To The Top [ Pokemon Fanfic. ]

Chapter 17 - Katrina Vs. Brandon

"Oh my God Katrina! It's happening! It's happening!" Adriana shouted at me over our video call. "Relax! What's happening?" I questioned. "Vaporeon laid her eggs! So far she's laid three!" Adriana sounded so excited. "I'll be there as soon as I can! I'm at the department store!" I told her, & hung up before she could say any more.

The department store of Celadon City waa huge, the biggest I'd ever seen! The shelves were full of items, TM's, berries, you name it.

Brandon & I had been in Celadon for three days now. We trained a bit, but mostly relaxed. I had heard about a giant department store in Celadon so of course I had to check it out.

I approached the lady behind the TM counter & she explained to me the deals they had. Apparently for this month only, they had a buy one get one free on all TM's.

I bought an Ice Beam & a Shadow ball TM, & I got a second one of each for free. I was pretty broke after that so I couldn't buy as many Potion's & Revive's as I wanted to.

I heard the rooftop of the department store had a wonderful view, so I went up there to see it myself. I had a beautiful view of the city from there. It was nice. I breathed in the fresh smell of flowers, & enjoyed the peace & serenity the rooftop brought me. "Vulpix!" Cinder was by my side, enjoying the view as well.

I smiled & pet my Vulpix. She ran away from me & ran behind me. I turned back & saw that she had run up to Brandon, who was petting her softly.

"What are you doing here?" I asked him nicely. "I came looking for you. Adriana wants you to come witness Vaporeon's eggs," he explained. "How'd you know I was up here?" I made a wierd face. He shrugged. "I just knew." He sat beside me.

"Wow. It looks pretty up here," he took in the view. It was beginning to get dark, so we could see all the lights in the city. "It's also kinda windy," I chuckled as my hair blew into my face. Brandon looked at me, & tucked my hair behind my ear. He kept his hand on my cheek, cupping it. "Brandon..." "Shhh," he hushed me & began to slowly lean in close to me.

I thought my heart was going to explode. Butterflies erupted in my stomach, & I found myself leaning in as well.

Just as our lips were about to touch, my Poketch started beeping, startling the both of us. "It's Adriana," I frowned, cursing at her in my mind for ruining the moment. "You missed the whole thing!" she yelled as soon as I answered the call.

"Sorry!" I squeaked. She sighed, & a smile appeared on her face. "It's okay. There were 7 eggs. That's quiet a lot, I almost thought that she... Wasn't going to make it, she was in so much pain, but it's all over now. Come back, Jolteon misses you." Jolteon appeared on the screen. "Jolt!" he cried. "I'm coming, Jolt," I smiled & assured him.

Brandon & I began the long walk back to Adriana & Ariana's house. "Hey, why do you think that Adriana & Ariana's names sound so alike?" I found myself asking Brandon. "I don't... Know. Their mom wanted to confuse people," he answered.

"How did everything go for you?" I was referring to Brandon's afternoon at the game corner. He had spent the last two afternoon's playing slots, hoping to get enough points for a Pokemon. "Today was my lucky day," Brandon smirked.

"What did you win?" I raised an eyebrow. "A Pokemon," he answered secretively. "I won a Pokemon. A rare one."

That is all he told me. He refused to release anymore information of his newest Pokemon until I saw him battle. "That's no fair," I huffed. "Baby girl, life isn't fair." Him calling me that sent chills down my spine.

When we got back to Ariana's house, they practically dragged me in to look at Vaporeon's eggs. There were seven. "How did she lay so many?" I gasped. Adriana had gotten an incubator for each egg, so that they would hatch twice as fast, & be safe without fear of them being crushed or broken. "Wow, what are you gonna do with all these Eevee eggs?" I found myself asking Adriana.