Twins of kalos (5th place in Adventure) PWA 2018

Chapter 11: Lab*

"Calem! Sophia! This way!" Shauna waved from a distance since we arrived at the big city. My eyes looked at every corner, watching every person walk by just in case I need to keep an eye out. Calem waved to Shauna as he pulled on my sleeve to carry me towards his friend as my skates helped me travel

The short lesson Calem gave me earlier in the route of flowers was long enough to keep me on my feet. It was easier to stand without falling on my face everytime I try to get up and move around. He's moving me around the city, seeing that I was distracted by the large area with many people, that I sort of forget I have to keep walking, and that's why Calem was pulling me while my eyes wandered

Once, the man who taught me to become this way, one who found me when living in the streets, told me to never turn your back in a wide area in the city. Because Jubilife city was so large, I often have to stay in place for a long time until I can get through a wide space where people don't have to sneak up behind me.

The environment I lived in for a few years after my dad died was different than I was use to before, but it taught me enough to build up my senses, mobility, strength, character and attitude. No one was going to push me anymore... I never held the ability to feel positive emotions, they were all negative, and I often don't even have control over that. Somehow whenever I talk to people, I scare them all the time, but Calem was pulling me, and my body knew for some reason it wanted to let him be around. That moment back in the route, when he held me close... my heart felt like it stopped all together

"Hey Shauna" Calem waved "its been awhile" I looked down at her smiling at him and looked up at me, trying not to make her gulp noticed

"Yeah... it has! What took so long? Were your injuries that bad? I should had stayed" That's right, she and the other guys left while Calem stayed in the Pokémon center with me when I passed out after leaving the forest. My body was in shock and she might haven't seen me begging in fear, but she saw me look fragile when I was holding Calem to safety... I looked away from her, showing I don't need pity

"No, it's okay" Calem said "she just passed out as all. City girls don't exercise as much as us Town folk do. I'm actually afraid to leave her on her own" he joked. I glared but brushed it off, knowing it was not worth to waste my breath to prove that I'm no city girl "just kidding" he smiled at me "she's pretty cool" didn't expect him to say t-that! my heart dropped dramatically "well" he turned back to Shauna "shall we go at Professor Sycamore's lab?"

"Yeah, he said he got us different rooms to sleep for the night until we can get ourselves ready for another journey" I snatched my sleeve away and towered the little girl gasping when she saw my expression

"Sorry, did you just say sleep for the night?" I looked at Calem "how long are you planning to slack around? I don't have time for sleepovers. If you're going to just keep doing this, I'm going on my own" he lifted his hand to stop me

"Who's slacking off? Didn't we need to have a little talk before walking into the forest?" I was taken back by his back talk "didn't we run into a situation because someone kept running into things? Didn't you pass out for a few hours? Didnt you go out to beat up a few people? Didn't you nearly pass out in Viola's place? Didn't you stop to look at my work? Didn't you battle with her? Didn't you stop in the route and-" I waved my hands, getting the point!

"Okay! I get it!" I groaned loudly. Worse part about these facts that he said all this with a smile

"The professor will be a source to knowing more about Kalos. Don't think too much of it. You know Serena is strong... but you can't save her immediately if you don't know where to start. You know these things take time" I looked down, hating being talked down upon. How is it that he's the only one that's been able to do that after all these years... I can't have him look at me like that