Secrets Without Shame (A Pokémon Fanfiction)

Chapter 36

Chapter 36

"Margaret, no pressure, but I hope you have a good plan for your performance today," Silver said sternly over the computer monitor, once again without any visual contact. "I'd hate to have you lose again."

"Oh, well, I think I have it all planned out," Margaret said nervously. "At least, I hope so, my Pokemon have been getting along more lately."

"Should I worry about that?'

"I think I should be worrying about it more than you."

It was the day of the Geosenge Town Pokemon Showcase, and Margaret was once again the first to be at the theater hall. Apart from the staff and some early spectators, she was the only performer there. None of her friends had come yet, and once again White had decided she could not make it to the showcase. Margaret had been informed that the older trainer was not feeling well so she wouldn't be coming, much to her disappointment. She needed all the support she could get. So while waiting for everyone else to arrive, she decided to call her cousin, something she now regretted doing.

"Silver, why do you care so much about my Pokemon and my routine?" Margaret asked him suspiciously a second later. "I mean, it's because you want me to win, right?"

"Of course I want you to win!" Silver snapped with irritation.

"I-I know, but it's not like your placing bets on this Showcase though, is it?"

There was an awkward silence after she said this. Then Silver replied back slowly, "No, of course not, I'd never do that..."

"You did, didn't you?"

"I need the money, Marg, ok?! Stop tormenting me over it!"

Margaret felt like her stomach had turned to liquid as she gasped and demanded tearfully, "You're using the showcase, using me, to get money!"

"It's not just that, Marg!" Silver insisted desperately. "I wasn't going to, but than I heard people talking about you and how they knew you were going flunk the showcase again! So I made a big bet with them that you'd come in first place! You can't just expect me to sit by and let those people go unchallenged!"

"I expect just that!" Margaret snapped furiously. "You will call off that bet immediately! If I lose, I don't want that bet on my consciousness! You can't afford to lose any more money!"

"But you just said-"

"Silver Rocket, you will call it off now!"

She heard the satisfying sound of Silver sighing in defeat before he said, "Ok, ok, esh! I'll call it off!"

"You better!"

The door to the performers' room opened and a familiar high pitched squeak called, "Margaret!"

"I gotta go," Margaret hissed to Silver as quietly as she could before shutting the computer down. "I'll talk later."

"There you are Margaret!" Mira said happily as she skipped over to her friend. "You didn't tell us where you were!"

"Oh, I'm sorry, I was talking to my cousin..."

"Ah, that's ok! I can understand that you would want to talk to your family on a big day like this! I brought your outfit over for you!"