Clemont's POV
"Nope. Seen it. Nope. Holy crap, no. Yep. Nope."
Nicole scrolled through posts I sent her.
"Can you not label the posts I send you?" I asked, annoyed.
"Yes, please, can you not?" Ash muttered.
Nicole fixed her gaze on the black haired trainer. "Can you stop training at night? I barely got any sleep last night?"
"Was it because of Bleach-Mouth's snoring?" I asked.
"Hey, stop. Drop the name." Red muttered. "I swallowed that bleach a few weeks ago. Its done. Over. Dead."
"You're lucky you're not done over or dead." I retorted, a snarl rising in my throat.
Ash narrowed his eyes, his eyes turning cold. "No thanks, I'm giving you payback for your night training."
"Shut up."
My phone rang. "Give me a minute."
"Hello?"
"Hi, Clemont."
"Delia? What's up?"
"Well, Bonnie's lost."
"You didn't watch her?!"
"She's like lightning! One minute she's there, then she's gone!"
"Find her before I get Bunnelby to slap your ass!"
Delia hung up on me.
"Damn it." I snarled, enraged by Delia's ignorance.
"Sexy beast." Nicole muttered.
"Hot witch." Ash muttered back.
"Admit it! The only reason Nicole has Ashton is because you two did it!"
"Serena died, how else was I supposed to take care of a six month old?" Ash snarled.
"And because she had a stillborn!" I snapped.
Nicole's face reddened. "Shut your mouth, Clemont!"
"You two should date!" I sneered.
Ash yelled at the ceiling.
"Shut up!" Nicole yelled. "You did it with Delia and ended up abandoning your poor baby in the rain!"
"I was in love with her, Nicole Fields!" I yelled.
"Oh yeah?! I was in love with Ash, so that doesn't make any sense for you to laugh your fat ass off at us!"
Ash stood up, Pikachu falling out of his lap. "Exactly!"
I stood up as well. "This isn't a fair argument! Two against one? Who'll be on my side?"
Ash Iver stood up. "Fine. I don't know anything about your dates."
"Sit back down!" I snapped. "I'll be fine on my own without a Team Rocket member on my side!"
At that moment I heard a pained groan and James burst through the door, his face bloody.
"What happened to you?" Ash cried.
James tried to get to his feet.
Nicole, dreaminess in her eyes, slid over to him and helped James stand up. "You're beat."
James collapsed, unconscious.
"We need to help him." Nicole ordered, slinging James over her shoulders.
"Isn't a 19 year old too heavy for you?" Ash asked.
"No." Nicole hit her shoulder so hard James woke up. "Look at this muscle."
James tightened his grip on her. "Get.. Help.."
"Are Jessie and Meowth okay?" I asked.
He nodded slowly, his eyes glassy.
James's POV
I felt uncomfortably safe with Nicole on her shoulders.
Clemont and Ash walked alongside her. I was too tired to reach out and grab Pikachu.
"Watch out, James! You'll get hit!"
I remembered Jessie's helpless scream as I was hit hard in the head by an attack and pushed down.
"Need.. Help.."
"Oh, James, go find the twerps and get help! Go! Keep this to me, Wobbuffet, and Meowth!"
"You okay, James?" Ash asked softly.
I groaned in response, every bone in my body hurting.
"Don't worry, Aura City's close." Nicole said over her shoulder.
I felt perfectly undignified holding onto her like a monkey.
Clemont glanced at her. "He likes you."
"I know." Nicole whispered back. "He's blushing, isn't he?"
Clemont's gaze flicked to me. "Yes."
I pushed myself up.
Clemont too, was blushing. Say that to yourself, dumbass.
I clenched my teeth.
"He's not doing any better." Ash said, taking me from Nicole's back to his.
Nicole didn't even try to get the blood off of her back.
Ash's shoulders were wider, so I could hold on better.
Nicole's POV
Clemont walked alongside me. "Is Aura City close?"
"Very."
Froakie nudged me and slapped Clemont. "Look up ahead, idiot."
Clemont narrowed his eyes. "Froakie, what do you see?"
It leaped down from my head and jumped off.
"Wait!"
Ash quickened his pace.
I ran after him. "Froakie, get back here!"
Clemont stopped me. I crashed into his back and fell over.
Ash helped me up.
Froakie growled. "You know how Delia ditched Bonnie?"
Clemont's eyes dulled. "Yes..."
