Well here's the Next part.Enjoy!
The next morning.
*Yawn* "Man.I haven't slept like that in months, I suppose dreaming of Misty will do that to ya. Hey Pikachu.get up, time to make breakfast since everyone's still sleeping."
"Pika pi pika pikachu! (Ok Ash, let's do it!)
After Ash had fully awaken (A/N: which took awhile ;P), he walked through the forest to gather some firewood to make breakfast. He had figured that making breakfast would be a nice surprise for Misty and Brock.
"Ok Pikachu, I'm gonna need your help since I've really never done this before. First though, we need to get the fire going.quick. Hmm.I know, Cyndaquil I choose you!"
"Cynda!" "Cyndaquil, use your flamethrower to get a fire going here." "Cynda! Cynda..Quiiiiiiiiiiiilll!!!!"
"Great! Now let's see what Brock has in his backpack for food. Hmm, canned stuff that makes a good lunch or dinner, what else.here we go, pancake mix! Okay, now what will need to add in the mix? Oh, just add water, sweet! Okay lets get Brock's bottled water, and add that to the mix."
After about 20 minutes of figuring out what to do, Ash was nearly finished when Misty woke up to a wonderful smell.
~Mmmm.that smells good. I wonder what Brock is making this morning.?~ Misty walked out of her tent to see.Ash? "Ash!? What are you doing up?"
Ash gasped, "Misty! You scared me. I couldn't sleep so I figured I'd make breakfast." Replied Ash Smiling "You? Make breakfast? Wow, I'm impressed Ashy-boy, you actually did something useful!" Smirked Misty "Oh ha-ha Misty. What? I'm not allowed to do something nice around here?"
"Oh-no you're allowed, I'm just surprised you actually did all this without killing yourself." "And what is that supposed to mean Ms. Waterflower?" Asked Ash a bit surprised to her remark "It means that you're a klutz Ash." Said Misty immediately regretting saying it Ash didn't like the remark. Once again she had taken it a bit too far, well in his mind; so he just frowned to show his pain.
"Thanks Misty.I love the appreciation here." Ash shook his head in disappointment, "Last time I do something nice around here." Said Ash with extreme sarcasm to his voice
Misty gave herself a mental slap. She didn't mean that. She knew that she loved him, but just couldn't bring herself to tell Ash, besides what could he possibly see in her? "*Sighs* I'm sorry Ash. I was just kidding. I didn't mean that. Seriously, this is really nice of you to make us breakfast." "Thanks Misty." Said Ash forcing a smile. "Hey, I'm gonna wake Brock up before the food starts to get cold, okay Ash?" Asked Misty smiling "Sure Mist, go ahead." ~Oh my god, I love it when he calls me that. It's like we're a couple and he made a pet name for me.*sigh*~
While Ash was busy preparing, Misty went and woke up Brock. "Brock, Brock, get up!" "Wait Officer Jenny, don't runaway." Brock was still dreaming "BROCK! GET UP NOW!!!!!!" Yelled Misty, nearly pulling out her mallet "Huh.what's happening?" Asked a confused Brock "Nothing, Ash has a little surprise for us, that's all." "Really? Okay, I'll be right over."
Once Brock was ready, he came by the fire and to his surprise breakfast was already prepared.
"Ash? You made breakfast? Very impressive!" Brock nodded in satisfaction. Ash grumbled, "Why is it so hard to comprehend that I cooked breakfast?" "No Ash it's not hard to comprehend, it's just unusual. I mean this is the first time you've done this for us." Replied Brock "Well that's true. Still though, making breakfast isn't a big step for mankind, it's just breakfast." Said Ash.
Misty nearly choked when Ash made the remark, she couldn't help but laugh; Brock on the other hand just rolled his eyes. Once they had finished breakfast, they had packed up and were on their way to the next city.
After a few hours, they had reached Hart City, a somewhat newer city that wasn't on Brock's old map. Instead he pulled out his guide and found some info about the city.
