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As the sun began to rise, Misty slowly opened her eyes as she was awaking from this time, a good dream about Ash. She smiled about the dream but then frowned as she saw the empty bed next to her.
"Oh man, I forgot about what happened yesterday. Why couldn't have it been just a bad dream? Dammit Misty, why did you have to go and do that. *sighs*" Misty got out of bed and decided to take a soothing warm shower, she figured it would calm her a bit. Meanwhile Brock was just waking up himself, and of course he was dreaming of Jenny and Joy...poor guy, does he ever get a clue? ;p
A half hour later... Misty finished up getting ready and knocked on Brock's door. "You up Brock?"
"Yeah just a minute, I'll be right over."
"Okay."
*Door opens* "Hey Misty...did you get some sleep last night?"
"Eh, not what you'd call a 'good' nights sleep, but it'll hold me over for the day. How about you?"
"Same here, I'm just too worried about Ash."
"I know. Brock, I'm so sorry about yesterday, I really didn't mean it, honest. I hope you're not mad at me."
"Misty, look, I'm not mad at you, but at the same time, lets just worry about Ash and mainly where he is."
"I suppose you're right. Well let's get a bite to eat, and then we'll go look for Ash."
"Okay Misty."
Once Misty and Brock had their breakfast, they immediately went looking for Ash. Not knowing where exactly to start, they figured major landmarks would be a good place to start looking. While Misty and Brock began their search, Ash was just waking up.
"*yawn* Wow, I actually got some sleep for a change." Ash looked over to his right and saw Pikachu peacefully snoozing away. Then he looked over the lake and took a big whiff of fresh air. "Ahh, this is nice. I never really get the chance to enjoy nature as much anymore."
Pikachu heard Ash talking and he finally woke up from his slumber. "Pi pikapi." (Morning Ash.)
Ash looked over to Pikachu to see that he is finally awake, "Hey there buddy, did you sleep well?"
"Pika!" (You bet!)
"That's good. Hey let's head back to the Pokémon Center before Brock and Misty begin to look for me."
"Pi. (Okay.)
Ash packed up his stuff and headed back towards the center. Halfway there, he saw two familiar figures. It was Brock and Misty, and sure enough they were already out looking for him.
"Oh crap Pikachu, it's Brock and Misty, hurry lets hide by that bush." They practically bolted for the bush, and made it in the knick of time. Misty and Brock walked just a few feet in front of him, and luckily for Ash, they didn't notice him.
Once Brock and Misty were out of sight, Ash made a quick exit and headed for the center again. Once Ash got back to the center he almost went through the front door, but then he realized that Nurse Joy would notice him and would ask questions. He went back through the back door again and went in his room. He pretty much chilled there until Misty and Brock came back later that afternoon. Ash heard Brock walk into his room and then he heard a key inserted into the lock for his room, and as the door opened, there was Misty with this really depressed look on her face...that is until she saw Ash sitting on the bed...
"ASH?" Misty's eyes nearly popped out of her head.
"Hey Misty, what's up?" Ash smiled acting as if nothing happened.
"Ash where have you been, we've been looking for you all day!"
"Misty I was in here, I stepped out of the room this morning and went to the vending machine to get something to eat and then when I came back you were gone." Ash lied through his teeth, but he didn't know that Misty woke up in the middle of the night to see him missing.
Misty just gave him the dirtiest look."Ash.don't even attempt to lie to me. I know you ran off in the middle of the night. Wait a minute, you ran off the second I fell asleep didn't you?"
Ash was in complete shock. So much for sneaking away.."Uhh..yeah, I did."
Misty was hurt, "Why Ash? Why sneak away from us? Ash you had us worried. I woke up from a nightmare and then I see you missing from your bed...at first I thought that you were hiding from me as a joke, but then I realized that you were actually gone. Ash, I was scared, I thought you left us forever, never to see or hear from you again." Misty just fell on the bed into tears at this point.
