The next chapter is here. I think that this story could go any way, depending on what I feel like.

Silver: I want it to end.

Me: You just want to make out with Lyra.

Lyra: WHAT?

Me: I said nothing.

Silver: You better hope so.

Me: I better do what I have to do before I die. Disclaimer: SpecialShippingForever doesn't own Pokemon.

"So this is where you'll be sleeping along with your friends." Brendan told May as she took in the sight of an extravagant room with five queen sized beds. She hopped onto one of the beds and sank into the soft mattress. "You should grab your stuff and unpack. Your friends should be here soon." Brendan shoved his hands into his pockets and walked downstairs to the main floor. May unpacked her clothes over her bed and put them into her drawers. As she took out her favorite Torchic plushie, Dawn walked in.

"This is where you will stay with your friends." Lucas showed Dawn the room. "Unpack and get settled. Your duties start at noon." Lucas grabbed a cookie and went downstairs.

"May, why aren't you in the outfit?" Dawn asked as she eyed May, who was in her casual clothes.

"Brendan said he didn't like that outfit. He called it horrible." May answered her friend.

"I wonder why he said that. I mean we're supposed to be maids." Dawn pondered.

"Oh well. Don't you think this place is amazing?"

"I know, right? But, those guys don't look related. I mean, one has brown hair, one has blue, another has red, one has black, and the last has white."

"Actually, the white hair is a hat. His actual hair is black."

"It doesn't matter. They are not related." Kris walked in and hugged her friends before May could say anything.

"This place is super awesome. Although I hate the idea of working for that pervert. Did you know he tried hitting on me three times on the way here?" Kris informed them. Dawn threw a pillow at Kris.

"Don't say that. They'll hear." Dawn looked outside for any sign of the boys.

"What did I tell you about throwing pillows at me?" Kris fumed and threw the pillow back.

"That was two years ago! How should I know that that rule still applies?" Dawn complained. Leaf ran in with her suitcase as jumped onto the bed.

"Whee! This bed is so fun!" Leaf cheered. Her hat fell off as she continued to hop. "Why, are, you, throw, ing, pillows, at, each, other?" Leaf asked as she flipped.

"They were arguing, and it just happened." May told her cheerful friend. After about 5 minutes, Silver and Lyra walked in. Unfortunately, a pillow flew across the room and smacked Silver on the face. He simply walked off and all of the girls paled.

"Look what you two did! Now we're going to lose the job for sure!" May exclaimed.

"Well, we might as well continue this fight if we're going to lose the job!" Leaf cheered. She grabbed a pillow and threw it at Lyra. They all cheered and began to smack each other with pillows. A minute later, their employers came in. The girls froze.

"I told you." Silver told them. About 5 seconds later, Ethan picked up a discarded pillow and threw it at Dawn. He burst into laughter and the rest of the boys simply followed suit. May looked at them with a confused look and shrugged. She grabbed a pillow and hit Gary in the face. About 10 minutes later, everyone was too tired to continue fighting.

"Why did you join us? Aren't you, like, rich?" May questioned.

"Sure we are. But we like having fun. We are still 15." Gary answered. He ran a hand through his spiky hair and found a feather in it.

"I'm pretty sure she meant 'Don't you have etiquette to follow?'." Dawn rephrased.

"You people stereotype us rich kids. Sure, we do have to follow etiquette, but only in the face of important guests." Lucas told them.

"By the way, are you guys related? Like brothers?" Dawn inquired.

"No. We're just friends. Our parents are business partners, so one day they brought us to work, and we became quick friends. They're out of the house often, so we usually stay here by ourselves." Ethan said.

"Isn't that, I don't know, dangerous?" Lyra asked them.

"Nah. We have our Pokemon." Brendan twirled a Pokeball. Just then, everyone heard a loud rumbling noise.

"My stomach says it's lunchtime. Come on, Dawn. We have to make lunch for everyone." Lucas laughed and got up. He walked out the door with his maid, leaving the other eight to talk.

"We had better 'freshen' up for lunch." May used air quotes and gestured for her friends to come with her to the bathroom. When the girls had left, the remaining four people started another conversation.

"Why did you tell them about us?" Ethan suddenly got serious.

"I don't think that they would appreciate you sneaking up on them in their sleep." Brendan stifled a giggle.

"My hormones don't get the best of me!" Gary complained.

"Course they do. Remember that one time you saw those hot girls at the mall?"

"I don't want to." Silver cut in. "Why did you choose that girl? I specifically said that I don't like her."

"Which is Silver speech for 'She's very interesting'."

"Anyway, do you think we should have told them the real reason they're here?" Gary asked.

"I don't think so. Let them figure it out for themselves. Let's go." They got up and opened the door.

