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As Addie let out a startled little laugh in response to the boy's awkward proposal, her cheeks flushing pink in the slightest as she simply just stared after him, momentarily intrigued with his boldness. She marveled at how quickly he had bounced back from the blow the pale girl standing in the corner had dealt him.
Speaking of that girl... Addie thought to herself, absently lifting an idle hand from her side to run along Aryan's soft fur. Trying to make herself appear casual, Addie lifted her eyes from her little Eevee's body, for the first time since entering Professor Willow's laboratory beginning to survey her surroundings. However, her interest wasn't in the surroundings themselves. It was in the people contained within them. Her gaze settled almost immediately upon the pale girl who had assaulted her earlier, not surprisingly, as she did stand out in a crowd of average-looking people. Her snowy skin clashed beautifully with her ebony hair, which in turn seemed out of place framing a pair of bright pink eyes. Addie was surprised to see that another boy had approached her, and now seemed to be conversing quite pleasantly with her about something. Addie was unable to take her eyes from the girl, hostile as she may be, and the uniqueness of her out-of-place look in combination with her harsh attitude amazed her, though any sensible ordinary person would've been scared out of their wits by her. It had been several minutes since Addie's gaze had fallen upon the girl, and transfixed as she was, she forced herself to look away from her and the other boy. Addie's cheeks flushed pink with humiliation, and she smiled sheepishly down at Aryan, who didn't notice her look of embarrassment as he too checked out the others, his focus being particularly on the Pokemon in the room. Addie followed his gaze, and she again found herself looking at the boy who had quite literally proposed to her, curled up in the corner directly diagonal from where she was standing, lamenting over something as he rocked back and forth seemingly insanely. At his sides two Pokemon stood supervising him, an Ambipom and a Chimchar. Addie perked up instantly as she caught her first glimpse of the two new Pokemon, her heart rate beginning to accelerate considerably as gently, she nudged Aryan.
"So what do you say, Ary? Give him another chance?" Addie begged, her golden eyes pleading as she put on the sweetest smile she could muster.
"Vee." Aryan replied simply, his expression emotionless as he just stared up at her, appearing unfazed by her attempts. Addie sighed then, her smile vanishing into a defeated pout as she crossed her arms around the Eevee, her brow furrowing as she just hunched her shoulders over.
"No fair.." She muttered, her eyes narrowing down at Aryan as her tongue protruded from her mouth several inches, sticking out very childishly at the little Eevee.
"Whenever you try to Charm me, it always works. Can't you just humor me for once and at least let me think that I've won?"
"Vee." Aryan responded again, this time an amused little grin popping out across his face as slowly, he shook his head up at her.
"Fine," Addie sighed.
"But you have to admit, he might be kind of humorous to have around, you know?" She continued, hoping to sway her furry little friend of his current opinion of the flirtatious boy. Aryan's initial response to the boy hadn't gone well. The boy had approached Addie with a Rose, and no sooner had he begun throwing cheesy pick-up lines her way, Aryan had warded him off with a growl. Addie shuddered to think what her over-protective little pal would do next.
"Come on, Aryan. You know he wasn't serious about the whole 'wife' thing. I mean.. I'm sixteen years old and I've never even had a boyfriend. What does that say about me?"
Upon mentioning this aloud, Addie's heart sank, as again she was reminded that she had indeed never indeed had a boyfriend. She wasn't particularly sorrowful over this fact; she had really never been interested in squandering her time away trying to commit to a relationship anyways. Unlike most girls her age, who seemed to have nothing better on the brain than their current boy toy, which boy toy was taken by what girl, and how their conniving best friend had stolen their favorite boy toy right out from under their nose, the only 'boy' Addie was really interested in was Aryan, and her father of course. (OOC: Aww! ^^) The only thing that really bothered Addie about her whole 'single' existence was that most everybody had already had at some point in time, and if they were a guy, a girlfriend, and that she hadn't.. So again, what could that say about her personally?
