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Reasons of the Heart – I Turn to You
Misty listened to the rhythmic flow of the water being pushed away as she swam laps of the schools Olympic size swimming pool. This was one of her favorite places to be in the whole entire school. Her sisters had donated the quad to the school on finding out that there was no outdoor swimming pool and that the indoor one was only allowed to be used by the swim team during the warm months.
Brick pillars and metal fencing with a large open entrance at one end surrounded the quad. At the front entrance was a small bronze plaque that said:
In memory of Elizabeth and Leo Waterflower
May you always find peace in our hearts.
In the center of the quad was the swimming pool complete with waterslide, diving boards and the gyms logo, the cascade badge (A/N: I think) embossed on the floor, but what Misty really loved about the quad was the garden. Only four types of flowers grew in the garden, Violets, Lilies, Daisies and their mother's absolute favorite, White Peonies. Then garden was also full of fruit trees and picnic tables. It had a small waterfall and pond at one end.
"Hey Misty," Melody and Sabrina called as they entered the quad. They were the first of the sorority to arrive for the first meeting of the year. Misty swam to the edge, hopped out of the pool and wrapped her sarong around her waist lightly.
Slowly the rest of the sorority entered the quad and sat down at the picnic tables.
"Meeting now in order," the treasurer called.
"Thank you all for coming," Misty told them. "We're going to get straight to business and talk about 'The Equinox Ball'. The thing we have to do before we can even start on the preparations is decide which fraternity to join with. Any suggestions?"
Melody and Sabrina's hands shot up straight away. "Alpha Zeta Gamma," they cried in unison.
"So what frat are Brock and Parker in?" Misty asked.
"Parker's vice-president," Melody told her proudly, "but I mean it's not just us, most of our boyfriends are in Alpha Zeta Gamma. Plus they're practically our brother fraternity."
"And what about the tradition," Sabrina added. "Angelica and Maxwell were the first presidents of the two and they held the ball together, fell in love and got married. Ever since then it's always been held between them. I mean we are the longest running sorority and they're the longest running fraternity. Please Misty."
"I have nothing against it," Misty shrugged. 'You know who else is probably in Alpha Zeta Gamma?' a little voice in her head sneered. 'I'll give you a hint. He has the initials A. K. and you're madly in love with him.' 'So what?' she asked back. "Let's take a vote," Misty suggested. "All for." She watched her entire sorority raise their hands and decided that she was outnumbered deciding to raise her hand too.
"Then I guess it's unanimous," Melody cried gleefully. "This is going to be the best ball in the history of Davison."
"I'll go talk to their president tomorrow," Misty smiled caught up in the mood. "I think that's all the business taken care of so who's up for volley ball?"
Everybody ran to get changed into their swimsuits. Misty pulled off her sarong and began to climb to the top board. It was at least twenty-five meters off the ground, but Misty didn't care, she'd been diving since she was four years old and she was all right as long as she didn't slip.
Meanwhile . . .
The fraternity was out playing baseball in the field next to the pool.
"You're never going to hit my super turbo twist," Brock told him. "Prepare to be annihilated Mr. President.
Brock released the ball. It came flying towards the bat and . . . WHACK! The ball flew over the wall straight into the pool enclosure.
"He hit super turbo twist," Brock sobbed.
"Damn, homerun," Parker sighed.
"Don't worry, it's my fault, I'll go get it," called the batter as he headed to wards the quad.
Misty was about to perform her dive when she was hit by a baseball and lost her balance. She slipped and fell, clinging desperately to the diving board and closing her eyes tightly so she wouldn't have to see the ground. She was all alone in the quad as the rest of her sorority was still changing.
Ash walked into the quad, his eyes immediately drawn to the figure sobbing as she clung to the diving board.
"Help! Somebody," she called quietly between sobs.
"Don't worry," he called to her. "Ivysaur go!" The Pokemon appeared from its pokeball and looked to its master for direction. "Ivysaur, get her down."
Ivysaur wrapped its vines around the sobbing girls waist and gently pulled her down to the ground. Misty ran into her savior's arms not caring whom they were, just needing to be held.
She savored the familiarity of his arms around her and the soft scent that filled her senses. In the desperate need to be comforted she just presumed that she was imagining him to be her savior to help calm her. It never once crossed her mind that it was he she was clinging to.
