[AN: I feel really bad about making you guys wait this long, but it took me a while to write this, and I was busy with schoolwork and yeah. I am gonna be updating more frequently, like back to what I was doing before. So anyway, enjoy!]
(Jo's POV)
It's finally here. Everyone's nervous. All the girls are getting ready. I'm in a long green dress, and my hair is slightly curled at the ends, just at my shoulders. I'm wearing black, short heels. Misty is wearing Ash's necklace he gave her, and has her hair down. She is in a light blue dress and sandals with white straps. Dawn is fixing her hair, wearing a strapless pink gown that's slightly shorter than mine. Finally, Natsumi is sporting a white dress that goes to her mid-shin, and is wearing white heels.
"Is everyone ready?" Natsumi asks us.
We all open the door and walk out to the lobby. The boys are waiting outside, and we open the door to see our dates. The boys are all wearing tuxedos, and Drew is holding a rose for May. Nick is looking at his feet right before we come out, and he is brushing his hair out of his eyes. Ash is rocking on his feet, hands in his pockets, with Pikachu, in a suit and bowtie, standing at his site. Paul's hands are clasped behind his back, tapping his foot. As we step out, the boys lok up at us and more specifically, their respective dates. I stare into Nick's hazel eyes for a few seconds, then we start to walk to the dance. When we walk in, we see Madison at the DJ booth, playing some fast paced dancing songs. She sees us and walks over to us.
"Hey guys. You all look nice."
"Thanks," Peter says.
"Oh, gotta change the song. BRB," Madison says making her way back to the DJ booth.
"For you, May," Drew says, bowing as he offers her his rose.
"Thank you," May says, blushing, gently holding the rose.
"Anytime," He says smiling after kissing her cheek.
"Now," Drew says taking May's hand. "Let's dance."
The other two couples go off on their own, and Natsumi and Peter go and get something to eat. I wonder if Natsumi will find her cheese.
"Would you like anything?" Nick asks me.
"I'm okay."
"Not even to dance?" Nick asks me.
I smile back and say, "Okay."
We walk out to the dancefloor and start dancing to a fast paced song. I wonder when the slow song will play.
(Drew's POV)
"I have to say June, for someone as clumsy as you, you can dance pretty well," I tease May.
She gives me a glare and retorts, "For someone as arrogant as you, you can manage to get a pretty good date to the dance."
"Who's the arrogant one now?" I smirk.
(Dawn's POV)
"Come on Paulie," I say pulling his arm.
"I'm eating," He says, eating a cupcake.
"Well once you're done."
Paul swallows, finishing his cupcake, then says, "I don't dance."
"Will you dance for me?" I say batting my eyes, giving him my pouty face.
"You have icing on your face." I say smiling.
Paul starts to bring his hand up to wipe off the icing, but I place my hand on his arm and place it back on my leg.
"I'll get it," I smile.
Much to his surprise, I lean in and kiss him, and lick the icing off his lips. After a few seconds, we pull away.
"So," I say. "Time to dance."
Paul cracks a small grin and responds, "Time to dance."
(Misty's POV)
Just like I predicted, Ash is at the food bar, but he is eating noticeably less, and neater. He comes back to our table holding a plate and a glass of water.
"Here ya go, Misty," Ash says, handing me the glass.
"Thank you," I say, then taking a sip of water.
I set my glass down on the white tablecloth.
"I'm gonna give Madison a song request. Be right back," Ash says placing his napkin on the tablecloth as he stands up.
"Alright."
I stroke Pikachu's head until Ash returns with a grin on his face.
"What?" I laugh.
"Nothin'," Ash responds, still standing.
The song ends, and my favorite song plays.
"Wanna dance," He asks, holding out his hand while the grin is still prominent on his face.
"Let's go,: I say smiling, accepting Ash's outstretched hand.
Ash gives me a quick kiss on the cheek.
"Pikachu, look after the food," Ash says to his companion.
Pikachu waves his hand at us, shooing us away to the dancefloor, not looking away from his ketchup covered paw which he was licking.
Don't trust Pikachu with ketchup.
(Natsumi's POV)
I knew they would have cheese. This is good cheese. I wonder where they get it?
"Hm, this cheese is good..." I mumble to myself, my mouth full of cheese.
"Hey, Glaceon Girl," Martin says, smirking as he walks up to me.
"Martin," I sigh. "Don't make me punch you again."
Martin takes a step back and holds his hands up defensively and says, "Hey, one time was more than enough."
On the night of the bonfire, I saw Martin, and I kinda punched him in the stomach. We were friends in elementary school back in Twinleaf Town, but he went on his journey and promised to call, but I never heard from him.
"I guess you're right," I say narrowing my eyes at Martin. "But don't get too cocky."
"I'll tread carefully," Martin says lowering his hands.
"That reminds me of 6th grade when everyone was playing that game where you had to step on everyone's feet," I laugh.
"Yeah, I stepped on, like, everyone's feet."
"I bet you still do that now. Clumsy as always." I say shaking my head.
"Well let's test that theory on the dancefloor," Martin retorts with a raised eyebrow.
Did he just ask me to dance?
"Alright, let's go," I say, hopefully not blushing.
(Madison's POV)
Man, this cupcake is good.
"Simon," I say into the mic on my headset, still enjoying my cupcake. "You have everything set up?"
