I'm BAAAAACKKK!!!! After much procrastination, I am here with the 5th chapter of HIWTHI,R? W00H00!! Yay!! Ummm,,, anyways... here it is!!! (Oh yeah, check out my profile. A whole BUNCH of chapters and stories are going up! I LEARNED HOW TO UPDATE AGAIN!!!)
(Disclaimer: Chapter 1)
Home is where the Heart is, Right?
Chapter 5
Ash slowly opened his eyes, rubbing them in a futile attempt to restore his vision. He groaned softly and dragged himself to the kitchen counter, hoping to get in a few cups of coffee before he had to go get his badge.
He softly sighed as he pulled his tear-soaked shirt from his sculpted chest. On his way to the bathroom to throw it into the wash, he found Misty's old childhood toy. He frowned when he looked into the smiling eyes of her stuffed Horsea. It would never mind that she forgot it. Somehow, maybe he just needed someone to talk to, he got to explaining his dilemma while stroking its soft balding blue fur.
"10:45. I guess she's in Cerulean by now. I shouldn't have been so hard on her. It's just... Whenever I get her mad, her eyes snap and crackle with a blue fire. Her cheeks turn that nice red color, she digs her nails into her tiny hands...I adore watching her."
He chuckled and gripped the toy a bit more. "I guess I shouldn't, but I can't resist. She's so pretty when she's mad..."
The Horsea looked at him reproachfully, almost seeming to say, "You made your mistake, now go fix it."
"But...I just can't face her. Not after I was so stupid!"
He glanced quickly at Misty's toy, and was captivated by its eyes. *So much like hers..* He thought wistfully.
"I should go, you know. I really should."
The eyes stared up at him, innocent and unblinking.
"Don't look at me like that. What am I supposed to do?!"
Eyes. This toy was all eyes. Big....eyes.
"I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU!!!"
With that he threw what was possibly his only lifeline to sanity across the room. Almost immediately he felt terrible for doing so, striding over the mess on the floor to pick it up once again.
"I'm sorry." He said, looking into its eyes again, which now seemed harmless. "You didn't deserve that."
"Besides," He added as an afterthought, "She's probably thrown you too many times to count, considering her temper."
Ash craned his neck to the side, studying the toy carefully. A moment or two passed before he chuckled and shook his head. "O.k, o.k. You don't have to tell me twice. Misty is WAY more important than a silly old badge. And," He continued, a bit of his old confidence returning to him, along with his old self-indulged smirk, "WHEN I win her back, I can just come here and win the badge anyway."
He leaped across the room, twirling like a professional ballerina. The telephone could have been miles away, and yet he would have reached it in a matter of minutes.
"Hello? Rent-a-Car-R-Us? I'd like to rent the fastest car you can give me. I have to meet an old friend...."
(Sry bout Rent-a-Car-R-Us, but I couldn't resist. ^_^ Reviews please!)
(Disclaimer: Chapter 1)
Home is where the Heart is, Right?
Chapter 5
Ash slowly opened his eyes, rubbing them in a futile attempt to restore his vision. He groaned softly and dragged himself to the kitchen counter, hoping to get in a few cups of coffee before he had to go get his badge.
He softly sighed as he pulled his tear-soaked shirt from his sculpted chest. On his way to the bathroom to throw it into the wash, he found Misty's old childhood toy. He frowned when he looked into the smiling eyes of her stuffed Horsea. It would never mind that she forgot it. Somehow, maybe he just needed someone to talk to, he got to explaining his dilemma while stroking its soft balding blue fur.
"10:45. I guess she's in Cerulean by now. I shouldn't have been so hard on her. It's just... Whenever I get her mad, her eyes snap and crackle with a blue fire. Her cheeks turn that nice red color, she digs her nails into her tiny hands...I adore watching her."
He chuckled and gripped the toy a bit more. "I guess I shouldn't, but I can't resist. She's so pretty when she's mad..."
The Horsea looked at him reproachfully, almost seeming to say, "You made your mistake, now go fix it."
"But...I just can't face her. Not after I was so stupid!"
He glanced quickly at Misty's toy, and was captivated by its eyes. *So much like hers..* He thought wistfully.
"I should go, you know. I really should."
The eyes stared up at him, innocent and unblinking.
"Don't look at me like that. What am I supposed to do?!"
Eyes. This toy was all eyes. Big....eyes.
"I DON'T HAVE TO LISTEN TO YOU!!!"
With that he threw what was possibly his only lifeline to sanity across the room. Almost immediately he felt terrible for doing so, striding over the mess on the floor to pick it up once again.
"I'm sorry." He said, looking into its eyes again, which now seemed harmless. "You didn't deserve that."
"Besides," He added as an afterthought, "She's probably thrown you too many times to count, considering her temper."
Ash craned his neck to the side, studying the toy carefully. A moment or two passed before he chuckled and shook his head. "O.k, o.k. You don't have to tell me twice. Misty is WAY more important than a silly old badge. And," He continued, a bit of his old confidence returning to him, along with his old self-indulged smirk, "WHEN I win her back, I can just come here and win the badge anyway."
He leaped across the room, twirling like a professional ballerina. The telephone could have been miles away, and yet he would have reached it in a matter of minutes.
"Hello? Rent-a-Car-R-Us? I'd like to rent the fastest car you can give me. I have to meet an old friend...."
(Sry bout Rent-a-Car-R-Us, but I couldn't resist. ^_^ Reviews please!)