My eyes widened in shock as I saw the couple hand in hand departing off. I could barely process what I saw. It seemed that Serena was only in a relationship with Ash just because of his esteemed position at school and so that she could gain popularity as well. I thought they were a real couple in love. I wonder if Ash was even aware of this.

Then again, should I care?

Shaking away my thoughts, I decided to walk back home. While walking, it hit me. Serena mentioned that Ash was impressed by my performance! Yes! I squealed to myself happily while skipping home with a cheerful grin on my face.

I knew it. I could be a possible threat to this 'Dancin' Legend' called Ash Ketchum. I was determined to show him off tomorrow.

I jiggled the door knob but found that it was locked. Weird, it's open most of the time. I tried calling my mother to open the door but no answer. I was starting to get suspicious. I sighed. What am I going to do now? A smile etched upon my features as I recalled that mom always kept a spare key for the house in the plant just outside the front door. I smiled in victory as I reached behind the plant and carefully took out the key, then jiggled the door knob open.

I dumped my bag onto the small study table next to the leather sofas and went up to mom's room. I put my hands on my hips in confusion as I realized that my mom wasn't in here. I searched the bathroom, the kitchen, the veranda…I was going crazy. Mom would never do this suddenly. She wouldn't just disappear like that. And she certainly would have informed me before going somewhere. My eyes widened in shock. Did something tragic happen to her? No…no, it just couldn't.

I walked to the kitchen to grab a glass of water to cool my nerves down. As I placed my blue eyes on the fridge, I saw what looked like a note taped to the fridge. I took it out and read off of it.

Hi sweetie! Sorry I didn't tell you before but my sister called me today and told me there was an emergency. I had to quickly go to her place all the way in Kanto. Don't worry, I'll be back in a week. There's some leftovers in the fridge. There's some extra money in the safe box for you to use and make sure to do all your homework. Be good, okay? Love you!

~Mom

I opened my mouth in an 'o' of realisation. No wonder I couldn't find her. I hope everything's okay there. Should I call her and check? I grabbed my cell phone and dialled the number. No answer. She must be busy.

It had been a while since I was left alone but I was capable of handling it with full responsibility. Also, a week without mom telling me what to do!

"Awesome!" I screamed a little bit too loud and then covered my mouth.

After I ate some leftover pasta, took a nice long shower and watched a little television, it was already 6:30. So booooorinnngg. Ahh I wish something exciting would happen, just anything!

The doorbell rang and with a jolt, I jumped off my bed in my room and opened the door to reveal Zoey. I nearly gasped. I had forgotten all about Zoey coming over to tutor me.

"Hey Dawn." She greeted with a smile. Resting on her shoulder and back was her backpack with all her school supplies.

"Zoey! Thanks so much for coming!" I said as she entered my house and close the door.

"No problem," She smiled. "So…where do we start?" She asked as she eyed the house looking for a place to sit. I directed her to the dining table and placed all the books. My jaw dropped.

"Oh good heavens…you guys have all these books?" My eyes were wide as dinner plates. Zoey just chuckled a little.

"Yeah, don't worry though. They're worth it because once you use these textbooks, you're sure to pass the semester." Zoey said matter of factly. I nodded in agreement.

"Alright," She said as she started to bring out her notebooks and other school supplies out from her bag. "Which subject would you like to start with? I didn't really know which one so I brought all of them."

"I think Math is good to start with. I have absolutely no understanding in math. Math hates me!" I exclaimed.

"No silly, you just need practice with it. Okay so you remember what we're doing in math currently?" She asked and I looked dumbfounded.

"Uhh…word problems?" I managed to say with a sheepish expression.

"Algebra." She corrected.

"Meh." Yeah…I really need to pay more attention in class.

"Well let's start with algebra then." She suggested and I nodded. I grabbed some notebooks, pencils, erasers and pens from my own backpack and placed them on the table.

After the past hour or so of trying to understand the demeaning subtopic of algebra in Math, I realized that the problems weren't actually so difficult. Best of all, I really understood what Zoey had explained to me, much more than Ms Abigails, our Math teacher did.

"Okay just try one more problem." She suggested and I groaned.

"Oh come on! I've done over 50 of these problems now." I complained. I was exhausted.