When I'm lost
In the rain
In your eyes
I know I'll find the light to light my way
When I'm scared
When my world is going crazy
You can turn it all around
And when I'm down
You're there
Pushing me to the top
You're always there giving me all you got
For a chill
From the song
For a friend
For a love that keeps me safe and warm
I turn to you
For the strength
To be strong
For the will to carry on
For everything you do
For everything that's true
I turn to you
When I lose
The will to win
I can reach for you
And reach the sky again
I can do anything
Cause your love is so amazing
That your love inspired me
And when I need a friend
You're always by my side
Give anything
And taking me through the night
For a chill
From the song
For a friend
For a love that keeps me safe and warm
I turn to you
For the strength
To be strong
For the will to carry on
For everything you do
For everything that's true
I turn to you
For the arm to be my shelter from the rain
For truth that will never change
For some one to lean on
For a heart I can rely onto anything
For a world I can feel to
I turn to you
For a chill
From the song
For a friend
For a love that keeps me safe and warm
I turn to you
For the strength
To be strong
For the will to carry on
For everything you do
For everything that's true
I turn to you
For everything you do
For everything that's true
I turn to you
('I turn to you' by Christina Aguilera)
Brock and Parker were starting to get impatient. How long does it take someone to grab a baseball anyway?
They decided to go to the quad and see what was up. The first thing they saw as they entered the quad was Ash with a sobbing girl in his arms. Ash's jacket was draped around her shoulders and her head buried into Ash's chest concealing her telltale red hair. She continued to cry unaware that it was he.
"Why aren't you just the regular Bill Clinton?" Parker joked at the sight. "Well done Mr. President, but aren't you forgetting something?" Parker asked gesturing to the pool where their baseball was floating unharmed.
"I think the ball hit her," Ash said thoughtfully as he stroked her back comfortingly. "When I came in she was hanging from the high board."
"Misty!" Melody cried as she and Sabrina walked in followed by the rest of their sorority.
"Misty?" Brock and Parker asked at the same time, but after the initial shock they were almost jumping for joy
Ash led Misty to Melody and Sabrina who was still in shock themselves. He quickly explained what had happened. By this time the rest of the fraternity had given up on waiting and made their way to the quad to see what was happening.
"Are you ok now?" Ash whispered in her ear as he handed her over to Melody and Sabrina. She nodded as her two friends wrapped her in a big hug. Ash quickly went away to hide in the crowd of people; when Misty turned around to thank him, he was already gone.
"Where'd he go?" she asked sadly. "I didn't even get to thank him."
"Thank god," Melody whispered to Sabrina who stifled a giggle.
"Pardon?" Misty asked.
"I said that's odd," Melody said then quickly changed the subject to avoid further questioning. "I think the whole of Parker's fraternity are here. You can ask the president now."
"Excuse me!" Sabrina yelled getting everybody's attention. "Which one of you is the president of Alpha Zeta Gamma?"
They guys split into two groups revealing Ash who was trying to hide at the back of the group. He smiled nervously as the entire fraternity pointed at him. "Some friends you are," he muttered as he made his way up the green mile so he was standing before Misty.
"Um . . ." Misty began biting her lip. "As you know Alpha Gamma have always been half of the group involved in preparing 'The Equinox Ball'. We have always had the help of a fraternity chosen by the majority of our sorority. As always our choice this year is Alpha Zeta Gamma. So would you please join us in throwing the first social event of the year?"
"If it's ok with you, Misty," he told her.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"Well, I'm guessing that when you choose this our fraternity you didn't even know I was in it let alone the president," he replied. "So I'll only do it if you're ok with working with me on this."
"Of course I'm ok with it," she lied through her teeth putting on her false smile and overly cheery voice. "Why wouldn't I?"
"No reason," he shrugged. "Do you want to get together tomorrow night and start working on it?"
"Why not?" she shrugged. "I'll meet you at the burger place off campus at seven."
"Ok, bye," he said almost unable to hide his happiness as he walked away.
"Tomorrow is going to be a very long day," she sighed as she watched Ash leave.
"It could be worse," Melody offered.
"How?"
"I don't know," Melody shrugged. "You could be trapped on a deserted island with him. I mean it's just a date."
"It is not a date," Misty told them.
"You know according to more than half the female population of our school, there are far worse people to be going on a date with," Sabrina told her.
"Then half the female population of Davison are either seriously delusional or shallow bitches their entire judgment of a person on looks alone and don't care what a persons really like on the inside," Misty replied.
"So you admit he's cute?" Melody asked smugly knowing she had just got Misty right where they wanted her.
"I've got to go
She then quickly began to pull her stuff together. She pulled the jacket off her shoulders and looked to see if there was a name. 'Of course,' she thought as she read the initials A. K. off the collar. "Melody can you give this to Parker to give to Ash," she sighed.
"Why? Where are you going?" she asked.
"I'm going to the doctor," she replied. "I think I'm coming down with something." She handed Melody the jacket and left.
~ to be continued ~
Ok so the next chapter is probably Misty and Ash meeting for dinner. This story is really mean because in most of my stories they're together at the most by the ninth chapter. I'm already past the ninth and they still haven't got together. At least Misty doesn't exactly hate his guts now and she's kind of starting to forgive him and she's got all this conflict inside.
Well stay tuned for the next chapter and please review.