Love Life/ Web Wrangler

The story is almost over. The next chapter should be the last one soooo after that, I can start typing up my new parody/comedy story.

Disclaimer: Like usual, I don't own Gary, Misty and any of the Pokemon that are mentioned.

Chapter 4: Let Down

Misty looked at the necklace that was sitting in the box. "Wow." she commented, monotonously, "A Psyduck necklace... Thank you." Misty didn't understand why the necklace wasn't the Azurill one, so she didn't know what to say.

Gary mentally laughed at this. "Come on Rateese, I'll buy you a necklace that you like AND make sure it's the one that you actually like." with that, they walked away.

"Do you like it?" Austin asked her eagerly.

"Uh-huh." Misty lied, trying to hide her disappointment. Misty tried to convince herself that it was a very nice gift and a thoughtful gesture.

But guess what. It wasn't working.

"Good, 'cause that one you liked had been bought by someone just before I bought it." he said, "So I went with a more expensive one."

"Anyway, I think I'm going to head back to my room and rest up for tomorrow's adventure on Two Island. Bye." Misty made up an excuse so that she could leave. Anyway, she waved and left. More to blog about...

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Gary was in his dorm with his body all sprawled out on the king sized bed. He had his laptop on his be side table so he turned it on and logged onto his blog (there's a shock). He decided not to blog about today's events, partly because he didn't know what to say about it- today's events can easily make a lot of his female 'fans' disappear. Instead, he went straight to the replies and the one from Misty or Independant marine caught his eye the most, so he read it: 'I wasn't trying to rid of her, I trying to warn her. Get it straight!'

Gary smiled for no reason after reading this but he did feel the need to reply to this one before he logged off, ignoring all the other replies.

Meanwhile, down the corridor...

Misty came out of her the bathroom in her pyjamas she noticed her laptop had a new blog comment. Her initial reaction was to, of course, read it then reply it- which was what she did.

The message, from Hot brunette, read: 'Well at least I know how to treat a lady well, unlike your new beau.'

Misty thought for a moment before she started to reply. After that , her laptop was off and her lights were out.

Backtrack to the other room...

Gary heard his laptop beep due to a new comment- more specifically from Misty. The message read: 'A man doesn't have to treat a lady well for them to like I like guys like him and not you! Or maybe I like a guy with less brains than you!'.

Ouch. 'That was harsh.' Gary thought before he smirked to himself. "Then let's spice things up a little..." he paused and pulled something out of his pocket, "Starting with this." he schemed, looking the item in his right hand.

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It was almost seven in the morning and like all the other days, Misty was up and on the tanning chair with her usual plate of fruits and her laptop. She had expected a reply from hot brunette like most days, but to her suprise, there wasn't one. She felt dissappointed at this but suddenly felt a whole lot worse when she saw Gary on the otherside of the pool with his arm round the same girl from yesterday. Misty sighed before she looked down at her laptop again.

Gary grinned when he noticed Misty looking towards him and his new holiday fling. Gary pulled her even closer when she felt Misty's gaze settle on them again.

Misty started to feel a bit (as much as she hated to admit it) jealous. But of who? Gary, for being able to forget about her amd find someone else so soon? Or Rateese, for being all cuddley and close with her-. Misty didn't even want to finish that sentence and she didn't get to anyway due to the warm hand on her shoulder that caught her attention. She turned round and saw Austin.

"What are you staring at?" he asked her while trying to follow the direction that her eyes were previously focused on.

"Nothing." Misty answered, "Why don't we get ready to spend a day on Two Island." Misty suggested before she dragged Austin away with her.

Gary watched her actions from the corner of his eye. He let out a smirk.

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Once on the island, Misty and Austin were in one side of a shop while Gary was on the other with his arm round Rateese... again.

In Misty's opinion, it felt like deja vu all over again. Why? Well, because Misty once again sees a necklace she likes and like the day before, Austin claims that it was sold just before he buys it, so what Austin did (again) was buy Misty an even more expensive necklace to wear- which was also one that she didn't like as much.

But after overhearing and seeing a short scene between Gary and Rateese, Misty begins to believe Austin's story.

This is what had happened after they left the boat...

Misty and Austin entered the small gift shop at the same time as Gary and Rateese. Gary and Misty sent daggers at each other (not literally of course). Gary pretended to be a gentleman and allowed the girls and Austin in first while he held the door, showing of how courteous he can be.

Once inside the shop, Misty noticed a cute blue (are you suprised about the colour) Horsea necklace.

"I see you have your eye on something again." Austin noticed.

"Maybe." Misty smiled as she walked to another part of the shop.

Austin walked up to a shop assistant and started to talk to her in a low hushed voice.

Meanwhile, Gary kept Rateese distracted with a bracelet while he spoke to a shop assistant about a necklace. He bought it before Austin did.

Austin met up with Misty after he had bought a necklace- this time, a pink Slowpoke. They were outside the little shop and looking out at the sea. It was only midday and the pair of them were burning up in the strong heat.

Along a few metres from them, Gary and Rateese stood close together under Rateese's parasol. Gary was keeping an eye on them and he noticed that Misty looked slightly disappointed when he pulled out the necklace. So to really make Misty notice what she was missing, Gary pulled out a blue Horsea necklace.

Rateese gasped, "Oh my God!" she caught a lot of attention from local by standers- including Misty's.

Misty gasped as well but in a different way from Rateese- hers was more of a angry/shocked gasp whereas Rateese's one was more like a happy 'you-didn't-have -to-but-I'm-glad-you-did' one.

"Yeah, do you li-" Gary paused when he noticed that Misty had walked up to them.

"You!" she shouted angrily, catching a lot of attention.

"What about me?" Gary smirked, before his look changed to one of curiousity when he noticed Misty searching her pockets..

Misty was rummaging about in her pockets. She eventually pulled out a necklace- an aquamarine heart one to be precise- and threw it at Gary before she took off.

Gary looked at the object thrown at him. He stared emotionlessly at it.

Misty ran back to the direction of the boat. There was no one anywhere near her: Austin had just figured out that Misty was only kind of using him. Her decision to return the necklace had shocked Gary a bit.

After Misty had ran away, Gary did too, but in a different direction. He didn't know why he ran- maybe he wanted to think about what had happened.

Meanwhile...

Austin looked at Rateese. "So..." he said flirtateously.

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Gary sat by a waterfall, where there was complete silence for him to think. He started to regret allowing his colleagues to talk him into this trip. If he didn't let them, then he wouldn't have met Misty and he wouldn't have gotten close to her and he most definatly would not have started to like her. He stopped all his thoughts after he had realised that he actually miss one of his dates. And speaking of dates, he forgot about Rateese...

He didn't care though, he thought of another plan and this time, he was sure that he was doing the right thing.

First things first, he would have to make it back onto the ship before it leaves.

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Misty laid on her bed in her room and did nothing but think about what Gary did, just to make her jealous. Despite it working and making her upset, Misty realised one thing: Gary must've liked her for real if he was willing to go through all that just to make jealous of another girl. But on the contrary, he might have only decided to do that to show her how he can enjoy himself with or without her.

Misty sat up after having a that thought. "There's only one way to find out..." she sat up, and pulled out her laptop and looged onto the usual site. "My blog got me into this," she started, "and now, it's gonna get me out of it..." with that said, she started to type frantically.

She slumped back onto her bed. "My future depends on this..."

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Ooooooo. Misty has a plan... But so does Gary! Who's plan will run smoothly- Gary's, Misty's, both or neither?

Find out soon!