Author's Notes: Hello everyone :D So I didn't intend to make this update wait so long /: I could've had it up like two weeks ago, but you know..procrastinating /: But at least it's here now :D And before you start reading, there's a few things I need to tell you that I forgot to say last chapter xD 1) I know Leaf was never in the story :p but I meant to tell you last chapter to disregard Giselle and pretend that it was Leaf the whole time. 2) My very bad attemtps to be funny are in this chapter -.- I know they're bad so don't say anything :p and trust me, you'll know when those attemtps come up! 3) If you see or notice any missing " or any missing punctuation (mistakes as well) then ignore it. A lot of it got deleted somehow /: but I got most of it, I'm going to go back over it a few times when I have time so ignore it because I know about it. 4) You may read now :D enjoy!
"Okay, so tell us exactly what happened Saturday!" Leaf said excitedly when she walked up to Dawn at her locker - with May behind her. The girl had been dying to know what happened on Dawn and Ash's date.
The bluenette closed her locker before leaning back on it, clutching her books to her chest and looking dazed. "It was so amazing, guys. We had so~ much fun! Especially on the beach. If I could relive that night, I'd do it over and over and over again."
"Awe~" Leaf squealed. "He took you to the beach?"
"Yup, for their date. And before that they went Rapidash-back-riding," May added in a boring tone while grabbing a notebook from her locker shelf.
"Really? You guys went Rapidash-back-riding? I wish Gary would take me," Leaf said, slightly rolling her eyes.
Dawn smiled. "I'll have to tell you about it later. I won't be able to squeeze everything in, in five minutes." After the bluenette said this, Leaf's face fell indicating she was disappointed. However, May simply shrugged and walked into the classroom, leaving Dawn and Leaf to look at her weird.
"What's her problem?" the brunette asked, turning back to face Dawn.
Dawn shrugged her shoulders. "I don't know...like I told you before, she's been acting different towards me lately. And honestly, I don't care anymore."
"I've noticed..." Leaf mumbled to herself. "But you can't just not care, Dawn. She's your best friend. You two have been best friends for like two years."
Dawn slowly nodded her head. "Yeah...but its whatever."
"You could talk to her and ask her why she's been acting like this towards you."
"Na, I'd rather not. If she doesn't want to be my friend anymore, then I won't force her."
"You can't say she's not your friend, Dawn. She did come to your house before your date to help you get ready. I don't think someone who's not a friend would do that." Leaf smirked at her assumption.
"I asked her if she could help me get ready. She didn't invite herself if that's what you thought. Of course, she said yes but I could tell by her voice that she didn't really want to. But by the time she got to my house and started finding something for me to wear, she seemed okay then...but you know, May likes putting together outfits and stuff."
The brunette thought for a moment before saying something, trying to think of an excuse for May's behavior. "Maybe she's just going through something...?"
Dawn rolled her eyes and shook her head. "If that was the case then she would be treating everyone like this. Besides, don't you think she would have told us if there was something going on?"
"Guess you're right...But there is a reason why she's acting like this towards you."
"Why who's acting like what towards who?" A familiar voice said from behind them.
Dawn turned around and smiled seeing Kai standing in front of her with a big smile on his face. "Kai," Dawn said as if she couldn't stand him and was only acknowledging him because he was gracing her with his presence.
"Dawn," he said, the same way as she said his name. Leaf just eyed them curiously, as they stared each other down.
Then all of sudden - at the same time - they began doing a secret handshake they made up in class Friday. It started with the basic handshake then upside down, with a twist, a high five, then a low five, pinky swear and ended with their elbows touching.
When they finished, they started laughing.
While having a substitute in their class Friday, Kai and Dawn decided to make up a secret handshake that they'd do whenever they see each other. Or they'd do it to greet each other. Both of them have been secretly dying to do it for the first time.
"We are so crazy for doing that," Dawn said after her laughter subsided.
"Maybe...but it'll be our little thing," Kai said, smiling. He was unaware of how that sounded to Dawn - it made her blush just a little bit.
"So much for laying off," Leaf whispered playfully in Dawn's ear, making Dawn's blush deepen. The brunette smirked and looked at Kai. "Hey, Kai."
"Hey, Leaf. I'm sure you had fun with Gary Saturday..." Kai had a smirk on his face, which made Leaf frown.
"What perverted things did he say?"
"Oh, nothing! He just said you two had fun...and that he creamed you four times in bowling."
