Hard Enough Chapter 260 - Continuing Celebrations

The next day was chaotic, to say the least.

With kids pretty much having the run of the entire hotel, I’d needed Sabrina on hand to scry for all the lost clothes, toys, and miscellaneous items that kids had put sowhere only to forget.

The other parents all bowed in thanks when they realised how helpful Sabrina was being and more than a few were able to leave with us with much more carefree expressions. The hotel staff had assured us they’d have forwarded any items they might have found but there was still going to be a lot of hassle regardless with how many kids we’d had running about.

We had a final breakfast all together and enjoyed so light conversation.

I’d already spoken with my pokemon, and they were rather sad that they had to head ho, the change in environnt had been good for them.

Tide more so than anyone with the Lapras preserve being all but one bay over. But it had been nice to have a training area where all of my pokemon could co out that wasn’t just at ho.

It made my earlier idea to buy a new property with Sabrina much more appealing.

Unfortunately, I couldn’t talk with her while she was coordinating the search and rescue for all the missing toys. I left her a ssage, though and started looking around for patches of land that were for sale.

Or… perhaps I should be doing sothing like flying around and selecting a patch of land off the books. I had friends in high enough places to get assigned a plot of land. Hmmmm, that was certainly a nice perk for dealing with all the League’s issues and helping them out so much.

Quid pro quo, as it were.

With that in mind, I had a bit of an idea what Sabrina and I wanted. It needed to be coastal, near a river for more access to fresh water, and have enough space to let our pokemon roam.

I considered what that would an and started toying with my own team’s considerations.

Titan, Bertha and Jorm were all big pokemon and therefore wouldn’t mind having a building they could fit into easily, so high ceilings were a must but maybe I could give them a space for themselves as well.

Maybe like a giant basketball court or sothing to that effect?

Hmmm, what about the climate? Would it be a problem if I was too far north and we had to dea with the colder winter chills? It might be annoying.

If we wanted more luxury, further south would be better, which opened up options for areas around Fuchsia or routes twelve to fifteen.

I was a bit leery of that, though, as it also might make our pokemon a bit lazier if they got to live in ideal conditions all year around. Training in bad conditions was sotis optimal for Elite pokemon. Rain, snow, sleet, all of these were things that my pokemon would experience, and I needed to experience them alongside them.

But, did I need my ho to have that?

Hmmm, this was turning out to be a lot tougher than I thought. I’d need to get Sabrina’s thoughts on it regardless.

For now, I started flipping through real estate websites and forwarding links to Sabrina with comnts on what I liked or disliked about certain houses.

It wasn’t so much I wanted to buy those houses as I wanted to create a conversation about it with her.

Yeah, that sounded good.

I humd as I considered it a bit more. It might also reveal certain other things to . Like how many children Sabrina would want… Wow, and just like that it got back to feeling weird.

I’m only seventeen and I was already thinking about kids. Urgh, this was confusing!

I decided to ignore that side of things for now while still being aware of it and instead closed off my Xtransciever and checked in with my family. “We all good to depart soon?” I asked.

“Wait! I just need to double check my egg!” said Suzie as she set her incubator on the kitchen counter before eying it. “It… isn’t really moving,” she said. “I thought I saw it move earlier, but maybe that was a trick?” she said.

I put my hand on her head and stroked her hair. “You might have, eggs that have rare or strong pokemon take longer to hatch, but their initial movents are also much weaker. Don’t lose heart!” I said with a grin and a thumbs up.

“I’m not!” she said. “I’m going to be the bestest big sister to this pokemon! And we’re going to go on so amazing journeys together! And find Diancie! And other super cool pokemon!”

I coughed. “Diancie?” I said. That… was very ambitious of my little sister. I supposed reading her all those bedti stories about the mythical rock pokemon was bound to have so ideas about it.

“Hah? Is that so? Well make sure to show when you make friends with it! That’s a pokemon I’d love to et as well one day!” I laughed. I then leaned down and made a show of looking left and right like I was about to tell her a secret. “I have created what I hope will be a great ho for Diancie in Mt Moon. One day I’ll show you what I an, alright?” I said.

Suzie blinked. “You have been? Is that like how so Pidgeotto make nests to try and attract their true loves?” she said.

I blinked. That… sort of matched what Sabrina and I were planning to do a little but it also made sense in the context of Diancie.

