Hello :P It is Wednesday and I am back with a new update. This one is a little personal to me, just because it's something I feel strongly about and I wanted to write about for a long time but it could be a bit controversial I guess. I've mentioned in my stories a few times about James' mistakes with Jessie so like the titles suggests, this is him making things right. This is the moment he became a man and realised what he had to do and what he had to own up to. So I hope you enjoy!

Ages:

Jessie: 26

James: 25

Disclaimer: I own only the story and any of the offspring mentioned :P

I breathed out as quietly as I could as I pushed my nose further into the door. I knew I shouldn't be there. I knew I shouldn't be spying. It was bad. I know it was. But I just couldn't help it. For some odd reason I was captivated. I was stuck. I saw Jessie and James sat on the bed together of their fiery lit room in Pallet Town. The atmosphere was confusing. There was fire in the air but also ice. There was vulnerability but also a heavy guard up. It felt tense. But that didn't put me off.

I watched as Jessie sighed and continued looking out the window, her normally proud shoulders slumped. She wasn't facing the lavender haired male. She breathed out and rubbed her forehead before speaking.

"I don't know what to do anymore, James, I just don't know. I don't know what to do with you." She shook her head, most likely at him but I just didn't know.

James swallowed and breathed out himself, his hand carefully reaching out to rest on her shoulder. When she numbly shrugged it away, his hands went to his lap. His eyes remained where his hands were while he spoke.

"I just told you everything, Jess. I told you that all of that has happened for the last time. I told you it's different now. I told you-"

"You've told me the same thing over and over James." Jessie gritted her teeth, her fists clenching together as she tried to hide the vulnerable shaking in her voice. "You've told me you were going to change. You've told me you'd get better. You've told me you've been confused. Well it's been bloody confusing for me as well, let me tell you. I'm not going to go easy on you, I'm just not."

The magenta haired female swallowed and James looked up from his lap. He too was facing the other way but I could see his eyes in the reflection of the window. They were full of pain. They were full of regret. But they were unlike the childlike confusion I had grown to know over the past few months. They had a new element to them that I couldn't quite put my finger on. I didn't know what it was until he swallowed again and sat further up. It was acceptance. He had become a true man that was acknowledging the damage he had done.

"For someone who has spent the past few years with me, you seem awfully blind to how it's been for me and our children."

"But Jess I told you-"

"Yes you've told me. But you haven't shown me." She didn't look at him but said the words firmly, her arms going around herself for comfort. "You just don't know. Each and every time you chose someone else over me or went inside yourself and shut yourself away or looked through me, I blamed myself. I looked at myself and thought no wonder he makes no effort. You're a knackered mother so no wonder-"

The lavender haired male suddenly let out a quiet and emotional noise, shaking his head and turning his wife around to face him. She tried to fight looking into his eyes but eventually couldn't help herself. Her eyes filled with tears and she gulped as she looked into the eyes of her life partner.

"Don't you ever say that, Jess. Don't you ever blame yourself. It's never been your fault and will never be your fault that I messed up too many times. You've always been enough. I was the jackass who didn't see it. But I see it now. And I will never let you think that ever again."

Jessie sniffed and wiped her nose roughly before shrugging her hands off him once again. She turned back to the mirror and went back to looking out the mirror. She was still protective of herself but she spoke to him less firmly than before.

"I won't ever think like that ever again and not because of you. Because now I know it's not true. I did everything in my power to be the best for you and our children. Now I see that it's your own fault that you didn't see it."

I knew these words were a slap to James' face and he flinched slightly. However, soon enough he nodded and he dared to move a little closer to her.

"I know it's my own fault. But I told you earlier, Jess, things are different now."

The magenta haired female breathed out shakily and I saw her roll her eyes quickly as she turned around. She was trying her best to believe but she just couldn't. To say James had been rocky would have been an understatement,

"Do tell me, James, why are they different?" her tone was that of exhaustion and ready to not believe but I could now see the look in her eyes. She wanted to believe. She would always search for the James we used to know and love, before he got mixed around with pressures, obligations and success.

