So, thanks to some ridiculous error, I wasn't able to upload any of my revised documents for the past few days. It's been irritating the shit out of me. I've FINALLY gotten the chance to upload (about time). Anyway, so before I get mad again, I'll get off this topic…
Instead I'll rant about ANOTHER stupid error! Thanks to this one, I cannot use the little line divider things in my profile. It works perfectly fine HERE in my story…but not on my profile. Makes no sense. *sigh* Okay, well so instead I've had to use some little Xs and squiggles—which admittedly still look rather awesome—but it's just not the same. The lines just made everything easier to define. Oh well…
But anyways, enough ranting! (why does it seem like I always do that anyway?) I'm back with another installment—er, rewrite! No worries, we're getting closer and closer to new updates! I'm trying as quickly as I can.
Dear Arceus, I just noticed something! Can you believe this story is 2 years old already? Aw, yesterday was my story's birthday! Yay! ^_^
I'm just glad I noticed this! But WOW! Where the hell did all the time go? (Man, I have no life…)
Ahem. Anyhoo, though, without further delay, please enjoy my next rewrite update!
Disclaimer: LEXI DOES NOT OWN POKÉMON! ONLY IN HER WILDEST DREAMS!
Paul: Not even.
Me: Hey! I said no more delays! On with the story, darn it!
Pokéchat #11
It was the following morning, but Ash felt no better. As far as he knew, nothing had changed. Drew was still unconscious, May was still upset, Misty and Dawn were still with her, and he still couldn't think of anything to do to help. But, then again, no one seemed to ever really tell him anything, so perhaps he was wrong…maybe something DID change!
Feeling extremely lazy and deciding to use technology rather than go over and see for himself, Ash meandered over to his computer and logged into the chat room. Hopefully someone would be online that could let him know if anything was different.
Thankfully, two others were already there:
Princess_Of_The_Sea has logged on.
Ladiesman44 has logged on.
And Misty could definitely let him know if anything had changed…
Hey Brock, Misty, Ash greeted his friends.
He received the same greeting in return from both. Hey Ash!
Misty, how's May doing? Has Drew woken up yet?
It's been a full day and still nothing, Misty replied with a sad emote. I mean, he's okay (mostly) and everything, but he's still unconscious. May's crushed…I'm getting her some more ice cream…
Wait, how are you online then? Ash asked.
I went home instead of to the store. I didn't feel like dealing with crowds and I had some ice cream no one was eating. (I know. Shocking.) And besides, I figured you guys would need an update.
Well, that was nice of her…
Did she try talking to him? Brock asked, steering their conversation back on track. They say the voice of a loved one gets through to the heart…no matter how cliché that sounds.
Any other time, Ash would have allowed himself a smile; of course Brock would be the one to suggest something like that…
Yeah, Misty answered. We tried that. Nothing.
I'm sure he'll be fine, Ash typed out lamely.
Misty's response was hesitant. I hope so…
Before Ash could offer any other overused words of comfort, another joined their conversation:
Contestqueen28 has logged on.
MISTY! Dawn posted hastily, before anyone could even greet her at all.
What? What happened? The orange-head replied immediately.
You need to get over here right now!
Got it! I'll be right over!
Contestqueen28 has logged off.
Princess_Of_The_Sea has logged off.
Ash's first thoughts were panic as he watched the two log off. What if something bad happened? What if Drew…no! He wasn't going to think that way. He had to stay positive!
What do you think happened? He asked Brock, hoping his friend would be positive as well.
And Brock didn't disappoint. Maybe Drew woke up!
Maybe…but then it could be…I mean, maybe he…I mean, isn't there still a possibility that…um…! Damn! Where was his positivity going?
Don't say it, Ash! Brock cut in quickly. I get what you mean, but I desperately hope that isn't the reason for the urgency…
Contestqueen28 has logged on.
Ash was stunned when he saw Dawn back so soon. Dawn, you're back! What happened? Is Drew okay?
Dawn seemed very hesitant. NOT a good sign. You guys…
What is it? What's wrong? Did something happen? Ash felt like pressing the panic button again. So much for that positivity…
The bluenette was much quicker in replying this time. Sorry, I was drying my eyes before…
What? You're crying? Oh-no! What happened to Drew? It seemed Brock was panicking as well.
No, no! Nothing like that! They were tears of joy!
Ash read her response over again. Tears of joy? Did that mean…?
Misty entered the chat right before he could confirm his thoughts:
Princess_Of_The_Sea has logged on.
Then…he's okay? He finally got a chance to ask.
See for yourself! Well…read for yourself, I guess, Misty replied.
May_Hearts_Drew has logged on.
Drew_Hearts_May has logged on.
Ash never thought he could feel happier seeing a line of bold lettering appear across his computer screen. Drew! You're alive!