"Hey guys, look at this." Said Brock pointing to his book "What does it say Brock?" Asked Ash with a quizzical look to his face "It says that to most trainers, Hart City seems new because it's not on any map, but those who come across this city will enjoy their stay there." Misty found this interesting, "Wow, that sounds cool. Is there any other information about this city?" "Actually there is. It also says that the reason that they aren't on any map is because they want their citizens to live peacefully without excess people being around, which is what you'd normally expect from larger cities like Celadon for instance." Replied Brock "That sounds cool. Hey, it's been a while since we've taken a break from training, and this place sounds like a great opportunity to relax. What do you say?" Asked Ash Misty of course thought the idea to be great since all Ash would talk about was the next gym leader, and Brock didn't mind either. "Sounds good to me. Let's go!" Said Misty
Once they had arrived, Ash decided it would be best to stop at the city's Pokémon Center, to revive his Pokémon and get some rooms to stay in for the weekend. "Hello. May I help you?" Asked the Nurse Joy as they walked in the Pokémon Center. Before Ash could even ask Nurse Joy to heal his Pokémon, Brock went into his ga-ga mode. "Why yes you may! We could go out on a wonderful date and then see a mov- .Ow Misty, not the ear.owwwie!" Nurse Joy couldn't help but to giggle.
Ash just rolled his eyes, "Uhhh, anyways, I need some rooms for the weekend and my Pokémon healed." "Sure. I'll take your Pokémon, and as for rooms, we only have two rooms left. Is that okay?" "Hmm." Ash turns to Misty and Brock, "They've only got 2 rooms left, is that okay with you guys?"
"I see no problem with that." Said Brock, "Unless Misty has any objections.." "No, not at all. I suppose we can.work something out." Said Misty turning a slight shade of pink. "Okay." Ash then turns to Nurse Joy, "Yeah that'll be fine." "Great! You have rooms 5 and 6, which are joining rooms. I'll bring by your Pokémon when they're fully healed.if that's okay?" "Yeah, that'd be great! Thanks Nurse Joy!" Said Ash smiling
Once they got to the rooms, the first one, room 5 had one queen sized bed, and Brock pretty much ripped the key out of the door and yelled, "My room, I love the big bed!" and he then proceeded to slam the door shut. Ash and Misty quizzically looked at each other, "Uh Misty, did I miss something?" Asked Ash "I'm not to sure.I wonder if Brock will ever grow up." "I don't know. Let's go see if the other room has 2 beds." Once they opened the door, they had saw the two beds they hoped for. "Well thank goodness, I wasn't in the mood for sleeping on the floor." Said Ash "The floor? Why would you sleep on the floor if there was one big bed?" Asked Misty a bit confused. Now it was Ash's turn to blush a bit. "Well, don't all girls need their beauty sleep? I know you wouldn't get that if we shared a bed, I toss and turn too much." Said Ash quickly covering up. "Oh. I didn't realize that you actually had manners Ash." Said Misty immediately regretting that comment as well. Ash looked at Misty, gave her a hurt look and just walked away into Brock's room the shut the door. ~*sighs* Oh man, not again! Why do I insist on poking fun of Ash. I swear if I could kick my own ass I would. I'm just so afraid of Ash knowing I like him. If he knew, he'd laugh in my face, and I couldn't take that kind of pain. Well, for health purposes, I'd better let Ash cool off before I talk to him, hopefully Brock can help him.~
*SLAM!* Ash slammed the joining door to Brock's and his room. Naturally, Brock leaped off of his bed, only to see tears flowing down Ash's face. "Ash? Are you okay? What happened?" Asked Brock "Misty.*sniff*.that's what." "What'd she do?" "Well.*sniff*.when we were entering our room, we were lucky to see two beds, and I said that I'm glad because I wasn't in the mood of sleeping on the floor. Then she asked why would I sleep on the floor, and I had told her that all girls need their beauty sleep and she wouldn't get that if I had to share a bed with her since I toss and turn when I sleep.you know what she said Brock?"
"What.did she say?" Asked Brock hesitantly "She said.and this is verbatim, Oh, I didn't realize that you actually had manners Ash, plus she emphasized the word actually."
