved her. "Guess it's for the best…". James was trying to convince himself that it was for the best as well…

James sat up, still shirtless and pantless and realized that Jessie was no longer laying down beside him. He looked over past the fire and saw Jessie standing there helping Meowth prep Breakfast. She had her Team Rocket uniform on and appeared to be her normal, energetic self this morning. Realizing he was no longer snuggling up against his partner blew his mood for a slight moment, but then he became very happy once he remembered that Jessie was feeling better today.

"How are you feeling, Jessie?" James asked, curious to how she was doing.

"Fantastic, James! I feel like I have enough energy to conquer the world today! Ah-ha!" Jessie spun around in dramatics, feeling great from some good rest.

"Dats great Jess, but can youse save some of dat energy for capturing Pikachu today?" Meowth inquired.

"Of course! Now let's go!" Without really thinking, Jessie started marching towards the exit of the igloo, ready to take on the world. The moment she hit the doorway, she felt the cool rush of snow blasting across her face. "Oh, maybe we will have to wait a little bit longer, ha ha." she shrugged it off. James and Meowth took an exhausted breath.

Meowth and Wobbuffet began kneading some dough to make biscuits (a delicacy to the Rockets, given that they rarely had anything but ramen and canned vegetables and fruit). James and Jessie sat by the fire, as Jessie was putting on some more lipstick.

"I uh, I'm glad to see you're feeling so much better today, Jess," James said awkwardly; he was sort of hoping that Jessie would bring up their little "position" they were in from the night before.

"Thanks, James! I couldn't have done it without you!" Jessie smiled, oblivious to the obvious signs James was giving her that he wanted to open up a conversation with her. She closed the mirror to her compact and began smoothing her hair.

"Really. That's it?" James looked confused. "Yeah, sure." James looked irritated. Jessie noticed this.

"James, what's wrong?" Jessie asked, looking concerned for someone else for once in her life.

James crossed his arms. "Well Jessie, yesterday was quite eventful indeed. Next time, try to be a little careful when you go walking off next to frozen lakes" James shot at her. He was irritated at how dismissive and avoidant she was being from what happened the night prior.

"Sure! Next time I'll make sure I do just that, Jaaammmesss" Jessie said sarcastically.

"The least you could do is thank me for keeping you warm last night, hmmf!" James crossed his arms even harder and looked away…then realizing what he said, he opened his eyes and began to blush.

Jessie immediately blushed.

As James looked at Jessie, standing there in silence, he prepared himself for a clobber to the head and ducked.

"You're right, James. I do owe you…my…my thanks. Thank you, James. Really…" Jessie said in sincerity.

This shocked James. Was she really thanking him right now? This was very un-Jessie-like of her. He smiled.

"You're welcome. Anytime, Jessie."

After breakfast, the snow started to slow down some. This made the team extremely happy.

"Finally! Looks like we'll be able ta leave dis snowglobe dump soon after all!" Meowth shouted in excitement.

"True, looks like we'll be able to leave by tomorrow morning," said Jessie. Although she loved the snow, she was ready for warmer weather. The next town in site was a small beach town off the coast. She thought of warm sands and sunny blue skies, and sighed to herself while in a daydream.

Several hours passed, and although the snow had lightened up quite a lot, the Rockets were stuck inside and doing whatever they could to pass the time. Meowth was taking a cat nap. Wobbuffet was knitting (a skill that was unknown to the other members of the group), James was messing with his bottle cap collection, and Jessie was drawing on the ground with a stick.

"Ohhh, I'm bored Jessie" James whined.

"Quit that whining, James. It won't be much longer 'til we're out of this place" Jessie said irritably. She was cold, bored, and hangry.

James sniffled, "I'm so hungry too!"

"Stop it!" Jessie snapped. She calmed her tone, "We'll get something to eat first thing tomorrow." Jessie was hoping the snow would truly stop by then. They were really running low on supplies at this point, and needed to make it into town soon before they completely ran out of food and heat.

