Hey folks! =3 Got a new story for you! Remember Petie's comercials? Jules's family's money troubles? What if I could solve them all in one fell swoop?

Well folks here's your answer! =D Here we find Jules spending a normal day in his new home till a certain absol girl comes calling... what happens next? As it you didn't already know. ^_^

Safe to say Petie's gonna take a while to mentally recover from this one.

Enjoy!

Camellia owned by Xehta13

Everybody else owned by me

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PCA - One for the Money, Two for the Show



It was a normal saturday morning at the liratten household, Petie was sleeping like a snorlax, Momma was downstairs making a large breakfast for herself and her two "Little Ones", and their current house-guest, Petie's new "little brother/sister" as well as best friend, and Momma's new little one was just starting to wake up.

Jules yawned as he sat up in the colorful child's bed he'd been sleeping in. The little riolu wearing a one piece pink footed jammies that had once been his big sisters favorite pajamas and play-clothes. After stretching a little and wiping the sleep from his eyes he smiled, looking around the spacious guest room that he'd been given. Furnishing it with some of the stuff Petie and his sibling's had outgrown Momma had made what most folks would assume to be a small child's room... but it was just perfect for Jules's size and he was grateful to her for it.

"Ready for another great day Velvet?" he asked with a giggle, grinning to his pet Chillarmy who'd just finished her morning grooming. The little normal type let out a happy "Chiiiii!" before Jules fixed her little pink bow and gave her a big hug. Both of them giggling. As usual for the weekends the first thing the two did was straighten up their room, Jules doing the big cleaning and Velvet helping as she could and putting her soft broom like tail to use, before Jules finally stopped to get himself ready.

Slipping out of his jammies he quickly fell back on the routine his sisters had taught him as a small child as he brushed out his fur and hair till it was shining and made sure he looked presentable in, as Petie described it, "The girliest way any guy could possible get ready." After that he selected his outfit for the day, since it was the weekend and he didn't want to get any of the clothes he wore to school messed up or dirty he reflexively picked out a dress. It was a simple green play-dress that was more suited for a four year old playing in the sandbox then a tiny, childlike, genderly ambiguous fourteen year old riolu... but it somehow looked cute on him all the same.

"There! Now lets see if we can go help Momma with breakfast!" He declared happily, setting Velvet on his head and skipping down the stairs. As they passed Petie's room Jules could hear Felina nudging him awake like normal as the teddiursa grumbled and sleepily asked for five more minutes. The riolu just giggled and continued down the stairs, arriving at the kitchen just as Momma was finishing setting up everything for breakfast.

"Well there's one of my little cuties!" she cooed, smiling and scooping Jules up. He giggled happily and grinned. He liked Petie's mom, she reminded him of his... and she'd accepted him into her home as if he really was her own child. He still needed to repay her for that... both her AND Petie. "And how are you this morning?" she asked, rubbing noses with him "Good Momma, anything I can do to help you get breakfast ready?" he responded, tail wagging. She just giggled and kissed his head. Setting him down in one of the two booster seats at the table "Not this time sweetie, but you can help me clean up later if you'd like."

"Okay!" he said smiling as Momma headed upstairs for a minute to see if she could help wake her baby bear up. Jules sat there, cuddling Velvet and waiting patiently. He couldn't help but think about just how much Petie and his mom had done for him. They'd taken him in, fed him, bought him the supplies he needed, treated him like a member of their family... they'd even given him Velvet as a way to keep him company!

Jules had never expected to meet people so... generous before. He was so grateful to them... He just HAD to find someway to repay them for all this. There had to be something he could do... but he didn't have any money and nobody would wanna hire somebody who looked like a five year old. He also needed to start finding some way to send some money home to help repay his family for sending him to the PCA. His sister had even taken jobs as well to help... he had to repay them too...

Jules sighed, making Velvet gently nuzzle his cheek to try and cheer him up. The riolu gave a soft giggle and cuddled her as he heard Momma and Petie coming back down the stairs. He'd just have to put this out of his mind for now, after all it was breakfast time!


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After breakfast was over and Jules had finished helping Momma clean up, though in truth she was more humoring him like one does with a toddler. The simple size difference between him and the house made it too hard for him to help much even if she appreciated the thought. Jules found himself at a loss of what to do. Momma was busy working on her newest story and Petie was up in his room working on some homework he'd forgotten about leaving the riolu to his own devices.