Brock cringed when Ash had repeated Misty's words. He knew deep down that Ash had it bad for Misty, but her tormenting upset him bad. "I'm sorry to hear that Ash. I know Misty can be a pain like that sometimes. Look, I'm going to be straight forward with you. Misty is your friend, and she is my friend as well, and you and I both know, that she would never intentionally upset you or me that way, especially to the point of crying. She's probably having a bad day and just let it all out on you. So just put it aside, and hopefully she'll calm down soon." "Thanks Brock. You've always been there for us, I appreciate it." Said Ash smiling "No Problem. Anytime you have something on your mind that's troubling you, you can always talk to good ol' Brock." "Thanks, but now that you mention it, I do have something on my mind. You probably know that I like Misty. I know I'm pretty obvious. You know, ever since I was about 12 or so, I've always wanted to kiss Misty. Even though she does pick on me, I still can't help but like her. She's so charismatic, always full of energy, and she's cute too." Ash was now a deep shade of red. "but there's one thing.no actually there's two things I'm afraid of. One, I'm deathly afraid that Misty has no interest in me what- so-ever, and second, I'm afraid if she does like me, and we kiss.I won't feel.*sigh* that thing." "Thing? What thing Ash? I'm lost now." Asked Brock with a quizzical look on his face. Ash sighed, and then a small smile crept across his face, "You know, -that thing-, that moment, when you kiss someone, and everything around you becomes hazy.and the only thing in focus is you and this person, and you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life.and for one moment you get this amazing gift, and you wanna laugh and you wanna cry, 'cuz you feel so lucky that you found it, and so scared that it'll go away at the same time." Ash finished off nearly crying. Brock found himself choked up as well.
"Ash.that's.that's very touching. I never realized you had a romantic side to yourself. If Misty only heard that, she would die." "What do you mean Brock? Misty doesn't like me that way. That kind of thing only happens in my dreams." Said Ash with tears welling up in his eyes "Ash, don't say that. You can't be 100 percent sure until you actually tell Misty you like her. Until you do, don't assume she doesn't." "I suppose so Brock. I just.I dunno. I don't just like her, hell I'm in love with her. Brock, I've felt this way about Misty for the last two years, and every time I attempt to tell her, I chicken out. I just don't know what to do anymore." Ash was now in full blown tears. "*Sighs* Ash, I can relate to you." Said Brock
Ash looked at Brock and raised his eyebrow in disbelief. He assumed Brock was always the drool over every girl he sees kind of guy.
"I'm serious Ash, don't ever tell Misty this, but before I met you, there was this one girl in Pewter who I had it bad for, her name was Jen. We used to hang out all the time, and we were the closest of friends. Apparently everyone in town knew about us and thought that we should be more than "just friends". Well, I always had it for her, and I was always to chicken to say anything. When I finally got the courage to tell her that I liked her, she also had something to tell me at the same time. Being the gentleman I was, I let her go first. Well, to my disappointment she had found someone that she's in love with. Ash I was devastated, and I couldn't tell her I liked her because the look in her eyes told me that she really loved this guy. This all happened days before you first challenged me. I didn't travel with you "just because". Ash, I needed to get away from Pewter before I became really depressed." Brock was in tears as well and Ash was in complete shock, but for more than one reason. For one Brock was actually hurt bad and it was actually over a girl. Second Brock left his hometown for similar reasons as him, to get away from the despair and pain. Ash felt bad for Brock and decided to tell him why he left Pallet Town. "Brock, I should fill you in about my life before we met as well.."
A Few minutes Later.
"Ash, you mean to say that you left pallet because you were dealt a bad hand of cards per se.just like why I left Pewter?" "Yep. Brock, I couldn't handle Gary anymore or anyone in school for that matter. I just needed to get away from it all, and that was my way of doing so." Brock felt comfortable knowing he wasn't the only one to leave his hometown the way he did. Ash then casually looked at the clock in the room. "Whoa. Brock we've been talking for a few hours now! I'm gonna go back to my room and see if I can talk to Misty." "Atta-boy Ash! That's the spirit!" "Well Brock, thanks so much for hearing me out." "Like I said before Ash, anytime you need to get something off your chest, you can come to me." "Thanks."
Ash got up from the chair he was in and headed for the door that led to his room. He slowly put his hand on the doorknob, "Well, here we go." and with that, he opened the door.
Well, that's it for this part. More to come!!! Puh-leheheheze review!
The next morning.