Maybe I'm like, really gruesomely ugly or something. Addie thought, a sweatdrop forming alongside her face, as horrified, she self-consciously began fiddling with a few stray strands of her platinum mane that had fallen down into her face.
"Still..." Addie continued, not realizing that she was speaking aloud, therefore giving off the appearance that she was talking to herself. Aryan stared thoughtfully up at her, peering seemingly innocently into her golden eyes, though Addie only narrowed them down at him in response.
"I know what you're trying to do, you little devil." She muttered suspiciously, shifting her gaze away quickly from the little Eevee
"Vee?" Aryan replied, chocolate eyes growing ever larger as again, he feigned innocence.
"Good thing you're not an Alakazam, or you probably could get away with reading my mind."
Aryan had no time to reply to his owner's quick accusation, as before either he or Addie knew it, the boy in the corner had again begun to approach them. A tiny smile appeared across Addie's lips, escaping her notice completely, though it hadn't quite escaped Aryan's notice, and as he caught sight of it, instinctively let out a low warning growl in the direction of the boy. When the boy continued in his rapid approach, however, Aryan leapt forward from Addie's arms, landing just several feet in front of her, snarling protectively as the hairs running along his frail little back stood straight up, signaling that he was preparing for combat. Instantly, the pleased little smile vanished from Addie's face, and before she could reach out to snatch the little Pokemon up, Aryan made his move. Baring his teeth, the furry little Pokemon bravely launched himself up at the boy, mouth flying open as he clamped down upon one of the boy's idle hands. Addie could only stare on in horror at the behavior of her Eevee, but the boy appeared to be unfazed, just flashing her a sheepish smile.
"I'm sorry about that interruption, but since I'm a good boy, I've been let out." The boy spoke, and as Addie realized that he wasn't teasing, he was dead-serious; she let out a startled laugh that was rather loud, much to Aryan's dismay.
"I wonder how long that will last." She retorted playfully, a wild grin now appearing across her petite face as she winked over at the boy's Ambipom. The Monkey-like Pokemon grinned back at her, seemingly delighted that Addie had chosen to interact with it.
"Now I can spend my time with you." He continued with a smile, and all three of the Pokemon in their little huddle tensed up, knowing full and well what would come next.
"As a free man, my first act of justice is to give you the greatest date of your life!" The boy beamed, and everyone, including Addie sweatdropped, as their predictions were proved right. Addie quickly recovered though, and accepted the flower he had offered her.
"Does this date include a trip to the emergency room?" She laughed, her cheeks burning with humiliation as she looked back over at Aryan, who remained fiercely anchored upon the boy's hand.
"Because I think my furry little comrade over there just did a pretty nasty little number to your hand."
"So how about we go out after this meeting?"
The boy persisted, and to this, Addie just smiled, lifting the delicate rose up to her face, and closing her eyes as she inhaled its sweet aroma. Coyly opening her eyes, she stared playfully out over the Ruby petals of the flower at the boy.
"So why is it when a guy's trying to entrance a girl he always offers her a Rose? And not a bunch of Roses at that, but a single Rose! Do you guys all just have this false image of a girl's favorite flower being a Rose?"
At this, Addie paused, arching up an eyebrow as she crossed her arms over her chest, the Rose still hanging carelessly from one of her delicate little hands.
"To tell you the truth, you would've had a better chance winning over my heart with a Lily."
No sooner had these words left Addie's lips than the Ambipom at the boy's side let out a cry of its own name, staring what seemed to be longingly over at Aryan, who was still dangling from the boy's hand, then taking the hand of her trainer and tugging anxiously upon it.
"Spiner wants to know if Eevee will play with her. She loves to play since she evolved,"
"Just a sec," Addie smiled warmly at the little Ambipom, finding herself already falling in love with the cuteness of the little Monkey Pokemon, and wondering why she herself had never thought to go out and catch an Aipom. Turning away from the Ambipom and back to her own troublesome Pokemon, she quickly snapped a hand out, seizing the Eevee by the cuff of his neck and bringing him up to eye level; where he could only sheepishly wag his bushy little tail. The expression written across her face clearly warned him to play nice. Setting him down gently before the Ambipom, the little Monkey began jumping ecstatically up and down, reaching out to try and grab the little Eevee up. But Aryan was much too quick to allow that to happen, and leaping just out of her reach in one bound, he turned his back to her, waggling his bushy little tail in her face as he darted away.
