Hiya again, I really like this chapter the most. But that's just me. My friend (xDawnxPiplupx) was having a bad day and I wanted to make her feel better, she loved this idea so I went for it. This chapter shows Ash and Dawn spending quality time with each other, with Kenny and Misty causing a few problems, will this have any effect on the relationship, hmm, you guys will see…

"Jeez, that was a rough night, I couldn't get a wink of sleep.." Ash said stretching his arms. He looked around the room, he noticed Dawn wasn't on the bed, but on the sofa. He didn't remember her sleeping there during the night, then, he remembered what had happened, the encounter with Kenny and Misty, frankly, he didn't want to know about them anymore. He slowly pushed himself up and got of the bed. He walked over to the sleeping girl and kneeled at her side. He ran his hands through her smooth, soft hair, staring at her face. After a few strokes he saw the maiden's eyes open slowly, revealing her blue eyes, soft as pearls and sparkling brighter then diamonds. She flickered them and turned to face the wild haired boy.

"Good morning Ash." she said and kissed him on the cheek for a few seconds.

"Good morning, how'd you sleep?" he asked her.

"Great thanks, you?" she replied

"Hmm, okay.." she put her head side ways in wonder. He got up off his knees and went into the bathroom, she got up and stretched her thin long arms. She went to the dressing table and started to do her hair.

Minutes later, Ash came out the bathroom, dressed in his usual clothes, Dawn grabbed her clothes and rushed into the bathroom, Ash sat on the bed, putting his socks and shoes on. When done he fitted his hat onto his head and waited for Dawn, Pikachu had just gotten up and bounced onto his trainer's shoulder. Dawn came out in her usual style and smiled at them. Ash smiled back, he wrapped his arms around her arm and they walked out without a word. They walked to the café on the ground floor and sat opposite each other. They had just gotten word that Brock had gone to the gym again, his father was having a break. It wasn't like Brock to go off without telling them, but it didn't really matter.

The two ate their breakfast and sat down in the lobby to relax.

"Boy, that was delicious, one of the best meals I've had." Ash said aloud

"But it can't compare to Brock's cooking!" she shouted

"True!" he agreed

He sat up properly from his usual position and turned to Dawn who was looking at something. He turned to look as well, there were couples everywhere, young ones to old ones, they were all looking at a notice board and huge banner pinned up, hanging across the huge arch between the restaurant and the giant lobby. It was a local dance night, a ballroom one. Ash looked at Dawn who was eyeing at it. He had an idea, but he didn't want to say it now. He thought about it. Dawn was still a bit tired and yawned. Ash put his arms around her shoulder. She put her head on his shoulder and relaxed a bit.

"Excuse me?" Dawn turned round, a little girl was standing there with a pen and a notepad.

"May I help you?" Dawn said politely and smiled.

"Are you the famous Dawn?" the little girl smiled.

"Well, I wouldn't call myself famous but yes, I am Dawn." Dawn said confused, Ash smiled to himself listening to the conversation.

"That is so cool, may I have your autograph?" The girl handed Dawn the notepad and blue pen.

"Um, sure." Dawn wrote down her signature and closed the notepad. She handed it back to the little girl.

"Thank you, I watch you all the time!" the little girl shouted out which gave Dawn a fright.

"Really?" Dawn said with disbelief.

"Yeah, I loved it went you won your first ribbon, it was really cool, like the way you used Piplup's Whirlpool for the field and to dodge Prinplup's moves. And when you used Ambipom in the contest, when you won your third ribbon!" the little girl was excited, Dawn blushed she never knew she had a fan.

"Thank you, it means a lot to me." Dawn looked at the little girl, the girl giggled.

"My brother likes you a lot too!" Dawn was surprised that the little girl.

"Really, how old is he?"

"He is about your age, 15!" the little girl shouted, Ash got really interested now, the girl looked back, looking at a boy, Dawn guessed that that was her brother. He had brown hair, combed back, he had a white top on with a black jacket and black jeans, Ash looked back to see the boy. He looked older, Dawn turned around seeing Ash stare too, she knew what was up.

"Bye!" the little girl said, Dawn turned back instantly, Dawn waved, the little girl skipped to the brown haired boy and the two of them walked off. Before they walked out of the building the boy turned his head to Dawn and winked at her. Then went out. Dawn was speechless, Ash watched the whole thing. Ash and the maiden turned back to there position. Ash had a question he wanted to ask so badly, but he decided to introduce the question differently.

