Chapter 3 - Dispelled
"Cameron!! What the f" Hannah caught herself before she spat out the word. "What the heck was that all about?!" she demanded.
"That girl. Misty. She's my ex-girlfriend. I sort of stole her from the boy in there, Ash is his name. Needless to say, we aren't very good friends..."
The door burst open and Misty came rushing out with Ash lagging behind her. Misty looked angry but Ash looked disappointed, probably because he wouldn't have minded Cameron leaving so soon.
"Cameron! You are not leaving yet! You are still the shyest person on Earth! Aren't you even going to introduce me? Is she your sister or something?" Misty lost her angry expression and replaced it with a smile. Hannah did not return the look.
"Um, no she's not my sister..."
"Well? Who is she?"
"She's my girlfriend."
"WHAT? She's so much younger than you!"
"Why the hell does everyone keep saying that?" mumbled Hannah to herself.
"What was that?" asked Misty.
"Nothing..."
"You know Cameron, we were a lot cuter couple." Both Hannah and Ash looked appalled and mouthed to themselves 'We're standing right here!' but didn't say it out loud. Cameron gulped and said nothing. "You know, we could still make a cute couple... You've filled out a lot more since last year." Hannah and Ash's jaw dropped ten feet.
Hannah spoke up to break off the assault. "AHEM. Where are you two heading? Straight back to Kanto I would think."
Misty put her arms behind her head, pointing her chest obviously towards Cameron. Hannah winced and looked over at Cameron who seemed mesmerized. Misty had filled out a lot more as well since the last time Cameron had seen her. She kicked Cameron in the back of the leg so that Misty wouldn't notice. Cameron yelped for an instant then bit his lip and averted his gaze.
Ash spoke up this time. "Actually since it been so long that we've been in Johto, we're going to walk all the way up to Goldenrod and take the Magnet train back to Saffron."
A look of grief crossed over Hannah's face. "Oh... So you'll be walking the same way will be home..."
"Oh wait. Aren't we spending the night at the professor's tonight?" asked Cameron to Hannah.
"What? I don't remember" Cameron jabbed Hannah in her ribs with his elbow softly. "Oh! Oh yeah! We are! We have some, uh, important... research things to do..."
Ash and Misty nodded and Misty finally put her arms down. Ash sighed and said, "Well, we better get going Misty. Then sun is starting to set." Misty nodded and fetched there backpacks.
Cameron and Hannah waved them off into the distance until they were out of sight and hearing range.
Cameron sighed and said, "Phew, glad that's over."
Hannah smirked and said, "Yeah, a few more minutes and Misty's boobs of hypnosis would have drained you completely! Yeah, that was a real smooth move in front of your girlfriend."
"I have no idea what you are talking about. I was... enjoying the view."
Hannah gasped and hit Cameron playfully (but hard) on the back as he attempted to escape the blows by running inside.
Cameron and Hannah were invited to spend the night in the Professor's guest house. There was only one bed so Cameron agreed to sleep on the couch. Hannah tried to extract information about what happened between Cameron and Misty. Cameron sighed deeply and looked away. Hannah decided not to ask again but he began to tell.
"Well, I met her in Kanto when I was training. Ash, Misty, and another kid named Brock were traveling together. I battled Ash and won(pretty easily I might add). They were heading in the same direction as I was so I decided to stick around with them. Misty was cute and I soon had a crush on her. It didn't take long though before I figured out that Ash and Misty liked each other quite a bit but we incapable of telling each other. I took the opportunity to try and get Misty to myself. It took a couple of weeks but my charm" (Hannah rolled her eyes) "finally got to her. We ended up dating but Ash was too stupid to try and take Misty back. She would have easily left me for him. It was obvious the way she felt about him. Ash and Misty finally ended having a fight over me. It's the reason why Ash and I hate each other so much. Misty stormed off taking me with her. After three years of training and battling, I finished the Kanto gym challenge while Misty and I got closer together. She finally asked me what I wanted to do with my life. I told her I wanted to be a gym leader. She completely flipped out! She told me there was no way she was going with me to be a gym leader. She had watched her sisters be them and she was a gym leader herself. She hated her title. I told her she didn't have to go with me but then she took it as I didn't want to be with her which was untrue. We got into a huge fight and when I woke up the next morning she was gone. I went on to become the League Champion and ended my title as soon as I got it, saying that I wanted to leave memories of Kanto behind."
Hannah looked into Cameron's sad eyes. She stood up and walked over to Cameron and tried to comforted him. Cameron got up and walked out the door saying he needed some time to himself and needed to go for a walk.
