Hi again! :D So, this will definitely be my last update for the week until a while. School is going to start again, and that's my final year of high school-which means it's gonna get tougher or challenging, more projects, exams, tests, etc. So I won't be on here often. If I do update, however, it just means that you're lucky and I really care about you guys!
So, enjoy this next chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon.
I glared up to Ash, narrowing my eyes at him, until a girl came up to him, bringing her arms around his waist. She was a honey-blonde with light blue eyes and wore a black top with an orange skirt and covered her long legs with black boots. I heard rumours that Serena was Ash's girlfriend and I wouldn't believe it up until now. She giggled as she started to play with Ash's hair.
"What is it, babe? I'm kinda busy…" Ash complained. She then diverted her eyes towards me. I gave a nice smile.
"Is she bothering you, Ash?" She asked in a diva-like tone. He looked at me.
"Who, Dawn? No way. In fact, we've come up with an interesting proposition." Ash said to her. Serena narrowed her eyes.
"And what kind of proposition is this?" Serena asked.
"I'm going to win that competition at the end of the semester." I said proudly. She burst out laughing.
"You? Beat The Legend? Yeah, right!" Serena continued to laugh.
"It's the Dancin' Legend." Ash corrected.
"Hey, I'm helping you here." Serena said. "Anyways, what makes you think that you can beat Ash?" Serena asked.
"For one thing, I'm a much better dancer than him. And I've been dancing since I was 4-so that says a lot." I bragged.
"Ok, fine. But why don't we make this a little interesting?" Serena asked. Ash and I cocked an eyebrow.
"What do you mean?" I asked.
"If Ash wins that competition…" Serena started.
"Then you'll admit what a great dancer I am in front of the whole school." Ash continued.
"Fine." I agreed. "But if I win, I become the Dancin' Legend and you'll admit that I'm a much better dancer in the whole school."
"We have a deal." Serena and Ash said in unison.
After dance class, I began to proceed home. Apparently, mom was waiting for me for at least an hour now because school ended at 3 in the afternoon on a regular basis, but time was taken up due to dance class. She would constantly lecture me on how I should focus on my education and not leisure activities. I was assured she would give me one today.
"Hello, dear. How was your first day?" My mom asked out of concern. I didn't wanna give too much details to her.
"Good. It was good." I simply told her before heading for the fridge.
"So, why are you so late?" I simply froze.
"Uhh..you know..it's a pretty long walk from school. I didn't even realize how time flies.." I lied.
"You joined dance class, didn't you?" I was impressed that she could read me like a book.
"Yeah. How did you know?" I asked.
"You're my daughter; I know you. And Dawn, I told you not to! You have to concentrate on your schoolwork. Does your education mean anything to you?" She started to explain.
"Yes, it does! But you don't understand! Dance is something that makes me feel alive and it's my one true passion. I couldn't resist, mom! I'm sorry." I said. I wish that she could just understand my opinion sometimes. I loved her to death, but it was these kinds of things that made me find her slightly annoying.
"Dawn, I don't want to talk about this anymore. You disobeyed me. Now go to your room." She told me.
"But, mom!" I whined. She just shushed me and pointed at my room. I silently went, dumping myself on the bed, drifting off to sleep.
Mom would never encourage me to set my dance career. Education was my priority to her and I agree completely. But dancing was my dream and I had to show her what I was capable of. These kinds of arguments were common in this house, but I decided that I was never going to give up on my dream. I'm going to show her that grades aren't the only thing that matters in life. I made up my mind- to prove myself to mom and to Ash.
The next day of school, mom dropped me off to school and she didn't say a word to me on the entire ride. She was really serious about this. Well, I'll show her that I'm serious too.
I met up with May again and she pointed towards the posters up on the walls and they caught my interest immediately, in the most horrific way. "The Dancin' Legend is challenged!"My eyes widened and I became disgusted to know that Ash was turning this to be public.
"Where's Ash, May?" I asked. As if reading my mind, I could hear his voice right behind me.
"Hey, Dawn. What you think of the posters?" He asked casually.
"You're turning this into a public thing? Why?" I asked and he chuckled.
"Look, you obviously don't know that I have to make everything public so that I can gain popularity. See, you are an amateur." He said arrogantly.
"Dawn, don't listen to him! You're a great dancer!" May supported me, at last.
"Please, she's all 'talk.' She says she's a better dancer than me, but for all we know, she could suck! We haven't seen her in action yet." Ash said.
"Fine! I can handle a little competition." I looked around to see the number of students walking by and there was a few minutes before the bell rang. "You wanna see me in action? Fine." I said before gathering everyone's attention. "Hey, everybody! We're having a little dance-off right here. Me and Ash. What do you think about that?"
