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Misunderstanding
Chapter 5: It's Been a Long Time
Misty had been traveling for a day now and they had just reached Pallet Town. May and Drew continued on but Misty stopped for a moment.
"What's wrong Misty? Come on." She turned around and came back to where Misty was standing while Drew waited where he was.
"Are you ok Misty? You can do this, right?" She asked. Misty looked up at her and smiled.
"Yeah, yeah. It's just…well, it's been awhile since I've been here. It's weird." She smiled at May. "But it's ok. I'm fine. Let's go." She said as she stepped around May and began going down the path with May following behind.
They got to his house and Misty held her breath as she opened the door and walked inside. She walked further in and looked around. She didn't see any one though.
"Hey! Everyone! We're he-" May yelled but was cut off when Misty had her hand over her mouth.
"Hey! Stop..it!" She muffled out. "What was that for?" She asked.
"Uh, you startled me. Anyway, maybe they're not home. Let's just come back later." She said as she tried to pull May out the front door.
Just then a familiar face poked their head out of the kitchen. He was covered in flour and had an apron on. When he saw who was making the commotion he smiled. "Misty! Long time, no see." He said.
Misty let out her breath and smiled at Brock. "Yeah it has been a long time." She said. He came in and saw May and Drew next. "Hey guys! Didn't see you over there. Wow, I can't believe your here Mist-" Misty had her hand over his mouth now.
"SHHH!"
"Wha dif I sway!" Brock got out. Misty took her hand off.
"Uh, just, stop being so loud." She said, looking around nervously to see if anyone had heard him say her name so loudly.
He just laughed at her. "Misty, he's not here." He assured her.
Misty let out a sigh of relief and felt herself relax. When she noticed the others looking at her she quickly made another excuse. "Umm, who are you talking about?" She asked.
Brock just laughed again. "I'm talking about Ash."
"Oh. Well, why would it matter if he was here? Isn't that why I'm here in the first place?" She asked as if this whole thing was going to be a walk in the park.
They all just rolled their eyes at her and walked into the kitchen. There were some other people she knew in there. Tracey was there and Professor Oak too. Gary was there too. And so was Max. The only one there that she didn't know was a girl standing in the corner talking to Gary. She had blue hair and was wearing a pink mini-skirt with a black tang top and a pink scarf. Misty had never met her. And one thing that made Misty weary of her was the fact that she was very pretty.
The girl looked up at Misty as she came in the room and she ran over to her. "Hi! I'm Dawn! You must be Misty! Everyone's been talking about you!" Dawn yelled. Misty nodded her head and smiled at the girl.
"That's right. And Dawn? I'm sorry, I haven't heard of you." She said, a bit embarrassed that she didn't know anything about this stranger.
"Oh, well I've been traveling with Ash for two years now. I know you used to travel with Ash awhile ago right? I'm sure he'll be happy to see you." She smiled.
Misty couldn't smile back. She tried to give one and then turned away and walked outside. "I need some air." She said quickly before escaping the room.
She had been traveling with him for two years. Two years ago Ash stopped writing…
Misty shook her head. It couldn't be. Would he really stop writing her because he met Dawn?
She decided she wanted to take a walk but just as she got up to go on that walk the door opened and out came May.
"Hey Misty. You ok? You left pretty quickly."
"Oh yeah, I fine. Just that there were so many people in the room and it was getting kinda stuffy, that's all."
"Oh, ok. Well I was thinking we should go pick out our clothes for the party now! It's not until tonight but it'll give us something to do." She said with a smile. Misty smiled back at her and nodded. "Ok. We can do that."
They went into the living room where they had left their bags and they opened up Misty's. "Let me look through it." May told her. Misty handed over her bag and May looked and looked and then frowned. "Misty. This is a formal party." She told her.
"What!? You never told me that! What am I suppose to wear! I don't have anything like that!" She yelled.
"Calm down! Calm down! I brought extra because I wasn't sure of what I should wear. You can wear one of mine!" She yelled back.
Misty looked at May. "Umm, ok. If you say it's ok." Misty told her, not sure what kind of dresses May was going to have. They both found ones that they liked and put them aside for later.
"So. Where is Ash anyway?" Misty asked May later on that night.
"Well, Mrs. Ketchum and him went to go get a suit." She told her.
Misty was confused. "But doesn't that mean he knows about the party if he's getting a suit?" She asked her.
"No, no. Mrs. Ketchum is telling him they're going out to dinner at a fancy place but she's really going to bring him to the hall that the party's gonna be at." She explained.
"Oh, that makes sense." It did seem like a really good plan.
"Well now that we're going to have to leave in about two hours, we have just enough time for hair and makeup!" May said happily.
Misty looked at her with wide eyes. "I'll do my own." She said slowly.
"Oh I don't think so." She said with an evil glint in her eyes. Misty looked down at May's hands and saw eye liner in one hand and a hair straightener in the other.
"No!" Misty yelled but it was too late.
… Sometime later …
They had gotten to the place right on time. Misty wasn't so sure about what May had done to her but everyone said she looked great. She had her hair down and straightened, even though it was pretty much naturally straight. She had eye liner on but that was all she had allowed May to do when it came to her makeup. It wasn't much of a difference at all but she still didn't feel comfortable.
Her dress was a blue summer dress that went down to her knees and had spaghetti straps with a v-neck. It flowed out at the bottom and she personally liked it a lot. May had said it made her eyes really pop. She said the eye liner helped too but Misty still refused to that.
They were all there and ready. Ash was suppose to come any second now. She was so nervous she thought she was going to throw up. She was standing with everyone else right near the door he'd be coming through. Brock walked over to her and stood next to her.
"Holding up?" He asked her.
"Yeah. I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" She asked.
