Chapter 2 "Gary what are you doing here?" Ash was very confused(as usual) and very annoyed. "Meet the hero of the play," Daisy said. "Gary playing the hero I don't think so," Misty said in a disgusted tone. "What's wrong with that? He fits the look and the part perfectly as the protective older brother," Violet stated. "If you think I am going to be doing any kind of romantic...what did you say.....brother?" Misty was even more confused than Ash now.(if that's possible) "Yes if you'd let us explain instead of interrupting all the time. Gary will play David the overprotective big brother of Luna, the beautiful maiden, you. Ash will play Jake the villain who is constantly at odds with David but falls in love with his sister. He then kidnaps her and she resists him at first but then falls totally in love with him too," Daisy explained. "Yeah and then when Gary, I mean David comes to rescue her he sees that they are in love and realizes that Jake isn't such a bad guy after all. Then they all live happily ever after, see!" Lilly said a little too excitedly. "That's why we picked Ash for the part of the villain," Violet said but then decided to change her reason when she saw the red faced Misty giving her a death glare." You know because of the way he looks, you know the black hair, black clothes, dark eyes sort of thing he has going on, like, you know what I mean, heh heh." Only an idiot didn't get the real reason Ash was chosen as the villain for the play, which is why Ash didn't get it. It was a bad cover up but it didn't matter because Ash didn't get the real reason from the beginning so he didn't need a cover up. He was just wondering what Violet was going on about and why Misty was so red. Ash then realized that he is back to being Misy's romantic interest again and suddenly got all excited and warm inside. He mentally kicked himself for feeling this way but didn't try to shake it off this time. Gary sat in silence through all this and finally decided to speak" So Ashy boy looks like your the jerk this time," Gary stated with his superior attitude and an annoying giggle. Ash, at the sound of being called the annoying nickname answered back rather aggressively "Yeah but I'm just playing a part, you are the real life jerk" Misty was off in dreamland, she wasn't listening to a thing Gary or Ash was saying. She was just thinking about the script of the play, the romantic parts, and how romantic they got. Mostly just the last one concerned her but not in a bad way. Just the thought of being in a romantic situation with Ash even if it was only pretend made her feel practically giddy. "So what are you doing here anyway Gary?" Ash asked after he finally ran out of sarcastic witty comments to make which didn't take long. "Well if you must know I was on my way to the next gym when I decided I deserved a little vacation break and saw the line for tickets to this play being put on by the Cerulean sisters. I've heard good things about their shows and decided it be worth checking out and I might actually enjoy myself. Anyway when I got to the front of the line I realized that it was a tryout line for the lead in the play," Gary said in a bored tone. "Yeah and when we saw him we recognized him as the Pokemon League Champion from two years ago and well we thought that a pokemon master would bring in a bigger crowd then some nobody," Lilly stated. "And now with Ash in the play we have two pokemon masters, oh this is going to be the biggest and best production in the history of Cerulean city," Violet gushed. The only thing Misty heard from all that was "Vacation break huh, did you here that Ash, Gary is taking a VA-CA-TION." "Give it up Misty I said no," Ash said exhaustedly. (must be from thinking up all those sarcastic comments before, all TWO of them) "But Gary will be taking a break too so you won't need to catch up to him" "So trying to play catch-up Ashy-boy, well you should but it won't do you any good because I will always be one step ahead of you, I got all of my first Indigo league badges before you, I became a pokemon league master before you and I will most definitely become an ultimate pokemon master before you, if you become one at all," Gary looked smugly at Ash. Ash really didn't feel like getting into another big argument but it was Ash so "Waaa, I'll show you Gary Oak, I'm ten times the better trainer than you will ever be. I will beat all the gyms in every league, and win every battle I have with any trainer I confront, and become an ultimate ultimate pokemon master and before you even know it you will be left in the dust while I'm on the cover of every Training magazine and everyone will want to be half as good a trainer as I am and........" "I'll never get to go on a vacation now," Misty mumbled to herself. "Well at least Ash and Gary wont have to practice hating each other that much, things might be able to go faster then we thought," Lilly hopefully stated but then looked at the Ash and Gary arguing and Misty daydreaming and they all shook their heads and thought 'maybe not' -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Later that day Ash was relaxing in his guest room with Pikachu while Gary was taking a walk in the city and Misty was finally left in peace watching the water pokemon swim around in the pool. Finally peace and quiet Misty thought until "Misty, like Misty where are you?" "Of course," Misty said silently to her self 'Maybe if I stay really quiet they'll give up and leave me alone, it used to work when