All students cheered and applauded hearing that. I then looked at Ash, who smirked before giving me a thumbs-down. He straightened himself, fixed his jacket and made his way in the middle of the crowd, which kept on increasing every second. Ash's posse came up to support him, making weird sounds to cheer him on. The music played and he started with fluid moments by popping and locking with his arms. He moved his entire body with every rhythm of the music to form the beat. The crowd cheered loudly, with help of Drew and Gary. The music stopped when he just crossed his arms selfishly up in my face to show off.
"Your turn now." He smirked. My eyes narrowed.
"Is that all you got?" I asked.
But, unfortunately, before I could even perform a move, the crowd started to dispatch because of only one person.
"What is going on around here?!" The principal, Mr. Francis, yelled. He was not the most respected person around here and wore a grey suit to look formal. He was aging and was starting to lose hair. I stopped in my tracks and froze.
"Ahh, you two?" He asked, fixing his glasses.
"Umm..I can explain." I started.
"No need to. You have detention this evening." He said, before walking away. He then turned around to speak again, "This is a school, not a playground. You should have known better, especially you. You're a new student."
"I assure you it won't happen again." I promised.
"Yeah. She assures you it won't happen again." Ash said.
"Gee, thanks." I said sarcastically.
May walked up to me with a smile on her face. "Hey, sorry you couldn't perform." She said. I then stared at Ash.
"It's alright. But, I gotta admit, he is good. He's serious competition." I said.
"I told you!" May said. I smiled.
"But, I am going to defeat him. I just have to go through with detention today." I said, before realizing something. "Oh no, I'm going to detention alone! With him.."
"Are you kidding me? I'd love to be alone with him.." She squealed.
"Not exactly helping, May.." I said.
"Sorry! Well, I'll see you later then. Good luck!" May said before darting off.
"Yeah, I'll need it." I whispered to myself.
It wasn't the first time I had been in detention. I had gotten into trouble for countless things, like choosing not to do my homework, or talking in class, or even cheating on tests. I definitely wasn't considered studious. These are the reasons why my mom was so hard on me lately.
Detention was just considered a room where people were sitting endlessly, bored as hell, until the bell rang. I saw Ash over there at the front seat. He smirked again at me and I decided to sit on the very end of the seat at the back of the room, simply to avoid him. Truthfully, I couldn't bear his attitude and I always assumed he wanted attention from everybody.
Out of the blue, he just got up from his seat and walked up to me and sat down in the seat next to me. I looked the other way to avoid eye contact at him, but simultaneously was making me a little nervous. I cornered my eye to him to notice he was still staring at me. He finally broke the spell.
"Dawn, why do you hate me?" He asked.
"I just don't like guys who think so much about themselves." I answered, turning to him.
"But you gotta admit: I'm pretty awesome." He bragged.
"That's exactly why I don't like you. You're a big show off!"
"I show off because I'm good!" He retorted.
"NO…you show off, because you want attention!" I shot back.
"That too…" He admitted.
A moment of awkward silence passed by until I broke the spell again. "But, I have to say, that dance this morning, was somewhat impressive." I said softly, so he wouldn't hear me too much.
"What was that? I couldn't hear you." He said, bringing his hand to his ear.
"Your dance was impressive, ok?" I said louder. He chuckled and winked at me.
"See? I knew you'd come around." Ash said.
After detention, I headed home. I was not prepared for another lecture from mom. I was totally fed up with those, but I had to get her to start talking to me. My mom mattered the most, even in times like these. She can be a pain in the butt, but she's always there for me. Of course, she asked me why I ended up in detention, which resulted in another lecture. I decided to put my foot down.
"Mom, please! For once, would you listen to me?" I exclaimed. She stopped and raised her eyebrows.
"I mean..if you'd just listen to my opinion, then I'd be really grateful, mom." I said, in a nicer tone.
"Ok, I'll listen."
I took a deep breath. "Ok, mom. Look, I agree, that my education is important, but you have to understand that my dancing is equally important. If you take that away from me, then there's nothing I will have left. It's my dream and I wanna prove to you that I can do something with it." I said. She just stared at me.
"So this is really important, is it?" She asked.
"More than anything else, mom. " I said. She sighed.
"Ok." She smiled. I lit up.
"OMG! Thank you so much, mom, you're the best!" I hugged her.
"But, promise me that it won't be a distraction from your education." She pointed out.
"Ok, mom. I promise that I'll work extra hard, for dance and for my education." I said, assuring her. She quietly kissed my forehead and smiled.
Ok, that's it for this chapter. I hope you enjoyed it. Like I said, dunno when I'll update but it'll certainly be a while.
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