Chapter 11: The Island of Mischief
As they finished getting ready to disembark at the first port, Ash, Misty, Brock and Tracey were trying to plan their day and what they were going to do.
"So what are we going to do first?" Ash asked.
"It makes no difference to me. Anybody have any ideas." Brock said matter of factly.
"Since there is so much to do why don't we try to divide it. This morning we can go and do a little souvenir shopping for a couple of hours and then we'll bring any of our packages back here to the room and we can change into our swimsuits and catch a van to the beach." Tracey suggested.
"Yeah. That's a good idea. Let's get going!" Misty smiled.
"It's unanimous then. Once we get to the beach we can play it by ear from there." Ash laughed as they went down to the gangplank to disembark the ship.
Once they got to the gangplank, the group was told to show their ship ID cards before they were allowed off of the ship. This request was very easily accommodated and they were soon walking down the ramp to the shore. Halfway down they were stopped for another photo opportunity which they gratefully accepted. When they got off of the ship, the first thing that Misty wanted to do was get some tropical braids put in her hair. Ash's jaw dropped to the ground when he saw her new look and he thought to himself that it made her even more beautiful than she already was, which he had thought was impossible until now.
"Wow! You look awesome, Misty. I never thought that it was possible for you to look more beautiful than you already do but I guess I was wrong." Ash smiled at Misty as she came running into his arms and gave him a big hug.
"I was hoping you'd think so. I think that they look really cool and give me a tropical look."
"Hey, are we going to do some souvenir shopping or just stand around here watching you two flirt all day?" Brock said after a moment.
"Yeah." Tracey agreed.
"Okay, let's go." Ash said. Then Ash took Misty by the hand and set off into the marketplace while Brock and Tracey followed not far behind them, rolling their eyes and snickering.
While they were walking around the marketplace buying all kinds of neat souvenirs and amusing themselves haggling with the shop owners, Ash and Misty happened across a stand that sold crafted jewelry. As they were standing there admiring everything Ash smiled to himself when he thought of the engagement ring that he had hidden in his bag back on the ship that he was planning on giving to Misty at the formal dinner the next night on the ship. He was really looking forward to seeing the look on Misty's face when he caught her by surprise.
"Ash? Hey, Ash. What are you thinking about?" Misty asked, startling Ash from his daydream.
"What? Oh, sorry Mist. I was actually thinking about how much I love you." Ash covered as he kissed her. "Hey, you see anything here that you really like?"
"Yeah. I think this silver and turquoise Horsea necklace is beautiful. I haven't seen anything like it before." Misty answered, slightly suspicious of what Ash was up to.
"Then it's yours, my love." Ash grinned as he purchased the necklace from the vendor and fastened it around Misty's neck, watching her eyes light up as bright as the sun that glistened off of the stones in the charm.
"Oh, thank you Ash. This is absolutely beautiful. I love you so much." Misty threw her arms around Ash's neck.
"I love you too, Mist. I knew that would look absolutely breathtaking on you and I was right about this one."
A few minutes later Brock and Tracey came back to rejoin them and stopped when they saw the couple hugging.
"I wonder what's going on with those two." Brock whispered.
"I don't know. Let's go see." Tracey said as he walked up to Ash and Misty. "Hey lovebirds. Are you guys just about ready? We might want to start heading back toward the ship because the next van for the beach leaves in 45 minutes."
"Oh yeah. We should go and get ready for the beach. I hope that Pikachu isn't too angry at me for leaving him on the ship this morning but he had gone back to sleep and he never really liked shopping anyway." Ash smiled.
The group then headed back to the ship to gather their things that they would take to the beach. After getting through security they went to their room and as soon as they opened the door, Pikachu jumped off of the bed and ran to greet them.
"Pika pikachu, Pikapi." (Welcome back, Ash.) Pikachu said happily as he jumped into his trainer's arms.
"Hey, Pika pal. Sorry about leaving you on the ship this morning." Ash patted Pikachu on the head.
