Chapter Three: Dreams or something more
Authors Notes: Ok this took a long time in getting posted after all the problems with the site and the fact that I took time to work out exactly where this fic was heading. (I wasn't sure about it when I posted Ch's 1 and 2). I have half of chapter four written and hopefully I will have that up some time soon. ~Shari~
Butch woke next when Cassidy shook him awake. "Butch?" she asked sitting up taking care to cover herself up with the duvet as she did so. Butch opened one eye and looked up at her. "What Cassie?" "Butch get up," Cassidy snapped. Butch groaned and forced himself to wake properly. He was so tired and that headache was returning. Cassidy had picked a really bad time for that talk they needed. "About last night" Cassidy said awkwardly. She sounds like one of those soap characters Butch thought rubbing the sleep from his eyes and stifling a yawn. Whenever one of the screwed up people in that wakes up from a romp with their best friend or brother or whatever they always begin the conversation with 'About last night'. "Butch" she said sharply "Do you want to talk about this or not?" Butch smiled slightly. Cassidy did look really sexy when she was mad. He could barely stop himself from kissing her again. "Yeah let's talk," he said softly. "Well." Cassidy trailed off. "I'll understand if you don't want to.well you know. But I like you Butch. I like you a lot actually. I think I'm in love with you" That sounded strange coming from Cassidy. She had never loved anything before. Cassidy's mother had been a jealous bitch who cared little for Cassidy and tried to use her daughter to get to Jesse and her mother. Cassidy's mother hated Miyamoto with a passion for being a better agent than her and all Miyamoto's life had sought to get even. Cassidy had never forgiven her mother for neglecting her all those years. Cassidy had vowed never to love anyone and now was admitting to him that she loved him. Butch knew he couldn't reject her after she laid her heart on the line and indeed he didn't want too. "You regret it don't you?" Cassidy asked in a small voice. "No" Butch started he was no good at this sort of thing. "You do don't you?" Cassidy cried climbing out of the bed and throwing her nightdress on. "Cassie wait" Butch called but she had already run into the bathroom and slammed the door. Butch sighed when he could hear sobbing coming from inside. He knew he should go after her but his head was starting to throb worse than before. Butch squeezed his eyes shut and when he opened them again the whole room was spinning. "Cassie" he called out as everything spun faster and the corners of his vision were turning black. Butch closed his eyes again. When he opened them he found himself inside the bathroom fully clothed now. How he got there was a mystery but he figured he was going to try and talk to Cassidy. His head felt better as he approached her. "Cass" he started but she didn't even look up and remained on the floor crying bitterly. Great the silent treatment Butch thought to himself. "Cassidy" he touched her shoulder "I want to talk too" Then she did the strangest thing. As he touched her she shrieked and jumped up slapping his hand away. "Who's there?" she demanded her violet eyes searching the bathroom but never actually focusing on Butch, it was like she was blanking him or something. "Cassidy it's just me" Butch grabbed her arm again. Cassidy screamed and lashed out her fist catching him in the jaw. "Ahhh Cassie!" Butch yelped recoiling from her. Cassidy continued to ignore him and pressed her back further against the bathroom wall. Butch stepped back putting his hand up to his mouth and when he took it away he saw blood on his palm. "I know I upset you but this is a bit much" Butch shouted at her. "You hurt me Cassie. Now I'm going back into the bedroom. When you've calmed down and are ready to once again acknowledge my existence on the planet then I will talk to you ok?" Cassidy didn't reply. Butch sighed and went to the door and stopped by the mirror to inspect the damage to his lip. What he saw gave him the fright of his life. He didn't see anything. He was standing right in front of the damn mirror and yet he had no reflection. Butch was starting to feel sick now. What the hell was happening to him? The room started to spin. Butch closed his eyes and when he woke he was on the floor of the bedroom with Cassidy leaning over him.
