Disclaimer – I Don’t Own Pokemon.

Authors Notes – Alright guys! Apologies for the huge delay, time is a concept I 
seemingly have very little of at the moment, and computer problems don’t tend to 
help matters. Anyways we have an update at last, so read on and hopefully enjoy.

Chapter 2 – The Evaluation

Ash

“Son of a bitch!” I muttered the obscenity through out the empty apartment, As I 
winced in pain dropping the hammer to the floor, and clutching at my right 
thumb. For as you have probably guessed by now, a so called DIY task required to 
be achieved at this time, and as with many a result before them in many other 
areas within the field of homecare, I had totally botched it up, as I noted the 
small shelve still sitting at a slant.

I picked up the hammer and trudged my way into the kitchen, placing the hammer 
down on the table, I obtained some ice from the freezer and proceeded to encase 
my thumb in it for several minutes until the pain sub-sided. I remerged from my 
kitchen a few moments later, having obtained a small soft drinks can from the 
fridge, With a sigh I walked over and plopped myself down upon the couch.

“God….” I muttered opening the can and taking a sip. I placed it down on the 
small table as I picked up my small note pad and briefly scanned over my list 
Crossing off furniture and clothing, I threw the pad down in a touch of 
frustration, as I realized I wasn’t even close to half way there. For along with 
all the little odd jobs within the apartment that required a good fixing, I had 
also since discovered that a lot of the wallboards within the subsequent rooms 
required a good paint job also. All of this not to mention tips to try and be a 
tad handier in the kitchen? Was Misty insane! Why didn’t she just take her free 
weekend and run…..at the thought of her a smile could not help but form on my 
lips.

“The girl’s….got a screw loose….” I said with a chuckle, as my doorbell rang, I 
narrowed my eyes a moment taking a second to observe the clock I had not long 
since hung upon the lounge wall. 6.30, I knew it was a little early for 
Misty….shrugging I found myself emerging from the living area descending down 
the short hallway.

“Who is it?” I called out, realizing that the peep hole on my door was another 
thing to add to my to do list.

“My Apologies for the intrusion tonight sir….my name is Brad Andrews… I’m the 
buildings super…can I speak with you a moment?” I heard the voice call, as I 
opened the door to reveal his form.

“Hey there Brad Andrews…..” he said again extending his arm, as I reciprocated 
in toe shaking his hand.

“Ash….” He interrupted me.

“Oh please…you think most folks around here don’t know who you are….” Welcome to 
the building champ….” He stopped short and eyed me worriedly.

“It is ok to call you that isn’t it?” I put him at ease with a small smile.

“Whatever gets you through the day….” I assured him as a small laugh escaped his 
throat.

“Boy, my youngest loves you, wait till I tell him who our new neighbor is” I 
razed a questioning eyebrow.

“Neighbor?” I repeated somewhat perplexed as he had told me earlier he was the 
buildings super.

“Yeah my family and I live in the apartment right across the hall….” He started 
pointing over his shoulder.

”I like to think of it as a work from home type deal….sweet as!” he commented as 
I nodded at him with a courteous smile.

“I don’t mean to be rude but…..”I paused and cast my eyes behind me.

“I do have a lot to be getting on with here….did you need me for something?” I 
asked as he leaned against the door from me slightly

“Yeah sorry I won’t. keep you….it was just a courtesy call really, and to give 
you the introductory pack to the buildings rules and by laws, and this gift from 
the tenants board” he informed me handing over the documents and what appeared 
to be a real cheep bottle of wine.

“Oh…um well thanks..” I responded, he smiled at me as he nodded in reply. A 
brief silence enveloped us both as he shuffled uncomfortably in front of me.

“Can I offer you some assistance at all?...” he asked referring to whether he 
could help me get some work within the apartment seen to.

“Uh…I don’t want to put you out or anything….” I told him distractedly, trying 
at the same time to show that I was indeed thankful of his offer.

“It’s no trouble, my wife is at a parent teacher conference for the kids and I 
do have some free time on my hands for the next hour or so” he explained as I 
had began scanning through the papers he had given me.