I was younger so its worth a shot' she thought. Two minutes had gone by and she didn't here anything 'good they stopped, it worked, I'm saved' "Mistyyyyyyy" Daisy yelled 'We should be doing Cinderella instead with the three idiotic and annoying step sisters' but Misty's thoughts were interrupted when Daisy called out" Like come on Misty we want you to give us your advise on the script where are you?" When Misty heard this she ran to the kitchen where her sister's voice came from. Misty had wanted to look at the script all day but Daisy wouldn't let her see it until it was completely finished. They had written up their own original love story and they just started writing it in the beginning of the week which had been three days ago so Misty wasn't expecting them to be done so quickly. Misty entered the kitchen where her sisters sat impatiently" Like there you are Misty I almost lost my voice screaming like that," Daisy said. "Well you could have come to look for me instead of yelling like I'm some sort of Growlith who will run at the sound of their name being called," Misty was now angry at the way she was being treated again and expected an apology. "Ha ha ha, that's funny little sister but we are trying to be serious now so stop with the jokes and sit down and give us your opinion on the script," Violet said. Misty was going to argue with them but realized there was no point and she should just be happy that they were even asking her opinion 'Why exactly did I miss them a couple of days ago' she inquired to herself as she read the title of the play out loud "Hate Is A Fickle Thing" she had to admit the title was pretty ironic and very good. While reading through the play she was very surprised by how good it actually was, it was nothing like the Magical Mermaid play they had put on all those years ago. Although the play was very good and creative it was nothing compared to the deep feelings and emotions that this play expressed in it. When she got up to the part where she realized her feelings for Ash, I mean Jake, a deep blush appeared on her face that did not go unnoticed by her sisters who felt the urge to comment about it now that no one else was around. "I see you like the castle scene with you and Ash," Daisy said slyly. Misty was now completely crimson and was wondering how they knew the way she felt about Ash. "What are you talking about?" Misty said still trying to hide her blush and act as if she didn't know what they were referring to. " Don't play dumb with us Misty you know very well we are talking about the kiss scene between you two. Do you like how there are two very passionate kisses within a span of two minutes?" Lilly asked. "Yeah that was my idea so you can thank me for that." Violet said proudly. "We can add more kissing if you want, we have the power and nobody has seen the script yet so we can change it and no one would be the wiser, just give us the word" Misty couldn't believe what she was hearing, she had never blushed so much in her entire life including the time where there were no seats in officer Jenny's police car and she had to sit on Ash's lap for the entire hour long ride.(not that she didn't enjoy it) "Are you all crazy? Why would I want MORE kissing scenes with Ash. If anything we should cut out the kissing scenes all together," Misty held her breath hoping they wouldn't listen to her and leave the kissing scenes in, oh how she hoped. "You can't be serious the kissing scenes are a crucial part of the story, if we took them out there would hardly be any romance or tension at all" Violet said shocked that Misty was suggesting taking the scenes that she had written out. Daisy knew Misty wasn't going to just come out and say it so she decided to play Misty's heart against her brain knowing who would win when it comes to young love. Misty's sisters weren't the brightest girls in the world but they each did have their moments. "Fine if that's the way Misty want's it then we'll take the kissing scenes out.," Daisy stated. "What!" Violet and Misty said in unison . Lilly understood what Daisy was trying to do but Violet being the most dense out of the three still didn't get why Daisy would even suggest taking her scenes out after seeing how much time and effort she spent in writing them ' a whole 45 minutes gone to waste ' Violet thought. Misty on the other hand can't believe they were actually listening to her and tried to think of a way to keep the kissing scenes in without making it look like she wanted to kiss Ash. Easier said than done. "Well I mean if it is really important to the play I wouldn't want to ruin it just because I didn't want to kiss somebody," she was now trying not to sound desperate but failing miserably. "No Misty you are more important to us than any stupid play and we don't want you to feel uncomfortable and force you to do something you didn't want to do," Daisy said lovingly. "Yeah but, but I mean you always make me feel uncomfortable and force me to do things I don't want to do, why mess with a good thing?" Misty said now totally lost in her desperation and not believing the words that just came out of her mouth. Her sisters were now staring at her dumbfoundedly and Daisy was starting to feel sorry for her but didn't cave and she wasn't planning on caving until Misty admitted her feelings. (boy, she's tough) "No the scenes stay out and that's final Misty,." Luckily Daisy didn't have to say anything else because Misty finally caved much to the relief of her sisters who hated