As I say every chapter don't sue as I truly don't own Pokemon. I only like writing about so people can read and enjoy a good story, so I say again, please don't sue.

Chapter 10 - Apologies!

As Ash and Dawn started down the road, they were both cuddled together with their arms wrapped round each other. As most people knew who Ash was they smiled at him as we past by houses. The weather was getting considerably cooler but it was still warm with that slight hint of a breeze picking up. Ash just carried on walking quietly down the streets of Pallet which was bustling with life. They made their way down the main shopping area of the town. It wasn't much as it was a small town but it still had some good shops.

Dawn just admired all the different clothes shops and stared longingly at the beautiful dresses in the shop windows. Ash smiled watching his girlfriend gawk at the beautiful dresses. They continued down the road and Ash was looking round to see what restaurants would be suitable for their first date.

Dawn wasn't really paying attention to shops anymore as she was completely lost in her imagination. Her thoughts wondered to all the different dresses she could buy and imagined Ash's reaction when she wore them. She rested her head on his shoulder and she just felt so comforted as his large arms were so soft and made her feel so relaxed. Her mind started to wonder to different topics. She began imagining a beautiful house on top of a hill with a stable and a pen for all the Tauros. She imagined a beautiful kitchen where she could look out to the back garden and watch Ash train his Pokemon. All these thoughts made her so happy.

Ash on the other hand was paying attention to the street in front of him as he was still searching for a nice restaurant to go to. He stopped suddenly when he seem it. The perfect restaurant. The Restaurant was rather large and beautifully decorated on the outside. The restaurant was called The Ivy and to go with its name the entire building was encased by a large bush of ivy that really did make the building look like a masterpiece. Ash stepped over to the menu on the wall and he looked down the food list to see if they would like the food. The prices were pretty expensive but he didn't expect any less. As he looked down he smiled as he saw that food was good and there was something that both would eat. Ash entered and entered a lobby where they were greeted by a man dressed in a rather expensive suit. "Hello sir, are you here to eat or are you to book a table?"

"I'm here to book." Ash looked at the well dressed man rather impressively as this man getting on in his years but yet he looked like he was still in his early 40s.

"OK, sir if you would like to follow me we can get you booked in." the man smiled and Ash walked over to where the man was standing. He was stood behind a beautiful Oak desk that had the most beautiful carvings on. Ash couldn't be anything but impressed with the restaurant. "So, when are you planning to eat with us?"

"I know this might be a bit sudden being this good of a restaurant but is possible to have a seat for tomorrow?" Dawn was still in her own thoughts and hadn't noticed they had entered a building and that Ash was talking to someone.

"Let me have a look for you." The man opened a book and looked at the bookings for tomorrow. He went down the list looking for a vacancy but he nodded his head. 2I'm sorry sir we have no seats for tomorrow in the main part of the restaurants but if want we could put you in the executive area of the restaurant."

"Would that cost anymore?"

"Yes it would be a £50 seating charge."

"Doesn't sound too bad, you know what, I'll take it." Ash had to push Dawn back onto his shoulder as she had nearly fallen off without realising it.

"And what time would you be joining us tomorrow?"

"9.00pm please." the man started to write in the in the empty box all the details of the booking.

"And what name will that be under sir?"

"Ketchum." The man wrote the name down and continued for a little while with the details. Once he was done he looked up at Ash who was smiling at Dawn which brought a smile to the old man.

"So is the table for 2 people or for more?"

"Yes its for 2 people thank you?" The old man continued to write in the book and after a few seconds he was complete with the booking. The man turned to look at Ash once again.

"I recognize that name Ketchum. Are you the son of Paul and Delia Ketchum?"

"Yeah, I just got back into town yesterday."

"Very nice, I knew you had gone on your Pokemon journey but I must say you've grown a lot. I first met you when you were a tiny baby at a party many years ago. I think the party was a celebration of your birth and nearly everyone in town was invited me included. You won't remember me as that was a long time ago but I used to be great friends with your father and it was shame when he died. I miss him dearly and I'm sure you do too."

"Thanks, its been really hard since dad died but its good to know he's still remembered." Ash smiled at the man.

