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Previously on Trophy (Chapter 3):
The rest of the trip was spent in silence.
"Well, here we are, Waterflower residence. Thanks, Ash!" Misty gratefully said before walking to the front door and reaching for her keys.
"Oh and Misty?"
"Yeah?"
"We should definitely hang out more," was Ash's last statement before he drove off. Misty just stood on the porch watching as the car drove off the distance.
"Yeah, we should. Like old times," Misty whispered to herself before stepping inside the house.
"Watch out, Oak, I'm getting that car," Ash assured himself.
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"Spill it, Misty! Tell us everything from the moment you got there until the moment that you left!" May demanded while Misty sweat-dropped at her friend's anxiety.
Dawn, on the other hand, was busy drawing a draft for her La Finale dress.
"Dawn, any help here! I could use your help right now. May's going to kill me if I don't tell her what happened yesterday!" Misty said in panic.
"I'm drawing my dress here, Misty. I suggest you just tell May everything to stop her from attacking you," Dawn shrugged. Misty frowned at her friend.
"Some friend you are," Misty grumbled with a roll of her eyes.
"Come on, Misty! Just spill!" May pushed more.
"Come on, May!" Misty mocked her friend's action with a wave of her hands. "Do you really have to know what happened yesterday?" Misty sighed tiredly.
"Yes! We happen to be your friends so we want to know what's up with our little Misty!" May responded.
"Okay fine," Misty gave up, sighing in defeat. May dropped to the chair next to Misty and waited anxiously for the story.
"So I got to Ash's house and boy was it so nice! The garden was so pretty and everything in there was so pretty! It seemed too big though since he only lives with his mother so that makes two of them in the house and he's usually alone-" Misty started only to be cut off by May.
"Ash is a rich guy! His mom owns this really large company that sells dermatology materials. I'm not surprised that he lives in a big house," May interrupted. Misty gave her a glare.
"Anyway, we went up to his room-"
"This is getting so exciting!" May cut her off once again.
"May!"
"Sorry," May laughed sheepishly.
"We went up to his room and it was so awesome! He had two guitars, a black one and a blue one. He told me that he took lessons," Misty continued.
"I wish I knew how to play the guitar. You're lucky that you know how to play that thing!" May pouted playfully. Misty raised her eyebrow at May in annoyance. May just grinned.
"Anyway, we started studying and I have to say, he's a good listener! He understood everything I taught him right away!" Misty said. She was oblivious to the fact that Ash did not have any trouble with History at all.
"After that, we got bored of studying so we decided to just talk about stuff! I told him about my family and he told me about his family," Misty explained.
"What did you learn about his family?" May asked.
"He told me that his parents got divorced when he was too young to even walk and that his mom usually comes home late at night so he's usually alone in that house," Misty explained sadly.
"That's sad," May said, wiping a fake tear causing Misty to giggle at her. "What else?"
"He goes to Drew's place when he's bored. That's all he told me last night about himself," Misty replied. She sighed, deciding whether to tell May about what Ash told her the previous night. She figured that May would probably freak out.
"What else happened last night? Come on! I have a feeling you're not telling me everything," May persisted.
Misty shrugged. "He drove me back home and told me that we should…uh, hang out, um, more often." Dawn suddenly looked up from what she was doing.
"He told you that you guys should hang out more often? Oh, my God! He likes you!" Dawn blurted out loudly. Misty was thankful that they were outside so not many people heard what Dawn said.
"He doesn't like me! Maybe he just found me interesting and wanted to hang out with me more often! Dawn, don't jump into conclusions!" Misty said in a rushed voice.
"Please, you expect me to believe that? Paul and I got together because of that. We were like doing a project together and he was like, 'Hey Troublesome, we should hang out more often,' Dawn said in her best impression of Paul, "We hung out and eventually, we started dating and here we are now two years later."
"Maybe it was just a coincidence!" Misty defended.
"Can you believe it? If you and Ash started dating, you guys and Paul and I can have a double date and-" But Dawn's ecstasy was cut off when May coughed purposely.
"Excuse me, what about me?" May snarled.
"If you and Drew get together then we can all have a group date!" Dawn exclaimed, twirling a strand of blue lock on her finger.
"Oh, Dawn, you and your impossible fantasies." Misty could do nothing but sigh at her friend.
"Come on, Misty! Lighten up and think of the bright side for once," Dawn insisted.
"I do think of the bright side! I just find it too fast for you guys to assume that he likes me when he only told me that we should hang out more often," Misty explained.
"Come on, Misty! You should think about it. As far as I know, Ash never asked people for help and he happened to ask you for help in History. Misty, that must mean something!" May told her friend.
"May's got a point, Misty," Dawn agreed.
