I sighed as I dipped my toes into the pool. I sighed every day since I left them. I try not to think of them, especially him. But this one time would be an exception. So I thought……. Where are they now? Are they still with each other? Why don't I call them? Why don't I send them letters? Why did I never try to find them after the gym was taken down? Why didn't I tell them it was never about the bike? Why? I try to keep my dreams, my illusions, even my thoughts away. I even try to keep away my thoughts of Pikachu. I can say his name because, well, there are many other Pikachu out there. Then my most feared thought came into my head. I kissed him once. And I never told him I liked it. He never noticed. He pretended it didn't happen. I splashed into the pool to shake these thoughts out of my head. But they would never come out, no matter what I did. Then I heard a thunderbolt. It was just another illusion. But the thing I hated the most was my dreams- they were vivid- vivid of him. So I decided to go to my special place. I hopped out of the pool and up to my room. I lay on the bed curled up for a minute. Maybe I was crying- I don't know. I sighed again and put on my usual red leggings, blue shorts and yellow T-shirt. I headed out my secret way- through the window, on the car, and to the tree house. I stood there for a minute, looking out the window. Then I saw a boy. Not any average boy, a boy I had met a year ago. But I only thought this before I saw him come out of the tree shadows. His name started with an M…………. Oh! His name was Max! I jumped out of the tree house and ran across the field filled with flowers. When I was a few feet away from him, I asked: "Hey, do you remember me?" I closed my eyes for the tiniest fraction of a second and then opened them again. "Oh, you're Misty!" He smiled. "Why aren't you are you here? Shouldn't you be with May?" I tilted my head. "Well, we met a little friend on our vacation here, so we decided to stay a little longer." He gestured to the forest where I saw a tall, spiky haired, figure lean against a tree a wink at me.
I ran across the field and stopped at the tree for a second. I gave him a huge hug. Now I could say his name. I said it a million times in my head. Ash, Ash, Ash, I kept saying. "Why aren't you at the gym?" he raised his eyebrows. "I'll tell you later." I said. I gave him another big hug.