Nimbasa University was one of the most impressive schools in the entire Unova region. Even though he always wanted to be a Trainer, Black would have loved to have even been considered for this prestigious school. He never even saw it before.
And since he never saw it, he didn't know that he was at a different school entirely.
Black waited in the school's foyer, hoping to talk to admissions. His goal: get a college degree, so he could boast about how smart he was to girls. I mean he was already the outgoing, sporty guy, and the cute, sensitive guy. He was almost the perfect package already.
But then, music. From the outside the music room, just down the hall. Black gentle stepped towards the room and pressed his ear to the door.
A bass guitar?
Black had an interest in music; he originally wanted to be a Guitarist, but he never had the discipline to actually learn how to play a musical instrument. Still, he always had a respect for those who put in time and effort into their art. And a good musician or artist could tell you their life story with a strum of their guitar, a stroke of their brush, or a flash of their camera.
Maybe he could take a course in music?
Black slid the door open gently and peeked in.
To his surprise, there was a beautiful girl holding that bass guitar. A real beauty. She had gorgeous brown hair that cascaded gracefully on her delicate shoulders. Her eyes briefly flittered, revealing gorgeous blue-ish eyes. (His favorite!) She was the Polaroid of perfection.
When she briefly stopped playing her instrument, Black took the opportunity to walk over and introduce herself.
"That was amazing," he said to her. "You must have studied a lot to get that good."
"I'm Black. I'm a young Pisces and future Champion of Unova. But if there's one thing I can't do, it's play an instrument. Maybe you and me could make some music together? What can I call you, besides 'Beautiful?'"
☻ {it can be either stater or drabble. your choice, dude}
—AU: between the time Billie quit her job as an idol and regaining herself—
When that train rode up now, I come walking out, come walking out.
A fallen idol has no place to go — evicted by her agency and blacklisted by the powerhouses of the industry, it was sadly a case that was common for starlets who took a gander at stardom but later decided it simply wasn’t for them. Many people ended up jaded by such failure, and the brunette was no different from the numerous other shot-down stars;
finding herself in Hoenn with hardly any confidence within herself, she had allowed her spending to become frivolous over the amount of savings she had prior, and down to her last hundred, Billie had become soberingly desperate.
There was nothing she could do, right?
Have no place to go, mmmmm. Have no place to go, darling.
It was in a park where Lisia had chanced upon the brunette — her figure hunched in the coolness of the night. She had approached and asked if the despondent woman if she required any help, only to be snapped at viciously — I’m fine, leave me alone. Saddled with concern and simultaneous irritability toward the standoffish personality, Lisia had left the woman alone for the rest of the night. Though, it was an uneasy sleep where the identity of the person nagged at her mind — familiarity, as though she had seen her somewhere.
"Hey, Lady— you’re that idol that quit your region’s agency, right?" Their next meeting was hardly an easier one, and at the mention, had elicited hostility from both ends, ending with Billie’s revelation that she had almost given up on everything up to this point in her life. Somehow, the pessimism had upset Lisia and spurred the young idol to encourage the older counterpart in pursuing an alternative career; one that she had specialised personally in."It may not be your cup of tea, but it will never hurt to try, innit? And look and your pokémon, your Gallade has so much potential — why don’t you just try a little harder and give it your damndest in contesting? Puts some food on the table for the time being and opens up hella doors for you within the entertainment circuit, whaddya say? I’ll help you—” Down the road I go. Yes, I’m going.
Send me ☞ and my muse will give their honest opinion on yours.
Lisia's attitude toward Billie is indifference bordering on annoyance. It's probably a pop-star thing, and given their different backgrounds, they haven't had a chance to get acquainted properly.
Her image of the Celebrity is one of pretentiousness. Ouch.
A cellphone screen lit up in the pocket of his white labcoat. "I thought I turned it off..." Andrew muttered to himself as he rummaged through the tiny objects in his pocket until giving up and allowing the device to gravitate toward his palm.
Oh, the joys of being a psychic.
With gloved hand, he typed in the passcode - failing to unlock the phone twice before peeling off the synthetic glove. A message popped up on the screen - a text from his cousin. It was odd because usually the raven-haired male never received any messages during the day - especially from his relatives.
i'm coming to get u
Billie - 2:15 PM
"That's weird," he thought aloud. He wondered what Billie meant. Andrew denied the possibility that his cousin was actually considering to go to his hospital. The last time he had seen his cousin in person was two years ago at a mini family reunion back in Sinnoh. He was well aware that his celebrity cousin despised making huge public appearances these days and visiting him at work would definitely cause a ruckus.
Knowing he really should be returning to work, he typed an abrupt response to Billie's vague message.
what?
Sent - 2:19 PM
Little did he know his question would be answered only minutes after pressing the send button.
A nurse burst through the door of his office with an unusual grin on her face.
"Doctor Clayton, you won't believe it !" She huffed- she must have run all the way here.
"Is it a patient?" Andrew inquired, stuffing his phone back into his pocket. Never in his time working at the hospital had he ever seen one of his nurses so giddy.
"No!" She laughed as if it were obvious that her good news was not about a patient."Billie Stryker is in the building! Can you believe it? Of all places, this hospital!" The nurse squealed.
The young doctor, of course, was unimpressed. Although the mystery behind his cousin's text had been solved, he couldn't have felt any less relived.
"Is that it?" He replied coldly, immediately regretting his tone of voice when the nurse's smile faded away. "What I meant to ask was - why is that important? Unless she is here for an appointment, I don't see any reason why she should be making a scene in a hospital, of all places." The nurse simply shrugged and exited the room, leaving the brunette even more perplexed than he was before.