A couple more hours passed, and now Wobbuffett joined Meowth in a mid-day slumber (anything to pass the time).

The fire started to grow dim, so James threw the last bit of twigs and sticks onto the flames, and grumbled. "I can't wait to get out of here…" James complained.

Jessie just sat in thought, silently. She was exhausted. She was hungry. She was bored. She was not even in the mood to fight with James or Meowth. She held her legs up to her chin, and rested her head on her knees. She started noticing just how cold it started getting. (*Shiver*)

James began to shiver a tad as well, then looked over at Jessie shivering, and placed one of the heavier blankets on her. He grabbed one for himself, and sat next to her by the small fire.

"Thanks, James," Jessie smiled. He handed her some hot tea, taking a sip of his own.

"You're welcome, dear," James smiled back.

Jessie and James sat in silence for a few minutes, watching the dimming embers of the fire, occasionally looking over to their Pokemon friends who seemed cozy in their slumber. The igloo grew dimmer as the fire slowly grew smaller and smaller. Jessie and James started shivering more.

"Ittttssss freeeeezzzzinnngggg innn hereee Jjjjaaammmeeessssss" Jessie stuttered between clattering teeth.

James just nodded in response as his whole body shook. He grabbed the remaining blankets and quilts and threw them on top of Jessie and himself. It seemed to help for a moment or two, but suddenly the Rocket pair were freezing cold; shivering once again.

"J-James….?" Jessie spoke, being sure not to look in James' direction.

"Y-yes, J-jessie?" James shivered from the cold.

"Do…do you think we could….you know….um, do what we did last night….?" Jessie was blushing furiously. James noticed this and began blushing himself, stuttering and stammering over his words at first, he was able to speak…

"Uh…uhm…yeah, sure Jessie. Absolutely," James collected himself, realizing he was about to do this AGAIN with Jessie. He had to focus his attention on something in the corner of the igloo, so as to not work himself up too much and get himself nervous (or excited for that matter).

Jessie and James turned around in unison, and did their best to retain modesty while undressing down to their bare naked bodies. They blushed, and asked each other with backs facing, "Ready?" "Yes" "Ok" and took a deep breath, and quickly hurried under the blanket to snuggle up to each other. This time was a bit different, however. This time, Jessie was fully coherent, awake, and realizing what was actually happening right now. She was trying to control her breathing as she lay snuggled up to James' naked body, but it was extremely hard to pull herself together and not feel bashful…and…aroused.

James held on to Jessie with a squeeze just lighter than a death grip. He was sweating and in panic, trying his hardest not to let his male urges get control of him…he could feel himself eagerly trying to fight off his…um…growing member…by thinking of anything and EVERYTHING aside from the fact that Jessie was cuddling him naked. "Oh god. Oh god. I can't…I can't do this much longer….I…I can't take it!" James was fighting an internal battle; his body wanted to come on to Jessie, while his mind was screaming at him to stop. Suddenly, it happened, and Jessie noticed….

"Uh, James. What's that?" Jessie felt something hard press up against her pelvis and thighs.

James' entire face grew bright red; he panicked, not knowing what exactly to say. What could he say? That it was a Pokeball? A flashlight? His forehead began to sweat and his hands began to shake while wrapped around Jessie's body. This distracted Jessie…

"Oh. James. Are you still cold?" Jessie asked, noticing him shake.

"Oh thank god…." James thought to himself. He was relieved that Jessie changed the subject.

"Yes Jessie, just a little bit cold," James said, lightly fibbing.

Jessie blushed, and looked up at James. Her lips were barely a centimeter away from his. James looked down at Jessie, into her eyes. Their gaze on each other was magnetizing, and they felt so connected in this moment. They moved in slower, drifting towards each other for an unspoken kiss, and then…

"Hey youse guys! Da fires out!" Meowth announced, obviously now awake.

Jessie and James' focus broke, and they both looked on at their loudmouth friend in aggravation. They each threw a boot at him hard, sending Meowth spinning to the other side of the igloo.

