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**PhantomPhan** · April 15th, 2013, 10:28 PM

Ash giggled and squirmed as his hair was rubbed.

Ariana blushed. "Thank you, Samantha."

**CottonFluff** · April 15th, 2013, 10:31 PM

The little girl smiled. "You're very welcome!" she said happily.

The girl finished her meal and helped clean up, then spent some time playing with Ash around the house.

Time passed and it started getting late, and soon Samantha knew it would be time for them to go. She sighed, knowing it wasn't something she could postpone for much longer.

**PhantomPhan** · April 15th, 2013, 10:33 PM

"Samantha!" Natalie called, standing by the front door. "Time to go, come on!" She was going to check the two of them into a hotel.

Although she insisted it was fine, Ariana's parents had given her the money to stay in the most luxurious suite the hotel had for however long they wanted. They insisted that Natalie would not have to pay them back.

They were such lovely people. So quick to help her. Maybe that's what you were like when raised in a smaller community than a city.

**CottonFluff** · April 15th, 2013, 10:41 PM

Samantha sighed and wished her new friends goodbye for the evening. She went out with her mommy and walked to the local hotel for the evening and got all checked into their room. She put her backpack and pokemon in it's ball off in the little section between the bathroom and the main bedroom - whatever was going to happen, she didn't want her new companion to be witness to it in the off chance he could see and hear through the ball itself (and Cotton was fluffy enough that he would probably dampen any noise that reached it).

There was only one bed for the two of them (they were family and she was small, so it wasn't a big deal to share) and a small desk with a chair and a very simple TV set up. Samantha sat quietly in the chair and waited for her mommy to finish getting settled in, breathing a little heavily and thinking about what she was going to say.

**PhantomPhan** · April 15th, 2013, 10:44 PM

Natalie finished packing and sat down on the bed, giving a stern look to her child.

"So, young lady," she began, her tone just as hard as her face, "I want to know everything. Right now. Don't you dare lie to me either."

**CottonFluff** · April 15th, 2013, 10:52 PM

Samantha gulped. Oh she was in sooo much trouble... Momma was gonna strip her back porch and paint it red for sure.

"Ok... um, well, yesterday wasn't the first time I'd tried to run away... it was a couple of months ago, a ways before my birthday... I tried sneaking onto the Magnet Train and going to Goldenrod City... I wanted to leave Saffron really badly and not be a bother to you anymore..."

Her eyes were starting to water, but thanks to the support of Ariana from earlier, she was doing a decent job getting through her interrogation in a straightforward manner.

"Well, I got caught, and the conductors let me off with a warning... I was so scared that you'd be upset with me that I didn't tell you... they weren't going to call you, so I just though nothing of it... but after I met Ariana yesterday, I remembered it, and then the train station also made me think about it... so I asked her how to tell you and now I'm telling you..."

She sniffled and wiped her eyes on her sleeve. "That's the whole truth, Mommy. I'm sorry I lied to you for so long..."

**PhantomPhan** · April 15th, 2013, 10:55 PM

Natalie listened to Samantha in silence, though she wished she could have said something.

"Come here, sweetie," she said after her daughter was finished, opening up her arms. Before she was punished, Samantha definitely needed some comfort. Natalie could see the fear in Samantha and that was not good.

She never wanted Samantha to be scared of her.

**CottonFluff** · April 15th, 2013, 10:59 PM

Samantha stood up and walked over to her mother and gave her a hug. The tears were starting to trail down her cheeks already. She knew what was coming and she was so upset that she hadn't made it through the day without this like she wanted... but she had to be honest and she had to accept it.

"I'm sorry I lied Mommy... I hope you aren't mad at me..." she sniffled, shivering from the dread of her upcoming punishment.

**PhantomPhan** · April 15th, 2013, 11:05 PM

Natalie tightened her arms around Samantha. "I could never be mad at my little baby girl. I just want to know why you think you're a bother to me. You will never be a bother to me." She bit her bottom lip as she thought of something.

Then Natalie put Samantha onto her lap. "Let me tell you something, something that will make you realise just how important you are to me. When I fell pregnant, I was only sixteen. Practically a kid myself. My parents, your grandparents, told me to get an abortion or they would disown me." Natalie smiled here. "But I loved you from the minute I knew you existed. I didn't care that I wouldn't be a successful businesswoman or whatever they wanted me to be; the only job that I wanted to do was to be your mother."

**CottonFluff** · April 15th, 2013, 11:12 PM

Samantha sniffed and listened intently... she knew that her grandparents never had anything to do with them, and she felt really guilty for that... the same reason she felt guilty that her Dad had left them (though she also was glad he was gone for a lot of reasons... she still had nightmares about the shouting matches him and her Mom had on occasion). Just a lot of people in the world were not happy because she was around, and despite being so young she felt a terrible weight on her little shoulders, and she was afraid her Mommy would be up and leave her next... so she might as well run away and leave first so she didn't have to feel the heartbreak.

The little girl tried her best to relay this story to her mother, but it came out rather disjointed and full of sniffles - but the main premise was easy enough to understand. Other people in the world hated her, so she was afraid Mommy would to if she was too much of a bother. It was pretty heavy stuff for a little kid to come to terms with, and it clearly weighed on her mind a lot to the point of doing some pretty stupid things to remedy it. But deep down she really loved her Mommy and didn't want to leave her ever. She curled up and snuggled against her Mommy while on her lap, and poured her soul out to her parent until it had nothing else to pour out.