“I appreciate the offer Brad, and thank you, but I’ve already got someone 
stopping by to give me a hand….should anything we are unsure of crop up I know 
where to find you though…” I added thus showing I did sincerely both want and 
would seek out his help when appropriate.

“Ah no problem…..well I’d better get out of your hair…..great to have met you..” 
he finished extending his hand and shaking my hand once more.

“Likewise “ I told him as he turned to leave from the doorway when he suddenly 
about turned.

“Oh say, you wouldn’t happen to have a cordless drill I could borrow for an hour 
or so would you? Mine is on the frits, And one of the neighbors down stairs was 
complaining about slants in a couple of their air vents” He explained.

“Sure no problem…” I said as I opened the closet door located within the small 
hallway and produced the item in question he was after.

“Here you go….” I gestured as he gratefully accepted the drill from me.

“If you could get it back to me as soon as, that would be great…I have a feeling 
I might be using it yet over the weekend” he nodded as he appraised the device 
over with his eyes.

“No Problem…and thanks again….you have yourself a good evening…..oh and is it ok 
if the kids come over and say hello sometime?” I smiled warily at him.

“Brad….your kids, as well as anybody’s kids are welcome at my door anytime” I 
informed him as he merely smiled at me while patting my shoulder amidst uttering 
his goodbyes for the time being.

And that unfortunately was when the flood gates began to open, I really should 
take better care on how I phrase things in the future. For before I knew It I 
must have had a good chunk of the building’s residence at my doorstep, be it 
kids wanting autographs and photos….or their parents or the older generations 
merely wanting to exchange pleasantries.

My Composure was able to remain in place through out that 45 minute spell, 
however when the neighbor above me started playing his particular brand of rock 
music in such a fashion that my windows actually started shaking, that’s when I 
realized I had reached my limit. After a brief phone call to the neighbor in 
question which fell upon deaf ears, and did also nothing to change my seemingly 
demising good mood. I heard the doorbell ringing yet again placing the phone 
back down my hearing finally being relinquished as the blasting of the music had 
stopped.

“For god Sake!...it’s about time you stopped for some Sex and Drugs!” I roared 
in exasperation in an upwards motion in the direction of the neighbors 
apartment, as I had reached the hallway and placed my hand on the doorknob. a 
brief silence ensued as I composed myself however a familiar voice calling 
through the door stopped me dead in my tracks.

“It’s Misty……..and by the way…….charming…”I mentally kicked myself as I 
hurriedly pulled open the door.

“Sorry Mist…having a few problems with some of the new neighbors and I…” my 
rambling state was cut short as my eyes fell upon her. For there she stood in my 
doorway her hair up in a bun, clothed in short Denim shorts and a small t-shirt. 
almost reminiscent of that of which she wore back in the day when we were on the 
road.

“Hey” she said breathlessly, and with a smile. She paused as she cast her eyes 
down upon her clothing seemingly following my gaze.

“Bet you thought this side of my wardrobe was long gone…” she mused with a grin.

“uh huh..” I gulped out still somewhat lost in her appearance. The clothes she 
adorned went a long way in showing off her now fully developed curves and other 
female attributes that any full blooded male could not help but notice, witch 
myself was seemingly entranced with at this time.

“Sorry about the clothes Ash….I was at the fitness club for an hour for a work 
out and by the time I got back…well let’s just say my ditsy sisters had upped 
sticks and went AWOL, along with my keys….this was all that was left in the 
trunk of my car…it was ether this…or a sweaty tracksuit..” she explained as I 
shook myself out of my hypnosis and opened the door and let her inside.

“Geez what the hell Am I doing?…..come on in” I told her as she followed me 
inside closing the main door and joining me in the lounge.

“Well here it is” I mumbled gesturing my arm around the place while walking past 
the table as she observed her surroundings. A Stony silence ensued between us as 
she took a few steps forward casting her eyes around the place.

“You know Ash” She started removing her small bag from her shoulders and placing 
it down on the table.

