A story of love Parts 1-4
Pettyartist wrote this BEAUTIFUL story about the LOVE between Gary and Locke, aka: GLOCKE.
Here it is, all four parts in one! Enjoy!
Locke had just finished a battle with a trainer on the route back home. It was a pretty easy win, she had a pretty rad team after all. She was almost home and she was ready for a break, just as she thought this, she saw a figure in the distance.
As she got closer she saw that it was Gary.
āGary! What are you doing here?!ā She said.
Gary looked away, his face turning a rosy shade of pink.
āI-I just wanted to see you again, I mean, after all the horrible things I did, I needed to apologizeā¦and tell you that-ā Gary said as he was interuppted by Locke
āApologize?! Do you really think Iād forgive you?!ā Yelled Locke, a little upset at herself for yelling at him, because she was angry at him, but she still had unsettled feelings for him.
āI wasnāt myself, it was likeā¦I donāt know, I just couldnāt stop! But you have to know that-!ā Gary said
āKnow what, that you ruined my life, killed some of my closest friends?!ā Yelled Locke
Gary grabs onto Lockeās arms and tries to keep himself from screaming out his feelings, and he says āI was frustrated, I didnāt understand what I was feeling and thisā¦this frustration messed me up, I donāt know what it wasā¦butā¦I do care about you, you need to know this!ā
Locke pushes him away and walks into town and as she does she turns around and says with a pained look on her face, āyou care, huh? Yeah, well, āfrustratedā or not, you have a funny way of showing it. I donāt want to see you any time soon, j-just get out of my life already!ā
Locke turns aways quickly, her eyes watering, and she walks away without another word.
Gary tries to call out to her, but no words come out, all he can do is stand there angry at himself.
Locke was just chilling with her team by the fire on a winterās day. The past few months were especially good. She had a trainer or two come by in search for a battle with Locke who theyāve heard so many rumors about. She had become rather well known after all.
It was an hour or so before sunset when she heard a knock at her door. She wonders who it could be considering there was a mild storm outside and it was too cold out to travel out to her town.
When she opened the door her jaw dropped and she was filled with a rush of various emotions.
āHello Lockeā ā¦It was Gary.
āWh-What are you doing here?!ā Locke said with a shakey voice.
Gary looks into the house. He had traveled a long way to get to Lockeās home and was caught in the storm before he could find a place to stay. His face was pale with a tint of blue.
āCouldā¦Could I come in by any chance?ā He asked.
Locke looks away for a moment, unsure if she should let him in. āI suppose itād be crule to leave anyone out in this weather.ā
Garyās face softens as he walks in.
Locke shuts the door and holds on to the knob for a few seconds, thinking to herself. Wondering why she let Gary into her home. She then takes a deep breath and asks, āWhat are you doing here?ā
Gary, now standing by the fire place, sighs as if trying to gather his strength. āIā¦ I know you might not believe what Iām about to sayā¦but, Iāve come here, because I wanted to show you that Iāve changed.ā
āChanged? Really. I donāt see you for two years and now you decide to suddenly come back to tell me this?ā Locke said with her fists clenching. She was upset at him, this was true, but she didnāt understand what she was feeling. It wasnāt exactly anger, but a mixure of sadness and disappointment. She thought about this until Gary, after a long pause, spoke.
āI couldnāt force myself to come back to you any sooner, because I wasnātā¦well I was still confused. I still donāt know why I did the things I did, or acted out against you. But I think now I can at least have the strength to talk to you again.ā
There was a long pause, Locke still standing by the door in her pajamas and Gary just ten feet away by the fire place still in his winter jacket and his scarf still covering the lower half of his face.
āHey, you know that I run a gym now? I havenāt lost a match since I opened it, heh.ā Gary said, breaking the silence.
Locke, clenching her fists, takes a few steps towards Gary. āA gym? Is that really what you came to tell me?! That youāve āCHANGEDā and that you run a stupid GYM!? You have nothing else to say!?ā Locked yelled
Gary starlted at her reaction looks down at her with a pained expression on his face as he regrets saying something so suddenly. He thought to himself that he should just tell her what heās really feeling. What he really thinks about her, whatās taken him two years to figure out.
āI just thoughtā¦I mean I know I told you to get out of my life, butā¦I honestly thought youād come back sooner, telling me something like you wanting to start overā¦telling me that maybeā¦maybe that-ā Locke stutters as she looks up at him, her face now red and her eyes whelling up.
Garyās expression is suddenly more pained than before. He looks at Locke unsure what to say as she turns away from him. He pulls his scarf off and it slips off onto the floor.
āLockeā¦This may seem sudden for me to say butā¦ah, and well, it may not mean much considering what Iāve done, and I donāt expect you to forgive me either, but I still need you to know.ā Gary suddenly freezes, his words lost. Locke suddenly staring at him. He looks into her eyes and tries to find the right words.
āLocke I- I reallyā¦care about you. I, well-ā Gary turns slightly his face now glowing red.
āSpit it out Gary! If you canāt say a few words then you can just go back out into the storm, get the professor to give you a place to stay, because right now youāre wasting my time!ā Locke says sternly. She suddenly wonders why sheās so upset. Itās not for the things heās done because she finds herself yerning for him to say whatever it is heās trying to say. She thinks how she wants him to say a few certain words.
