I Can Do This!

Chapter 6

She couldn't believe it. It really was true. She was in love with Ash Ketchem, or at least had a crush on him. Lillie lay there in bed, uncertain of what to do next. A part of her didn't want to be, yet at the same time. She knew it was something that was true for quite some time. Even then, what now?

It's not like she could just tell him, right? It's not like he liked her in the same way. Even if that was the case, What would be next, they are only ten. Especially since he was only planning on staying until his time at the Pokemon school was finished. Then they'd have to say good bye. She didn't want that. Him saying yes might be worse because of it.

"Oh Snowy, what should I do?" She asked her Pokemon. The little vulpix looked at her questionably. She wished that she could understand what it thought, if anything. She needed some advice from someone else, preferably one that she could understand. "I wonder who could be of help though..." She didn't want to tell her butler, he may overreact as he usually would. The boys probably would be much help either. They only seemed to ever care about tech or becoming stronger trainers. Maybe one of the girls? They never seemed to ever talk about boys, but that was probably her best chance.

"It sure was nice of you to invite me for lunch!" Mallow said, as she bit down on her meal. After some thinking, she decided to invite Mallow and confess her thoughts. She would have invited Lana as well, but the latter was going to be busy with a fishing trip. "Seems kind of sudden. What's your problem?"

"Ehh?! I can't have some friendly lunch with one of my closest friends!" Lillie felt kind of embarrass that that was true.

"Relax, I'm just pulling your leg." She laughed. "Though with that reaction, you must really do have one."

"It's not funny." She blushed. Feeling hot in her dress. The hot day only being a minor contributor to it.

"Oh come on, I'm sure it's not that bad." Mallow didn't sound to concerned. Not one to blow things out of proportion.

"Ok fine, let's just say hypothetically speaking." She explained, hesitantly. Was this something she could admit? Maybe it might have been better to beat around the bush instead. "I have this friend."

"Yes?"

"And let's say that they like another one of there friends." Mallow thought that over. This wasn't something that she really thought about in her everyday life.

"If I'm getting this right, you have a crush on Ash."

"That's not what I said at all!" Not even attempting to hide her emotion. Any person would clearly see that it was the truth from her reaction.

"Come on, it's so obvious. You're the one with the problem here, and all you've done is hand out with Ash since he's gotten here."

"That because he's been helping me with my problem."

"I see, I guess you must like the nice guys then."

"It's not just that. I mean of course I like that. But there's more than that." It wasn't easy to explain, but she knew for certain that she didn't feel that way the entire time. She didn't knew when for sure, but it was there longer than she originally thought.

"Ooh, that sounds so romantic!" She said louder than what Lillie would have liked.

"Shh! Are you trying to tell the whole place." She scanned the area to see if anyone else was listening in.

"What's the problem, it's not like this is something to be embarrassed about."

"Well how would you feel if you were in my place!" She was beginning to regret her decision to tell her. "Do you want people shouting out that fact?"

"Well to be honest, I think that if I felt that way. I'd probably already tell whoever I had a crush on."

"If only I had your confidence." She sighed.

"Don't worry about it. We all work in different ways." She understood her friends ordeal, even if she couldn't relate. Though she was also aware that she may overreact to things at times.

"I just don't know what to do. I mean, I've never felt this way before. There's also so much that runs through my mind when I think about it." She explained everything that was keeping her up at night.

"I see, Well what do you want?"

"What?"

"I mean, do you want to tell him?"

"I'm not sure. I was hoping you'd tell me what to do." She looked confused. This wasn't what she was expecting.

"Maybe you don't want to tell him then."

"Why wouldn't I? I told you I liked him."

"Then you don't need me in the first place." She didn't understand. "You already know what you want to do. You just think you don't know because you're not confident of what's going to happen. All you need is someone to push you in the right direction!"

"Something tells me that I won't like what you're planning here." She glared at her friends grinning face.