Ash looked at her, and he felt so low. He didn't mean to cause Misty this kind of pain, but just needed some time to himself. He walked over to her and sat next to her.
She slowly sat up and showed her tear stained face. Ash turned her head gently to make eye contact. "Mist, I would never leave you. You've always been there for me since day one and I appreciate that. I wouldn't have the heart to leave, you have no clue how much you and Brock mean to me. You two aren't just friends, you're family to me.." Misty was glad to hear that Ash wouldn't run away, but she was family to him? Not that that it was a bad thing, but she loved him and her feelings were just crushed to pieces.
Ash continued, "..and not only that, I don't know how I could live a day without you Misty." She gave him a look of confusion. "Mist, you mean the most to me. You've been there every battle I fought and rooted for me. Even the time when you cheered for Rudy, I was a bit hurt, but when you saw me losing, you immediately cheered for me again. That told me something. That told me you were a true friend, and even though Rudy was all kissy kissy to you, you still stayed with me. Now I know what Rudy meant by 'I was a lucky guy'. I was lucky to have you with me, and I couldn't ask for anything more."
Misty couldn't hold herself back, grabbed Ash and gave him the biggest bear hug in the world. "Oh Ash, I'm so sorry for what I said, I know I apologized before, but I really am sorry."
He held her close. If there was one thing that made him happy, it was holding Misty close to him. "Misty, it's ok, really. Now to your question of why I did what I did, well..I just needed some time to myself. I was hurt by what you said, and I just needed to think it over. After working it out, I just decided it was your defense mechanism talking, not you."
Misty was worried now and pulled away from Ash, did Ash know that she liked him? She gave him a questioning look, "What do you mean 'defense mechanism' Ash?" "Well you said that you didn't know how to respond to my comment, so your defense mechanism responded instead, or at least that's what I think happened."
Misty sighed in relief, "Oh, I see." ~Phew..I thought for a second that he caught on my feelings for him..*sigh* ..but at the same time I wish he knew that I loved him..and..wait, defense mechanism? Where did Ash learn about that? Shows my ignorance of how smart he is. ~
"What Misty, you've never studied psychology before?" Asked Ash with a smirk on his face.
"Well, kinda, it's..well not to sound insulting again..but I just didn't know that you knew about that kind of stuff, that's all."
"Well, I do actually. I got myself a book on psychology about three years ago. This is a bit embarrassing to say, but I never really understood why you would always blow up at me for something small, so I read up on it. Pretty interesting how our minds work. I used to think that you had a short temper and hated me, but I just realized that sometimes we use 'defense mechanisms' to hide our true feelings. Maybe you wanted to say thanks, but you sub-consciously decided not to, that's all. Look, it doesn't matter what happened yesterday, yes I was upset, but at the same time I overreacted. It was selfish of me to run away. I didn't think about how you or Brock would be worried, and I obviously worried you guys, I'm sorry." Ash just looked to the ground.
Misty felt terrible, she placed her hand on his chin and tilted his head up to make eye contact with him, "Ash, no, it's not your fault. I started this whole mess. If I hadn't been mean to you, none of this would've happened. I honestly wonder how you put up with me."
Ash raised his eyebrow, "What do you mean Misty?"
"Well think about it Ash, for all the years we've been traveling, I would insult you everyday for something petty, or if you went the wrong way. It really didn't surprise me to see you were gone, if I were you I would've ran away a long time ago, besides, who would want to travel with a scrawny, snobby, grouchy runt of the family from Cerulean City." Misty couldn't hold her tears back and just let them free.
Ash on the other hand couldn't agree with what Misty had just said. He pulled her into a comforting hug, and shook his head in disagreement, "Mist, you've got it all wrong. You're not scrawny, snobby or grouchy. I see someone who is loving, kind and pure."
Misty held Ash tighter but then let go and looked him in the face, "But I'm still the runt?" Ash shook his head and smiled, "No Mist, you're far from that. I think your so beautiful. I believe that when your sisters put you down like that, they only do it out of jealousy since they could never be as beautiful as you are."