The brunette's mouth dropped open and she crossed her arms. "It was three! I beat him in the last game!"
"Barely," Kai added.
"You know what, whatever. Dawn we'll finish our conversation later." With that said, the brunette turned on her heels and walked away.
"Anger problems or what?" Kai said, putting in the combination to his locker.
"Only when it comes to Gary," Dawn said. "Now hurry up before we're late to class."
Kai smiled and closed his locker. "I'm done." The brown-eyed boy began looking around. "By the way, where's May? Usually she's out here with you..."
Dawn rolled her eyes. "Don't get me started on that."
"Bad thing?"
The bluenette nodded her head and walked in the classroom with Kai behind her. They found their seats next to May and sat down. There was an awkward silence between them other than May tapping her pencil on her desk. Kai was about to say something but the teacher walked in and closed the door and began his lesson for the day.
Throughout the class, whenever Dawn or Kai attempted to talk to May, she would just brush them off - mainly Dawn. She seemed somewhat distant.
In their second class, May was the same way. It wasn't until after the second block that Dawn finally said something.
Dawn grabbed May's arm and pulled her to the side away from the large sea of students. "May, what's up with you today?"
"What are you talking about? I'm fine."
Dawn looked at May and released her arm. "No you're not. You barely talked when Kai or I tried to make conversation with you. You kept brushing me off as if you hate me or something. So what gives?"
"Trust me. Nothing's wrong with me. Something's just on my mind. Kay?" May then gave Dawn a false smile. "So excuse me, I have a class to go to." May lightly pushed Dawn out of her way and walked away from the bluenette.
Dawn watched her go - with her mouth wide open.
She just couldn't understand why May, 'her friend,' was treating her this way. May had never been like this towards her before. Not even when they got into little disagreements.
Ever since Dawn and Ash got back on good terms...May has been like this. Dawn would've thought her 'friend' would be happy for her, being that May was pestering her about being all over Kai - but she wasn't. At least she didn't seem like she was. Dawn got herself together with Kai and fixed things with Ash.
That is what May wanted, right? For Dawn to leave Kai alone and be with Ash. But if that's what she wanted...then why isn't she happy for Dawn?
Dawn crossed her arms and headed to her art class with the situation with May on her mind.
Dawn couldn't really focus on her painting in art class. She would paint a little and put her head down, thinking about May. There was something definitely going on with that girl.
The art teacher finally noticed Dawn's pattern of painting and putting her head down and walked over to her. "Ms. Berlitz, you do know this painting is to be done by Friday, yes?"
The bluenette snapped out of her thoughts and looked at her half finished picture of Ash. "I know," Dawn sighed.
"Alright, well I'm just making sure you know that. I see that you're over here taking little breaks. And from the looks of it," the art teacher glanced at Dawn's artwork and back at her. "You can't afford to put your head down."
"I know, I kno- Hey, can I stay back tomorrow?" the bluenette asked suddenly, getting an idea. "I can work on my painting if I stay back tomorrow. I have a lot of work to do on it," Dawn said smiling at her picture.
Mr. Green looked at her curiously. He could tell by her face expression that she had something planned in her head. "Yeah...sure. Just come back here tomorrow after school is over. I'll be here until five. Will that be enough time?"
"Perfect," Dawn said, tapping the table with her fingers and smiling - making plans with her picture in her head.
For the rest of the period, Dawn spent the time sketching on a piece of white construction paper. All thoughts of May were washed away from her mind.
The school bell finally rung and Dawn placed her sketched drawing in her drawing folder and she headed out the door and headed towards the lunchroom.
The bluenette wasn t very hungry, so she went straight to the usual table where her and her friends sat during lunch.
May, Drew, Leaf, and Gary were already at the table. May was sitting next to Drew on his right while Gary was next to Drew on his left, with Leaf on his lap. Dawn sat across from them.
Hey guys, she greeted as she pulled her chair out and sat down. She didn't even give them a chance to say anything before she said, "You know Kai's birthday is Friday, right?"
"Duh," Gary said with a smirk on his face. Leaf and Dawn simply ignored him.
"He told us last week," Drew added, backing up Gary's Duh.
"Well, I didn't know," Leaf said.
"Me either," May said, looking at Dawn for a brief moment. "When did you find this out?"
Dawn wanted to tell May that if she would have been talking to them in class, she would've known. Instead, Dawn just said, "In second block. He told me while we were talking."