"Pi pikachu. Pika chu ka pika pichu pi pika chupi ka pika pikachu." (That's okay. Just as long as you take me to the beach I'll consider it an even deal.)
"Sounds like a plan. As soon as we get everything together then we'll go."
Soon the group all had their things together and had disembarked again. Then they loaded onto a van with a few other people and were soon on the beach. After putting their blankets down and staking their claim Ash and Misty decided that they wanted to go parasailing together, Tracey decided to sit on the shore and do a sketch of them and Brock, as usual, ran off chasing after every girl that he saw.
A few minutes later, Ash and Misty were fastened to the parachute and were soaring 400 feet above the ocean together. The view of the water from that height was absolutely breathtaking.
"Wow. I can't believe how great the view is from up here. It's beautiful." Ash whispered to Misty.
"Yeah. You can see all the way down to the bottom of the ocean. Hey, look. There's Tracey!" Misty said.
"I can't wait to see how the sketch turns out that he is doing of us." Then the airborne couple waved at Tracey who stopped his drawing for a moment to wave back at them.
All good things do eventually come to an end and soon the parachute slowly began to lower as they were gently brought back down to the boat and unstrapped. When the boat got the two back to the shore, Tracey ran up to meet them as they jumped out of the boat.
"Hey, guys. You looked totally awesome up there. I think you'll like the sketch that I made. I drew you guys when you were gazing down at the ocean together. Right before you started waving at me. Kind of a romantic piece if you ask me. Here, take a look." Tracey said as he opened the sketchpad so that Ash and Misty could see his drawing. It was obvious that they approved of it.
"This is great, Tracey. You got a great angle on this one." Misty gasped.
"Yeah. Thanks a lot, Trace." Ash clapped Tracey on the back with a smile as they went back to where their stuff was to find Brock sitting on a towel with a soda in his hand.
"What happened, Brocko. Did you get tired of chasing the girls?" Ash smirked as he saw his friend.
"Yeah. All of the girls that I tried to talk to either ran away or threw sand in my face. I really don't know why I try." Brock sighed as he fell back onto the towel.
"It'll be okay, Brock. There are lots of girls out there and you'll find the right one someday. Just keep looking." Misty smiled, putting a hand on Brock's shoulder.
"She's right, Brock. You just need to keep your mind off of it for a while. Hey, I have an idea! I remember at the activity meeting yesterday they said that they have banana boat rides here. I think that would be fun. There goes one now. What do you guys think?" Tracey said as he pointed to the banana boat that went bouncing across the water in the distance.
"Thanks for the support, guys. A banana boat ride does sound like a blast. Okay, let's go! Wahoo!" Brock said with great enthusiasm.
"Cool. Let's take a wild banana boat ride." Ash laughed and then turned to Pikachu who was sitting there watching them. "Hey, Pikachu. Since water doesn't mix well with electric Pokemon, would you mind watching our stuff while we go on the banana boats?"
"Pika. Pi pikachu pi chupi ka pika pi chu." (Okay. But what am I going to do on shore by myself.) Pikachu said hesitantly.
"What if I made it to where you could have some company and wouldn't have to be by yourself?" Tracey asked as he removed a Pokeball from his bag. "Go, Marill. Why don't you keep Pikachu company."
"Marill mar." (Hi everybody.) Marill said.
"Pika pika. Pi ka pi pika pikachu." (Hi Marill. Let's build a cool sandcastle.) Pikachu suggested.
"Marill!" (Okay!) The two Pokemon then began to build a sandcastle as their trainers dashed off for the banana boat rides.
After paying for the ride, Ash, Misty, Brock and Tracey climbed onto a banana boat and prepared to be rocketed through the water by a speedboat. At first, everything was great and they were all having a great time bouncing through the water and over the waves at high speeds. Then all of the sudden there was a wipeout. The banana boat flew over a wave and took to the air with a violent jolt, causing Ash to lose his grip on the handle and go tumbling into the water.