Misty smiled and her tears of sadness turned into tears of joy, Ash really did care about her. She pulled Ash close this time to hug him, "Ash, you're so sweet, it's always at times like these when you know what to say." Misty then mumbled to herself, "How can I not love you?" After Misty finished that sentence, her eyes nearly popped out of her head (O.O) Did she just say that out loud?
Ash couldn't believe what he just heard. He needed to make sure he wasn't hearing things. He pulled Misty away gently and looked into her eyes, "What did you say Mist?"
She panicked.. "Uhh...nothing?"
"No Mist, I heard you say something, did you say, how could you not love me?" Ash was literally praying to god that it was what he heard, this would be his dream come true.
Misty turned a slight shade of pink, she couldn't lie, after all, he did hear what she said. "Yes Ash, I did say that." Now she was beet red.
Ash's feelings just went on a roller coaster ride, she did love him, his life would make a rather large change for the better. "Do you Mist? Do you really love me?" Ash gazed into those beautiful aquamarine eyes of hers.
Misty smiled, "Yes Ash, I do.I love you. I've loved you for so long, but I was afraid that you would never return those feelings. Ash? Do you lov-" Misty was cutoff as Ash pressed his lips gently to hers, both their hearts racing at light speed. Misty deepened the kiss with her tongue and Ash accepted, but then he began to cry. Misty slowly pulled away, and saw Ash's tears, "Ash? What's wrong?"
"Oh Mist, nothing's wrong, that kiss..was..perfect, it was the way I had always imagined it. Mist I do love you. Nothing has made me happier than you by my side all these years. I could never live another day without you."
Misty's eyes filled up with tears again, "Oh Ash..." She leaned in and kissed him again. She had never felt passion like this before, so much longing for this had paid it's dues. Ash couldn't be happier, all his bad memories from the past had washed away with new ones of him and Misty.
The End!
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As the sun began to rise, Misty slowly opened her eyes as she was awaking from this time, a good dream about Ash. She smiled about the dream but then frowned as she saw the empty bed next to her.
"Oh man, I forgot about what happened yesterday. Why couldn't have it been just a bad dream? Dammit Misty, why did you have to go and do that. *sighs*" Misty got out of bed and decided to take a soothing warm shower, she figured it would calm her a bit. Meanwhile Brock was just waking up himself, and of course he was dreaming of Jenny and Joy...poor guy, does he ever get a clue? ;p
A half hour later... Misty finished up getting ready and knocked on Brock's door. "You up Brock?"
"Yeah just a minute, I'll be right over."
"Okay."
*Door opens* "Hey Misty...did you get some sleep last night?"
"Eh, not what you'd call a 'good' nights sleep, but it'll hold me over for the day. How about you?"
"Same here, I'm just too worried about Ash."
"I know. Brock, I'm so sorry about yesterday, I really didn't mean it, honest. I hope you're not mad at me."
"Misty, look, I'm not mad at you, but at the same time, lets just worry about Ash and mainly where he is."
"I suppose you're right. Well let's get a bite to eat, and then we'll go look for Ash."
"Okay Misty."
Once Misty and Brock had their breakfast, they immediately went looking for Ash. Not knowing where exactly to start, they figured major landmarks would be a good place to start looking. While Misty and Brock began their search, Ash was just waking up.
"*yawn* Wow, I actually got some sleep for a change." Ash looked over to his right and saw Pikachu peacefully snoozing away. Then he looked over the lake and took a big whiff of fresh air. "Ahh, this is nice. I never really get the chance to enjoy nature as much anymore."
Pikachu heard Ash talking and he finally woke up from his slumber. "Pi pikapi." (Morning Ash.)
Ash looked over to Pikachu to see that he is finally awake, "Hey there buddy, did you sleep well?"
"Pika!" (You bet!)
