Chasing Destiny

4

"Please be gentle..." Misty finally said to the man who just nodded softly in response.

The man was shocked to find no ring in Misty's wedding finger.

Finally realizing she was a single mother.

He stopped looking at her and immediately focused on Lloyd. He let Lloyd settle in his arms and examined his physical features.

The boy's dark night-black hair, his lips, his big round doe brown eyes, and his sun-kissed skin.

All similar features like him...

That's when he knew.

Tears started streaming down his cheeks as his hold on Lloyd got tighter.

He then looked up at Misty and said in a firm voice,"We need to talk."

As soon as Misty opened the door to her apartment the man beside her just widen his eyes but stayed quiet.

Lloyd was fast asleep in his arms while the man's dog, Pikachu, slowly leaped onto the couch and immediately fell asleep.

The man looked at Misty then quickly focused his attention at Lloyd. Misty then mumbled softly after placing down the grocery bag,"Follow me."

After the man placed Lloyd in his room and left Misty alone so she could tug him in bed he slowly began to examine the small apartment.

God, it was awful.

The apartment was filled with large windows showing the beautiful city which was the only good perk.

The rest was awful.

The living room was so small that it was straight away connected with the small dining room. The kitchen was just a small corner right next to the dining area with a small kitchen counter.

Apart from that their bathroom was just a small five feet area room with only a small sink, toilet, and shower.

After the man placed away from the little items of grocery Misty slowly came out of Lloyd's room with a mad look in her face.

"You saw him. Now get out."

"No."

"Excuse me?"

The man shook his head as he repeated, "No. Not anymore. Tell me Misty. The truth now."

Misty glared at the man before her as she started cursing at him.

"What do you want from me?"

"The truth! Why did you leave?"

"I left?! Bullshit. I didn't leave. If I remember correctly you were about to leave me."

"What the fuck are you talking about?!"

"I woke up that night and heard your talk with Professor Oak. He was saying how you had a whole bright future ahead of yourself with that full-ride scholarship... but that meant you had to leave me."

"Misty I-"

"Shut up. Let me finish."

The man closed his mouth and let Misty finish her story.

"I found out I was pregnant and I couldn't bare knowing the fact you were going to leave me. You promised me to always be there for me but you loved your job even more. The dinner night when you brought up that fact of breaking up that's when I knew... that you were a dick."

"The hell?! Did it never occur to you that telling me I had a son would change my mind?!"

"If knowing you had a girlfriend who loved you so deeply didn't convince you to stay then what difference would it be if you knew you had a son!" Misty yelled.

Misty then walked towards the apartment door and opened it as she said spat out, "Get out. Get out of my home. Get out of my life. Get out of my son's life."

The man looked at Misty with tears down his eyes as he walked slowly towards the door. Misty was controlling her breathing as tears streamed down her eyes.

The man stopped right on the verge of the door frame as he said, "I never accepted that scholarship you know? I couldn't bare the thought of being separated from you."

Misty covered her mouth with her hand as she cried silently but the man still continued to talk.

He chuckled lightly as he said, "It's funny though. In the end, I did end up getting separated from you thanks to some fucked up shit."

Before the man could fully step out of the apartment he was stopped when he felt two arms hug his waist from behind and Misty's crying face on his back.

Not wanting him to leave.