Sam's Secret
Aiden was sure he'd never seen anything funnier in his entire life.
Sam Oak was sitting on the bottom step of the long, winding, concrete staircase that led up to Professor Oak's lab. He was wearing a light blue dress shirt with a light brown tie, khaki dress pants, and dark brown loafers. His hair was neatly brushed back, out of the way of his sapphire blue eyes. In his hands he held a crude bouquet of wild flowers, obviously having just plucked them from Professor Oak's garden.
Needless to say, Aiden was not about to let this opportunity pass him by.
"Nice outfit, Sam!" The raven haired boy taunted. "Where'd you get that tie from?"
Sam turned his head and gasped as soon as he saw Aiden. Scowling, Sam raised a finger to his mouth and shushed the slightly younger boy. That action, however, didn't seem to faze Aiden in the least.
"Those are some pretty bad looking flowers," Aiden remarked. "Are they dead or something?"
"No!" Sam bit. "Now get out of here!"
"Why?" Aiden teased.
"Cause I've got something important to do!" Sam hissed.
"What?" Aiden continued.
"None of your business!" Sam bit.
"If you don't tell me, I'm not gonna leave you alone!" Aiden trilled.
Rolling his eyes, Sam jumped up and grabbed Aiden by the arm, earning a surprised squeak from the young boy.
"I'm trying to impress a girl," Sam muttered.
"A girl?" Aiden repeated.
"Yes," Sam grumbled, letting go of Aiden's arms.
"It's not my sister, is it?" Aiden groaned. He knew full well that Sam had a crush on Michelle (the boy made that fact very clear) but it never failed to gross him out.
"No," Sam refuted quickly.
"You have a crush on another girl?" Aiden muttered.
"Hey, I gotta have options!" Sam defended himself.
"If you say so," Aiden sighed.
"Her name's Allie," Sam continued, letting out a sigh of adoration.
"Huh?" Aiden murmured.
"Allie Horton," Sam reiterated. "She's the most beautiful girl I've ever met!"
Aiden furrowed his brow at this. "More pretty than my sister?"
Sam choked slightly and his face flushed a bright red. "Like I said, options."
"Uh…okay," Aiden murmured.
"Me and Allie go to school together," Sam explained. "She's the most popular girl in our class. I'm the most popular boy, so it would make sense for her to make me her boyfriend. Together, we'll rule our class!"
"Uh, okay…"
"I invited her over here because I know I can impress her with all of great gramps' Pokémon!"
Sam bragged, his eyes gleaming.
"Most of those Pokémon are my Dad's, you know…" Aiden grumbled.
"Please, she won't know any better," Sam scoffed. "This will work out perfectly! Just stay out of my way, Ketchum."
"Gladly," Aiden muttered.
At that moment, a sleek black town car pulled up in front of the lab. The driver stepped out and opened up the back door, from which a young girl slid out. By taking just one look at her, Aiden could tell the girl was haughty.
She was fair skinned and thin, with piercing hazel eyes and long, ethereal hair in the color of chocolate mousse that hung all the way down her back. A button up cashmere sweater in the color of periwinkle was being worn open, revealing the crisp white oxford shirt beneath it. A pleated, navy blue skirt adorned her bottom half, while a pair of silver glitter ballet flats covered her feet. On top of her head was a navy blue headband with a big, satin flower on the side, tiny pearls sticking out of the center.
"I'll be back in a few hours to pick you up, Miss Allie," the driver informed the young child.
"Hmph," Allie replied wordlessly, placing her hands behind her back and skirting towards Sam, who Aiden had noticed was suddenly a lot more nervous…and not nearly as confident.
"H-hey, Allie!" Sam greeted jovially. The young girl stared him right down with her cold hazel eyes, and Aiden could have sworn that if they were knives, Sam would have been cut clear in half. "Th-these are for you!"
He held the wildflowers out towards the snooty girl, who gasped and took a step back.
"Those are hideous!" Allie remarked. "Did you just tear them out of the ground?"
"Uh…maybe?" Sam squeaked.
Humming softly to herself, Allie reached out and took the flimsy bouquet. She examined the flowers for a few silent moments before giggling just once and dropping them on the ground, much to Sam's horror.
"My daddy gives my mommy freshly cut red roses imported directly from Kalos with a string of pearls wrapped around the stems," Allie haughtily informed the stunned boy. "Those are the only flowers I'll ever accept."
That little comment was finalized with a firm stomp, the young girl's glittery shoe coming down hard on the already abused blooms.
"O-oh, okay," Sam stammered. "I'll remember that for next time!"
