After a moment of thought, Bruce huffed.<span style="font-style: italic">“I get it, I get it. Fine. Let’s be friends,”</span>He bowed his head in apology, for real this time in spite of his words still not being all that convincing, and then stretched a little to appear more relaxed. It was a start at least. There was hope for them all yet, as getting along was going to be very crucial to their journey. A tight bond was going to be needed if they wanted to get anywhere. Besides, Bruce did not like the fact that he was sitting out of the gym battle anyway. He’d rather not go through this again.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">“You’d better not be pulling our legs!”</span>Daisy teased lightly. The tease did not seem to be appreciated by Bruce, who growled. She wanted to peck him on the head again; he really needed to learn to be nice, and take a joke here and there. But she decided against it.<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">“I’m not.”</span><br/><br/>The others let out a small cheer, which alerted Danielle. “Are we all finished eating?” She asked her team with a big smile on her face. They all nodded slowly in response. They were more than ready to get out of here and go fight that gym battle! “Alright. Let me go pay for this, and then we will be on our way.” The young girl got up, and returned everyone to their PokéBalls. She looked to Lulu and, instead of picking her up like she did before, extended her hand to allow her to jump on her shoulder if she so pleased.<br/><br/>It was finally time to take on the gym! She was beyond excited; probably more excited than her Pokémon.