A Big Crush Ch.1
In a forest in the Shinou region, twelve-year old Dawn sits in front of a warm fire. It was nighttime, Dawn checked her watch it what time it was.
"12:45 am… man I really can't sleep tonight can I? I must really be out of it."
She looked over to friends who were sound asleep in their sleeping bags; Brock was out like a light with his face away from the fire, and Ash was on his back with his Pikachu by his side. Dawn looked fondly at the Pokémon Trainer; he was great trainer with an impressive history of battles under his belt.
Dawn looked at the luminous stars in the sky and began to think. Normally she sleeps great at night but for some reason not tonight, she has been traveling for awhile with her friends now, a two years to be exact; which was when she meet Ash and Brock, since then the blue hair girl has been in many contests and learned many things about Pokémon. Brock as a breeder educated her on how to feed her Pokémon, but most of what she learn as a Pokémon coordinator… came from Ash. He informed her about everything, from catching Pokémon to Pokémon attacks.
Dawn looked back at the sleeping Ash and smiled
"He has been very helpful in teaching me the ropes."
He has been a great teacher on Pokémon to her, not only that he was very kind, gentle and thoughtful about others, not to mention he was very handsome with his black hair and brown loving eyes. Dawn quickly shook her head from those thoughts and looked at the fire in front of her.
"Stop that Dawn, don't think that why, Ash is cute but you shouldn't think that… WAIT A MINTUE; DID I JUST SAY HE WAS CUTE?!"
Dawn blushed at herself, why was she thinking about Ash? She looked at the sleeping boy, he was still asleep. As he breathed in and out silently, Dawn just watch him fondly again and blushed a deep crimson red and realized something very surprising to her and turn away again.
"Wait… could I be…could I be falling for Ash? No way; Ash is just a friend and that's it, but then again why do I get this feeling in my heart every time I looked at him?"
Dawn's face was now burning up because of what she was thinking. She then stood up sighed.
"Maybe I should go for a walk to clear my mind. There was a river near here I'll just go there for awhile then come back, they'll be a sleep so one will notice." Dawn thought.
The blue hair coordinator then put on her white Pokémon hat, her sleeveless white shirt and black blouse that had a pink mini skirt with it and pink go-go boots; lastly she put on her warm pink scarf to fight against the cold of the night and began to walk to the river. As she did, a voice softly called out to her.
"Dawn?" the voice went.
Dawn froze, she slowly turned around see who called her, and sure enough there was Ash awake rubbing the sleep from his eyes.
"Dawn what are you doing up?" Ash said with a sleepy voice
Dawn could feel her cheeks begin to warm up, but was barely able to hind it and respond to Ash so that nothing was wrong
"Nothing, I just couldn't sleep tonight so I'm going for a walk toward the river" She responded quietly so not to wake everyone while looking at Ash
"Oh I see, is everything ok?" Ash asked now fully awake
"Yeah I'm ok; I just need to clear my head that's all." Dawn spoke
"Want some company?" He offered to the young girl
Dawn's blush was becoming harder to hind, she want to say no and be alone, but for some reason her mouth moved on its own and said "Yes that would be nice if you don't mind Ash."
Ash then got up and began putting his shoes on, Dawn was shocked at herself now as she turned away her from Ash to hind her face which was as red as beet, she didn't know what came over her to say yes.
"What's wrong with me?! Why did I say yes to him?!" she thought to herself trying to come up with an answer.
As Dawn was thinking, she didn't notice that Ash was right next to her wondering what's wrong her.
"Dawn are you really ok? Your face is all red right now." He asked in a worried tone
She jumped away from him after realizing he was so close to her.
"Yeah I'm fine, lets just get to the river now" she said quickly as the embarrass girl ran into the forest in order to hind her blush from Ash as he ran after her the same way she went.
In the Forest
After Dawn felt her blush go away, she stopped to let Ash catch up to her in the forest. Ash caught up to her finally and looked at her puzzled.
"Hey what was that all about Dawn running like that?" Ash asked wanting to know the answer to her behavior
"I can't tell him that I was blushing, he'll think something is wrong with me" She was thinking "Nothing, I thought I just have some fun running to river leaving you in the dust" she spoke smiling at him trying to convince him of her lie.
"Hmmm… cruel Dawn. Next time don't do that, you could get lost in the forest, and it's dangerous to be alone at night. You could get really hurt and I wouldn't be able to help you." The Young Trainer said.
Dawn eyed her friend and rose a brow "Why is so worried about me?" She wondered looking at Ash's serious eyes. She then felt bad for running like that, what Ash said was very true; she could have been hurt with no one to help her. She looked down at the ground and said "I'm sorry, I didn't think of it that way."
Ash feeling bad about making her sad and put his hands on both of her shoulders "No it's ok, I'm just worry that something bad could have happened to you, that's why I came with you"
Dawn looked into Ash's eyes when he put his hands on her to cheer her up; she then blushed at how soft his hands were on her bare skin. "Thank you for caring Ash, that's very sweet of you." She told him, she then lightly hug him to show her appreciation. Ash was caught off guard a little but returned the hug. "Your welcome, just don't do that again, ok?" he asked as he let go, she nodded that she wouldn't do so again. "Come on, let's get to the river." Ash said smiling as he and Hikari started walking to the river.
Little did Ash know Dawn was still lightly blushing, as they walk to the river, she was thinking about something very important.
"He's so very caring and kind, and I'm still blush at how close we were a moment ago. I guess I can't deny it anymore, I think I'm really in like with Ash… At least I think I am."