“Well, not so much to romance her, but to give her a good ho, yes.”

“Uh! I like it! I can’t wait to see it! I’ll create so nice things for it as well like a welco mug and a nice… uhmmm.” She fidgeted. “What do you think a Diancie would like?” she asked nervously.

“I think if you made anything, they’d like it!” I said cheerfully.

“Hmmmm,” Suzie said, leaning one way and then the other. “Nope! It needs to be special! Super special!” she said, shooting her arms into an X of denial. “I’ll just have to talk it over with eggsy! She’ll know what is the right thing to add to your special Diancie nest!” she said, grabbing up her incubator once more.

When she almost toppled over with it I moved my hand to her shoulder to support her. “Maybe that needs to be packed away?” I cautioned. “Or set it down in the loungeroom with the rest of the luggage and wait with it if you’re done?” I suggested.

Suzie made a beeline for the loungeroom only to shriek! “Munchlax nooooooo!” she shouted.

I jolted and shot into the room only to find Munchlax sitting with a pile of wrappers and empty drink cans around him. Now why did they look familiar?”

“No Munchlax! The minibar is forbidden!” Suzie wailed like he’d just eaten sothing he shouldn’t, which for a pokemon like Munchlax was actually a tiny list of nonedible items.

“Forbidden?” I asked Suzie.

Suzie nodded. “Yeah! Salvadore told that if you eat sothing from the minibar you’ll get put into debt jail and have to work in the kitchens until you pay it off, but it takes forever to pay off a minibar debt!” she wailed. “Oh Munchlax no!” she staggered over and hugged the very confused little pokemon.

Munchlax shot the wrapper at his feet a betrayed look and I put a hand to my lips to stop myself from laughing. Suzie… wasn’t wrong, and neither was Salvadore, but it was kind of funny to see it play out like this.

The only one who was going to have to pay for this was… .

I huffed and tried to muster up a stern look at the distraught pokemon only to find I didn’t have the heart to do it.

Instead, I just shook my head and sighed.

Ah, I forgot to explain the minibar to him… I eyed the wrappers and did a ntal count. That… was a lot of candy and lemonade.

Hmmm in a penthouse like this how many minibars did we have? It looked like most of them were empty now.

Huh, it was probably more impressive that he’d waited this long to clean them out. Then again we’d been having room service a lot of the ti when the kids were too tired so he might have just been enjoying the leftovers of that.

Hmmm, room service for a family like mine, and the minibars?

I suddenly had a premonition of a much larger bill than I’d anticipated from this trip, purely due to Munchlax being Munchlax.

I sighed.

Eh, I couldn’t fault him for being himself. I glanced down and found Munchlax trying to stick the torn-up wrappers together to make it look like he hadn’t eaten anything while Suzie just shook her head. “I’ll miss you Munchlax!” she sniffled.

“It’s.. alright,” I said, deciding to end this little drama before Suzie actually cried. “I can… Spot you, this ti,” I said. As if I was dredging up the money to help the little fella out in this situation honestly. Hopefully, this would scare Munchlax and the other kids straight and I’d avoid any further minibar mishaps.

Suzie perked up, the tears vanishing like water in front of a Sunny Day. I narrowed my eyes. She was either a natural… or just very good at shifting her emotions, Of which… I wasn’t sure if there was a better option. Both scary to consider.

Suzie bead at with a gawatt smile. “Yah! No jail for Munchlax!” she said before giving a hug and darting over to sit next to her incubator to watch tv.

Suzie, I just knew, was going to be a nightmare to deal with, all while seeming like an angel.

Terrifying, and that wasn’t even getting into how before Billy or Tilly left, she’d have the longest prep-ti of any of my siblings before going off on her journey.

I couldn’t wait to see what the future held for her.

Until then though, I would just have to wait.

I turned back to help get my family’s departure underway.

Returning to the Gym, and our ho had everyone relaxing. Like stepping back into a shirt that was comfortable after wearing nothing but collared shirts or even costus that had special instructions for wearing.

Returning ho was returning to comfort.

The kids leapt for the couch only for Flint and I to intercept them. “Oh no you don’t! Pack your things away first!” we both barked as one.

I wheeled my own luggage into my room where I left it for later. I had other tasks around the Gym that needed to be checked over.

Not that I thought anything hadn’t been done while I’d been away, but it helped to get the lay of the land.