"Oh well, why are you telling us anyway?"
"Because I was thinking we could do something for him on his birthday," Dawn explained.
"Sorry, but Kai already has plans," Gary said.
"Really? With who?"
"With the boys. We're taking him out for his birthday."
"The boys as an you, Drew, and Ash?" May asked. The brunette smiled and nodded his head.
"And where are you four going?" Leaf asked.
"Everybody be quiet. Ash and Kai are coming," Drew said when he noticed the two brown-eyed boys walking to the table with their trays in their hand.
"We'll finish this conversation later," the bluenette said as soon as Ash and Kai arrived at the table. Ash sat on the right side of Dawn and Kai sat on the left.
"Yup, at Ash's house," Gary said, smiling while Ash looked at him like he had grown two heads.
"At my house what?" Ash asked.
"Everybody at this table except Kai, go to Ash's house after school," Drew stated with a smirk on his face.
"Wait, no! Why are we going to my house after school?"
"And why am I not invited?" Kai asked, feeling somewhat left out.
"Because we have something important to discuss," Leaf said, looking at Ash and Kai. She was trying to tell Ash with her eyes that what they had to discuss was about Kai.
"Is it about my awesome birthday Friday?" Kai asked, smirking at the group. Dawn nudged him with her elbow and giggled.
"Ugh, you sounded exactly like Drew when you said that," the bluenette said while she playfully glared at the chartreuse-haired boy.
Drew flipped his hair and said, "You say that like it's a bad thing."
"It is in this case," May retorted.
"Yeah, we don't need two Drew's," Leaf said. "One is enough."
Drew gasped and put his hand over his heart in a dramatic way, pretending to be hurt. "What are you saying?" The girls laughed at Drew and shook their heads.
"They're saying, they can't stand you," Ash said, grinning at his green-haired friend.
"Oh really?" Drew said, glancing at the three girls. "Well in that case, I hate all three of you."
"You love me though," May stated with a sweet smile on her face while she looked at her boyfriend.
Drew looked at her from the corner of his eyes with a straight face, not saying anything causing the group to laugh. Drew could see May starting to get angry, from the corner of his eye.
"I'm just playing May," Drew said while wrapping his arms around her. "You know I love you."
"Yeah~ anyways," Gary said, facing Ash again. "We're coming to your house after school."
"Whatever. Why can't we go to your house?"
"Because I said we're all going to your house, Ashy Boy." Dawn laughed at Ash's nickname.
"Awe~ look, Ashy Boy is blushing," Dawn teased while she pinched his cheek like a baby.
"Don't call me that~" Ash whined as he moved away from Dawn so she couldn't pinch his flushed cheeks.
"Hey, Ash," Leaf called with a small smirk on her face. "You have something on your n-"
"Don't tell him!" All three boys said at the same time, startling Leaf. Leaf gave all three boys a weird look and rolled her eyes.
"Tell me what? I have something on my face?" Ash asked, frantically moving his hands across his face.
"Oh~" May started to smile. "I see it. Ash there's nothing on your face."
"Then where is it? My arms?" Ash started to look at his arms.
"Not your arms either," Kai said, shaking his head and smiling as he watched the boy move his hands up to his neck.
"My neck?"
No one at the table said anything.
"Oh, ha, ha!" Ash said, sarcastically as he looked at his friends. "There's nothing on me."
The bell rung, meaning that lunchtime was over and the group started to get up from the table.
"Right," Gary said, smirking.
"Seriously?" Ash said, putting his hand on his face once again. "Is there something on me?"
"You're good," Drew said with a smirk on his face before he walked away from the table.
Ash turned to face his girlfriend. He didn't trust Gary and Drew's words. "Do I have something on my face or my neck?"
Dawn scanned Ash's face. She was lost on the joke too. She saw nothing wrong with him. Her eyes went down to his neck and her mouth dropped open, but she quickly closed it and held back her laughter.
'Oops,' she thought to herself. "You're fine Ash," Dawn said before she hugged him and kissed him on the cheek. "I'll see you later Ash." The bluenette walked away before Ash could stop her.
The raven-haired boy shrugged his shoulders. If Dawn said he was fine, then he must be. He turned around and went to his last class for the day.
x-x-x
"I still don't understand why we had to meet at my house," Ash grumbled as he unlocked the front door with his house keys.
"Because I said so," Gary responded.
