A/N: I AM SORRY I haven't update lately. I've had writer's block and been delayed by reading other stories.

Now I know my story isn't the best in the world. And it can be boring at times. But please bare with me. I'm doing the best I can for my first time.

Please remember to review.

Part II of the Date

"So Ash, how was your day?" Misty asked him as she sipped her tea.

Ash zoned out in his own thoughts. 'Should I tell her .....about.....Pierre.....? I better not. I don't want to worry her. Although there is nothing to worry about since he is fine.' Misty saw his blank expression.

"Hello? Ash...are you there? Hellloooo?" Misty waved a hand in his face again.

"Oh, sorry Misty. I just spaced out. My day was fine. Of course......it took me forever to get my stupid tie to work. I thought I lost it for minute, but luckily Espeon found it. She gave it to me. Brock also came over to my apartment earlier. He came to tell me some stuff." Ash looked at Pikachu who nodded in return.

"Oh really, what did he want to tell you?" Misty was curious. She knew Brock knew of her feelings for Ash. If he went over to tell Ash how she felt, the evening would speed up a bit. But she would also have his head for spilling the beans.

"Oh! Um, he just wanted to tell me that part of his present was coming at seven sharp. But as it turns out, it was the limo." He told her.

"I see. But did he tell you what the other half of his gift would be?" Misty still wondered what Brock was going to give Ash.

"Nah. You know him, always hiding things from us these days. I wonder what it is too. Knowing Brock, he probably is going to give me something to ........" Ash stopped to think. 'Oh no.....what if he got me something to do with our (Misty's and Ash's) relationship? Oh shit. It better not be something embarrassing'

"What Ash? Do you think you have a clue?" Misty looked at Ash as he thought. 'If only I knew what he was thinking.......'

"Nope.......it's nothing. I just think Brock is going to get me something embarrassing. Like underwear or something. You know....kid stuff." Ash shrugged it off.

"So, nothing exciting happened today besides that strange Pokemon battle?" Misty continued the conversation.

"Well, actually. While I was waiting for the limo to come in the lobby, some really snobby looking girls came up and asked me out on a date." Ash said nonchalantly.

"What?!" Misty somewhat yelled in shock.

"It's nothing. I turned them down and said I already had a date for tonight. But those girls were all hussies. It was sad actually. The head girl tried to call you an ugly person after I turned her down." Ash continued.

"Oh really. Tried.....so what did you do Mr. Hero?" Misty joked, but still pissed off inside that someone would call her ugly.

"Well I told her to back off practically. And said some stuff about her being a whore and other crude things. She stomped off and told me it wouldn't be the last time I would see her." Ash finished saying.

"Those are the kinds of girls I can't stand. Stupid girls! They give a bad reputation to the world of women today." Misty also agreed that women can sometimes be as nasty as men who are hentais most of the time. "I can't stand them. Those kinds of girls make all relationships based on sex! Isn't there something deeper in relationships than that of physical pleasure? Guys too. All they think about is sex sex SEX!" Misty began steaming and slammed her fist on the table; shaking the whole thing and some of Pikachu's water spilling.

Ash was befuddled, 'What does she mean by that? Has she....already....done ...it with someone and been hurt by them?' Ash gulped at the thought. 'I hope not. If someone did hurt her.....I'd kill them with my own hands.' Ash got infuriated by the image of someone touching her.

Misty calmed down. She looked carefully at Ash who was in deep thought again. 'What is up with Ash today? He never takes this much time to think to himself. I really want to know what is going inside his head. What is he hiding from me?'

A few minutes after silence, Mai came to the table with their meals at hand. She placed their food in front of them and cleaned up the spilled water.

"I hope you enjoy your meals. If you need anything, just wave your hand, and I'll be there in a flash." Mai turned around and waked to another table.

"Wow, this looks great!" Ash and Misty both said at the same time.

"Pika! Chu!" Pikachu dived into his meal with his paws and ate the Turkish fruit salad.

Ash began eating his spaghetti and meatballs with manners. After a few bites he looked up to see Misty watching him eat.

"What?" Ash asked with food in his mouth. He quickly swallowed the mouthful. "Whoops, sorry forgot about the food in the mouth rule. But what is it?"

"Oh nothing. It's just it would've been nice if we'd said grace." Misty shrugged her shoulders in defeat and began eating her Greek salad.