He rolled his eyes. "You can do it. He's been dying to see you. He's gonna be so happy." He told her.
She looked up at him in surprise. "If he's been dying to see me then why-"
"He's coming! He's coming!" Dawn yelled since she was on look out duty.
Misty's stomach was in a knot. She wanted to run. Run as fast as she could and just get out of there. She wanted to do anything in the world but be there. She suddenly didn't want to know why he stopped writing. She just wanted to get away. She walked behind Brock and May a little but they didn't notice. She couldn't leave now. It was too late for that, but maybe if she was behind them a little he wouldn't see her right away.
Then he walked in the room and Misty froze. She had a clear view of him so she knew he'd have a clear view of her the moment he looked her way.
"Surprise!" They all screamed. Misty smiled. He looked the same as always. He was dressed in a black suit with a blue tie but he still had his hair in a mess under his cap that he was still wearing even though he was in a suit. She chuckled. He was so happy to see what everyone had done for him. He was smiling and looking at his mom who was just smiling at him in a way that said, "Got ya."
He walked over to the crowd and started to hug people and shake hands and say hello to everyone. The party had officially started but Misty couldn't move as he got closer. He shook Brock's hand and smiled.
"Happy Birthday Ash."
"Thanks." He said. He went to say hello to May but that was when he looked behind Brock. His smile faded instantly and he just looked at Misty, eyes wide as if he couldn't believe it was her.
"Misty?" He asked quietly.
She took a step forward and Brock pulled May and Drew away from them.
"In the flesh." She said with a smile. "Happy Birthday."
"I can't believe you're here." He said in disbelief. Then he pulled her into a huge hug that Misty hadn't expected.
"I'm so happy to see you." He told her. Misty smiled and hugged him back. She had wanted to question him and yell at him but she couldn't bring herself to do it. Not when he was like this.
They finally pulled apart and he looked at her in the eyes. "I've missed you Mist." Misty's stomach did another flip when he used that nickname for her that she used to love.
"I missed you too." She told him with a fond smile.
He looked down at what she was wearing and chuckled. "Wow. You're wearing a dress." He laughed.
She frowned and held up her fist. "Yeah, and if you make fun of it, you'll be sorry." She said, deadly.
He laughed. "Yeah, I even missed that too." He said with a smile. "But makeup and everything? Who's handy work was that?"
She sighed. "May's. She doesn't take no for an answer." She said with a smile.
He chuckled. "Yeah, she can be like that."
She looked over and noticed that the buffet was opening. She also noticed that a lot of people where watching them. She then noticed Pikachu sitting with Brock. She hadn't even seen him come in. She was focused on someone else at the time. She'd have say hello to the little Pokemon when she got the chance.
"The foods ready I think. You must be hungry. You always are."
He smiled. "I can wait." He told her.
"No, if you're hungry go. I wanted to go see Pikachu again anyway. I'll see you at the table." She told him. He smiled.
"If you say so!" And ran off in the direction of the food. She just laughed. "Some things never change." She walked over to the table Brock and the others were sitting at and when Pikachu saw her, he jumped off of Brock's lap and ran into her arms.
"Hi Pikachu! I've missed you too!" She said, hugging him tightly.
"Pika pikachu!" The cute little Pokemon said as he snuggled into her. She laughed and sat down with the little Pokemon in her lap. The people at the table were Brock, May, Drew, Max, Tracey, and Mrs. Ketchum. She wondered why Dawn wasn't here and then saw her at another table with some people she didn't know. Probably some of Ash's friends from Sinnoh.
Everyone was looking at her with wondering eyes except Mrs. Ketchum. And Drew who didn't really know enough of what was going on except for what May had told him. He also wasn't that interested in Ash's love life. Mrs. Ketchum just looked excited to see Misty though.
"Misty! It's been so long! I'm so glad you could come!" She said excitedly.
Misty smiled. "Me too." Everyone else continued to look at her and she glared at them all.
Ash came over and ate all him food in almost one bite. It was kinda gross but Misty just knew it as how Ash ate and chuckled.
Then people started dancing and Ash even asked her to dance. They were just playing around though since neither of them were the best dancers in the world or anything. Misty ended up having a lot of fun though. She sat back down after awhile.
Then she saw Ash go over to the table where Dawn was and Misty remembered why she had come. She was about to get up to go ask Ash if they could talk alone but then she saw Ash hug Dawn and sit down at her table next to her. He looked like he was having fun with his new friends so Misty thought she'd wait.
A slow dance came on and she saw Dawn jump up and grab Ash's hand before running to the dance floor and starting a slow dance. Ash didn't really look like he knew what he was doing but he didn't seem to care. He just looked at Dawn laughing and talking as if they weren't as close as they were.
Misty wasn't jealous or anything. Ok, well, maybe she was but she was also just hot so she decided to go outside for some air. Dawn seemed to make her need air a lot of the time.
She went out the back doors and found that she was in a tiny garden. She sat down on a stone bench and leaned her head on her hands. She knew she needed to talk to Ash but he looked like he was having so much fun with his little girlfriend that she didn't even know why she was going to ask him about the letter. She had it with her. It was in the small blue purse that May insisted she bring because it matched her dress.
But now she didn't want to ask about it. She would probably just look stupid. Like she cared about him a lot or something. Or she would look jealous. And she didn't want to look jealous.
Then the door that she had come out of opened and out came Ash. He was looking around. "Misty?" He asked quietly.
"Hi Ash." She answered and he noticed her sitting there.
"Hi." He said quietly.
Cliff hanger! Gasp! You'll just have to wait until the next chapter for the epic confrontation. But please keep in mind, we are not done yet! More to come! Don't forget the prologue. That does still have to fit in there somewhere. So review!!!