Love is too banal
Chapter four: "Sweet dreams and evil conspiracies"
Disclaimer: I don't own pokémon…
Beware, this chapter is long… But it's because of the late update…
Thank you time:
NUKUDRAGON: I'm glad you like my story! I don't when I'm going to finish it, so I guess you'll have to keep waiting… And I'm sorry you had to wait so long for this chapter… But I hope you like it!
Zully: Hi Zully! I'm happy you liked it! I always try not to make the characters OOC, so I'm glad you think Misty behaved like she would normally do… Well, enjoy this chapter and keep reviewing please!
kiddu: Well, did you read the whole story? Basically, this story is about a film where Misty and Gary are the main characters. Ash wrote the script and Brock is the director… Then we have lots of humour, arguments and romance (with the love triangle Misty/Ash/Gary and perhaps some more relationships). If you read all the chapters I'm sure you'll get it…
Natalie: I'll try to finish it, but I don't know when that will be… Though I do have some ideas for the final (which include making a small sequel… nothing definite anyway).
And finally, the story…
"He's going to die Max, I'm going to kill him…"
"Misty, calm down… Come on, take a deep breath and then exhale…"
Misty stopped pacing around her living room and sat down in the couch. Max pulled a chair from her dinning table and sat down as well, crossing his arms and smiling sympathetically.
It was going to be a loooong night…
"That bastard said on National TV that I was in love with him Max!!! He ruined my whole reputation and pride with eight little words!" she yelled again, punching the couch furiously to try and release some anger.
"You can't let him get to you… And more importantly, you can't let him know that he gets on your nerves… That's all he wants, and you're constantly giving him that satisfaction…" he replied calmly, furrowing one eyebrow when she looked at him livid.
"So now it's my fault??? You don't expect me to just ignore him, do you?? You know how I am Max; I'm not going to put up with that snobbish, egotistical jerk! He provokes me and I answer him the same way… If not worse…" Misty said furiously, grabbing a small pillow and strangling it angrily.
"And it's obvious where that led you, isn't it?" Max asked patiently, looking at her with a small frown in his face.
Misty released the pillow from her strong grip and looked at him aggravated.
"How could I know that the stupid jackass would say such an absurd thing in an interview? I always thought he was just another brainless actor… But not one that held grudges… " she replied, in a slightly lower tone, although the wrath was still evident in her voice.
Max stretched his arms slowly and then leaned over the table, resting his chin in his right hand.
"No one knew that he was going to say that… And I'm not going to say again that you could have avoided it if you had behaved well…" he paused a few moments, eyeing Misty disapprovingly, while ignoring her death glares "But now there's nothing we can do… I would advise you to just forget all about it and have a good night sleep…"
"Forget all about it??? I pay you fortunes for you to be my manager and that's all you say???" she yelled indignant, getting up from the couch quickly.
"What do you want to do? Give a press conference, drawing even more attention to the matter? What you should do is give no importance to it… Make jokes about it, laugh, mock the whole thing… You have to show people that you're not the least bothered by this rumours and lies…" he answered wisely, trying to hold a yawn.
Misty looked a bit taken back, staying silent for a few seconds, as if digesting all she had heard.
"Well, I guess you're right… At least it makes sense… It's obvious I had some reason to have hired you…" she said calmer, with a small smile caressing her beautiful features.
Max rolled his eyes, but grinned nonetheless.
"Other than my good looks? Oh, the smartness is just a small bonus…" he replied, smiling wider.
"Well, modesty doesn't come with the package…" Misty said, chuckling softly.
"What can I say? I'm more like you, than I even knew!" Max answered with a mischievous smile.
"Are you calling me cocky? I think I'll have to fire you boy…" she said with a small wink.
"Naaaah, you'd be lost without me…" he replied, tilting his head slightly to the side.
Misty faked a laugh and wrinkled her nose playfully.
"You're lucky because that is true… " Misty said, eyeing him teasingly while walking towards the kitchen "I'm just getting a cup of coffee… Want anything?"
"No thanks… Ok, maybe a raise, I could use the money…" Max responded jokingly as he reached for his cell phone.
