Hey (: I wrote this on the plane back from Italy. Hope you like it :)
Ash stopped the car, frustrated. It was past midnight and he still didn't have a clue where this hotel was. He roughly ripped open the map, but found no more sense in the coloured mess of scribbles than on the previous ten attempts. He sighed, but as he looked up, he saw the silhouette of a woman standing by the wall to his right.
He lowered the window and called across to her, "Excuse me?"
The lady walked over to him and crouched by the window, her face illuminated by the dull yellow street lamp. She was pretty, he supposed, but smudged eye make-up, cheap red lipstick and obviously died blonde hair spoilt the look. She smiled a seductive, half smile at him with a cigarette dangling between her lips. Ash thought he recognised her, but couldn't remember where from. He quickly dismissed this thought however, as he didn't know anyone like this.
"Hey good lookin', I like your hair," she said, before a look of recognition dawned in her eyes and her cigarette dropped from her mouth.
"Ash? A-Ash is that really you?" she whispered.
And then he realised, he had this girl before…
"Misty?" he exclaimed, shocked.
"What are you doing here?" she demanded, coldly, averting her eyes from his stunned gaze.
"I'm lost," Ash admitted, "Trying to find my hotel. I'm staying here for the weekend; there's a Pokémon conference Professor Oak wants me to attend. But that doesn't matter, what happened to you?"
"Life happened, Ash," she laughed bitterly. "We're not ten years old anymore; we can't run around chasing Pokémon for the rest of our lives."
"I don't see why not…"
"Because shit happens, okay?" Misty said, biting her lip as if fighting back a tear, "and then you have to deal with it, any way you can."
"Misty…"
"Go, Ash. Just go. You shouldn't be here," she said, turning around so he couldn't see the tears welling up in her eyes. She felt a hand on her wrist, and whispered, as that was all she could manage, "Don't touch me. I'm… dirty."
"No. Come with me, Misty. Help me find this bloody hotel, and then we can talk. I can help you."
"I can't. Time is money, and I do need to eat."
"Then I'll pay. How much do you charge for the whole night?"
Reviews, s'il vous plait :) Should I continue or give up on this one? And also, title suggestions would be very much appreciated :P