Ash opened the door and all three boys walked in the house. A sweet aroma was filling the air and the boys followed the smell to the kitchen where Delia was baking.
The kitchen was filled with all kinds of treats. Cakes, cupcakes, brownies, homemade rice crispy treats, cr me-filled pastries, and cookies filled the counters around the kitchen.
The brown haired woman turned around with a platter of fresh baked chocolate chip cookies in her hands and smiled at the three boys as she set them down on the counter.
"Mom," Ash said, his eyes scanning the treat-filled counters and his mouth watering. "What's all of this?"
Drew was about to grab a rice crispy treat when Delia smacked his hand with a fly swatter. The green-haired boy quickly drew back his hand and smiled sheepishly while Delia glared at him. "Me and a few other people are having bake sell at the adult carnival tonight," the woman explained.
"Adult carnival?" Gary asked with a smirk. In his mind, he was thinking dirty things.
"Gary," Mrs. Ketchum said in a warning tone. She was full aware of Gary's 'immature thoughts' as she liked to call them. And in this case, it wasn't like that. "This carnival is for adults only. Meaning," she emphasized the word meaning while looking at Gary. He smirked and his cheeks turned a light shade of pink. "Kids and teenagers cannot come. The adult carnival is for adult couples and friends only. It's a regular" she emphasized the word regular while looking at Gary again. "Carnival with rides, games, and food. It's just so the adults can enjoy a night out without their kids. A time for adults to enjoy themselves," Delia finished while smiling.
"Oh~" all three boys said in unison, nodding their heads slowly - pretending like they actually listened to Mrs. Ketchum ramble on about the carnival.
"...Yeah. I should be leaving in a few minutes. I have to get everything set up." Delia turned off the stove and opened a cabinet and grabbed clear plastic wrap to cover the sweets she baked.
Drew and Gary made their way over to Ash's living room and sat on the couch.
"Soo~" Ash said, starting a new conversation with his mom. "The girls are coming over for a little while today."
"Alright, that's fine Ash," Delia said quickly without looking up at Ash - as she placed cookies into cute little pink baskets. Ash wasn t sure if that was really what she meant, or if she just said that to get him out of her way while she continued to hurriedly pack up the food.
"Okay..."
"What time are they coming over?" the brown-haired woman asked.
She must have really heard him.
Delia stopped what she was doing and looked up at her son.
"They should be here in a little bit."
"Alright, that's fine- ASH WHAT IS THAT ON YOUR NECK?" Delia hollered in surprise in seeing a little red mark on her son's neck. Drew and Gary instantly started laughing quietly on the couch. They were waiting for this moment to happen.
Ash looked at his mom with a confused expression on his face. He moved his right hand around his neck, feeling for anything out of the ordinary. "What are you talking about? There's nothing on my neck," the raven-haired boy said as he continued to feel around his neck for anything other than his skin. But he couldn't feel anything...
"Ash Ketchum!" his mother yelled. "Don't play dumb with me! I have told you a million times before-"
Drew and Gary turned around the couch, on their knees, facing Ash and his mother. "Gary, record this," Drew whispered in between his laughing. The brown-haired boy took out his phone and began recording immediately. This was something they weren't going to forget...ever.
"Oh man, this is blackmail stuff right here," Gary said trying to hold his laughter while Ash continued to get fussed out. "He doesn't even have a clue what she's talking about."
"Mom! What are you talking about?"
"Ash! How many times have I told you...Keep the horse in the barn!"
"Horse in the barn?" Ash repeated. He knew what his mom was getting at - but she was jumping to conclusions and he didn't even know why.
His cheeks turned red. He knew Drew and Gary were on the couch, eating this right up.
Drew put a pillow on his head to quiet down his laughter. "She said horse in the barn!" Drew said, taking the pillow off his head. He was laughing so hard he head tears forming in the corners of her eyes.
Gary tried to keep his phone still, but it was hard because he was laughing so hard. "Hey Drew, it should be more like keep the pony in the barn," Gary joked. This made Drew laugh even more. He placed the pillow back over his head and laughed into the pillow.
"What were you thinking? Do you not know that things happen? Things break, things slip off, and things have holes in them!" Delia put her hands on her hips.
"What things?" Ash asked, being in a dense state at the moment. He had no clue what she was talking about. There was nothing on his neck. He didn't feel anything so what was she going on about?
