Leaving your heart behind
Chapter Eleven: "And after dinner here comes dessert…"
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And now, the story…
"Oh God… I still can't believe I've accepted this…"
Misty looked again at the two men in front of her. Could anything be less romantic than this? Hardly… Ash was almost tearing his napkin apart, not being really successful in his attempt to hide his anxiety… Gary, on the other hand, was grabbing his glass a "bit" too tightly, obviously not being able to restrain his anger… While Ash was doing his best not look at Gary or Misty, Gary couldn't care less about that… He was glaring Ash dangerously, his eyes burning with fury, but his mouth remaining slightly curved by a forced smile… First the annoying silence… Then, the most trivial conversations that Ash started and Gary was forced to continue in a civil manner… And finally the tension was starting to flood the small restaurant, although she was probably one of the few that noticed that… She, Ash and Gary of course…
"Well, maybe Ash is still oblivious to that, as to so many things in the past… Oh well…" Misty thought bitterly.
But she decided to remain quiet during the whole meal, only interrupting her thoughts to look at them… Which one? Stupid confusing feelings! She was just sick of suffering, sick of not knowing what to do, who to choose… She should just leave the charming, but also dreadful restaurant… But not before giving them a special, felt present: an heavy slap in their cheeks…
"So, how's your pizza Ash?" Gary asked, smiling wider, but almost asphyxiating his poor glass…
That deceitful bastard… That stupid smile of him was driving him mad… And to think that first he was feeling guilty for being there… Now Ash was just grateful! What would happen to Misty if he weren't there? What a good friend he was… Saving her from that jerk required a lot of patience, but she was his best friend and he would never let her go out with that moron again! Jealously? No! He was just protecting her, trying to make sure she would be happy… Right…? Of course he was! He had a girlfriend after all! He had May and he loved her… Or didn't he? Yes, he had to love her! He just had too much wine… But even so, he was sure that Gary wasn't the right guy for Misty, he would only make her suffer… Perhaps he was the right guy? Oh God… Yep, the wine was definitely clouding his thoughts… What had Gary asked him? Oh yes…
"The key is to remain calm…" Ash thought to himself, although finding a bit difficult to do that…
"Really good… And how about your spaghetti?" Ash replied politely, looking away from Gary's threatening glare.
"Perfect, just perfect…" he answered, narrowing his eyes.
Stupid Ketchum! Always politely correct… Or maybe, and more probably, just plain dense… Didn't he know the concept of privacy? Or the concept of romance?? How could Ketchum possibly think that Misty would apologize him if he stood right in the middle of them?? Oh, how he would love to strangle that brainless brat… But, unfortunately, he was sure Misty wouldn't approve that… And his goal was to conquer her heart… So, he had to remain calm… Or at least, try to avoid getting completely berserk… Which would be quite difficult, considering that he was almost sure Ash thought of Misty as more than just his "best friend"… And again, the urge to kill Ash in the most painful ways he could imagine came to him… Stronger than ever…
Misty looked at her cold, almost intact lasagne and frowned… Her strengths were fading quickly… Along with her patience… Men were so ridiculous… Why was Gary acting like a jerk during the whole dinner? Well, he was a bit of a jerk every day… And yes he was jealous… Ok, he had reasons to be jealous… No he hadn't! She didn't have any sort of commitment with him! And she was tired of being treated like an object! And why did Ash come? Yes he was dense… Really dense, but didn't he understand that she needed time alone with Gary? God, they were dating! Even him should have some sort of common sense that told him to stay away…
"So, tell me, how's your training going? Have you finally got your little rodent to stop electrocute you?" Gary asked smugly.
Misty switched her gaze to her two "dates" again… Why was she suddenly feeling that that stupid dinner wasn't going to end well? Maybe it was because she saw that Ash's napkin finally gave up struggling with his fingers and laid still in the table… Maybe because she saw that Gary's glass was also released in that exact moment… Maybe it had something to do with the wrath that was quickly showing its way in Ash's eyes… And maybe, Gary's fading arrogant smile had helped a bit… Or was it just the simple fact that the two young men got up and were glaring at each other menacingly?
"Don't you dare to talk that way about one of my best friends!" Ash warned between clenched teeth.
"And don't you dare to talk with me that way!" Gary replied, his voice rising threateningly.