"So where has your travels taken you?"

"Well I for the last 6 years I've travelled Sinnoh and I just earned my Master's degree so now I'm an official Pokemon Master."

"You must of worked hard for that achievement at such a young age."

"Yeah, I've worked hard to get where I am today. At this very moment I have Pikachu, Charizard, Pidgeot, Staraptor and Growlithe all waiting outside for me." Ash pointed to the door where he could see Growlithe getting some attention from passers by and he was enjoying it greatly. Charizard as usual was being vigilant as he liked Growlithe as he was a fellow fire type and fire types have to work together. The man smiled at the jumping dog.

"He's a beautiful Pokemon."

"Thank you"

"So Ash where did you meet this girl, she's not from around here." The man turned to face Dawn who was still lost in her thoughts but I'm not going into details as it is the normal crap a girl thinks about." (Not trying to offend anyone but CBA going into detail with what she thinking)

"Well I met her in Sinnoh and I've travelled with her for the last 6 years and we've finally became a couple after all these years and well I'm taking her on our first date tomorrow."

"Well congratulations."

"Thank you, anyway she will become a local now as she is moving to Pallet with me, I'm looking a house."

"Well good luck getting the house an hopefully we'll be seeing more of you in this restaurant."

"We will." Ash turned around and made his way to the door. Before he left he turned and waved at the man and he waved back. "By the way, what is your name for future reference."

"Of course Ash, my name is Jefferey but as you the son of my old friend Paul Ketchum you can call me Jeff for short." Jeff just continued to smile at Ash and Dawn.

"Thanks I'll be seeing you tomorrow." Ash left the building and went back to his Pokemon with Dawn still on his shoulder.

Back inside the restaurant Jeff watched the couple as he remembered the good times he had with Ash's father. "He's a good man, I'm sure his father would be proud." After that he turned away and returned to work.

Outside Dawn was brought back to reality when a sudden gust of wind sent a chill down her spine. She lifted her head away from Ash's shoulder and she looked round to see them standing outside of a building. "Ash, why have we stopped?"

"Well maybe if you weren't caught up in your thoughts you may have realised I've just been inside that building with you latched onto my arm and he didn't even realise I was I've been having a conversation for the 20 minutes." Ash smirked as he said this and Dawn simply looked confused.

"You were talking?"

"Yeah we even talked a bit about you and you still didn't know notice. What were you thinking about for all that time?" Dawn blushed and she went really shy.

"I was just picturing our house and how amazing it will be when we've moved in together." She said it in so quietly that it was barely audibly so Ash just gave up and they started on down the road again. Dawn decided to walk apart from Ash for awhile as she thought that she might get lost in her thoughts again if she didn't have to pay attention to the outside world so she purposely walked beside Ash and Charizard. They continued down the road and Ash stopped once again but this time it was outside an estate agents. He looked in the window at all the houses up for sale and he nodded as he was impressed with the houses. They were all around £500,000-£1 million. Dawn actually looked herself at the houses in the window and her eyes began to sparkle when she seen how beautiful they all looked. "Wow Ash take a look at this one." Dawn pointed at a beautiful house that had 2 acres of land with it and the house had a stable.

"Very nice, we'll keep an eye out for that one, but we'll keep looking round I might be able to get Jack to get me good deal on that house if there is nothing else." Ash had to admit the house was beautiful and it did have quite a bit of land but it wasn't the one he had his eye on. He had already known what house he wanted and it was for sale but this house was being sold privately so he was going to get Jack to help him with it. Ash finished looking at the houses and continued on his way down the street with Dawn close beside and the rest of the Pokemon behind. Charizard and Pidgeot got quite a few stares from people as they were not used to such big Pokemon just wondering round without a Pokeball but of course they didn't have any. Charizard was getting irrated from all the stares and sent out some warning flames tp warn them to stop staring. It worked as people turned away and scurried along down the road. Pidgeot however was like Ash and quite oblivious of all the stares he was receiving. Piplup and Staraptor was also being stared at by people as some people in the Kanto region hand never seen a Piplup or Staraptor was they have never left Kanto. Staraptor just ignored the stares but Piplup was getting frightened so he ran and jumped in Dawn's arms and cuddled into her. Pikachu was just perched on Ash's shoulder normally and Growlithe was running up to people hoping to get attention and it worked every time.

