Unconditional Love

Chapter Eight

She brought her hands over her eyes, crawling up towards the wall of stone behind her as she sat listening to the crashing waves. The soft sand brushing against her legs as she crawled into the shade. Sobbing.

Ash quickly rushed outside to find her. This had to be explained. He wished someone would explain it to him first...

Brock watched as Misty shot up too, announcing that she would go after him. He sighed, picking up his toast and finishing it. Moody teenagers. He thought.

She rushed outside, Nurse Joy on full alert as she watched three teenagers rush outside. The first one struck with a traumatic look.

"Ash!"

"No, don't!" He shot back around, now out on the pavement outside the Pokemon Centre. "You knew very well that there was something going on."

Misty pulled her hand away, how did he know?

"I found it in your bag."

"You went through my things?"

"No, don't make me look like the bad one here. You took what you knew belonged to me, and said nothing. Why did you go through my pockets?"

"I didn't! You dropped your pants, and it fell out. I was going to just put it back, but then I realised what it was. I swear, I didn't go looking for something like that."

"Look, I don't care. Either way, you knew it was mine. You could have at least asked me about it. Instead of taking it like a sneak and hiding it from me." He breathed out, closing his eyes before looking up at her again. "Do you have any idea how much that meant to me?"

Her shoulders sunk, and she pulled back a little bit, guilt rushing over her as she looked at the fear in his eyes. She looked down to the ground, breathing out as she heard him step away from her.

He paused, and turned back around, before deciding it wasn't worth it and returned back to look for Dawn.

She took her hands away, looking up over the blue-green open sea that danced right in front of her. The tears on her face quickly tried from the sharp, salty breeze that passed through. What was she worth? She looked down at her torso, bring a hand up and over her belly. It wouldn't be long before it began to swell up. Wouldn't be long before she would be able to count the stairs, and list the judgemental words. Women would look at her with disgust, and men would look at her with interest. She looked easy. A fifteen your old girl with the belly the size of a beach ball. She closed her eyes. She had no more tears. Her eyes ran dry and her heart did too.

"Dawn?" She heard from behind her. She leaned closer against the stone wall. It was Ash. "Please Dawn, where are you?" She closed her eyes, she wished he would go away, but at the same time, she longed for him to be there. She couldn't make up her mind. Why couldn't she have both? She wondered why he was looking for her. And where was Misty in all this. She didn't understand. He begged for her that night, and now it seemed like he couldn't wait to be free of her. She pulled her knees up against her chest, hugging them close. She ruined his life.

"Dawn!" he quickly jumped off the edge of the wall, landing swiftly on his feet. She shot her head up, realising she had been discovered. She quickly got up on her feet, stumbling a little but was stopped when Ash pulled at her wrist. She turned around, only to be pulled in further, into his embrace. He wrapped his arms around her, firm and tight, like he was never going to let go. He dug his nose into her hair, which was still neatly pulled back.

She stood there, shocked. Her arms dangling at her sides, pushing in towards her body by his grip. He pulled one hand up behind her head, her loose ponytail slipping between his fingers as her pulled her into him. The other arm snaked around her lower back, making her feel trapped – but she didn't mind. He breathed out, and back in; taking in her sweet familiar scent.

"I'm sorry," he whispered, his voice hitched.

She paused, and closed her eyes. She felt the cool, fresh breeze whistle through her ears. It was so violent, yet gentle. She dug her nose into his neck, drowning in his husky deodorant. She snaked her arms around his torso, pulling in.

"I missed you, Ash."

Woo! Ash is back! Oh, yeah! This is where all the romance begins. And yeah, Dawn is a bit of an idiot for giving into him so easily, but hey, who could blame her?

Thanks for reading!

`3rooke