"I wonder what Lucas cooked up today." Ethan rubbed his stomach and walked down the stairs. Little did he and his friends know, their maids were listening in on their conversation.

"What was that?" Lyra asked.

"I don't know, but it was downright wrong." May fumed.

"I know! That red-haired jerk thinks I'm 'interesting'." Everyone sweatdropped.

"I meant how we're here for a different reason than we thought."

"Oh."

"Well, we better ask them about it." Leaf decided to contribute to the conversation.

"They'll probably lie. We'll just keep that a secret." Kris told her. "I'm hungry. I want to see how good Lucas cooks. He can't be better than Dawn." The four of them walked down to see their employers sitting at the table. Lucas and Dawn were setting down various foods for everyone to eat.

"Let's dig in!" Ethan shouted. The girls put on a smile, sat down, and began to eat the delicious food that the two cooks had made.

"Alright, I was wrong. Lucas' food is amazing!" Kris said between mouthfuls.

"Are you kidding me? Dawn's food is awesome!" Ethan exclaimed.

"Lucas' food is better!" Kris told him.

"Dawn's is definitely tastier!" Ethan shot back as he slammed his hands on the table.

"Lucas'!" They both got up.

"Dawn's!" Their faces got closer.

"Lucas!" They inched closer to each other.

"Dawn!" Their faces were mere centimeters apart.

"I think both of the cooks are amazing. You're just arguing because you're just too used to the other's cooking." Brendan cut in. "By the way, we don't need to see you two making out here. Some of us are trying to eat." Kris flushed red, Ethan sat back down quietly, and everyone else laughed. Ethan smirked at Kris and she flinched. If it wasn't for Brendan, that jerk would have locked lips with me and stolen my first kiss. I have to thank him later. Kris thought. Kris silently picked at her food, while the rest of them continued to enjoy lunch. When she looked up, she saw Ethan give Brendan a 'why-did-you-stop-that' look. When Brendan finally caught on, he smirked.

"Looks like Brendan's advice didn't really help you. You played right into his hands." Leaf whispered into her ear.

"Hey, who's the smart one?" Kris angrily shot back.

"Whatever." She went back to eating her food.

5 minutes later everyone was done.

"Aah...That felt good." Ethan said as he rubbed his full stomach.

"You're telling me." Leaf sighed in relief.

"We better talk about your pay." Brendan cut in seriously. "Where should we send the money? I mean, we can't just pay you 'children'." He put air quotes around 'children'.

"Well, you should my salary to the Petalburg Hospital. My mom's gravely ill." May sadly told him. "Room 314, Caroline Maple."

"I need a place to stay, so just put it in my bank account." Leaf sniffled a little.

"My house burned down. Put it in my parent's bank account." Lyra's eyes teared up. She could swear that she saw Silver's eyes soften from his usual steely gaze.

"Parent's bank account." That was all Kris said.

"Same thing as the other three." Dawn said.

"Alright. By next week, your first payment will be off to their respective destinations. Anyway, you should continue unpacking. I'm willing to bet that the pillow fight we had impeded your progress." Brendan said with a monotone voice. When they thought the girls left, the boys started up another conversation. Like before, the girls were listening in.

"Seriously, why did you stop me? I could have gotten her." Ethan complained.

"Same thing I told you before." Brendan put his dishes in the sink. "Whose turn is it today?"

"Mine." Silver got up and collected all the dishes. Just then, Lyra appeared.

"My friends thought that I should clean up after us, you know, us being maids and all." Lyra happily chirped. Silver shrugged and threw his gloves at Lyra.

"Back to the subject at hand. I don't think they want you doing anything like that." Brendan started.

"Come on. I could tell she wanted it." Ethan complained.

"Are you sure? Or did you think that?"

"Let's change the subject. What happened between you two in the kitchen?" He stared at Lucas.

"We cooked. That's it." Lucas answered with a straight face.

"Are you sure?" Ethan leaned in.

"I thought you were only going to try that with that blue-haired chick." Gary interrupted. "Who's up for some ping-pong?" He grabbed a paddle out of nowhere and looked around. The boys shrugged and walked towards the game room.

In the girls' room...

"What do you suppose they're talking about?" Dawn asked her friends. She put her skirts away into one of the drawers.

"I don't know. Lyra will tell us. We did send her down there as a lookout." Kris answered. She grabbed one of her various Chikorita plushies and set it on the bed.

"Seriously, what was up with that guy? He looked like he wanted to kiss you." Leaf looked ticked off. Anyone could tell because she was strangling her Squirtle doll slightly. May grabbed the doll out of her hands because she knew it was Leaf's favorite doll.

"No need to choke your stuffed Pokemon." May said as she flattened out her bedspread. She heard footsteps coming down the hallway. Lyra walked in and was instantly mobbed by Dawn, Leaf, and Kris.