James swallowed and tucked a loose bit of hair behind his ear, breathing out. He let out a quiet grunting noise as he tried to put into words the thoughts and emotions that were going on inside him.

"It's just… Different now. I've put stuff behind me. We have Jaxon now-"

"We've had Jaxon for six months now, James." Jessie raised an eyebrow but blew her nose, nodding her head ever so slightly to let her husband continue.

The lavender haired male clenched his jaw and glanced at the photos on the side before back at his wife. He played with his fingers as he spoke.

"With each of the births of our children, a cloud that was in the way was eliminated from my vision. It happened with Jaxon. And now, six months on, something has happened and I just know now. I put that stuff away in a box and shut it. I just know, Jess. I can't explain it but I just know. I know what I have to do. I know who I need to be."

Jessie took a deep breath in and out, her brow furrowed. She had heard words of the same nature many times before. But this was different. He spoke with an air of confidence. And it was that clarity that drew her in and let him continue.

"I know what I've done. I know what I've said. I know what I've thought. I've blamed it on my past. I've blamed it on getting into a relationship too fast. I've blamed it on the success of the business. But I don't feel I can do that anymore. It was all my doing. When I've said these words before, most of me was hoping I'd be able to pull it off. But now I know I can pull it off. I have the drive and the confidence in myself. I just need you to be with me on this."

I watched as James' face fell as he knew when he said these words; he lost his wife once again. She breathed out and shook her head, her hand going to rub her forehead.

"I can't do any more for you, James, I can't. I can put the effort in that I should but no more than that. I need to take care of myself. I need to take care of my kids. I need-"

"I know what you need." James breathed out and nodded his head, not smiling with his mouth but his eyes were doing it for him. "I don't need anything from you. I am going to fix this. I am going to make things right. I am going to be a good husband. I am going to be a good father. I just need you to let me try. I don't even need you to believe in me because I believe in me. And if I believe in me, I can get this shit done and show you."

Jessie wiped her eyes roughly when they filled with tears again but she nodded, for the first time in months, making proper eye contact with the person she fell in love with all those years ago. James breathed out and nodded back, his eyes full of a new found clarity.

"I promise you now that I'm going to be the one working my ass off here. But I can only do that on one condition. I can only do this if you want this as much as I do. I can only do this if you still want me."

The magenta haired female swallowed and her eyes filled with gentle tears as she hesitated before reaching out and stroking James' cheek. He clenched his jaw as she did this, desperately fighting off the tears and looking at her with steady orbs.

"I've always wanted you, James, that was the problem. Even when you did all that stuff and you acted completely not you, I still wanted you. I never forgot that you promised that you'd never let me down. I was looking for that person who wouldn't let me down."

Jessie wiped his tear when it slid down his cheek and onto her finger and he sniffed, ignoring it and focusing on the ocean of her eyes.

"You don't have to look anymore. I'm right here. I'm right here and I'm going to fight like you taught me how."

The female nodded her head and moved her hand away from him, moving a bit away from him on the bed. I furrowed my brow in concern but James understood. This was a lot to digest. There were still going to be some ups and downs. But it was the first step onto the path that was so right.

Jessie breathed out and looked at him again, running a hand through her long and loose locks. The way she looked at him, I could tell they were communicating with his eyes. It was unbelievable. James looked back at her before nodding his head, looking down at his hands.

"I do have one more thing to say to you but I'm afraid that you might not like it at first."

Jessie breathed out somewhat sharply upon hearing this but she soon sighed quietly and shrugged.

"You've said and done a lot of things that I haven't liked but I'm still here so you might as well tell me."

James breathed out himself upon hearing this and continued looking at his lap, running a hand through his hair. When he looked back at her, his eyes were full of honesty and intensity.

"When I met… her… I felt something very strongly."

