So yeah I just didn't have the inspiration to write this for a while… Well here is is… The concluding chapter to FADE. Leafgreenshipping!
Echo
I was sitting on the couch in the Pokemon Centre, waiting. i don't know what I was waiting for or why I was waiting. I just was.
The doors slid open and he walked in. He walked by me without acknowledging me, heading straight for the desk. He approached the desk, but found it empty. I glanced at him and cleared my throat.
"She's out right now." I told him.
He didn't bother looking at me. "Who?"
"Nurse Joy. She'll be back soon." I stood up and faced him.
"Thanks Leaf." That was it. No more interaction than that. It was always like this.
I bit my lip and walked up to him. He was still facing away from me. "Look at me." I ordered him to, my voice was firm.
"I can't." He replied.
"You can Gary. There's a difference between can't and won't. Look at me."
He turned. I saw his eyes. They were filled with anger and frustration. "There! Happy?" He yelled.
I flinched. "No. For your information I'm not happy."
"Well that's none of my damn business is it." He snapped and turned around again.
I stared at his back. "Who are you and what have you done with Gary Oak?"
He wheeled around, his face furious. "Look Leaf. This is me. That is you. This is us. Get a hold of yourself, grow up and deal with it."
I studied his face, refusing to let my own show weakness. "No Gary. That isn't you, this isn't me and this isn't us. What happened to running wild through Pallet and playing with our Pokemon figurines and pretending they were real? What happened to our childhood that made us both two of the happiest and most pleasant kids ever? What happened Gary?"
"If you haven't noticed yet, we're not kids any more. Sure that was the past, but this is the present. It's clearly hard for you to accept, but it's over Leaf. We can't get through life playing and acting like children. You need to have a reality check, Leaf. You're afraid of change and afraid of growing up. Well it's time to do something about it. You can't be a child forever." He retorted, meeting my gaze with a hard, unforgiving one.
Something inside me broke. It just shattered. My heart was crushed and my head cleared. It was cold and white and I was afraid. My heart was telling me to cry and my head was telling me to run.
I saw Gary's eyes widen in horror when he realized what he'd said. His face melted into one of guilt and regret and he reached out for me. I stepped away from him and felt a tear slide down my cheek.
I turned and fled out the door of the Pokemon Centre. I ran down the road, letting the heavy rains pour down on me. I heard Gary shouting for me but ignored him. His voice bounced off the buildings on the quiet street, the sound chasing me as I ran. Something in my heart told me he wanted me to come back, but my head won out.
It told me,
It was all just an Echo of the past.
Author's Note: Well that was bittersweet... Gosh... I always kind of imagine Leaf as this girl who lives in her past and would do anything to go back, kind of like she'd be afraid of growing up. So I kind of just... um... :(
Well that concludes FADE. If you noticed, the chapters spell FADE.
F: Fall, Pokeshipping
A: Alone, Contestshipping
D: Dark, Ikarishipping
E: Echo, Leafgreenshipping
Thanks for R&Ring!
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