"I still can't believe the price," said Misty for the ninth time as the glass doors slid open, giving them access to the Cerulean City Gym. "Well, she said it'd be cheep," Miranda replied with a shrug, putting the awkward cardboard box she held on the reception desk and checking the time on her watch, "Well, we've got about an hour to get ready... Mind if I make a phone call?" "Sure," said Misty with a shrug and a hint of mirth as she headed on towards the main area while Miranda reached for the phone, "My sisters have to pay the bill, not me." Behind her she heard Miranda's short laugh before the vid-phone announced that it had obtained a connection and the woman turned the volume down. "I'll be up stairs!" called Misty over her shoulder, half noting that Miranda waved an affirmative as her sisters came down the stairs. As they often were, the three sisters were as done up as humanly possible, but this time, their attire was far more formal. Their dresses seemed more like ball gowns than simple formal wear, and Miranda was certain that the way they clung tightly at the waist as well as pushing up at the bosom was excruciatingly uncomfortable. "What's with the fancy get-up?" inquired Misty, her intuition suddenly sounding an alarm. "Oh, like I can't believe we so forgot to tell you, little sister!" laughed Violet, giving her best "Oh, I'm so forgetful" pose, "As Cerulean City's Gym Leaders, we received passes to the opening of that new restaurant! Isn't it, like, such a cool coincidence that we only got, like, three? But your friend there went and won you both passes? Pretty neat, eh?" Misty twitched a little, feeling her heart sink and suddenly using every once of her willpower not to simply grab the three spoiled, manipulative brats and toss them all head first into the pool. 'At least then they'd be late,' she thought sullenly. "Oh, then I guess we'll see you there then," she replied with the false cheer they always ignored anyway, "have fun." "Oh, but do you know what would be so, like, cool?" asked Lily in a tone that had all the subtlety of an air strike, "If we, like, all went together! Then we could all sit at one big table and talk about old times and stuff!" Misty felt her insides clench as a sudden anger threatened to cause her to burst. "No..." she said quietly through gritted teeth, somehow containing herself as she clenched her fists and almost crumpled the box containing her new dress before raising her voice to a yell, "You are NOT ruining MY perfect evening with Miranda! Not now not EVER!" "Oh, like chill out, Misty," commented Violet with a disapproving shake of her head that somehow didn't cause her overly styled dark hair to even so much as move. "Yeah, like we were only making a suggestion," added Daisy as Lily gave Miranda a friendly yet pretentious smile as she entered the hall, a look of concern cross the courier's face. "What's wrong?" Miranda inquired, giving the trio a glare before fixing on Misty who stood shaking as she continued to fume. "Well, like bye then," commented Violet dismissively as they walked away, some how making the farewell seem like an accusation as Miranda went over and put her arms around Misty. "Anything I can do?" she inquired as Misty breathed through her mouth, her teeth still clenched as her whole body shook. Her lover shook her head, waiting a few moments after the main doors slid closed again before relaxing and leaning against her beloved. "It's okay," whispered Miranda, holding her close as Misty let herself cry, "Whatever it is, I'm here for you. Do you want me to call home and see if there's another courier in the area who might like our passes-?" "No!" exclaimed Misty, dropping her package and clinging to Miranda almost desperately. "I'm NOT letting them ruin this!" she sobbed, her face pressed against Miranda's shoulder, "Even if SHE shows up and ruins everything, at least this will still be our special night! And I'm not letting my sisters interferer with that. Not now, not ever." Miranda nodded, quickly piecing it all together. "Okay," she said softly, gently running her fingers up and down Misty's back in what she hoped was a soothing manner, "We have lots of time to get ready, let's just go upstairs and sit-down for a while." Misty smiled the slightest bit in spite of herself as Miranda's fingers sought out the tense places and soothed them with a gentle relentlessness. "Alright," she said quietly with a nod, trying to keep her voice level, "Thank you. Oh, and one more thing, Miri." "Yes?" the courier inquired as Misty took her hand, their fingers intertwining. "I love you," said Misty, accentuating her words by bringing their joined hands to her lips and kissing Miranda's knuckles, leaving her beloved with a warm feeling that refused to fade even after they'd ventured out into the coming night nearly an hour later...
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