"Ash! Are you okay?" Misty screamed in horror as Ash quickly surfaced and swam back to the banana boat where Brock and Tracey helped him get back on safely. Then they took off again for a few more minutes before the banana boat pulled back to its starting point and let the group off safely onto the shore.
When they got back to where their things were sitting they noticed that Pikachu and Marill had built a very nice sandcastle and were now playing tag and chasing each other around it. The group walked over to their towels and sat down for a moment.
"Hey, Ash. Brock and I are going to go bodysurfing since these waves are perfect for it. You guys want to come with us. We can have a contest to see who can go the farthest on one wave." Tracey asked.
"Yeah sure. Sounds like fun. Then after that we need to head back to the ship. We can get some dinner and then just relax for a while. Let's get bodysurfing. Come on, Mist." Ash grinned as he turned and took off toward the ocean followed closely by the others.
Once they were out in the ocean the bodysurfing contest began. Brock caught a wave almost immediately but he didn't get that far. Ash and Tracey were next to catch a wave and it carried them about halfway to shore. They then turned around to watch Misty as Brock swam over to join them. Misty was the last one to catch a wave but it turned out to be the winning wave. She caught the wave at just the right angle so that she was able to be pulled on top of it and she rode that same wave all the way back to the beach. After she got to her feet on the shore, Misty just stood there laughing as Ash, Brock and Tracey waded in from the ocean and came to stand with her. Then they congratulated Misty as they gathered their things and caught the van to take them back to the ship.
Back on the ship, the four friends got out of their bathing suits and put on dry clothes so that they could go to dinner. Misty also put back on the Horsea necklace that Ash had bought her that morning since she had taken it off before they left for the beach to prevent it from getting lost in the ocean. Then they went to the dining room and had a very nice, big dinner that left them feeling like they might explode. After dinner, the group tried to decide what they should do next.
"I think that it might be a good idea to get into our suits again and come up and sit in the hot tub for a little while to help us relax and wind down after running around all day." Ash said and got a unanimous agreement. So they went back down to their room and changed back into their bathing suits and relaxed for a while in the hot tub on deck.
"Ahhh. Now this is very relaxing. Feels good to wind down like this." Ash said as he leaned his head against the headrest and closed his eyes.
"Yeah. I don't know about you guys but I had a great time today. It was awesome riding the banana boat and bodysurfing. It was kinda funny watching Ash do a cartwheel off the banana boat and into the ocean. Just glad that you didn't get hurt." Tracey smiled at Ash who rolled his eyes at him.
"It was fun. Tomorrow we are going to have a whole day to find out all of the things this ship has to do. We've got a day at sea tomorrow while we're on our way to the next island." Brock said.
"Uh huh. I'm looking forward to working on my tan and lounging around the pool. It'll be nice." Misty said as she put her arm around Ash and kissed him. Then she looked at her watch and noticed how late it was. "It's already 11:00. I didn't realize that it was that late."
"Yeah. We might want to head back down to the room. I know one thing for sure. If I stay here much longer I'm going to end up falling asleep right where I am." Ash yawned as he leaned his head on Misty's shoulder.
"Ash's right. I'm feeling pretty tired as well. I think we'll all get a good night's sleep tonight. Let's head back down so we can all crash for the night." Tracey said wearily. Then the group left the hot tub and went back down to their room.
As soon as they got back to the room and were ready to go to bed, the friends sat around on their beds talking about everything that had happened that day. Obviously this conversation didn't last very long.
"Ash?" Misty whispered.
"Hmm?" Ash replied sleepily.
"I just wanted to thank you for being there for me this morning. It means a lot to me that you weren't angry at me for keeping that a secret from you but it wasn't easy for me to deal with and since you had so much other stuff on your plate, I just didn't feel right getting you involved." Misty's voice trembled as she spoke.