"Oh sorry, I forgot. But thanks for reminding me. I'll say grace in my head and thank the cooks for this wonderful food." Misty smiled back at him and finished off her salad. (It was a very small plate of salad)

Ash and Misty ate their meals in silence. Misty thoughts were about the earlier events, especially the one with the memories of another person. Something was happening to her. She knew it and felt it. Strange things had been happening to her since her 16th Birthday. She had more dreams that she would wake up in a sweat from at night. Things would mysteriously go disappearing and reappearing in wild places. Strange things all around her began to happen. Misty thought it had something to do with the Pokemon.

'What is going on with me today? I'm never this quite and neither is Ash. Something feels so......wrong, but I can't put my thumb on it.' Misty placed another bite in her mouth. 'Why do I feel like that mirror breaking was some sort of omen? It must be my nerves. That's it! It must be my nerves! I'm just so worried that I won't be able to tell Ash how I feel tonight. Ash is my best friend but, surely.....he would feel the same way about me.....right?' Misty swallowed her meal and looked at Ash.

Ash ate his spaghetti and meatballs with delight. He had never tasted pasta cooked like this before today. 'Wow! This food is amazing! Pikachu is even enjoying the fruit! Haha...I wish he could have some of my spaghetti, but I'm afraid he won't sleep tonight.' Ash spun his fork around in a circle, collecting spaghetti around it until it was full. Then he picked it up and spun it again in the air so that everything was neatly tied up to the fork with nothing dangling. Carefully, he opened his mouth to put all the delicious spaghetti in; but stopped when he noticed Misty looking at him.

Worry was in her eyes. Ash could tell. He sat there with the fork and food in hand, but closed his mouth and put it down on his plate. "Misty, something wrong? You kinda look like have something to say, but you are afraid to say it." Ash looked with concern at her. "Did something happen today?"

Misty jumped at his question. "Oh...it's nothing really." Misty thought, 'Holy shit! That was a close call. I thought he was going to ask me to tell him how I feel! Phew! That was close one. This is not the place I want to say it.'

"Well....what happened?" Ash asked eagerly.

"It isn't that important Ash. All that happened today besides intensive shopping and getting ready for tonight; my mother's antique full-sized mirror broke. And I just don't know how it happened, and it is bothering me a bit." Misty told him. She knew that if she told him the circumstances of it breaking would upset him a lot. And plus, it isn't that important anyway.

"Oh. That's all. Well, it is a bit strange that it broke like that. It must have been the wind from your opened window. Isn't it?" Ash pictured her window opened like it usually was. He didn't like it open, but she loved the crisp and clean air outside her room. It faced the ocean breeze, although the ocean was far away from her house.

"Um...yeah. That must have been why it fell." Misty lied. Her window was put up for today because she feared that it might have stormed later that morning.

"But then again Mist, your mom's mirror is pretty heavy. The wind must have been at least as strong as my Swellow's Wind Attack." Ash had his hand on his chin in a mind thinking way.

"Well, Mr. Detective, all I know is that it fell and broke. I have to go home and make sure the mirror shards are picked up." Misty stated.

Ash grabbed his fork and began eating again, leaving Misty do to the same. After about 15 minutes, they were both done and all the plates were taken up. Pikachu was resting the seat next to Ash. Misty had ordered Le Rose's most famous cake for Ash. The waiters came around and sang to him "Happy Birthday" and he blew out the candles.

They left and Misty and Ash began eating the cake.

"OH WOW! This is delicious!!! It is so...YUMMY!" Ash semi-yelled in excitement as he took another bite of the light fluffy chocolate cake. on.

"We all know it is good, but you don't have to make a scene about it. Plus, you are SIXTEEN now...you should be acting more civil than childish." Misty laughed at him. He acted just like a kid who has tried candy for the first time in his life.

"What! It is really good! I can't help but be excited!" Ash's eyes got all sparkly, and he continued to eat his cake.

'That's my Ash. I just wish we could just get to where we need to tonight in order to go beyond just best friends.' Misty thought as she ate her cake too. 'I have to admit, Ash is right about the cake. It is simply divine.'

Ash finished his cake quickly. He looked at the clock on the wall. 8:45 it read. Ash then remembered the letter that Pierre wrote to him before he passed out. It said for him to be out of there by 9:00. 'Shit.' He thought. 'We better hurry up and get outta here before something bad happens.'

He looked at Misty who was eating the last piece of her cake. 'Gosh, she looks like a goddess when she is doing anything. Good thing she is almost done though. We need to get outta here and fast. I don't want anything to happen to Pikachu nor her.'

Misty placed her fork down and wiped her mouth off with her napkin. She looked at Pikachu and petted him. He stirred from his nap and stretched. "Pika Pi?" He asked her.