"Hey! What gives?'' Then Meowth noticed the "predicament" his two human friends were in yet again. "Boy! Youse two don't know how ta keep ya hands off eachudda do you!?"

"Shut up!" "Quiet Meowth" Jessie and James said in unison. "It's cold in here," Jessie said, frowning and stubborn.

"Right." James said in agreement.

"Waaaabbbbuffffett!" Wobbuffet held out an open can of tuna and a stick, ready to eat a snack. Meowth fell over, landing on his face.

"Yeah, ok, whateva youse guys say" Meowth rolled his eyes, knowing there was more going on here then simple survival skills at play.

It was past dinner time now. The human Rockets were both dressed again, huddling against each other along with their Pokemon companions. Everyone was freezing; stomachs were rumbling. The fire was slowly burning out at this point.

"This is…This is when I would re-really love to have a fire-type Pokemon" Jessie said between chattering teeth.

"M-meee tooooo" James whined, shivering to the bone.

"Just how are we's gonna make it tru da night like dis!?" Meowth complained. He was freezing to death and the only member of the team with some fur…his cuddle companions were useless.

"Maybe I'll make us something to eat," James spoke up.

"Eat?" Meowth said

"James, what exactly are you going to make for us to eat?" Jessie rose an eyebrow. There was literally nothing but condiments and random ingredient odds and ends in their rucksacks by this point.

"Ta-da!" James spun around and displayed his creation-a snowgasboard! The little round snowballs were wrapped tightly in some nori seaweed. Jessie's eyes sparkled.

"Oh James! My favorite! A-Ha!" Jessie cheered, grabbing two of the balls and shoving them into her mouth furiously.

"Oh….great…" Meowth said, looking absolutely thrilled to be eating snow.

"Waa-buff…" Wobbuffett reluctantly ate the snow balls, pretending it was something with actual taste or sustenance.

Although James was not too thrilled with this meal himself, he was just happy he could make Jessie smile. He proudly ate his portion of the seaweed wrapped snow balls.

The time was now night, Meowth and Wobuffet were huddled together again under their blankets and sleeping bags. Meowth was sprawled out over top of his blue friend…

Jessie and James sat next to the fire, which was almost completely out by this point, and were sipping on some hot tea. Jessie watched as the embers danced along the coals. James sat and watched as well. Both members were deep in thought. They were both reflecting on the events over the course of the last couple of days. "Did Jessie/James really almost kiss me…too?" they both thought in their heads…They were both fighting off conflicting feelings and thoughts at this moment. The silence was deafening, so much so that neither of them noticed, until James looked up at Jessie:

"Quiet night, isn't it Jess," James asked, trying to cut the silence.

"Mhm," Jessie agreed, she was starting to come out of her daydream.

"Jessie…." "James….." They both said, looking up at each other in unison.

They both stammered a bit over their words, then smiled, blushing and feeling a tad awkward, but also determined.

"Would you….can we…." They both spoke in unison, again.

"Yes!" they both shouted in relief.

And with that, Jessie and James went to it again. Stripping down back to back, then getting under the sleeping bag and large quilts cuddling up next to each other again, to "keep warm" of course.

Jessie and James weren't even tired at this point, but they held each other close and remained silent. Jessie placed her hands on James' firm chest, as James wrapped his arms around her waist and back. She felt his heartbeat again, and felt so secure and safe in that moment. James felt her heartbeat as well, noticing the rhythm picked up a bit once she touched him. He blushed as their bodies pressed against each other. Jessie noticed her breathing becoming quicker, and was praying that James wouldn't notice-he did.

"Jess, is everything alright?" James asked, worried she was freezing cold again.

"Uh, yes James. Everything is…." Jessie looked up into James' eyes and blushed.

