You can run but you can't hide; what a very true statement. You can run away from the truth, but it'll always catch up with you. James ran, but not for very long. Jessie caught up with him; she wanted to take away Hope. His Hope. However, he couldn't, wouldn't let that happen. James would do anything in order to keep Hope. Go to jail even and that's what he did.
James was sentenced to jail for two years; it would have been more if he hadn't turned himself in. He got to see Hope every week, Misty brought her over. So in this way, Hope grow up and by the time she was two years old, he felt himself getting antsy. Being so close to her and not being able to hold her was hard enough. He continued to tell himself that in two more months he'd get out of this pit and into happiness at last.
However, something continued to nag on him. Even in those last months of anticipation, he continued to wonder if Giovanni would want to hurt him. Because, that was most likely the case. Then what could James do? Hid out for the remainder of his life? No, that was the whole reason for going to jail in the first place. When James had suggested this idea of going to jail. Misty said that she could take care of Hope; or at least there was someone she knew that could and would. Ash and Brock didn't seem to truly care about the situation, which was understandable; James being their enemy and everything. But it was Jessie that really hurt.
She had said no. No she wouldn't quit team rocket, no she wouldn't turn herself in, no to everything that was said, but she couldn't stop James. He would do it with out her, how ever hard that might be and it would be very hard; James could sense that. There was nothing that he could do though. He had promised Hope to never leave her. He couldn't go back on that promise; he wouldn't go back on that promise.
Over the two years, Hope had come to call James ' Jada' for one reason or another. James really didn't mind and Misty thought it was cute. It seems that the person Misty had mentioned was Ash's mom and James was perfectly fine with that as long as Either Ash or his mother minded. Since neither did, it was settled.
The only thing that James had been afraid of was that Hope would love everyone else more then him. However, Misty later told him that this was not the case and that every day Hope would ask when they would get to see Jada again. Even if they had just visited him the day before. James hoped that Misty was right.
Time sped up for James those last two months. They seemed to pass very quickly…
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Misty's heart sped as she smiled at Hope who was trotting around in circles. Laughing and smiling. ' What a beautiful child', she thought to herself as she to Hope's hand. Hope's black hair swung around her face, and Misty pulled it back. Hope looked up at her and smiled. Misty loved the few times she saw Hope. She only got to see the small child the times that she took Hope to see James. She always looked so happy and she was always smiling.
" Jada comes home today?" Hope asked her blue eyes sparkled in the sunlight.
" Yes he does." Misty replied smiling at her.
" Yeah!" Hope cheered skipping in front of Misty.
" You know what I really want Jada to do?" Hope asked walking next to Misty now trying to act more serious.
" What?"
" I want him to sing me my lulliby." Hope answered struggling at the word lullaby.
" Your lullaby?" Misty inquired curiously.
" You know! The one Jada used to sung for me before he went to jail."
" Oh." Misty said, even thought she didn't know what Hope was talking about. Maybe she made it up in a dream, Misty thought knowing that Hope had a wild imagination.
They continued their walk as Hope hummed a song that Misty had never heard before. The passed several trees and bushes on their way and every now and then Hope would stop to pick a flower. When they had nearly reached the entrance to the jail, Hope breathed and opened her mouth to speak.
" Missy, will things be better when Jada comes back?"
" What do you mean? What's wrong with them now?" Misty asked slightly worried.
" Nevamind." Hope said distractedly.
So, they continued up into the jail, where James was already waiting for them. A smile lit up on his face when he saw Hope.
" Jada!!" She yelled as she ran to his arms. James felt tears in his eyes as he finally got to hold his happiness, his joy, his one and only hope that kept him going even in the darkest of times in the jail. He decided he shouldn't cry in front of her and only offered a giant smile and an even bigger hug.
" Hey, I've missed you sooo much." James told her.
" I miss you too!" She replied smiling. (it was contagious).
" Jada are we gonna live in our very own blwue house?" Hope asked her eyes sparkled as they so often do.
" Well, not yet first I've got to get enough money, but ounce I do you can be sure that we'll live in our very own house together!" James replied shocked by the question.
Hope looked a little sad. " Well all wight I guess I can wait. Is it gonna be a blue house with little flowers out fwront and a garden too?"
" Yes of course! I wouldn't have it any other way." James said.
Hope remembered Misty. " And Missy will live with us too?"
James didn't say anything and Misty thought about this for a while. She loved Hope as her own daughter now and she loved James as a friend. But could she really quit traveling with Ash, her secret love and just stay with them? Ash had been going out with another girl though; Cathy. It had hurt Misty very much, but she couldn't say anything. Maybe it was time to move on, maybe Ash would never love her as she wished to be loved. Besides her heart retched whenever Ash and Cathy were near each other. Which was just about every moment possible.
" Yep, I'll definitely be there. What could be better then living with you two?" Misty said, even thought she knew what would be better.
" Hooray!" Hope shouted causing many people in the jail to glance her way.
" Come on," Misty said grabbing Hope's and James' hands. " Let's go home!"
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On the walk home, Misty talked with James while Hope skipped around picking more flowers and exploring. Misty knew there'd be a lot to tell James about, after she had talked for a long time about Hope. She shifted her conversation to what was happening to the people involved in Hope's life.
" Ash's mom got married a year and a half ago." Misty told him
" Really? Anyone who I might know?" James asked semi-interested.
" Dunno, he's extremely rich. He bought her a new house that looks more like a mansion on the outskirts of town. That's where Hope lives now."
" Mansion's yuck." James muttered and shuddered a little at the thought of living in one again.
" Anyway, his name is Giovanni I think." Misty said struggling over the name.
James' eyes widened and a sudden bolt of horror struck him. Yes sudden in that it came upon him in less then 2 seconds after the name was said. This was a nightmare come true; the exact thing that he expected least was for Giovanni to be waiting for him when he got there. God, that was terrible. He had thought he'd have some time to think about how to hide away from him and team rocket in general, but now that would be impossible.
" What? What's wrong?" Misty asked worried.
" Giovanni was my old boss." James replied surprised that his voice wasn't quavering as he spoke.
" You mean.."
" Yeah, he's the leader of Team Rocket."
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Author's note: Well, that's all for now. I hope you liked it I wrote this in about an hour, but I had to get this chapter out. I've been working on 3 stories at ounce and my brain's going to explode. So, how'd you like it? What should I change? REVIEW PLEASE and thankyou to all whom have reviewed so far.
My other stories: A Long Way Back and A Shake, A Rattle, and A Roll plus their sequels and chapters
Coming Soon: A Shake, A Rattle, and A Roll (the next chapter) and Butterflykisses ch.3: So what exactly happened?
Plus Coming Very Very Soon: Adventures of Misty and James (the offspring of the story A Long Way Back)