Mia listened as Ryan said that Professor Oak needed them at the lab. She was a bit curious when he had brought up the Academy. She swung her leg over and stood as she watched him grab his bike from behind the wall where he had been sitting. When he asked if she wanted to ride to the park with him, her face heated up a bit. Mia realized that she was blushing and forced the redness to go down in her cheeks. She gave a soft nod as she sat on her bike and began to peddle off towards the park.<br/><br/>"You don't think Professor Oak wants us to be in the Academy do you...? I've heard different things about that place and I'm not sure if it would be good for us." She said with a tone of worry in her voice. Another friend of hers had gone into the Academy with her best friend since birth, and they came out as enemies. They absolutely hated each other, and got at each others throats every time they saw each other. She didn't want that to happen to her and Ryan. She really liked him, and not just as a friend, but she had feelings for him. Feelings that she would never admit to anyone, she was still having trouble admitting to those feelings to herself. He was her best friend, she didn't know if it would be weird for them to start dating or not, so she just generally tried to avoid those feelings. It was difficult when a friend like hers was so charming though.<br/><br/>Ever since Ryan left to go to Hoenn, Mia had been lonely. Of course she had other friends, and she had Fenny, but nothing was the same. They had grown up being next door neighbors for years! So when he left, of course her heart left with him.<br/><br/>Fenny pawed at Blaze for a moment, she wanted to play but he clearly just wanted to sleep. She decided that a way to wake him up was to try to sit on him. The fox stood and walked on Blaze, sitting on his side. She looked down at him and stuck her nose to his and gave him a soft nudge, hoping that this would wake him up.