Ugh. This chapter was the absolute death of me. I mean, they went behind my back and... Never mind. You'll all find out in due time. I guess, I must tell the story anyway...

I got home and saw that my sister and mom were home as well.

"Oh I see you're back Tendo." My mom said. "We have a present for you."

Oh no, I thought. That was never a good sign.

"Tada!" Yeper exclaimed holding up a shirt. I was not all that pleased, especially since pokemon had no need for clothing. I mean, how were the clothing businesses not out of business yet?

I sat down and grabbed it with my right paw. I looked at the front. Oh dear. It said 'Handsome boy' on the front, and showed a picture of a leafeon in sunglasses. How did they even find this?

"It's great." I lied. "Thank you."

"I know right?" Yeper said. "I picked it out!"

Of course you did, I thought. Mom would never humiliate me like this.

Just then Constan walked in. "Hi guys!" He said. "I see you're all back."

"Yep!" Yeper told him. "Look what I got Tendo!" She gestured for me to turn and show Constan the shirt. I did so slowly and painfully, and Constan got a good look at it. He almost laughed I saw it.

"Nice shirt." He said, still holding in his laugh.

I rolled my eyes and went to my room to put this shirt away forever.

-After dinner-

"Hey Tendo," Constan said. "Can I talk to you over here?" We both walked over to where he said and Constan began to tell me something.

"The sylveon was there again this afternoon." He informed me. "She seemed to be looking around for something. Or someone." He got a mischievous look just like Yeper did.

"Ok, so?" I asked. "What about it?"

"Just thought I would let you know that Shen told her what days you work next week."

I gasped. "Dang it Shen!"

Constan snickered. "Yeah, and Jomp totally invited her to come back again when you work."

I wasn't too surprised by all this. They all thought I was in love just because she subdued me ONCE with her charming ability. I mean, sylveon have charming abilities. That was hers. Totally. 100%. So why did I feel it wasn't?

"So," Constan said. "Now that you know all that, what are you going to do?"

I thought about it. I was obviously going to keep working. I couldn't quit because of one possibility. So I decided to give him the honest answer, "I am going to keep working."

Constan didn't appear disappointed. I guess he knew what I was going to say, and what can I say? It was an obvious answer.

I would continue on despite it.