The Most Simple, Yet Complicated Thing {Pokemon Fanfiction} [HIATUS]

Chapter 4

"...why am I here exactly?" Serena blinked owlishly at her surroundings, tuning out the idle chatter coming from passing by citizens and tourists in Aquacorde Town. To Serena, this whole atmosphere was just plain...annoying.

"This is where our meeting is, neighbor." Calem glanced over at Serena as he sat down next to her, almost a little amused by how annoyed she was by simply being around people.

"I know that." Serena rolled her eyes and landed them on Calem. "I meant why am I here. I already have both my starter and my Pokedex." She crossed her arms over her chest, making one of her eyebrows disappear behind her blonde bangs.

"Whoa, you already have your Pokedex!?" Shauna gaped at the new girl from her seat at the end of the table, slapping her hands on the sides of her face. "How?? I'm just getting mine now!"

Serena opened her mouth to say "because I'm the Professor's assistant that is in charge of you all," but the words wouldn't leave her lips, and she found herself saying something entirely different instead. "I...got it in advance. You know, since I just moved here."

She was worried Shauna and the three other boys wouldn't buy her story, but her worry quickly dissolved when Shauna slapped her forehead. "Ohhh, that makes PERFECT sense!"

Serena stared at her unbelievably as she found herself sweatdropping. "It does?" She quickly stopped herself and cleared her throat, fixing her questioning tone to be more matter-of-fact. "Oh, I mean, yes. It does."

Serena's Charmander pulled her red Pokedex out of her purse and jumped up onto the table, holding it up into the air. "Tah dah!"

Shauna giggled at the cute Pokemon when Serena snatched the Pokedex from his paws. "Hey---give me that!" Serena stuffed her Pokedex back into her bag and jerked Charmander off the table, scowling down at the fire Pokemon sheepishly grinning in her lap. "You're a complete moron..."

"Is that your starter?" Shauna grinned, waving to Charmander. "He's cute! Just like your Rhyhorn!"

Calem internally cringed at the mention of Serena's Rhyhorn. "Well, to answer your previous question..." He glanced over at Serena with a distant gaze. "We thought it would be best if we all got to meet you before we got going. We are starting out in the winter, after all, and it will be helpful to have allies on our journey if we ever need help."

Serena bitterly shrugged her shoulders. "I suppose so..." Her disinterested tone caused everyone at the table to sweatdrop at her coldness.

"Well...I suppose I should introduce everyone." Calem cleared his throat, breaking the awkward silence. "This is Trevor." Calem pointed at the boy sitting directly across from Serena. "He's really shy, but he always gets perfect scores on his tests. He's also the same age as Shauna: fifteen."

Trevor had orange hair that came down to his chin in a bob hair style and vibrant green eyes similar to Shauna's, but his were more lime in color. He seemed pretty nervous about the spotlight being on him, and Serena immediately noticed him uncomfortably squirm when he saw her looking at him. He had on a white button-up shirt covered by a green vest, beige pants, and green sneakers; he was also wearing a green backpack.

"...hello." Trevor awkwardly waved to Serena, grinning nervously.

Calem, Shauna, and the third boy were unfazed by Trevor's socially awkwardness, completely used to it by now. Having only met him for the first time at this point, Serena made a mental note of his shyness for future reference.

The boy sitting next to Trevor let out a hearty laugh and patted him on the back so hard that Trevor simply exhaled "oof!" and was sent forwards a little bit. He shot the boy an annoyed glare, who only grinned back at Trevor in return.