Love's Tough Choices

A.C: Hey guys! This is my second chapter to this fic, sorry it took so long. It should be a lil bit funnier, and serious, than the first one. But I hope you all enjoy this one.

Chapter two: What to Do, What to Do, What to Do?

Ash walks into the kitchen, hoping that his mom's not too angry about this whole thing, but it didn't look like she was the only one. May and Misty looked a bit mad, themselves. 'Oh great, now I'm in for it' he thought to himself.

"Now Ash," his mom started, "I was ever so hoping that you would find a nice girl to settle down with after your Pokemon journey, but it looks like you're already having girl trouble with these 2 ladies."

"I know, mom." Ash said dully.

"So what are you going to do about it?"

"Well…" he started. He looks over to Misty and thought 'Well Misty and I have known each other, and traveled with each other for quite some time.' But then looked over to May 'But I don't really know May as long as Misty. All I know is that she wasn't kidding around about how she loves me and all. That was a bit surprising.' Then an idea hit him as hard as Pikachu's Thunderbolt attack. "I got it!"

"What is it?" Mrs. Ketchum asked

"Well just to help decide, why don't I take May and Misty out on a date alone? You know, one on a certain day, to help me decide. What do you think, mom?"

"I think that's a great idea, hunny! What do you think, you two?" she asked the two girls.

"I think that's a great idea also!" Misty exclaimed.

"Yeah I think so, too" May said.

"Ok then it settled! I'll make up a date for all three of you, but you got to wait until morning to find out, ok?" Mrs. Ketchum asked them and they all nodded.

"Well, where are you sleeping at Misty?" Ash asked her.

"Hopefully outside…" May said quietly, hoping Misty didn't hear her, but she did and ignored it.

"I already rented out a hotel for a while." Misty said sadly, thinking that she has to go back there and sleep alone, but Mrs. Ketchum gasped and said "No way am I letting you sleep there again!" Ash was shocked to hear her yell out at someone other than him like that. "Your staying here for the time being, sweetheart. Ash, go and make sure our basement is prepared for out guests!"

"I didn't even know we had one!" he said to her. 'I thought there was something a little off about our house.' He thought to himself. "Ok mom." But before he goes he asked her "Hey where's Brock, Max and Pikachu?"

"Oh they're up and your room playing games." She said

"Oh, ok then. Thanks!"

So he walks, from his kitchen to the hallway, to the new basement that looks like it had been made from the ground up, probably from the Diglett and Dugtrio. But it looks clean and so did the hallway. It wasn't too wide, but it was okay. The bathroom that was clean, there were 2 small rooms there, both with a door, and lock on the inside. The rooms had their own comfy beds and pillows, Pokemon posters T.Vs, VCR/DVD combo set, lamps and alarm clocks. And the big room had the same thing but it has a sofa bed and couch. 'Hmmm...It looks like mom outdid herself with the new renovations here…' Ash thought. So he made sure the beds & couch were comfy enough to sleep on and everything was working and was assured, everything was okay.

"Well everything's ok in the basement, mom!" he yelled out to her while coming up to the hallway. He pokes his head into the kitchen to see if everything's a little calm, but it looks like it wasn't between the two girls. "Well I'm gonnna head up upstairs and get some sleep. Goodnight May, night Misty." He said while waving to them.

"Goodnight Ash!" They both said in unison in the most casual way ever. Ash just stopped dead in his tracks and almost fell over, anime style. 'Man those two are gonna make it worse for me to decide!' he thought and ran straight upstairs.

"Well, shall I show you 2 to your rooms?" Mrs. Ketchum asked and the two girls nodded. They followed her to the two small rooms in the basement and they each took one for them to use, however they want to.

"You know Ash is gonna pick me." May told her.

"Keep dreaming, girl. Ash knows me a lot longer than you so don't think he'll choose you over me." Misty said to her.

"Now, now, you two, wait until I make up the days for your dates with him, okay?" Mrs. Ketchum smiled when said this, and the two nodded and went into their rooms.

Ash walked up to his room and open the door to see that Brock and Max was playing some games on the Gamecube, and pikachu playing his 'Hey you, Pikachu! Pokemon Version' game on the N64.

"Okay, guys, I gotta get some sleep so time to go!" he said. But the two boys got sad looks on the faces. "Oh come on guys, I'm kicking you guys outta my house, you know that? There's a sofa bed and a couch downstairs in the basement for you guys and….and you guys can bring the Gamecube down there to play if you want." he said to them and they jumped for joy. Ash sighed 'Man I never thought I get this sort of impression from Brock.' Ash thought.

"Oh how goes your girl trouble issue?" Brock asked him.

"Trust me, you don't want to know" Ash told him.

"It's that bad, huh?"

"Yeah it is."

"Well why don't you as me for help, man? I can solve this one for you no problem!" he told him but Ash didn't want any of it and shook his head.

"Brock, you're a great friend, and you know I would come to you for counseling with anything, but this one, I have to do on my own. Besides, if I wanted help on flirting around with girls, or fall head over heels for any girl that comes walking past me…sorry but no." he stated to him and Brock just turned into a petrified stone statue at that one.