"You guys are putting too much thought into this," Misty sighed. "It's normal for people with troubled grades to ask for help from others."
"Yeah right, Misty. Ash never failed a subject," May said knowingly.
"He didn't fail History. He told me that he almost failed and his mom would get mad at him if it happened again," May told her friends.
"Anyway, I'm excited to see what happens between you guys," Dawn squealed in delight. May laughed a little while Misty just rolled her eyes.
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Misty was putting stuff in her lockers silently. She was still thinking about last night. It's not everyday that you get to study with some hot athlete. She lightly blushed as she continued thinking about last night's events.
She then thought about what May and Dawn had told her earlier. It was true that Ash barely asked for help from people whom he wasn't close to.
But then again, what Ash told her kept repeating on her mind. "We should hang out more often." Misty smiled as she recalled what Ash had told her. Ever since she moved back to Viridian three years ago, she no longer had the chance to hang out with Ash since they both were busy. Misty with her gym and Ash with his training. It remained a fantasy for Misty that she and Ash would ever have their once tight friendship back.
"It's like he doesn't even remember me being his best friend," Misty thought sadly to herself.
"So I heard you studied with Ash last night? Is it true?" Misty frowned as soon as she heard the high-pitched voice of the girl she hated the most. She grabbed her books and slammed her locker shut.
"What do you want, Melody?" Misty scoffed.
"I just want to know if it's true that you were with Ash last night," Melody said, eyeing the redhead in front of her.
"Yeah, I was studying with him last night. What's it to you?" Misty asked, glaring at Melody.
Melody glared back at Misty and growled, "You better stay away from him. Ash is mine!"
"Please, like he would ever like you!" Misty retorted.
"As far as I'm concerned, he doesn't like you either so we're pretty even right now!" Melody replied with the same fury as Misty.
"What do you want, Melody? Why are you always on me like this? What the hell did I even do to you?" Misty sighed tiredly. She was tired of dealing with Melody almost everyday. She had been wondering how Melody manages to annoy her all the time.
"I'm just here to warn you that Ash is mine and if you ever get your hands on him, you're dead meat, Waterflower!" Melody shouted at her.
"I'm not even doing anything to Ash. We're not even dating. I suggest you bring that paranoid mind of yours somewhere else because I don't need you ruining my day," Misty calmly spoke up, enraging Melody even more.
"Stay away from Ash, Waterflower. He's mine," Melody growled, glaring at Misty. She stormed off leaving a confused Misty.
"What's her problem?" Misty muttered to herself. She walked down the corridor not really looking at where she was going and bumped into something- or more like someone. She bounced back a little and almost fell until a hand caught her arm.
"You should probably watch where you're going next time, Misty," Misty heard the owner of the voice speak. She looked up and found Ash staring at her with an expression as if he was about to laugh.
Misty quickly stood up straight and brushed her clothes. A blush was present on her cheeks due to the embarrassment. How could she be so clumsy and bump into her crush?
"I am SO stupid. What would Ash think of me now? A klutz?" Misty thought to herself before smiling at Ash.
"Sorry about that." Misty chuckled a little, "I wasn't looking where I was going. I was deep in thought."
"Obviously," Ash scoffed playfully. Misty shoved him playfully followed by a light giggle but soon regretted her actions. "Ash must be thinking that I'm flirting with him. Ugh, I'm so stupid!" Misty mentally slapped herself.
"You alright? You're spacing out on me… again," Ash stated. He ran his hand at the back of his hair showing that he was a bit nervous.
Snapping out of her trance, she beamed at him and said, "It's nothing."
"Uh, okay." Ash suddenly grinned widely as he thought of an idea. "Since you're already here, I was wondering if you could tutor me again tonight. I didn't really understand Miss Brown's lesson a while ago."
May smiled genuinely at Ash and said, "Sure. How about my place after your training or something?"
"That would be nice," Ash told her.
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"I have to tidy my room and myself. Ash is going to be here in a few minutes and I'm still a mess!" Misty said in a panicked voice, hysterically combing her hair while fixing her bed.
Misty was never one to fix her room. She usually left it to Lily, her surprisingly neat-freak sister, to do it for her but she wanted to leave a good impression on Ash so she cleaned her room. She went home early and quickly took a shower, cleaning herself thoroughly and spraying perfume all over herself. She brushed her teeth so much to the point that a part of her gums started to bleed so she gargled and brushed her teeth again.
She noticed how peculiar her behaviour was but it was none of her worries now. But, apparently, another member of the family noticed this weird behaviour.
"Misty, any particular reason why you're, like, cleaning your room? I find it, like, rather odd. Usually, I'd do it," her pink-haired older sister asked smartly. Misty smiled nervously at her.
"My friend's coming over and I don't want to look like a mess, Lily," Misty told her sister nervously.