James gazed back into Jessie's eyes. No words were spoken, but they felt immediately drawn to each other-so many sparks and chemistry between the two of them. They felt connected at this moment. Then it happened…

James and Jessie leaned in, slowly and started giving each other a soft warm kiss on the lips-it was magnetizing. It felt as though everything made sense at this moment. Jessie loved how soft and pillowy James' lips were, and the fact that he took extra care to make her feel like a princess in a fairy tale. James loved the sweet strawberry flavor on Jessie's lips, and the way she kissed him was nothing like he experienced before-it was beautiful, it was perfect. Very captivating and sensual…

Their soft kiss slowly grew in intensity with Jessie wrapping her arms around James' neck as he pulled her in closer against his body; she wrapped a leg around his waist as he pressed himself against her. They started to wrap their hands in eachothers hair, pulling each other as closely as they could to deepen their kiss. They could feel the warmth of each other's bodies increase in temperature, with the faint note of perspiration kissing their skin. James' rock hard length was now pressed up right against Jessie's warm, pink folds. Shockwaves circulated throughout each of their bodies as they realized just how close they were to becoming one together. This only made their kiss more desperate, and they began shoving their tongues deep into each other's throats…

Jessie and James started to have to break free from the kiss every few seconds to catch their breath, as their make out session deepened. James began to run his hand over Jessie's hip and thigh, making her shiver in delight…Jessie began to move her hand from the back of James' neck, down his chest, down to his stomach, and then…

"Ahhh….Jessie…." James cooed as Jessie wrapped her grasp around his hard cock. James buried his face in her neck as he tried to stifle his faint moans. He loved the feeling of her grabbing at his cock. Jessie smiled as James' hands slowly shifted from the side of her waist and hips to her pussy. He began to rub her velvety folds, enraptured by how wet and warm and soft she felt. "Omg, this is amazing…" James thought, as he closed his eyes in ecstasy.

"Ah-ahhh….James!" Jessie moaned and let out a faint yelp as James began to rub on her little pink nub. Her clit was hard, wet, and ready for him to take her right then and now. "James, right there, please keep touching me right there…" she loved how sensitive this area of her body was…

James could barely contain himself at this point, and the pre-cum began leaking from his twitching rock hard cock. He was craving and panting for release…his moaning intensified as his face slowly looked desperate. Jessie felt the wetness, and used it to slowly move over and gently massage the head of his cock, then slowly rubbing her hand and grip along the length of his shaft. She gave it a gentle squeeze ever so often, amazed at how hard he was, for her…

James wanted more, he slowly rubbed the entrance of Jessie's warm wet opening, and she jumped…she was not expecting him to touch right there. James continued to circle, massage, and rub the wet entrance of her pussy, then slowly pushed one of his fingers into her, rubbing up along the edges and sides of her vagina. Jessie's eyes shot wide open, and she moaned louder than before…

"uughhhh….James! Ah!" Jessie was starting to move with the movement of his finger, then he slowly pushed a second finger into her. He was captivated and enticed by how tight she felt…he was desperate to push himself inside of her and feel her wet warmth all over his throbbing cock. Jessie began kissing his neck, nibbling it ever so often, while James placed his other hand on her breast…touching and pinching her hard pink nipple.

They continued to kiss furiously as they touched each other intimately…

Suddenly, James shifted his body so he was now on top of Jessie. He held himself up, with his hands placed firmly on the ground on either side of Jessie's head and shoulders. He looked at her with eyes of desperation, lust, and….was this, love? Jessie felt entranced by him, and felt things she so often buried deep within. She wanted him. And she wanted him now. All of him.

Jessie pulled James' face down for another kiss, and she shifted herself so he was placed right at the center of her opening. The head of his cock was pushing itself right against her wet, tight, and ready entrance…

They broke their kiss, and each looked into each others eyes…Although they remained silent, possibly from fear as to break their magical and unexpected moment together, they were searching for permission from the other to do this…they gave each other a knowing look and small smile…they knew they both wanted each other, and they wanted each other bad…

Jessie reached down, as James grabbed his cock and helped guide it in as he slowly entered her. They moaned and cried out in unison, as their bodies became one. He took his time, enjoying every single millimeter of her tight, wet, warm pussy. Jessie held on to the back of his neck, bracing herself as she felt him spreading her open with the girth of his cock-it was tight, but it felt amazing. Jessie felt a tear fall down the side of her face, as James saw this and brushed it away. She looked up, and noticed James was in tears as well. They smiled, looking lovingly at each other, and kissed again.

