… I am walking here, in the park, alone. The autumn breeze blows a few leaves around me. People are walking around and sitting, in pairs or in small groups. I am the only one here by myself…until I see James. He was walking in the park, too, and he is coming my way. I want to look into his eyes, so he knows how sorry I am, but he refuses to look at me. He walks right by me and says nothing. I can't stand it when he's angry with me… I have to make things right again. I look around at all the people, and I know what to do. I stop and turn around.
"James?" I call out, loud enough for him to hear me, but not loud enough to receive attention from anyone else. He stops after a moment and turns to look at me.
"What?" He asks in a deadpan voice.
"There's something I want to tell you…and…and everyone else here."
He raises an eyebrow at me and crosses his arms, but doesn't leave. I glance around at all of the people who right now don't even notice me. I take a big breath and run out to the center of the area, causing some pidgeys who were in a big group there to fly out, the force of their wings causing the leaves to pick up and swirl around me as I turn to face him again. Before I lose my nerve at the incredibly out of character thing I am about to do, I cup my hands around my mouth and shout, "I LOVE JAMES ERIC MORGAN!!!!" as loud as I can. I can feel my face flushing as all of the people stare, but I don't pay attention to them. I stare at my blue-haired partner, waiting for his reaction. He looks at me with wide eyes for several seconds. He is obviously stunned at my actions. Then he smiles, the most beautiful smile I've ever seen on his handsome face. He mimics me, cupping his hands around his mouth, and shouts, "I LOVE JESSIE RACHAEL PARKER!!!!"
When he stops, he is blushing as brightly as I am, but still smiling at me so sweetly. I know I have this huge grin on my face, but I just can't help it. He jogs over to me, but stops just before he invades my personal space. We gaze at each other for a while, and then he throws his arms around me. I hug him back tightly. I want to say how sorry I am for hurting him, but I'm pretty darn sure he knows. The people around us all look at us, some oddly, some with small smiles, but at that moment I don't care about what anyone else thinks. I don't think I ever will again. James pulls away from our embrace slightly so he can look at me.
"Embarrassed?" he asks.
I shake my head.
"Not at all," I answer truthfully.
He smiles again and brings his head down to give me a kiss that takes my breath away.
At that moment and for several days to come, I thought that shouting out my declaration of love for James was one of the best things I had ever done. But soon I would find out that there had been some certain people in the park that day who heard me…and me, James, and Meowth's way of life was about to become one big roller coaster ride of absolute disaster…all due to my innocent confession.

THE EVERLASTING ROCKET TRILOGY

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of its characters. I do own Bob, Jeff, and Oakley though and any minor characters that may be encountered in while in Africa. (Yes, a spoiler. The majority of the third book will take place in Africa.) Also, if I use any songs in this fic, I do not own them and I will give each of them a proper disclaimer at the end. That said; please continue on, and happy reading!