AKCC: Wow! I feel so much better!
Keith: And that's supposed to be a good thing?
AKCC: It is if you want to be employed!
Keith: Eh. I can get a job elsewhere.
Rhythmi: But you can't because of your contract.
Isaac: Yes. The legal system has us all tied.
Ashley: *runs in late* Ok! I'm here! I'm ready!
AKCC: You're in the wrong costume.
Ashley: *looks down* Aw damn it!
Isaac: I'm going to do this to get it out of the way. AKCC does not own Pokemon or the song mentioned in this chapter
Ashley: Where's my costume for this story?
AKCC: That way. *points in random direction*
Ashley: Thanks! *runs off*
AKCC: *turns to readers* P.S. the song in this chapter is Kiss the Girl from The Little Mermaid. As much as I loved the original and Ashley Tisdale's version, I suggest listening to Colbie Caillat's version. It would fit the mood better. And if you're going to read my story, I want you to give it a chance! It breaks my heart when people read my story and don't go on to the next chapter! my early chapter sucks, I know that, but I swear, after Ranger School, they do get better and longer! Please read them all before you go on to another story!
Chapter Thirteen
Ashley's POV
I was sitting under the shade of my favorite tree at the lab, watching as the Valentine's Dance was getting set up for tonight. People and pokemon were helping each other setting everything up. I smiled as I watched them. I loved it when I see people and pokemon working in harmony.
"So are you going to dance with anyone tonight?" Ash sat down next to me.
"I don't know." I shrugged.
"What about that redhead, Keith?" he looked at me.
"Not you too!" I cried. "First it's Lucario, then it's Gardevoir and Gallade, and now it's you! Besides, he only likes me as a friend. Nothing more."
"I don't believe you." Ash smirked. "I read his aura and your's. You guys like each other."
"So I do like him. But he doesn't like me the same way. He told me himself." I stated.
"Don't believe everything you hear." he smiled.
"Oh so like when you thought you were able to beat Cynthia and her Rayquaza before you realized it was all an illusion from Mismagius?" I smirked.
"We were caught by surprise!" he defended.
"Yeah," I rolled my eyes. "Like the fact that it wasn't raining on one side of the gate when it was on the other side didn't alert you guys of anything."
"It was dark and we were desperate for a Pokemon Center! What do you think we should've done?" he shouted.
"I don't know. Think!" I retorted. "Maybe use common sense!"
"I hate you." Ash grumbled.
"I love you too." I smiled.
"Surprise!" a Waterfall attack was dumped on us as two figures jumped out of the tree above us.
"Brendan. Lucas." Ash and I growled at our laughing cousins.
"Epic!" they high-fived each other.
Do you want to do the honors? Ash smirked at me.
What about we do it together? I smirked back.
"Pikachu! Thunderbolt!" we ordered. While they were laughing, Brendan and Lucas was too busy to notice Ash and I planning a counterattack on them until it was too late. With the combined power of our Pikachu, our two cousins were covered in soot.
"I guess we did deserve that." Brendan rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.
"Told you it was a bad idea." Lucas sat up.
"You think?" I stood up and placed my hands on my hips.
"Why did you guys get here so late?" Ash stood up as well.
"This guy was too busy competing in the Battle Tower to notice that we missed our boat here." Lucas stood up as he jerked his thumb towards Brendan.
"Is it my fault that they had a tournament just as we were suppose to leave?" Brendan got up.
"It's your fault for entering that tournament!" Lucas shouted at him.
"You guys sound like us when we're arguing." Ash complained.
"Sometimes I think all of us are siblings who were separated." I commented.
"Ditto." Ash said.
"Now thanks to those two," I glared at Brendan and Lucas. "It's going to take me longer to get ready for tonight. See you guys later." I waved as I walked back to the house.
Once I got home, I took a shower and got ready for tonight. When I was done, I was wearing a rose colored dress which went just above my knees with a silver sash at my waist. My hair was curled and pulled up in a high ponytail. Some silver bracelets and silver heels completed the look. It was 6:30 when I left for the dance so there was still some light outside. When I arrived at the lab, it was already dark, but several Volbeat and Illumise were shining their lights as they danced with each other in the sky.