After remaining still and enjoying a passionate, soft, and loving kiss, their bodies began to move as they wanted to feel each other's bodies even more. James started thrusting himself inside of Jessie, slowly at first then quickening the pace as her moans grew even louder. Jessie began to move her hips upwards to match his movements…they both were moaning now, louder and louder until…

"Fuuuu-ccckkkk….Jaaammmesss!" Jessie tried to stifle her moaning scream as she came hard all over his cock mid-thrust. James felt her pussy walls squeezing him on and off, contracting as her body uncontrollably twitched and shook beneath him. She was drenched in sweat, hair slicked down over her cheeks and forehead. She looked so beautiful, raw, innocent,

radiant…she made James' body feel so good, and then…

James thrusted himself harder and deeper inside of her, as her body was still coming down from the high of her orgasm…James rubbed the head of his cock against her cervix, slamming deep inside until…

"Ahhh…Ohhhh, Jess-IIEEE!" James came hard, deep inside of her, filling her pussy to the brim with his warm, thick cum. The release was so intense for James, that his arms began to quake and he felt tears stream down his face…

They collapsed onto each other, breathing deeply, sweating and in awe of what they had just done…together…Neither of them ever wanted this feeling to end. It was too surreal and precious, and just everything to each of them.

They wiped the wet hair out of each other's faces, and James spoke:

"I love you, Jessie."

Jessie looked wide-eyed and in shock, but her shock quickly shifted to a fluttering heartbeat filled with deep, passionate love for him…

"I love you too, James."

They kissed each other softly, and fell asleep in each other's arms.

The next morning, the Rocket duo was awakened by the sound of Meowth's loud shouting…

"GAHHH! What are youse two doing!?" Meowth stood in shock with his paws over his mouth. Wobuffett was looking away blushing, embarrassed from what he assumed he was looking at.

Jessie and James shot up awake, holding the shared blanket over themselves-obviously still completely nude. Their hair was a mess, their bodies were still covered in sweat, and there were trace marks of Jessie's lipstick all over James' body and face.

They looked at each other, completely red in the face and blinked in disbelief.

"Put on some clothes ya loony toons! I don't know what's gotten into da both of youse but we have work to do! Enough hanky panky-in' and get dressed!" Meowth shouted as he turned around swiftly to give his human teammates some privacy.

'Uh, right…" they said in unison, and quickly got dressed in a flash before anyone could see them so, indecent.

Team Rocket packed up their things in silence and headed out of the igloo. The snow had stopped and they were able to quickly shimmy their way down the mountain to the nearest town. Things were pretty awkward at this point…

As they walked closer into town, Meowth kept picturing what must have taken place right next to him the night before…"Gah! My virgin eyes and ears!" he freaked out to himself.

Jessie and James didn't say a word to each other. Things were definitely awkward, strange, and they both walked around in a dazed stupor, still unable to grasp what actually happened between them the night before….and, what was said…

"James must have been saying that because he was caught up in the moment….he couldn't possibly have meant what he said…" Jessie thought to herself, in disappointment and aggravation.

"Jessie probably only said she loved me back so I wouldn't feel bad….*sigh*..." James whined to himself.