I first marched out to the reserve and found my pokemon poking their heads into the various tunnels and calling out to the other pokemon that made up my Gym roster.

Sanchez had already claid a tall boulder to sit atop as he recalled a small crowd of pokemon about the fights he’d gotten into.

I caught Shin’s eye and waved at him. He’d be one of the projects I’d have to work on during the week that I had coming up. Respecting him would be a bit of a challenge but I knew it was needed.

Otherwise? Hmmm what could I do for a week with no trainers showing up?

Ah, preparations needed to be handled for the training camp that would be happening towards the end of the circuit.

I’d have a lot of big nas from the local area along with my own sponsored trainers returning ho. I fired off so ssages for the admin staff so they’d know the thrust of my thoughts but I’d need to hold a eting tomorrow to check in with the staff before we ‘resud’ business.

I’d have to tell them Sabrina’s prediction for the week.

There shouldn’t be any blips apart from anyone that was tapping into Dark energy so we had good odds to get so jobs we’d had on the backburner play out.

Speaking of backburner projects, Teddiursa had wandered by with what looked like a honeycomb treat. “Hey Teddiursa, are you ready to fight so more? I think It’s ti to aim to get you ready for evolution,” I said.

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Teddiursa grinned at this news and I matched him. We’d be able to blow people’s minds with him as an Ursaluna, as a ground-normal he’d add sothing different to my team as well, while also having a lot of power.

I’d need to start training him in powerful physical attacks from now on to make the most of his stats as an Ursaluna. Sadly he’d be a bit slow but he’d have so good defence and special resistance to make up for that. There were also ways I could otherwise compensate. And the fact he would be able to put himself on fire while dishing out lee attacks… He’d be a force to be reckoned with.

Urgh, I hadn’t even started my week of downti and I’d already created a few tasks I wanted to get done, or make serious progress on.

Weird how sotis your downti could be your busiest period as it was when you felt like you got the most work done.

Was that life, wisdom, or sothing else? I wasn’t sure, maybe I’d bring it up to Oak over a cup of tea, he had great insights into life in general having lived it longer than I had.

Huh, he’d actually lived it longer than both of my collective lives combined.

Hmmm, I was really chasing this Furret down its hole wasn’t I? I better find sothing to do before I sit around and get lost in my mind. With how my mind sotis works I’d waste too much of my week off if I indulge.

I wandered around for a while, bumping into the security guards who gave the all clear that things had been hunky-dory while I was away. Cypher had slipped out of the duckpond to nod along at their words earning a chuckle from .

The Porygon might be another line of work I could pursue, perhaps evolving them would be a good idea to give them better capabilities. I’d need an Upgrade Disc and then a Dubious Disc, but with Porygon being rather new, I doubted either of those existed right now, so that was going to be a bust.

Unless… No, bad Brock!

I moved on quickly, gathering up my administration and lead trainers as I went. I soon had them all in the eting room, where I shared a grin with them.

“So,” I said slowly.

Dennis didn’t wait for to say what I was trying to announce as he leaned over and thumped his aty fist into a button that caused confetti to cascade out of the roof along with a cheery tone to ring out through the room. The rest of the Gym’s employees, including Old Bethany the receptionist, surged into the room and began clapping.

Behind , a banner unfurled.

“Congratulations!” they all shouted as one.

I felt words catch in my throat. I… hadn’t expected this.

I glanced around and took a mont to look into everyone’s eyes to convey so form of thanks to them as they cheered and clapped.

Rachel of course had a cara and I blinked as Trixie, the resident trainer for us, wheeled in a three tier cake that celebrated my victory. All across the cakes tiny action figures that we sold to the public were positioned in dramatic poses.

I caught sight of Gawain fighting against a Charizard while Bertha laid out a Crawdaunt.

I frowned. “You made an action figure for ?” I said. I had never given it the go-ahead as it always felt a bit… big-headed to sell my own toy.

“It’s a collectible! There’s only ten made!” said Rachel as she made its tiny arms flail about or go into so very uncomfortable positions.

I glanced to the side, where another ‘brock toy’ was still in its packaging. I grabbed this one wondering if Sabrina would enjoy having a ‘Brock toy’. It wasn’t really a doll, but it was close?

Eh, she’d get a laugh out of it, I had no doubt.