Yep, Drew responded. I'm alive.
Except that he has a badly sprained ankle, bruised ribcage, and a concussion…
May, I'm fine.
Yeah, I know...I don't like seeing you injured, but I'm also glad it wasn't anything TOO serious…
We all are, May, Brock chimed in, adding a smile to the end of his message.
Yep. I'm fine, May (or anyone, for that matter) doesn't have to worry, and I've still got my laptop to communicate with everyone.
Immediately, the same question Ash had been asking himself for FAR too long ran through his mind as he was reading Drew's post. So, he decided to ask it anyway. Why does everyone have a laptop but me?
Sorry, Ash, Drew replied. I can't answer that question…
Ash sighed. He figured that would be the response. Never mind.
I am so happy you're okay! May continued to gush. And getting better! I was so scared when I saw you fall! It was like watching a horror film!
May, it wasn't that far of a drop…
Still! It was so awful to watch!
Um, okay you two, Misty cut in. You can continue this conversation outside the chat now…everyone's knows Drew's okay so…
Yeah, let's talk somewhere else, May.
Ok.
And then they were gone:
Drew_Hearts_May has logged off.
May_Hearts_Drew has logged off.
No one posted any messages for a moment, so Ash decided to be the first. Well, I'm glad Drew's all right.
Yeah, I know, Dawn agreed. I was so worried, and seeing May in such an upset state wasn't pleasant either…
But it's in the past now, Brock added. Everything turned out okay (apart from a few injuries) and Drew will recover just fine. So, we can put it behind us.
Exactly. So Dawn, Misty began, changing the subject, I haven't seen Kenny around for awhile. Where'd he run off to?
Oh, he had to hurry back to Sinnoh. His grandmother passed away…
Ash wasn't the only one who was unsure how to respond to that. No one replied for at least thirty seconds.
Thankfully, though, they were spared any further awkward seconds as Dawn continued her message. That reminds me, though! I said I would call him at…EEP! It's already fifteen minutes past! Got to go! Talk to you later!
Contestqueen28 has logged off.
Ash blinked. Why was it that everyone kept disappearing from the chat so quickly without even giving anyone else time to offer a good-bye? Sure it was a little tedious, but he kind of liked the gesture. This whole ordeal with Drew was making him nervous about similar situations happing to the rest of his friends…with more serious injuries.
Forcing himself away from such thoughts, he turned his attention instead of Brock's message. Apparently, his friend had sensed something off about Dawn.
Am I the only one confused here? His message read. I thought Dawn liked Gary…
Ash paused before typing in response, But she does, doesn't she?
Shut up, you guys, Misty cut in. Kenny is her friend. That doesn't automatically make him her boyfriend. She's just concerned about him because his grandmother passed. It doesn't mean she likes him!
But on the other hand, just look at you and Ash, Brock pointed out. Remember back in those days, Misty? You used to deny being Ash's girlfriend all the time. Now you ARE his girlfriend.
…Shut up, Brock.
Ash smiled at Misty's response. Part of him still couldn't believe she was actually going out with him. Of course, that didn't mean he wasn't INSANELY happy about it! After all this time, all these years of knowing each other, they were finally together.
Suddenly, he frowned. With this whole ordeal, he hadn't been able to spend much time with his girlfriend the past two days…which was understandable, but still…maybe he should plan something to make up for it…
He glanced back at his computer screen and noticed Brock had said (well, typed) something about talking to someone before logging off. The bold lettering had just appeared seconds ago, before Ash had even got a chance to say good-bye (again, what was WITH that?):
Ladiesman44 has logged off.
What was that? He asked, ignorance taking over before he realized he had Brock and Misty's short conversation (while he was zoned out) taking up a few lines on his computer screen. Basically, it had just been a brief argument about Misty's situation having no relevance to Dawn's. Ash didn't really understand it, so he suddenly wished he hadn't asked anything at all.
Thankfully, Misty took his question to be directed at who Brock was going to talk to, NOT what they had been talking about. No idea…
Ash breathed a sigh of relief as he changed the subject. He didn't particularly LIKE to be made fun of. Well, everything's okay, so what do you want to do now, Mist? We could go see a movie or something…
Yeah, that sounds good. I'll call you later and we can figure out what we want to see. Right now, I'm going to eat this ice cream meant for May. Misty added a smiley to the end of her message.
Ash laughed as he quickly keyed a response. Haha, well you go do that. I guess I'm going to go look up what's playing…
Hmm…too bad Drew's stuck at home recovering and Dawn's not going out with Gary…then we could totally double date! Ooh, but does it sound awful that I said that about Drew? I am glad he's okay and I didn't mean it to sound that way…
Nah, I know what you mean. But now that you mention Gary, I haven't seen him around in awhile? Have you?
