Iris was in total shock over what happened over lunch. It was going fine at first. Though Misty said she had to go find Ash and talk to him, her and Cilan meet up as promised. It was a nice catching up with him. Cilan seemed impressed with her accomplishments, though she doubt anyone wouldn't be impressed. Iris was glad he kept a bit of his goofy side. She always thought that he was pretty funny, yet charming in a way. But now she's wondering if Misty and the others found out what happened to Ash this morning. Iris also wondered what happened to make May so upset during the incident with Drew.
"I'd better stay away from that creep," Iris thought.
Harley sat next to Ash in his next class he had with him. The teacher was busy teaching the class about Math.
"Well Ash, I think Misty's a a great and unique woman. Whats the holdup?" Harley whispered.
Ash sifted uncomfortably in his chair. "Well, it's just that... I think there's another friend that likes me."
"Ohh! How complicated. Well, if you ask me I think Misty is the best suit for you, but you probably already knew that."
"Yeah, but I really don't want to hurt ether one of them..." Ash looked down at his hands and fiddled with them.
Harley put a hand on his shoulder. "You're a nice guy Ash, but you really need to make a choice. If you really can't decide, why not leave it to chance? Like, flip a coin?"
"Yeah, I'll think I'll do that..."
After that Harley just grinned and focused on the teacher. Ash on the other hand, was still wondering how May's doing. He found the whole incident with Drew crazy. But he did wonder what happened to make May upset. After she ran out, he tried to look for her, but they had no luck. Ether way, Ash hoped she was okay now. He thought that she's dealt with enough already. Ash was already not too keen on the idea of having to attended this school. The only thing he looked forward to was seeing everyone again. But from what all that has happened, he kinda wish that he never came here at all so he wouldn't have to deal with all this. He sighed as he looked at the board.
"I wonder how Pikachu's doing..." he thought.
People continued to whisper about Drew. After the whole scene, people really hated him, and some say they were going to beat him up after school. While some comment on how much of a creep he is. May looked out the window, not even paying attention to what the teacher is saying.
"Why do I feel this way? I mean, it's not like he and I were a thing or something..." she thought. The picture of Drew and Ursula was still ingrained in her mind. It was still pretty hard for her to imagine that Drew would be like this after all the help he's given and the support he gave. She remember how he helped her when she screwed up in her contest. A smile appeared on her lips when she remembered the first rose he gave to her Beautifly. But then a frown quickly appeared again. May just wants to curl up and cry, but she couldn't make a scene. She just hates it here. It just didn't make since why she'd need to be here. She was doing just fine doing her contest with the knowledge she had. So she wondered why she was forced to be here.
After classes, people grouped around a board with a message and a some sign up sheets on it. It said, hello students! I hope all your classes are going well! We figured that to build a better community and spirit here at Poke Oak High School, we decided to have some sports that you can do! Choose wisely and practice hard! But most importantly, have fun and support each other! Also, we are having a dance sometime next month. Information and dance sign up is going to be at the business office. So go ask out that special someone soon! Wouldn't want to miss out, right?
Samuel Oak
Principal
Once Ash saw this, he wanted to try all of the sports on there. Though he'd knew he could only do one. He didn't really care much about the dance coming up.
"Hey Ash!"
Ash turned around to see whose talking to him and saw Dawn. He smiled and said."Oh hey Dawn. It's great to see you!"
"Great to see you too! So you signing up for something?"
Ash sighed and crossed his arms. "Yeah, but I'm not sure what I should sign up for."
"Well, I think you're a pretty good runner, so maybe you should do track!"
"Hey yeah! Good idea! So you signing up for something?"
"Of course! I'm signing up for cheer leading!"
"Oh yeah! I'm sure you'll be great at that!"
"Yeah I think so too! Well good luck Ash!"
"Yeah, you too!"
They gave each other a high five before going to sign up. Though before Dawn could leave, Dawn saw something that shocked her.
"Huh! Ursula?" she shouted. Ursula still has been very mean to her during contest. Ursula still tries to make her look bad and mess up her contest.
"Well, hopefully we can learn to get along..." she thought.
After he signed up, Ash figured he should get this whole mess who he should go out with over with. He got out a coin and starred at it.
"Okay! Misty heads, Serena tails!" he said to himself. Then he tossed the coin in the air, and it landed in a garbage can. He went to see if he can at least see what he got. But when he looked, he couldn't see it at with all the trash thrown in it, and the coin dropped all the way down to the bottom.
"Ugh, just my luck!" Ash shouted.
Harley then appeared behind him. "Hey Ash, what's wrong?"
"Well, I was trying to flip a coin to see who I'd go out with, and the thing landed in this trashcan here!"
Harley sighed. "Ash, do I have to do everything for you?" Harley asked. He then pulled out a coin of his own.
"Well, I'd really appreciate it if I can borrow your coin."
"Fine, but try not to lose it." Harley then handed him the coin.
Ash tossed it, going with the first plan he had. Once it hit the floor, he ran up to see what it landed on.
"Heads..." Harley said.
Ash just starred at it blankly.
"So, you do know who you choose for heads right?" Harley asked.
Ash just nodded. Then he picked up the coin and handed it back to Harley. Ash then walked off. Harley quickly picked up his phone and started texting while following Ash.
Everyone was getting on the buses to head back to the area they called home. Ash quickly meet up with Misty.
"So Misty, you wanted to talk?" Ash asked.
Misty gestured to the buses, and they both started walking. Gary followed in and right behind him was Ursula, Harley, Jessie, James, and Meowth. Misty sat down and gestured for Ash to sit beside her. Once he sat down, he looked to his feet and there was silence between them for a bit.
"So what is it?" Ash asked.
Misty blushed a bit as she stared out the window. "Well... Ash, we've been through a lot, haven't we?"
"Y-yeah..."
"I've never forgot about you, after you left. Often thought about you throughout the years..."
Ash looked at her, a bit shocked. "Really?"
The bus started to move. Misty turned to him and nodded and said, "I really admired you when I traveled with you. How much you cared for pokemon and helped them, and how brave you were..." She placed a hand on Ash's and gave him a shy smile. "I think I'm the way I am... because of you, Ash."
Ash gave her a confused look. Ash couldn't really say that she'd made that big of an impression on him. He'd thought of her from time to time, but he's thought of her as only a friend.
"Once I heard we'd be forced into this school, I only wanted to see you again Ash. And, seeing you here again... I figured I'd tell you, something that I couldn't when we were younger." She placed her other hand on his and starred into Ash's eyes, while Ash just looked at their hands with a blank look. "Ash, I... really like you." She looked away a bit, but after awhile she looked back him. "So, I was wondering, if you felt the same?"
Ash looked in her eyes, and with what she told him and that scared look in her eyes, Ash couldn't help to say anything else but, "yes. I do."
