Ash's Predictament Chapter 7

A few hours later it is now nighttime. Ash, Iris, and Cilan are in a room in the pokemon center where trainers spend the night. The three are each in their own bed and in their pajamas.

"wow, these beds are so comfy, and bouncy too. right pikachu?" says ash

"haha, yeah they are. how nice!" says iris

"I concur" says cilan
"so did you two have fun together today?"

"well-" says ash before iris cuts him off

"definitely!" says iris happily.
"it was great, right ash?"

"hehe, yeah..." says ash
"so cilan, how was your day today?"

"uneventful. the festival was nice though" says cilan

"so ash, did you need anything? like another pillow, or maybe something to drink?" says iris

"um, no I'm fine. thanks" says ash smiling at her and she smiles back

The two lock eyes for a couple of seconds until cilan says "hmmm...so, DID anything happen between you two today?"

They both look at cilan then look at each other again and turn away quickly out of embarrassment.

"ooook then" says cilan
He yawns and scoots back in his bed then says "well, I guess we'd better get some sleep now. it's been a long day and tomorrow's your gym battle, ash."

"yeah, you're right. can't wait! I wonder how good this gym leader is. I'm psyched!" says ash

"no worries, ash. you've got this gym badge in the bag!" says iris

"Yeah, thanks iris!" says ash

Ash, cilan, and iris all pull the blankets on their beds over them and start to lay down.

"Good night ash. Good night iris." says cilan

"Good night cilan." says ash
"Good night cilan." says iris
"..good night ash. sweet dreams." she says in a sweeter voice

"good night iris." says ash

The three fall quickly to sleep as the lights go off in the room. A full good night's sleep later it is now morning. ash, laying on his left side, slowly begins to open his eyes. He yawns as he looks out the window seeing that it is morning. He closes his eyes slightly and rolls over on his right side, then sees iris lying in his bed with him, still asleep and facing towards him.

"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" he shouts out in shock.
"W-W-W-What?!"

Iris begins to wake up after hearing ash's shouting. she opens her eyes and looks up at ash.

"oh, good morning ash. did you sleep well?" she says

"Iris...why were you sleeping in my bed with me?" says ash.

"oh, sorry. hope you didn't mind. it's just..." she says twitting her fingers.
"it's just last night I was...a little lonely sleeping by myself, so I kinda snuck into your bed with you..."

"Huh?!" says ash

"and...also...to be honest, I wanted to get closer to you.." she says

Ash hops out of bed and backs up a little while saying "what? get closer?"

Iris jumps out of the bed and walks to him saying "yes. I kinda said this yesterday but...I want to be with you, for a long time."
She hugs him, and ash starts to sweat a little and his heart races.
"see, close like this." she says hugging him close. after a few seconds ash pushes away from her and backs away towards the room entrance.

"uh, oh yeah. I gotta hurry and get dressed. I've got a big gym battle to get ready for today. well I'd better get ready now. see you downstairs." ash says quickly then darts out the entrance.

"...oh, ash." Iris says looking on

A few hours later ash, iris, and cilan have made their way to the castelia city gym and ash is now able to challenge burgh the gym leader. In a tough 3-on-3 battle ash manages to get a victory with pikachu defeating burgh's leavanny thus earning him his third gym badge, the insect badge. Afterwards, ash, iris, and cilan are standing outside the gym as ash places his new badge in the badge case admiring it.

"Yes, I got the insect badge finally! Haha!" ash says excitely

"and what a great battle that was." says cilan

"ash, you were amazing! as always!" says iris

"thanks. now I'm one step closer to entering the unova league." says ash

"right, but you've still got 5 badges left to get." says cilan

"oh, right. burgh said the next nearest gym is in nimbasa city, so we should go there as soon as possible." says ash

"hehe, still full of energy, aren't you?" says cilan

"oh, ash. There's no need to rush. let's celebrate your victory." says iris
"Hey cilan, could you go and get us snacks please?"

"Huh? snacks? now?" says cilan
Iris glares at him. he steps back and says "ooooh...that's what it is. ok then, be right back guys."

Cilan runs off as iris turns to ash and smiles then walks over to him.

"Huh?" says ash

Iris grabs him by his hands and says "ash, I want to do something special for you. as a prize for your win."

"something special?" ash says gazing into her eyes.

Iris nods gazing back at him then says "Ash...I've been wanting to tell you this for a while now. I tried to earlier but you ran out so fast. you see ash, I...I...Just want to say...that I lo-"

"ASH!" says a voice in the distance interrupting iris.