They both also grew increasingly anxious, as neither one of them spoke-each of them determined to not be the one to break the ice in fear of being butt hurt…

"Well, Look-y here guys! A nice hotel ta set up in for da night! And look! A nice cheesesteak kitchen next door! Free meals to all guests!" Meowth drooled and his eyes became two very large hearts. He was STARVING…this would be his first real meal besides soup and coffee he'd have in DAYS…

Jessie and James didn't say anything, they just looked at the hotel, the food sign, and hung their heads in silence as they went inside to make their reservations. Meowth gave them a look…"What's wit dees guys?" he shrugged it off-he figured it was some sort of lovers quarrel and to not step in the middle of it. "*Sigh* Dis is gonna get old real quick…" The thought of those two dramatic humans in a potential relationship together stressed him out…

At the hotel desk, there was a cute brunette girl checking in guests. Then, it was Jessie and James' turn to go up to the counter.

"Well you two, welcome to our hotel! May I share some of the specials and promotional services we are offering this week?!" she seemed overly-enthusiastic to the two grumpy members of the team…

"Yeah, sure." Jessie said unphased. "What is it…" James mumbled.

"Well! We are offering a 2 day, 3 night stay this weekend in our honeymoon suite! I think you two would just enjoy that! It comes with rose petals, chocolates, a bottle of wine, and a luxury whirlpool jacuzzi tub!" the counter girl said with stars and sparkles in her eyes-obviously daydreaming of romance…

As if the awkwardness couldn't get any worse…

Jessie and James sat there in silence, blinking, and slowly turned to each other…then immediately grunted, crossing their arms…

"No thanks. We'll take the double bed room please." Jessie said as she grabbed the hotel room keys from the counter girl's hands. She began storming ahead in the direction of the hotel room.

James still had a grumpy look on his face, as he followed far behind Jessie and Meowth to the room, with Wobbuffett next to him.

Jessie threw herself on the bed closest to the window.

"I claim this bed. James and Meowth, you can sleep over there…" pointing to the bed next to hers in the corner of the room. She started unloading her rucksack onto the bedspread, claiming her space…

"Hmmf." James grunted irritably.

"I tot youse guys would be sharin' a bed from now on?" Meowth asked innocently, but also irritated that he would be forced to share a bed with James.

"NO!" Jessie and James yelled in unison. The loud shouts made Meowth blow across to the otherside of the room.

At dinner, things were no better. Jessie and James continued giving each other the silent treatment, Meowth continued tip-toeing around the obvious elephant in the room, and Wobbuffet continued to be clueless. Things were very uncomfortable during their meal.

Jessie and James ate a little too proper. Slowly cutting their cheesesteaks and eating small pieces, with their eyes closed, avoiding eye contact with each other, and speaking to each other through Meowth…

"Meowth. Could you tell James to pass me the salt and pepper?" Jessie asked Meowth, flatly. Meowth looked at her confused.

"Meowth. Could you please tell Jessie that her lack of manners isn't very lady-like. She can say please." James said as he took another forkful of his sandwich. Meowth looked back at James, then back at Jessie.

"Well, Meowth! Could you please tell James he can at least learn to chew with his mouth closed!" Jessie said, directing her words at James, giving him the stink eye.

"Meowth! Tell Jessie she should mind her own business-perhaps she can spend her time gazing at herself in the mirror rather than focusing on me!" James shot back, giving her the mean eye back.

"WELL AT LEAST I HAVE SOMETHING DECENT TO LOOK AT WHEN I LOOK IN THE MIRROR, JAMES!" Jessie yelled at him.

"DOESN'T SEEM LIKE THERE IS MUCH TO LOOK AT, MY DEAR!" James retorted.

"UGGGHHH! WHY MUST YOU BE SO INSUFFERABLE JAMES/JESSIE!" they shot at each other…

Jessie and James' faces were now nearly an inch apart, fuming and angry with each other. Steam was coming out of their ears and noses-their faces were blood red.

"Hey guys! Calm down! What's going on here!?" Meowth asked, trying to calm his friends down. Jessie and James crossed their arms and turned away from each other. Both were now hurting, but they'd be damned to let the other one see it…

Suddenly, Jessie sat up, slamming her hands down on the table, knocking over a glass of water, as she stepped away and left the table…

"Hey Jess, where ya goin'?" Meowth asked after her…

"For a walk." Jessie said with clenched fists.

