TRANSPARENCY ~ BOOK THREE
The continuous blowing noises changed as the plane started it's decent. Ash was lying on the couch. Phone still in his hand, heart pounding like mad, and a smile on his face.
"She's wonderful. Just her voice has brought back so many memories. I wish I would have called her sooner, I've been busy, yes. But I could've called. Am I afraid of her? No, she's my friend. But Brock is my friend too and we've stayed in touch. There's something different with her, something I can't quite put my finger on."
He just sat there with a contented smile on his face, thinking about her. He could picture the old Misty, the flaming red hair so perfectly placed in a ponytail on the side of her head, the tall slender body, her white delicate skin.
"She won't look like that now. I bet she's even more beautiful. She probably has some shape to her body now, instead of just being tall and skinny. Her hair has got to be the same, she wouldn't be Misty without it."
The plane landed and Ash was escorted to a fancy rental car driven by his usual escort. His rather annoying, yet productive manager, Thad, sat beside him and started to ask questions left and right. But Ash was ignoring him as usual, his mind was still preoccupied.
"Thad, tomorrow you are going to pick up Misty from the Cerulean gym at 10:00. Bring her to my hotel."
He didn't like talking this way, but if you tried to have a normal conversation with Thad it just didn't work. You had to give him orders.
"But why on earth would you want to do that? I can't just go in there and say 'Come with me?' Who is this girl anyway..." His arguments continued.
"She's my friend, were spending the day together and your picking her up."
With this the arguments stopped and the other questions continued.
"Yes, the usual conversation. Boring and one sided."
Upon arrival at the Water Lilly Hotel Ash could hear the jeering crowd outside.
"This has got to be the worst part. Trying to get into the hotel through this mob of fans."
With a deep breath he stepped out and walked to the hotel, there were many girls in the crowd blowing kisses and such, but Ash always ignored them. He knew that they liked him only because he was famous.
The Water Lilly Hotel was a luxurious twenty-five story hotel with a swimming pool, spa, and restaurant. Ash made his way to the suite where he would be staying. It had a King bed, a living room with sofa and TV, a kitchenette, and two balconies. He remembered when hotels were a luxury. But then again that was when he slept on the cold hard ground with only a sleeping bag. With Thad out of the way Ash could finally relax. He lie down on the giant king bed and instantly fell asleep.
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! Misty's alarm was blaring at 5:00AM and she bounded out of bed at the first sound. It always surprised her how easy it was to get up when you had something to look forward to. She quickly hopped in the shower and washed her hair with her favorite lavender shampoo.
"Today couldn't be any better, I'm seeing Ash again."
She smiled, it would be so wonderful to see his face, to hear his voice, to touch him.
After finishing her hour long shower Misty pondered what to wear.
"Should I wear what I used to wear? Or would it be better for a change?"
He mind debated and finally decided on jean shorts, yellow tank, and blue suspenders.
It was now 6:45 and she was in the process of blowing her hair dry.
"Now how should I wear my hair? Down or up? I think I'll wear it down, the blow drier is finally working right and my hair is surprisingly looking good today"
She put on only a little makeup, some blush and a little lip gloss.
"I don't really like makeup, but this little bit isn't so bad."
The mirror was now her friend, she used to be called scrawny, but not anymore! Her body had matured late and now she had the curves she had so wanted.
"But am I pretty? No. I'm much prettier than I used to be, but I could never be called pretty, or beautiful."
It was 8:00 now.
"Only two more hours."
Misty skipped back to her room and brought out a small suitcase. She packed a brush, Ponytail Holders, and her Lip gloss. Then turned to her closet to choose a dress.
"These are all so plain. I'm sure the dinner will be fancy."
Her choices weren't very good. But after surveying them all she chose a plain black spaghetti strap dress. It wasn't very elegant because it was a short dress that hung just above her knees.
"Oh well. My other choices are much worse."
She packed her dress, some shoes to go with it and tried to think of anything else she might want.
"No, I think that will do it!"
It was now 9:15 and she met her sisters downstairs eating breakfast.
"What's going on Misty? You were in the shower at the crack of dawn and you weren't hungry last night. I have a feeling this has something to do with who called you. So who was it?"
"OK, alright! Ash called me!"
They sat their in shock for a few moments then...
"So what's going on?"
Her sisters had a suspicious look to them, Misty knew they would.
"I'm going to meet him at his hotel at 10:00. He arrived in Cerulean last night and wanted to spend Friday together. That's it!"
"Yes, that was it. Sort of. She didn't mention dinner, She didn't mention how her stomach fluttered whenever she thought of him."
"Alright Misty, you go on and have a good time."
They were being slightly sarcastic and chuckled to themselves. Misty just ate her breakfast in silence.
"Nothing is going to ruin this day."
After finishing breakfast and washing all the dishes it was 9:50.
"Just enough time to re-do my makeup."
No later had she got out of the bathroom that the doorbell rang. Her whole body jumped at the sound and she rushed over to answer the door.
A tall almost sickly looking man was there.
"Hello Miss, I'm here to pick-up Misty."
"I'm Misty, let me get my bag really quick."
She turned around to grab it, but the man had already done so and had started walking out to the car. Misty decided to follow. He opened the door for her and she sat down. The man then walked to the other side and sat down beside her.
"Why am I so nervous, well it could be this man sitting beside me. Why does he keep looking me over like an inspector?"
That's exactly what Thad was doing. Inspecting Misty, looking at her shape, at her features, looking for flaws.
The ride was short and silent. She soon arrived at the Water Lilly Hotel.
"Would you like me to show you to his room?" Thad asked.
"No Thank-You. I can function on my own. I'd rather find it myself."
She stepped out of the car and carried her bag into the hotel.
"Oh, it's magnificent!"
The glistening marble floor reflected her complexion as she looked at it, the statues and carvings looked like they could almost be brought to life.
She walked up to the front desk and asked for the room of Ash Ketchum.
"I'm sorry I can't give you that information Miss."
"But I'm supposed to meet him." Misty pleaded.
Thad walked up behind her and tapped on her shoulder.
"Come with me, I knew you would need my assistance."
"Now THIS man can ruin my day."
They took the elevator up to the twenty-fifth floor and walked to the end of the hall.
"This is his room." Stated Thad bluntly, pointing at door number 269. Then he left.
"Thank goodness, that was the nicest thing he's done."
Her heart started to flutter again, he was so close, just inside this door. Would he rush out and embrace her? Would he say "HI." and let her in? Would he be tall? Would he be handsome?
With a little courage mustered up she stepped towards the door and knocked.
She could hear footsteps inside getting closer to the door. The knob turned and the hinges squeaked as the door opened.
This story is © Rainflower
Thank-You to Nintendo and Game Freak for letting me use their characters (even though they don't know it).
All original Pokemon characters, etc. are © Nintendo and Game Freak, not me!