Honestly when I read it over I think it's to straight forward, you know what I mean? If you don't then doesn't matter because you are reading chapter 4, yay :) I honestly thought I wouldn't be able to go this far, like I would've assumed I would lose interest and/or attention towards this but here I am. Why are you still reading this, go to the actual story.
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Chapter 4: Hidden Shock
Serena's POV
"You guys will never believe what happened in first period," I hear Ash say, I look up and he has a dead serious face on. Gary just shakes his head.
What happened Ash?" Clemont asks. Although the cafeteria is pretty loud, our table was pretty silent, just waiting for an answer from Ash.
"First period, Miette comes up to-" he is interrupted by Shauna's groan at the sound of Miette's name. I elbow her and I nod to Ash to continue.
"As I was saying. Miette came up to me and she started talking about the dance and everything," he points to Gary, "Gary gets so mad and he starts bad mouthing her"
I turn to Gary with a smile of amusement, "What did you say to her?" I ask. Gary smiles and starts to explain the things he said. After that, Ash continues the story.
"Then at the end of class, Miette walks up to me and she starts talking about the dance again," I look at him with confusion, where was he going at with this?
"Ok that's typical Miette. But what's your point?" I ask, hopefully receiving a good answer.
"Miette fricking kissed me, that's my point," he says while folding his arms and leaning back on the chair.
Shauna, Clemont and I shriek another "WHAT?" Ash just looks down in embarrassment. Miette kissed Ash? What does this mean? Did he enjoy the kiss?
These thoughts run through my head like bullets. More questions than answers. Screw this, it's stupid to even think about it. I am over Ash, there is no need to fret about this... right?
Clemont is the first to speak up, "Wait just to clarify, she kissed you, you didn't kiss her?" I can see Ash look a bit offended by this, but he discretely shakes it off and points at Gary again.
"He was there the whole time, he saw it all," We look at Gary who simply nods in agreement. There was no doubt about it, Miette kissed Ash. So why did I feel so weird about it?
My thoughts are interrupted by a voice a couple meters away. I shift my body so I can look at who spoke out, it was... Calem... and he was looking directly at me.
"Hey Serena, can I talk to you in private?" I look back at my friends and they just nod at me to go ahead. I nod back, get up, and walk towards where Calem is sitting. He has this smile on his face but I can see nervousness in his eyes.
"Hey... how do you know my name?" I ask. I take notice on how his face turned a bit red at my question. What's he up to?
"Yea sorry it's just I heard your friends say your name when they spoke to you, so I figured it was your name," I nod at his statement, makes sense.
He starts talking again, "So I was wondering, with the dance coming up and everything, well... will you go to the dance with me?" I just stare at him with shock and surprise. The champion is asking me out to the dance... wow.
I look back at Ash, he seems happy. Laughing along with Clemont about something. I make my decision, although I was not entirely sure about it.
"Yea I'll go to the dance with you," I say, Calem has a smile on his face instantly.
"Perfect! I'll buy the tickets then, see you later," he says, then walking off to his friends. I begin to think this was a mistake, but I push those thoughts to the back of my head and walk back to our table.
"What were you two talking about?" Shauna asks as I sat down back at our table. I glance at Ash who was talking to Gary, barely paying attention. I lean closer to Shauna for a whisper.
"I'll tell you later during 3rd period," I whisper. Shauna glances at the guys who aren't paying much attention at all. She looks back at me and nods in agreement.
Then we all get back to simple lunch room chatter.
"So were you going to tell me something?" Shauna says during 3rd period. I look at her in confusion, but then I remember that I promised to tell her about Calem.
I look around to make sure no one is looking. I whisper to Shauna, "After I went over to talk to Calem, he may have… um asked me to the dance."
Shauna looks at me in disbelief, but I do see disappointment in her expressions. "You are actually going with Calem? I would've thought you would go with Ash."
I may have blushed at the statement, not because of going to the dance with Calem, but at the thought of going to the dance with Ash."
"If Ash wanted to go to the dance with me then he would've asked already," I say, expressing my point.
"I can imagine you going with Ash, just not with Calem," she points out. I give another blush at that.
"Come on, you know it's true," Shauna insists, my whole face turns red now. I give her a pleading look to stop but of course she doesn't.
"You and Ash would look so good together, come on just think about it, you guys have known each other for years" she smirked while saying.
