Season: This chapter is a shout out to working parents. Ok, I know the ENTIRE fic is supposed to be about family but honestly I just didn't know just how hard parents actually have it.

Before, I was just writing based on my thoughts and how I viewed things.

I'm an only child, and most of my experiences came from how I saw my extended family acted. (I come from a family of A LOT of cousins due to the large family on both my parents side but not all of us are close by any means.)

I mean I'm still not a parent, but with age you slowly start to realize things. And for me it's been a experience.

See, my family now has twins! Well I mean they're a year and a half now but seeing children grow up when you are a young adult, rather than be all "soooo cute!" You tend to being to question everything. I've been involved in their life since they were born, I was over this past weekend and it just still amazes me. I hope to be able to learn from this experience and finally be able to put to good use every thing I have learned!

So to end this rather long Author Note... shoutout to parents who work, are able to maintain their household together AND still be amazing parents while keeping their sanity. It's not easy.

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Stupidity Does Not Earn You Heaven

by: Season Of Magic

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Why are Bri and May the only ones who can enjoy a vacation?" Dawn groaned as she placed her head on the desk.

"I want to go to the zoo as much as the next person," Ash replied, "but we both have work honey."

Dawn pouted. "You at least get to go out and drive places." She said.

"Work isn't fun." Ash assured his girlfriend.

Dawn tossed him a cushion. Ash evaded it with ease.

"Coffee or get out, Ketchum."

"Calling me Ketchum isn't cute... I guess you don't want the bagel then."

Dawn raised her hand up. "I dooooo."

Ash laughed and slid the coffee and bag over. Dawn tried to grab it but failed since she couldn't see.

"Come on Dawn," Ash said as he sat down on one of the bean bags. "Let me see your pretty face."

Dawn was able to reach for the cup without raising her head but almost tipped it over. She gave up and lifted her head up from the table, finally grabbing the bag and opening it for the bagel.

"This is what heaven tastes like." She said taking a bite and reaching for the coffee.

"I can't believe you're more happy to see food than your own boyfriend." Ash stated. "I can finally see where Bri gets it from."

Dawn stuck her tongue out. "You're still number one." She said. "... After this Americano."

Ash wanted to roll his eyes. "Who would have thought I'd be beaten by coffee and bagel."

It wasn't even twelve and Dawn was already fed up. She was currently in a call with a mother who Misty had been pretty sure attempting to make "My life miserable, you handle her!"

"No ma'am," Dawn said into the telephone, making faces and tapping the pen on the desk. "We don't prescribe medicine."

"You can rest assure that Joey will be in good hands." She said again. "Misty is great at what she does."

Dawn wanted to groan. "No, ma'am I can't tell you what Joey does or doesn't have just because you describe to me his hallucinations."

"How am I supposed to know if his love for Rattata comes from his grieving if I don't see him!?"

"I'm using my indoor voice ma'am."

"I can't see him today, it usually takes at least a week for insurance to review the approval."

"We will call you when we recieve approval from his insurance. There may be a co-pay though."

"Good day to you too, ma'am."

Dawn finally hung up and screamed.

"I have brought lunch to the most beautiful girl on Earth!" Ash called out as he entered the center.

"What about us?" Melody exclaimed.

"Yeah!" Misty also said. "We are beautiful girls on Earth."

"...And lunch to her two not-so-beautiful assistants." Ash corrected, waving a big bag. "For Dawn it's free but you two owe me."

"The lunch better be made of gold." Melody said.

"Who is the one that owes whom a bike from when we were children hmm Ash?" Misty reminded him.

"Here's to free lunch!" He said passing them a bag.

"That's what I thought." Misty yelled.

Ash made his way over to Dawn's office.

"So the woman annoyed you that much?" Ash couldn't help but ask after Dawn had told him what had happened about an hour ago.

"Ish choo' shi!"

"I don't understand Dawn parrot language."

"Shiis'"

"*Right*" Ash said, "what happened next?"

"Shi ell'd!" Dawn said raising her arms.

"You are yelling too sweetie."