As they walked they came to a large building that had a row of pictures outside. each picture had a poster of new movie. Ash found the one he was looking for and he and Dawn entered the cinema leaving to other Pokemon outside with Charizard and Pidgeot to protect them. They entered the cinema and thry found themselves in a room full of activity. Couples were going to see movies, families were going to watch a family show etc. Ash looked up at th massive electronic board to see the next few days times on. It took several minutes before tomorrows times came up but eventually Terminator salvation came up on screen with all the times for tomorrow. Ash found the time he was looking for. "If the movie is 2 hours long we should see the movie 3 hours before we are supposed to be having dinner. That will give us sometime to have a little stroll around before we're supposed to have dinner. That will also ensure that we won't be late for our meal."

"Well it looks like you've got our entire date planned out already." Dawn winked at Ash making him blush.

"Well i want to be fully prepared fo you Dawn, i don't want to disappoint"

"Oh Ash you always have such a cute response." She didn't care they were in a public place so she pulled Ash close and quickly pressed her lips onto his passionately. At first ash was a little shocked as he wasn't expecting it and he was little self conscious knowing people were looking at him but he didn't pull apart. he too kiss back and they kissed for quite some time before they both really had to break otherwise they would of suffocated. Ash just stared at Dawn completely in a daze. "Ash are alright, you seem a little quiet."

"I know i should be used to it by now but i wasn't expecting that, but i must say it was fantastic." Ash shook himself of his gaze and he gently grasped Dawn's hand and they moved over to the counter to book their tickets for the following day's movie.

After booking their tickets they stepped outside to see a little boy holding Pikachu giving him some attention. Pikachu was loving it but Ash could see that Charizard was keep his eye out for any sort of action that could danger Pikachu. Now that he was a father he had become very protectiveve, not only about his wife or children but about all of Ash and dawn's Pokemon that were quite small and could be harmed. He didn't worry too much about Pidgeot of course as he knew he could look after himself but they still protected each other if the case needed it. Ash opened the front door of the cinema and looked at Charizard and gave him a nod indicating it was time for Pikachu to be taken out of the boys hand.

Ash looked over at Pikachu who was still being held by the boy. Pikachu was enjoying himself but Ash always seemed to get jealous when someone else held Pikachu. Even if it was small child he still felt jealous. the only people he didn't mind was Ash, Dawn, Delia or Brock. Charizard new this and he walked up to the boy putting his arm out indicating to Pikachu it was time to leave. Pikachu also nodded and jumped out of the boys arms and jumped on Charizard's arm and then ran along Charizard and onto Ash's shoulder. Pikachu rubbed his head against Ash's and Ash smiled. the boy seemed upset but his parents soon pulled him away.

It was now their turn to leave and head for home. Ash wrapped his arms around Dawn and they continued on their way. Charizard Picked up Piplup and Pikachu and placed them on his head so they could sit while their masterst could have a little alone time. Even though Pikachu was Ash's Pokemon he was still naive as he hadn't evolved and didn't know when his master need some privacy. Charizard had more experience and as he was a fully evolved Pokemon and was more wise than Pikachu and he knew they didn't want to be disturbed.

After another 20 minutes of walking down the streets they finally reached the Ketchum residence. Ash and Dawn were still linked together and Misty looked out her window and cursed under her breath when she seen them. They hadn't noticed them but Charizard was looking up at her glaringly. She backed away from the window and sat down on her bed waiting for the moment to show herself.

Ash and Dawn entered the house and instantly as they walked in they could smell a beautiful dinner that was nearly ready. They walked into the living room where they met Mr Mime who was having a rest from his daily chores. "Hi Mr Mime, how you doing?"

