Day 4: Afternoon
"Okay, Ami...it's time for your nap..." Misty cooed as she pulled back the covers in the crib and set a sleepy-eyed Ami inside. "You know what to do, Brock?"
"Oh no..." Brock stammered, making a run for the door. "I'll sing for her, but I'm not going to dance..."
"Well then, sing!" With that, Misty set the Pokemonitor to 'RECORD' and left the room.
"Hmm..." Brock thought for a minute, desprate for a song. "You're probably getting tired of me singing 'Rock-a-Bye Baby' aren't you?"
"Azu." Ami yawned.
"Well..." and Brock started for the door. "Wait there, I'm gonna go find something a little more upbeat to sing..."
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"Are you sure you want me to play with you?" Ash asked as he followed Brock into the back room, both carrrying instruments. "I mean, I'm not that great at the saxophone...at least not yet."
Brock winced. "Yeah, I remember Misty complaining the last time you practiced..." and he spoke in a voice that sounded very similar to Misty's, "Ash! If you don't stop that noise right now, I'm going to shove your instrument down your throat!" Ami thought this was wildly funny, and burst out laughing until she caught the hiccups.
"That was pretty good, Brock!" Ash laughed. "Where do you get all your impressions? I actually thought you were Misty there for a moment!"
"Easy...lots and lots of practice." Brock replied as he settled in his chair with his guitar and tuned up. "Want to hear me do Professor Oak?"
"Yeah!" Ash laughed.
Brock cleared his throat, then spoke in Professor Oak's voice, "According to my research, one of these little guys managed to hurl themselves farther than 33 feet!" Ami laughed even more at this.
"Now do May!" Ash begged.
"Oh, I wish I had a Beautifly of my own!" Brock replied in May's voice.
"Pika pika pikachu!" Pikachu suggested.
"Do a Mightyena howl? I don't know..." Brock was unsure. "That might scare Ami."
"Pika?" Pikachu begged.
"Okay..." and Brock took a deep breath, letting loose with a loud and realistic Mightyena howl. "AROOOO-Hoo-hoo-hoo!"
"Brock! Misty called from downstairs, stopping Brock mid-howl. "Stop scaring Ami and sing!"
"Okay...I guess that means I can't yodel for her either..." Brock sighed, continuing to tune his guitar.
"Go on, Brock!" Ash begged, "Yodel for her!"
"All right then..." and Brock launched into a rollicking melody, complimented with a loud "O-del-lo-i-day, o-hi-day-i-day-i, ay-di-di, ay-i-di, o-del-lo-hi-day-hi-di..."
"A-HEM!!!!" came a voice from downstairs, stopping Brock mid-song.
"Sorry, Misty!" Brock stammered. "Got a little too carried away in my lullaby!"
"That didn't sound like a lullaby to me!" Misty yelled back. "Now, do it right this time!"
"Guess I'd better sing the song I was originally going to sing..." and Brock started a simple bluesy melody on his guitar...
I'm walkin', yes indeed and I'm talkin'...
About you and me, I'm hopin'...
That you'll come back to me, yeah-yeah...
Pikachu led the clapping as Brock continued:
I'm lonely, as I can be, I'm waitin'...
For your company, I'm hopin'...
That you'll come back to me!
What you gonna do when the well runs dry?
You gonna run away and hide?
I'm gonna run right by your side!
For you, pretty baby, I'll even die!
I'm walkin', yes indeed and I'm talkin'...
About you and me, I'm hopin'...
That you'll come back to me!
Ami started to laugh and dance to the song as Ash started his own melody on sax, complimenting Brock's guitar. After the two finished a rousing duet, Brock contued to sing:
I'm walkin', yes indeed and I'm talkin'...
About you and me, I'm hopin'...
That you'll come back to me, mm-mm...
I'm lonely, as I can be, I'm waitin'...
For your company, I'm hopin'...
That you'll come back to me!
What you gonna do when the well runs dry?
You're gonna sit right down and cry?
What you gonna do when I say bye-bye?
All you gonna do is dry your eye!
I'm walkin', yes indeed and I'm talkin'...
About you and me, I'm hopin'
That you'll come back to me!
"Azu azuri!" Ami giggled as the song continued.
"Again?" Brock laughed as he continued the simple melody. "Okay, sing along with me!" he cried as he began the song again: "I'm walkin', yes indeed and I'm talkin'...
About you and me, I'm hopin'...
That you'll come back to me...
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"Is Ami sleeping all right?" Misty asked when she came into the room.
"Actually..." Ash snickered. "I think Brock needs the nap more than Ami does!"
"Why?" and Misty turned to look at Brock relaxed in his chair, asleep, but still strumming the simple melody from earlier. "That must be a easy song if Brock can play it in his sleep..."
"Or he's playing it in his dream!" Ash smiled as he trooped downstairs. "If you need me, I'll be in my room."
"Okay...and Misty sat down next to the crib, where Ami lay snoozing. "You like the song Brock's playing?" she asked.
"Zu.." Ami just yawned and changed positions....