"Yeah right, in your dreams…" she answered with a casual wave of her right hand, whilst leaving the room.
Max waited a few seconds to make sure Misty was gone, before he dialled a number in his cell phone.
"Come on Duplica, answer the phone…" he mumbled to himself, while tapping his fingers carelessly in the table, for a few moments.
"This is Duplica Ditto, Gary Oak's manager, speaking…" a sophisticated female voice said on the other line.
"Duplica, it's Max Burg, Misty Waterflower's manager... I guess we need to talk…" he replied with a serious tone, looking over his shoulder to check if Misty was still at the kitchen.
"Oh, Max… I think you're absolutely right, we do need to talk…" she answered in a low tone.
Not wasting is precious time, Max went directly to the point.
"Gary wasn't supposed to say what he did at the interview, and you know it Duplica…Misty went completely berserk… Did you instruct him to say that?" he asked efficiently.
"No, I didn't… Unfortunately. I think he just wanted to get revenge from her, as always…" Duplica paused a bit, sighing wearily "What he didn't know, is that it was a completely ingenious move… I myself couldn't have done it better…" she replied, with a small, cunning smile.
"So you're thinking the same thing I'm thinking…?" Max continued with an even voice.
"Absolutely. But we're going to have lots of problems convincing them…" Duplica said tiredly holding back another dramatic lament.
"I know but…" he stopped for a moment, covering the phone with his hands as he heard Misty's voice from the kitchen.
"Are you sure you don't want anything Max?"
"Yeah, I'm sure… Don't worry about me, take your time…" he answered, putting the phone near his ear again and sighing with relief.
"I was saying that Gary would be easy to convince… In fact, this is technically is fault…" Max continued, getting up from the chair and walking towards the door, in order to make sure Misty wouldn't catch him off guard.
"True, he is easy to manipulate… But Misty won't be so difficult to persuade too… We just have to use the right… tools. Like, for example…" Duplica started, with a devilish grin.
"An anonymous phone call for a famous magazine…" they both said at the same time.
"Things can take huge proportions easily, and then it's not only about what she wants…" Duplica started, with an innocent voice.
"It's about what the public wants…" Max completed with a satisfied grin.
"Exactly. They just can't imagine the success they would have if they were really in a relationship…" she said matter-of-factly.
"It would be great to promote the movie…" he continued.
"And if it's good for the movie, is good for them…" Duplica said, smiling wider.
"And if it's good for them, it's obviously good for us…" Max finished with a small laugh.
"I see we'll get along fine then…" she replied, clearly satisfied.
"I agree… What do you think about having din… No, she has no comments to make, I'm sorry…" Max said slightly nervous, hanging up the phone.
"They're already calling Max??" Misty asked, while she entered the room with a hot mug in one hand, and a cookie in the other.
"Yeah… Can you believe them??" he asked, putting on an admired expression to adorn his lies.
"Oh god, I think I'm getting an headache…" Misty whined, sitting on the couch miserably.
"And this is the glamorous side of fame people never see…" Max said, smirking.
She narrowed her eyes dangerously, and made a strange, almost unrecognisable sound that resembled a growl.
"Right, right, I get the message… I'm going to leave now… Peace…" he said chuckling and raising his hands defensively, as he walked towards the door and left.
When she was finally alone, Misty lie down in the couch and put the mug in the ground, right next to her. She had, at last, some time to herself, to think, to rest…
To remembering past events…
"I'm just soooo tired…" she mumbled tiredly, grabbing one pillow and hugging it.
The minutes seemed to drag on forever and time seemed to be frozen, while Misty remained quiet and still, looking at the ceiling, recalling the terrible day she had been through. Her eyelids were getting heavier and heavier with each passing second, and without even noticing it, Misty closed her eyes for only a few moments…
Until a knock on the door made them quickly open.
"I can't believe someone came this late at night and disturbed my peaceful slumber… Jerks! I'm gonna sue them, I'm gonna sue them…" she muttered angrily, as she approached the front door.