This time Jessie inhaled sharply and she continued looking at James. Her guard was slowly creeping up at being reminded of their old reality and the lavender haired male knew he had to be quick. He swallowed before continuing.

"I didn't know what to call it. I just knew I always wanted to be around her and talk to her. My stupid brain ended up calling it the wrong thing. But that's unimportant now because things are different."

As Jessie's wall was slowly beginning to go back down, she raised an eyebrow at her husband and listened. The word different had been coming up a lot. But I had faith that he could really make things that. He could make a difference.

"Now she's like this cloud. Still there. Still there for me. But she's transparent. She's this cloud I can see through. And on the other side, I can see you. I see you and our children and our work. Our past and our future. Nothing else matters anymore because I see the other side. And I know the other side can be good if I work on it. And I will work on it. I can make things right."

I swallowed the lump in my own throat as Jessie carefully moved closer to James on the bed, her legs crossed on the mattress. Her eyes did all the reacting to his words. There was a low light behind them. They were backlit. They were lit with trust, faith and belief.

James' eyes spoke back to her as she moved even nearer to him still. His eyes shone from every direction. He was new. He had found himself. He had moved forward without losing the love for his wife he had taken for granted this past while. He knew what he had to do. And he knew he could do it.

Jessie swallowed her emotion and even a bit of pride as once again, she reached out to her husband's cheek and stroked it. Her eyes were mature and quietly damaged but they were filled with love for the man she knew was coming back to her.

"I used to ignore when people said two wrongs don't make a right. There is now some part of me that believes those words. Because I thought we were the wrongs and we couldn't make a right. But now I see. We've both done wrong. But now we choose to do right. You choose to do right. Everything is a choice. You chose to hurt me. I chose to forgive you. I chose to realise I was giving everything my all. You chose to admit to your mistakes and you chose to begin this new path. The new path where things will be right. Even us two wrong-uns. When we're together, as long as we choose to look for the rockets in each other's eyes, we'll always be right."

My heart thudded with pride for these two broken souls who now were fixed with each other as I leaned against the door and breathed out. Jessie's hand went to her husband's shoulder and James' eyes went to his wife's lips. Their eyes soon met one and others. The way they looked at each other was more intimate than any kiss could ever be. James was the first to offer a smile and soon she was smiling back. Their mouths were smiling. Their eyes were smiling. Their hearts were smiling. As James pressed a deep kiss to his wife's forehead, I was smiling. Because I knew that now they had both chosen the same path, things were going to be alright. Things were going to be more than alright. And I was right.

It was still a journey. It was still a struggle. But their visions were now clear. As the years passed, the wounds healed and the pain faded. What didn't fade was their love for one and other and their faith for one and other. Even through all the good and all the bad and all the beautiful and all the ugly, they spent the rest of their lives together. And when you focus on the good times and the magical moments, the pain and the mistakes become non-existent. And you begin to realise something. They didn't ever let one and other down.

The End.

There you go! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed :3 So yeah, the idea of falling in love with someone else while you're married is a little controversial but it's something I've wanted to address before. I feel as though it's obvious who James fell for but I still like to keep it just for me to see if people work it out themselves :P I feel very strongly for James despite the really bad mistakes he made. After being in Team Rocket and being a failure, he suddenly became a success. He had a business, he had a wife, he had a family. That became too much and his insecurities in himself and his feelings of not knowing who he was made him act completely not him. And seek comfort and love from someone else. But when I write about him past the age of 25, he is very much secure and loyal and gentle and he refound himself again. Thanks to his own actions and the support from his loved ones who he was lucky enough to have remain loyal despite his confusion :3 I would also like to mention the quotes about "her" being a cloud he can see through and when Jessie says two wrongs don't make a right, come from one of my favourite Johnny Depp movies called "Arizona Dream." One particular deep scene in that movie inspired this chapter :3 Thanks again and I will be back on Wednesday so see you then!

AmyBieberKetchum signing out :P