Ash turned over to face Misty in the dim glow of the one light that had been left on for safety reasons. "Mist, I want you to listen very well to me. I will always be there for you no matter what. I don't ever want you to worry about burdening me. I could have the craziest, most exhausting schedule in the world and I will always make time for you. You are my whole world and I love you with everything that I am. There is nothing that I wouldn't do for you. I understand that you were afraid and I would never get angry about it. I just wish that you'd have told me so that I could have helped you through it." Ash hugged Misty to him and held her close.
"I love you too Ash. I know you're worn out so why don't we get some sleep." Misty whispered as she started humming a tune and stroking Ash's hair.
"Night, Mist. Sleep well." Ash rested his head beside Misty's and as she continued began to hum her soft lullaby, Ash closed his eyes and faded off to sleep.
"Sweet dreams, my love." Misty whispered as she gave Ash a soft kiss and then joined her boyfriend in dreams.
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"Huh." Brock chuckled.
"What's the matter?" Tracey asked tiredly as he looked over and saw Brock hanging off of the bed. "What are you doing?"
"Look at this. They are so much in love and in my opinion they are the two luckiest people in the world." Brock whispered, being careful not to disturb the couple sleeping in the bunk below him.
"Yeah. I'll bet that they both sleep like rocks tonight after all that they have been through today. There is something that we could do for them, you know." Tracey smiled.
"What's that?"
"Well, tomorrow since we're going to be at sea all day instead of going up to the dining room for breakfast I was thinking that we could order room service and have a late breakfast so that way we can let them sleep in the morning." Tracey suggested.
"Sounds like a good idea. It'll be good for all of us to do that." Brock whispered.
"Yeah. That's what we'll do, then. Right now, though, I'm going to get some sleep. Goodnight, Brock. See you in the morning." Tracey yawned and then rolled over and fell asleep.
"I'm glad that Misty told Ash what was bothering her. It was eating away at her and it was good for her to get it off of her chest." Brock thought as he closed his eyes and sank into a sea of dreams.
As they finished getting ready to disembark at the first port, Ash, Misty, Brock and Tracey were trying to plan their day and what they were going to do.
"So what are we going to do first?" Ash asked.
"It makes no difference to me. Anybody have any ideas." Brock said matter of factly.
"Since there is so much to do why don't we try to divide it. This morning we can go and do a little souvenir shopping for a couple of hours and then we'll bring any of our packages back here to the room and we can change into our swimsuits and catch a van to the beach." Tracey suggested.
"Yeah. That's a good idea. Let's get going!" Misty smiled.
"It's unanimous then. Once we get to the beach we can play it by ear from there." Ash laughed as they went down to the gangplank to disembark the ship.
Once they got to the gangplank, the group was told to show their ship ID cards before they were allowed off of the ship. This request was very easily accommodated and they were soon walking down the ramp to the shore. Halfway down they were stopped for another photo opportunity which they gratefully accepted. When they got off of the ship, the first thing that Misty wanted to do was get some tropical braids put in her hair. Ash's jaw dropped to the ground when he saw her new look and he thought to himself that it made her even more beautiful than she already was, which he had thought was impossible until now.
"Wow! You look awesome, Misty. I never thought that it was possible for you to look more beautiful than you already do but I guess I was wrong." Ash smiled at Misty as she came running into his arms and gave him a big hug.
"I was hoping you'd think so. I think that they look really cool and give me a tropical look."
"Hey, are we going to do some souvenir shopping or just stand around here watching you two flirt all day?" Brock said after a moment.
"Yeah." Tracey agreed.
"Okay, let's go." Ash said. Then Ash took Misty by the hand and set off into the marketplace while Brock and Tracey followed not far behind them, rolling their eyes and snickering.