Although now I was curious if there was a Sabrina action figure… Hmmm.

“—jolly good fellow and so say all of us!” shouted Dennis, Rocko, Alexa, Jackson, Stephen, Missy, and Bianca together. They then raised what looked like glasses of lemonade up to toast .

I chuckled and took my own glass to raise it back. I had to give a speech of course and I made sure to be effusive in my praise for all the support staff along with the trainers of the Gym.

“—I couldn’t have been anywhere near as ambitious this year without all of your work both at the front of the Gym and behind the scenes! So, while I was up on stage accepting this award, please understand that you all had a serious part to play in helping achieve this goal!” I said.

I finished by raising my glass and the group cheered.

I chuckled when everyone kept staring at after taking another drink. “I was going to just return to normal business with this being my first chance to get back to the Gym but that feels wrong in the face of all of you coming in like this!”

I perked up, realising I did have so good news. “I have been told that next week is going to be extrely light on actual challengers until we have soone notable turn up next week and from there it will be the run to the end of the circuit for the young trainers. We’ve got a lot from then on but let’s enjoy next week as our break from having a break!” I said, raising up another glass.

This earned a slightly different sort of cheer but it was every bit as heartfelt as the celebration of victory, but then again who wouldn’t cheer when your boss told you next week was going to be easy?

I turned to Alexa. “So, out of interest, are there any big-na trainers that will be challenging ?” I asked.

Alexa didn’t even consult her planner. Instead, she instantly replied. “Brawly is returning to the Gym,” she announced.

And just like that, there was intent in the air.

Brawly, a known fighting type and water-loving pokemon trainer was going to be coming back to fight . The last two tis he’d fought had been fun, high spectacle matches.

There was only one reason for a trainer like Brawly to be returning to the Gym to challenge .

He wanted the Elite Challenge and the Bejeweled Badge.

I felt my heart thrum in eagerness as a smirk slid onto my face.

“Brawly eh? Now that… that will be sothing I’ll have to bring my A ga for,” I said. I pondered it for a second before wondering if Brawly would… who was I kidding there was no way he was going to settle for anything but the strongest challenge.

I’d need to tell Titan to work hard this next week as soone was going to be gunning for him and they had damn good odds.

Titan versus six fighting type pokemon? Usually I’d still back Titan, but knowing that it was Brawly coming after with those pokemon?

We were going to have to bring it if we wanted to win.

I couldn’t help the thrill of anticipation that lingered though.

Heh, I still had to face off against Agatha and make arrangents for that next weekend. Then straight after that I’d be facing Brawly.

After that I had no doubt that Roxanne and Flannery were going to be far behind.

Yes, I could see it now. Brawly was going to be the one to spark the final surge of trainers seeking to topple and my best pokemon.

Ah so much to look forward to! I couldn’t wait!

A ssage pinging on my Xtransciever had reading it only to pause and reread it.

“A.J. now owns a circus and he is inviting us to co and attend the first showing?” I announced sceptically.

Rachel whirled on . “He does? And he is? Oh this is going to be amazing!” She whirled to the side. “Trixie! Run down the parents and kids that are leaving! They’ll love this! Invite them!” Rachel barked at her much taller girlfriend.

Trixie took off sprinting, causing a whirlwind in her wake, and I had to shake off a stray budget report.

Then I very slowly blinked as I considered what Rachel had just done.

I put both my hands together in front of my face, breathed in, and pursed my lips. “Rachel… did you just order your amazonian, musclebound girlfriend upon my family’s friends and parents?” I asked.

Rachel nodded proudly. “You realise she’s going to run at them while screaming the news but the news, coming from a giant woman, is probably going to give so of the parent’s heart attacks?”

Rachel blinked before coughing. She adopted a contrite position and bonked herself on the head lightly. “Hehe, whoopsie?” she said.

I sighed before raising my hand and chopping my hand down on her head. “For a girl that is so tech savvy you default to ssenger amazon very quickly, don’t you?”

“Sorry?” she said, her head still bowed.

I shook my head and waved a hand about. “Spread the word with everyone that we’ll be attending, this will make for an… after-party of sorts,” I said.

“Okay!” Rachel said as she started to walk off. “Where will you be?” she called.

“I’m going to go collect so of my pokemon!” I said. No way they would want to miss this sort of show.

Now the toughest part was going to be restricting things to just ten of them.

