Disclaimer: See Chapter 1 Ages: Aurora: 3 Ash: 21 Misty: 22 Duplica: 21 Todd: 23 * * * Love and Babysitting: Ch. 2: He is the Pokemon Master * * * "Coming!" Misty yelled, getting up from her comfortable spot on the couch. "Mommy, mommy can I get it!?" Aurora shouted, running in from the other room. Ash smiled as he listened from the outside. "Sure sweetie." "Yeah!" Aurora opened the door, screaming with excitement. "Ass! You came! Mommy’s making pizza wight now so you can come pway wif me pwease!" She said as she pulled Ash towards her room. The young man glanced at Misty for approval. "Don’t worry, it doesn’t take very long to make pizza. Keep her busy." Misty said while smiling. He’s so cute. She thought while staring at his khaki pants and blue silky shirt. The clothes make it even harder to not stare at him. She blushed at her thoughts and turned back to making the pizza. "Ok, so Aurora, what do you want to play?" Ash asked. "Um, wet’s pway howsey!" "All righty," He got down on his hands and knees. "Climb on little lady." He said in a southern accent. "Yeah!" She yelled excitedly, while climbing on the couch to get on his back. "Gidyup howsey!" She giggled hysterically, almost falling off a couple times, while Ash crawled around Misty’s living room attempting to make horse noises. Misty smiled. She had never seen Aurora so happy before. She put the pizza in the oven, turned on the timer and walked over to the couch watching the two play. "Momma come and pway wif us." "Momma’s a little tired sweetie." "Aw pwease." Aurora said sweetly. "Well…" Misty smiled and stood up, grabbing Aurora from Ash’s back. "Wee…faster mommy." Aurora squealed while Misty spun her in the air. After a couple minutes there was a knock at the door. "I wonder who that could be." Misty said, placing Aurora back on the floor. "Misty! Open the door; I forgot my key… and whose car is that parked outside?” The voice continued yelling after the door wasn’t opened right away. “Hey! Are you there?" "Who’s that?" Ash asked. "That is my roommate Duplica." "Oh…" Misty went to open the door as Aurora ran past her yelling, "Dupwica! Dupwica!" The redhead opened the door a little more as her daughter jumped into Duplica’s arms. "You home eawy. Guess what?! Guess what?!" "What?" Duplica asked. "Mommy’s got a new friend, his name’s Ass." "Ass?" Duplica couldn’t help but giggle a bit. "What she means is Ash." Misty said as she took Aurora from her roommate and put the girl on the floor, opening the door more as Duplica walked in. "Ash this is Duplica. Duplica, Ash." She said introducing them. "Hi," Duplica said to Ash, but before he could reply, she turned to Misty with a question. "So how’d you find this handsome thing?" Ash shuffled his feet nervously, a slight blush across his face. "Let’s just say it was my daughters fault, even though I think it was a good thing." Misty said while smiling at Ash, and he smiled back. "Does this mean I don’t have to baby-sit anymore!?" Misty groaned and shook her head. "Does that mean yes?" "Um I don’t know. Ash, would you mind watching Aurora during the week? I can pay you." "Sure I don’t mind. I don’t need to be paid though." He told her. "But…" "No don’t worry about it." "Ok." "Yeah I get to pway wit Ass every day now!" Aurora yelled and jumped out of Duplica’s arms and into Ash’s. "Come on Ass lets go to my woom and pway house." She said grabbing his hand and leading him away. Misty smiled and Duplica chuckled a bit. "So where’d you find that babe?" Duplica questioned. "He isn’t a babe," Misty said while Duplica had a shocked look on her face. "He’s a hunk." Both young women started giggling like schoolgirls. Misty told Duplica how she and Ash met, while cleaning the mess she made while making pizza. She even told Duplica about Aurora calling Ash Daddy. "What did you tell her?" "I didn’t tell her anything. I just sat there shocked, and then changed the subject." "What are you going to do if she asks again?" "I don’t know…" She was interrupted by the buzzer before she could finish. "Pizza’s done!" Misty yelled, effectively changing the subject. Aurora came running out of the hall screeching. "Pizza!! Ass, sit by me, sit by me!" She yelled as she got in her chair by herself. "Ok." Ash chuckled, taking a seat next to her. "Here we are pineapple pizza with pepperoni." Misty put the tray down and sat down next to Duplica. * * * "Well, I need to get going. Thanks for dinner." Ash said as he stood by the door. "Thanks for agreeing to baby-sit. That really helps out a lot." Misty said. "No problem." "So I’ll see you Monday then?" Misty asked. "Yup." "Ok see you then." "Bye Aurora!" Ash yelled as he started to walk out. "Bye Ass!" Misty laughed, "Come Monday I’m sure she’ll have a better name for you." "Yeah, bye." He chuckled while sticking his hands in his pockets. "Bye." They stood there for a moment staring into each others eyes until Ash turned away "Tell Duplica I said goodbye." He called out as he walked down the stairs of the apartment building. As soon as he was out of sight, Misty closed the door, leaning up against it. Sighing, she slid down the smooth wood into a sitting position shaking her head. "You like him." Duplica said. It was more of a statement than a question. "Well…" "Yes you do. You wanna kiss him, you wanna touch him, you wanna…" "Ok Duplica I don’t need you ‘duplicating’ movies now! People are enough." "So you admit it!" Duplica said pointing a finger at her. "I never said that." "You’re denying it then?" "I never said that either." "You do know Aurora is all ready attached to him right?" "Yeah I know, but I just met the guy and I feel like I’ve known him from somewhere before. He’s the first guy I’ve met who hasn’t run away because of Aurora." "Does he know about it? "About what?" Duplica gave her that look, she never said the words, but it just put Misty into a deeper sorrow. "Oh that." She replied quietly as she hung her head. "No he doesn’t, and I don’t want him to know who it was either. With my luck he probably knows the guy." "All right but he’s going to find out sooner or later." "I know, I know. I just met him, give me a break here." "Hey I’ll be right back…Todd told me to meet him downstairs at nine." Duplica interjected, before helping Misty up and heading to the meeting place. "Ok…" Misty nodded as she walked into her room to go to sleep. * * * "Hey, Todd." Duplica said, giving him a quick peck on the lips. "Hey sweetie, who was the guy that just walked out…he kinda looked familiar." "That’s because he’s the Pokemon world’s champion trainer." * * * To be continued~