Sorry, my last chapter was very Pokeshippy, I'm hoping this one is more Egoshippy
Hope you enjoy :)
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"Oh yeah, that's the spot." Misty moaned as a young, blonde man's fingers worked their magic on her back.
"Why don't we do this every day?" Dawn asked, a sigh escaping her lips.
"Believe me if I had the money I would." May added.
"God, I love you Suzy." Misty managed to whisper out as her stresses were being massaged away.
"I needed this just as much as you." Suzy laughed. "Planning a wedding can be very stressful."
"Don't remind me." May groaned. "How I got through it I'll never know."
"I'd take planning a wedding over my life any day." Misty said, her voice holding a sad tone.
"Ditto." Dawn sighed. "Why do guys have to make your lives so difficult?"
"I swear it's a boyfriend's mission in life to make your life hell." Misty laughed, guilt eating into her as she realised she was the cause of Dawn's problems.
"Well you brought on your problems all yourself Misty." Suzy said, giving her a quick glance.
"What's that supposed to mean?" She bit her lip, worried she was close to getting found out.
"Dating someone like Gary Oak? You knew that would be a constant uphill battle so I have no sympathy for you." Suzy laughed.
"Someone has to tame the beast." Misty said, laughing too.
"And you're just the girl to do it." Dawn nodded with approval.
"I disagree." May spoke up.
"Don't think I can control the boy?" Misty asked, turning her head so she was now facing May.
"No, not that. If anyone's going to whip that boy into shape it's going to be a stubborn, scrappy thing like you."
"Cheers." Misty rolled her eyes.
"I was talking about guys making your lives difficult, I don't have this issue with Drew." May said, a slight smug smile resting on her lips.
"That's different, Drew is your husband." Dawn's voice travelled across the room.
"Brock's fine." Suzy sighed as the masseur worked her lower back.
"He's a fiancé." Dawn stated.
"Face it ladies, until there is a ring involved our men are just difficult." Misty said, dropping her head back down to her cushioned head rest.
"The gospel according to Misty." May laughed, along with Suzy.
The girls fell into silence, all enjoying the moment and making the most out of their massages.
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Misty sat soaking nails, her head slightly tilted back, her eyes close. All of the knots had been released in her back and she was finally feeling relaxed.
"Hey Mist." Dawn said, taking a seat next to her.
"Oh, hey Dawn." Misty fake smiled back, her calming moment coming to an end.
She glanced around the spa, hoping to find May or Suzy but they had both gone for facials leaving Misty to herself.
"What can I do for you?" She bit her lip slightly, not wanting to be alone with Dawn.
"I need to ask you something important." She said, glancing over at the other girl, her face serious.
"Sure, you know you can ask me anything." She was trapped, her fingers needed to soak for another five minutes so she wouldn't be going anywhere.
"What happened yesterday, between you and Ash?" She asked, her eyes wide with nerves dreading the answer.
"What do you mean?" Misty asked, trying to sound casual but images of Ash kissing her flickered through her mind.
"Ash won't tell me anything." She sighed, her tears welling slightly. "He just said you went out for lunch and I need to stop questioning him all the time. But I need to know."
"Honestly Dawn, it's nothing bad." She said, trying her best to offer her a reassuring smile.
"I still want to know."
"We crashed a breeder's convention." Misty said with a slight laugh.
"That's it?" Dawn asked, relief flooding through her.
"That's it." Misty nodded. "We got found out and had to go into hiding for a little bit but that was literally our whole day."
"Oh right, sorry Misty."
"There's nothing to apologise for." She said, offering a smile.
"There is, you guys are best friends and I need to accept that you're bound to spend time together." Dawn sighed.
"I don't want you to feel uncomfortable." Misty muttered.
"I don't, honestly it's fine." She smiled, before rising to her feet. "I think I'm going to get a massage."
"You've already had one." Misty laughed.
"I know, but it's all been paid for so I'm making the most of it." Dawn turned on her heel and left Misty to herself again. She turned back to her nails and let her mind wander as they continued to soak.