While they were walking around the marketplace buying all kinds of neat souvenirs and amusing themselves haggling with the shop owners, Ash and Misty happened across a stand that sold crafted jewelry. As they were standing there admiring everything Ash smiled to himself when he thought of the engagement ring that he had hidden in his bag back on the ship that he was planning on giving to Misty at the formal dinner the next night on the ship. He was really looking forward to seeing the look on Misty's face when he caught her by surprise.
"Ash? Hey, Ash. What are you thinking about?" Misty asked, startling Ash from his daydream.
"What? Oh, sorry Mist. I was actually thinking about how much I love you." Ash covered as he kissed her. "Hey, you see anything here that you really like?"
"Yeah. I think this silver and turquoise Horsea necklace is beautiful. I haven't seen anything like it before." Misty answered, slightly suspicious of what Ash was up to.
"Then it's yours, my love." Ash grinned as he purchased the necklace from the vendor and fastened it around Misty's neck, watching her eyes light up as bright as the sun that glistened off of the stones in the charm.
"Oh, thank you Ash. This is absolutely beautiful. I love you so much." Misty threw her arms around Ash's neck.
"I love you too, Mist. I knew that would look absolutely breathtaking on you and I was right about this one."
A few minutes later Brock and Tracey came back to rejoin them and stopped when they saw the couple hugging.
"I wonder what's going on with those two." Brock whispered.
"I don't know. Let's go see." Tracey said as he walked up to Ash and Misty. "Hey lovebirds. Are you guys just about ready? We might want to start heading back toward the ship because the next van for the beach leaves in 45 minutes."
"Oh yeah. We should go and get ready for the beach. I hope that Pikachu isn't too angry at me for leaving him on the ship this morning but he had gone back to sleep and he never really liked shopping anyway." Ash smiled.
The group then headed back to the ship to gather their things that they would take to the beach. After getting through security they went to their room and as soon as they opened the door, Pikachu jumped off of the bed and ran to greet them.
"Pika pikachu, Pikapi." (Welcome back, Ash.) Pikachu said happily as he jumped into his trainer's arms.
"Hey, Pika pal. Sorry about leaving you on the ship this morning." Ash patted Pikachu on the head.
"Pi pikachu. Pika chu ka pika pichu pi pika chupi ka pika pikachu." (That's okay. Just as long as you take me to the beach I'll consider it an even deal.)
"Sounds like a plan. As soon as we get everything together then we'll go."
Soon the group all had their things together and had disembarked again. Then they loaded onto a van with a few other people and were soon on the beach. After putting their blankets down and staking their claim Ash and Misty decided that they wanted to go parasailing together, Tracey decided to sit on the shore and do a sketch of them and Brock, as usual, ran off chasing after every girl that he saw.
A few minutes later, Ash and Misty were fastened to the parachute and were soaring 400 feet above the ocean together. The view of the water from that height was absolutely breathtaking.
"Wow. I can't believe how great the view is from up here. It's beautiful." Ash whispered to Misty.
"Yeah. You can see all the way down to the bottom of the ocean. Hey, look. There's Tracey!" Misty said.
"I can't wait to see how the sketch turns out that he is doing of us." Then the airborne couple waved at Tracey who stopped his drawing for a moment to wave back at them.
All good things do eventually come to an end and soon the parachute slowly began to lower as they were gently brought back down to the boat and unstrapped. When the boat got the two back to the shore, Tracey ran up to meet them as they jumped out of the boat.
"Hey, guys. You looked totally awesome up there. I think you'll like the sketch that I made. I drew you guys when you were gazing down at the ocean together. Right before you started waving at me. Kind of a romantic piece if you ask me. Here, take a look." Tracey said as he opened the sketchpad so that Ash and Misty could see his drawing. It was obvious that they approved of it.
"This is great, Tracey. You got a great angle on this one." Misty gasped.
"Yeah. Thanks a lot, Trace." Ash clapped Tracey on the back with a smile as they went back to where their stuff was to find Brock sitting on a towel with a soda in his hand.
"What happened, Brocko. Did you get tired of chasing the girls?" Ash smirked as he saw his friend.