The moment those thoughts cross her mind she tries to shake them off. What is she thinking? Does she want him to care about her? Does she actually want him in her house? Why was she so upset that he didnāt try to come back to her sooner? She was so confused.
āLockeā¦ā Gary says softly.
āJu-just spit it out!ā Locke says strongly and yetā¦almost begging.
Gary, a little startled, takes a deep breath, āLocke I-ā
But then Spuds comes out from the other room, āWhat is this?! Locke, why is he here?!ā
āSpuds, what are you doing out here? I thought you guys had all fallen asleep.ā Locke said with a slight shake in her voice. She wasnāt quite sure what Spuds had just interuppted.
Spuds glares at Gary. āI WAS sleeping, but then I heard you yelling. None of the others woke up, but if you need them to be none of us would have a problem getting rid of him.ā
Locke a little shocked unsure for a moment why Spuds is so agressive. She gets ahold of herself and the mixed emotions she had before faded into the back of her head. She understands Spuds agression, she has all the same anger but she kept asking herself, why wasnāt she acting like Spuds? Why wasnāt she pushing Gary away too?
Spuds looks at Locke who is staring at the floor with an immensely confused look on her face. His face saddens. āLocke? Locke are you ok?ā His face goes from concern to anger as he turns to Gary and suddenly pushes him against the wall with his vines close to the fire. āWhat did you do to her! What did you say to make her like this?!ā Spuds yelled. He was filled with so much concern over Locke, he knew more than anyone how Gary affected Locke everytime they faught.
āI-I didnātā¦sayā¦anything..yetā Gary says chocking at Spuds pushes him higher.
Spuds turns shiftly, in complete shock as heās forced into his pokeball.
Locke grasping the ball in complete shock of herself. She was scared of what Spuds was willing to do, what he may have doneā¦to Gary. She pulls the ball close to her chest, her breathing becoming harsh. She starts to cry.
Gary, now on the floor holding onto his neck, looks over at Locke. He now wishes he never came. Heās causing her too much pain, and all just to tell her how he feels. What does it matter how he feels? He should have just left her alone and maybe their paths would never have crossed. Maybe he could have just held onto his feelings and kept them to himself and let Locke live never knowing a difference in her life.
āGary, unless you want me to release Spuds, tell me, why the hell are you here!ā Locke says sternly.
Gary, now realizing how much heās draged this out, says, āLocke, I love you.ā
Thereās a thick, dead silence as Locke drops Spudās ball to the floor. Her tears stop. Sheās in total shock. When did he come to feel this way she asked herself.
āLocke, I use to admire you so much, you were such a good trainer, and an even better person. Part of me was jealous and part of me was dumbfounded. And the part of me that was ruled by my pride, the part of me that was so upset that you were better than me, the part of me that wanted to prove myself to you, to my grandfather, to myself, to anyone took control and forced all my logic and true feelings back. It wasnāt until I realized how senseless my actions were and how I could have proved myself, not by being your rival, but by just follwing the trainerās path. I could have learned so much from you, I could have been strong without having to defeat you.ā
Gary pauses with an angered look on his face.
āI used to be mad at you, but now Iām only mad at myself. Thereās so much I shouldnāt have doneā¦but thereās nothing I can do to change any of it.ā
Gary clenches his teeth, as heās filled with hate towards himself.
Locke looks shocked, and yet, sad. At first she thougth she was pitying him, but then she realized she wished all the same things, wish that they could have been friends from the start and maybe they could have become more.
The moment that thought crossed her mind her face went completely red, she took a step back.
Gary looks up, his face changes. Heās confused as he looks at Locke as she stares at him. The moment he makes eye contact his face drops and he face becomes flustered. He wants to look away, but there was something keeping him from breaking eye contact.
Locke too felt strange, she wanted to look away, she didnāt want to have to look at him. But then a thought crosses her mind. She sees how submissive heās become, how much more timid his words are, this wasnāt the same Gary who she faught years ago. He was different. And she found herself happy over the thought.
She started to walk towards him slowly. As she drew nearer Garyās head turned up, neither of them breaking eye contact. As Locke now stands in front of Gary, she bends down to her knees and meets him at eye level.
āGaryā¦do youā¦do you really mean what you said? Everything you said?ā She asks.
Gary finds himself wrapped in her eyes. He starts to feel as if heās about to melt.
āIā¦ā Gary says before pausing into silence again.
āTELL ME.ā Locke says, frustrated.
Gary finds his body moving towards Locke. His arms reach towards her as he gently grabs her arms. Slowly and yet seeming as if in an instant, he pulls her towards him and hugs her. Pushing his chest into hers and his face nuzzles the back of her neck.
āI find myself thinking about youā¦all the time. At first I thought it was from regret of how I treated youā¦but then I realized that it was from feelings that I had pushed back. Feelings that I was afraid to admit I had.
I love you Locke and if I could Iād give up my life to take back everything Iāve done to you.ā
Locke, with a sad expression on her face, hugs him tightly without saying a word.
They hold each other tightly as the fire slowly burns out.
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