"That's good. Hey let's head back to the Pokémon Center before Brock and Misty begin to look for me."
"Pi. (Okay.)
Ash packed up his stuff and headed back towards the center. Halfway there, he saw two familiar figures. It was Brock and Misty, and sure enough they were already out looking for him.
"Oh crap Pikachu, it's Brock and Misty, hurry lets hide by that bush." They practically bolted for the bush, and made it in the knick of time. Misty and Brock walked just a few feet in front of him, and luckily for Ash, they didn't notice him.
Once Brock and Misty were out of sight, Ash made a quick exit and headed for the center again. Once Ash got back to the center he almost went through the front door, but then he realized that Nurse Joy would notice him and would ask questions. He went back through the back door again and went in his room. He pretty much chilled there until Misty and Brock came back later that afternoon. Ash heard Brock walk into his room and then he heard a key inserted into the lock for his room, and as the door opened, there was Misty with this really depressed look on her face...that is until she saw Ash sitting on the bed...
"ASH?" Misty's eyes nearly popped out of her head.
"Hey Misty, what's up?" Ash smiled acting as if nothing happened.
"Ash where have you been, we've been looking for you all day!"
"Misty I was in here, I stepped out of the room this morning and went to the vending machine to get something to eat and then when I came back you were gone." Ash lied through his teeth, but he didn't know that Misty woke up in the middle of the night to see him missing.
Misty just gave him the dirtiest look."Ash.don't even attempt to lie to me. I know you ran off in the middle of the night. Wait a minute, you ran off the second I fell asleep didn't you?"
Ash was in complete shock. So much for sneaking away.."Uhh..yeah, I did."
Misty was hurt, "Why Ash? Why sneak away from us? Ash you had us worried. I woke up from a nightmare and then I see you missing from your bed...at first I thought that you were hiding from me as a joke, but then I realized that you were actually gone. Ash, I was scared, I thought you left us forever, never to see or hear from you again." Misty just fell on the bed into tears at this point.
Ash looked at her, and he felt so low. He didn't mean to cause Misty this kind of pain, but just needed some time to himself. He walked over to her and sat next to her.
She slowly sat up and showed her tear stained face. Ash turned her head gently to make eye contact. "Mist, I would never leave you. You've always been there for me since day one and I appreciate that. I wouldn't have the heart to leave, you have no clue how much you and Brock mean to me. You two aren't just friends, you're family to me.." Misty was glad to hear that Ash wouldn't run away, but she was family to him? Not that that it was a bad thing, but she loved him and her feelings were just crushed to pieces.
Ash continued, "..and not only that, I don't know how I could live a day without you Misty." She gave him a look of confusion. "Mist, you mean the most to me. You've been there every battle I fought and rooted for me. Even the time when you cheered for Rudy, I was a bit hurt, but when you saw me losing, you immediately cheered for me again. That told me something. That told me you were a true friend, and even though Rudy was all kissy kissy to you, you still stayed with me. Now I know what Rudy meant by 'I was a lucky guy'. I was lucky to have you with me, and I couldn't ask for anything more."
Misty couldn't hold herself back, grabbed Ash and gave him the biggest bear hug in the world. "Oh Ash, I'm so sorry for what I said, I know I apologized before, but I really am sorry."
He held her close. If there was one thing that made him happy, it was holding Misty close to him. "Misty, it's ok, really. Now to your question of why I did what I did, well..I just needed some time to myself. I was hurt by what you said, and I just needed to think it over. After working it out, I just decided it was your defense mechanism talking, not you."
Misty was worried now and pulled away from Ash, did Ash know that she liked him? She gave him a questioning look, "What do you mean 'defense mechanism' Ash?" "Well you said that you didn't know how to respond to my comment, so your defense mechanism responded instead, or at least that's what I think happened."