Firstly he said, "Looks like you've got a fan."

"Yeah I guess I do."

"Well, you better get used to it, your popularity is growing around Sinnoh.. remember you did win three ribbons in a row."

Dawn nodded.

Ash thought of what to say next, " And you know what?"

"What?"

"Well, you have four ribbons now, right." He looked amused

One eyebrow rose, "Yeah, but Kenny has five." she turned into a stroppy child. Crossing her arms and looking firward in depression. Sudden events with Kenny flooded back into Ash's mind. He shoke it off and returned to what he was about to say.

"Yeah, but soon, you'll be recieving that fifth badge, and after that the Grand Festival." Ash said with glee.

Dawn blushed and flickered her eyes at him.

"What you think of him." Envy could show in the most forbidded places, Dawwn looked up a bit puzzled, then realised about the brown haired boy.

She lifted her head up and faced Ash, "Nothing really."

"Hmm." Ash looked forward.

"Ash Ketchum are you.. Jealous." Dawn giggled to herself. Ash blushed in embarrassment,

"No." he lied.

"Hmm, it doesn't seem like he is lying, but I still feel like he is, his eyes just make me adore him more, they make me go into another direction, that make me go the right way, but I feel like one day, they might make me go the wrong way. That's what I am scared of the most though, I feel like I can trust him, but at the same time, I can't, but, I do love him, I'm sure that's enough for me to be with him.. Is it?" She thought

She put her head back on his shoulder,

"Wouldn't it be nice to go to that dance?"

Ash looked confused, but realised what she was saying, "Uh maybe, I dunno."

A frown came across her face, Ash didn't notice. She got up out of the coach and walked off.

"Where you going?" Ash asked

"Oh , just going to get changed we ARE gonna go boating aren't we."

He nodded, "But.."

Ash was about to say something, but she was too quick, so he forgot about it.

Kenny and Misty…

"I think we should go too." Misty looked at him suspicion

"Why?" Kenny ignored her question and went off, Misty shrugged and followed him

At quarter to three…

"Hmm." Ash tapped his foot on the floor for several minutes, he heard footsteps coming down, he knew who it was, he turned round. It was Dawn, wearing a white summer dress, strapless, just above the knee. Her hair was loose and wavy, no pins to keep her hair back, she looked cuter then she did before, well, in Ash's eyes it was, he seemed to think.

"Dawn, you look pretty." he blushed at the comment, they walked on over to the couch that would take them to the beautiful Lake Destiny. They sat in the same seats they had before, Ash put his arm around her shoulder, rubbing the smooth skin slowly, while she decided to lean on his shoulder and hold his hand that was free.

Kenny and Misty came on later and sat at the very back, so Ash wouldn't notice.

"You know the plan." Misty said, Kenny nodded

A few minutes later they all arrived at the famous lake and waited in line to give in there names and the tickets.

"It's a shame Brock isn't here." Dawn sighed to herself.

"No need to worry, he'll be back soon." Ash replied.

Dawn shrugged to herself. Kenny and Misty waited in the other line, and kept a safe distance from Ash and Dawn. Once they gave the tickets to the man behind the counter, he instructed them to go to the port area at the other side. The Lake was surrounded by trees and flowers, with grass patches. The lake sparkled in the sun's rays, crystal blue, pure fresh air around the area; Pokemon hanging from trees, resting and playing.

Ash climbed into the boat first, to find out if it was stable, he stroked the side of the boat to see how rough it was. It was actually surprisingly smooth, shaped

in an appropriate manor. He helped Dawn get in by taking her hand and helping her step onto the hard surface. Some wood was curved and smoothened to make to ores, Ash took each of them and got the equipment into position. Dawn looked nervous, she always knew Ash was good at other styles of travelling, but was worried about how he could steer a boat. She kept asking Ash before in the coach if he knew how to work a boat, all he said was her catch phrase, 'No need to worry' which didn't make her worry any less. He started to row, slowly and carefully, he knew that he had to make the impression that he had driven a boat before, even though, he hadn't.