“This place isn’t nearly as bad as you made it seem….with the right coaching…” 
she turned and gazed at me with a smirk and a small wink.

“You won’t be saying that once you get a look at the other rooms” I cautioned.

“Come on Ash have a little faith, We’ll have both you and this place in tip top 
shape in no time” she said as she whirled around again and took a seat on the 
couch.

“Um….I’ll take your word for it Misty” I said, my eyes not leaving her for a 
moment, as I walked past her and scratched my head slightly.

“Can I get you a drink?” I asked gesturing my thumb in the kitchens direction.

“Sure….now you mention it I am kinda thirsty…do you have anything with a little 
kick to it?” she asked I feel wanting something a tad stronger than a simple 
soft drink.

“Uh sorry Mist….I ain’t been to the grocery store yet….” I stopped.

“Although I do have a dangerously cheep looking bottle of wine that the super 
dropped by if your game..” I said taking a few more steps towards the kitchen 
and turning slightly to gage her response.

“Let the drinks fall where they might…..” she replied with a giggle indicating 
she wanted to be apart of my little dare. I moved to the kitchen and returned 
quickly with the bottle and two glasses. As I noted Misty arise from the couch 
as she moved in the direction of the window.

“God…..Ash….that’s one hell of a view…it’s beautiful…” she got out astoundingly. 
referring to the sights my apartment was able to observe via the skyline of 
Cerulean city.

“It’s even better from the bedroom….” I said distractedly as I poured some wine 
into the second glass. I stopped speaking abruptly realizing how that sounded as 
I cast my eyes across at her sheepishly as she was leaning against the wall 
coyly playing with the chain around her neck, amidst biting her lip almost in a 
seductive manner, I quickly gulped back a sip of my glass.

“Um…..Why don’t we just start off with the drink….” she got out in a mocking 
tone, while clearing her throat

“Yeah….sounds great…” I got out weakly walking over and handing her a glass, 
trying not to show my embarrassment at what had just happened. I could tell it 
was a tad unsettling for her also, our eye contact becoming less frequent.

“So….the rest of your day went ok then?” Misty asked finally breaking the 
silence while taking a sip of her drink.

“Well….I was able to get a hold of Brock and his van for a few hours before him 
and Suzie headed to Celadon City, hence the furniture and all” I replied. By 
this time she had retreated from the window and had placed her drink down by the 
phone. I merely observed as I saw she had started walking back to the couch, I 
watched on as she had caught a glimpse at the small notepad on the table,

“Is this what you’ve got so far?” she asked picking up the notepad and pencil 
from the table.

“Yup” I said walking up beside her and casting a glance over her shoulder.

“Mr. Ketchum, there is still a few things to be added to this list from what I 
can tell, that we still have to accomplish this weekend…” She chided softly as 
her eyes cast sideways looking over her shoulder at me. I shuffled a tad 
uncertainly my mind racing a mile a minute

“Accomplish?” I choked out trying desperately not to look like some sort of 
horny teenager as I tried in vainly to control my own urges. I moved away from 
her slightly in befuddlement and gulped back another sip of my drink. her 
shorts, her appearance and the innuendo of almost every word that left her mouth 
was almost certainly going to drive me over the edge before this night was 
through never mind the entire weekend.

“Take it easy with that stuff!.” She gently scolded.

“Yeah Sorry…” I mumbled placing the glass down and replacing it with the drinks 
can I had left there earlier realizing fueling myself with alcohol probably 
wouldn’t help the scenario I found myself in any further

“Alright….” I started taking a deep breath.

“Enlighten me Mist, aside from what I’ve got down already, what else looks like 
it needs to be done?” I asked. She walked over to the phone table and played 
with the pencil a moment before reverting her eyes around the lounge briefly. 
she picked up her glass and took a sip once more.

“Well…off the top of my head..” she stopped and swirled her glass in her hands. 
I awaited for her to continue as I went to take a sip from my can.