Misty sighed in relief, "Oh, I see." ~Phew..I thought for a second that he caught on my feelings for him..*sigh* ..but at the same time I wish he knew that I loved him..and..wait, defense mechanism? Where did Ash learn about that? Shows my ignorance of how smart he is. ~
"What Misty, you've never studied psychology before?" Asked Ash with a smirk on his face.
"Well, kinda, it's..well not to sound insulting again..but I just didn't know that you knew about that kind of stuff, that's all."
"Well, I do actually. I got myself a book on psychology about three years ago. This is a bit embarrassing to say, but I never really understood why you would always blow up at me for something small, so I read up on it. Pretty interesting how our minds work. I used to think that you had a short temper and hated me, but I just realized that sometimes we use 'defense mechanisms' to hide our true feelings. Maybe you wanted to say thanks, but you sub-consciously decided not to, that's all. Look, it doesn't matter what happened yesterday, yes I was upset, but at the same time I overreacted. It was selfish of me to run away. I didn't think about how you or Brock would be worried, and I obviously worried you guys, I'm sorry." Ash just looked to the ground.
Misty felt terrible, she placed her hand on his chin and tilted his head up to make eye contact with him, "Ash, no, it's not your fault. I started this whole mess. If I hadn't been mean to you, none of this would've happened. I honestly wonder how you put up with me."
Ash raised his eyebrow, "What do you mean Misty?"
"Well think about it Ash, for all the years we've been traveling, I would insult you everyday for something petty, or if you went the wrong way. It really didn't surprise me to see you were gone, if I were you I would've ran away a long time ago, besides, who would want to travel with a scrawny, snobby, grouchy runt of the family from Cerulean City." Misty couldn't hold her tears back and just let them free.
Ash on the other hand couldn't agree with what Misty had just said. He pulled her into a comforting hug, and shook his head in disagreement, "Mist, you've got it all wrong. You're not scrawny, snobby or grouchy. I see someone who is loving, kind and pure."
Misty held Ash tighter but then let go and looked him in the face, "But I'm still the runt?" Ash shook his head and smiled, "No Mist, you're far from that. I think your so beautiful. I believe that when your sisters put you down like that, they only do it out of jealousy since they could never be as beautiful as you are."
Misty smiled and her tears of sadness turned into tears of joy, Ash really did care about her. She pulled Ash close this time to hug him, "Ash, you're so sweet, it's always at times like these when you know what to say." Misty then mumbled to herself, "How can I not love you?" After Misty finished that sentence, her eyes nearly popped out of her head (O.O) Did she just say that out loud?
Ash couldn't believe what he just heard. He needed to make sure he wasn't hearing things. He pulled Misty away gently and looked into her eyes, "What did you say Mist?"
She panicked.. "Uhh...nothing?"
"No Mist, I heard you say something, did you say, how could you not love me?" Ash was literally praying to god that it was what he heard, this would be his dream come true.
Misty turned a slight shade of pink, she couldn't lie, after all, he did hear what she said. "Yes Ash, I did say that." Now she was beet red.
Ash's feelings just went on a roller coaster ride, she did love him, his life would make a rather large change for the better. "Do you Mist? Do you really love me?" Ash gazed into those beautiful aquamarine eyes of hers.
Misty smiled, "Yes Ash, I do.I love you. I've loved you for so long, but I was afraid that you would never return those feelings. Ash? Do you lov-" Misty was cutoff as Ash pressed his lips gently to hers, both their hearts racing at light speed. Misty deepened the kiss with her tongue and Ash accepted, but then he began to cry. Misty slowly pulled away, and saw Ash's tears, "Ash? What's wrong?"
"Oh Mist, nothing's wrong, that kiss..was..perfect, it was the way I had always imagined it. Mist I do love you. Nothing has made me happier than you by my side all these years. I could never live another day without you."
Misty's eyes filled up with tears again, "Oh Ash..." She leaned in and kissed him again. She had never felt passion like this before, so much longing for this had paid it's dues. Ash couldn't be happier, all his bad memories from the past had washed away with new ones of him and Misty.
The End!
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