And yet another fabulous chapter is now up! I' must say I was pretty impressed by the reviews I've received.
For instance Akemi-chan.....(hehehe).....you didn't have to dis 'manwhohatsyou'...............(that badly). But I will give you your props for actually standing up about it! Some of my friends on Fanfiction were complaining about that issue as well, but it didn't bother me that much. But since you did it anyway, I would like to dedicate this chapter to you Akemi-chan. So please......enjoy!
Chapter 5: The Plan
"AHHHH...So that's what you two have been up too." proclaimed an astonished Brock. "I must admit, even I didn't see through that one."
"The only question is.......will it work?" responded a not sure Misty.
The two had been sitting in the gathering room of the Poke'mon Center all night and discussing the previous events and phone call upon recently.
The small mechanical pidgey clock in the center of the room began to chirp signaling it was already 6 am.
"You know Misty, it's not so good to let stress get to you. Other wise you'll be waking up at all kinds of hours of the night because you have nightmares about giant yellow elephants with green ears."
"Huh?"
She gave him a sly knowing look and said, "Or maybe you're just letting Kasey get under your skin."
"Hmph, like that'll ever happen." He answered stubbornly.
"Who knows." Misty agreed casually. "It's just maybe one of those mysteries of the universe that we'll never understand."
"But about this plan of yours." He quickly brought up. "How long do you plan on keeping this up?"
"Ahh, quick to change the subject I see." She said giving a 'I know your little secret look.' "You shouldn't be ashamed at all; I think you two are perfect for each other!"
"You really wanna get hurt don't you?" he asked in the least but humorous way. "Cuz that's not funny at all."
She began to giggle softly and stared out the window across the room.
"You know Brock, a lot has happened since yesterday."
"Yeah, I know." he agreed. "And I have a feeling that this is just the beginning."
"And here I was hoping it was the climax." said Misty sadly.
"Riiigghhttt, and who told you love was easy?" asked Brock.
"......."
"Thought as much."
"You know....Brock...." she began. "I really do......."
"Well well what are you two doing up so early?" asked a voice from the door.
"Nurse Joy!" exclaimed Brock.
"Yes, that's me, now what are you two doing up? It's 6:12 in the morning!" said the nurse.
"Oh well, we uhhh....." began Brock.
"We just couldn't sleep Nurse Joy." finished Misty.
"Oh, but it seems that neither of you has slept a wink all night. Do you two have sleeping problems or something?" asked the nurse.
"Uhhh..." the two teens said in unison.
"If you have any problems at all, then please feel free to ask me, however in the meantime, why don't you two go on upstairs and get some sleep. Some more rooms just became available and I'll tell your friends of your condition when they wake up." she suggested in her usual cheery tone.
"Hey, that's awesome Nurse Joy! Thank You!" said Misty.
"No problem. Now hurry off to bed before you start to feel sick with a migraine or something from lack of sleep."
"Yes, Nurse Joy." said the two teens in unison.
The nurse went about her daily routine for the mornings, with her Chancy and Blissy helping her along the way. That was when Brock and Misty took the chance to head up to their perspective new rooms.
They headed up stairs and down the hall to their new rooms. But just as they were about to go into their separate rooms...
"Hey, Misty." began Brock. "I was wondering.......do you and Rudy really think you can pull this off? I mean what if Ash doesn't fall for it and just let's you go?"
"Oh don't worry about that Brock. We've both traveled with Ash for some time now. And we both know....." she began while walking into room and started shutting the door behind her. "....how he hates to lose."
ABOUT AN HOUR LATER
"Today has certainly been a slow day around here." said Nurse Joy to herself.
"The traffic patients' been slow but trainers' been heavy. I wonder if today's a holiday of some sort......"
The nurse began to walk down to kitchen to clean up a bit when she saw Ash and Kasey sitting at a table face to face.
"Oh, those are those other two trainer's friends. I better tell them of their friend's situation, but hose two look like they don't want to be disturbed."
"Open wide..." said Kasey with a spoonful of cereal.
"No it's okay Kasey, I can feed myself." Ash thanked in an apologetically tone.
"Say ahhh." She pushed on.
"Kasey, I told you I don't need your help." Ash said getting annoyed.
(Sweat drop) But then again, maybe one actual needs saving then alone time. thought the nurse.
"Hmm..." she kept pushing.
"Kasey, I said NO!" stated an angry Ash.
"Oh, come on Ash! No one's around. Why are you acting so shy?" Kasey pushed on.
"Well Kasey don't you find it a little odd? I mean we did come here with two other people." he stated.
"Oh yeah we did." she answered dully.
"Grrr.....I'm stepping out. Come on Pikachu." demanded a frustrated Ash.
"Pi." answered his yellow companion.
"Ash wait! Where are you going?" asked Kasey.
"To get some air!" he snapped. "Stay here until Misty and Brock wakes up." He finished.