"Yeah. All of the girls that I tried to talk to either ran away or threw sand in my face. I really don't know why I try." Brock sighed as he fell back onto the towel.
"It'll be okay, Brock. There are lots of girls out there and you'll find the right one someday. Just keep looking." Misty smiled, putting a hand on Brock's shoulder.
"She's right, Brock. You just need to keep your mind off of it for a while. Hey, I have an idea! I remember at the activity meeting yesterday they said that they have banana boat rides here. I think that would be fun. There goes one now. What do you guys think?" Tracey said as he pointed to the banana boat that went bouncing across the water in the distance.
"Thanks for the support, guys. A banana boat ride does sound like a blast. Okay, let's go! Wahoo!" Brock said with great enthusiasm.
"Cool. Let's take a wild banana boat ride." Ash laughed and then turned to Pikachu who was sitting there watching them. "Hey, Pikachu. Since water doesn't mix well with electric Pokemon, would you mind watching our stuff while we go on the banana boats?"
"Pika. Pi pikachu pi chupi ka pika pi chu." (Okay. But what am I going to do on shore by myself.) Pikachu said hesitantly.
"What if I made it to where you could have some company and wouldn't have to be by yourself?" Tracey asked as he removed a Pokeball from his bag. "Go, Marill. Why don't you keep Pikachu company."
"Marill mar." (Hi everybody.) Marill said.
"Pika pika. Pi ka pi pika pikachu." (Hi Marill. Let's build a cool sandcastle.) Pikachu suggested.
"Marill!" (Okay!) The two Pokemon then began to build a sandcastle as their trainers dashed off for the banana boat rides.
After paying for the ride, Ash, Misty, Brock and Tracey climbed onto a banana boat and prepared to be rocketed through the water by a speedboat. At first, everything was great and they were all having a great time bouncing through the water and over the waves at high speeds. Then all of the sudden there was a wipeout. The banana boat flew over a wave and took to the air with a violent jolt, causing Ash to lose his grip on the handle and go tumbling into the water.
"Ash! Are you okay?" Misty screamed in horror as Ash quickly surfaced and swam back to the banana boat where Brock and Tracey helped him get back on safely. Then they took off again for a few more minutes before the banana boat pulled back to its starting point and let the group off safely onto the shore.
When they got back to where their things were sitting they noticed that Pikachu and Marill had built a very nice sandcastle and were now playing tag and chasing each other around it. The group walked over to their towels and sat down for a moment.
"Hey, Ash. Brock and I are going to go bodysurfing since these waves are perfect for it. You guys want to come with us. We can have a contest to see who can go the farthest on one wave." Tracey asked.
"Yeah sure. Sounds like fun. Then after that we need to head back to the ship. We can get some dinner and then just relax for a while. Let's get bodysurfing. Come on, Mist." Ash grinned as he turned and took off toward the ocean followed closely by the others.
Once they were out in the ocean the bodysurfing contest began. Brock caught a wave almost immediately but he didn't get that far. Ash and Tracey were next to catch a wave and it carried them about halfway to shore. They then turned around to watch Misty as Brock swam over to join them. Misty was the last one to catch a wave but it turned out to be the winning wave. She caught the wave at just the right angle so that she was able to be pulled on top of it and she rode that same wave all the way back to the beach. After she got to her feet on the shore, Misty just stood there laughing as Ash, Brock and Tracey waded in from the ocean and came to stand with her. Then they congratulated Misty as they gathered their things and caught the van to take them back to the ship.
Back on the ship, the four friends got out of their bathing suits and put on dry clothes so that they could go to dinner. Misty also put back on the Horsea necklace that Ash had bought her that morning since she had taken it off before they left for the beach to prevent it from getting lost in the ocean. Then they went to the dining room and had a very nice, big dinner that left them feeling like they might explode. After dinner, the group tried to decide what they should do next.
