Okay I am really really sorry that I haven't updated in awhile, I was in Cuba like you know. I did get out before Hurricane Irma hit so I'm fine. But I didn't feel like updating for a while so I am very very VERY sorry but here it is, probably the best chapter yet. Lumiose High Chapter 10 :)

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Chapter 10: Starting Point

Ash's POV

Time Skip: The Day Of The Dance

"Have I told you how much I hate suits?" I ask my friend Gary. He just laughs at my question, then points at me.

"Why are you wearing one in the first place?" He inquires. I glare at him.

"You know exactly why I'm wearing a suit," I grumble. Gary just laughs more at me.

"Yeah, I know why. You just want to impress Serena with your 'good looks'" Gary snorts. Currently, I wanna punch him in the throat just to shut him up.

"It's not like you don't want to look good for Shauna either," I retort. Gary looks at me skeptically before waving his hand in a dismissive manner.

"Yeah well at least I acknowledge the fact that maybe I should care about how girls think of the way I act and look." He says, smiling with the somewhat of a comeback of his.

"Are you saying that I don't care how I look?"

"Not necessarily. You do come to class everyday practically wearing the same style of clothes though." Gary states. I give him a questionable look, before coming to realize that he had a point. I do where the same kind of clothes everyday, sleeveless jacket, fingerless gloves, a t-shirt and my usual red cap. All in part of the routine get up I wear to class.

"Just because I wear the same style of clothing everyday doesn't mean that I don't care how I look, I just like what I'm wearing."

"I didn't say that, I simply said that I care what other people think about me."

"No you said that you care about what girls think about you. Not others."

"Same difference."

Suddenly the door to my dorm opened and Shauna stuck her head through the spacing.

"I hate to interrupt your pissing contest guys," she says with a fake look of guilt, "but Serena is going to be a bit late, so you guys might as well go and head to the dance."

"How about I go see her?" I say, after my little proclamation, Shauna's eyes widen to the size of saucers.

"No, absolutely not!" She half-yells. I look at Gary who has his eyebrows scrunched together in confusion.

"Why can't I see her Shauna? She isn't bailing out on me, is she?"

"What? No! God no. Why would you even say that?" She questions. Gary turns his head to face me, and we have a silent conversation. After an awkward 30 seconds of Gary and I staring at each other, while Shauna stands off to the side wondering what's happening.

Soon after Gary wins our little wordless discussion, I heave a sigh, straighten myself out and walk out the door after Shauna says that Serena will be ready in at least another 10 minutes. I walk out the door with Gary not far behind. Our school spends all it's funding on actual education, so the cafeteria, gym and auditorium look completely outdated. The dance is held in the gym, but it's been renovated. There are decorations everywhere, a temporary stage for the DJ, a refreshment standand some tables. If you removed the basketball nets then it wouldn't look like a gym. After a lengthy walk, we arrive at the dance. You can hear music being played before you even got there.

We push the decorated, double doors to the gym and take in the pleasantries. We got people dancing everywhere, people sitting down and people just randomly standing against the walls with their phones in their hands. We find an empty table to sit down in. The music's too loud so we couldn't have a decent conversation, even if we tried we would have to yell at the top of our lungs.

Time is passing and I'm super anxious to see Serena. Every minute feels like an hour, constantly checking my wristwatch and the time on my phone. I wanted to text the girls and ask if they were ready but Gary talked me out of it. Still not an easy discussion.

Suddenly time seemed to slow down. The doors open, and two girls emerge. Gary and I shift our view to those individuals. Watching their every movement. The girl on the left had a pink, strapless, knee-length dress with a black sash going around the waist. The girl on the right had a white, knee-length, spaghetti strap dress. They both had high heels to match the colour and designs of their attire. They stopped a few feet away from the entrance, and turned their heads left and right, seemingly looking for someone or somethings. The gym is dimmed so their faces are masked in the darkness, and their identities hidden to us. When the girl on the right finally spotted something in our vicinity, she tapped her acquaintance's shoulder and pointed towards our direction.

They started walking over to us, after they entered an area of luminescence, the appearances of the girls were shown. Those two girls are our friends, Serena and Shauna. Shauna looks beautiful of course but it is Serena who catches my eye. Her hair is curled a bit, her eyelashes are longer, red lips. She clearly made an effort to look presentable, I just didn't know she would go all out. I caught myself staring as they reached the table. Gary and Shauna got lost in their own world while Serena and I made eye contact.

"You, um, you look beautiful." I stutter. Serena just blushes and turns her head to the side a little bit to attempt to hide the redness in her cheeks, although it was unsuccessful as I can clearly see it.

"Thanks Ash. You look good to," she replies while reinstating eye contact. Then starts another session of, 'Let's start staring into each other's eyes for some reason.'