*Yawn* "Man.I haven't slept like that in months, I suppose dreaming of Misty will do that to ya. Hey Pikachu.get up, time to make breakfast since everyone's still sleeping."
"Pika pi pika pikachu! (Ok Ash, let's do it!)
After Ash had fully awaken (A/N: which took awhile ;P), he walked through the forest to gather some firewood to make breakfast. He had figured that making breakfast would be a nice surprise for Misty and Brock.
"Ok Pikachu, I'm gonna need your help since I've really never done this before. First though, we need to get the fire going.quick. Hmm.I know, Cyndaquil I choose you!"
"Cynda!" "Cyndaquil, use your flamethrower to get a fire going here." "Cynda! Cynda..Quiiiiiiiiiiiilll!!!!"
"Great! Now let's see what Brock has in his backpack for food. Hmm, canned stuff that makes a good lunch or dinner, what else.here we go, pancake mix! Okay, now what will need to add in the mix? Oh, just add water, sweet! Okay lets get Brock's bottled water, and add that to the mix."
After about 20 minutes of figuring out what to do, Ash was nearly finished when Misty woke up to a wonderful smell.
~Mmmm.that smells good. I wonder what Brock is making this morning.?~ Misty walked out of her tent to see.Ash? "Ash!? What are you doing up?"
Ash gasped, "Misty! You scared me. I couldn't sleep so I figured I'd make breakfast." Replied Ash Smiling "You? Make breakfast? Wow, I'm impressed Ashy-boy, you actually did something useful!" Smirked Misty "Oh ha-ha Misty. What? I'm not allowed to do something nice around here?"
"Oh-no you're allowed, I'm just surprised you actually did all this without killing yourself." "And what is that supposed to mean Ms. Waterflower?" Asked Ash a bit surprised to her remark "It means that you're a klutz Ash." Said Misty immediately regretting saying it Ash didn't like the remark. Once again she had taken it a bit too far, well in his mind; so he just frowned to show his pain.
"Thanks Misty.I love the appreciation here." Ash shook his head in disappointment, "Last time I do something nice around here." Said Ash with extreme sarcasm to his voice
Misty gave herself a mental slap. She didn't mean that. She knew that she loved him, but just couldn't bring herself to tell Ash, besides what could he possibly see in her? "*Sighs* I'm sorry Ash. I was just kidding. I didn't mean that. Seriously, this is really nice of you to make us breakfast." "Thanks Misty." Said Ash forcing a smile. "Hey, I'm gonna wake Brock up before the food starts to get cold, okay Ash?" Asked Misty smiling "Sure Mist, go ahead." ~Oh my god, I love it when he calls me that. It's like we're a couple and he made a pet name for me.*sigh*~
While Ash was busy preparing, Misty went and woke up Brock. "Brock, Brock, get up!" "Wait Officer Jenny, don't runaway." Brock was still dreaming "BROCK! GET UP NOW!!!!!!" Yelled Misty, nearly pulling out her mallet "Huh.what's happening?" Asked a confused Brock "Nothing, Ash has a little surprise for us, that's all." "Really? Okay, I'll be right over."
Once Brock was ready, he came by the fire and to his surprise breakfast was already prepared.
"Ash? You made breakfast? Very impressive!" Brock nodded in satisfaction. Ash grumbled, "Why is it so hard to comprehend that I cooked breakfast?" "No Ash it's not hard to comprehend, it's just unusual. I mean this is the first time you've done this for us." Replied Brock "Well that's true. Still though, making breakfast isn't a big step for mankind, it's just breakfast." Said Ash.
Misty nearly choked when Ash made the remark, she couldn't help but laugh; Brock on the other hand just rolled his eyes. Once they had finished breakfast, they had packed up and were on their way to the next city.
After a few hours, they had reached Hart City, a somewhat newer city that wasn't on Brock's old map. Instead he pulled out his guide and found some info about the city.