"Hmmmm... well... we already cleaned as much as we could... what should we do now Velvet?" Jules asked,, looking down to his pet "Chiiiiiii!!" she chirped, dashing off and coming back with some of the doll clothes she like to try on ever now and then, making Jules giggle. "Naaaaa... I don't feel like playing dress up right now... how bout we try some of Petie's video games?" he offered, stroking the chillarmy's head. Velvet cooed at the strokes and smiled, which was more then enough of a yes for Jules.

Settling down and picking a game at random Jules was soon engrossed in the action as Velvet cheered him on from her perch on his head. He didn't even notice as the door bell rang and Momma answered it. He DID notice though when he heard a loud exclamation of "OMG Who is she!!" making him jump a little and quickly look up. He found a pretty young absol womon grinning broadly at him... naturally he dashed out of the room full speed.

He didn't mind wearing a dress around a private place he was comfortable with... but being seen by somebody he didn't know in it was another story. He lingered against a wall for a moment, hidden out of sight, both to let Velvet get a better grip on his head and to try and figure out who the mysterious lady was. As he listened to Momma explain to her that the kid she'd seen was a boy and one of Petie's teammates he heard a name he recognized "Camellia"

Jules suddenly realized who she was. he'd found out about Petie doing diaper commercials in the first few days he'd stayed there and he recalled that the girl who produced and filmed them was named Camellia... that must be the absol. Relaxing a little Jules padded up the stairs to change into a more boyish (as far as his clothes go at least) outfit. He wasn't too worried then, she was probably just here to talk to Petie about the next commercial or something.

Actually... he'd been meaning to talk to Petie about that. He'd seen the commercials he'd been in (you'd never know it was Petie unless somebody told you and even then it seemed hard to believe) and seen how much money the teddiursa was making by just acting like a baby... sure it was humiliating but Jules kinda hoped he'd be able to ask Camellia if she had any work he could do... after all he needed to pay so many people back for their kindness, what was a little dignity if it could be given for a good cause?

Changing into some light green shorts and a pink sunflora print t shirt Jules headed back downstairs just in time to see Petie arriving in the living room and to listen in on their conversation.

"Hey Camellia, what are you doing here? Next commercials not suppose to be till next week..."

"Well Petie... the thing is the company wants me to do more commercials so... well... you're gonna have to work twice as hard."

"W-wait! But... but.... but you said I could have this weekend off! They can't do this!"

"Sorry Petie, but they said if we can't do it they'll get somebody else... and you DO have a contract remember?"

"But... my date with Courtney's this weekend..."

"Uuh... it's okay Petie, this also means they'll pay us more. That's always good, right?"

"But if I cancel she might dump me..."

"Um..." Jules had snuck into the room while the conversation had gone on and finally made his presence know "Excuse me Ms. Camellia?" she blinked and looked down, now having noticed Jules till then "... could I help please?" he asked, looking up to her hopefully. Not having noticed him either Petie blinked in surprise but quickly recovered "Thanks Jules... but I don't see how you could help..."

Camellia seemed thoughtful for a minute then softly said "Hold on... I think he can..." making both boys look to her in surprise "He can?" "I can?" they asked at once making Camellia giggle and grin "Yeah! The company told me they wanted to do some adds for their girls line of diapers and merchandise, and what I saw when I came in just proves Jules is the right person for the job!" she says confidently. Hearing this exactly what she means hits Jules hard, making him blush and fidget, as Petie's jaw drops.

"Wait... you want him to do the kinda commercials I do... but for GIRLS merchandise?" he asked in stunned disbelief as Camellia grins "Exactly!" Petie just shakes his head and looks to his riolu companion "Jules, just say no. I mean... you're my friend but NOBODY should have to go through something like that willingly, especially for my sake. Just say" Without missing a beat the riolu looked straight up to Camellia and said "Yes." making Petie's jaw drop again as he tried to comprehend what just happened.

"Really?!" she asked, both surprised and excited "Okay first thing we would do is get you a new look, don't want anyone to know who you are..." "Um... Ms. Camellia?" Jules piped up, interrupting her "Could I ask you a few favors first?" Momma suddenly cut in, having merely observed all this up till now "I also have a thing or two to say about this. As of the moment I'm Jules's acting guardian so I should have final say about him doing any commercials and I think" "Momma?" again Jules interrupted as he gave the large ursaring the pleading puppy eyes "Could I please talk with Camellia a little more about this before you decide? Please?" Momma managed to look at Jules's adorable face for a full minute before finally caving in and sighing "Okay... but I still don't plan on saying yes..."