"Dawn and May, like, come here all the time, how come you, like, never fix your room when they're here?" Lily wondered once more until a mischievous grin overcame her face.
"Is your friend, like, a boy?" Misty asked, deviously grinning at Misty. Misty froze but managed to blurt out a 'NO' before shoving Lily out of her room.
"Is it that guy Ash? You know, your, like, tutee?" Lily asked once again slyly. Misty glared at Lily.
"What if it was Ash?"
"I knew it! No wonder you're, like, blushing." With Lily's comment being said, Misty's hand flew to her face, feeling her cheeks which were terribly hot.
For once, Misty had no comeback to her sister's teasing.
"Oh, my gosh, like, Daisy! Violet! Misty's got, like, a crush!" Lily screamed at the top of her lungs. Not more than five seconds later, two other ladies rushed to Misty's room.
"Oh, em gee, are you, like, serious? Our little sister has a crush?" Daisy, the oldest of the four with beautiful blonde hair, inquired.
"Misty grew up so fast," Violet, the second child who had the most dazzling blue hair, said while wiping a fake tear in her eye.
"Arceus, shut up!" Misty blurted out before pushing the three out of her room and slamming the door.
DING! DING! DING!
The sudden ringing almost made Misty jump in surprise. Her mind was screaming and her cheeks were flustered. She felt hot, literally. She started sweating and trembling from nervousness. Surely, she mustn't be nervous having studied with Ash before but she couldn't help it. It was the first time that Ash would be entering her humble abode. Hospitable was never a trait of Misty.
Misty quickly made a run towards the front door only to find her three sisters in front of a very confused Ash.
"So, are you, like, the guy who's dating our sister?"
"You must be, Ash Ketchum! Oh, my gosh, why would someone as hot as you decide to date our, like, runty, little sister?!"
"If I were a few years younger and single, I would totally date you!"
Before Lily, Violet and Daisy could even embarrass Misty further, she quickly ran to the door, the blush never leaving her face.
"Lily, Violet, Daisy! Step out of the doorway and let my guest enter!" Misty barked at her sisters who chuckled before leaving. Daisy ruffled Misty's hair and winked at Ash before leaving the room.
"Stupid sisters," Misty muttered to herself as she shut the door. She then turned to Ash and offered him an apologetic smile.
"Sorry about that. My sisters tend to be flirty around hot guys," Misty said. As she realized her mistake, she quickly added, "I mean they tend to be flirty around all guys."
Ash chuckled. "So, what's up, Misty?"
"Apart from my sisters, I'm good. You?"
"Never better," he said gleefully as both went inside Misty's room.
"So, uh, Ash," Misty clasped her hands behind her back and swung her right heel on the floor a couple of times as she usually did when she was nervous. "Really, I'm sorry about my sisters. They're annoying, I swear."
"Ah, don't worry about it," Ash said, "Sibling rivalry never gets old."
"I thought you were an only child?" Misty asked, sitting down on the edge of the bed with Ash next to her.
"I am. But Drew has a sister, Denise. They always fight with each other. Bicker here, bicker there, bicker everywhere. It's like they never run out of insults to shout at each other," Ash said. Misty laughed a little.
"My sisters always love to bother me with everything whenever they're here," Misty told him.
"They seem nice," Ash said thinking that it was the proper response. Misty, on the other hand, just shook her head.
Silence ensued. Neither didn't have any idea what to say next.
Ash looked around the room. Apparently, Misty's room was full of pink. Pink walls, pink cabinets, light pink curtains and pink bed sheets.
"You know, I never thought of you as someone who'd sleep in a pink room. You're more like a blue person," Ash pointed out. Misty raised a questioning eyebrow at him.
"I mean I never expected you to have even a tinge of girlishness in you. I'm just surprised, that's all, but it's cool," Ash said.
"It's not that I love pink or anything. I just find it quite warming and easy on the eyes." Misty added, "Just because I've got a pink room doesn't mean that I'm a girlish person."
What Ash said next caught Misty off guard.
"You're pretty interesting, Mist," Ash said using his oh-so-famous nickname for Misty which he had used when they were younger.
"Really? You're pretty interesting yourself too, Ash," Misty replied, finding herself blushing at what Ash had called her and not what he had thought of her. "It's been years since he last called me 'Mist'."
"You should watch our practice game next Saturday. We're going to have a short game with the Pewter Jaguars to prepare ourselves for the championships against them next month," Ash offered. Misty smiled at him and nodded.
"I'd love to!" Misty exclaimed a little too excitedly.
"Then, I'll be seeing you again on Saturday," Ash said. Misty beamed happily at Ash before both had started studying.
Oh how interesting Saturday would be.
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END OF CHAPTER 4
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