"Alright," Angie said. The berries were all coated in honey and the pasta was all done. She put the berries on to a large plate and the pasta into a large bowl. "There we go."

"Looks good Angie." Angie looked up. It was her father.

"Oh, hi dad." She gave her father a hug, as he sat down at the table along with her mother. "Yeah, it's all ready now, let me just go get Ash." She made her way down the hallway towards Ash's room. Outside the door, she began to get nervous. "What if he doesn't feel the same way?" She thought. "What if it makes things uncomfortable?" She grabbed the doorknob with her shaky hand and took a deep breath. "Here goes nothing." She turned the doorknob and opened the door. To her surprise, the lights were off. She looked towards the bed, and there she saw Ash sleeping happily. She tip-toed over to the bed and sat down beside him. "I forgot how cute he looks when he's sleeping," she thought. She sat there for what seemed like forever just admiring him, his messy black hair, that cute face of his, and the sound of him breathing while he slept. She could just sit there for hours and hours on end. Unfortunately, she remembered the reason she came in to his room in the first place. "Oh well."

Angie leaned her head in close to Ash. She had to resist the urge to kiss his cheek, she was here to do something else. "Hey sleepyhead, dinner's ready," Angie whispered into Ash's ear. She had thought about saying it louder, but she decided not to.

Ash rolled over and opened his eyes. Angie was right beside him and was leaning over him. "Ahh!" Ash jumped before realizing it was Angie.

"That's a nice way to say hello." Angie looked the other way. Ash looked a little dazed, but managed to regain his focus.

"Sorry about that. You startled me!" Ash started to think maybe the moment had passed. "Hey Angie, did you say the food is ready? Let's go!" Ash grabbed Angie's hand and tried to walk to the door.

Angie blushed when Ash grabbed her and she pulled Ash back. "Wait," she said and Ash took a seat on the bed beside her. She took a deep breath, let go of Ash's hand and reached into her pocket. Ash couldn't understand what she was doing. She pulled out a piece of paper. "I have something I want to…"

"Angie, Ash, hurry up!"

Angie looked up to the ceiling. "Why mom?" She thought to herself. "Why?" Just as quickly as she had pulled out the piece of paper, she slid it back into her pocket. She took another deep breath and cleared her head. For some reason though, she didn't feel upset or angry. Instead she felt proud, proud that she had actually gathered the courage to tell him. She grabbed Ash's hand and started to blush again. "We should get to dinner," she told him.

"Wait, what were you going to say?" Ash wondered.

Angie smiled as she looked in Ash's eyes. With this new confidence in herself, Angie felt no worry. She knew she'd have another chance and that she wouldn't chicken out. "You'll see," she told him. "Now we really should get to dinner." She pulled Ash up off the bed and led him out to the table. She felt nervous; she hoped her parents wouldn't embarrass her in front of Ash.

When they got to the table, Angie saw that her parents had already finished eating and were leaving the table. Although she felt bad that they were late, she also felt relieved; she didn't have to worry about her parents and she could have a quiet normal dinner alone with Ash.

"Sorry we're late," Ash apologized, but he couldn't help but feel relieved of the pressure of a family dinner.

"It's quite alright," Angie's mother said as she and Angie's father walked towards them. "You two just get some food; we should probably get back to Oddish, he hasn't been able to sleep all day, and he's getting really cranky."

"Alright, Mom and Dad. We'll see you later." Angie smiled. "Thank you Mom," she thought. Her Mom winked at her, as if she had heard Angie's thought, which made her blush. She had completely forgotten about her mother interrupting her and Ash just a few minutes earlier.

Ash and Angie both sat down at the table beside each other. Shinx, Pikachu and Espeon had already eaten and were playing outside, so it was just them eating. "So how are the berries and pasta?" She asked Ash.

"They're amazing, did you really make them?" Angie blushed at the compliment.

"Yeah I did, it's an old family recipe." Angie was glad that Ash liked her food.

"It's delicious." Ash had already finished his entire plate and was grabbing himself seconds. Angie was only halfway done her plate.

Angie looked around to make sure her parents weren't around and turned back to Ash. "So Ash," she began. "As I said before, I have something I want to tell you." Alone with Ash, she thought this might be her last chance to tell him.