"Veeeeeee!" He squealed, glancing behind him to poke his little pink tongue out at her. Spiner only giggled in response, racing after the Eevee, her tails swinging along behind her as she struggled to keep up.
"Vee! Vee!" Aryan called out, springing from his tiny haunches to leap over the Monkey's head in a single bound. He laughed aloud, thinking he had foiled the Ambipom for good, until she surprised him by snatching him up with one of her slender tails, raising him high into the air and dangling him there by the hand placed conveniently at the end, jumping up and down in what seemed a victory dance of sorts, clapping her paws together while in mid-air, beaming broadly over at Addie. Aryan could only stare pleadingly up at his trainer, hoping that she would rescue him.
Ha. Serves you right. Addie thought to herself, as again, she turned to look over at the boy who along with her, had temporarily been distracted by their two Pokemon's play.
"So, I don't believe I ever caught your name.." She smiled at him, extending a slender arm forth.
"I'm-"
"Come on, all of you!" Professor Willow announced, stepping forth into the center of the room everyone was gathered in, waving them toward her as she began to make her way toward the door leading outside, a curious black bag in tow.
"Come outside- we'll meet just at the edge of the lake. I have something to give you, something I think you'll all find fascinating."
At this, Addie turned back to the boy, but he in his excitement over Professor Willow's words, seemed to have forgotten about their conversation. He turned from her and hurled himself quickly out the window, in his haste not seeming to see the door located not three feet to its left. Addie chuckled to herself, turning to relieve his Ambipom, Spiner, of her Eevee, but she was a little too late as the Ambipom, with Aryan still clutched firmly in her tail, climbed up to the window and jumped out after her trainer.
"Aryan!" Addie cried out, going into an instant panic as she dashed for the door, crashing into it in her effort to get outside, throwing it open as she darted out in search of the boy. She skidded to a stop almost immediately after springing out the door, golden eyes squinting as they adjusted to the sudden bright sunlight. It didn't take long for Addie to locate the little Ambipom and her trainer, who stood at the very edge of the large mass of people gathered around the Professor, all straining to hear what she had to say. Addie had forgotten that the Professor was supposed to be giving them something, and therefore she should be paying attention to her every word, but in her anxiety over Aryan, she couldn't hear or see anything but him. Walking over to Spiner, Addie knelt beside her and smiling in a friendly manner, began gently stroking the top of her head. The Ambipom began to chatter happily in response to the affection, and while she was distracted, Addie quickly reached around and lightly began to tickle the hand that was gripping Aryan. With a startled loud cry of laughter, Spiner released the Eevee, and collapsed onto the ground, beginning to spasm wildly from all the tickling. Quickly snatching Aryan up, Addie clutched him against her body, standing in hopes of catching what the Professor had to say. To Addie's dismay, the Professor was just finishing her speech up.
"I advise you not to show it off to other trainers; they will become suspicious and probably extremely jealous, and you wouldn't want anyone to hate you that way, would you?"
What..? Addie thought, but before she had time to try and make sense of the statement, or to even ask someone what she had missed, Professor Willow placed a strange-looking device in her hands. The device looked similar to a Pokedex, but was obviously much more advanced. It was a yellowish-orange in hue; much to Addie's delight, and had a peculiar pattern of pink flames dancing across it. Upon opening the device, there was a screen; the background being a rather prestigious-looking Pokemon Stadium, Addie recognized it as the stadium where the Indigo League tournaments were held. The picture was honed in on a single giant flame, burning so jubilantly and with such a passion that upon sight of it, all Addie could do was gasp and stare on, awe-struck. But that wasn't even the best part about the device..