Chapter 4

"Professor Ivy said that her friend will be arriving tomorrow morning around four AM. Hopefully the weather will have cleared up since then."

Delia was gazing out the living room window at the snowstorm raging outside. Sasami on her tip toes look out the windown too.

"Snow in August. It's just so unbelievable."

Professor Oak came up behind her. "Perhaps you'd better get some sleep. We're going to have a long day ahead of us tomorrow."

"You're right. Thank you for everything." She brushed past him and went into the hallway.

"Bye-Bye Aunt Delia." Sasami said with a sad voice. (Why Sasami calls Delia, Aunt Delia is because Sasami is away around her and on day her call her Aunt Delia and that how it been ever seen.)

He followed her into the hall. "Wait. Where do you think you're going?"

"Home," Delia said as she put her hand on the doorknob.

"I'm not letting you go out in that," Professor Oak said as he put his hand atop hers. "It's too dangerous for you to be outside on a night like tonight. What I meant was that you could sleep here tonight, and we can leave first thing tomorrow morning."

Delia gave him a skeptical look. "Sleep here?"

"Yeah Sleep here Aunt Delia you can sleep with me." Sasami ran up to her.

"You can sleep in my bedroom with Sasami, and I'll stay out here on the sofa."

"Oh, I hate to put you out like that, Professor." Delia pick up Sasami.

"It's no trouble at all," he said as he led her back into the living room. "Besides, it will give us a chance to talk."

"Talk about what?" she asked as she sat back down on the sofa.

"About what you said earlier. About Ash. We've never really talked about what happened between us except for that time at the hospital."

"Oh," Delia said quietly.

"Delia, have you ever told Ash about what happened between us?" Professor Oak asked as he poured her another cup of tea.

"No! You saw what happened when I told Will."

"Why didn't you tell Will about what happened between us sooner?"

"Because... because I didn't want him to suffer because of the mistake I had made. Up until then, I had never been unfaithful to him. I just wanted to forget about it and move on."

She started picking at the blanket that lay next to her.

"But then when Ash was born, I knew that I wouldn't be able to forget about it. When you showed up at the hospital to visit me, I was so afraid that you would figure out the truth. And then you bring over your new girlfriend Felina and she four month pragnany with your other child Sasami."

Sasami look up like what she talk about.

"Actually, Delia, I did."

Delia looked up, shocked. "You knew? But how?"

"When I saw that Ash had dark hair, I started to get suspicious. But when I saw the toes, there was no doubt in my mind that I had fathered Ash."

"The toes?" Delia was puzzled.

"The second and third toes on his right foot. Haven't you ever noticed that they're the same length and not descending like those on his right? But Sasami did not have it because she a girl but she was my eyes. Well not color, The color is from her mother."

"Well, yes, but I didn't ever really think anything of it. It's nothing that would bother him."

"It's an unusual little genetic quirk found in the Oak males. I have the same thing, and so did my father before me. That why Sasami never got it because she a girl speak of that I don't how that have been because other thing my family tree there all males and woman are marred into the faimly. "

Sasami had fall sleep in Delia's arms.

"But if you knew, then why didn't you say anything?"

"Because I could tell that you were afraid that I would. And it wasn't my place, really."

Delia sighed. "I know. I was afraid that if I told Will that it would ruin our marriage...and it did."

"Has Will ever tried to contact you or Ash since he left?"

"No," she said sadly.

"Four years is a long time, Delia. Don't you think that it's time that you moved on?"

"I've thought about filing for divorce, but I don't know how well Ash would take it. I think he still believes that his dad is on an extended Pokémon journey and will eventually come back. But I know he's not," she sniffled. "One little mistake and Ash has to be the one to suffer for it." She bit her lip and looked down at the Sasami, trying hard not to cry.

"Oh, Delia. I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you upset." He got up from his couch and sat down next to her. To his surprise, she put her head on his shoulder and started crying softly.

"Delia, please don't cry. It's all right," he reassured her as patted her back gently. To his astonishment, she lifted her head and kissed him. His eyes opened wide as he pulled away. The electricity between them had been unmistakable.

"Delia, what are you doing?"

"You're right. It is time to move on." She kissed him again, and again he pulled back.

"Delia, that's not exactly what I..." She silenced him again with a kiss. This time he gave up fighting her and started kissing her back, something he had been wanting to do for a long, long time.

"I've been so lonely since Will left," she whispered between kisses. "And now that Ash is gone on his Pokémon journey, there's been no one around for me to talk to except you."

"What about Mimie?" he asked as he started working his way down her neck.

"I don't think Mimie kisses as well as you do," she giggled as his lips continued their journey downward.