Her attention was suddenly pulled from her day dreams with the sound of her ringtone echoing off the walls, with a roll of her eyes she pulled her hands out of the soak and reached for her phone, her intention to ignore the phone call. However, upon noticing the caller I.D. she felt her heart flutter and couldn't stop herself from answering.
"Gary Oak." She smirked. "To what do I owe the pleasure?"
"You ignoring me princess?" He asked.
"As I'm talking to you right now I think it's safe to say the answer is no." She laughed.
"I stopped by your room earlier and you wouldn't let me in."
"Checking up on me?" She asked, Gary laughed down the phone causing a small smile to appear on her lips.
"I'm bored, come down to my room and entertain me." He said, Misty could practically here the smirk in his voice.
"Well nothing would excite me more, but sadly I'm out with the girls."
"So? Ditch them." He stated. "You know you want to."
"Suzy paid a lot of money for this spa day, I am not wasting it to spend the day in your hotel room." She felt a fire inside her at the thought of her suggestion, she shook her head to try and rid her mind of the idea.
"What you wearing?" He asked.
"Excuse me?" She was slightly confused by the sudden change in conversation.
"Just humour me Red, what you wearing right now?"
"Fine." She sighed. "If you must know I'm wearing a towel dress. Happy now?"
"Ecstatic." He laughed.
"What about you?" She asked, standing up and walking away from her table, nails long forgotten.
"What about me?" He questioned.
"What are you wearing?" His infectious laugh rung out in her ears. "Come on, this is a two way street. Answer the question Oak."
"I'm wearing nothing." He whispered down the phone.
"At all?" Misty managed to stutter out, a blush rising to her cheeks. She was thankful this was a phone conversation so he couldn't see the affect he had on her.
"Yeah, just got out the shower and needed to dry off." He said, she could hear the faint sounds of bed springs squeaking, she closed her eyes to clear her mind of images of Gary lounging on his bed, naked.
"And what? Towels are too mainstream now?" She joked, hoping to cover her blunder.
"I just know I couldn't pull it off as well as you."
"It's true I look hot as hell right now." Misty rolled her eyes, nothing could be further from the truth.
"I'm going to need photographic proof." Gary said, no hint of a joke in his tone.
"Never going to happen sweetheart."
"You're breaking my heart Red."
"I'm sure you'll survive." Misty said, shaking her head. "Anyway, I'm going to have to love you and leave you as the steam room is calling my name."
"A steam room? Man, now I wish I'd come with you." He said, letting out a long breath.
"I wouldn't have let you." She warned.
"Don't forget that photo." Gary managed to slip in before she hung up.
"Yeah, yeah." She rolled her eyes and ended the conversation.
A slight smile on her face from her talk with Gary she began walking towards the lockers to safely deposit her phone before entering the steam room. On her way she caught sight of herself in a mirror, her blue towel dress falling towards the top end of her thigh, her hair piled on top of her head in a messy bun, a few tresses falling lose.
She didn't know what possessed her to do it but she found herself switching to the camera option on the phone, glancing around the locker room to ensure she was alone. Leaning forward slightly she blew a kiss towards the mirror, capturing the moment on her phone. She quickly turned from the mirror and made her way over to her locker, all the while staring down at her phone, analysing the picture.
Once she arrived at her locker she still debated whether to send the picture or not, eventually deciding that she would, but it was only a joke between them nothing more. Biting her lip she sent the picture, along with a caption "enjoy Oak". She then put her phone in the locker and walked away, deciding it was too late to regret sending it now.
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Misty yawned as she leant her head back on the tile wall behind her, letting the steam take over her body. But once again her relaxation was short lived as soon May was bustling her way through the steam room to her side.
"Here's where you're hiding, I've been looking everywhere for you." May sighed, sitting down next to her.
"Well here I am." Misty managed to get out, eyes still closed.
"So, I was talking to Suzy and she's come up with this brilliant idea for tonight." She said, excitedly jumping in her seat.
"And what is it?" Misty asked, peaking at May through one eye.
"A Mr and Mrs competition." May exclaimed, shaking Misty's arm.
"What the hell is that?" She asked, sitting up fully to face the other girl.