"Wow Ashley," I turned around to see Rhythmi gasping. "You look beautiful."
"Thanks." I smiled. "You don't look so bad yourself." Rhythmi was wearing a white dress with some gold accents.
"Dancing with anyone?" she asked.
"If anyone ask me to. What about you? Who are you dancing with?" I asked.
"I have someone in mind." Rhythmi blushed.
"And here he comes." I turned her around to see Isaac walking up to us. What am I? An idiot? It's obvious that Rhythmi likes Isaac and he likes her back.
"H-Hi Rhythmi." Isaac blushed.
"Hey." she said.
"You look nice tonight." he said.
"Thanks. I thought you would like it." Rhythmi showed off her dress.
"Well I do. Do you want to, like, dance with me?" Isaac blushed again.
"What? Really?" Rhythmi blushed.
"Just go." I pushed her into Isaac's open arms. They both blushed before walking off to the dance floor. "Have fun!" I called out to them.
"Those two needed more than a push to get them together." Ash said as he, Lucas, and Brendan appeared next to me.
"Tell me about it." I muttered.
"So who are you dancing with?" Brendan asked.
"I bet it's that Keith fellow." I heard Lucas whisper.
"Shut up!" I blushed. "Why don't you guys go dance with Rebecca and Zoey then? I see them here." I shot back.
"What? Where?" they said in unison.
I laughed. "Over there." I pointed to the other side. "Hey Rebecca! Zoey!" I called out to them before Ash and I turned around.
"Nice one." Ash smiled.
"Watch out. It's you and Dawn next." I warned. "In fact she over there." I smirked. "Hey Dawn!" I quickly walked off, leaving Ash, Brendan, and Lucas with their crushes.
It's obvious that they like them. Ash always hang out with Dawn, even compete in contests with her. And Lucas always watches every one of Zoey's contest. I'm surprised that she doesn't think of him as a stalker. And Brendan always teams up with Rebecca when there's a Tag Battle in the Battle Tower. They make it so easy. I walked away from the dance floor and towards the lake at the lab where I saw a figure all alone there.
Keith's POV
I stood by the lake, staring at the Volbeat and Illumise dancing in the sky.
"Keith?" I turned around to see Ashley standing there. Man, was she beautiful. "What are you doing here?" she asked.
"What are you doing here? Shouldn't you be back there with that guy?" I asked bitterly.
"Do you mean Ash? Why would I be dancing with him?" she walked next to me.
I gritted my teeth at the sound of his name. "You guys are always together so why aren't you right now?"
"Just because we're twins doesn't mean we do everything together." Wait, twins? "Hold up, did you think that we were together?" she asked.
"I always see you guys hanging out with each other." my face softened.
"Okay, that is so gross. Why would I be dating my own brother? That is just wrong." she looked at me in shocked.
"So you guys are siblings?" I asked.
"Yes. Don't you see the resemblance?" she looked at me. Now that I think of it, they do look similar.
"Now I feel like an idiot." I groaned as I sank down to the ground.
"Do you mean more than usual?" she sat down next to me. I glared at her. "Kidding." she said.
"So you're not dating anyone?" I asked.
"No." she answered.
"What are you doing here then?" I asked.
"I had to leave since I set up Ash, Brendan, and Lucas with their crushes." she smiled. "Plus there was no one to dance with. What about you?"
"Couldn't find anyone to dance with." I stated.
"Then come on." she stood up. I looked at her in confusion. "We can dance with each other." she held out her hand. I took it and stood up. I had to brush off the dust on my pants.
"You look nice tonight." I said as the Volbeat and Illumise flew closer, shining some more light on us.
"Thanks." she blushed. "You don't look bad yourself."
I looked down at what I was wearing, black dress pants and shoes with a dark red dress shirt with a black tie. "It doesn't compare to you." I said.
I saw her blush even more. "Do you want to dance right here? It's a bit crowded back there." she offered.
"But there's no music." As if on cue, several Kricketot and Kricketune popped up from the bushes and began to play a song. "Nevermind."
"Weird huh?" she gave a small laugh, but I saw her shoot a glare at a bush.
"May I have this dance?" I offered her my hand.