Five minutes had past, Ash was getting the hang of it, well, steering the boat anyway, with the help of the instructor. Dawn had had a little panic attack, but started to calm down in the first two minutes. Ash looked around and spotted something, an entrance, to another part of the lake, it was covered by weeping willow vines hanging down swaying in the wind. Dawn put her finger in the water and started making circles she was getting bored, suddenly the boat rocked and Ash was rowing again. She sat up properly and began to make a conversation,

"So, this is nice."

"Yeah, you're right, nice and peaceful." Ash was satisfied

"Yeah, it's nice to get away from it all." she said sighing

He nodded in agreement "It's a change, from the busy city to well… a peaceful lake.." he paused a second . He was rowing straight into the willow strains. They went through them, Ash moving each strained so he could see where he was going, Dawn did the same. The whole boat was in. It was a small part of the lake, in a round shape from one end and coming out to the main part of the lake. It was surrounded again by trees, water Pokemon were resting at the edges. It was even quieter. Flowers at the water's edge.

"Wow." Ash said

"It's beautiful."

"Kinda boring though.." Ash looked at the negative side

"But it's quiet, gentle, makes you relaxed." Dawn got up slowly, retaining balance and walked slowly to Ash's side and sat down. Ash pulled her closer to him by her waist, she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes, feeling relaxed. Ash layed his head on her blue silky hair, using it as a pillow. He began to go into his own dream world.

Little did they know that Kenny and Misty were watching from behind the trees, in camouflage. Kenny clenching his fist, envy all over, jealousy ripping through his veins. Misty watched on, she didn't take notice of his anger. She was too caught up in her own sorrow. When she came back down to earth, she nudged Kenny. Kenny replied instantly and nodded. He took out his poke ball, Prinplup came out.

Ash and Dawn woke up from their dream world, Ash took the ores and started to row. He knew they had limited time to get back. Prinplup had quietly slipped itself in the water and started swim to the boat. Kenny was following, but walking on the bank side, Misty followed him.

Dawn layed back, feeling the warm breeze, but then was interrupted when suddenly the boat went woosh. It got faster and faster, Ash was holding onto his cap, but lost one of the ores. Dawn started to panic, Ash had to get from one side of the boat to the other to make sure she would calm down,

"What is happening!" she shouted at him

"Don't ask me!" he replied. They never noticed the shadow in the water, Prinplup was pushing the boat straight out of the small private area and out into the open lake. As soon as they reached the middle, Prinplup let go and saw the wooden object go forward, leaving the two stranded. Ash and Dawn were speechless.

"WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU ASH!"

"I DIDN'T DO ANYTHING!"

Dawn went o the other side of the boat and looked away from Ash.

"You always blame me for everything!"

"No I don't."

"Yes you do!" he squirmed

"No I do not, JUST GET ME BACK TO SHORE." Dawn huffed. Ash got one of the ores but realised there was only one. He tried not to panic and looked around the lake, nothing could be seen.

"Where's the other ore?" he asked himself, realising he said it out aloud, he turned to Dawn who's jaw was wide open.

"Oh My God Ash, how the hell can you loose a ore!" she shouted

He got closer to her, " Very carefully." he teased.

Dawn grabbed him by the shirt and started to tug at it.

"How the hell are we gone get back!" she screamed

"I DON'T KNOW LET ME THINK!"

"WELL THINK FASTER." She screamed again. Ash thought to himself but couldn't think of what to do. Dawn could see it in his eyes that he had no clue.

"Seriously Ketchum, you always get us into a situation like this!" she shouted.

"Well, excuse me for being me!" he shouted back.

"Being you has to be… argg." she moaned to herself and sat down with her head in her hands. Ash felt a bit guilty for shouting at her. He rubbed his head, he sat down beside her, he put his hand on her lap, she looked up to his darling face, strains of loose hair covering parts of her face. She still had a bit of anger in her eyes.

"Look, we will get out of this."

She took his hand off her lap and jumped up with a serious face, "How do you suggest we do that?"

He shrugged to himself.

"You know what, we never should have done this." Ash was getting pissed off and jumped up himself.

"What, the trip, Dawn you're the one who wanted to go."

"And you're the one who kept saying No Need To Worry I have done this before." she looked away, "But you didn't know how to do it, did you."

"Just be quite Dawn." he had a little plan.

"MAKE ME."

