Not So Secret Admirer / Originalshipping

Chapter 5: Take Your Shirt Off

Instead of waking up to my alarm clock, I woke up to Bill calling me.

"Hello?" I said groggily.
"Have you seen the weather yet?" He asked.
"No?"
"Saffron is under a tornado warning. Silph is closed for the day."
"Alright, thanks for telling me."

What am I going to do today? I guess Pika and I could binge on Voltron today and perhaps something else. I need to go back to sleep though, I don't want to be grumpy.

Literally thirty minutes later, Crystal called me.

"Red! We don't have work today!"
"I know, Bill called me not too long ago."
"Let's hang out today!"
"Alright, where?"
"My apartment! Duh!"
"When do you want me to come over?"
"Anytime past twelve would be fine! See ya then!"

So I have about four hours to waste, I guess I could do some cleaning, oh! Or I should make something to bring to Crystal's home! I love cooking, I'll make Nachos!

For the first two hours, I cleaned my apartment from top to bottom. I didn't realize how nasty it was when I first moved in here, but the baseboards were disgusting. The whole bathroom was disgusting in general. I can't believe that I took a shower in that filth! I'm very picky when it comes to messes. I hate dirt or messes or if stuff is misplaced.

"Wow Pika, it's really raining hard huh?"
"Pikaaa."
"I hope the weather clears up. I feel bad for the people who have to work today."

While I was cleaning up the kitchen, my phone rang.

"Red?! Red?! Are you okay?!
"Yes Mom, I'm fine."
"Do you see any tornadoes?!" She said frantically.
"No, it's just raining."
"I saw in the news that a tornado will hit Saffron!"
"We have a tornado watch throughout the day, that doesn't mean we will get hit by one."
"Be careful Red!"
"I will Mom."

Mom has always been crazy about that kind of stuff, especially my safety. She wouldn't let me go into the tall grass as a child because I might get snatched by a Pidgeotto and she'll never see me again. She's a crazy woman, but she's awesome. It once stormed at school when I was in first grade and she pulled me out of school because it was "too dangerous." I love her but geez.

After my phone call, I went into my kitchen and prepared the nachos since it was almost one. Nachos is a favorite dish of mine, I like cheese a lot. I like to put the green kind of salsa on top of mine. Speaking of Green, I hope he's there. Not because I like him or anything, but he's a cool guy. I'd like to talk to him about Pallet Town some more.

When I was walking out of my apartment, a rose was on the floor in front of my door. Who left a rose there? Maybe some one dropped it on their way by or something.

"You're late!" Crystal shouted.
"But you said anytime after twelve?"
"That meant come at twelve!"
"You confuse me woman. But I brought nachos."
"Hell yeah! I freaking love nachos!"

I set the nachos on Crystal's kitchen counter. Crystal's apartment was laid out exactly like mine. The only difference is that it's decorated differently. Crystal has a lot of blue in it. The walls were painted a very light blue and had crystal like objects everywhere.

"Red! Come here!" She shouted from the balcony.
"It looks gross outside." I said.
"The storm might hit soon."
"Is there a storm shelter here?"
"No, we usually go to the first floor hallways to take cover. Since there isn't an underground parking lot, we don't have a shelter." She explained.
"Great."
"Yeah, Green wasn't too happy about it either when he first moved here. Oh! He should be over later! He said he was finishing up a painting a few hours ago."
"Oh that's cool."
"He really is such a cutie huh?"
"You like Green?" I asked. I felt a small pain in my chest.
"Nah, I couldn't like him." She said with a laugh. Is the something wrong with him something?
"Why not?"
"I guess you could say he's not my type." She laughed again.
"Let's go eat those nachos!" Crystal said while leaving the balcony.

Crystal and I talked about work and our childhoods. Crystal said that she lived with her Mom and helped out at the orphanage when she had time. She loves helping people, so she always does community projects. She also said that Silver and Gold were her best friends in high school and that they followed her to Saffron because they missed her too much.

"Crystal!" A voice said.
"Bluey!" Crystal said while hugging Blue.
"Hi Red!" She said hugging me.
"How was work?" Crystal asked.
"Boring. I can't believe the school made the teachers come to school when the students get out. The traffic is horrendous also." Blue explained while sitting down on the couch.
"You're a school teacher?" I asked.
"Yeah, I'm a business teacher at the high school here." She explained.
"Blue is one of the favorites there!" Crystal exclaimed.
"I'm here!" Another voice said.
"Green Beans!" Crystal exclaimed.
"Don't call me that." He said as he rolled his eyes.
"Sorry I meant Beans." She said with a smile. Green flipped her off when she said that.
"Hey Red!" He said with a big smile. I waved at him.
"Oh Crystal! I want to show you my bathroom! Come with me!" Blue said.
"Okay! I'll be back soon!" Crystal said while leaving the apartment.

Green walked over to the couch I was sitting at and took the tv remote, he turned on the weather.

"It looks like the storm might pass us." He said.
"Hopefully." I replied. I felt my face heat up when he sat down right next to me.
"Are you okay? Your face is red." Green said.
"Um, y-yeah, I'm okay." I nervously replied. Why the hell cant I talk around him!? Green put his hand on my forehead.
"You don't have a temperature. Are you hot?"
"Yeah, th-that must be it."
"You should cool down then, take off your shirt." He said. I felt my face turn ten times redder than before. He told me to take my shirt off!
"I-its okay, I'll be fine."
"The girls have been gone for awhile."

Green is confusing the hell out of me. He said some weird things at the pool yesterday and winked at me, and then told me to take my shirt off. Does he maybe like me? He can't, he's dating Blue.

"Red?"

How do I feel about this? This is the first time I've felt this way about a guy. I've never had to question if a dude has liked me before. Also, I liked it when he was carrying me because I was touching him. But I can't possibly like him, I've had a girlfriend in the past! But he's really attractive and nice.

"You hear me?"

"Wha-what?" I asked, snapping out of my daze. Green didn't say anything. He just looked me in the eyes.

"You have really pretty eyes." He said as he leaned forward. Oh my god! He's gonna kiss me! Green connected his lips with mine. I don't know what to do! I want to push him away but then again I don't! Am I liking this!?

"W-why'd you do that?" I asked, my face getting even redder.
"You looked really cute." He said with a smile.
"We're back!" Crystal said as she and Blue walked inside.

For the rest of the day, I was very uncomfortable. I have mixed feeling about everything.  We all watched reality tv shows and talked about the other neighbors or old stories. How could Green talk so normally without feeling embarrassed for kissing me! And why the hell would he do that?! Blue is his girlfriend! He must be wanting to play me. What a douche.