"ASH!" The brown haired woman lost it. "YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT! YOU'RE TOO YOUNG FOR TH-"
"WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?" Ash shouted at his mother, finally getting angry. Delia took a step back in surprise then took two steps forward, getting closer to him, her eyes in slits. Ash gulped - he didn't mean to yell her at her like that.
"Oh shit..." Drew said with a straight face.
"He did it now," the brown-haired boy stated.
"Make sure you record this!"
"I'm getting it!"
"Ash," Delia said calmly. "You. Have. A HICKEY ON YOUR NECK!" Ash still looked at her confused and touched his neck again. Delia, fed up with her son's stupidity, took a small handheld mirror out from her back pocket, and gave it to him.
Ash looked at his neck in the mirror and his eyes widened and he suddenly covered the small red spot. Now he got it...
This must have been what Leaf saw earlier today. And what his friends were talking about, telling him he didn't have anything on him. Ash made a mental note to say something about this later...especially Dawn.
This is what his mom was fussing at him for. This is what Dawn gave him at the beach...and now he finally caught on to his mom's conversation.
She thought Ash had sex with Dawn...
"I can explain!" Ash said quickly. He heard snickers coming from Gary and Drew and he scowled, turning his head at them for a second and looked back at his mom who had a furious expression on her face.
"You better start explaining, young man! You know I don't tolerate this! Were you at least careful, Ash? Did you check the condom for holes?"
Ash's eyes went wide and his face turned even redder. This couldn't get any more embarrasing. "Woah! We did not have sex, mom! Just 'cause I have a hickey on my neck, doesn't mean we did it," Ash explained.
"That's what leads to it! If you didn't have sex than why is this on your neck?" She gestured to Dawn's mark on his neck.
Ash was lost for words right now. No, he didn't do it with his girlfriend...but he couldn't tell his mom that Dawn and him were playing the 'seduce and leave them hanging' game. What would he say? "Mom, Dawn and I were just seeing if we can seduce each other and fall for it." No, because the reaction wouldn't be pretty. It would only lead to more questions.
Instead Ash said, "We were just kissing and maybe it intensified a little bit."
"How little are we talking?"
"Mom, all she did was suck on my neck...I didn't even know she was doing it." Okay, so it was kind of a lie. But also the truth. He knew Dawn was on his neck, but he didn't know she did that. He was too lost in the pleasure to really realize it.
"Mhm," Delia said. She didn't believe him one bit. "Did you put a hickey on her neck?"
"NO! I know her mom would kill her if she saw one!" Ash had put plenty on her before because she was always able to hide it with her head or clothes. But of course, he wouldn't bring that up.
"So if her mom didn't freak out, would you put one on her neck?" Delia squinted her eyes at him as she asked the question.
"Yes - I mean, no - I mean," Ash stopped talking and took a deep breath.
"He doesn't know what to say!" Gary said, laughing. Ash put his hand behind his back and gave both his friends the finger.
"Why are you even freaking out over this? She's my GIRLFRIEND!" Ash said, emphasizing the word girlfriend. You don't expect us not to do anything, do you?"
"Yes! I told you to wait until marriage!"
"No you didn't! You said as long as I use protection and are extra careful, it was okay!"
Delia's face fell. "I did say that, didn't I?"
"Uh oh," Drew smiled. "Here comes the lovey-dovey mother part." Him and the brunette snickered. "Make sure you get this."
"Drew, I'm getting everything! Shutup!," the brown-haired boy replied, starting to get annoyed at his friend.
"Okay, I did say that...but Ash, you're still my baby boy." Ash's face went pale. Gary and Drew would never let him live this down. "And I don't want you to grow up...and when you do that, it means you're growing up..."
"Uh...okay?" The boy's face held a blank expression.
"I'm sorry, Ash. I just have to except the fact that you're growing up and won't be my little Ashy anymore."
"Little Ashy," Drew repeated. Gary began chuckling along with Drew.
"Mom~" Ash groaned, trying to give her the signal to stop embarrassing him.
Delia wrapped her arms around Ash and brought him in for a hug. At this moment, Ash wished a hole could form right where he was standing and swallow him up to save him from this embarrasment.
"Mom, you can let go now..."
The woman ignored her son and continued to hug him while saying, "Oh, Ash, you'll always be my little boy. No matter what you do. I just hate to see you grow up." Delia continued to hug her son in a long embrace while Gary and Drew snickered from the living room and Ash red-faced begging for someone to kill him now.
