Chapter 97

Thankfully for Hilda, making the call she was instructed to, wouldn't take long. There was a Pokemon Centre right across the street from the airport.

So a quick stop there was fine before heading home to decide how they would deal with this Plasma nonsense.

"Huh, you actually must like this guy," Rosa commented as they entered the pokemon centre, arms crossed idly behind her head as she followed Hilda, "Especially if you're so quick to do what he says like this."

"Shut up, I'm still not talking to you." Hilda sniffed, making a beeline straight for the phone booths.

Besides, she was actually a bit worried now. If he was asking him to call her, and it specifically being a phone not his own from a pokemon centre, who knew what he had gotten up to.

'Please tell me he really didn't go pick a fight with a legendary pokemon and got seriously injured.' she pleaded mentally.

She'd take him bombing Surge's gym over that.

And what did that say about him when that thought was the lesser worry? And not at all something beyond him.

"…It was just a joke." Rosa pouted, looking away from her.

Hilda ignored her, sitting down at one of the phones and ringing up the number Jord had texted to her.

It rang a few times, then a few more, and a pit actually grew in Hilda's stomach at how long it was taking-

But blessedly the screen blipped on just as she was beginning to feel a teeny tiny bit of panic, a familiar younger teen appearing on the screen.

A familiar, shirtless teen that was running a towel over his wet hair, "Oh hey, that was quick Hilda, wasn't expecting you to call for a few hours yet." Jord idly greeted her.

Before she could greet him back and quickly ask what he wanted her for, there was a gasp behind her, "That's him!?" Rosa leaned over her shoulder to peer at the screen and the boy on it, "Hilda, you're a total cradle robber!"

"It…It's not like it's illegal!" she sputtered on instinct. His age was both one of the most impressive things about his accomplishments…and at the same time, one of the most problematic.

"And you're totally not denying it!" Rose's eyebrows rose in surprise, before looking the teen on the screen over, specifically his torso, "Nice abs though, I can see the appeal, and those arms to, you look like you were born with a set of weights in hand, Jord was it?"

"That's the name, don't wear it out," he shrugged and replied, "And you're Rosa yeah?"

"Hehe, yup that's me! Heard of me have ya?" Rosa puffed her chest out proudly and pointed a thumb at herself her face.

"Hilda mentioned you once or twice," Jord shrugged, "She said I'd probably hit it off with you quite well if we met."

"Huh, really? Wonder why," Rose tapped her chin before shrugging, "So anyway, what's the stitch with you guy? You a trainer? You look to young though unless you're just a midget. Actually, how old are you even?"

"You're a real motormouth huh?" Jord smirked, "Yeah, I'm a trainer, an amazing one at that, soon to be best there ever was actually, been one two months and I've got two badges. And I'm thirteen."

Hilda sighed as he revealed his age, just waiting for the explosion of shock from her cousin.

To her surprise though, it never came.

She looked to find Rosa goggling at the boy, before ever so slowly her head turned to look Hilda in the eye, "I figured he was at least fifteen or around there, got that baby face and all, but those muscles are killer," she idly spoke before a wide wide wide ever so freaking annoyingly wide smirk spread across her face, "But you really are a cradle robber huh? It's not even legal to bang someone that age unless they're actually some hot shot prodigy that got their trainer license early."

Hilda felt her cheeks heat up and burn crimson, "…It's not like that." she feebly defended herself.

"Yeah what she said," Jord cut in, "The age thing isn't really a factor with how badass and awesome I am, tons of chicks want a piece of the beast that is me, unlike them I wore Hilda down with my loveable personality, she isn't a gold digger after all." he casually boasted.

"Loveable?" she gaped at him, her thankfulness at his defence being overruled by incredulous disbelief.

In reply, Rosa just shrugged, "Well you do you cuz, I won't judge…much," she gave a half smirk, "So, why did you want Hilda to call you anyway?"

Hilda perked up, sobering as she remembered that he had wanted her to call her actually.

"She's pretty tight lipped about why she needed to go back to Unova so suddenly, seems fishy to me, but I won't pry," Jord shrugged, "Still, something seems off about it to me, so I went and got her a present, a little bit of insurance and a gift for her to remember me by, well, beyond rocking her world and giving her the night of her life."

Rosa frowned briefly at Hilda and she looked away, before turning her attention back to Jord, "Oh-ho, rocking her world huh?" she mused, "So you two did screw!" she crowed victoriously.

"All night long, woulda kept going but she couldn't keep up, hot as Hilda is, she's gotta work on that stamina, she didn't even last ten hours" Jord confirmed without an ounce of shame and shook his head, "Anyway, I'll send it over now so gimme a sec." he added and stepped out of the view of the screen.

As he did, Rosa's head turned to Hilda and she smiled widely, "So, is he just boasting or was he actually being truthful?" her cousin asked eyes dancing with a mischievous light.

Hilda sighed, she was doing that a lot today she noticed, "He's not lying, he's a total stamina freak, but then he trains multiple times a day alongside his pokemon and those muscles aren't for show." she admitted, swallowing heavily as she remembered last night, or the night before, it was hard to tell what with the time differences and everything.

'I'd like to see her try and handle him!' Hilda growled mentally, annoyance beginning to flair with being on the spot so much right now. Hmm, actually-

She caught Rosa's eyes and pointedly looked down to her hands as she brought them up clasped together, making her cousin look at them.

And then she spread her hands apart, inch by inch until she had a pretty rough estimation on his size.

Rosa's eyes widened and she coughed, "S-seriously!?" she sputtered, losing her composure in her shock.

In response, Hilda smirked and nodded, saying nothing else.