Aiden smirked. He had to admit that he kind of liked this girl! She was giving Sam so much grief that it put Aiden's efforts to shame! At the same time, however, Aiden found her to be a bit overbearing. She definitely wasn't a nice girl, and Aiden didn't really like mean people.
"Come on, Allie!" Sam urged, grabbing the girl's hand. "I'll take you up to the ranch!"
Huffing, Allie pulled her hand away from Sam and wiped it on her skirt, grimacing the entire time. Chuckling nervously, Sam turned and led the way to the back of the lab, with Allie following daintily behind. Aiden, meanwhile, watched on in fascination before scurrying after the two, eager to see how the rest of this would unfold.
XXX
"Check this out, Allie!"
The snooty young girl looked out at the field in an unimpressed fashion. There were dozens of Pokémon roaming around in front of her, all different breeds and types, yet she didn't seem at all fazed.
"Aren't they cool?" Sam pressed.
"They're just Pokémon," Allie scoffed.
"Maybe, but look how many of them there are!" Sam cried. "My great grandpa takes care of so many different Pokémon. He's got the biggest ranch all of Kanto, you know!"
"We all know how famous your great grandpa is, but his ranch isn't that impressive," Allie sighed. "I slept over Victoria's mansion last night, her vacation one, and the yard there is much bigger than this dinky little ranch."
"I guess…" Sam murmured. "But his lab is also really cool! I could take you inside to see it!"
"Please, there are better labs back home," Allie refuted, referring to Viridian City. "Ones that are bigger and better."
Sam drew his shoulders back and bit his lip. He didn't know how else to respond.
"Well…maybe you'll have more fun if you see a Pokémon up close!" Sam trilled. "I'll call over a really good one!"
Climbing up onto the white picket fence that surrounded the ranch, Sam allowed his sapphire eyes to scan all of the creatures inside. Eventually, they settled on one he knew that Allie would love, and a big smile reappeared on his young face.
"Bulbasaur, come here!" Sam urged.
Ears perking, Bulbasaur ran forward, glancing up at Sam with inquisitive red eyes. While Bulbasaur did belong to Ash, and preferred Aiden to the brown haired boy he was responding to now, the grass starter was used to having Sam around, and did listen to him.
"I want you to meet someone!" The boy chirped.
Blinking, Bulbasaur unleashed his twin vines and used them as climbing ropes to get over the white picket fence. As soon as he saw Aiden, the small dinosaur chirped happily, earning a chuckle from Aiden.
"Hi, Bulbasaur!" The raven haired boy greeted.
"Allie, this is Bulbasaur," Sam introduced. "Isn't he cute?"
The brunette girl let out an uninterested noise before rolling her hazel eyes up towards the sky. "He's okay, I guess."
Now Aiden was just angry. Furrowing his brow, Aiden leaned in closer to Allie and demanded, "just okay?!"
"It's just a Bulbasaur," Allie reasoned in her insufferably droning voice. "I've seen lots of Bulbasaur before."
"Oh yeah?" Aiden challenged. "Well you've never seen the Pokémon Master's Bulbasaur before!"
"Aiden!" Sam hissed.
"The Pokémon Master?" Allie repeated, the infliction in her voice hinting at interest for the first time that day.
"Yeah, he's my dad," Aiden seethed. "And almost all of those Pokémon are his!"
At this, Allie's formerly cold hazel eyes lit up, and became almost warm. "Oh, so these Pokémon are famous! And…you're famous too and your sister? Princess Michelle! Will your future wife be called as Princess too?!"
"Uh…no?" Aiden muttered out of confusion.
"Yes!," Allie giggled. "Your dad is the Pokémon Master! He's all over TV, and magazines…oh! So that must mean you're rich!"
"Huh?!" Aiden squawked.
"Yeah!" Allie marveled. "Where are your mansions? How many do you have?"
"Uh?!" Aiden cried. "I have lost the track of them.."
"Oh my Goodness!," Allie smirked "You're kind of cute, you know!"
"WHAT?!" Aiden and Sam cried simultaneously.
"I could go out with the Pokémon Master's son," Allie mused. "I'll become famous! And we can buy lots of mansions together, and go to expensive parties! And we can buy all the stadiums where my big brothers will play soccer!"
"Nuh uh!" Aiden refuted. "I don't want a girlfriend!"
"Oh, you don't know what you want!" Allie hissed, grabbing Aiden's hands. "You're so cute! What a silly boy!"
"Blegh!" Aiden cried, ripping his hands out of Allie's and running in the opposite direction.
"Wait!" Allie wailed, following after Aiden. "Come back, boyfriend!"
Sam watched on in horror before his entire face turned red, his eyes narrowing and fingers clenching into fists as he stormed after the duo.
"AIDEN! How DARE you steal my girlfriend!"