He hated when his mom did this - especially in front of his friends.
"Uuh mom?" Ash finally said. "Don't you have to leave now?"
The brown-haired woman quickly remembered her task and let go off Ash, much to his appreciation. Delia went back to packing up the homemade deserts and packing them away in her car. She turned down the boys' helps so they headed upstairs to Ash's room.
Ash shut his door and hopped on his bed while Drew sat in chair and Gary sat on the floor with his back to the wall. They were sitting in silence waiting for their girlfriends to arrive until Gary pulled out his phone and started watching the video he recorded causing Drew to burst out laughing and Ash to glare at him and throw one of his pillows at the brunette-haired boy.
"Why did you record that?" Ash asked, glaring at Gary.
"Because it was funny and Drew told me to do it," Gary replied with a smirk on his face.
"Hey! Don't put this on me," the green-haired boy said to Gary. "You're the one that said 'this is blackmail stuff right here'" Drew imitated his friend in a high-pitched voice.
"I don't sound like that!"
"That's how you sounded to me," Drew said with a taunting smile on his face. Gary hated when Drew did that smile.
The raven-haired boy just watched his friends go back in fourth while slowly shaking his head.
"Hey, Ash..." Gary said with a smirk on his face while he looked at Drew. "Drew said you have a small-"
"We're here~" a girly called as the owner of the voice walked in Ash's room with two other girls behind her. The brunette-haired girl walked over to her boyfriend. "Why are you sitting on the floor?"
"Because Drew's in the chair and Ash's on the bed. Join me?" Gary asked with a smirk on his face and holding out his hand. Leaf smirked and playfully hit his hand away.
"No thank you," Leaf said before turning away from her boyfriend and walking over to Drew. She shoved the green-haired boy out the chair - earning a glare from the boy - and sat in the chair with a smile on her face. "This is much better. Thanks Drew."
The chautrese-haired boy mumbled something under his breath and flipped his hair before he sat on Ash's bed. Dawn rolled her eyes and laughed as she walked to Ash and sat in Ash's lap and began talking to him. May walked over to her now pouting boyfriend and laughed at him before sitting in his lap as well.
"Ash, your mom told me to tell you that she won't be home until late tonight," May informed the raven-haired boy who just nodded his head and turned his attention back to Dawn.
"So~" Leaf began. "Why exactly are we here? I have to be home in an hour."
"Yeah~ I have to be home soon too," Dawn added.
"Me too...I have a lot of homework," May said.
"Okay..." Ash said. "well we need to figure out what we're doing for Kai's birthday aparently..." The raven-haired boy trailed off his sentence and glanced around the room, at his friends waiting for someone to throw some ideas out there.
"I have come up with a great idea of what we could do for Kai's birthday," Gary spoke up with a smirk on his face that looked a little mischievous.
"What?" Leaf asked while she eyed her boyfriend.
"Us boys" Gary motioned to himself, Ash and Drew. "Take Kai out while you girls" He then gestured to Dawn, Leaf, and May. "Stay at home or something. It'll be one of our guys' night out except with a special occasion; Kai's birthday. Good plan, huh?" Gary smirked while the girls glared at him.
"No! That's not fair!" May said, crossing her arms and rolling her eyes.
"How is it not fair?"
"Because I think as friends we should all" May gestured to everyone in the room. "Do something together. Like throw him a surprise party or something. It shouldn't be broken off into just boys. Why should you guys have all the fun and we don't?"
"I think it's fair," Drew said simply while he flipped his hair.
"What? How?" Dawn asked while glaring at the boy.
"Who's he closer with? You girls? Or us boys?" Drew asked.
"Dawn," May mumbled to herself and rolled her eyes.
Dawn looked at her. She was sure she wasn't supposed to hear it...but she did. And she wasn't quite sure if that was bad or good. However, by the sound of her voice, it seemed like it was supposed to be bad. "What was that, May?" The brunette looked at Dawn with confusion clear on her face. "You say something?"
May shook her head. "Oh, no." May smiled and looked away from the bluenette. "Nothing at all."
Dawn nonchalantly shrugged her shoulders and turned her head while rolling her eyes. "Okay, well just making sure. If you do say something, make sure to speak up and not mumble." Dawn said this with a bit more harshness in her voice.
Leaf looked at the two girls and slightly shook her head, hoping the two wouldn't start arguing. She knew the two girls were still friends...but not as good of friends like before. May and Dawn both told her something between them wasn't the same anymore. She knew it was true, but didn't really want to believe it.