I clamp my hand over her mouth and tell her to "Shut up", she rolls her eyes, grabs my hand and takes it off her mouth, "Just saying."
I huff another "shut up", she just rolls her eyes again and says "Pass me the sugar I need to fill the toppings."
About another 10 minutes pass till she brings up the topic again, "What happens if Ash does ask you out to the dance?"
This dawns on me, her words play on in my head, "What happens if Ash does ask you out to the dance?" What does happen? It would be rude to Calem if I went with Ash instead of him. But it would bother Ash if I did not go with him. What the heck do I do? If I go with Calem, Ash will resent me. If I go with Ash, Calem won't like it. Come on Serena think about it, you are smart so come up with an answer.
Shauna breaks my train of thought by saying, "You should go with Ash."
I shake my head, "No Calem asked first, like I said, if Ash did want to go then he would've asked."
Shauna merely sighs in return, "You are going to break his heart, it's obvious he has feelings for you." I stop icing the cupcakes we were making and look at her straight in the eyes.
"You're joking right?"
"Nope, it's been pretty distinct. He keeps staring at you when you're not looking. He's probably trying to find the courage to ask you out to the dance."
"He can go with you because I am taken."
Shauna shakes her head 'No', "I am going with Gary, Clemont is going with this girl named Korrina."
"So it's only Ash who doesn't have a date then?"
"I am afraid so."
I feel kind of bad since we're all going to the dance with people and Ash is the only one left out. I was starting to half-consider going with him instead of Calem, but then it would be impolite to Calem. I remember how Shauna said, "You are going to break his heart, it's obvious he has feelings for you." Does Ash really have feeling for me? Even after I told him I was over him?
"Can we not talk about this anymore? It's making my head hurt" I say while rubbing my head.
Shauna just lets out another sigh before returning to her work.
Ash's POV
"Hey Clemont? I have a question," I state. Clemont looks up from his book. Who reads while waiting in line for dinner?
"Shoot" he says as we slowly move up the line.
"Should I ask Serena to the dance?"
Clemont stops moving abruptly, making the kid behind him yell out, "Hey watch it!" Clemont pays no attention to the guy but looks at me like I'm stupid.
"Serena is already going to the dance with someone. Weren't you paying attention when she told all of us last period?" He asks.
I got confused really easily. Who is she going with? Clemont seems to read my mind, "She's going with Calem," Clemont says.
He crosses his arms with his book still in his hands, "What did I just say?"
I shake my head at this, "Dude this is the second day of school, it's a bit early don't you think?"
"That's what Shauna said but when you were apparently not listening, we agreed that we should get dates before it's too late"
"Are you serious? Couldn't you have just waited a couple days? The dance is in 2 weeks it's not like it'll be the end of the world if you wait like a few days."
"And risk having our dates go with someone else? You are a perfect example, you wanted to go with Serena but Calem asked her first."
"Could you not bring Serena into this please?"
"Why? It's not like you have feelings for her, right?"
"..."
"Right?"
"..."
Clemont looks at me in shock, but remembers the talk in our room, "Right nevermind I already know the answer to that," he kind of yells
I look around cautiously making sure no one was listening, "Will you shut up?"
"All right, all right, relax man," he says," I won't tell anyone, remember?" He makes a zipping motion across his lips, signalling he will stay quiet.
I can also hear someone behind us yell; "Will you move up the line already?"
I get irritated really quickly, "Will you also shut up before I punch the living daylight out of you?" I ask.
I turn around and my heart stops beating for a second, the guy I was talking to was, none other than Calem himself. He has this infuriating look in his eyes. Some guy turns to me and says, "I'll see you at your funeral," he pats me on the shoulder before walking off.
I notice the entire cafeteria gets quiet. All eyes on Calem and I. My entire world seems to slow down, every step Calem takes towards me is becoming even more tense by the second. But before Calem can raise his clenched fist to punch me, I hear a girl's voice yell:
"Calem, what the hell do you think you're doing?"
Who was that girl? I don't even know and I'm the writer ._. But anyways I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Sorry if this is short, still working on it. I would like to thank RedAce16, Guest, Amourshippingfan, (Another)Guest and St Elmo's Fire for the reviews. (sorry if I did not mention you) anyways chapter 5 should be up Thursday, paintball331 out :)