seeing her like that. Even though they hardly ever show it they all love Misty and just want what's best for her and want her to be happy. "No please, I liked the kissing scenes, they were romantic and it won't be so bad kissing Ash, as long as he doesn't know I think it won't be so bad kissing him," Misty said shyly. The sisters smiled at this and Daisy said " Well if that's how you feel then I guess we will have to keep them in" "Like Misty, why don't you just admit that you like Ash?" Lilly asked. "WHAT? I DO NOT!" Misty screamed again turning red. "Misty give it up, it's so obvious, come on you can talk to us," Violet said finally in the loop. "Yeah you need someone to talk to someone about these things and who better than your sisters who love you. You can't keep your thoughts and feelings bottled up inside forever, your going to explode," Daisy said encouraging Misty to share her feelings. Misty was surprised at how much her sisters cared about her and wanted to help her. At this realization she gave in and spoke up. "It's just when I'm around him I feel so alive, you know? Like I can do anything as long as he is there beside me and says I can. I feel happy and content just being with him. I knew from the first day we started traveling together that he was special. Not just special in general but special to me imparticular The way he cared for his pokemon, I've known people to say they love their pokemon but no where near the way Ash loved pokemon. I mean do you know anyone who would give their life to save their pokemon let alone a pokemon they have never even met before or one that actually has tried to harm them. And its not only pokemon, its people too, he's even saved Team Rockets life a couple of times even though they constantly put us in danger on purpose. The only person I know like that is Ash. I feel like telling him everyday how much I admire him for his heart, his instincts, his skill and his sense to do what's right no matter how dangerous or life threatening. One of the reason's I travel with him is because of the adventures we get into, I mean what trainer do you know that can say they have seen every single legendary pokemon known in existence and even some that are said not to exist anymore, who do you know that is constantly followed by Team Rocket in hopes of stealing your super powerful Pikachu, and lastly who do you know that has saved the world several times and has even died trying to save it. Ash, that's who I know. And instead of complimenting him on all these things and telling him how much I love him and want to be with him forever, I constantly berate ,insult, assault, abuse, and degrade him every day making him seem like the most pathetic human being on the face of the earth, just so I can hide my feelings for him. Feelings that with every passing day grow stronger, deeper, and harder to hide." By the end of Misty's long speech Misty face was red again but not from embarrassment but from crying. Crying her heart out to her sisters as she finally let all that she has built up inside her out within a few minutes. However, Misty wasn't the only one crying as her sisters had shed their share of tears themselves listening to Misty's heartfelt confession. "Misty, you have to tell him how you feel, you can't keep going on like this, it isn't healthy for either of you," Daisy said in a worried tone. " Don't you see, I can't, If I tell him I might lose him." Misty said while still sobbing. "What do you mean?" Lilly asked. "If I tell Ash and he doesn't feel the same way, he'll hate me forever and I'll have to live with knowing I can never have Ash as a boyfriend or as a friend, I couldn't bare that, I don't know how I'd live with myself if that happened, I don't know how I'd live without, him," she said the last word almost silently as she continued to sob even louder at the thought. "Misty I don't think you are afraid Ash would leave you because I think everybody knows Ash well enough to know that he would never abandon you know matter what. I think you are just afraid to find out if he feels the same way because in your head you see him telling you that he only likes you as a friend or even perhaps thinks of you as a sister and to you that is just as worse as him leaving you or telling you he hates you. Am I right?" Daisy questioned. Misty only nodded her head to the question. "Misty you have to face your fear you can't let something like this make you feel this way," Violet said compassionately "Yeah, the Misty I know isn't afraid of anything and definitely spoke her mind when it came to how she was feeling and what she was thinking no matter what people thought afterwards," Lilly added. " But what if he doesn't feel the same way?" Misty asked in a scared voice. "Look if Ash has put up with all the things you said you put him through on a daily basis for five years and not pushed you off a cliff yet then I don't think there is any way that he couldn't be in love with you," Daisy said smiling as she saw Misty finally begin to look hopeful. "You think ?" Misty asked her sisters. "Sure" Violet responded. "Now the question is how do we get him to admit his feelings for you?" Lilly pondered. They all sat in silence for a few minutes thinking until Misty spoke up. "Hey guys remember when you said that you guys can change the script if I want to add some things" Misty now wore a smile on her lips. They all nodded in recognition. "How many kissing scenes do you think we can add?" Misty said almost evilly.