However, lately, Leaf has noticed that Dawn and May have been acting 'different' towards each other. May was always saying slick stuff and Dawn would hear it. And that either resulted in an argument or May brushing it off claiming she didn't say anything. Usually the things May said would retain to Ash or Kai. And not in a good way.
Maybe it was May who was making their friendship slowly fade. Leaf had a small hunch on why May was acting like this towards Dawn...
"Is everything okay between you two?" Ash whispered in Dawn's ear when he saw her fingers tapping his bed. He knew she only did this when she was either annoyed or mad...or getting mad.
Dawn quickly stopped drumming her fingers. "Yeah," she whispered. "We're fine."
Ash didn't press on any further. He didn't know if he believed her or not. He knew that, that wasn't normal behavior for the two girls...but then again what did he know. It could be just one of their 'moments' and he was sure they'd get over it. Therefore, he didn't ask any more questions. Plus, if something were going on between them, Dawn would tell him.
Wouldn't she?
Drew and Gary simply disregarded the small incident, not thinking anything of it. They continued their conversation.
"Kai's closer with us," the brown-haired boy said. "Therefore, we spend time with him. Plus, I don't think he'll want to be around you girls on his birthday."
"Uh...what is that supposed to mean?" Leaf asked.
"I didn't mean it like that. I mean he might want to be with other girls...that he can...you know."
"Whatever. Now you boys definitely aren't going to be with him on his birthday. If you have girls, I doubt it'll be only some for him."
"What are you saying? That we'll cheat?" Drew asked, getting quite upset at Leaf's statement.
"We don't cheat!" Ash said.
"Did I even say that you cheat?" Leaf asked with an innocent smile on her face. "Guilty ones always get defensive..."
"That's not true. And you didn't say it, but you were thinking it."
"How do you know, Ash?"
"Because it was clear that you were thinking it," Gary said.
"Not really," the bluenette spoke. "When she said it I wasn't thinking of cheating."
"See." Leaf grinned at the boys.
"Of course she's going to take up for you!" Drew said. "She's a girl and you're a girl. Girls take up for each other!"
"Just like boys take up for each other."
"It seems like every time we all get together its boys versus girls." May said, giggling.
"That's because you girls always start it." Ash mumbled to himself, but since Dawn was sitting on his lap, she heard him.
"How do we start it?"
"How about I rephrase that? Leaf starts it."
"How do I start it?" Leaf asked.
"Your smart comments start it and Dawn and May take up for you which causes Drew, Ash, and me to go against you," the auburn-haired boy said.
"Not true," May said. "You guys start with us too. Leaf just speaks her mind. You three" - she gestured to Ash, Gary, and Drew - "on the other hand start with us just to get on our nerves."
"And it always works," Drew said with a goofy grin on his face.
"Okay guys, we need to get back on subject. What are we doing for Kai's birthday?" Dawn said.
"I already said that we're - as an boys - are doing something with Kai," Gary replied. Dawn just rolled her eyes at the boy as he smirked at her.
"And I said you're not," Leaf said before she stuck her tongue out at her boyfriend, making him wink at her. "Ugh! Not like that Gary!"
"Right~ that's what you always say."
"Not the time and definitely not the place," Ash said, catching onto their - what he thought to be - 'insider conversation.'
"Anyways~ how about we all go to dinner...?" May suggested.
"Or how about we - boys - go to dinner with Kai then to a party," Ash said with slyness in his voice.
"Know what?" Leaf spoke up, getting annoyed at the boys. It was clear to her that they were set on having one of their 'boys night out' for Kai's birthday. "You boys can do something with him Friday night and me, Dawn, and May will do our own thing. You three won't be the only ones having fun." Leaf smiled and winked at Gary.
"I like that idea," May said.
"Me too," Dawn added while shrugging her shoulders - she was nonchalant with the idea.
"I guess it's cool," Drew said lazily as if he didn't care. "We'll be having fun anyways."
"Doing what?" May asked.
"Sorry May, but we can't tell you that," Ash answered before Drew could.
"Why not?" the bluenette asked curiously.
"Because it's our business and not yours," Gary replied.
"I think it's our business since we're your girlfriends," Leaf retorted.
"Hey, we have to keep some things private," Ash said.
"Wait, are done? I need to get home," May said, stopping a feud that was about to take place. "Because all we're doing right now is arguing."
