"Well, I have some good news..." says the doctor. "Really?" I interrupt? "Thank god? I thought something terrible was wrong with Ash." "...and some bad news." /Yeah, probably the fee./ "I'll have to tell you the bad news first..." "Okay, how much do we have to pay." I blurt out. Ash glances at me. "It's not that we are ungrateful, we would just like to know." Ash covers for me in haste. "..." "Go on, Gomen nasai It won't happen again." "Ash, I'm very sorry to say that you are positive for Tuberculosis of the lymphatic gland." We answer with silence. What? This cannot be?! "Forgive me. But the good news, if one can call it such, is... well you have not been infected, Misty" What? You mean I cannot share my beloved's pain? He's gone through... so much for me. "You will be exempt from payment for... serious grievance." "A- Arigatou." Responds Ash after a pause. Somehow, we end up back at Brock's house. Ash puts me to bed. It seems that I am taking this harder than he. He comforts me instead of vice-versa. And I drift off to sleep.