Chapter 9: lunch part 3
"Well Ash? What is it going to be? Are you going along with the deal to know each other better or not?"
Ash hesitated, he didn't know if he should do this but he did it anyway.
"I'm probably going to regret this but…"
'Oh no, now he will say that I should go away and never speak to him again!' thought Misty.
"What do you want to know?"
"What?" Misty asked surprised.
"What, What! It was you who wanted to know me better! And the only thing you can think of is what?"
"Well I'm sorry sir! I was a little distracted." Said Misty irritated.
"Gee, and I thought you where someone who noticed everything." Ash said with sarcasm.
"Are you going to ask me what you wanted to ask me or not? Lunch will be over soon!"
"Oh quit you whining, the lunch is from 12 o'clock till 2. And there has 30 min passed so we have a lot of time left." Said Misty "now, why don't you tell me a bit about you and your hometown and how it looks like."
"What do you mean?"
" Well, where are you from?" "Pallet, Garry said that in class remember?"
"Yes but, I've learned a couple of years ago that what Garry says isn't always the truth." Misty says while she goes sitting against the tree.
"Oh, so not everybody believes what Garry says?"
"No, but how does Pallet Town looks like?" Misty asked, hoping to chance the subject.
"Well, Pallet lies between a couple of high hills with forests and the sea towards Cinnabar Island." Ash said while he too sat down next to misty. "Everybody knows and helps each other and if you wakes up early enough, you can see the sunrise from the cliff at the sea." Ash said eagerly.
"Wow, it sounds like a wonderful town." Misty said. " Do you have brothers or sisters in Pallet or are they on a journey like you?" Misty asked.
As soon she asked the question she regretted it. Ash's expression had gone blank and his hands became fist.
"Ash?" Misty asked carefully "Did I said something wrong?"
"Ash didn't answer her question but just said; " I don't have any brothers or sisters, I've only got my mom." Ash said in a cold tone.
Misty was shocked about the kind of voice Ash just spoke. First it was warm and comforting, now it was cold and full of hate.
And even a part of her told her to change the subject. Misty wanted to know more, more about the boy beside her. She couldn't explain why.
"And what about your father?" Misty asked.
"I don't have a father"
"what do you mean you don't have a father!" Misty cried out. 'how is it possible that you don't have a … except…..oh no!.....he wouldn't be-'
"It isn't any of your business what I mean" Ash yelled while he stood up and walked towards his Pokémon.
'Why did she had to ask that? Why couldn't she just ask me about something about my Pokémon?' Ash thought while he was trying to ignore the stinging pain of tears in his eyes.
'You know why,' said a voice in his head 'she wanted to know about YOU, not about your Pokémon.'
'Yes but, did she had to ask those questions' Ash argued.
'How could she now that subject was sensitive! She doesn't know a thing about you!' The voice argued back.
In the meantime Ash had arrived where the Pokémon where eating or sleeping.
He runs his hand trough his hair, sighs and turns to look where he left the redhead.
Only to see she was gone.
"where did she go?"
Pika! (there!) Pikachu said pointing.
Ash looked where Pikachu was pointing to and saw that he was right. There walked Misty with he head bowed and her shoulder slumped.
'Oh man, what have I done?' Ash thought.
He run right after her while he was yelling her name.
Misty Pov.
"Idiot! You just had to ask about his family while you saw clearly he didn't wanted to talk about it." Misty muttered to herself while she walked toward the door she came out of just a while ago. Just at the moment she had put her hand on the doorknob, she heard someone yell her name. She turned around and saw Ash running towards her.
Without being sure why her heart begun beating hard in her chest she waited till Ash was right in front of her.
Ash Pov.
"Misty! Wait!" Ash yelled while running towards her, to his relieve she turned around.
When he was right in front of her he started before she could say anything.
"Misty…I'm so sorry…I shouldn't have…. yelled at you like that…It's just…. family is a sensitive subject with me." Ash said panting "but that doesn't give me the right to yell at you like that. So I will say it again, I'm very sorry."
But Misty shakes her head and says; "No Ash, I'm sorry. I had to see in you reaction to know you didn't want to talk about it. Forgive me?"
"Only if you forgive me" Ash said with a smile.
"Of course" Misty cried out happy. "Come on, I will show you the rest of the campus and we can talk in the meantime." Misty said while taking Ash's arm.
"Ehm… Misty?" "Yes Ash?" "Can I first take my Pokémon with me?"
To be continued.