"Ok are we ready to have some fun?" Cally asked as the trio came out of the cottage to meet her. Their cottage was in an ideal location really. It was surrounded by woods on all side save for the small road leading into Saffron City. Cally's house was down the end of that road. "Gee don't look too excited" Cally said rolling her eyes when they climbed into the Ferrari, Jesse sat on James' lap as Cally had suggested whilst Meowth made do with sitting on the floor by James' feet. "Lighten up" Cally said adjusting her sunglasses "We're going to have so much fun. I even packed us a picnic lunch" Cally has gone to a lot of trouble Jesse thought to herself as her friend put the car in drive. She didn't have to bother with us in the first place. Jesse often wondered why Cally had come to see them in the first place and why she wanted to be friends with them. At first Jesse was worried that she was trying to steal James away for herself but Cally, after James made it clear he was with Jesse, kept well clear. What did Cally have to gain by being friends with them? Oh stop it Jesse she told herself crossly. Cally is just a kind person that's all. Jesse knew what her problem was. Most of the 'kind' people she had met in her life wanted something from her. Cally was just being nice and genuinely liked them all. "Any requests?" Cally asked referring to her cars radio. Instantly James and Meowth started fighting over what station to tune into. Jesse sighed this was going to be a very long 20 miles.
When they arrived at the beach they could see it was packed with tourists. They finally found a corner of the beach to lie out the rug and catch a tan. Cally had chosen to wear the skimpiest bikini Jesse had ever seen. A nice as Cally was, she was pretty and she knew it and was a major flirt at times. Jesse had worn a blue swimsuit, which was a little less revealing and sat down in the sand beside James who was wearing a pair of red swimming trunks. Even Meowth had got into the spirit of things and wore a little pair of sunglasses. James was reaching for the sunscreen now but Jesse beat him to it. "Please allow me," she whispered kissing James on the lips. "Of course" James replied lying down so she could apply the sunscreen onto his back. "But I get to put it on you when you're done" he told her. Jesse giggled and pinched his behind "If you're lucky" Meowth rolled his eyes and turned away from the humans. Any excuse he thought to himself. Cally was off chatting with a group of guys. Meowth turned back to Jesse and James. Jesse was making a big show of putting the sunscreen on James running her hands seductively over the muscles on his chest as she did so and all he was doing was whining that it was cold! "Get a room will yous" Meowth called as James sat up started to kiss Jesse passionately. Meowth looked up and down the beach hoping for somewhere to get away from his embarrassing friends. Meowth spotted a young girl sitting about three meters from where he was licking an ice-cream cone. Meowth realised just how thirsty he was. He could go for an ice-cream right about now. He looked back at Jesse and James again. They had finished with the kissing and were lying back on the rug their eyes firmly shut. "Can we get an ice-cream?" Meowth asked hoping the mention of food would wake James at least. No response. Meowth sighed it looked like he'd have to get it himself. He jumped up and padded over to the girl. "Meowth?" he mewed climbing into her lap. "What a cute kitty!" the girl squealed reaching down to pet him. Meowth purred happily and looked up at her with a pair of wobbly eyes. "Meowth" he cried trying to sound helpless. "Oh you want some ice cream?" she asked holding out the cone for him. Meowth smiled to himself and settled down on her lap. James was drifting off when he heard Meowth mention ice cream. He opened his eyes and saw the cat heading off down the beach. James had to admit he was hungry too but it would be lunchtime soon. James closed his eyes again and fell asleep. "GET OFF OF ME!" Jesse was woken from her sunbathing to find her boyfriend screaming hysterically in his sleep. He's having a nightmare Jesse realised as she sat up. Jesse was aware that most of the people on the beach were staring at them. "James" she hissed shaking him "You're having a nightmare. Come on wake up". James refused to wake despite Jesse's efforts and kept screaming. "What's the matter with him?" Cally demanded coming back over followed by her group of male fans. "I don't know" Jesse cried in panic. "He just started going crazy. Cally I can't wake him" Cally brushed Jesse aside and slapped James hard across the face. He opened his eyes and burst into tears. Jesse took him in her arms as he cried. Cally sat back and watched then on noting that the entire beach was also staring at them she shouted "What the hell are you all staring at? Leave them alone!" The people started to leave and go back to working on their tans. "James what happened?" Jesse asked. James shook his head. He couldn't tell her what that dream was. It was no ordinary dream. It was the last viewing he had done in the hospital that day almost a year ago now. James had done a viewing whilst he was asleep.