Mr Mine nodded and smiled as his response which simply meant he was good. Pikachu jumped down and ran over to Mr Mime and he sat and talked with Mr Mime. Ash released Grotle, Monferno and Buizel. They all looked at Staraptor oddly as they hadn't seen her evolve and were wondering who she was. Staraptor understood their confusion and in an instant they all ran up to her and congratulated her and went off to have their own conversation. Buizel left the conversationa after a short while and he looked at Ash and Dawn and he rubbed his stomach indicating he was hungry. Ash noticed this and pointed into the kitchen. "I'm sure my mum has food for you, go ask her for some food." Buizel jumped with joy and went strolling into the kitchen in his normal arrogant way. Dawn also released her Pokemon and the instant Buneary was released poor Pikachu was leaped upon and he now had Buneary stuck on him for the remainder of the day. Pachirisu was hungry too so she too ran into the kitchen to get some food. Mammoswine was too large to and destructiveve to release in the house so she went outside via the living room door that lead onto a lovely patio with a set of 5 chairs and a nice little barbecue. As Mamoswine was released he instantly ignored her and went off and just sat under a tree.

Meanwhile back in the house Ash and Dawn walked into the Kitchen and to see Delia adding her final ingredients to her food. When she was done she turned round to Ash and dawn holding hands and she smiled brightly. "Just in time for dinner, come and sit down." Ash and Dawn called the Pokemon and they all piled into the kitchen all except Mamoswine who stayed under his tree. Dawn looked sad as she watched Mamoswine completely ignore her.

"Why won't he listen to me, he was such a nice Swinub, what happened?"

"Don't worry Dawn i know he'll come around eventually, just look at Charizard." Dawn sighed and picked up Mamoswine's dinner and she and Ash went to the back garden to give Mamoswine his dinner. He didn't show any signs of acknowledging her or Ash and just ate the food quietly. Ash and Dawn gave and started making their way back to the house.

Meanwhile as they were outside Misty came downstairs hearing that dinner was ready. She entered the Kitchen and all the Pokemon glared at her angrily and she looked nervous. Delia was confused to why they were all so angry, even Pikachu, Pidgeot and Charizard looked furious at her. Charizard stood up ready for trouble. Misty quietly sat down at the table where her food was lying. She just ate silently under the watchful eye of some angry Pokemon.

Dawn came running into the house trying to escape Ash as he was chasing her threatening to tickle her which she couldn't stand. As Dawn entered she stopped immediately when she saw Misty sitting at the table. Ash bumped right into her and they both went tumbling down. Dawn fell awkwardly and she landed on her back while Ash just landed on top of her. They were both just lying there and all the worries that Dawn had felt when she seen Misty again melted away as Ash just looked at her. He leaned in and gave her a quick kiss which she returned eagerly. Misty was furious but she controlled her temper and stopped herself from getting up and pulling them apart. Eventually they did get off and Ash's smile turned in a frown as he seen Misty. Dawn hid behind Ash looking for protection from Misty. Delia didn't really know what had happened this morning and was confused to why Dawn appeared to be frightened of Misty and why Ash looked angry. The two silently made their way to the table and Dawn sat as far as possible away from Misty. Ash grabbed a load of raw meat from the counter and threw it over towards Charizard who caught it in his hands. he instantly began to rip into the flesh but all the while he sill kept his eye on the table in case of any sudden moves from Misty.

Ash stared at Misty warningly telling her to back away and Misty just shrunk under his stare. She had to hide a blush. Even when he was angry at her still still found him so handsome and she knew she had to be with him, but for now she would keep it all hidden and pretend like she was alright but really she was plotting to break the two up. Delia was the first to speak. "Excuse me Ash why are you looking at Misty angrily and why is Dawn scared of her?"

"Well earlier this morning when i was with the Pokemon and Dawn Misty caught us kissing and she became furious. She attacked Dawn pushing her down a hill but luckily Bulbasaur caught her with his vine whips and then she tried to attack again but Charizard pushed away before she could get near. She said horrible things about Dawn, i'm not going to even say them but she was horrible. After charizard knocked her over she ran off crying and we thought that she ran off home to Cerulean City but then she has the cheek to come back to our house and have dinner. Her behaviour was unacceptable and i will not allow her near Dawn anymore!" Ash's temper had seriously rised to a level that Misty had ever seen before and it was all because of her.