"Um...okay." she answered timidly. Cowering down in her seat like a hurt child.
And of course Ash being Ash, didn't want to know he was the cause of his friend's sadness.
"(sigh) Look I'm sorry Kasey." started Ash walking to his saddened friend. "I just freaked out a bit when I woke up and both Brock and Misty were gone, and I couldn't find a note or anything!"
She remained silent.
I don't know if I should but in or wait until something juicy happens. thought Nurse Joy. This is better than 'All My Digletts' starring Dave Runaguard.
"It's just that I've been with the two of them since the beginning of my poke'mon journey. I guess you can say their kinda like family to me." He finished.
"So you're not mad at me?" she asked timidly.
"No, not at all, I was just a little worried about my friends." he said.
Now's my cue.
"Oh, there you are!" exclaimed the nurse, coming from around the corner. "I've been looking for you all morning!"
"Why? Is there something wrong Nurse Joy?" asked Ash.
"No, not at all, I just wanted to tell you of the condition of your friends." she responded.
"Condition? Nurse Joy, please tell me! Did something happen to my friends?" asked a desperate Ash.
"No, no, calm down. There's nothing wrong with them." she reassured.
"Huh?"
"They're just resting. They were up all night and some rooms came available this morning so I sent them there to get some rest." informed Nurse Joy.
"Oh that's a relief." said Ash, calming himself. "I thought something terrible had happened."
"No, their just sleeping, though they should be up sometime this afternoon." said Nurse Joy. "They're on the second floor in rooms 39 and 40 if you need them for anything."
"Okay, thanks Nurse Joy." said a grateful Ash.
"No problem, that's what I'm here for." she replied walking off.
"Umm Ash?" Kasey began. "I'm going into town to do some shopping for tonight you want anything?"
"Tonight? What's going on tonight?" asked Ash.
"Don't you remember silly? You told me last night that we were going to go to town tonight to see the late night sights."
"Uhhh, sure, I'll see you in a bit then. I'm just going to get my poke'mon checked out and just relax for today."
"That sounds like a great idea!" Kasey agreed. "I'll see you in a bit then!" she shouted running out of the door.
"Okay!" he yelled after her.
He stood there for a minute rethinking his situation.
He wasn't as clueless as everyone thought he was. He knew something was up. He just didn't know what. The only answer was within both Brock and Misty.
His feet began to move taking him somewhere he wasn't sure of. He just kept walking, allowing his feet to guide him until he found himself standing in front of room 39.
"How'd I get myself here?" he wondered. Glimpsing around the hall to try and remember how he got there.
This is one of the rooms Nurse Joy assigned Brock and Misty to Too bad she didn't tell me exactly which one they were staying in. thought Ash.
"The only way to know is to check them both out." he concluded.
He opened the door silently as to not disturb who ever was on the other side, and poked his head in. The room was pretty average looking. It had a dresser drawer to the left, bathroom to the right, closet in the upper left hand corner of the room and the bed on the center wall across from the closet.
He couldn't really tell who was in the bed so we walked closer to get a better glimpse of the person.
"Yeah baby right there." came a voice from the bed.
"Huh?" said Ash with a slight blush.
"You gotta get more of it. If you don't then I....I...."
Oh great I walk in while Brock's having one those dreams.
"I...I'll have left-overs." he finished.
......Okay....Maybe I was thinking of another type of dream. But this obviously isn't Misty's room, I better go.
He walked out of Brock's room into hallway towards the other door.
"Well, here we go." he said opening the door.
The room was the exact same design as Brock's room except a bit darker from the closed shades.
He walked up to the bed and sat down next to the sleeping figure. Sure enough it was Misty alright.
She was sleeping silently on her left side with her thin white blanket covering her small frame just beneath her shoulders. With her hair down and slightly covering her face she looked like an angel.
Wow...so this is Misty when she's asleep without anyone around.
He reached timidly towards her face to remove the loose strands of hair from her face. When the job was done he sat watching her sleep. He didn't know why he just felt comfort watching her that way.
"(sigh) Misty, I don't know what really possessed me to come up here but....I guess the main reason I'm here is to say that I'm sorry for the earlier events. I don't really know what came over me." he confessed.
He glanced at her face to see any sign of her waking up or paying attention while playing possum; when he saw none he continued.
I guess...I .....(sigh) I don't know what I was thinking. But maybe I can make it up to you! We can go out sometime, just you and me, kinda like ........a date." he finished silently with a blush.
"Well, Mist, I'll let you go now." he said standing up.
He bent over and gave her a light kiss on her cheek, and walked towards the door.
"'Night Misty." He said shutting the door. "Sweet dreams."
And that's all I got. For this chapter at least; I know it's a bit shorter then the last but I'm working on it. Oh and, Kasatka thanks for giving me Rudy's sister name. God knows I wouldn't be able to figure to out.
Uranasu out