"Butch are you ok?" Cassidy asked softly helping him to sit up. Butch frowned it must have been a dream. "Yeah I just felt a bit dizzy. I must have fainted" he replied. "If you're sure," Cassidy said. "I didn't mean to upset you before" Butch said as Cassidy helped him get back into bed. "Your all hot" she said ignoring his comment and putting a hand to his forehead. "Butch has the dizziness gone now?" "Yeah but Cassie I think we need to." "Butch I think you should get some rest ok. You're burning up. I'll go and get you a drink. You just lie there" "Cassidy I'm fine" Butch protested. "Honestly Butch I am trying to look after you here" Cassidy snapped. She turned and made for the door. "I love you" Butch blurted out. To hell with what he had thought. So what if dating your partner was a bad idea? Butch found he couldn't ignore his feelings for her any longer. It felt so right last night and Cassidy cared about him too. They had to at least give it a try. "You don't have to say that" Cassidy said. "I don't want you to feel pressured because of last night" "Will you stop that?" Butch said getting up and going to her. "You should know by now that no one pressures me least of all you. I said I love you because I mean it" "You.you do?" "I was worried that it would mess up our friendship and I guess there is still a part of the old Team Rocket training in me but Team Rocket is over now. What matters are you and me. This might be doomed to failure but we have to give it a go right?" Butch put his arms round her after speaking. Cassidy smiled and leaned forward to kiss him but pulled back. "Butch you're bleeding" "What?" "Your lip. How did that happen?"
Authors Notes: Ok this took a long time in getting posted after all the problems with the site and the fact that I took time to work out exactly where this fic was heading. (I wasn't sure about it when I posted Ch's 1 and 2). I have half of chapter four written and hopefully I will have that up some time soon. ~Shari~
Butch woke next when Cassidy shook him awake. "Butch?" she asked sitting up taking care to cover herself up with the duvet as she did so. Butch opened one eye and looked up at her. "What Cassie?" "Butch get up," Cassidy snapped. Butch groaned and forced himself to wake properly. He was so tired and that headache was returning. Cassidy had picked a really bad time for that talk they needed. "About last night" Cassidy said awkwardly. She sounds like one of those soap characters Butch thought rubbing the sleep from his eyes and stifling a yawn. Whenever one of the screwed up people in that wakes up from a romp with their best friend or brother or whatever they always begin the conversation with 'About last night'. "Butch" she said sharply "Do you want to talk about this or not?" Butch smiled slightly. Cassidy did look really sexy when she was mad. He could barely stop himself from kissing her again. "Yeah let's talk," he said softly. "Well." Cassidy trailed off. "I'll understand if you don't want to.well you know. But I like you Butch. I like you a lot actually. I think I'm in love with you" That sounded strange coming from Cassidy. She had never loved anything before. Cassidy's mother had been a jealous bitch who cared little for Cassidy and tried to use her daughter to get to Jesse and her mother. Cassidy's mother hated Miyamoto with a passion for being a better agent than her and all Miyamoto's life had sought to get even. Cassidy had never forgiven her mother for neglecting her all those years. Cassidy had vowed never to love anyone and now was admitting to him that she loved him. Butch knew he couldn't reject her after she laid her heart on the line and indeed he didn't want too. "You regret it don't you?" Cassidy asked in a small voice. "No" Butch started he was no good at