"Basically you have to answer questions about your other half and the person who gets the most right wins." May smiled.
"Sounds fun." Misty said, moving back into her relaxing position. "I don't get why you're telling me about it though."
"Because you're going, obviously." May shook her head.
"Why would I be going? I don't have a Mr."
"But you have a Mr Gary Oak." May said, smirking. "And that's close enough."
"True, but it will be pretty embarrassing when Gary and I fail spectacularly in front of everyone." Misty groaned.
"Who said you're going to fail? I bet you guys do really well, you're more in sync than you think."
"Sure we are." Misty rolled her eyes and rose up to her feet.
"So you'll come tonight?" May asked after her retreating form.
"I'll think about it." Misty called back before she had left the steam room.
Once out Misty made her way over to her locker and retrieved her phone, while in the steam room she had received a text from Gary. He'd sent a picture of himself reflected in a mirror, much like hers, only he was wearing nothing at all. But, there was a strategically placed chair to prevent anything below the waist from being displayed. Misty felt herself pout slightly in disappointment.
"Sexy bastard." Misty jumped slightly at the sound, unaware that May had followed her out of the steam room and was currently reading her messages over her shoulder.
"Jesus May! You almost gave me a heart attack." She said, purposely ignoring May's comment.
"Sorry." May shrugged slightly. "What's with the picture?"
"Nothing." Misty said, looking down to avoid embarrassment.
"So you often receive naked pictures from Gary?" May asked, her motherly tone setting in.
"He's not naked, you can't even see anything." She said, the frustration clear in her voice. "Besides, I sent him one first." Misty winced as she said that, why had she just admitted that to May?
"Did you now?" May asked, crossing her arms. "And were you as scantily clad as Gary was?"
"No, I was fully dressed." Misty rolled her eyes.
"Alright, I can deal with that."
"Glad to hear it." Misty said, closing her locker and walking away to change.
"Mist, if you and Gary were hooking up you'd tell me right?" May called after her.
"You know I would!" She turned back to May. "If anything ever happens, believe me, you'll be the first to know."
May just smiled at Misty before walking over to her own locker, with one last glance at the picture on her phone Misty went to go change.
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"Open the door Waterflower." Gary's voice drifted in Misty's room, followed by three sharp knocks.
"What a pleasant surprise." She said, opening the door.
"You ready to go?" He asked, walking into her room.
"Go where?" She replied, closing the door behind him.
"Some couples quiz May was telling me about." He shrugged, flicking through her belongings.
"You mean Mr and Mrs? Are we actually going to that?" She carefully eyed his hands making sure she knew exactly what he'd be seeing.
"I don't see why not."
"Because we'll lose." She said, pulling his hands away before they started going through her drawers, she could do without Gary seeing all her underwear.
"So what if we're going to lose? It will still be fun to give it a go." He said, glancing down at his hands which she had still yet to release.
"Okay fine." She sighed, dropping his hands. "We'll go to this stupid quiz tonight, but don't complain to me when we make idiots of ourselves because we don't know anything about each other." She turned and walked to the other side of the room.
"It's been three months, how much are we expected to know about each other?" He laughed.
"You'd be surprised." She muttered, reaching down and shoving some shoes on her feet.
"Well we're learning something new about each other every day." He said, walking over to her and standing behind her back. "For example, I now know you're not adverse to sending pictures."
"Don't expect that to become a regular thing." She said, standing up straight and hitting her back into his chest.
"Shame." He smirked, wrapping his arms around her from behind.
"Why exactly did you return the favour?" She asked, feeling herself relax into his arms.
"I was told this was a two way street, everything I get you get too." He said, giving her a squeeze.
"I guess that's fair." She whispered.
"Just so you know I did enjoy that picture." He gently reached up so he had a hold of her chin, moving her head up to look at him. "Very much."
"As much as I hate to admit it I enjoyed your picture too." She said, causing Gary to smirk.
His gaze flicked down to her lips, slightly parted as she looked up at him through her thick lashes. He lightly licked his lips and began leaning towards her lips. Their lips almost touching, she could feel his breath against her cheeks, blowing a few stray hairs on her face.