“You,” she finished simply. As before I knew it the soft drinks can and it’s 
remaining contents were on the floor as I found myself choking and spluttering 
for air. After a few seconds my breathing returned to normality as I stared at 
her in utter astonishment. I could tell by this time she had realized what she 
was implying as she had put the glass she once held down and had covered her 
face in both what I feel was both shock and embarrassment. I grinned at her with 
a playful smile.

“You care…to run that one past me again hun…,” I finally got out teasingly. I 
don’t know why I was so uneasy with this at times, for I knew in reality we were 
both giving as good as each other was getting. She was able to stifle a small 
laugh in response beginning to see the funny side of things.

“I can see why that sounded a little unclear to you Ash. it’s just well… what I 
meant was…” She stopped as she watched as I stooped down and picked up the 
dropped soft drinks can. I detected a slight wicked grin as I observed her 
mulling over in her head what to say next.

“You need to get out of those clothes...” she said flatly and to my ultimate 
surprise with a straight face. As for me, well that was it for me folks…I was 
gone….if she wanted to bind me to a chair and have her way with me at that point 
I can assure you there would probably have been no protest’s from me.

“Yo Ash….earth to Ash….” I finally heard Misty’s voice again, with a touch of 
frustration behind it.

“You dunderhead! Get your head out of the gutter…”she finally exclaimed as My 
attention and focus snapped back upon her rather than the fantasies and 
scenarios my mind was conjuring up.

“Typical male…..if you would get your libido in check for just a second…” she 
paused as she approached me with the note pad in hand.

“You can’t expect me to let you get down and dirty scrubbing the bathroom and 
painting and so forth in what you would consider your good clothes do you?” I 
had to restrain my jaw from hitting the floor.

“Whoa….scrubbing?” I got out just above a whisper.

“But that’s…..” She silenced me with an all to knowing glare.

“If you dare say the phrase women’s work……then my darling….your going to be 
wearing the remains of the drink you just gave me…..” She warned as I silenced 
myself and backed away slightly.

“Fine…” I muttered resigning to the fact it was her way or the high way this 
weekend.

“How about shorts and a t-shirt?” she suggested.

“Why?” I asked out of the blue. she put the pad down and folded her arms.

“I can think of three good reasons if you must know” she said with a thoughtful 
gaze I raised an eyebrow.

“And these are?” I asked with a sly smile.

“Well….firstly it’s a beautiful summer evening outside….secondly it gives you 
less clothing to most probably mess up….and thirdly….” she paused and inhaled 
sharply.

“You seem to be enjoying the view here” she told me gesturing her body with her 
hands.

“A small reciprocation between best friend shouldn’t be considered…uh what’s the 
word…perverted……Should it?” she laughed at her own brand of humor as I could 
only stare at her with a shake of the head and a grin.

“Ms Waterflower…..I worry about you sometimes….” I said mockingly as she nodded 
at me dismissively shrugging aside my last comment. I glanced at my watch.

“Mist listen…..do you mind if I jump in for a quick shower, After which, as you 
so amply put it I’ll get out of these clothes…..and then before we get the ball 
rolling in here, could we hit the local grocer?” I asked

“You haven’t eaten?” she asked in concern.

“I have only had a sandwich since this afternoon” I explained as she rolled her 
eyes at me in a playful fashion.

“Ash Ketchum…I see you can take the boy out of the 10 year old age gap……but you 
can’t take the age gap out of the boy….you and your god dam stomach….I pity your 
future wife…”she mused as I sighed

“So is that a yes….?” I asked eagerly with a grin, she rubbed her temple in 
exasperation and proceeded to nod her head at me.

“Alright….it’s a little late in the day to start on the heavy stuff 
anyways….just a few things here and there to get us underway….you want to rent 
out a movie for later on?” she asked as a cold sweat run down my body.

“Huh?...you want to spend the night?….”.I asked uncertainly. She shrugged.

“Is that a problem?...I just figured it meant we can get an early start 
tomorrow…..” she told me as I had by that time just got the circulations going 
again within my limbs.

“Ah I see, in that case…nope not a problem at all…..I’ll go grab that shower 
now….be back with you in a flash” I stopped short yet again as I had turned away 
from her.