this sort of thing. "You do don't you?" Cassidy cried climbing out of the bed and throwing her nightdress on. "Cassie wait" Butch called but she had already run into the bathroom and slammed the door. Butch sighed when he could hear sobbing coming from inside. He knew he should go after her but his head was starting to throb worse than before. Butch squeezed his eyes shut and when he opened them again the whole room was spinning. "Cassie" he called out as everything spun faster and the corners of his vision were turning black. Butch closed his eyes again. When he opened them he found himself inside the bathroom fully clothed now. How he got there was a mystery but he figured he was going to try and talk to Cassidy. His head felt better as he approached her. "Cass" he started but she didn't even look up and remained on the floor crying bitterly. Great the silent treatment Butch thought to himself. "Cassidy" he touched her shoulder "I want to talk too" Then she did the strangest thing. As he touched her she shrieked and jumped up slapping his hand away. "Who's there?" she demanded her violet eyes searching the bathroom but never actually focusing on Butch, it was like she was blanking him or something. "Cassidy it's just me" Butch grabbed her arm again. Cassidy screamed and lashed out her fist catching him in the jaw. "Ahhh Cassie!" Butch yelped recoiling from her. Cassidy continued to ignore him and pressed her back further against the bathroom wall. Butch stepped back putting his hand up to his mouth and when he took it away he saw blood on his palm. "I know I upset you but this is a bit much" Butch shouted at her. "You hurt me Cassie. Now I'm going back into the bedroom. When you've calmed down and are ready to once again acknowledge my existence on the planet then I will talk to you ok?" Cassidy didn't reply. Butch sighed and went to the door and stopped by the mirror to inspect the damage to his lip. What he saw gave him the fright of his life. He didn't see anything. He was standing right in front of the damn mirror and yet he had no reflection. Butch was starting to feel sick now. What the hell was happening to him? The room started to spin. Butch closed his eyes and when he woke he was on the floor of the bedroom with Cassidy leaning over him.
"Ok are we ready to have some fun?" Cally asked as the trio came out of the cottage to meet her. Their cottage was in an ideal location really. It was surrounded by woods on all side save for the small road leading into Saffron City. Cally's house was down the end of that road. "Gee don't look too excited" Cally said rolling her eyes when they climbed into the Ferrari, Jesse sat on James' lap as Cally had suggested whilst Meowth made do with sitting on the floor by James' feet. "Lighten up" Cally said adjusting her sunglasses "We're going to have so much fun. I even packed us a picnic lunch" Cally has gone to a lot of trouble Jesse thought to herself as her friend put the car in drive. She didn't have to bother with us in the first place. Jesse often wondered why Cally had come to see them in the first place and why she wanted to be friends with them. At first Jesse was worried that she was trying to steal James away for herself but Cally, after James made it clear he was with Jesse, kept well clear. What did Cally have to gain by being friends with them? Oh stop it Jesse she told herself crossly. Cally is just a kind person that's all. Jesse knew what her problem was. Most of the 'kind' people she had met in her life wanted something from her. Cally was just being nice and genuinely liked them all. "Any requests?" Cally asked referring to her cars radio. Instantly James and Meowth started fighting over what station to tune into. Jesse sighed this was going to be a very long 20 miles.
