Author: Baby Clefairy Rating: PG
My Angel
This is from Jessie's POV. This one wasn't a dream, I made this one up (and it happened to be in the car with my screaming 3 year old sister). This is based a week after James' funeral.
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It's been over a week, and I still can't get that image out of my mind. I still wonder if he regreted his decision as he was dying. I feel so bad, and I never imagined a life without him. I'll tell you one thing, it's horrible. I haven't gotten any decent sleep since that day. I can maybe sleep for an hour or two, but something always wakes me up. This morning I was going on a record-breaking three hours when...
BRRRRRRRRRRRING!!!
I sighed. I picked up the phone and said a weak "Hello?" Of all the people who could have called, it was Misty. I started to wonder what was up, when she said,
"I know you're wondering why I'm calling you, and how I even got your number in the first place. Well, AT&T 00 Info got me your number, and I'm just calling to see how you're doing."
By now I was pretty much awake. "Well, I'm pretty tired," I said, hoping she wouldn't ask much else. She must have sensed that I didn't want to talk much.
"Oh, if you don't want to talk about it, that's fine with me. I know what you're going through. Have you ever heard of the 5th Sensational Sister? She was the only one that was nice to me, her name was Ember. She was kinda the odd one out, she loved Fire Pokémon, but was forced to have 3 Water-type Pokémon for the gym. Well, she didn't live long enough to be a Gym Leader. Staryu was hers, and that's why I never have it evolve," Misty said to me.
She sighed. I could see she was trying to make me feel better, but over the phone it wasn't working well.
"I know this sounds kinda crazy to be coming out of me, but how would you like to come over?" I asked.
"Sure! Can I bring Brock? If you hadn't heard, Brock and I walked off on Ash."
I thought a moment. Brock? Hmmm... maybe. "Well, I guess so," I said, almost surprised I didn't say 'no way'. I gave her directions, and she said she'd be over around 2 PM. That gave me 3 hours. I took a shower, and tried to get myself looking at least half-way decent. After that I decided to take a nap until my visitors arrived. I had a strange dream...
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James was there. But yet again, he wasn't. It was only his voice.
"Don't worry Jess. I'll protect you. This isn't just a dream, Jess, I'm able to go into your mind while you're sleeping. I love you, Jess, stay strong. Stay strong for me, would you? I can contact anyone, I've already talked to Misty, and Brock too. I told them to watch over you. They have a stronger ability of that than I now do. Don't refuse them. I'll be waiting here for you, and until then, I will see you in your dreams..." he said. *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Then I woke up to a knock at the door.
"Coming!" I said as I fixed my hair a bit.
"Hello!" Misty said as I opened the door. Brock walked in behind her.
"This is where you live? I pass by here all the time!" Brock said.
"I hope you don't mind that I have the radio on..." I said hopefully.
"Nope, as long as it's Z104!" Misty said and giggled. I nodded.
"You two are weird... I like Y105!" Brock said. Misty almost broke into a fit of giggles.
"I've known you for this long, and I *never* knew you liked country, Brock!" she burst out. Myself, I was almost laughing too. Brock's face turned red.
"Well I think the Dixie Chicks and SHeDAiSY are good! Not to mention pretty cute... and Faith Hill..." he mumbled. I looked at Misty, and we both burst out laughing.
"Faith Hill already *has* a husband," I said.
"Oh yeah? Like who?" Brock asked. I rolled my eyes.
"Like Tim McGraw!" I said.
"Oh... maybe I don't like his music anymore..." he mumbled, which made Misty and I laugh even harder. It may sound like I'd completely forgotten about James. Yeah right. I was thinking about him the whole time. Was the dream really real? Should I ask Misty and Brock? I have to admit, for what a brat Misty used to be, she's totally changed. I had made a new friend. Kinda odd. I mean she's my old enemy, right? And I guess Brock's okay. "Hey, where do you two *live*?" I asked. I relized it was kinda nosey, but it was too late to take it back.
"Wherever we happen to be," Misty said.
"Why don't you two stay here for awhile? I have the room... I have a spare bed, and one of you can stay on the couch." I was almost surprised at myself for being so nice, but it was the least I could do... I'd been so lonley lately anyway, and James *had* said that he had told them to watch over me, right? If he really had, they would say yes. Brock looked at Misty, who shrugged.
"Sure, what would it hurt?" Misty said. I smiled.
"I don't mean to be rude, but what about Team Rocket?" Misty asked.
"I basically quit. You saw Butch and Cassidy at the funeral, right? Well after it I met up with them and they said they would tell Giovanni we both had died. He didn't ask how, and I knew he wouldn't. He didn't care," I said. I knew I couldn't have gone on in Team Rocket without James anyway.
"So you're not with Team Rocket anymore? That's good, then we can be friends without having to worry about *having* to be enemys," Brock said. We just talked for the longest time, until Brock said, "I'm tired. I'm going to bed."
He offered to take the couch, so Misty and I left the living room and were about to each go to bed, when I remembered I had something I had to ask her.
"Misty?" I asked. She turned around and looked at me.
"Yes?" she asked.
"Can you come here for a sec? I need to talk to you," I said. I hoped it didn't sound to weird. It must not have, because she agreed and sat down on my bed. I sat next to her. "Yes?" she said after about a minute.
"Ummm... did you have any weird dreams last night?" I finally asked. She gave me a weird look.
"You mean he..." she started.
"Yeah, did he really tell you to protect me?" I asked. She nodded.
"Yes, he did. I did it because I knew he loved you," she said. I sighed and walked up to my window.
I looked out at the millions of stars in the dark night sky. "I'm sleeping out there... you can take my bed, it's more comfortable," I said as I grabbed a pillow off my bed and a blanket from the closet.
"You want to stay out there alone? If you do I won't follow you, but if you would like company, I'll come too if you like," Misty said. I smiled.
"You can come if you like," I said as I opened the screen door. I spred the blanket out on my back lawn and put down my pillow. It was very nice out, you didn't need any blanket to cover up with at all. Then Misty came out, and set up a bed for herself a few feet away.
I just looked up at the stars, wondering if James was looking down at me. I finally fell asleep, and that was the best night I had had in a long time. I had another dream... *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
"Thank you, Jess, I knew you wouldn't refuse. They're your friends now, they will help take care of you if you help take care of them. Tonight I have no dreams for Brock, but I do have one for Misty. I will tell her that you will help her if she helps you. She really is a nice little girl, isn't she? There's someone else who wants to talk to you," James said. "Hello," a girl's voice said. "Hello, my name is Ember. I heard Misty telling you about me. I have never been able to talk to her like I am talking to you now. Maybe with James' help I can finally talk to her again. I just wanted to say you were so lucky to have spent time with James, and please, take care of my little sis for me." *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
With that, I woke up. I looked over at Misty and watched. She was sleeping so peacefully. I knew she must have been talking with James, and I watched as she smiled in her sleep. 'Shes finally talking with Ember again' I thought as I lay my head back down and looked back up at the stars. Everything was going to be okay.
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