"Hey guys, look at this." Said Brock pointing to his book "What does it say Brock?" Asked Ash with a quizzical look to his face "It says that to most trainers, Hart City seems new because it's not on any map, but those who come across this city will enjoy their stay there." Misty found this interesting, "Wow, that sounds cool. Is there any other information about this city?" "Actually there is. It also says that the reason that they aren't on any map is because they want their citizens to live peacefully without excess people being around, which is what you'd normally expect from larger cities like Celadon for instance." Replied Brock "That sounds cool. Hey, it's been a while since we've taken a break from training, and this place sounds like a great opportunity to relax. What do you say?" Asked Ash Misty of course thought the idea to be great since all Ash would talk about was the next gym leader, and Brock didn't mind either. "Sounds good to me. Let's go!" Said Misty
Once they had arrived, Ash decided it would be best to stop at the city's Pokémon Center, to revive his Pokémon and get some rooms to stay in for the weekend. "Hello. May I help you?" Asked the Nurse Joy as they walked in the Pokémon Center. Before Ash could even ask Nurse Joy to heal his Pokémon, Brock went into his ga-ga mode. "Why yes you may! We could go out on a wonderful date and then see a mov- .Ow Misty, not the ear.owwwie!" Nurse Joy couldn't help but to giggle.
Ash just rolled his eyes, "Uhhh, anyways, I need some rooms for the weekend and my Pokémon healed." "Sure. I'll take your Pokémon, and as for rooms, we only have two rooms left. Is that okay?" "Hmm." Ash turns to Misty and Brock, "They've only got 2 rooms left, is that okay with you guys?"
"I see no problem with that." Said Brock, "Unless Misty has any objections.." "No, not at all. I suppose we can.work something out." Said Misty turning a slight shade of pink. "Okay." Ash then turns to Nurse Joy, "Yeah that'll be fine." "Great! You have rooms 5 and 6, which are joining rooms. I'll bring by your Pokémon when they're fully healed.if that's okay?" "Yeah, that'd be great! Thanks Nurse Joy!" Said Ash smiling
Once they got to the rooms, the first one, room 5 had one queen sized bed, and Brock pretty much ripped the key out of the door and yelled, "My room, I love the big bed!" and he then proceeded to slam the door shut. Ash and Misty quizzically looked at each other, "Uh Misty, did I miss something?" Asked Ash "I'm not to sure.I wonder if Brock will ever grow up." "I don't know. Let's go see if the other room has 2 beds." Once they opened the door, they had saw the two beds they hoped for. "Well thank goodness, I wasn't in the mood for sleeping on the floor." Said Ash "The floor? Why would you sleep on the floor if there was one big bed?" Asked Misty a bit confused. Now it was Ash's turn to blush a bit. "Well, don't all girls need their beauty sleep? I know you wouldn't get that if we shared a bed, I toss and turn too much." Said Ash quickly covering up. "Oh. I didn't realize that you actually had manners Ash." Said Misty immediately regretting that comment as well. Ash looked at Misty, gave her a hurt look and just walked away into Brock's room the shut the door. ~*sighs* Oh man, not again! Why do I insist on poking fun of Ash. I swear if I could kick my own ass I would. I'm just so afraid of Ash knowing I like him. If he knew, he'd laugh in my face, and I couldn't take that kind of pain. Well, for health purposes, I'd better let Ash cool off before I talk to him, hopefully Brock can help him.~
*SLAM!* Ash slammed the joining door to Brock's and his room. Naturally, Brock leaped off of his bed, only to see tears flowing down Ash's face. "Ash? Are you okay? What happened?" Asked Brock "Misty.*sniff*.that's what." "What'd she do?" "Well.*sniff*.when we were entering our room, we were lucky to see two beds, and I said that I'm glad because I wasn't in the mood of sleeping on the floor. Then she asked why would I sleep on the floor, and I had told her that all girls need their beauty sleep and she wouldn't get that if I had to share a bed with her since I toss and turn when I sleep.you know what she said Brock?"
"What.did she say?" Asked Brock hesitantly "She said.and this is verbatim, Oh, I didn't realize that you actually had manners Ash, plus she emphasized the word actually."