"I think that it might be a good idea to get into our suits again and come up and sit in the hot tub for a little while to help us relax and wind down after running around all day." Ash said and got a unanimous agreement. So they went back down to their room and changed back into their bathing suits and relaxed for a while in the hot tub on deck.
"Ahhh. Now this is very relaxing. Feels good to wind down like this." Ash said as he leaned his head against the headrest and closed his eyes.
"Yeah. I don't know about you guys but I had a great time today. It was awesome riding the banana boat and bodysurfing. It was kinda funny watching Ash do a cartwheel off the banana boat and into the ocean. Just glad that you didn't get hurt." Tracey smiled at Ash who rolled his eyes at him.
"It was fun. Tomorrow we are going to have a whole day to find out all of the things this ship has to do. We've got a day at sea tomorrow while we're on our way to the next island." Brock said.
"Uh huh. I'm looking forward to working on my tan and lounging around the pool. It'll be nice." Misty said as she put her arm around Ash and kissed him. Then she looked at her watch and noticed how late it was. "It's already 11:00. I didn't realize that it was that late."
"Yeah. We might want to head back down to the room. I know one thing for sure. If I stay here much longer I'm going to end up falling asleep right where I am." Ash yawned as he leaned his head on Misty's shoulder.
"Ash's right. I'm feeling pretty tired as well. I think we'll all get a good night's sleep tonight. Let's head back down so we can all crash for the night." Tracey said wearily. Then the group left the hot tub and went back down to their room.
As soon as they got back to the room and were ready to go to bed, the friends sat around on their beds talking about everything that had happened that day. Obviously this conversation didn't last very long.
"Ash?" Misty whispered.
"Hmm?" Ash replied sleepily.
"I just wanted to thank you for being there for me this morning. It means a lot to me that you weren't angry at me for keeping that a secret from you but it wasn't easy for me to deal with and since you had so much other stuff on your plate, I just didn't feel right getting you involved." Misty's voice trembled as she spoke.
Ash turned over to face Misty in the dim glow of the one light that had been left on for safety reasons. "Mist, I want you to listen very well to me. I will always be there for you no matter what. I don't ever want you to worry about burdening me. I could have the craziest, most exhausting schedule in the world and I will always make time for you. You are my whole world and I love you with everything that I am. There is nothing that I wouldn't do for you. I understand that you were afraid and I would never get angry about it. I just wish that you'd have told me so that I could have helped you through it." Ash hugged Misty to him and held her close.
"I love you too Ash. I know you're worn out so why don't we get some sleep." Misty whispered as she started humming a tune and stroking Ash's hair.
"Night, Mist. Sleep well." Ash rested his head beside Misty's and as she continued began to hum her soft lullaby, Ash closed his eyes and faded off to sleep.
"Sweet dreams, my love." Misty whispered as she gave Ash a soft kiss and then joined her boyfriend in dreams.
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"Huh." Brock chuckled.
"What's the matter?" Tracey asked tiredly as he looked over and saw Brock hanging off of the bed. "What are you doing?"
"Look at this. They are so much in love and in my opinion they are the two luckiest people in the world." Brock whispered, being careful not to disturb the couple sleeping in the bunk below him.
"Yeah. I'll bet that they both sleep like rocks tonight after all that they have been through today. There is something that we could do for them, you know." Tracey smiled.
"What's that?"
"Well, tomorrow since we're going to be at sea all day instead of going up to the dining room for breakfast I was thinking that we could order room service and have a late breakfast so that way we can let them sleep in the morning." Tracey suggested.
"Sounds like a good idea. It'll be good for all of us to do that." Brock whispered.
"Yeah. That's what we'll do, then. Right now, though, I'm going to get some sleep. Goodnight, Brock. See you in the morning." Tracey yawned and then rolled over and fell asleep.
"I'm glad that Misty told Ash what was bothering her. It was eating away at her and it was good for her to get it off of her chest." Brock thought as he closed his eyes and sank into a sea of dreams.