"Wak! Get off of me!" She frantically waved her hands.

"What happened? What were they talking about?" Leaf desperately wanted to know.

"Nothing interesting. Who wants to play ping-pong?" She sighed.

"I do!" They all raised their hands and cheered in unison. Lyra led them to the game room and they saw that Ethan and Gary were engaged in a heated ping-pong battle, while Silver was keeping score. Lucas and Brendan were sitting on a couch, playing a Pokemon fighting game.

"Can we do anything for you?" Leaf faked enthusiasm.

"Just hang out around here. We're satisfied." Lucas said as he quickly pushed buttons on his controller. Dawn and May decided to play a little foosball, while Lyra was watching Brendan and Lucas play their game. Leaf and Kris got a deck of cards and began playing a card game. A ping-pong ball flying around the room signalled the end of Ethan and Gary's game.

"Game, set, and match." Gary tossed in his paddle and Ethan did the same. They, along with Silver, decided to join Lyra in watching Brendan and Lucas's match. A loud 'POW!' rang throughout the room and Brendan tossed his controller on the floor.

"Looks like I lost. Who wants to play?" Lyra jumped over the couch and grabbed the discarded controller. As she jumped over, her uniform flipped up. Silver caught a glimpse of what was underneath and got a slight nosebleed. Brendan smirked and handed the redhead a tissue. Silver scowled and snatched the tissue from his hand. About a minute later, Lucas sighed in defeat as his opponent cheered.

"Oh, yeah! No one messes with the master!" She yelled. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at her. She blushed furiously with embarrassment. "Who's next?" Silver sat down and grabbed the controller. The boys gasped.

"Silver actually decides to play a video game? I'm shocked! It must be because of Lyra!" Brendan said with a mixture of shock and amusement. All he got was a death glare from Silver. Well, for someone who's never played a video game, Silver's pretty good. Brendan thought as he saw Lyra's health meter drop. Pretty soon, Lyra had lost. The ten of them spent the rest of the afternoon in the same manner. Two people would play, the other eight would either watch or play other games. Everyone ignored their stomachs, even Lucas. Finally, at 8:00, Gary spoke up.

"I'm starving!" Gary clutched his stomach with his hand while he held the controller with the other.

"You're just complaining because you don't want to lose." Leaf stuck her tongue out as she tried to wrestle the controller from him to resume their match. Before she acquired his controller, her stomach grumbled loudly.

"Oops. I guess I'm hungry too." She let go of Gary and scratched the back of her head.

"We still have some pizza and cereal." Ethan said. "Let's go." When the food was set out, everyone wolfed down the food in a matter of minutes.

"That was fast." Dawn said, blinking.

"We better prepare for bed." Lucas yawned and began to doze off. To wake him up, Brendan slapped Lucas.

"Take a shower, then sleep." That got Lucas going. He rushed upstairs and began to shower.

"What just happened?" May asked.

"Lucas wants to sleep, he rushes to take a shower, and goes to bed when he comes out. Frankly, that was pretty slow. He's slow by about .6 seconds." Gary explained as he checked his stopwatch that he seemingly pulled from nowhere.

"Well, I'm beat too. After Lucas comes out, I'm taking a shower." Ethan yawned.

"You five can use the bathroom in your room." Brendan said as he walked to his room. "'Night, see you girls tomorrow." The three other boys got up and ran to take a shower.

"I can't wait to go to bed. Those beds must be super soft!" Leaf cheered. She imagined sleeping in a cloud, dreaming of Gary. Woah. I did not just think that. That's weird. Leaf thought, weirded out by her own mind. "Anyway, let's go!" She shook her head and cheered. The five girls ran upstairs to their bedroom to shower. After all five of them were done, Dawn suggested that they listen in on their 'masters'. As they held their ears to the door, they could hear a conversation taking place.

"This has been the best day ever!" Ethan said.

"I agree." Gary added.

"Hey Silver. Let's talk about that little nosebleed you had." Brendan asked.

"Woah. Silver had a nosebleed? First he plays a video game, then he gets a nosebleed. This is the end of the world!" Gary laughed.

"Actually, he got a nosebleed first, then played the video game." Brendan corrected.

"Can we go to bed? It's like 10:00. I want to sleep." Lucas complained.

"Alright. Bedtime, guys." Brendan said. The girls thought the conversation was over, and they left. If they had stuck around for a mere five seconds, they could have heard the phone ring.

"Hello?" Brendan answered.

Slight cliffhanger. Who do you think called?

Lyra: I can't believe Silver looked up my skirt!

Me: Just be happy that you were wearing underwear.

Lyra: Um...about that...

Ethan: Silver, you lucky dog.

Silver: *punches Ethan*

Lyra: Just kidding. With a short outfit like that, what girl wouldn't wear underwear?

Me: Please review. Bye!