Margo heard Indy's gloating, but she didn't bother making a response to it, too busy nursing her own wounded ego as she stood from her spot on the ground. She heard something else in his voice now, possibly an apologetic tone, but she couldn't be sure if he was just trying to make himself feel better for what he did instead of being genuinely sorry. She turned to look at him, sniffling loudly and gave a half-hearted smile. [color=mediumseagreen]"Congrats."[/color] Margo fled the scene after that, rushing back to the pokemon center that she had met Indy and Dan in to heal her pokemon as fast as she could. This time, after getting her pokemon back from the nurse, Margo left Poinsettia in her ball.

Again, she was left to brood in the pokemon center cafe, staring down at her long overdue library book from Nacrene. Margo stayed motionless in the cafe and munched on a granola bar, her eyes glancing towards the door every time it opened to make sure Indy hadn't followed her. It had been at least an hour and a half since they had their battle and it appeared as if he was avoiding her as much as she was avoiding him. She knew she would have to face him eventually and admit her mistakes to herself--it wasn't Indy's fault that he had trained his pokemon and they were stronger than her's, nor was it Indy's fault that she had let her emotions take over and she had to prove a point that Poinsettia wasn't just a.. gross bug.

Margo sighed and stood, replacing her book in her bag and trudging back towards the gym. It was a long walk earlier, and an even longer one now that she was walking at half speed. Eventually she got there and she had had time to contemplate; all sorts of things ran through her head and she had made peace with herself, hoping her pokemon would as well. Despite herself, she began to look around for Indy, pushing hair behind her ear self-consciously.