A.J.’s Bigtop circus was full to the brim with people and pokemon.

The humans took up perhaps half the stands while the other two stands and entryways were filled by my and a few of Sabrina’s pokemon.

Bertha had taken a seat front and centre with a gigantic bucket of popcorn that she and Titan were enjoying.

I was sitting directly opposite them and it felt odd to be sowhat mirroring them as I held a bucket of popcorn that Sabrina reached into occasionally.

On the pokemon side, Sanchez, Hypnotoad, Shrek, Jormungandr, Link, Gawain, Empress and Teddiursa had seats. Selene had bowed out when Teddiursa expressed an interest, allowing for him to take her spot while Don had sniffed and tossed his head.

Tide had also demurred as he’d apparently wanted to sleep after celebrating his victory with the other Lapras. The sa was true of Shin.

I decided I didn’t want to ask so I let them sleep after their… exertions.

Sadly, Knight and Zephyr along with Zubat had to miss out with my little Zubat being nearly inconsolable.

I’d had to promise to spend ti working with her this week, which was already sothing I was going to do but I decided to double down on that promise in my own mind.

She might end up being a bit more of a handful if she ended up evolving but I knew it would be good for her in the end and add another flyer to my roster to threaten grass types with.

Gible hadn’t had a clue what was going on and had just shrugged and wandered off to play with so Aron.

After having all of my pokemon present at the hotel reserve being restricted to a re ten pokemon at a ti felt quite restrictive.

Sabrina tapped my arm. “Brock, they’re starting,” Sabrina inford .

A mont later the lights went out only for a single light to thunk on and cast a light directly onto A.J. who was now wearing a red and black suit with a top hat.

At his side, Sandslash was standing with a cane in his long claws that matched A.J.’s outfit.

“Shit, he’s hot!” I heard Crystal mutter behind and I bit my lips to stop myself from chuckling.

A.J. looked up and around. He spread his arms and took a deep breath in as he spun in a slow circle that allowed him to take in the packed tent with people and pokemon watching him.

“W-welco,” he said almost quietly.

I noted the slight hitch in his voice before he swallowed and puffed out his chest.

“WELCO! TO A.J.’S CIRCUS!”

I put my fingers in my lips and whistled as others cheered and clapped. More than a few older people rose and waved. I noted they were cheering the loudest and they seed to be shouting support for A.J.

Hmmm, interesting, I’d have to talk to them during the intermission.

A.J. slamd his cane into the dirt and instead of it being a dull thump the can made a boom that silenced the crowd. “Welco! And prepare to be amazed and entertained! From all across Indigo we have crafted a wonderful show! I am your host and Ringmaster! Our first act hails from the far-off town of Azalea! Please make them feel welco! Bugsy!”

A.J. stepped to the side and the light expanded to fill the entire stage revealing Bugsy in a perforr's outfit.

He raised his hands up high and then brought them down.

From the roof, a trio of Butterfree descended in a slow arc, while from the sides of the field, a Heracross, Pinsir, and a Scizor all raced out.

“Hup!” shouted Bugsy as he drew out large glittery rings that he tossed up into the air only for his Butterfree to dart through each. As they fell, Bugsy caught them and tossed them back up, creating a visual flow of juggling and weaving with his pokemon that I had to admit was very impressive.

I clapped along with everyone else as Bugsy completed his first spectacle where he took a bow. He then turned his attention to the other three pokemon where he clapped his hands and with Pinsir at the bottom, the other two jumped atop forming a tower with Scizor on the top.

“Hup!” Bugsy shouted thai ti throwing up a tal pole which a pair of butterfree caught with the final butterfree holding up a ball.

I eyed the distances and realised a mont before Bugsy gave the order what was going to happen.

Everyone leaned forward as Bugsy gave the signal. “Hup!” he shouted and Scizor leapt from atop its perch to land atop the held tal pole before then leaping again to grab the ball from the final Butterfree.

It buzzed harshly as it landed, but it did so with the ball still intact.

It then raised its claws up and snapped them shut on the ball causing yet another boom that shocked everyone as confetti shot into the air.

The Butterfree holding the pole dropped it with Bugsy catching it.

The trio of Butterfree then swirled around the airborne confetti causing it to twirl into a controlled display that was very visually appealing.