"Yeah, we're done. But there is somewhere else I'd like to go after here. We'll be out till around 12:30ish tonight, but believe me; it is a good reason to stay out." Misty told him. Pikachu cocked its head and shrugged.

"Where are you taking us then Misty?" Ash was also confused on where they were going to go. He didn't even think she would want to stay out past the Cerulean curfew. He knew how much she hated breaking the law.

"Oh, well tonight is very special. Once a year in different places of the world, the Sun and Moon line up on the horizon. It is the most beautiful eclipse ever seen. And this year it happens to be at the Cerulean Cape. You know, on the ocean front. Well anyway, I wanted to show you it. It doesn't happen until like 11:30 tonight. That is why it is still really bright outside right now. The sun has not set yet." Misty explained.

"That sounds awesome Mist. So we should get going now. I'll call Mai over here." Ash waved his hand, and she came over in a flash. 'Good thing she wants to leave now.'

"How can I help you?" Mai asked.

"Oh, well, we would like the check.....please." Ash asked politely.

"Right away then." She walked towards the back and came back with the check in hand.

"Wave when you're ready." She began walking away towards another table.

"Okay, we will. Thank you." He said back to her.

"Ash, hand it over. I'm paying with my credit card." Misty said while gently grabbing the check from Ash.

"No Misty. I'll buy! Really, I want to Mist. It is the least I can do." Ash pulled the check towards him.

Misty and Ash began tugging on the check; neither one wanting to let the other one pay. Their hands touched when they were trying to get the check from each other. They both realized they were touching and pulled away blushing. Misty, however, got over the shock and grabbed the check before Ash could recover.

"It is your Birthday Ash. I made you come here, and I'm paying for it. If you really want to pay for something, pay for a cab or something when we leave." Misty said to Ash.

Ash looked at Misty. He gasped inside. 'How does she know?! I didn't even tell her Pierre wasn't able to drive us anywhere!' He spoke up, but tried carefully not to give away to much information. "How do you know Pierre can't drive us anywhere Mist?" Ash said in a nonchalant way.

Misty looked up from the check to see Ash. Misty thought for a second and then her eyes looked upward. "I....I....don't know. I just ... never mind. I just made a guess. That's all. Why? What happened to Pierre that he can't drive us anymore? Did something happen to him?"

"Er......um.....no. He just said he had other clients for the rest of the night, and he forgot about them. He is only like 20 years old, so you can't expect him to remember everything." Ash tried to mask the truth from her. If she knew of the threat and Pierre's wounds by Team Exile, she would freak out.

"Oh, that's strange. I thought Brock paid him for an all-nighter. Plus I told him we would need him to take us to the Cape later on tonight." Misty said to him. She kept thinking though about why Ash would ask a question like that. 'Why would he ask me if I knew Pierre wasn't able to drive when he knew that all along? Something is up with Ash. I bet he is lying to me right now. But if he is lying to me right now, then what is the truth then?' Misty then got after herself. 'Misty! Just be quiet! You're overreacting once again. Just let it go.'

Misty silently sighed as she put her credit card on the check and waved her hand for Mai to see. Ash picked up Pikachu and put him on his lap. Pikachu stretched in place and laid down gently on Ash's lap and began slepping again.

Mai came to table three and picked up the check and credit card. She then walked to the back and put it through the scanner. Two new checks came out; one for the restaurant and one for Misty. Mai returned to their table and asked, "Ma'am, please sign here." She pointed to the check for Misty to sign.

"Okay then." Misty signed the check and gave it to Mai. She smiled and said, "Thank you for coming to Le Rose. I hope you enjoyed your meals. Please come again." And with that, the 25 year old blond-haired and purple-eyed walked away towards the back.

Ash and Misty sat there. They both looked at each other and thought, 'That was kind of strange. She didn't even let us say 'good bye' nor 'thank you.' Hmm....that is very strange. She was very nice earlier.'

Ash shrugged and Misty nodded. They both decided enough was enough and got up and left. Ash carried his gifts with him and put Pikachu on his shoulder. 'I guess I'm not opening them here. Oh well.'

Katrina waved to them on there way out saying, "Thanks for coming." Misty smiled back and said, "You're welcome."

Ash and Misty walked outside of Le Rose. Misty walked in front of Ash and waved her hand for a taxi. Ash looked at the Clock Tower of Cerulean City. It read 8:56. Ash sighed in relief. They had gotten out in time.

Ok.......kinda short but deal with it......I had to finish the date off. And about that other small chapter with Yakato and Team Exile.....it'll have to come later.

Ja ne

MoonTearGirl