"MISTY!" A voice shouted, bashing her door.
The pair jumped apart like two teenagers getting caught by their parents, a blush on both their cheeks. Misty tilted her head to one side, in her whole life she'd never seen Gary blush before.
"I'm waiting!" The voice shouted again.
Misty walked away from Gary and towards the door, opening it and allowing May to waltz into the hotel room.
"What took you so long? I was…" May trailed off when she noticed how flushed Misty was and Gary stood in the corner scratching the back of his head. "Am I interrupting something?"
"No, course you're not." Misty said, refusing to meet Gary's eye.
"Okay." She said slowly, glancing between the two embarrassed adults.
"Should we get going?" Gary asked, changing the subject.
"Sure, that's why I came to get you anyway." May said, walking about the room Gary and Misty awkwardly following behind her.
"Hey, Gar." Misty said, taking hold of his hand.
"Yeah?" He asked, as she pulled him back to her side.
"Next time you send me a picture make sure your monster isn't hiding away." She smirked, releasing his hand and quickening her pace to catch up with May.
Gary managed to swallow before following after the girls, a slight smirk gracing his lips as he thought about Misty's proposal.
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Misty sat staring at her drink as she swilled it around in her glass, heat rising to her cheeks every time she thought back to her moment with Gary in her room, and her bold comment in the hallway.
"Misty." Gary's voice brought her back to reality.
"Yeah?" She asked, looking up into his eyes.
"It's our turn." He stood up and held his hand out, with a small smile she took his hand and allowed him to drag her towards the two chairs at the front of the room.
Misty was really beginning to regret agreeing to this, she should have paid more attention to the questions the other couples had been asked so they could confer answers, although at the beginning Brock had said everyone would have different questions.
"Okay, you ready guys?" Brock asked, he and Suzy being the question masters.
"As we'll ever be." Misty groaned. Gary offered her a small smile and squeezed her hand before dropping it and turning towards Brock and Suzy.
"Okay, let's start easy. When did you get together?" Suzy asked.
Gary glanced over at Misty to see she was already writing an answer down on her board. Had the decided an anniversary date and he'd forgotten? He tried to work it out for himself. It was May now and they'd supposedly got together three months ago making it February. With a slight shake of his head he wrote down a date, he knew the exact date she would have put.
"Okay, let's see your answers." In unison Gary and Misty turned their boards around for Suzy to read. "February 14th, very romantic." She smiled.
Misty raised an eyebrow at Gary who just smirked in response, he knew her better than she thought.
"Next question, Gary's worst trait?" Brock asked.
"If you can find one." Gary said, flicking his hair slightly.
"I'm sure I can think of one." Misty rolled her eyes.
Together they wrote down their answers and turned their boards to reveal the word 'ego'.
"That's a surprise." Brock joked. "Now, Misty's worst trait?"
"She doesn't have any, the girls perfect." Gary winked.
"Good answer." Misty said with a nod of approval.
"That's the answer of a man who's scared of his girlfriend." Brock laughed.
"Excuse me? Are you implying I have a bad trait?" Misty asked, leaning forward so she could stare Brock in the eye.
"We all know what should be written down there."
"Alright, fine." Misty moaned, writing on her board and turning it around to reveal the word 'temper'. With a smile Gary turned round his board to reveal the same answer.
"Well done Misty." Suzy smiled. "Next questions Misty's favourite song?"
Gary laughed slightly, he knew her favourite song. Anytime this song came on she couldn't resist dancing along.
"Answers guys. Tricky by Run DMC." She said reading the boards. "You guys are doing well. Gary's favourite song?"
Misty felt her mind go blank but she definitely knew this, they'd been at his 21st birthday party and they were both completely drunk. Then suddenly this song came on and he insisted it was his favourite song and dragged her to dance with him, if only she could remember what they were dancing to.
"Come on Misty." Suzy encouraged.
It was such an annoying song, how could she not remember it? Suddenly a light went off in her head, and with a smile she wrote down her answer, hoping that after five years his favourite song hadn't changed.
"Milkshake by Kelis?" Brock laughed as he read their boards. "Really Gary?"