"Well…Let's go Brock. I got the gamecube with me." Max said to Brock so he wouldn't make the situation worse for Ash.

"Oh! Right behind you! Later Ash…" Brock said in a low tone.

"Oh, Max!" Ash called out to him and he came back. "Sorry that you didn't get to see Prof. Oak today."

"It's okay. I know I'll get to see him tomorrow! I CAN'T WAIT!" he exclaimed and Ash chuckled.

"Goodnight Max."

"Night, Ash!"

Pikachu saved and shut off his game and went to curl up beside Ash on his bed. "Pika pi, pika-chu? (What's wrong, Ash?)" Pikachu asked him. And everybody in the group now understands what Pikachu says now. Ash just looked sad and depressed about this whole thing.

"Well it's about this whole Love Triangle that I'm in…" he said.

"Pika ka chu pi pika? (With May and Misty?)"

"Yup, and it's tearing me apart! What should I do, buddy?"

"Pika, chu kachu pi pika pikachu chu pika. (Well you should get to know their real feelings and get them to show their true personality with you.)"

"Really, Pikachu?"

"Pi! (Yeah!)"

"Well for both of our sakes, let's hope that works. Thanks Pikachu, you're a real big help" Ash said and hugs him. "Okay, let's get some sleep. Let's hope tomorrow is better." And that'll probably be the last thing he says. Because later on that night he starts to have another dream. Much weirder than the last one he had.

It's Saturday morning and the sun beams illuminated into his dark room, and got his eyes open.

"yawns Man that was a nice sleep, right Pikachu?" he asked his furry companion but he was not on his bed, or anywhere in his room, in fact. "I guess he's downstairs eating breakfast." he said and shrugged. He got himself cleaned up, brushed his teeth and started to go downstairs. But before he made it fully down, he smelled something that was way different than his mom's or Brock's breakfast meals. 'I wonder whose cooking? Probably Pikachu learned how to cook.' Ash thought and smiled. 'I can't wait!' But when he got the kitchen, he was in an extreme shock when he saw his cook was actually May in a sexy maid suit. "Uh, what the heck is going on here? Why are you in that?" he asked her and she turned to see him and she smiled.

"I'm only doing this for you, sweetheart." She said and starts to walk up to him with a feather duster. "To clean up everything around the house, and make sure my loving sweetheart is happy," she said and flutters her duster around Ash, "in anyway possible!" she says with a wink, and flutters her duster around Ash's…"other region."

"But hang on you don't mean…?" he asked her.

"Yes you know what I mean." She says with a smile and then rips his shirt off.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Ash screams. Then, screams his way out of that dream.

"AHHHHHHHHHH!" Ash screams and wakes up in cold sweat, and breathing pretty hard, too. Pikachu jumps up, scared out of his wits at what his friend did.

"PIKA PIKA? (WHAT WAS THAT FOR?)" He yelled at him, luckily not shocking him.

"Oh, Pikachu!" he exclaimed and hugged him, hard.

"Pika pika pika-chu? (What kind of dream were you having?)" He asked Ash and pulled away from him. Ash turned to him.

"Ok, you cannot tell anyone, including Brock and my mom, about what I'm about to tell you, promise?"

"Pika? Pika Pika? (Why? What's up?)"

"Just promise me okay?"

"Pi….Pika. (Well…Okay.)"

"Great." And Ash told him about the dreams he's been having ever since they got back. First, the dream about Misty, when they got on the bus to Pallet Town, then the dream about May, not too long ago.

"PI? PIKA PIKACHU? (WHAT? WHY WOULD YOU OF SUCH THINGS?)" Pikachu exclaimed.

"Hey, it just happens, ok? But you got to promise me not tell anyone, ok?"

"Piiika. (Ok.)"

"Thanks buddy. I'll give you something special for this."

"Pika pika, chu pi? (Like your hat for one?)"

Ash laughed and so did Pikachu. Ash checked the time and it was basically 5:45am.

"Hmmm…I'm gonna go take an early walk around pallet, you wanna come along?" he asked. Pikachu shook his head.

"Piiii, pika pi chu kachu (Nah, its okay. You need the time alone.)"

"Thanks Pikachu." Ash said and got on his clothes and left the room. The sun was just rising over the mountains and Ash's shadow was just coming into view. He thought hard about his idea and wonders if it actually was a good idea while he was walking around his hometown. 'Man, why did I have to open my big mouth with an idea like that? Geez I should have just picked one of them and that was it.' Ash sighed with his head down. 'But that wouldn't make any difference.' But he looked to the morning sky and said, "Well let's hope today is a little bit calmer than yesterday." After a few minutes, he started to walk back to his house, to start his day of thinking. But things didn't look like it was getting better for him when he got home. In fact, it was getting a lot worse.

A.C: So what do you guys think about this one? I admit, it wasn't as funny as the first one but I guess I was a little too serious about this one. Oh well, there's always Chapter 3 of this fic, in progress. So yeah, if you want to review it, it's your choice.