Brock cringed when Ash had repeated Misty's words. He knew deep down that Ash had it bad for Misty, but her tormenting upset him bad. "I'm sorry to hear that Ash. I know Misty can be a pain like that sometimes. Look, I'm going to be straight forward with you. Misty is your friend, and she is my friend as well, and you and I both know, that she would never intentionally upset you or me that way, especially to the point of crying. She's probably having a bad day and just let it all out on you. So just put it aside, and hopefully she'll calm down soon." "Thanks Brock. You've always been there for us, I appreciate it." Said Ash smiling "No Problem. Anytime you have something on your mind that's troubling you, you can always talk to good ol' Brock." "Thanks, but now that you mention it, I do have something on my mind. You probably know that I like Misty. I know I'm pretty obvious. You know, ever since I was about 12 or so, I've always wanted to kiss Misty. Even though she does pick on me, I still can't help but like her. She's so charismatic, always full of energy, and she's cute too." Ash was now a deep shade of red. "but there's one thing.no actually there's two things I'm afraid of. One, I'm deathly afraid that Misty has no interest in me what- so-ever, and second, I'm afraid if she does like me, and we kiss.I won't feel.*sigh* that thing." "Thing? What thing Ash? I'm lost now." Asked Brock with a quizzical look on his face. Ash sighed, and then a small smile crept across his face, "You know, -that thing-, that moment, when you kiss someone, and everything around you becomes hazy.and the only thing in focus is you and this person, and you realize that that person is the only person that you're supposed to kiss for the rest of your life.and for one moment you get this amazing gift, and you wanna laugh and you wanna cry, 'cuz you feel so lucky that you found it, and so scared that it'll go away at the same time." Ash finished off nearly crying. Brock found himself choked up as well.
"Ash.that's.that's very touching. I never realized you had a romantic side to yourself. If Misty only heard that, she would die." "What do you mean Brock? Misty doesn't like me that way. That kind of thing only happens in my dreams." Said Ash with tears welling up in his eyes "Ash, don't say that. You can't be 100 percent sure until you actually tell Misty you like her. Until you do, don't assume she doesn't." "I suppose so Brock. I just.I dunno. I don't just like her, hell I'm in love with her. Brock, I've felt this way about Misty for the last two years, and every time I attempt to tell her, I chicken out. I just don't know what to do anymore." Ash was now in full blown tears. "*Sighs* Ash, I can relate to you." Said Brock
Ash looked at Brock and raised his eyebrow in disbelief. He assumed Brock was always the drool over every girl he sees kind of guy.
"I'm serious Ash, don't ever tell Misty this, but before I met you, there was this one girl in Pewter who I had it bad for, her name was Jen. We used to hang out all the time, and we were the closest of friends. Apparently everyone in town knew about us and thought that we should be more than "just friends". Well, I always had it for her, and I was always to chicken to say anything. When I finally got the courage to tell her that I liked her, she also had something to tell me at the same time. Being the gentleman I was, I let her go first. Well, to my disappointment she had found someone that she's in love with. Ash I was devastated, and I couldn't tell her I liked her because the look in her eyes told me that she really loved this guy. This all happened days before you first challenged me. I didn't travel with you "just because". Ash, I needed to get away from Pewter before I became really depressed." Brock was in tears as well and Ash was in complete shock, but for more than one reason. For one Brock was actually hurt bad and it was actually over a girl. Second Brock left his hometown for similar reasons as him, to get away from the despair and pain. Ash felt bad for Brock and decided to tell him why he left Pallet Town. "Brock, I should fill you in about my life before we met as well.."
A Few minutes Later.
"Ash, you mean to say that you left pallet because you were dealt a bad hand of cards per se.just like why I left Pewter?" "Yep. Brock, I couldn't handle Gary anymore or anyone in school for that matter. I just needed to get away from it all, and that was my way of doing so." Brock felt comfortable knowing he wasn't the only one to leave his hometown the way he did. Ash then casually looked at the clock in the room. "Whoa. Brock we've been talking for a few hours now! I'm gonna go back to my room and see if I can talk to Misty." "Atta-boy Ash! That's the spirit!" "Well Brock, thanks so much for hearing me out." "Like I said before Ash, anytime you need to get something off your chest, you can come to me." "Thanks."
Ash got up from the chair he was in and headed for the door that led to his room. He slowly put his hand on the doorknob, "Well, here we go." and with that, he opened the door.
Well, that's it for this part. More to come!!! Puh-leheheheze review!