**Rain**
AUTHOR'S NOTE: Hey everyone…took me long enough to upload another chapter huh? This one is a tiny bit sadder than the picture from the last chapter I can assure you. But I'm trying to get more and more reviews so I can have a celebration story, for my 100 and over reviews so PLEASE review for the hell of it! This is my only hope! This story I've scored more reviews than all the other fics I made. So PLEASE make this possible!
Disclaimer: Yeah I own Pokemon! So what's it to you??? Obviously I'm just kidding, but I don't own the song, "Rain" by Joey McIntyre.
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"Missstty…" Kelly waved her hand in front of her dazed friend's face. "You sure look fascinated with that photo, you can't even take your eyes off it! What are you staring at?"
"I can't help it if I can't take my eyes off my boyfriend!"
"Since last night? I don't think so, missy. Give me that pic," She snatched it out of Misty's hand. Unbeknown to her, she was taken by surprise and it was whipped out easily. "and lets go! We're going to meet your lovely boyfriend and Scott at the café around the block." Kelly finished with a smile and placed the photo in her pocket.
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- "Ash, we're not millionaires…"
"No, really?"
"So why did you order all that food? The whole damn café's menu list is not my idea of just a light lunch." Misty stated. You could tell she was a health freak.
"Whoa, then I guess you don't know Ash," Scott indicated, he seemed very blunt about it. "I mean, the kid ate paste in kindergarten!"
"Hey it wasn't my fault the demented teacher didn't take care of us! After all, tell me that didn't look like gum."
Kelly just shrugged and shook her head. She listened to her friends babble on while she caught up in her own world. The mere memory of her dear ash-haired friend eating paste made her sick to the stomach. Which she hadn't wished, because she had finished eating.
She set her head onto her palm and twirled her long hair that was a dark shade of a royal purple. Kelly began to gaze out of the window that belonged to their booth. There were gray, puffy clouds forming slowly; hazing throughout the sky that was once a pastel blue. It looked ominous enough to swallow up the sleepy town.
Viewing the town as newcomers would seem as if there was no life. Soon, after gazing the neighborhood that was lifeless probably because a storm was brewing, Kelly was transfixed on someone. It was a male form, which could've been assumed by intuition, which was fixated with eyes on the sky letting its right side rely on the tree's stability. Shortly after some quick accusations, she knew it was Gary.
"Let's go," Kelly was still gazing out the window, "we have something very important to discuss—outside."
"Ummm, what kind of discuss?" Questioned Scott.
"I'll tell you when we get out there! Now lets move!" She quickly stood up and swiftly marched right out of the quaint café. Apparently, she wasn't going to be the one to pay the bill.
"Kel, it looks like its going to pour any minute!" Scott sighed and got up from the booth. "Ash, sorry, you're going to have to pay the bill. Wait, what AM I sorry for? You ordered all this food. Though, the point is that Kelly has been acting strange since we got here. Don't you think, Misty?"
"Yeah, I know what you mean. All she's been doing is staring out the window looking at," Misty swings her head toward the window, "Gary?!?"
"Oh, no! Don't tell me…!"
"Wait up, Scott!" Misty said running after Scott. Ash was now alone at the table.
"When summer hits, I'm definitely getting a job." He reached into his pocket and cleaned out every single dollar and coin, then soon followed his way out the front doors.
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"Kelly, what did you want to talk to us about? You're acting strange." Ash said, Misty nudged him. She didn't want him to be so blunt. Though, she didn't respond right away.
After a few minutes of wind blowing all its strength and the clouds started spritzing, Kelly pointed across the way. Just her luck today, Gary saw them with his piercing stare.
"Damn it, Kelly you drag us out here, in the middle of what looks like a hurricane to tell us the schizophrenic himself is leaning against a tree. This isn't your best joke." Scott let out a deep sigh and shook his head in disappointment.
"What the hell? I'm not in the mood for him again! And oh rapture, Gary's coming over now." Misty informed sarcastically.
"So if it isn't the Pyscho Squad!" Gary cackled, but they continued to gawk at his lame phrases. "What are you looking at?!?"
"I'm trying to figure that out myself!" Misty mouthed. The other three roared out into laughter.
"Looks as if little China Doll has turned into steel!"
"No, actually platinum."
"Same thing, so what?"
"How about so long?" Misty was full of comebacks today! Too bad it didn't brighten up the day, but it sure brightened up everyone's spirits.
Kelly worked up the nerve to go up to Gary and show him her shoebox treasure.
"Remember this?" This combination of the picture and the query left Gary speechless.
"Hey! What the fluck is this?" Ash ran up and snatched the photo.
"It's a souvenir from Horizons don't let it faze you."
"Yeah, well this picture captured something that was over and the past is past!" With his fury, he ripped up the picture into unimaginable pieces.
"Ash! How could you?" Kelly's face twisted into a miserable state. The sky wasn't the only thing pouring liquid now. "That was my keepsake to remember when we were happy!"
"But…Kel, we are happy." Scott tried to make his friend feel better, but it wasn't helping to the extent. "Ash, maybe you should head on home. We'll catch up after."
Ash simply took Scott's advice without any verbal arguing, and walked to his house around the block.
"I think I should ah-um…go, too." Gary responded and shuffled home drenched. As a matter of fact, everyone was saturated. When they said bye, he lifted up his arm with the back of his hand facing them. In the words of Gary it meant 'bite my scab.'
Kelly was absolutely miserable. She looked like a wet dog without a home.
"Misty, can I talk to you for a minute over here?" They both walked under a tree that was dripping, but it was better than standing out in the open.
"Sure, what do you want to talk about?"
"Well, I'm sorry how Ash got his underwear in a bunch over that picture but, by any chance, did Kelly tell you what happened at Horizons?"
"No, I remember from last night she said 'it was too pitiful to look at' and 'maybe I shouldn't say what happened.' Also the only information that I know is that she said some boys dragged Gary outside at night."
"That's what I wanted to tell you…Ash was one of them…"
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I wonder how I'll get along
I wonder where I might belong
Losing your way is easy to do
Wandering around without a clue
If there's a way I don't know where
If there's a why I'm standing here
Losing my mind is easy to do
Where are you
And the rain falls down
It's the only way it gets better
When the rain is fallin' down
Telling me I that I'm gonna make it through
I never thought of what it cost
All of the time I might have lost
So much to gain playing it cool
I'm better cast playing the fool
And the rain falls down
It's the only way it gets better
When the rain is fallin' down
Telling me I that I'm gonna make it through
I know I will, but when will I
Stand up to myself, make up my mind
I might not have what I had before
But I still got the rain
If the rain would fall down
Then I know I can make it through the night
Oh yeah, it's the only way
Oh, oh, it's the only way
Let it rain, let it rain down on me
Let it rain, it's the only way
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Yes people I KNOW I have songs in every chapter but it's my way of expressing the feeling of it!
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