Oh boy…
The nerve of that pathetic excuse of a human being… Arrogant bastard!!! Who was he to talk about Pikachu that way?? He was lucky his partner was with Brock in their hotel, or else we would already be fried… But then again, he didn't need Pikachu to kick his ass… All the calmness, more exactly uneasiness, that he was feeling before, was now a burning rage that led him closer to the edge… Offending his pokémon, always looking at Ash like he was nothing… And most of all, trying to be Misty's boyfriend! She deserved so much better! He wouldn't allow that thing to date her! And he wouldn't allow Gary to make fun of him… This wasn't going to end well… For Gary…
That was it! Ketchum was going down… In the worst ways he could imagine! Who was that brat to talk to him like that?? First, he had interrupted his romantic dinner, and then, instead of remaining humbly quiet, he had to open his big mouth to babble and babble… Misty has stayed mysteriously silent, something that was definitely new to him, and couldn't bring anything good… And all because of Ketchum of course! If Gary were there with just Misty, it would be all right… He would've already kissed her, certainly! But no… Because of him, Gary was eating some deliciously cooked spaghetti, that to him, didn't taste good at all… At least it didn't taste like those pink, silky lips… Or what he thought they tasted, because he wasn't that lucky… For now… And now, she was looking at her lasagne, not at him, and he had to be happy to just have spaghetti to eat… "Ketchum, this isn't going to end well for you…"
Everyone in the room was looking at their table… Fortunately, the restaurant was small, so there weren't that many people there… But even so, it was quite uncomfortable…
Whispers dripping from all around, followed by moments of curious silence, everyone waiting for the fight to start…
But Misty wouldn't let that happen… Yes, she had been humiliated enough for a life time, and wasn't certainly planning to feel, once again, mortified…
She looked at the two boys and heat started spreading across her face… Two guys, fighting for her heart… So romantic…
"It's just a shame that one of them has a girlfriend…" she thought bitterly.
It was more just some long time rivalry that never ended… And even though one of them was moved by jealously, it wasn't the one she wanted to…
Oh well, she couldn't have it all…
"Come on guys, that's enough…" Misty said in a low tone, hoping that would end their childish behaviour…
Which didn't happen, obviously…
"Let's end it, right here, right now… I'm sick of you following my girl and pretending you don't love her…" Gary said in a whisper, waving his fists slightly, preparing for the fight.
"And I'm sick of you following her, so back off, NOW!" Ash snapped, ending in a loud, dangerous tone, surprising even himself, by not denying what Gary said, and the implications it meant…
Fortunately for Ash, Misty didn't hear him, only the last warning word that made her get up harshly to stop the ridiculous scene she was witnessing. But then again, he wasn't that fortunate, and Gary did hear him…
"PRAY QUICK, BRAT!!!" Gary yelled before punching Ash right in his face.
"COWARD!!!" Ash replied, drawing his fist near Gary's nose.
"STOP IT, NOW!!!" Misty shrieked anxiously, trying to torn them apart, but ending up backing away cautiously.
The waiters watched in awe as the two young men continued to inflict damage in one another, as while as in the tables near them… Misty pleaded and pleaded for them to stop, but it seemed that they couldn't hear her…
And seconds passed… Minutes passed… The strange, lingering silence was only interrupted by some crashing sounds that made Misty close her eyes in fear and concern…
"STOP THAT! PLEASE, STOP THAT!!!" but they wouldn't stop…
She was so tired of everything… Of feeling pain ripping her heart when she heard someone talk about love, when she watched some romantic, silly, movie… When she heard him talk about her… It was time… It was time to stop that, time to make a decision… It was time to grow…
"STOP THAT ASH!!!! I LOVE GARY!!!"
The two boys stopped immediately, one of them with a frown in his face, another smiling through the blood drops…
Misty looked away from them, ashamed once again… It had been the right decision, she knew that, but it still hurt beyond reason…
"Is that…true?" Gary asked uncertain, while Ash waited silently for her answer.
Misty looked at one of the waiters beside her. He was looking at her attentively, impatiently, like everyone else in that damned restaurant… But it was in his tray she was interested about… An interesting glass vessel that seemed quite appealing…
"This is for humiliating me again, for leaving me utterly confused every time I see you two and for hurting me without knowing it…" Misty thought.
She grabbed the glass vessel quickly and before they even had time to think, she dropped all of the water it had, right at Ash and Gary…
"JERKS!!!" Misty yelled before storming out.
Again, silence…
Within the restaurant, in a small, discreet corner, someone whispered excitedly: "See, I told you she loved him!"
Ash just slumped in the puddle of water in the ground while Gary snorted…
What a great night…
Finally done!
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Cosmik