Hey :P It's Wednesday so I am back with a new chapter. I wrote this one and only just found it now so decided to upload this one today. It's a bit of a filler really just establishing a few of these guys relationships'. I hope you enjoy :P

Ages:

Misty: 26

James: 33

Ben: 6

Katie: 6

Disclaimer: I own the story and Ben and Katie :3

It was a peaceful evening in the Ketchum household but none of us were asleep. I was sat on James' lap while he typed on his laptop that was resting on the arm chair and Misty was cuddling her two children close to her chest. You may be wondering why James was there instead of Ash and the answer to that was simple. Ash was away to a Pokemon Master Conference in Unova and because Misty was pregnant, I stayed behind to keep an eye on her. James was also staying over to look after his best friend and Katie was thrilled to have one of her favourite people stay.

"Don't you think those two should be heading to bed soon?" James glanced over at Misty as his hand reached down to stroke my fur. Now you may also be wondering why I was letting him touch me given our history but things had changed a lot since then. He had no interest in snatching me and just wanted to be all of our friends.

Upon hearing his Uncle's words, Ben gave him a harsh glare and hugged onto Misty tighter but making sure not to squish her baby bump. I glanced over at James as he winced and held his hands up defensively. The raven haired boy was extremely wary now that James was here and Ash wasn't. He didn't want anybody taking his daddy's place.

Misty sighed quietly and looked over at the lavender haired male to reply.

"I suppose they should but my babies are just so cuddly."

Katie was absolutely delighted and being called a baby even though there was going to be a new one within the next few months. Ben was not so pleased and folded his arms, muttering he was a big boy. I beamed over at him, my heart thumping with love. He reminded me of my best friend so much in every aspect. It kind of made me miss him, to tell you the truth. We were never apart. But you know what they say; absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Seeing that Misty was almost standing up to put them to bed, Ben got down to one of his tricks.

"Mommy, what's your favourite thing about daddy?"

Upon hearing this, Misty froze for a second and we could tell she wasn't expecting this. After the initial shock, she blushed and pulled Ben closer.

"I don't know, I love everything about him really. But my favourite thing would have to be just how loving he is with everyone, whether it's a pokemon or person or even a stranger."

Ben grinned and snuggled into his mother's side. I wonder if his smile was that of pride for his father or the fact he got to stay awake a little bit longer.

While Misty continued talking about her husband, James went back typing on his laptop. A slight on edge and suspicious expression graced his face and I knew why. He was extremely protective of Misty and it didn't matter that Ash was her husband; he didn't particularly want to think what they got up to when he wasn't there.

Katie was a smart five year old and could sense her Uncle's uneasiness. She decided to ask a question herself to ease it.

"How did you meet daddy?"

Misty smiled fondly at her daughter, stroking her cheek with her thumb.

"Oh Katie, you know how we met, silly."

The orange haired little girl just giggled under her mother's loving tone and listened while Misty recounted the story. James went back to stroking me and I could tell he had begun to relax. He didn't mind hearing about how they met because that was before they got all touchy feely with one and other.

Once Misty had finished telling the story about fishing her husband out of the river, the three engaged in a cuddle. I noticed the lavender haired male glancing over at them, his usually piercing green orbs softened with love. Although he didn't particularly like thinking about how they came into the world, he thought Ben and Katie were adorable. He loved them as much as his own family.

Ben yawned and cuddled further into his mother's side, his chubby and childish hand placed over the bump where his baby brother was residing.

"If Daddy was here, what would you be doing?"

Upon hearing this, James pretended to look at his watch before looking at Misty knowingly while I just snickered.

Misty fiercely tried to hide her blush and I could tell she was rather pleased with was dark in the living room.

"Uh… What would we be doing right now? Let's see…"

While the red haired woman told her children about how they'd be cuddling and talking and looking through old photo albums, James stared at her and gave her the biggest smug grin in the world.

He hated thinking about that sort of thing but if he could tease his best friend and make her blush, he was able to get past it.

On the way to carrying her children to bed, Misty gave James a very rude hand gesture behind her back that only we three knew about.

James just continued smirking and lay back on the sofa with his arms behind his head. He was proud he had managed to fluster Misty.

I couldn't help but laugh and curl up on his chest while he stroked my head until I drifted off.

James had changed a lot since his Team Rocket days and didn't get up to any dirty tricks. The only things he liked to pull was embarrassing his best friend and he was talented at that. The only trouble was that Misty always got him back and when she did, it was bad. Very very bad.

The End.

There you go! Thanks so much for reading and I hope you enjoyed :3 As I've probably mentioned a few times before, I love the relationship between Misty and James or Ash, Misty and James. It's a lot of fun to write :P Me and AAML-TAML I guess sort of headcanon James is protective of Misty when it comes to guys wanting to look at her, even if it is her husband. On the switch side he likes teasing Misty about her relationship with Ash. And of course when James succeeds in making Misty blush, he pulls that "smug" face :P Anyway, thanks for reading and I'll be back in a week :3

AmyBieberKetchum signing out :P