"Of course." she curtsied a bit before taking my hand. I placed both of my hands on her waist while she draped her arms around my neck. We started to dance to the music the pokemon were making.
Suddenly, more pokemon joined in, using GrassWhistle and Sing to form a melody. Out of nowhere, the lyrics from a song begin to fill the air.
There you see her
Sitting there across the way
She don't got a lot to say
But there's something about her
"This is weird." Ashley said. She shot another glare at the same bush as before.
"Yeah, but it's actually pretty nice." I said.
"I guess." she looked up to me. Those blue eyes cannot mask those brown chocolate eyes I see everytime I look at her.
Yes, you want her
Look at her, you know you do
It's possible she wants you too
There's one way to ask her
We continued to dance as the Volbeat and Illumise shined their light on us. The light just made her eyes shine even more. Luvdises swam in the lake and formed a heart around us. Weird that the pokemon was acting this way, but I didn't care. As long as I'm with the girl I want, I couldn't care less.
Sha la la la la
Float along, listen to the song
The song says kiss the girl
Sha la la la la
Music play, do what the music say
You want to kiss the girl
Ashley rested her head on my chest. Man, I really do want to kiss her. She looks so beautiful tonight.
"Ashley," she picked her head up.
"Yeah Keith?" she looked into my eyes.
"I-" but before I could get another word out, a bright flash of light blinded me. The music stopped as all of the pokemon scattered.
"Aw, you two look so cute together." I turned to see Rhythmi with a camera with Isaac, Ash, Brendan, and Lucas behind her.
Ashley's face turned into one as anger as she looked at her family who were all smirking. "You guys are so dead!" she took her arms away from my neck as she chased her family around. She could run fast in a dress and heels. I looked away from her to Rhythmi who was still holding the camera.
"How much did you guys see?" I asked them.
"We caught on when all of the Volbeat and Illumise flew away from the dance floor. And then everyone turned towards the direction the pokemon were heading and we saw you guys dancing with each other." Rhythmi explained.
"So everyone saw us?" I asked.
"Yep. And Rhythmi wanted to capture the moment so she got some of us and snuck up on you guys to take a picture." Isaac explained.
"But I only got one since I forgot that I had the flash on." Rhythmi showed me the picture. It was Ashley and I, staring into each other's eyes as our lips were an inch apart.
"You know how to ruin a moment, don't you?" I crossed my arms.
"You know it!" she winked before walking back to the dance floor.
Ashley's POV
I was finally able to catch up to those three idiots. I smacked each of them upside their heads, promising to give them a real beating later, before walking back the lake. Almost everyone went back to where they're staying so there wasn't a lot of people left at the lab.
"Alright. Come on out. And I mean everyone." I glared at the bushes.
You can't let this one slide? Lucario emerged from the bush I was glaring at earlier.
"I told you guys to stay out and yet you keep doing it." I sighed.
"You weren't complaining when you were dancing with Keith." Gardevoir appeared with Gallade at her side.
"Seems like you were actually enjoying it." Gallade smirked.
"Shut up." I muttered. "First it was Charizard. Then it was Tentacruel and Tentacool. And now it's every one of you!"
"If you want us to stop, then just admit your feelings to him." Gardevoir said.
"If I admit my feelings to him and he doesn't feel the same way, then it's going to be weird between us." I explained.
"From our perspective," my Volbeat, Illumise, and Luvdises said. "It seems like he likes you too."
"Well I won't believe any of you until he actually admits he likes me himself." I crossed my arms. Noticing it was getting late, I gave my pokemon a final warning before walking back home. It was nice to dance with Keith. His chest rose and fell with every breath that matched with mines. I shook my head. No, don't think like that. Unless he says he likes you first, all we'll be are friends, just like he said.
Keith: Really? You used a Disney song?
AKCC: So what? I like Disney.
Rhythmi: You're in high school.
AKCC: Yes and now that all those tests are our of the way, I'm free to make all of you suffer! Even with five quizzes every week!
Isaac: How are you even you top of your class?
AKCC: Because I am! The rest of my class are either lazy, don't care, don't apply themselves, or don't understand what's going on around them.
Ashley: Your school sucks.
AKCC: Try the food there. *gags* *turns to readers* Don't forget!
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