Delia was shocked at Misty for doing such a horrible thing to Dawn. "Why would you attack Dawn, she is such an innocent girl who didn't do anything to deserve any attacks or insults." Delia looked cross as well but she kept it a lot better hidden unlike Ash who was clearly furious.

"I'm sorry, when i first seen you together, i felt like my heart had broken and it was all because of Dawn. My entire world was tumbling down in an instant. I just lost my temper. Misty looked at dawn who coward away from her. "I'm sorry Dawn, i shouldn't of reacted like that. Will you accept my apology.?"

Dawn was slightly hesitant at first but she couldn't stay mad at someone if they apologised. She slowly shook Misty's hand but she could detect that Misty was gripping onto her hand rather tight and she didn't think Misty was sorry but she would just wait for now. Misty let go and they all began to eat dinner. "Ash, when are you planning on moving out, i know you said your going to be looking for a house but i need to know when."

Misty raised her head the instant she heard the words moving out. She stayed quiet but listened intently. "Well actually i'm planning on calling Jack tomorrow and i'm going to ask him if he would like to meet up and we can talk about houses as he is an estate agent now."

"You mean Jack from down the road?"

"Yeah, he became an estate agent like his dad and apparently he deals with the top houses in Kanto. I'm going to call him asking whether or not he can help us."

"That's nice. So when are you planning to leave."

"By the end of the week."

"What so soon?"

"Yeah, i'm afraid we just feel too crowded in this house, me and Dawn just want our own house to live in and have all our Pokemon live with us again. Wer're going to have a stable and a pen where all the Tauros can stay and so can Mamoswine. We want rooms that can fit all our Pokemon. So i'm going house hunting tomorrow while you to Vridian Cities shopping mall. Oh and by the way i'm sure Dawn would love to go shopping with you, she's really into her clothes."

"Of course you can come Dawn, its better when i have company. Maybe you can teach me a thing or two about today's fashion, i don't want to appear too old." Dawn smiled at Delia who returned her smile with an even bigger one. Delia turned to face Misty. "Do you want to come dear, i'm sure you can find something to do while we're there." Misty hated shopping with a passion and she especially hated clothes shopping.

"I think i might go with Ash instead."

Ash still hadn't forgiven Misty for attacking Dawn so he came up with an excuse for her not to go with him. "Err you won't like what i'll be doing besides i will be talking with estate agents all day, i'm sure you don't want to do that all day?" Misty knew he didn't want her with him so she just gave a weak smile and turned to face Delia.

"I guess you right, i don't want to be doing all that stuff, i'll go with you to the shopping mall." Misty frowned but no one noticed.

"OK well now that we have our day planned for tomorrow i better get washing these dishes as i won't have any time to do them tomorrow." Delia stood up and went round to everyone empty plate and took them over to the dish washer. Ash stood up also and Dawn followed him.

"Hey Dawn, how about we watch a movie or something."

"Sure, what you got?"

"Well lets go see." Ash and Dawn left the dining room and went into the living room. Ash was looking for a descent movie to put on and Dawn got herself cuddled on the sofa. The Pokemon all joined them and sat around the TV. Eventually they came to a decision to watch The Dark Knight and they both got comfortable and got into the movie. Misty just sat at the table in the dining room trying to hold back the tears that were welling up inside of her. She eventually stood up and sloped of upstairs to her room where she could just be on her own for awhile and think things over in her head. She couldn't believe it, Ash and Dawn were moving in together. She couldn't stop herself and she started to cry but to her dismay no one came to see what was wrong with her. The hours went by and by now everyone had gone to sleep. Misty heard Ash and Dawn coming upstairs and she decide to spy on them. She opened her door slightly just enough so she could see out of it. When they reached the top of the stairs Dawn didn't go to her room but instead Ash dragged her into his room. Misty waited for awhile just hoping that Dawn was staying in there but eventually she gave up when there were no sign of her leaving.

Misty closed her door and she went over to her bed and she slowly fell asleep but had troubled dreams as flashes of her imagination focused on what Ash and Dawn were doing in his room and she hated the fact she couldn't do a thing to stop it.

By the way if you think they are doing a certain activity in that room you are incorrect, they are just sleeping in the same bed together. So don't get any ideas.