The Second Chance

Chapter 17

Rosas pov

As soon as my eyes opened I saw Trip holding me and my head was rested on his shoulders it was really dark now I saw my poketch it showed the time it was 8 . 40 pm I woke up Trip quickly , " what happened Rosa" he asked in a sleepy voice and when he opened his eyes he saw the moon shining brightly in the night sky ,we kinda overslept I answered him , "oh youre right , what time is it" he asked I showed him his poketch but It didnt get much of a reaction out of him , " okay I think we should go back now" he said holding my hand in his , we are so late and you wouldn't say anything I asked him frustrated , " yes I forgot to tell you one thing you really look cute while your asleep " i just blushed at his comment really I was feeling frustrated and he was complimenting me , " should we go now " he asked me I nodded my head shaking of the embarrassment and we made our way back to the hotel hand in hand.

We searched all the rooms but there was no one we found all of our friends in Leaf and Gary's room excluding Gladion , as we entered no one noticed us except Drew , May and Ash we saw Gloria yelling furiously at Paul  who didn't seem to hear anything that anything I  came here with you just now we heard Gloria say , " what do you think you were doing pulling a crazy stunt like that in the Champions Mansion , you know right that they have the power to cancel your registration ,  Paul however didn't even bothered to reply at this point we found Gladion too standing near the door hearing the conversation , " you didn't need to help Gladion , why would you do something like that someone who you didnt even know" , " May be bacause its the right thing to do " Paul answered back ," you just don't get it do you Paul shinji on my nerves " Gloria said to Paul at this point we saw Gladion run away  a single tear escaped his eye , " I see you are the one who is getting on my nerves "these were his last words to Gloria before he started running after Gladion , at this point of time everyone noticed me and  Trip and came towards us ,May was the first to show how happy she was and hugged me  , " where were you Rose we were really worried"May said not able to hold back her happiness ," Yes Rosa are you fine " Misty asked  Yes I am fine I said reassuring her but guys I have taken a decision  I thought  about it the entire time and  I have finally decided not to participate in the tournament ,all of them were shocked to hear it ," so you are backing out" leaf said looking at me , I guess ,now ash stood up and looked at me ," But Rosa you have worked really worked hard for this  you can't just actually leave the tournament " actually no I haven't trained like You or Paul or like Trip or Gary ," okay I get it " its okay Rosa ", leaf said "yes Leaf I can always try  the next time, "atleast someone here has a brain" a voice said which I recognized and it scared me ,than the owner of the voice came close to me it was Diamond ," I think you made the correct decision by stepping out" , I didn't reply she was staring a hole through me ," o come on its enough" Misty said and came in between us , when trip who was fuming just at the sight of Diamond went straight to her and said this," Yes shes out of the tournament but I ain't and you know how much I want to destroy you and your pokemon" he said I put my hands on his shoulders its okay Trip hearing these words from calmed him he relaxed his shoulders," ok don't take this too seriously and don't get in my way or else  you don't know what I can doy to you and your pokemon ,if you believe that what I did to your girlfriend was bad then wait for the tournament " this time ash responded " ill like to try" he said with a smirk and Diamond left feeling a bit irritated." That girl really needs to be taught a lesson" May said ," yes she needs a lesson" Gary said echoing Mays words.

Gladions Pov

I was running away now I was out of the hotel in an empty street ,  when I heard a voice call out to me it belonged to Paul ," Hey Gladion wait why are you running away from me" he asked , go away Paul I don't wanna talk ," Come on Man we need to talk" ,why I asked feeling a little irritated ," why did you ran away guess you heard Gloria ,well don't worry about her ,she always tells me to be careful and  advises  me you know she really loves me thats why" , well Paul she was telling the right thing though " How's that " he questioned ,well you know I always create problems for those who try to solve mine , I am a loser who always holds down the people who I am friends with maybe thats why Moon left me and you should leave me too ," Now stop bragging I have already heard Gloria brag enough now I know what I am doing and I don't have any regrets about it either ,I know how it feels to loose the women you love and I don't it to happen to you , I know how much you love Moon" , at this comment I felt a little shy a tint of red in my  face yeah youre right I do love her ," so now shall we go and join our friends at dinner , hey Gladion can you hear me" I was out of my thoughts now after hearing Paul inviting me to dinner , Paul why are you helping me I am a trainer too right your rival, " well that's why I , you may be my rival but you are not an enemy , and  besides everyone deserves a second chance don't you think" , well guess your right ," Now are you coming or not I really need to go fast or else Gloria will give me a piece of her mind " Yes Paul lets go I said following him you are indeed a great trainer Paul and an even better person I thought while looking at the purple haired man walking infront of me.