Giving an impressed grin at Jules's little stunt, Camellia bent down to smile at the Riolu "And what will it be cutie?" Jules just smiled at her, every inch of him radiating an adorable child-like innocence "Could you send most of the money I'd get to my family please? My sisters are having to work to help send me to the PCA and maybe this'll help enough that they can go learn to be teachers like they always wanted instead." he finished with a smile, his tail wagging a little at the thought of helping his sisters out.

Camellia almost melts at hearing Jules reason and smiles "That's so sweeeet!" pets his head affectionally "Alrighty then. consider it done!" making Jules giggle happily and hug her "Thank you... and could you give the rest of the money to Petie and his momma please?" he asked, making both bears do a double take.

"To US!?"

"Why would you want to give it to us dear?"

Jules blushes at that question and turns to them, smiling shyly "You've been so nice to me... took me in, gave me food, helped me get stuff..." he kneels down and scoops up the chillarmy who's been standing next to him the whole time and cuddles her "Bought me Velvet... I just wanna be able to repay you for doing so much for me is all... may I please?" he finished softly, looking to them pleadingly. The sheer cuteness of this is too much as Camellia scoops him up and cuddles him "You are so sweet I could just dip you in sugar!" making Jules squeak and giggle in surprise.

"........ Camellia?" Petie says, stepping forward "Could you please put him down for a moment?" the teddiursa's head is hung so they can't see his eyes or expression. Blinking and not sure what to make of this she sets Jules down as he looks to Petie nervously. After standing there for a minute or two Petie pulls the riolu into a hug "Thanks buddy... but I'd like you to keep that money..." Jules gives him a look "But..." Petie just smiles and shakes his head "I did all that for you cause I'm your friend... if you really wanna repay me so much for it then just being willing to do something like this for my sake is more then I could ever ask from anybody... so thanks." Jules thinks this over for a moment before smiling and giggling "Okay, and you're welcome!" as he hugs Petie back.

Camella can't help but aww at how adorable this is as she snaps a picture with a camera she keeps hand just for occasions like this, making Petie blush. Finally breaking the hug Jules takes a deep breath and looks up to Momma pleadingly "Pleeeease may I do it Momma? It'll help my family a lot... and Petie does it all the time and nobodies recognized him!" The teddiursa in question blushed more and coughed a little at that last part. Momma looks down at Jules and sighs before giving him a small smile "Well... after hearing that... I can't really say no now can I? But Camellia?" she said, looking to the absol "Same thing as Petie, don't go too far and BOBODY recognizes him... understood?" she says firmly.

Grinning Camellia throws her a salute "Understood Momma! Now let me just get Jules a contract and then we can start working out all the details... oh! How bout we do your first shoot this weekend?" she asked, grinning to the riolu. Jules just giggled "Sure!" making Camellia hug him excitedly "Oh you are going to be so adorable! I've got the PERFECT theme planned for this commercial!" as Jules giggled and hugged her back. Petie meanwhile sighed and wondered what to think of this new little twist in his life... least it wasn't him for once...


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About a week later all of them found themselves on the Liratten family couch to watch Jules commercial. To be honest Petie was actually curious, none of them had told him anything about how the shoot had gone or what it was about... and considering how much of an innocent blabbermouth Jules was that was saying a heck of a lot if he didn't even wanna bring it up.

"Everybody ready?" Camellia asked, sliding the disk into the DVD player "Here we go!" Petie leaned forward a little as the commercial started to play... and he found himself looking at the inside of a dance studio at a familiar gorgeous ursaring womon dressed as a ballet instructor. Now if there was one thing Petie DIDN'T need to see it was his mom made out to look a good thirty years younger and wearing a leotard. Judging by her blush she wasn't to proud of it ether.

After he recovered from the bout of nausea that sight induced the next thing Petie noticed was the blond haired riolu baby in the pink tutu and thick cuddlebutts diaper Momma was holding the paws of as she lead the infant girl through a few clumsy dance steps... that was what broke Petie's brain. He gagged again and collapsed back into the couch as Jules just blushed more. The riolu now knew how Petie had felt when he'd seen his commercial for the first time. All the while Camellia just grinned.

"This is just TOO adorable for words! You two are gonna be stars! The cuddlebutts company has already called to see if I could get you two for another set of ads! Isn't that awesome!"

The mixed whimper and groan from the two did nothing to muffle Camellia's enthusiasm as she grinned and watched the rest of the commercial.