Gotta Tell The News

Author's Note:

And here we are, with a little Gotta Catch That One oneshot. For those of you who haven't read GCTO, I don't think you really need to read it to enjoy this, but to understand some of the things, well, there's 85 chapters of it, so you can check it out if you want.

This is a bit of a weird one, folks. I don't even know why this idea came to mind, but I thought it would be interesting. We are heavy on the amourshipping with this, so let's get to it.

P.S. This takes place two weeks prior to the 7 year time skip in GCTO.

Gotta Tell The News:

Ten, nine, eight... Serena could barely focus, her nerves shaking uncontrollably. Seven, six, five... She had no idea what she was going to tell him. She had no idea what their lives would be like from now on. Four, three, two... She was terrified. She was confused. This was all so new to her. It was new to both of them. One...zero.

For a few moments, despite her mental countdown, Serena couldn't bring herself to look. She stared around the bathroom, eyes going over the black and white tiles on the floor, the Pikachu design shower curtains, the sink, the mirror, the door, and finally, what was in her hand. I'm so scared, she thought to herself, as she turned it over to look. I don't know how to do this. How will he react? Maybe it's nothing. Maybe I'm just sick.

"YEAH! Way to go Bonnie!" Serena jumped at the sound of Ash's yell, dropping the little stick in her hand as she looked up in surprise. Oh Ash, can you calm down just for once? Serena thought to herself, a little irritable as she sat up straight, straining her ears to listen to what Ash was watching, but too far away to hear. She wanted to watch as well, but her...stomach ache and nausea had been troubling her. She'd told Ash to watch without her while she went to the bathroom, not explaining why so she wouldn't worry him, and his usual excitement over battling kept him in his seat.

"Del?" came a voice from the other side of the door. Serena smiled, not surprised that her most loyal Pokemon, and her partner since the beginning of her journey, was worried for her. Obviously Delphox had picked up on something, and knew Serena was nervous for some reason.

"The door's unlocked, Delphox," Serena called out, deciding she could use some support from her partner Pokemon. "You can come in."

There was some awkward fiddling with the doorknob, as Delphox struggled to open the door, but finally, she was able to open it, and emerged in front of her trainer, who was in the awkward position of sitting on a toilet, but luckily not using it. The Fox Pokemon looked quite concerned as she looked at her trainer, her furry, red arms at her sides, the yellow fur on her face twitching as a frown came to her face. "Del-delphox?"

"I'm okay, Delphox," Serena said calmly. "I just think something very...different is about to happen. I'm just not sure what our lives will be like if I'm right about it. It's kind of scary and I didn't think it would happen so suddenly."

Serena knew Delphox couldn't have known exactly what she was talking about, as she'd mainly just been having her internal fears over the last couple of weeks. It felt good to say some of it out loud, though, and while Serena knew that she should be talking with Ash about it, talking with Delphox was the closest thing to "girl talk" that she could get, so it was a little easier. She just wished Shauna or Bonnie was here to talk to as well, but one was off in Coumarine City for a Showcase, while the other was having a battle at the Sinnoh League at this very moment.

Delphox seemed more than happy to be there for her trainer, though, and stepped forward slowly, and brushed Serena's hair out of her eyes. "Delphox-del," she whispered, clearly sensing Serena's nerves were starting to get the best of her.