"OKAY I WILL." he grinned and went for her. He brushed his lips against hers and they both fell back into the boat. Ash cupped her head in his hand while the other cupped her cheek. Dawn was a little shell shocked but then got more into it. She wrapped her hands around his waist and then drew them up to his shoulders, where they rested.

Kenny watched it all, he was enjoying Dawn shouting at Ash but suddenly it came to this. Misty grinned. He turned to look at her.

"What you grinning at?" he asked ferociously

"I told you it wouldn't work. Ash is sneaky, when something like this happens, he can turn it all around and make it into a positive situation." Kenny stuck his tongue out at her and looked on. Prinplup had come back, soaking wet. Kenny sent him back into the water. The frown turned upside down.

Ash and Dawn separated. Getting used to the feeling, however Prinplup started to pierce a hole in the boat and it started sinking. Ash felt the water on his back, Dawn felt damp and got up quickly.

"What now!" she shouted.

"Probably a Pokemon piercing a hole into the boat." he could guess which one. They sunk way down. Ash jumped out of the boat and encouraged Dawn to jump too. They watched the boat sink.

"Well, that was … strange." Ash said confused

Dawn spat out a bit of water. "Jeez, you think?" Dawn looked at her hair, "Oh man, my poor hair."

Ash splashed her to get her attention, "It's just hair." Dawn splashed him, he splashed back, the two were enjoying themselves, this was not part of Kenny's plan at all,

"ARGGGG." Kenny got frustrated from behind the tree, "PRINPLUP, I WANT YOU TO DRAG ASH DOWN!"

"WHAT !" Misty responded not liking the idea. Kenny just realised that she was there, but ignored her. Prinplup dived into the water, and swum up to Ash's feet, Prinplup found some type of wavy grass, long and strong. He pulled it out, but on the strain, there was some sand, which flicked into his eye. So he was temporally blind, but he still swum up to 'Ash's' foot and tied it. However what he didn't know was that, Prinplup was actually tying the 'grass' to Dawn's leg, but he didn't know that… he yanked at the it which made Dawn go woosh, into the water.

"Dawn!" Ash screamed.

"FOR GOD SAKE, YOU TIED THE WRONG PERSON!" Kenny shouted at the Prinplup, who ignored his behaviour.

Ash dived down into the blue lake, he looked around for Dawn who was struggling to tear up the seaweed. When Ash spotted her frustration, he swam up to her, they both tried to tear it up but it was too strong, although, Ash could see the root of the seaweed, sliding out, so he swum deeper and pulled out the root, then he swum back up to get Dawn, who had sucked in some water. Once he grabbed her he swum to shore. He dragged her onto the shore,

"Well.." Ash panted, "That could have gone better.."

Dawn was on her back, breathing and taking in the lose of air, "Yeah.."

"Well, it was kinda funny." Ash giggled a bit, Dawn started to giggle too, then Ash ran up to her and picked her up bridal style. Dawn kissed him on the cheek. Ash blushed and started walking back to the port.

Behind the trees…

Kenny's mouth widened at the sight, he was sure that Dawn would blame Ash for everything and then they would get into a massive fight. Didn't look like it worked..

Kenny looked at the grinning Misty who was quite amused, although it was the opposite to Kenny.

"Told you so." she teased. Kenny walked off with a huff. Misty followed.

"Now it's my turn." Misty thought to herself.

Back at the port…

Ash twisted round with Dawn in his arms, teasing and playing with her. Soon after, Ash had to explain what happened to the boat, the instructor was deeply confused.

"Well, I don't know what to say, the Pokemon of the lake don't usually play up like that," the instructor said, Ash and Dawn looked to each other and looked back at him, Ash and Dawn had retrieved some towels to dry themselves off, "We will sort it out, no need to pay for the boat, it is okay."

"Thank you sir."

He nodded as a reply and walked off.

"Well, we can forget that now, hay, you wanna go to the restaurant." Dawn smiled

"What do you think." he lifted her up bridal style again and ran to the coach which would take them back to the resort.

Okay, done, hmm, five pages, a record for me (i think), XD. Okay, well review, please no flames… just to remind you ASH IS NOT OOC! REVIEW! oh also, if any of you have ideas of me to pitch in the story. As in like, well, I need more plots for Misty and Kenny to get them to break up, I have thought of two, but two more would be nice. Otherwise, no need to worry, I can think of some. by way, you know that little girl's borther, he will be in the next chapter too. See if you can guess...