Dawn groaned. She swallowed her food then tapped her nails on the desk. "His name is Joey and I'm sicking him on Misty."

"This Joey kid is not a dog." Ash said amused.

"Misty made me deal with the mom and I'm not going through this again."

"Do what you have to." Ash said.

"Oh, I will." Dawn said as she grabbed the sandwich again.

"The butterflies were so cute." Brianna gushed.

She had been home for about ten minutes now.

"Yes, do continue to torture your mother with tales of your adventure while she was stuck at work." Dawn couldn't help but say.

"It's not my fault you're the adult." She said as she made her way to the kitchen. "Do we still have apple juice?"

"You're going into the kitchen stop asking and check." Dawn said.

"Someone is grumpy." Brianna stated.

"Be a good daughter and bring me a chocolate bar from the pantry." Dawn said.

"Me and May ate them last week." Brianna said.

"Graham crackers then."

"Ate those too. I took them to school."

"Ice cream?" Dawn asked hopeful.

"You ate it doing our movie marathon mom."

Dawn raised her hands and got up from the couch. "Get our swear jar money, we're going shopping."

The swear jar, started because Gary couldn't keep a clean mouth, was checked once a month. They racked in at least fifteen bills in a week.

Brianna walked back to the living room with two glasses of juice. "May and I might have used that money to tip the pizza delivery guy." She said as she sat down.

Dawn took a deep breath and sat down next to Brianna. "I'm shipping you both to Sinnoh." She said after she exhaled and took her glass of juice.

Brianna grinned. "Can I stay with Zoey?"

"Just grab a hoodie so we can go get groceries."

Once Brianna finished her juice she hugged her mother and rested her head in her shoulder. Dawn drank her juice as quickly as she could and placed her head on top of Brianna's. They stayed like that for a couple of minutes.

"What's our motto?" Dawn asked as she and Brianna got into the car.

"If it looks good we take it!" Brianna chirped. "But only if it's on sale."

Dawn and Brianna high fived.

"What's our rule?" Dawn asked again.

"I can pick any items of my choosing as long as it doesn't match with what's already on the cart." Brianna stated. "It also can't pass a total of fifteen poke-dollars and at least one item has to be healthy."

"Since we haven't shopped together in a while I'm extending it to twenty." Dawn said and Brianna cheered.

"That means I can get an extra box of cereal." Brianna said excitedly.

"If that's what you want." Dawn said as she drove off.

Brianna started playing with her poketch.

"Mom can we get this? Everyone at school keeps bringing them except me." Brianna raised up her Poketch when they were at a stop light to show Dawn a brand of cookies that she hadn't heard of before.

"Bri, what have I told you?"

"Just because everyone else has something doesn't mean I should want to have it too." Brianna said.

"Exactly." Dawn said. "It's probably something that doesn't even taste good."

"It's chocolate chip."

"Excuse me, I stand corrected." Dawn said wanting to roll her eyes.

"I'll just pick it as my go-to item." Brianna said. "You can't say no."

"Are you the adult now?" Dawn couldn't help but ask.

"Rules are rules mom." Brianna said proudly.

"You're way too smart." Dawn said sighing.

Brianna grinned.

Three hours later, Dawn and Brianna had finally made it home. What was first a grocery haul, turned into a full excursion. Dawn and Brianna went and bought themselves various matching outfits, some accessories and ate frozen yogurt.

Ash had gotten back from work not too long before them and rushed to help them unload the bags.

"I think that's all of them." Dawn said as she looked inside her car then closed the trunk.

"I still don't know why you didn't call me." Ash said as he brought in the last bag. "I would have gone with you."

"It was the perfect excuse for mother-daughter bonding time." Dawn said. "Besides, you were still at work."

"Yeah! We went out for ice cream and mom bought us these cute pink tops and the cutest skirts."

"We're totally matching tomorrow." Dawn said gushing.

"We're matching now, actually." Brianna said as she extended her left arm and showed Ash her piplup charm bracelet.

Dawn raised up her left arm as well and there was her own bracelet.

"You two are adorable." Ash said.