Ash looked up and stopped eating. "Okay, I'm listening." Angie had his full attention, he was very curious as to what Angie had written on that piece of paper she had pulled out before. He noticed she had pulled it out again and placed it in front of her, as if she were to recite something written on it.

Angie took a deep breath as she had done before and began to speak. "Ash, I've wanted to…"

"PIKA!" Ash and Angie turned and looked out the window. Two giant mechanical arms had grabbed Pikachu and Shinx.

"Pikachu!" Ash yelled.

"Shinx!" Angie yelled.

They ran outside and saw a couple of familiar faces in a familiar balloon. "Not these guys again," Angie thought. She slid the paper back into her pocket.

"Team Rocket!" Ash yelled at them. He was frustrated that he and Angie couldn't get a single moment together alone.

"Ahahahaha, prepare for trouble, look who we have here." Jessie began their motto.

"A twerp and his twerpette, make it double the fear." James continued.

"To protect our…"

"Agh, why don't you just leave us alone?" Angie was upset at being interrupted with Ash for the second attempt in a row.

"How dare you interrupt our motto!" Jessie said. "Come on out, Seviper." She threw her poké ball and a white energy shot out and materialized into the Fang Snake Pokémon.

"Time to shine, Carnivine!" James threw a poké ball and it opened, revealing his Carnivine, who promptly flew over and bit James' head. "Don't get me, get them!" Carnivine turned its attention back to Ash and Angie. "Carnivine, Bullet Seed!" Carnivine opened its mouth and seeds shot of its mouth.

"Seviper, Poison Tail!" Seviper's tail glowed purple and charged towards Ash and Angie.

Ash grabbed a poké ball, but Angie put her hand on his shoulder to stop him. "I've got this one." She smiled at him and he put his poké ball back on his belt. "Espeon, Protect." Espeon jumped in between Ash and Angie. A green sphere surrounded the three of them, blocking the Bullet Seed and Poison Tail. "Now Espeon, use Psychic!" Espeon's eyes glowed a light blue; Carnivine and Seviper were surrounded by a blue aura and they were slammed to the ground and fainted.

"Great moves," Ash said. He was very impressed with Angie's battling.

"Thanks Ash." Angie blushed. "Don't worry, I'll get Pikachu free." She turned her attention towards Team Rocket and their balloon.

"Ahhh!" James, Jessie and Meowth said, looking at their fainted pokemon.

"Espeon, now use Psychic on the hands holding Pikachu and Shinx." Espeon's eyes glowed blue again as the hands holding Pikachu and Shinx shattered and the two pokémon fell. "Shinx! Return." Angie recalled Shinx to its poké ball.

"Pikachu, how about a Thunderbolt?" Ash asked his pokémon.

"Pi-ka-chuuu!" A bolt of electricity shot from Pikachu and hit the balloon, shocking it. The balloon exploded, sending Team Rocket flying through the air.

"We're blasting off again…" Team Rocket yelled as they drifted out of sight.

Pikachu landed safely on the ground and ran up to Ash. "Pikachu!" Ash gave Pikachu a hug and put him on his shoulder.

Ash walked towards Angie and looked into her dark gold eyes. "Thank you for saving Pikachu, you were amazing." Angie started to blush. "I know you would make a great trainer some day." He gave her a hug. She leaned into this hug and smiled. Ash pulled out and looked at her again. "So what were you going to say earlier?"

"Hey! Are you two okay? What happened?" Ash and Angie turned towards the field and saw Angie's mother. "She must've heard the noise," Ash thought.

Angie got an idea on how to tell Ash how she felt without getting interrupted. "I'll tell you later," she whispered to him. Ash had surprised her by showing up here. Now it was her turn to surprise him.

"It's getting late you two, you should come inside and get some sleep," Angie's mother suggested.

"Yeah, let's go inside," Angie told Ash. She led him inside and to his room. "Well, I guess this is goodnight." She gave him a hug. "See you soon," she whispered just loud enough for him to hear.

"Goodnight Angie," Ash said. He walked into his room and sat down on his bed. "What did she mean 'See you soon'?" Ash thought. "I wonder what she was going to say all those times." "I have to tell her how I feel…" Ash fell asleep smiling to these thoughts.