Delia and Misty watched the tall teenager boy walk off to Pewter City; Brock explained to them that he really missed seeing his little brothers and sisters. From being away from them for two whole years now, kind of felt a little guilty, he wanted to watch his siblings grown up and be there for them so they can achieve their dreams.
Some wanted to be Pokemon doctors/nurses, others wanted to be Pokemon breeders just like him.
"He's a lovely boy," said Delia, closing the door behind her.
"He sure is, he's always there for me and Ash," replied Misty.
"Ring ring Ring ring Ring ring Ring ring"
"Wonder who that could be?" asked Delia, in puzzlement as she made her way over to the web phone.
"Hello, is that Ms Ketchum?"
A blonde hair teen aged girl appeared on the screen, and behind her were two other girls, one with blue hair and one with purple.
"Umm...Yes, can I help you?" asked Ms Ketchum.
"Oh sorry for interrupting Ms Ketchum, is Misty Waterflower there? We're her older sisters," replied the purple haired girl leaning closer to the screen.
Delia was surprised, she didn't remember Misty mentioning she had older sisters, but that showed her how much she knew of her guest.
The older girls appeared to be wearing black, Delia hoped something bad had not happened because that's all Misty would need, first Ash and now this.
"Sure, hang on; I'll just get her for you."
"Misty!"
Misty shuddered as Ms Ketchum called for her; she knew who it was and what it was about.
She slowly made her way over to the seat and Delia made her way in the garden to give Misty some privacy with her sisters.
"H….iii," stuttered Misty, looking at her sisters.
"You know you have to come home Misty, we have let you off for two years now, but tomorrow you have to come," growled Daisy and her other sisters nodded in agreement.
"But…I don't want to come…you know I don't like…being there," stuttered Misty again, as tears were started to well up in her eyes.
"Misty, you're coming! You're let mum down! And if you do, you little brat, we will…you won't be welcome back into the Cerulean Gym ever again!" shouted Violet, losing her patience.
Misty sat there letting her tears fall furiously; she knew she would have to deal with this.
Her sisters never gave her support even since she was little; they just teased her because of her appearance. She was either too fat or too skinny, or they didn't like the colour of Misty's hair. Every single insult Misty got from her sisters was like a dagger stabbing into her heart very slowly so she could suffer in silence.
Daisy, Violet and Lily made Misty depressed and she didn't want to return to Cerulean to listen to her so called sisters.
Suddenly, she felt some arms around her and was comforting as she cried.
"Look, I don't know what this is about, but whatever it is, it's making Mist upset, so she will phone you later," spoke Ash and quickly turned off the web phone.
"Ash…what you doing…up, you meant to be…asleep," sobbed Misty.
"Well, I heard someone crying so I thought I better see what was happening," explained Ash.
Misty cried into Ash's chest trying to be a little bit careful of his wounds, but Ash didn't seem to mind.
Ash lead Misty to the couch and they cuddled up together as Misty still was still upset from her sister's argument.
"So are you going to tell me what happened with your sisters or am I going to have to find out?" asked Ash, wiping the tear from Misty's left eye.
"I can't…go...back," sobbed Misty.
"You can't go back where, Mist?" asked Ash.
"Back to Cerulean, I just don't want to go back, I want to stay here with you….and your mum," stuttered Misty.
The truth was Misty wanted to stay in the Ketchum's house to stay with Ash, he was the one who gave Misty inspiration to achieve her dream on becoming the World's Best Water Pokemon Master. Not only that, but she had some fun times with Ash as well.
"Is everything alright in here, I thought I heard….," Delia asked, but stopped in the middle of her sentence, seeing Misty crying as Ash cuddled her.
Delia sat next to the pair with a box of tissues in her hand and then asked, "What's the matter, dear? Is there a problem back home?"
Misty came away from Ash's chest and nodded sadly.
"Tell us," ordered Ms Ketchum politely.
"My mum….well she died some years back, when I was about 6 and my sisters and I always do this sort of ceremony for her. I hate it…because we have to say one of our memories about mum and I can't as I don't remember her much…..." explained Misty, taking some tissues.
"Must be hard for you," coughed Ash.
Ms Ketchum gave a nervous glance seeing Ash gave out a fit of coughs, but it soon died down.
"Misty, you're always welcome to stay here," smiled Delia, rubbing Misty back gently.
"Thank you, it's just if I don't go back, my sisters said I wouldn't ever be allowed back in the gym," sobbed Misty.
"What!" gasped Delia and Ash.
"I don't think you want me here forever," Misty continued.
"Of course we do, we don't mind, do we, Ash?" said Delia.
"No, you're can stay here for as much time as you like," yawned Ash.
Ash had wished that his mum hadn't have given them stupid pills to him, they made him feel tired and lazy (not saying he isn't lazy already ).
"But, I don't…." interrupted Misty, nervously.
"No buts, it's settled, you have become one of the Ketchums, which I sorry to say," joked Delia, and hugged Misty.
Misty laughed releasing some tears, but these ones weren't sad ones, they were happy ones. She knew that from this day, her happiness would shine.
