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Chapter 10: Backwards

Aiden was pacing back and forth in his room. He took a quick glance at the clock on the wall.

"4:00, I still have an hour…" He thought to himself.

He tried to take his mind off the task ahead by going over what he did today. He just played with Sandshrew the entire battle class period. He figured it was okay considering the others still had to bond with their Pokemon. He laid down in the his bed and began drifting off to sleep. He almost was out when his phone rang.

"Hello?" Aiden said with a yawn.

"Its Jed, you are clear to go over to her house."

"Alright, thanks you guys."

"Don't mention it, I gotta go. Make this seem inconspicuous eh?"

"See ya."

Aiden hung up his phone and headed out the door. As he got on his bike he recalled the way back to Katie's house.

"All right, left here…right…straight…down the hill…round the bend…1456…1458…1450, there it is."

He set his bike in some bushes, took a deep breath and rang the door bell. It took a few seconds but Katie's mother answered the door.

"Hello dear, are you here to see Katie?" She asked.

"No Mrs. Miller, I would like to talk to you and your husband."

"It's just me."

"I'm sorry Ms. Miller?"

She nodded and led him inside.

"So what is it you wanted to talk to me about?" Ms. Miller asked.

"Well, I was wondering if it would be okay with you for me…"

He said with extreme nerves. He couldn't get out the last words so he tried again.

"I would like to… dateyourdaughter." He said with lightning speed.

"Pardon?" Ms. Miller asked.

Aiden took a deep sigh and asked calmly,

"I would like your permission before I dated your daughter."

"Oh hun, you didn't need to do that. You are a fine young lad and I would be plenty glad to have you dating my daughter." She said with a laugh.

Aiden gave a deep sigh of relief. It seemed that Ms. Miller was about to offer him something when his phone rang.

"Umm…sorry. One sec." He said, slightly embarrassed.

Ms. Miller just smiled and headed to the kitchen. Aiden opened his phone and said,

"Hello?"

"Hey Aiden, I am interrupting anything?" Jed said through the phone. It sounded like he was in a busy place or that the phone was on speaker…

"Hmmm…I'm going to guess that I am on speaker so I better choose my words carefully…" He thought to himself.

"No, I just got done." He answered.

"Cool, cool…so what was the answer?" Jed asked.

"A definite yes. I am clear." Aiden replied with a smirk.

"So what's your next move?"

Aiden thought about his answer for a bit before saying,

"The only move left."

"Yea, I get that but how?"

"Like this, Katie are you there?"

There was a bit of jostling on the other side of the line but a voice that he guessed was Katie's said,

"Yes Aiden?"

"Katie, would you like to go out with me?"

The pause on the other line frightened Aiden but he heard Jed say faintly,

"Out with it girl!!!"

"Yes Aiden, yes!" Katie said exuberantly, so much so that Aiden could practically feel her smiling on the other side of the line.

Aiden was smiling as well but then he was unsure of what to do next.

"Take her somewhere you idiot!"

"Umm, Katie are you still there?"

"Yes."

"Well, uhhh is there some place in particular you want to go?"

"Well, how about I'll pick you up around six and it will be a surprise?"

"Sounds good, see you then…"

"Bye."

Both sides hung up and Aiden said a quick goodbye to Ms. Miller and got on his bike to tell his parents the good news.

A/N: Yay, fluff is coming up :). Just wait until the fluff/ akwardness of their first date. I love how it got turned out all backwards like that. Sorry for the delay but I got grounded and couldn't use Jefferey (My laptop). Spam pmed me an exellent question, She asked "...little confused on how Katie managed to
suddenly appear while Jed and Aiden were on the phone...". The answer is that She was with Jed being distracted while Aiden asked Ms. Miller's permission. The phone was also on speaker so she heard everything he said.