I'm so sorry. I don't have an excuse. Just… so busy. School. Sports. Life… but still. I should've worked a little… but anyways, here we go. Blaze, ya got anything to say?

We still don't own Pokemon or your OCs or pop culture references. We still own our OCs, though.

The Believers

Chapter 10

I crashed when I got home. My head hit the pillow and I was out faster than you could say 'pokemon'. However, half an hour into my peaceful sleep, Vienna blared 3OH!3 louder than the speakers should've allowed.

YOU WALK ON STREETS OF GOLD—

I threw my lamp against the wall and screamed, "WOULD YOU SHUT YOUR STUPID MUSIC UP?"

I heard Vienna click the pause button as she replied, "Jeez. Calm the freak down."

With that, her door opened and slammed shut and I heard the TV turn on and the theme song to Pretty Little Liars play.

I wasn't going to get back to sleep, so I headed down to make some food for my starving stomach.

I made one of my mom's frozen Jenny Craig lunches and shoved the food down my throat while simultaneously attempting to read George Orwell's Animal Farm. I was close to finishing it for the seventh time when the doorbell rang.

"YO, AD, YOU GET IT!" Vienna shouted from the living room where I could smell coffee ice cream. Of course, that only meant one thing… she was dumped by whoever she was dating. She only got this way when she was the dumpee, not the dumper.

I got up and headed to the door when…

"Chime, chime!"

I stopped dead in my tracks and turned my head to the staircase to see Chime floating in the hallways. My blood stopped cold and I took deep breaths to calm myself.

The doorbell rung again and I sprinted to the door to see a boy my age standing there. He was a brunet with hazel eyes, dressed in dark wash skinny jeans (which I really didn't like when guys wore) and a Boken Athletics t-shirt

"Oh!" he said, "I thought Vienna Hatter lived here…"

"She does," I said skeptically, "I'm her twin. Why are you here…?"

"I'm Jordan. I want to talk to Vi—"

"YOU! WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING HERE?" Vienna's angry shout echoed from behind me. The only thing I was worried about was if she saw Chime or not.

"Vi, I just wanted to say I'm sorry and—"

"Sorry doesn't cut it, fool."

Vienna—for the first time that I've seen her around guys she had once dated—was truly angry and upset. Her mascara ran down her face from tears that she'd recently shed, and so I slipped away from the scene.

I climbed up the stairs and hit Chime with the pokeball and she returned without much of a fight.

I grabbed my bag and climbed out my window, hitting the ground with a thud. Darting off to the base, I felt like a pair of eyes were watching me, but I ignored the feeling.

(A pair of eyes was hidden in a bush, watching Addison as she sprinted to the base. So it was true, the figure thought, that girl's with the believers.)

When I reached the base, I was greeted with a familiar face. I'd just seen it at the park an hour or so ago…

"Hey!" Allegra greeted.

"Um… hi," I said, panting heavily.

A soda was tossed my way, nearly spilling and hitting me on the head. I noticed everyone else had one…

"Yo," a girl who looked like she was in her mid-twenties said… first thing I noticed was that her hair was electric blue. "I'm Sasha. Everyone calls me Sparky, though. And you are…?"

"Addison. Addison Hatter. Everyone calls me Addie, but how is that relevant to almost hitting me in the head with a soda… which is very good, by the way."

"Well one, it looked like ya needed it. I just got back from Wawa and the Prof said that I should, and I quote, 'at least be useful and get the believers something to drink.' So, I bought a pack of Coke. Everyone loves Coke-a-Cola, right?"

She began to ramble into space when I slid myself into a chair, and Chime came out again.

"So, what's up with you, Kelly?"

"I don't really want to talk about it."

"Uhh, you okay there?"

"Huh what? Of course I'm fine, Addie! What's new with you?"

I choose to ignore the mild personality switch.

"Nothing. Sister's being overdramatic with her boyfriend issues and… I have a paper due on Monday… that I have not started yet…"

"And you were given a week, right?"

"Yuppers."

"It's Saturday. What have you been doing in the meantime?"

"Oh, nothing big, Kel, you know, just having montage-worthy chase scenes with guys that want to do god-knows-what with pokemon, saving an egg, becoming a believer… dealing with Vienna, mostly."

Kelly glared at my nickname for her, and said, "Don't call me 'Kel'."

"Okay, Kel~," I sang.

"ADDISON!"

I got up and started to run, Kelly on my heels.

"Get back here!" she shouted right as something strange started to happen.

I can't really describe it, but let's just say this—a bright white light being emitted from an egg-shaped object blinded me.

Well… sorry about shortness. I've been on severe writer's block and just life in general. So. Blaze with the closing statement and questions!

Feel free to review and tell us what you think. ^_^

Questions:

3. Who would be your character's love interest? A character already in the story or one you made up?

2. What song would you have blared instead of Streets of Gold by 3OH!3?

1. Can you find all the pop culture references? If so, what are they?