Neoshipping: Before Team Rocket

By: PiperSpoon13

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or the characters I just enjoy enhancing the back stories to my own twisted fantasy

Summary: Butch and Cassidy and how they ended up wrapped up in the crime of team rocket.

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It was the sun that woke me up. I sat up looking around to tree house for Butch; He was no where to be seen. I then peaked outside. He was standing next to the tree. Smoking? I hopped down as it wasn't too far up.

"Your awake." he said happily. "How are you feeling?"

To be honest I was a little hungry but I wasn't going to tell him that. I hadn't eaten since sometime yesterday, a guenla bar at a convinent store. "A little better now that I've slept. Since when do you smoke?"

"Just last night; They're great for the nerves you wanna try" he said offering the one he had already started.

I took the the cigerate casualy and inhaled but it quickly turned in to a cough and he took it back and ackwardly said, "Uh...I'm sorry they do wonders for mine. I was really worried about you last night."

I felt my cheeks turn red. "You were?" I asked reciveing a responding nodd.

"I'm just wondering, When did you run off? How did you get all the way to my house?" I couldn't blam him I would have lots of questions too.

" I ran off about a four days ago; I took my mom's credit card and some cash. I then walked to the nearest city following cars and such, taking rests and naps under bridges and in clearings behind bushes and ate junk at convience stores so not to loose time; I wanted to get as far from that place as fast as I could. Then I took a cab to your negiborhood and hunted down you place. I still have just under a hundred dollers and as far as I know they haven't canceled the credit card yet. Do you know any places to eat around here?" I asked as I could no longer inore my growling stompch. I wonndered if he had any reson for runing off; he once told me his dad beat him for stupid reasons, but he never talked about running away."Are you sure you want to come with me?" I asked, afraid he'd second guess himself.

"Why wouldn't I? I'll tell you what I know a diner uptown that isn't pricey and is run by a bunch of people who don't care where the money came from but as long as you pay. So your mom's card will go though fine." I had lost him at 'why wouldn't I' but I nodded any way trying to hide my red cheeks.

Once seated at the dinner I begain to look at the menu. I reconized most of the foods but not the captions underneith them. I knew this place was much differnt than the food back home or at the school. "Butch?" I said nerviously. "I...uh.. don't know what to order it's just I really..uh." I couldn't even speak hardly.

"You want me to order for you because you've been fed nothing but caviar and other richy foods your whole life." his voice wasn't angry or mocking, but seemed to understand that this was a whole new world to me. When the waitress came back he spoke. "I'll have your Country Fried Steak and she will have uh...Chickin strips with a baked potato." she gave us a strange smile like it was first date and our parents droped us off but she took our order anyway. "You have a birthday coming up don't you" I was surprised he even remembered I'd only told him it was in July. Truth was, my birthday was a day before I showed up at his trailer. "How old are you gonna be?"

"I turned eleven... the day before yesterday." I said quietly

"Oh...well happy belated birthday, I'll be twelve come October."

The rest of the dinner was unually quiet. The chicken strips he had ordered me were stange tasting and far to much for me to eat in one sitting but so was everything else I'd been eating since I left. He ate all his plate and bits of mine. We put the rest in a 'doggie bag' and he put the sterofoam carton in his bag for later. "Where to now?" he asked standing outside the diner

"I don't know I really didn't make out a plan after I got you. Anywhere you want to go, I guess."

"As far away as we can get." was Butch's responce and I had no probablm travling mindlessly with him.

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"As far away as we can get" I said. I didn't know why I left home; when she showed up at my window, I just left. I had no reason to stay. The only thing I had to worry about now was finding us another place to stay tonight. I chose a buzy road and followed it. The quite was driving me mad but what was I going to say to break it? I couldn't bring up the her mom's boyfriend even though I was curious how far he got. Just thinking about him made me angry. What was going to happen when the stolen credit card was canceled or when the cash ran out. Maybe I can find a old aboandoned house and get a job. Ethier way neighter of us was going to turn around; if I went back I'd be beaten to death I'm sure, and poor Cassie will have to deal with being the boyfriend's plaything. After about an hour of walking, we had to stop at a gas staion for some water. "I'm sorry we don't take creidt cards." the rough looking man said to her. She then pulled out a wad of bills; I had never seen so much cash in my life much less in the hands of someone as young as we were. The man must have noticed too because he said "Gee thats a lot of money for a little girl to be carring around."

I was about to answer for her but she thought faster, "I just had a birthday and my rich uncle loves to spoil me." it was a good enough answer for him. We continued on till dusk,when we were both too tired to go on. We had made it out of town and it was mainly widerness. After finding a soft clearing, we set up camp.

Cassidy had been really quiet the whole way; I think it was because we didn't have any small talk left and she didn't want to re-live what happened back home, but she finnally broke the silence. "Thank you." I was confused at why she was thanking me; my face must of said the same thing. "For taking care of me like this; For listining to all my 'poor little rich girl' sob stories and I don't know what else but I'm sure there's more."

I didn't know what to say; I had just as much to thank her for, but I just leaned of over and kissed her lightly on the forehead. "We shood get some sleep, tomorrows gonna be another long day.

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