Eventually, Bugsy clapped his hands and the Butterfree allowed the confetti to fall to the ground in a shower that led everyone’s gaze down to Bugsy who grinned and with Scizor, Pinsir, and Heracross, all bowed to signal their act was done.

I rose and clapped loudly. That had been impressive work and I found myself wondering just how far Busy might have gone if he’d competed in the Pewter Contest.

It was actually a sha he hadn’t attended!

Instead of A.J. returning to the field, instead up ca what looked like a pair of brightly coloured janitors making their way out to clean up the confetti.

I blinked when I caught sight of a pair of Pikachu in matching clown outfits running around after them and through their legs causing both of the ‘janitors’ to stumble and wobble about only to trip over each other in a loud crash.

The kids in the audience all giggled and I watched as Ash and Ritchie got in each other’s way, tripped, poked and then resorted into an outright slapfight.

While they were settling their differences both Pikachu worked out how to drag the broom about and actually complete the job they supposedly ca out here for.

As soon as that was done A.J. erged and he snapped his fingers.

Sandslash rolled out and grabbed a stray chair before wielding it like a lion tar from my past life. With a tiny toy whip in hand Sandslash cracked and fought the pair of clowns off stages much to the amusent of the crowd.

A.J. shook his head. “My apologies! The clowns if you let them would turn this into a re cody!” A.J. swept his hands out. “This is not that! This is a circus! Our next perforr hails from Pewter! Prepare yourself for so cycling stunts and extre acts! Give your love to Forrest!” he shouted.

All of my family and friends along with the trainers that had co with us rose to cheer as Forrest cycled his way out onto a stage. The stage itself, during the slapstick show, had quietly gained several props such as ramps, bumps and a large tal cage.

Forrest didn’t wait to acknowledge us but instead charged into the first trick which had him bunny-hopping his way across a series of large gaps with frankly tiny landing points that were slightly raised above the ground.

Movent to the side made flick my eyes as I caught sight of an orange-haired girl peeking out to watch Forrest on his bike.

Then he sped off only to roar his way up a ramp where he did an honest-to-goodness flip through the air before landing it.

I cheered. Damn! I knew he liked to ride his bike but I had no idea he was this good!

Forrest revealed a level of skill I’d never seen from him before as he perford feat after feat with his bike only to finish by circling around and around within the tal cage purely from his own leg power.

He exited with a jump that saw him soaring through the air only to skid to a halt in the middle of the stage.

He pumped his fists into the air only to blink when he found himself facing the pokemon only stands.

They didn’t mind that, and in fact cheered him louder than the humans perhaps could have with Bertha leading the crowd while Titan roared his approval. Forrest turned and took off his helt to give everyone a gawatt smile.

I nodded and cupped my hands over my mouth. ”Bravo! Bravo!” I shouted.

Forrest grinned. “I’ll see you all after the show!” he said before racing off.

I sat back down as Ash and Ritchie once more stumbled out to add so humour to the show with both of them trying, and failing to work out how to move the props Forrest had just used off the stage, while both Pikachu once more did the actual job thanks to so handy chanical aides and what looked like a small forklift.

Huh, I wonder which Pikachu knew how to drive a forklift.

Were… they certified?

I settled in for the rest of the show with Misty taking centre stage for an aquatic performance. I caught sight of Forrest inching forward from the side to watch her aquatic displays with a wide open mouth.

Then A.J. stepped back out only this ti not in his suit but rather in an acrobat’s skin-tight outfit that showed off his extrely toned physique.

“Oh shit, he’s really— ow! Mum!” whined Crystal from sowhere behind causing to chuckle.

As A.J. stepped up and wowed us with a show of strength, endurance and skill by soaring the trapeze.

I felt my heart lurch into my throat more than a few tis when he made a death-defying leap, all without a safety net underneath.

It took a mont to spot the safety team waiting in the wings, his Butterfree and Beedrill watching him flip and tumble through the air intently.

When it was all over he landed and took a bow, which signalled everyone in the crowd to rise and roar their approval for him.

He rose with slightly wet eyes which he tried to subtly rub.

I chuckled and squeezed Sabrina’s hand. It wasn’t a date we’d planned, but damn if this wasn’t a nice addition.

I humd as A.J. thanked us.

I’d have to have a word with him. With the circus being this good I would have to see if he even wanted to remain a trainer at Pewter, but first, it was ti to catch up with my little brother.