When they arrived at the beach they could see it was packed with tourists. They finally found a corner of the beach to lie out the rug and catch a tan. Cally had chosen to wear the skimpiest bikini Jesse had ever seen. A nice as Cally was, she was pretty and she knew it and was a major flirt at times. Jesse had worn a blue swimsuit, which was a little less revealing and sat down in the sand beside James who was wearing a pair of red swimming trunks. Even Meowth had got into the spirit of things and wore a little pair of sunglasses. James was reaching for the sunscreen now but Jesse beat him to it. "Please allow me," she whispered kissing James on the lips. "Of course" James replied lying down so she could apply the sunscreen onto his back. "But I get to put it on you when you're done" he told her. Jesse giggled and pinched his behind "If you're lucky" Meowth rolled his eyes and turned away from the humans. Any excuse he thought to himself. Cally was off chatting with a group of guys. Meowth turned back to Jesse and James. Jesse was making a big show of putting the sunscreen on James running her hands seductively over the muscles on his chest as she did so and all he was doing was whining that it was cold! "Get a room will yous" Meowth called as James sat up started to kiss Jesse passionately. Meowth looked up and down the beach hoping for somewhere to get away from his embarrassing friends. Meowth spotted a young girl sitting about three meters from where he was licking an ice-cream cone. Meowth realised just how thirsty he was. He could go for an ice-cream right about now. He looked back at Jesse and James again. They had finished with the kissing and were lying back on the rug their eyes firmly shut. "Can we get an ice-cream?" Meowth asked hoping the mention of food would wake James at least. No response. Meowth sighed it looked like he'd have to get it himself. He jumped up and padded over to the girl. "Meowth?" he mewed climbing into her lap. "What a cute kitty!" the girl squealed reaching down to pet him. Meowth purred happily and looked up at her with a pair of wobbly eyes. "Meowth" he cried trying to sound helpless. "Oh you want some ice cream?" she asked holding out the cone for him. Meowth smiled to himself and settled down on her lap. James was drifting off when he heard Meowth mention ice cream. He opened his eyes and saw the cat heading off down the beach. James had to admit he was hungry too but it would be lunchtime soon. James closed his eyes again and fell asleep. "GET OFF OF ME!" Jesse was woken from her sunbathing to find her boyfriend screaming hysterically in his sleep. He's having a nightmare Jesse realised as she sat up. Jesse was aware that most of the people on the beach were staring at them. "James" she hissed shaking him "You're having a nightmare. Come on wake up". James refused to wake despite Jesse's efforts and kept screaming. "What's the matter with him?" Cally demanded coming back over followed by her group of male fans. "I don't know" Jesse cried in panic. "He just started going crazy. Cally I can't wake him" Cally brushed Jesse aside and slapped James hard across the face. He opened his eyes and burst into tears. Jesse took him in her arms as he cried. Cally sat back and watched then on noting that the entire beach was also staring at them she shouted "What the hell are you all staring at? Leave them alone!" The people started to leave and go back to working on their tans. "James what happened?" Jesse asked. James shook his head. He couldn't tell her what that dream was. It was no ordinary dream. It was the last viewing he had done in the hospital that day almost a year ago now. James had done a viewing whilst he was asleep.
"Butch are you ok?" Cassidy asked softly helping him to sit up. Butch frowned it must have been a dream. "Yeah I just felt a bit dizzy. I must have fainted" he replied. "If you're sure," Cassidy said. "I didn't mean to upset you before" Butch said as Cassidy helped him get back into bed. "Your all hot" she said ignoring his comment and putting a hand to his forehead. "Butch has the dizziness gone now?" "Yeah but Cassie I think we need to." "Butch I think you should get some rest ok. You're burning up. I'll go and get you a drink. You just lie there" "Cassidy I'm fine" Butch protested. "Honestly Butch I am trying to look after you here" Cassidy snapped. She turned and made for the door. "I love you" Butch blurted out. To hell with what he had thought. So what if dating your partner was a bad idea? Butch found he couldn't ignore his feelings for her any longer. It felt so right last night and Cassidy cared about him too. They had to at least give it a try. "You don't have to say that" Cassidy said. "I don't want you to feel pressured because of last night" "Will you stop that?" Butch said getting up and going to her. "You should know by now that no one pressures me least of all you. I said I love you because I mean it" "You.you do?" "I was worried that it would mess up our friendship and I guess there is still a part of the old Team Rocket training in me but Team Rocket is over now. What matters are you and me. This might be doomed to failure but we have to give it a go right?" Butch put his arms round her after speaking. Cassidy smiled and leaned forward to kiss him but pulled back. "Butch you're bleeding" "What?" "Your lip. How did that happen?"