Title: On the Outside
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Rocketshipping (Jessie x James)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #83, Restless
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Satoshi Tajiri, Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Warnings: Het

We used to be a team, all three of us, me n’ Jessie and James. We chased that darn Pikachu together, set our traps and more often than not fell into them, pigged out all the all-you-can-eat Korean barbeque that gave credit – boy, those were good times.

To extend our reach to the stars above’, eh…

I don’t know when it happened. One day Jessie was in one hell cat of a temper, spitting and hissing, and Jimmy-boy was trying to placate her, and the next thing I know they’re locking lips and what?

Things changed after that. Oh sure, we were still on the road day in and day out, living off saltines and baked beans most of the time, getting shocked by the rat on a regular basis and buying more mecha from the Boss, but it just wasn’t the same any more. There was a distance, I guess.

Jessie calmed a bit, and James – well, he sure grew a spine real quick when it got to certain things. There were lots of loud nights where I had to find a bush away from the camp, let me tell you. I wasn’t angry, just kind of annoyed. We’re all friends, yeah, but now I was getting cut out.

Then it happened. They got hitched, and left me out completely, which is why I’m heading back home. Maybe Meowsie’s still available – if not, I guess I can find someone else.

But I can’t stay there with the lovebirds and their bouncing baby brat any more. I just can’t.

I’m sorry.

End Fic

Completed 1/21/08

Meowth’s POV! ^^ his accent is bloody hard to type in, so I didn’t.