No, he hasn't been on the chat, Misty paused before adding. And you know...neither has Tracey…
Ash paused a moment. Uh…Tracey?
Yeah. I told him about this chat room AGES ago. He said he would come on, but I guess he was too busy…
T-Tracey was supposed to be online? No…it couldn't be…
Mmhmm, I think he said his screenname was I_Can_Sketch or something like that…
Ash froze. No way. There was no way the creepy mental stalker guy that had been on the chat the other day was Tracey. That guy was crazy, right? There was no way that was him! Right…?
He felt extremely uneasy as he typed a response. Um…I_Love_To_Skech?
Yeah, that's it! How'd you know, Ash?
Oh, no reason! Crap. It was him.
Misty may not have been near him, but Ash could sense her wary tone anyway. Ash…
Well…um…he may have…uh…been here a few times…maybe…
What? How the hell did I miss him?
Um, well, it's more like HE missed YOU, actually. Watch. Just wait a few minutes longer.
Both he and Misty paused, neither posting as they waiting for Tracey to appear. Ash was sure he would. After all, he and his girlfriend (that still felt AWESOME to say) were the only ones left and the chat was just about over, so that meant this is about the time for Tracey to show up. Right?
After about a minute, he could practically hear every second ticking by.
Misty seemed to be having patience issues also. Ash…there's no one coming…
Just wait…
Another minute.
Wait for it…
And another.
Wait for it…
Ash, this is silly! Stop lying to me! I'm leaving…
And before he could stop her, that stupid bold lettering appeared across his screen:
Princess_Of_The_Sea has logged off.
Sighing, he figured he'd log out, too. Now he'd be forced to see whatever she wanted to because he'd made her mad. Just great.
I_Love_To_Sketch has logged on.
At first, when he saw the bold lettering he thought Misty had suddenly had a change of heart and returned. He was about to type out something conveying his surprise that she believed him…when he realized that it wasn't her.
He felt a vein twitch in his forehead as he calmly typed out a message to Tracey. DAMN YOU TRACEY! WHY DO YOU ALWAYS ENTER THE CHAT AFTER OUR CONVERSATIONS ARE DONE OR WHEN I AM THE ONLY ONE ON?
Tracey didn't respond for a few seconds, obviously shocked at the outburst. Umm, he replied finally, have we gotten past the crazy man stage?
Oh, go burn in hell!
And Ash clicked the log off button, not really meaning what he wrote but at the same time, too mad to deal with Tracey at all. Still, maybe Misty wasn't all that mad at him and this whole thing would just blow over…
Pokémaster77 has logged off.
From where he sat in from of his computer, Tracey could only stare. What in the name of Arceus had made Ash so mad at him? Was it the whole stalker thing? No, he had mentioned something about Tracey's problem with tardiness. In fact, he didn't mention anything about him being a mental person or a stalker…at least that was a plus.
On the other hand, his final comment was just plain rude! There was no reason he had to be that mean…
Tracey was so absorbed in his thoughts over what had just occurred, he didn't even see the notification that was supposed to alert him to a certain electric rodent's presence.
Electricmouse101 has logged on.
In fact, he only took notice when the single message appeared in capital letters.
THUNDERBOLT VIRUS!
But by then, it was already too late.
I_Love_To_Sketch has been disconnected.
I grow tired of him, Pikachu told the air.
Electricmouse101 has logged off.
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Stay Tuned! Now that Drew is okay, are all the accidents done with? Or is more to come? Who else could almost kill themselves? And how will May and Drew spend their first day reunited? Will his leg heal all right? And how's Kenny doing? Will Dawn be able to reach him on the phone? Or will he be upset with her for not calling? And where is Gary? Why does he miss so much of the chat? Will Misty ever believe Ash that Tracey has come to the chat room? Will she ever get to chat with Tracey? Will anyone else? And will Pikachu ever leave Tracey alone? And does Ash have anger management issues?
To be continued...
They have movie theaters in the Pokemon world, right? (Lolz XD)
Well so there's rewrite #11, and I've already started rewrite #12 so look for it soon (and like I said, hopefully plenty of others, too!) I hope everyone enjoyed reading this one as much as I enjoyed rewriting it (I love writing from Ash's perspective...so much entertaining possibilities ^,^)
Okay, one last thing here before I dash off again! I'm just letting y'all know that I'm pretty much leaving all my previous Author's Notes (I mean the ones before and after each chat) after this…maybe a few 2012 edits here and there…the reason is because 1) I'm kinda out of things to say except the usual (it's lonely without Paul, Steve, and Dave XD) and 2) the next time I'm on I'll be updating hopefully a whole bunch of chapters in succession! I mean like maybe even up to five in a row next time! (Here's hoping!)
Well, that's all I wanted to say. Thanks to everyone who's still with me and I'll see you again soon!
PEACE!
- Lex
~NOZOMI!~