"Yeah," I hear him confirm through my headphones. "When are you gonna play the song?"
"After the first slow song."
"Got it."
"Just give me a signal when you're ready."
"'Kay."
"I browse the catalogue and find the song Simon setup for. I look up and see my friends on the dancefloor. The song is coming to an end. I browse the catalogue again and find the next song. It's time.
"Okay," I start. "Now it's time to slow things down…"
(Jo's POV)
I have Butterfrees in my stomach now. My palms are sweaty and my legs feel shaky. Nick grabs my hand, which makes me calm down, but freak out more at the same time.
"C'mon," He says with a comforting smile. "I've been waiting for this."
"Me too," I say, barely in a whisper.
"Then let's go."
He leads me out a bit; each step I take making my heart beat faster. He puts his hands on my waist, resulting in the warm feeling which makes the Butterfrees disappear. I wrap my arms around his neck, my hand on top of the other hand that just touches the back of his neck. The song, When I Was Your Man starts. to play. We start to sway slowly to the music, and everything else around us is non-existent. Nick slowly pulls me closer. I look up at him and smile at him nervously, to which he responds to with another smile.
"You look beautiful," Nick says quietly.
"Thanks," I say quieter, a blush on my face. "You look handsome on that suit."
I play with the collar of his jacket.
"Why are you nervous?"
"How could you tell?"
"I know these things," He says with a smile appearing on his face. "Why?"
"I don't know."
I lay the side of my head on his chest. Nick kisses my head, causing my cheeks to turn even more red. I never want this song to end.
(Ash's POV)
Oh no, a slow dance. I'm freakin' out. Man oh man oh man. I look around at what other people are doing. Okay, I put my hands on her waist, alright. I just dance like that. Okay.
"Misty?" I ask, trying not to stutter.
"Yes, Ash,"
"W-would you like to dance?"
"I would love it," She says, putting her hands on my shoulder.
I put my hands on her hips and my fingers brush against her silky blue dress. I look down and try to make sure I don't step on her feet, but also because it'll be awkward to look at her. I can't help it though, and look up to see her beautiful face. Smiling, she says, "You don't have to worry about stepping on my feet; you're doing just fine." I rub the side of my thumb along her side.
"Remember, you're doing just fine."
(Madison's POV)
"Simon, the song's up next," I say into my headset.
"Alright. I have it on a timer. When the song starts, I'll press the button, and the effects will start at the chorus."
"I hope this doesn't backfire," I sigh. "No pun intended."
(Paul's POV)
We're slow dancing now. Her hand moves my shoulder and brushes against my ear.
"I thought you don't dance," Dawn says leaning in closer to my face.
"I dance for you," I say leaning in closer to her so that our lips meet.
(Natsumi's POV)
"Now it's time to slow things down…"
Oh boy. There are a million things running through my head now. Will Martin ask me to dance? Do I want him to?
"Well," Martin starts, walking towards me. "I haven't stepped on your feet yet, but we were farther apart. Now to fully prove you wrong, we have to get closer. So, may I have this dance?"
Okay, now I can't even think straight.
"Does this answer your question?"
I kiss him on the cheek, and for the first time ever, a wild blush appears on Martin's face. [AN: You see what I did there? Like in the Pokemon games how its like 'A wild Magikarp appeared' or something like that. Also, Natsumi was like, WHY DID YOU PUT THAT but I was just like um I don't know. ANYWAY back to the story.]
(Jo's POV)
"Don't leave the dancefloor yet," Madison says at the end of the song. "We're gonna play another slow song, with Simon's pyrotechnics, so I hope you guys have insurance."
I don't move from my position, feeling content. Slow Dancing In a Burning Room starts playing.
"You know, this is kinda ironic," Nick says.
I look up at Nick and ask, "What?"
"If Simon's effects go wrong, we'll end up slow dancing in a burning room," He laughs.
"Hey, look," I say gazing at the effects around the booth.
There's an amazing arrangement of greens, reds, blues, and gold sparks, flames, and things that look like those fireworks you put on your driveway in the summer.
"Simon did a great job," Nick says.
I lay my head on his chest so I can still see the pyrotechnics. Nick pulls me closer.
"Yeah, he did."
And I did too.
(Ash's POV)
Simon's pyrotechnics are really cool. Misty is looking at them as we dance. I look up and see Simon on a platform high up by the lights and light controls. He meets my gaze and I nod towards Misty's necklace and mouth, "Thank you." He gives me a discreet thumbs up, turns around, and walks towards his wiring and setup and messes around with it. I just realized, none of this would be happening now if I never gave Misty that dare.
(Jo's POV)
Song's almost over, much to my dismay. There's about fifteen seconds left. I look up at Nick. His eyes, his perfect shade of hazel eyes. Even though we probably can't get any closer, we play our game of pulling each other closer together, enjoying these moments. The world is now in slow motion as Nick's lips meet mine.
[AN: You like it? Yeah, I just decided like, I mean people were asking other peoples, and I really wanted to write the dance chapter. Again, if you want to see any particular shipping, Pokeshipping, Contestshipping, Ikarishipping, or Jo and Nick or Natsumi and Martin, let me know because when I have writer's block, that helps me come up with ideas. See ya later! Happy Holidays, and have a happy new year! I hope to update it before the new year, but I just want to wish you guys Happy Holidays and New Years just in case. Anywhoosies, byessss]