Blaze of Glory

PikaDarkness

Chapter 2

Divorce.

"Get out!" Delia Ketchum's voice was shrill as she kicked her husband, Jordan out of the house. Three year old Ash heard every word of his parents fight. Apparently Jordan was spotted sleeping with a blonde girl he met at a bar the previous night.

"No! I paid for this house you get out!" Jordan shouted back, there was a sharp noise of hand hitting flesh and a cry of pain from Jordan.

"Ever heard of woman keeps the house?" Delia screeched.

"Psychotic son of a bitch!" Jordan shouted.

"Am I? Well at least I don't sleep around with another girl!" Delia screamed "At least I am loyal! Get the fuck OUT!" Delia had already packed his belongings and she threw them out onto the patio.

"I'll get revenge for this mark my words." Jordan vowed, sneering like an idiot.

"Consider them marked now get out!"

At that Jordan left, three minutes later there was the sound of tyres screeching and that was the signal that he was gone.

Delia gasped and clutched her heart, she was still in shock from seeing her husband of four years just blatantly cheat on her. She found him knocking up the woman after putting Ash to bed.

Jordan had done some pretty stupid things in the past but this was unforgivable. Delia couldn't accept an apology or see past it, she needed to put her foot down, to end all madness if she ever wanted to keep her sanity.

Delia collapsed on the lounge, curling up and started to cry.

What are you doing?! Don't cry over this he deserves to be kicked out! she internally bashed herself for tearing up over this.

But she loved him she well and truly loved him. But its true what they say 'love is blind' - who are 'they' anyways?

Ash's cries sounded. Delia sighed, no wait she shouldn't be exasperated over her son! He needed her and she was getting fed up with him?! What kind of mother did that sort of thing?

Well druggies and alcoholics maybe but certainly not her!

"Coming sweetie!" Delia shouted, bounding up the stairs.

Ash had attempted to get out of bed, but twisted himself in his sheets and fell on his head.

"Aw baby…" Delia cooed, picking Ash off the ground and placing him back on the bed. Ash's cries didn't cease. Delia kissed his head. Ash put his arms around Delia, giving her tight hug, it wasn't tight for Delia but it was to Ash who wasn't strong enough to hug her really tightly.

"Mama you ok?" Ash asked, his cute little voice made Delia smile.

"I'm fine baby, are you?" Ash nodded. "Good" Delia tickled Ash's small bare feet enjoying the sight of him squirming and giggling.

"I'm hungry…" Ash moaned when Delia stopped her tickling.

"Honey your always hungry!" Delia sighed. She put her hands on her hips giving him a playfully stern glare.

"But mama!" Ash squeaked, his brown eyes worked wonder's as he gave Delia puppy-dog eyes.

"Alright honey want a sandwich?" Delia asked, Ash nodded.

"Mama when's daddy going to be home?" Ash asked suddenly.

Delia looked at him, Ash was so young, how could Delia tell him that his father wouldn't be coming home?

"Ash…" Delia pathetically began. "Your father isn't coming home, he left and is moving to another home to be with another girl."

Delia saw tears pool Ash's eyes, she quickly hugged her son. Suddenly her t-shirt became wet from his tears. "Don't cry sweetie its going to be alright, we'll get through this wont we?"

Delia felt Ash nod.

"I love you mama" Ash said bashfully.

"I love you too Ash"

Delia carried Ash to the counter and sat him on it, and she set about making her son's sandwich. Ash watched his mother make his sandwich. Delia cut it into triangles and gave him one which he accepted gratefully.

Delia watched lovingly as her son took small bites out of the first bit of sandwich. She couldn't fathom the fact of being a single parent to a three year old child who wouldn't get to see his father again. To make things worse Jordan classified Ash as a mistake, that he never wanted Ash in his life. That more then anything tore apart Delia.

"Mama your not ok!" Ash suddenly squeaked, looking at Delia tears in his eyes. Delia didn't notice but she was looking at Ash with a furious expression and it scared him.

"Oh honey I'm sorry I didn't mean to scare you!" Delia quickly reassured him. Delia pulled Ash into a hug.

"Did I do something bad?" Ash asked uncertainly.

Delia pulled Ash gently from her. "No Ash honey, no you didn't. Mummy was just thinking of something."

"Thinking about Daddy?" Ash suggested.

Delia looked at him shocked. Then started tickling his feet again "Well aren't you just a smarty! Did you read my mind or something?" Ash didn't answer he was to busy laughing, Delia's long nails were torturous when it came to tickling.

"M-mama! S-stop tickling m-me!" Ash whined still laughing. Delia stopped leaving her son gasping for breath.

"Come on little man. Bed." Delia said as Ash gave a tiny yawn.

"I'm… not sleepy." Ash said in a sleepy voice.

"I think you are Ash." Delia picked Ash up and carried him to bed, smiling as Ash sucked his thumb as she tucked him in.

Delia tip-toed out of the room turning of the light and gently closing the door behind her.

Ash wasn't much to handle, he was very cute nice and honest, even if he couldn't say much, only little words. He was never bad or rude to guests, mainly his father's, in which case he blatantly stayed out of the room. But yet she still wasn't looking forward to being a single parent. It was the one thing that scared her the most.

Delia walked down the stairs deep in thought, whenever Jordan's friends came over, they'd always order Delia around as if she was a maid. And if Ash came in the room, they'd pick him up toss him around and sometimes scream at him or shake him and Jordan did nothing about it. Delia would always be the one to rush in and save her child, even if she always got hit for it.

Mainly all of Jordan's friends were drinking buddies, they spent countless days in the bar and Delia wondered how many girls Jordan picked up before she caught him.

Delia reminded herself to burn the bed later.

She sat on the lounge with a sigh and turned on the T.V, the news was the first thing that popped up.

"a fire down in Cerulean city, it was a house fire. A woman in her late twenties was killed in the blaze, her daughter age seven survived, not long later her father came along… he was devastated at the outcome of his house and pleaded with fire fighters to tell him where his family was.""Yes I would say he was distraught" Said a fire fighter "Pulling his hair out and crying… as soon as we told him his daughter was alive he rushed off."

"That was fire fighter Rowan McDonald I'm Jane Smith channel 9 news."

Poor thing, Delia thought. She tried to imagine what he would've gone through. Delia decided it was best if she didn't.

The news went on talking about make-up that makes your hair fall out. Murderers apprehended and cetera.

Soon Delia fell asleep, in a world that never held a burden on her, like this one was.

Ash waddled down the stairs, tripping on the fifth one from the floor. He fell on his back and cried out with pain, wrenching Delia from her sleep.

"Ash!" Delia shouted, running to her son and picking him up. "What did you think you were doing? I've told you before not to go down the stairs" Ash just cried in her arms.

Delia took a deep breath. "Honey are you ok?"

"Back hurts mummy" Ash whined. Delia sighed and rubbed his back soothingly. Ash fell asleep a minute later.

The night deepened as Delia softly bounced a sleeping Ash in her arms, feeling like she was holding her whole world in her arms.

TO BE CONTINUED….

I hope this wasn't to boring, I was giving all you guys a perspective on their lives, next chapter will be mixed with the two families, the chapter after is when they finally meet!

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