Diamond Pumps

10. To the next phase

"What are you doing?"

Ash looked on the mirror. He put his hand over his mouth.

"What the f*ck am I doing?" He snapped to no one in particular. "What is wrong with you, Ash Ketchum? You crazy, man?"

Of course, there was no response. He was alone in his bathroom.

"Okay, I need a beer. Let's get me a beer. That's going to calm me down."

Ash left the bathroom and headed toward his kitchen. He cracked open a can of beer and took a big sip.

"Okay." He spoke. "Men do this all the time. They lie about dating, so it's fine. I'm doing it too."

Ash looked down at the beer can. He put it on the counter, grabbed a bottle of vodka from the top of the fridge and popped it open.

"She didn't have to kiss me..." Ash groaned and poured the vodka in a glass. He hated that kiss. It made his stomach flip and make this annoying voices. He didn't want to think too much about Misty's stupid kiss effect on him - but, she was a model. She was beautiful from head to toe. Ash couldn't find something ugly or bad about her, and it was frustrating. She was incredibly attractive, no doubt about that. So, thinking that a woman as gorgeous-looking as Misty kissed-

"F*ck it."

He was about to take his first sip of the vodka when the doorbell rang. There were some voices and shuffling behind the door.

His eyes shot wide open when he opened it.

"Hi Ashy!" Misty was right at his door, wearing sneakers and what looked like a large shirt to him. There were several men behind her, carrying boxes.

"Oh-oh-hi."

"Come on, guys, let's get this done quickly!" Misty opened the door wide and let her men in. They started getting the boxes inside.

"What-..." Ash was about to snap at Misty when he noticed a rather tall man looking at him - or more like glaring at him.

"Ash, this is Rudy." Misty grabbed Rudy's arm. "He's my agent and my best friend."

Ash raised his eyebrows when Misty wrapped her arm around his. "And this is Ash Ketchum, my boyfriend!"

Rudy raised his eyebrow. "Misty never told me about you, so it's a bit of a surprise."

"Why-why is he here?" Ash looked at Misty.

"Aww, babe, he's my agent! Don't be so jealous." Misty poked Ash's cheek.

"That's not what-"

"Of course!" Misty giggled loudly. She looked at Rudy and said, "Rudy just wanted to help with the unpacking and moving in."

Rudy shrugged.

"What?" Ash panicked. Was the woman actually trying to move in with him? Was she serious? They didn't agree on this! Holy mother of - will he have to share his bathroom? "Hold on a minute! We didn't-..."

Ash was about to protest, but Misty's look reminded him that he was in front of several men who thought they were going out.

"I-..." Ash turned toward Rudy. He gestured to the vodka bottle on the counter, as well as an ashtray full of cigarettes. "Caught me red-handed." he chuckled nervously and turned to look at Misty who has invited herself in his bedroom and was telling the men where to put the boxes.

Rudy nodded. "Misty hates to be near cigarettes."

"Yeah, I know!" Ash rushed toward the counter and threw the cigarettes in the trash. "We don't have the... same, you know... tastes."