Hello guys! I should've gotten this out before, but I was feeling lazy… Thanks for reading! Oh, wait! Also, I didn't really like the last chapter. I feel I could have done better with it, but oh well I guess.
Pokemon: Dating Confusion
Chapter Four: Oh Snap
The girls, whilst preparing for sleep, were chatting to each other. Dawn, combing a hand through her hair, looked at May, a playful smirk on the former's lips.
"You know, the boys got off pretty easy tonight. I have a plan to make things more difficult for them." She said mischievously, flicking a stray blue strand of her hair over her shoulder.
May tilted her head, biting her lip as she thought.
"What kind of plan?" She asked, a bit wary of the younger girl's idea.
The smirk on Dawn's face quickly transformed into a grin, and a rather large one at that.
"We set them each up on a mystery date! Think about it, guys like them would get really uncomfortable on a date!" She explained to the coordinator, leaning forward on her sleeping bag, getting closer to May so they could more easily talk.
May still looked unsure as she untied her bandanna from her head, releasing her short brown locks from under it.
"Maybe it would work. But how would we go about this?" The brunet questioned.
"Er, we would… I guess I didn't think that part through…"
May sighs as she hears the response. She can't honestly say she wasn't expecting it though.
"Maybe we should trick them into signing a contract, that says they have to do it or," She pauses as she thinks, "we get to take their Pokemon for a day?" She suggests.
Iris, who had been helping Misty with the DVD player, where the girls had planned to watch a movie, came bounding over to the two coordinators.
"I like the idea, but we need to think of a better way to do this. For example, we should have the consequences be they have to give up something, permanently. We could take Ash's, Paul's, and Trip's badges, and Drew's ribbons." She concludes.
Dawn jumped, surprised in two ways. One, how the girl could run that fast. Two, how she seemingly knew so much about people she had never even met before today. But this was quickly forgotten about as she realized the boys would have to do whatever the contract asked. She knew the boys would never willingly give up their badges or ribbons.
Misty sighed, oblivious to their conversation as she pressed another button on the DVD player. For some reason, it wouldn't load the movie. No matter how many times she pressed 'PLAY', it wouldn't accept it. An error message would appear, rendering all of Misty's attempts useless. On a lucky occasion, it turned to the loading screen, almost as if it would play. But no, this was only a cruel trick for poor Misty. It was loading, indeed. But it was loading the VCR player, where a very old movie was currently in.
Unfortunately for our young gym leader, she did not know this. Misty, breaking into a smile of relief, turned around to face the other girls. She had been too busy with the DVD player to be paying attention to their conversation, and vice versa, because when she was paying attention, she listened to their very interesting chatter.
"But how do we get them to sign it?" May asked both Dawn and Iris.
Iris spoke first, looking confident in her answer.
"We go out to eat and sit at separate tables. Then we make them 'sign the bill'." She said, indicating the bill would actually be the contract.
"But what if they don't sign it? I can't imagine they would actually pay for our food…" May said, her stomach grumbling a bit as she thought of food.
"Then we'll tell Mrs. Ketchum about our plan. Don't you think she would want her only son to have a date? I'm sure she notices he never notices girls." Dawn said, nodding to the other two.
"Can't we just ask Misty for help?" May said, starting to run out of things to protest against.
"NO!" Dawn and Iris said simultaneously, shaking their heads with venom. They both looked at each other, not noticing the fact that Misty had finished with the DVD player a few minutes ago.
Misty narrowed her eyes, wondering why they couldn't tell her.
"Seems strange to me…" She murmured under her breath in a low tone.
"Why not?" May whined.
"Because. The boys need someone to go on a date with." Iris answered, clearly indicating she wouldn't be participating in this part of the scheme.
"Wait, you aren't helping with that part?" Dawn asked, pouting as she jutted her bottom lip out.
Iris winced, unconsciously backing away. Cute stares like that made you feel guilty, and Iris didn't settle well with guilt. She sighed, rubbing a hand through her dark purple hair.
"What? I don't want to end up on a date with one of those little kids." She said, wrinkling her nose.
May nodded, agreeing.
"I definitely don't want to date any of them." She said, grimacing as she thought about how badly that could end up.
"I can't do this alone!" Dawn said, trying to convince them to help out. She suddenly face palmed.
"I have to meet Tracey tomorrow…"
May and Iris exchanged a sly look, a devious smile suddenly appearing on their faces.
"Really? What are you meeting him for?" May asked, maintaining an innocent air.
"So he can do a sketch of my Piplup." Dawn replied, unaware of the girls' motivation behind that question.
"That's it?" May asked, looking disappointed.
"Yeah, that's- wait, what do you mean by, "that's it"?" Dawn asks, her expression turning from neutral to suspicious in a matter of seconds.
"Uh, nothing." Iris said, whistling as she turned the other direction, refusing to meet Dawn's eyes.
Dawn put her hands on her hips, shooting them each a powerful glare. She tossed her head, causing her hair to shift.
Misty had been listening, and her narrowed eyes quickly turned to a laugh under her breath. She could just imagine. Dawn and Tracey. As a couple. The idea was hilarious to her, and hearing it made her want to actually see it put into action.
"Girls, I like your idea. I'm in." She said, getting their attention.
Iris's mouth dropped, looking surprised at how easily she had agreed. It closed once she realized the older girl spoke in earnest. Misty wasn't finished talking though.
"On one condition. Everyone here has to participate."
At Misty's sentence, the other three girls looked at each other, as if considering the idea.
"I guess."
"Sure."
"…But I have to meet Tracey at Professor Oak's lab tomorrow." Dawn points out.