Meowth and Wobbuffett sat in shock, watching Jessie leave the restaurant, as James continued pouting in his seat, facing away.

"Wow, Jimmy-boy, what's gotten' in to youse twos?" Meowth asked.

James frowned and grunted, then he started getting tears in his eyes…

"OOoohhhhh JESSSSIIIEEEE…..*SNIFF* *SNIFF*!" James shot out big waterfalls of tears, anime style as he fell to his knees in dramatics.

Meowth stared at this odd behavior, and slapped James across the face with a menu.

"Snap out of it Jim! Now what's goin' on!?" Meowth urged him.

"Waaaaabbbufff" Wobbuffett agreed.

*Sigh* "Jessie hates me…" James pouted.

"Wha? No she doesn't James, youse twos are just bein' dramatic over ka-noodlin' wit each odda!" Meowth said matter-of-factly.

"What!? You mean you know Meowth!?" James looked incredulously at Meowth, shocked that his friend knew their secret.

Meowth shrugged, "Yeah Jim, I mean, it was pretty obvious when youse twos kept sleeping togedda naked da entire time we was trapped up in dat igloo…"

James hung his head low in defeat. Meowth patted him on the back.

"It's ok James, just go find Jessie and tell her how youse really feel about her!" Meowth smiled. He wanted his friends to kiss and make up, then MAYBE they could actually get back to business as usual. These two were going to be the death of him.

"I can't do that, Jessie would never feel the same way about me…" *sigh* James whined in defeat.

"Are youse kiddin'? Jessie is crazy about youse!" Meowth announced.

"You really think so?" James asked, interested and hopeful.

"Of course I do! Tink about all da times she had a hair up her boots to jump ship and leave da team! Whether it was for romance or her own selfish gain, she always came back to da team-ta youse!" Meowth stated, sure of what he was saying.

James teared up again, he had never thought of it like that…and he had a revelation.

James shot up quickly from the table and held his finger in the air, knocking most of the food and plates over in the process.

"That's it Meowth! I'm going to tell Jessie how I really feel about her!" James announced proudly.

And with that, he rushed out of the restaurant, leaving Meowth and Wobbuffett sitting there…

Jessie was walking through the town streets, mumbling and groaning to herself….

"Tch, stupid James, why does he have to be so stupid all the time…" she thought to herself…kicking a rock along the road as she went…

She kept thinking about that night, and how she felt wrapped up in his arms, the kiss, the emotions, the sex….

*Sigh* Jessie was feeling a little bit depressed at this point.

"Jessie! Wait up!" Jessie turned around to the sound of a familiar voice trailing behind her.

Jessie turned around and noticed James standing there panting.

Jessie crossed her arms and turned, "Hmff. What do you want, James?" obviously irritated at him.

"Jessie, I…" James began

"Well! Out with it James!" Jessie snapped

"Jessie! I need you to listen to me!...Please…." James said, and took her hands. Jessie blushed, and James did in turn.

"Jessie. What happened between us, the other night, in fact every night we have ever spent together even as just partners, as friends, best friends…I wouldn't trade it for anything in this world. Jessie, what I said, I was telling you the truth. I am in love with you, Jess. I have always been in love with you…since the day I met you. I just wanted you…to know that." James said this with all the emotion in his heart, pouring his soul out to her.

Jessie looked at him in shock, with her eyes watering. Was she dreaming? Was this some sort of fantasy she was having? After a couple of seconds, she snapped out of it, and held his hands closer to her in return…

"James, I…I'm in love with you too. For so long, I wanted so much more with you, and to be with you. You mean the world to me…" Jessie started having tears stream down her face, as she whipped them away with her gloved hand.

James held her chin up and gazed into her eyes, "Jessie, you will always have me" and with that, he kissed her lips…mirroring the passionate kiss of love their shared on their first night together…