Okay here it is, the epilogue. Well, hope you enjoy it cuz this is it for this story. I know, I know teartear It's so sad but I'm sorry….It's how it has to be…lol sorry just kinda bored. Neways, here ya go!
I don't own Pokemon sadly. But I do own this fic and I'm damn proud of it!

-OoXoO-

The Epilogue:
An Occasion

Ash-18
May-18
Misty-18
Drew-19
Gary-20

My life is perfect. I've been dating Ash for two years now, and it's been amazing. Today is my eighteenth birthday, and Ash said that he wanted to make it special. So, I'm supposed to meet him at Sandcove shores at 4:00. Sandcove Shores is the most beautiful beach in all of Cerulean City. It is mostly known for the pure white sand and the clearest blue water ever seen.

I was almost ready to go, staring at the image facing me in my full body mirror. I wore my hair in a high ponytail, with my bangs hanging loosely above my eyebrows. My outfit consisted of a red bikini covered in white and black cherry blossoms, and to match I had two pearl bracelets on my left wrist. One was a dark red and the other was a sparkling white. All that was missing were my ruby earrings that Ash had given me last year for my birthday. I quickly put them on and slipped on my sandals, before rushing out the door.

My older sister, Daisy, which was now living with her boyfriend in Viridian City, was lending me her car for a while since she could just use her boyfriend's. I jumped into the driver seat of the silver GT Mustang Convertible, slammed the key into the ignition and listened as the car roared to life. My smile was growing every moment I passed a sign indicating how many miles were left until I reached the man of my dreams.

Time seemed to drag on forever, but I eventually reached the beach. I zoomed out of the car and rushed to the shore. I was only standing there for mere seconds before someone saw me, "Misty, hey! Over here!" I turned around to find Ash, May, and Drew running toward me. Ash reached me first as he wrapped his arms around me in a tight embrace then kissed me. His smile was almost as big as mine.

May grinned at me before taking Drew, her boyfriend of seven months, in a captivating hug. I was overjoyed the night I told May about Ash and me and she didn't hate me for it. She said that she had found someone new, that's when I met Drew. They took it slow, by starting out friends for a year and almost a half.

My reminiscing came to a hault when I saw Ash giving some kind of signal to May. She nodded then turned to Drew, "Hey, let's go get something to eat, I'm starving!" He smiled at her before they quickly strolled away. Ash took my hand and led me to a secluded area away from the crowds. We sat beneath an overly tall palm tree where Ash had laid out a large towel for us, and a large picnic basket.

I leaned over to kiss him, "You are so sweet, thank you for"- He hushed me by laying his index finger gently to my lips, "It's not over yet," We ate in silence, simply enjoying the soothing sounds from the ocean. Once we had finished, he grinned at me and whispered in my ear, "Come on," We continued holding hands as he led me to the shore where we walked to the other side of the beach.

Laughing and talking together, we reached our destination within moments. His finger pointed to the sky where the sun was just setting over the horizon. And from our exact location, you could see every color the rainbow never named and more. The sun gave off an odd array of turquoise, emerald, ruby, sapphire, deep jade, and more.

I looked up into Ash's eyes, "Ash, it's beautiful." He kissed me softly, catching me in an embrace once more, "Not nearly as beautiful as you." I blushed. Who would have thought, one of the cheapest catch phrases would mean so much when said by the perfect person. "I don't know what to say. This is so wonderful, it's the best present anyone has ever given me."

He let me go looking away into the setting sun, that wonderful smile still dancing across his lips, "That's too bad, cuz this isn't your present. And you could say," He stopped reaching into his pocket for something. Then, he was suddenly on his knee, with a small black box in hand, "I do," He smiled at me warily, cautious of my reaction. My mouth fell open at the site of the ring.

It was a perfect diamond in the center and was glowing against the offset of the sun. The silver band had gold lace trim and sparkled like the night sky. I gazed deep into my lover's eyes, before diving into his arms, causing him to fly backwards onto the soft sand with me on top of him. I leaned down and began to kiss him, only this time, I didn't hold back at all. Our breathing was coming in short, even gasps while our tongues danced around each other. Our finger intertwined with one another.

My life was now complete; the love of my life proposed to me, I am the leader of a famous Gym, none of my friends hate me anymore, everyone is happy. May has Drew, Max has Brianna, the cute little girl next door to me, Brock has, well, he thinks he has Nurse Joy and the waitress at the pub on 16th St., but we'll see where that ends up, and Gary has his friends.

He told me one night, "I'm happy knowing that you are always here for me, and that's good enough…for now." Of course at that little comment, I gave him 'the look' he just gave me that know it all grin, shrugged his perfect shoulders and replied, "Hey, things change." But this time, they won't.

-OoXoO-

Misty's after thought:

I think I finally understand life. It grows strange and different with each passing tick of the clock. Life changes constantly, sometimes it can be upsetting and painful. Other times it can make you overjoyed or excited. When life gets me down I always remember the poem my mother always repeated to me,

"The moon will shiver,
The sky will darken the shore.
Those petals will wither,
But they'll grow once more.

Love,
Two souls bounding together,
Pain,
Sadly you'll feel it forever.

These feelings are strange,
They teach one lesson in life,
That
Things Change"

-OoXoO-

Tada! There ya go! It's all over. Now you can go cry your eyes out, and read my other fics…Yay! -lol jk

I'll miss you guys! You've been awesome, thank you to those who followed this fic from the beginning, you're the reason I continued, so thank you sooooo much again! I love you guys! ♥

Love ya always,
-Shelby

See ya soon!