“Just go don’t even think about that one……I’ll have a look around the other 
rooms and see what else I can add to this list” she informed me and with that I 
headed for the bathroom before ether one of us had a moment to interpret the 
last statement I had made the wrong way.

I let my body recoil to the freshness of the water, cold water if I was being 
honest…for the heat, the tension….it was all becoming a tad unbearable and I 
figured this might be the trick to go a long way to simmering down the troops as 
it were. Unfortunately for me….it didn’t work.

“Dammit!” I muttered as I stepped out the shower and dried myself off. It was at 
that point I realized whoever the poor bastard was that came up with that 
theory, they were ether insane, sexually frustrated, or as pissed as a mute. 
After dressing quickly and finding a t-shirt hard to come by I stumbled down the 
back hallways of the apartment and finally found what I was looking for within a 
closet located there. I stepped back into the lounge to find Misty emerging from 
the kitchen, intently scribbling down more notes.

“This more to your satisfaction…?” I joked as her head shot up as she passed 
through the doorway.

“that’s much…better…..,” she said, the final word coming from her in a lingering 
tone. As I just pulled the t-shirt over my body. I wasn’t sure, but I could have 
sworn I saw her eyes quickly coast over me. I shrugged, thinking I was mistaken, 
although on the other hand perhaps I wasn’t, as I noted she found it hard to 
stifle a small blush.

“So, what else did you come up with for the list?” I asked, lackadaisically 
breaking our trance we had on each other once more.

“Um…the oven in the kitchen needs a clean…..a few of the floors here and there 
also……and I know this is going to sound stupid but…..just how the heck are you 
suppose to do the laundry without a washer or a dryer? For the life of me I 
could not find one or the other in that kitchen of yours” a small laugh emerged 
from me as I placed my hands on my hips.

“Another little quirk of this building….there is a laundry room downstairs” I 
informed her. she smiled in reply knowing her questions were now laid to rest 
she motioned towards me throwing the notepad down by the phone.

“Well….you ready to ….” her question was cut short as she tripped over the leg 
of the table as I rushed and had caught her just in time. Taking a second to get 
over the shock I merely stood in silence holding her at a distance.

“Are you ok?” I asked softly as she nodded as her eyes firmly came sliding into 
contact with mine.

“Why wouldn’t I be?…..”she paused as she reluctantly straightened her body, her 
arms grasping at my shoulders.

“I didn’t hit the ground….”she whimpered softly as her arms moved to the top of 
my shoulders. My hands moved from her shoulders down other waste as I bit my lip 
uncertainly, as she bore her eyes straight into mine. she stalled, as her 
shaking hand found it’s way to my cheek, as I just stood their lost in her gaze, 
she moved her hand away and took a step back….removing the bun from her hair. 
And letting it drift down past her shoulders.

“Misty…..”I got out weakly not wanting to complicate the situation any further. 
she motioned a finger to her lips silencing me as she moved my hands around her 
waste yet again….as she encircled her arms around my neck. I just stood there 
paralyzed all rational thought gone, I could not get over how intoxicating she 
looked.

“You’ve…..lived out your dream Ash Ketchum……..” she told me bringing her face 
mere inches from mine. She paused as she brought her lips to inches above my ear

“Now it’s time for me to live…out mine….” She finished as she brought her lips 
up to brush into contact with my own in what can only be described as the most 
sensual, the most lingering, and the most lustful kiss, I had ever endured. The 
Seconds felt like minutes as I returned her affections in toe, moving my hands 
from her hips to her lower back in a bid to intensify our actions further. Our 
intimate moment was suddenly brought to a screeching halt as a third voice rang 
through out our ear drums, thus ending the moment.

“Waa! Sorry Champ……I rang the doorbell four times and didn’t get a response.”

To Be Continued

Authors Notes – Alright folks! And so we freeze frame things there for the time 
being. By all means feel free to leave any comments, and will hopefully update 
with more regularity soon, Cheers!

TheBossGeo