Gary clears his throat to gain our attention. We look at him with confusion, before he points at the DJ as soon as a slow song starts playing. He then takes Shauna's hand and leads her to the dance floor. Shauna shoots us a smile and then starts dancing with Gary. I look at Serena and she looks at me.

"I like this song. Can I have this dance?" I ask. Serena just rolls her eyes.

"That's so cliché," she states before I take her hand and direct her to the other groups of dancers.

When we reach the dance floor, I put my hands on her waist while she connects her hands around my neck. She had a light tinge of pink on her cheeks, I probably did too. We slowly swayed to the rhythm and looked into each other's eyes, blue on brown. My heart is beating like crazy, I wouldn't be surprised if she felt it in any way possible. She is just too good looking. After the song ended, another slow tempered song came on and we resumed dancing. Only this time, Serena laid her head on my shoulder and I wrapped my arms around her.

I looked at Gary and Shauna. They seemed to be having a good time, and when Gary looked at Serena and I, he just sent me a wink before returning the attention of the girl in his arms. I watched as Serena shifted herself so that she was looking straight at me. And I was looking straight at her. And everything seemed out of focus, all my attention was on the girl in my arms, the girl of my dreams.

Suddenly my mind started going at it's own pace and I leaned into Serena as she was doing the same. We both stopped mere centimetres from each other. I felt her soft breath on my face, it only made me fall for her even more.

"Serena..." I muttered.

"Ash..." She returned. Then we slowly pressed our lips together in perfect motion. Nothing else mattered anymore, just Serena, and Serena alone. Sadly we both separated and then something strange happened. Serena just started shedding tears, I don't know why. She removed herself from me and started running out the door. I was standing there, confused more than ever. While my friends just looked at me with heartfelt looks.

Serena's POV

I ran off letting tears fall down my face. I run straight to my dorm room. As I approach the door, I realize I don't have a key. Frustrated with myself, I fall to the floor and set my back to the door. With my head in my hands, I tried to register what just happened. I keep telling myself that you love Ash, and that kissing him was good thing. But the same question pops back in, 'Are you ready for him?'

This is what pisses me off the most, I wanted to be with Ash. I wanted to have his strong arms wrapped around me. I wanted his voice telling me that everything was okay, even though it wasn't. But this rebellious part of my body is telling me that I shouldn't extend my feelings for Ash, but rather compress them. I hated when things like this happen.

"Why did you run off like that?" A voice asks. I rub my eyes and look up to find a man in a suit look down on me. This wasn't just any man, it was my man. Ash Ketchum, the one person I wanted to spend the rest of my life with. But I might of ruined the chances of that happen.

"I don't know," I softly let out as Ash sits next to me. I instinctively let my head fall onto his shoulder. He didn't seem to falter so that's a good sign.

"If it's because of the kiss, then I'm sorry that I took advantage of you like that," he says. I shake my head.

"Ash it wasn't anything you did. I frankly enjoyed the kiss," I state. He just lets out a small laugh before laying his head on mine.

"What's wrong then?" He asks again. I really didn't want to answer the question so I just stayed silent. Ash may have gotten the wrong idea as he looks saddened.

"Okay I guess I'll leave you alone then, here's the keys." He places the keys in one of my open palms. He stands up and starts walking away. I couldn't lose him, not again. I stand up with tears welling in my eyes. Before he turns the corner, I shout;

"I love you Ash!"

This causes him to stop in his tracks. And turn around with a look of disbelief on his face. I run up to him and wrap my arms around his neck, smashing my lips against his. At first he was tense, but then he relaxed and returned the kiss while wrapping his arms around me as well. We both break off as we gasp for air, I smother myself into his shoulder. He starts to rub small circles on my back causing me to lose any negative thoughts or feelings I might've had beforehand.

"Serena?" He asks. I lean back a bit to look at him straight in the eyes.

"I love you to." He manages to speak out. Letting myself smile like crazy. I pressed my lips against his, not worrying about anything at all.

Oh wow, it takes me 10 chapters to reach this point of the story. I'm sorry for any OOC, rushed, grammatical and boring errors/things in the story, I try my best. The vacation just went south (metaphorically) I did get 5 bug bites on my right ankle and another 3 on my left thigh, don't forget the one Mosquito bite on the back of my upper right leg, ugh. The only upside is that the Cubans are friendly. I also accidentally drank a Pena Colada with rum in it and let me tell you, it tasted like you are drinking hand sanitizer. Not a good feeling in your throat. I also had a cat almost scratch me for some stupid reason and it's like :/ oh well. My vacation sucks blah blah blah okay onto the fun part, I believe I can have 4 chapters done this summer and upload them all at the beginning of September-ish. Love you guys so much, keep Amourshipping. paintball331 out!