"Really." He nodded.
"Okay, I'm not going to judge. Who wears the trousers in the relationship?"
Without even thinking both Misty and Gary wrote on their boards.
"Well this will be interesting. Let's reveal them one at a time. Misty?" Brock asked and she turned her board to reveal 'me'. "Don't think I expected any less. Gary?" Gary turned his board around and in the middle 'Misty' was written.
"Least the boys knows his place." Suzy laughed. "Next question, if applicable." She raised her eyebrow at Misty. "Nickname for his penis." Misty blushed at the question, as of today she did have a nickname for him. "Look at that face, there's a nickname. Let's hear it."
"Fine." Misty grumbled, writing on her board and turning it around, along with Gary.
"Monster?" A voice scoffed from the crowd.
"You bet your ass Ashy-boy." He smirked, while Misty just looked down in embarrassment, she knew May would have something to say about that later.
"Alright, last question for you two. Favourite sexual position."
Misty glanced over at Gary, who was writing down his answer with a smirk on his face, what the hell was he writing?
Back when she was with Ash he'd always tried to give her tips and one position would always come up, maybe that was his favourite position.
"If you get this right you'll get a full house." Brock said as they turned their boards around. "Reverse cowgirl, interesting." He shook his head, Misty was always like a little sister to him and these past few questions had made him feel slightly uncomfortable.
"You guys are finished, next up are Dawn and Ash." Suzy said as Gary and Misty climbed off the chairs to make room for the next couple.
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Misty cringed slightly as she watched Dawn and Ash stumble through their last questions, getting quite a few wrong answers.
"Monster?" May asked, sitting down next to Misty.
"Apparently so." Misty nodded.
"Seriously Misty, nothing is going on between you two?" She raised her eyebrow at her friend.
"Seriously."
"I don't believe you. You guys seem too perfect together for this to all be an act." May said, looking over to Gary who was discretely watching Misty as he talked to Drew.
"Trust me, after this wedding things will go back to the way they are and I will only see Gary every few months, if that." Misty said, biting down on her lip, she didn't want things to go back to that way, after this week she didn't think she could stand not seeing him regularly.
"Again, I don't believe you. You wouldn't let that happen, and even if you plan to be stubborn about it just to prove me wrong, he won't let you get away." May said with a knowing look.
"Alright, we have our winners." Brock called out, getting everyone's attention. "Third place is Flint and Lola." He shot a smile in the direction of his parents.
"30 years of marriage and all we get is third place?" Flint called out.
"Shut up, you idiot." Lola said, smiling up at her husband.
"In second place is May and Drew." Suzy said.
"Well done." Misty said, giving May a small smile.
"And our winners are Gary and Misty." Brock announced.
"What?" Misty asked in shock, turning her attention towards Brock.
"Congrats guys. Go give your girl a kiss Gary." Suzy encouraged, clapping her hands slightly.
"If you insist." Gary laughed, making his way through the crowd towards Misty.
As he got closer she felt herself standing up and walking towards him as well.
"It's for the bride." Gary whispered as the met in the middle.
"Well, we wouldn't want to disappoint her." Misty whispered back.
She rose up onto her tip toes so she could reach him easier, he wrapped his arms around her waist and picked her off the ground. Taking hold of his face she pulled his head down so that their lips were touching, it didn't matter that everyone was watching them Misty still got caught up in the moment. She parted her lips slightly and allowed Gary entrance to her mouth, a slight moan rumbled in her throat as their tongues danced.
"Okay, that's enough." Brock's voice called out. Misty pulled back but Gary refused to put her down. "Save that for the bedroom." He laughed.
"We did good today Red." Gary whispered, giving her a wink.
"Yeah we did." She smiled.
He placed her back on the ground and reluctantly Misty took a step back from him. She sat down again and watched as he made his way back to the Drew to finish their conversation.
"Nothing? Really?" May asked, raising her eyebrow at her.
"Really." Misty tried to nod with assurance, but if the beating of heart after that kiss was anything to go by her statement was most definitely a lie.
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Wow, that chapter ended up being a lot longer than I anticipated!
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