But just like in an alternative, surreal reality, she found the person she least expected to see, right there…
"Gary Oak???" she shrieked, completely forgetting to keep her cool, collected image.
"Misty Waterflower!" he answered with the most ironic, phoney voice he could manage at that moment.
Misty remained in silence for a few more seconds before she could finally surpass her shock and respond.
"What are you doing here you jackass??"
"Just paying you a little visit…" Gary said casually, as he pushed is way into her house.
"Get out now or I'll call the security!!!" she yelled in pure rage, not moving from where she was.
"Nice house… A little messy, but I think it fits its owner…" he stated with an impish grin, as he paced around her living room.
"Do I have to repeat myself again??" Misty screamed, intending to disregard his last comment.
"Come on Waterflower, I'm here to tell you something I'm sure you'll like to hear…" Gary replied with a mysterious smile that made her tremble… With fear, of course.
"Oh is that so? Well I regret to inform you, but after what you said in the interview I think I have the right of not caring the slightest bit about what you intend to tell me… So, would you please leave my house… Now?" she asked, trying to sound as confident as she possibly could, ignoring the curiosity burning inside her.
Gary turned around facing her and stayed quiet for a while. After looking serious for a few moments, his face broke into a sexy smile and he chuckled a little.
"What if I said I'm sorry?" he asked her, still smiling.
"I'd say you must be drunk…" Misty answered plainly, eyeing him suspiciously when she noticed that he seemed to be honest about it.
"Well then, I don't even want to think what you'd think I did when I tell you that I love you Waterflower…" Gary said, smiling wider.
Misty opened her mouth and eyes but didn't say a word. Even this was way to awkward for her… And she was used to see a lot of weird things…
And the worst thing was, she didn't know how to react… She couldn't tell exactly what she felt for Gary, and she was scared… And to make things even worse, instead of figuring out her feelings, she ended up thinking about the damned writer, Ash Ketchum…
With Gary standing in her living room, looking at her expectantly and Misty near the doorway completely amazed, things couldn't get more bizarre…
At least that's what she thought, before the other object of her musings suddenly appeared magically, almost out of thin air, right beside her.
Ash Ketchum
"What…?" she still managed to stutter, before he smiled and entered her apartment too.
"Hi Ms Cocky-Actress…" Ash greeted cheerfully.
"Oh god, oh god…" Misty mumbled, massaging her aching temples "This can't possibly be real…"
"I have here the new revised version of the script for you to read…" he continued with a childish grin.
Misty looked at him astonished. And then she looked at Gary. And again at Ash.
"What's going on in here…?" she mumbled to herself desperately.
"Are you afraid to break a nail, or to overuse your intelligence? Come on, open the script…" he teased, handing her the booklet.
She blinked her eyes a few times confused, before taking the script from his hands and opening it.
'Love at first sight' by Ash KetchumSummary: A young writer falls in love with a famous actress staring in his movie… Will love ensue? Or the tension and arguments between them prevent the romance from happening?
"What the…???" Misty gasped after she read the first page.
"That's it… I love you Misty… Although you're an arrogant, egotistical actress, I still love you…" Ash uttered with a soft smile.
"I love you too Waterflower, from the first moment I saw you, from the very first look we've exchanged…" Gary said, smiling too.
"I… I… I'm…" Misty stammered anxiously.
"I'm… dreaming??" she yelled, after snapping her eyes open.
She was still in her couch, with her mug in the ground, right next to her, the script lying carelessly in the table across the room, and, most importantly, completely alone in the house.
"I can't believe in this!!! As if my life wasn't already dreadful enough without having to have nightmares with those… Morons!!!" Misty yelped furiously.
"Not even in my dreams I can have a break… Not even sleeping I can have a moment without thinking about them and feeling torn apart…" she said wretchedly and added screaming, "Damn romance! Damn love!!!"
It wasn't even morning, and her day had already started awfully bad…
Finally done!
Oh, thanks Seto-kun, I think I already correct everything!
I fooled you right? Well, I hope you like it anyway and didn't find it too long…
I have to start working on my other stories now…
Read and review please!
Cosmik