"Yup. I already said we were going out with Kai...so we're done," Gary said.
"You said that at lunch today. Why'd we have to have a meeting just so you could tell us that again?" Dawn asked glaring at the brown-haired boy.
"I wanted to get my point across."
May rolled her eyes at the boy and stood, facing Drew. She reached for his hand, tugging him gently and said, "Come on Drew, take me home."
Then Leaf stood up from the chair and walked over to Gary and smiled innocently at him before saying, "You're taking me home too, right?" Gary playfully rolled his eyes before standing up and wrapping his arms around his girlfriend.
"Of course. But how did you get here?"
"We rode the bus Gary...duh. How else do you think we got here?" Dawn said as she walked over to him giving him a strange look while doing so. "By walking?"
"You could have," Gary mumbled sarcastically under his breath.
Drew, May, Gary, and Leaf made their way out of Ash s room and were heading downstairs. Dawn was reading a text message she received from her mother a few minutes ago.
Ash walked to his bedroom door and yelled, "Shut the door on the way out." He waited until he heard a faint okay and the front door slam shut before he closed his door to make sure Mr. Mime or Pikachu or anyone in that matter interrupted them and walked over to Dawn.
"Apparently my mom won't be home until late tonight," the bluenette said as she skimmed the text message from her mother. "She said she's with your mom at the adult carnival - whatever that is - and Piplup is with her."
Ash smiled and walked behind Dawn and snaked his arms around her waist and whispered in her ear, "Which means you can stay here for a while."
Dawn smiled and wiggled out of his grasp before turning to face him. "Sorry, but I have homework to do. So can you take me home please?" She asked and kissed him lightly on his lips.
"I think homework can wait."
"I think it can't" Dawn challenged with a smirk on her face. She started to walk away from him but he reached for her hand and brought her back to him.
"And thanks for putting a hickey on my neck. My mom freaked when she saw it today. And you culdn't tell me you did it?"
Dawn giggled and a light red hue appeared on her cheeks. "I thought you knew. By the way, it's what they were talking about at lunch today."
"I know that...now. Therefore, I think it's time for a little payback." Ash deviously smiled at her before kissing her. He slowly backed her towards his bed but stopped when she broke the kiss.
"I don't even know why you want payback. You're always giving me some."
"Because your hair is long enough to hide them and mine isn't long enough."
"Oh, so~ basically you re saying that its okay for you to give me some but it s not alright for me to give you some?"
"Exactly," Ash whispered by her ear. He went back to her mouth and began kissing her again.
As the kiss began to deepen, Dawn reluctantly pulled away. "Really Ash, I have to get home and I ll never get there if we continue. I don t plan on staying up late tonight trying to finish my homework."
"Maybe if you never put a hickey on my neck I'd be taking you home right now."
Dawn smiled and kissed him. "It's not even that serious."
"I was embarrassed in front of Drew and Gary pretty bad. So yes, it's serious."
"You and your petty little excuses," Dawn said, rolling her eyes and snaking her arms around his neck.
The raven-haired boy smirked and went close to her ear and whispered, "Besides you know you want me."
Dawn blushed. That was something she couldn't deny. Though that cocky statement you know you want me reminded her of Drew, she gave in to his words. The way he whispered it in her ear made chills run throughout her body. She actually had to refrain herself from pushing him on the bed.
Ash began showering her neck with soft kisses causing her to tilt her head to one side to give him more access to her neck.
Then he went back to her lips and kissed her once more but even deeper this time.
Dawn couldn't do anything for she was lost in his kiss.
'Maybe homework can wait...'
Author's Notes: I love making scenes like that between them xD it's fun! Anyways...so did you get the whole concept of this chapter? Kai's birthday ;) *cough* and May's strange attitude towards Dawn? Btw, anyone want to guess why May's acting that way? ;) I gave a HUGE hint in the chapter so it should be easy...if you caught it ;). And also...what is Dawn doing to her picture? ;) hm... Well, I'll leave you to think about those questions for a bit ;) The next chapter shouldn't take long to get up. It's going to be short. Short as an two-thousand to three-thousand words short. It's going to be more like a filler. You'll find out what Dawn is doing with her painting (maybe) you'll at least see two reactions from it ;) and you'll find out why May is acting the way she is towards Dawn. If you have not even the slighest clue why then I think it will be quite surprising to you :p So until whenever I update again... bye :D. Please review :D