Rose watched the battle from above the arena, her hands clutched together and her brows furrowed in concentration. [i]Come one Matthew you can do this![/i] She kept herself from cheering him on too loudly because she was afraid yelling would do more harm than good. It could distract him and takes his attention away from the battle. Rose really hoped he would win this, he looked really down before when they'd talked on the bench outside of the pokemon center. Rose wasn't sure what caused it, or why he felt that way but hopefully beating this apprentice trainer would cheer him up a bit. In all honest she was glad Matthew decided to go first in all his excitement. It was really quite funny to see someone get so stoked about a pokemon battle then again he probably liked the thrill of battle. Batteling with her limited experience and unevolved pokemon still made her nervous. It would take some time for her to get comfortable with the idea of allowing her pokemon to fight other pokemon. This battle would be the first step. She wasn't going to be as protective of Budew anymore and let her stand her ground by herself. If she wouldn't let go Budew was never going to get stronger and eventually evolve. She was already so close! The shattering of large boulder down in the arena brought her thoughts back to what was presently way more important. She gasped and quickly covered her mouth to muffle the sound. The Rhyorn of Matthew's opponent had just shattered one of the large rocks on the battle grounds and Rose let out a sigh of relief when she saw Hope wasn't behind it. She'd seen Matthew's opening move and he told his pokemon to build up power using meditate and take cover behind a rock. Her eyes darted around the arena to try and locate Hope to see what she would do. She spotted a flash of pink between the rocks and Rhyorn was getting ready to make another charge at Hope. Rose called out to Matthew and Hope trying to warn them of the incoming attack. "Be careful! He's going to try again" She said, waving and pointing at the Rhyorn. Hopefully Matthew would be able to get Hope to launch an attack of her own.