It had been months since they last talked, but, finally, Ash had been in the right spot at the right time. He could finally have as long as he wanted to talk and catch up with Misty.

Her face, though fuzzy at first, slowly materialized on the screen of the Pokemon center video phone. He was honestly pretty nervous at first, but when he saw her beaming back at him, he instantly felt relief.

"Ash!"

"Misty, how's it going?" Misty's smile quickly faded, leaving behind a frown that had Ash worried all over again. "What's wrong?"

"Lily's engaged."
Okay. Ash wasn't following. How was that a bad thing? Wasn't that a reason to celebrate?

"Congratulations?"

"No, not congratulations!" Misty yelled back, throwing her hands in the air. Huffing, she crossed her arms, leaning back in her chair. "You know what she told me?"

"What?"

"She told me that I can come to her wedding, but that I can't be in any formal pictures. She said, and I quote, 'You're, like, scrawny, man body will throw everything off.'".

"Wow," he remarked, his eyebrows raised in pure shock. He knew Misty's sister could be mean to her, but that was a whole new level of cruelty. "Your family is shit."

"I know," she fumed. "I don't even want to go to this stupid wedding"

"You should get a new family."

"Yeah," Misty scoffed, a small smile creeping onto her face. "I wish, but that's impossible."

"Not really," Ash replied, his face void of any emotion. "You could always start one with me."

The crash of a phone hitting the ground could be heard before the screen went black.