Misty sighs, then beams at her, grinning from ear to ear. She doesn't say a word to Dawn, only gathering up the other girls and walking away to another corner of the room, where Misty told them her idea in whispers, leaving behind a very confused and curious Dawn. She wasn't confused for long, though, as they came back in only a minute or two, grinning like the Cheshire cat.
"Well Dawn, I said I would only do it if everyone joined in the fun of dating one of the boys. So, if you made this a date with Tracey…" Misty trails off, leaving the rest for Dawn to figure out.
The blush on the blue-haired girl's face is huge, and a bright, tomato red blush too. Dawn clenched her fists, looking up at them.
"It's not a date! And why would I go out on a date with him?!" She asks angrily.
"Because, we girls will go out with someone too." Misty said soothingly, knowing that she would be able to win this argument.
"But, but he doesn't even think it's a date!" Dawn said, her blush only increasing as she tried to prevent it from doing so.
"Do men ever think it's date?" Iris muttered sarcastically under her breath to May, who nodded solemnly in agreement.
"Exactly. Men never think of it as a date. Even if it is one. So what's the difference? It only matters that you think it's adate." Misty concluded.
"But…" Dawn ran out of things to complain about, so she shut her mouth, though she looked very unhappy about this arrangement. She opened it again soon after, and glanced up at Misty.
"Okay." She said, barely above a whisper.
The other three girls beamed, high-fiving each other.
"Yes! Now, to see who everyone else has to date." Misty hopped up, rushing into a trunk in the corner, which she had seen earlier. As she guessed, there were a few stray pieces of paper in there. She took out a pen from her pocket, and wrote something down.
"Choose one. Whichever one you choose is the person you date." She said as she crumpled up the sheets of paper and tossed them on the floor.
May looked worried, wondering who she would end up with. She gingerly reached for the one closest to her, grasping it with one hand. She brought it up to herself, and carefully opened it up, careful not to rip it. She read the name, then looked disgusted.
"I got Trip…" The fact she had to date the younger boy was making her feel a bit nauseous.
"Oh…" The girls all said sympathetically, shaking their heads.
Iris looked sorry for May, so she tried to be extra cautious in choosing her own. She took the one that was closest to the middle of the room, hoping it wasn't bad. She opened it, and wasn't sure how to react.
"I got Drew."
No one said anything. There was a strange silence before May started laughing.
"Good luck! That's going to be an interesting date." She chuckled to herself, shaking her head.
As she realized she was the only one laughing, she looked up, wondering why no one else was. She realized they were too busy looking at Misty, who seemed to have just picked up her own and was looking at it with horror.
"What's wrong? Who did you get Misty?" May asked, crawling over the mounds of pillows and blankets to reach the group. As she peeked over her shoulder she realized why they were so quiet.
"You got Brock?!" May exclaimed, looking shocked. Forget having to date Trip; dating Brock was the most horrible thing that could befall a girl.
"I'm so sorry Misty."
Misty shook her head, a look of resolution on her face.
"It's bad, but I can live with it." She said bravely, though looking as if she would rather face a group of Beedrill than date Brock. She sighs, climbing into her sleeping bag as the movie finally got past the commercials. As she closed her eyes, waiting for sleep, she thought about all the adorable Water Pokemon, back at the gym. They were probably snug and warm, relaxed, without a care in the-
"Misty, this is the VCR playing…"
"Gah!"
The next morning was peaceful, and very bright. The sun rose, showing off its brilliant beams. Sadly, it happened to do this at six in the morning, and woke everyone in the basement up.
"Why did the sun have to rise this early again?" Misty grumbled as she helped the other girls clean the room.
May was glad Max wasn't there; he would have come up with a scientific explanation for it. She shrugged, stifling a yawn.
"Let's just hurry. Then we can get this over with." Dawn said, feeling grouchier than usual.
"Hey, wait a minute. These dates, they're going to be our first date, aren't they?" May said suddenly.
Everyone looked at each other, a look of complete annoyance on their faces.
"My first date is Brock!"
"I have to date a guy with green hair."
"I'm dating someone younger than me."
"I'm going out on a date that you guys forced me to that is only real from one side!" Dawn said in a rush, stomping out of the room in a huff.
The other girls simultaneously glared at each other, mumbling things under their breath as they followed the cross-looking girl. As they entered the kitchen, they soon forgot about their misfortunes as they smelled a delicious aroma wafting from one end of the room.
As they breathed in the delightful smell, Mrs. Ketchum turned around from the stove, where she was cooking pan cakes.
"I didn't know you girls were up already! I just got up so I could get some breakfast before Ash ate all the pancake mix." The woman explained.
They nodded, dreamily thinking about the food.
"I can make you girls some right away!" Mrs. Ketchum said, bustling around the stove in a cooking frenzy, pouring batter into another pan in a hurry.
"Oh, it's really okay Mrs. Ketchum. You go ahead and eat, we can wait." Misty said, noticing a plate already set at the table.
"No no no! I'm fine, you girls sit down and relax." The older woman said firmly.
They sat down, not wanting to disobey. As they watched her cook, their thoughts drifted off to their dates that day.
What should I wear?
Dawn wondered.
How am I going to get Trip to go out with me?
May thought.
I really wish I didn't have to date Green-Hair…
Iris sighed.
I have to date Brock. I. Have. To. Date. Brock. I HAVE TO DATE BROCK!
Sorry this one is shorter than the others. My muse dropped. Like a rock. Anyway, keep reviewing and I'll keep writing! I am happy that people are enjoying this!