Just a little note… Please read my little prologue. It's called Before My Heart Breaks. And also read the actual story, Breaking Hearts Like A Bad Boy. And because of that, from now on, Breaking Hearts Like a Bad Boy is uploaded on a Sunday and this series on a Thursday, maybe more times a week once I get settled with BHLABB.
Hi guys! A new chapter. The one you've been waiting for. Hope you like it! I don't own pokemon. If I did Serena would be out the XY series by episode -9.
Chapter Twenty One: Misunderstanding One Another
The sun rose outside of the Hayden residence as two people woke up. One being Drew as he had to make breakfast and one, looking like they were asleep, Misty. She peeked at her phone, checking if there were any new messages. It wasn't like she was expecting anything from anyone, just hoping. Then, a message popped up, from the person she had been looking for.
'How are you? M'
'I'm ok. You?' she tapped back.
Misty glanced at the message. No kisses or hugs. Just 'M'.
'The boss wants me. See you soon. M'
Misty clenched her fist. Her boss? At, she checked the time differences, 6 in the morning? And M always put 'see you soon' on their messages!
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"Uh, Professor Ivy?" Dawn put her hand up.
"Yes Dawn?"
"Why's there an empty space in our home room?" Dawn gestured to the lone desk by the side.
"A new student arriving late. Coming in later." Professor Ivy yawned, shuffling through the pile of papers on her desk.
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"Hey Dawn, May."
"Yes Misty?"
"Do you think the new student is M?" Misty smiled excitedly.
"Omg, it could be!" Dawn squealed quietly.
"I can't wait!"
Ash heard the conversation clearly. He wasn't eavesdropping or anything, just the girls made so much noise. It was hard writing an essay on Wurmples when there were three giggling girls next to him. He gritted his teeth. Damn, the M person was coming? He'd better keep his game up.
He got distracted from his thoughts when the door opened and in came a boy with ebony hair and a black and gold hat. All eyes swerved over to him. He was tall, confident, and in a girl's eye, he was cute. He sauntered to the front, whispered a few words in Professor Ivy's ear and introduced himself.
"Hiya. I'm Jimmy. I'm new to Kanto. I just came from Hoenn and I was a bit late due to some… Stuff. I already know a few of you guys and I hope I fit in with the school." He winked at the three girls at the back.
All the other girls in the room started talking, the guys started muttering and Ash started thinking. This was M? Unless his nickname was M. Jimmy was pretty perfect. Misty was bound to choose Jimmy over him.
He noticed the three girls whispering quickly back and forth. Probably ways for Misty to break up with him. So this time he didn't either bother eavesdropping. He just carried on scribbling down facts about Wurmples.
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Lunch arrived and Jimmy was managed to squish into one of the benches on their table. Drew and Paul got on well with Jimmy, the three of them politely talking about battle techniques. The girls were still gossiping quietly.
"Uh Misty?" Jimmy ran a hand through his well kept hair. "Can I talk to you for a moment?"
"Sure." She glanced at Ash for a moment before walking off.
Ash wasn't sure if it was a look of sympathy or disgust that she gave him. He closed his eyes for a moment, breathed in and tried vainly to calm himself down. Damn. No wonder romance films were so dramatic. But unlike a movie, Ash felt his and Misty's relationship was going only one way. Down.
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Misty and Jimmy came back to the lunch table five minutes later. Misty was bright red. With what, though? Embarrassment? Anger? Ash moved his focus onto Jimmy. He looked flustered, confused, as if there wasn't something quite right. Ash knew that there was only one thing that Jimmy had done: confess. So in the time period between lunch and home room, Ash requested a talk with Misty.
"What's up with me? Why's everyone asking me to talk with them?" Misty had joked as Ash took her away. Everyone laughed, except for two hat-bearing boys.
"What's up Ash?" Misty asked, her eyes tracking his down.
"Well, you should know, shouldn't you?" Ash snapped.
Misty only stared at him.
"Oh yeah. You're playing the 'I'm so innocent' act, aren't you?" Ash glared at her, using his fingers as quotation marks. "You thinking I'm dumb? I'm sorry Misty Waterflower, but I actually have more brains than you think. You think your plan to break us up and hook up with 'M' will work?"
Ash stopped to take a breath. Misty opened her mouth, her face scrunched up, forming wrinkles on her face.
"Sorry Misty. Seems I'm the antagonist of the story. Well go find Prince Charming and tell him you guys can go ride into the sunset and live in a pink and purple castle." Ash glowered at her. "And Misty? I'm breaking up with you before you break up with me."
He turned on his heel and strode away, ignoring the pain in his heart, ignoring the tears in his eyes, ignoring the urge of falling to the ground. Why, why, why? This was the second time. And it was worse than last time. And as he stomped into home room, he felt the eyes of everyone boring into him, looking for answers, gossip.
"Ash, what's-" Dawn headed over to comfort him.
"Leave me alone." Ash pushed her away.
Drew and Paul glanced at each other. May skipped into home room, oblivious of the deathly silence that hung in the room.
"Hey Drew, Paul, Dawn, Ash! Jimmy invited us over to his hou-"
"Shut. Up." Ash growled at her.
"Woah. Someone's grumpy!" May was yet again oblivious to the silent pleas of the students around her.
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So he ditched school. Big deal. Ash sighed. His mom was going to kill him if she knew. But it was only for the afternoon. He hoped. He had pushed past Misty on the way of leaving school. Her eyes were red, and her face was stricken. He had had the message in his body, telling him to hug her, tell her everything was all right. But he hadn't. He tried to sink into the park bench, but the bench was wooden.
He looked up. There was a girl. Running towards him. But she wasn't looking and ran into the bench. She had light blue hair, curving upwards in the middle. She had a pretty face and designer clothes. Ash felt something ping in his mind. He had seen her before. But she didn't live in Pallet Town. Then he remembered. May's magazine. Top 10 hottest models of the year. The blue haired girl had been number two. What was her name again?
"I'm so sorry! I was running away from my fans and I…" The girl blubbered.
"No it's fine. You were in Hoenn Gossip? The magazine." Ash scratched the back of his neck.
"Yeah. I was. Do you happen to be Ash Ketchum? Misty mentioned you. You're dating, right?" The blue haired girl perked up, as if a lightbulb flashed in her brain.
"I'm Ash Ketchum. But we're not dating. Anymore that is. We broke up a few minutes ago."
"Oh I'm sorry! Uh, not to be nosy, but why?"
Ash hesitated. The girl knew Misty. He could trust her. Plus he needed to talk to someone.
"We broke up because of another guy. He kept sending her messages. Love letters. And she was responding back."
"That's so sad. Listen, you're ditching right? Which way is Kanto High?"
"Yeah I am. That way. Oh, and what's your name? We might meet again."
"Marina. But sometimes my fans stalk me so my BFFs call me M."
She ran off, winking at him. Ash stood still. No. What had he just done. The words sank in.
"I'm so, so sorry Misty. I was jealous. I was shielding myself away from the truth. Oh my Arceus. Im so stupid! I'm going to try and build up this relationship again, because for you I will."
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A/N: ANOTHER CHAPTER FINISHED! Woo hoo! This was so hard to write! I had to put in the right words. So we finally know who M is. Unless Misty is a lesbian, which I doubt, M, or also known as Marina, should be no more trouble. Yes, I support Questshipping. It's a great ship.
And no, I did not improvise the M, Jimmy bit. It was all planned from the point I introduced M. I was just stalling for a long time for tension. Or maybe just stalling.
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