"Nothing wrong with doing 51." She shrugged and I moaned.

"Fine," I sighed in defeat and began to work on the problem. After about five minutes I handed her the problem for her to look at. She smiled satisfactorily.

"Nice job, Dawn! It's correct!" She exclaimed.

I cheered in delight, "Oh yay! I'm finally good at Math! Thanks Zoey!" I got up and hugged her while she was still sitting.

"You're welcome." She smiled.

"Oh, it's 8 already." I pointed out while noticing the clock on the wall.

"Woah," Zoey exclaimed. "I had better get moving. My mom's making turkey and I don't wanna miss out on that."

"Wow," I exclaimed in delight, "I wish I was having turkey. My mom left for the week." I said with a saddened expression on my face.

"Oh…I was wondering where your mom was but I didn't wanna ask because I thought I would be intruding." She said as if a bulb lit up.

"No worries, you're not intruding. Anyways, thanks for coming." I smiled and helped her pack up.

"Yeah, see ya tomorrow Dawn." She said as we stepped by the doorway.

"Later." I winked and with that, I closed the door.

Now that I had completely understood the Math problems, I didn't hesitate to complete my homework in Math and worked on it for about an hour until my cell phone rang.

"Hello?"

"Dawn, are you okay?" It was my mom.

"Mom! Yeah, I'm fine, what about you?"

"I'm doing well, just taking care of your grandmother."

"What happened?" I asked with a worried expression.

"She's very sick and your aunt needed help in taking care of her. But anyways, what are you doing? Did you have lunch? Are you doing your homework?" She bombarded her daughter with a pile of questions. I rolled my eyes.

"Mom I'm just fine! Zoey came over to tutor me in Math and now surprisingly I'm actually doing my homework." I giggled a little.

"Well I'm glad my little bunny is finally changing." I groaned. I hated when she called me that.

"So why didn't you pick up my call earlier? I was worried." I asked.

"I had kept it for charging and didn't see or hear it ring because it was on vibrate." She replied and I nodded in understanding.

"Oh that's fine."

"Well it's getting late, dear. You better go to sleep." I glanced to the clock in my room and saw that it was late. It was almost 10.

"Yeah you're right, Mom. Ok I'll talk to you tomorrow, then. Bye mom, love you." I smiled.

"Love you too dear, don't forget to brush your teeth!" I heard her exclaim before I shut off the call. I rolled my eyes and slightly sighed.

There was no way that I was going to bed early. This was a perfect opportunity to do what I want. I dashed to the fridge and pulled out a chocolate bar then walked back into my room to just lie down and watch some TV.

"Seen that…boring…terrible…disgusting….ugh no way am I gonna see that…" I exclaimed while flipping channels. I never realized that TV could actually be boring. I glanced at the clock again. It was just 10:15. I tapped on my phone and decided to play a song. I began to catch to the rhythm of the music and started shaking my hips while standing on my bed. I spun my head crazily as the chorus went on.

This continued for about two hours until I was completely tired and the bed was a complete mess.

"Woah," I exclaimed as I saw the mess I had made. "Better clean that up." But as I reached for the sheets, my eyes drooped closed as I began to lie down on the bed and slowly drifted off to sleep.

"Maybe tomorrow." I mumbled.

The sun shone on my brightly as I yawned. I rubbed my eyes and slightly opened it and realized it was morning. I groaned. "Another day, another day of hell at school."

I glanced at the clock and gasped. It was 7:15. No! I quickly jumped out of bed, put on my slippers and dashed to the bathroom. I hurriedly brushed my teeth and took a quick shower. Fortunately, I had already decided what outfit I was going to wear-a nice sleeveless blouse and some blue jeans. Then I started to brush my hair and let it loose with a hairband. I glanced at the clock again.

It was 7:30 now and I was impressed. I only took a mere 15 minutes to get dressed. But I had to walk quickly, it usually takes me about half an hour or twenty minutes to walk to school. I decided to skip breakfast so I picked up my backpack, locked the house and headed out.

As I began walking I saw May up ahead. She waved at me and I walked towards her, "Hey May, how come you're here?" I asked.

"Zoey told me that your mom wasn't here so I figured you might need a partner." She smiled.

"Aww, that's so sweet. Thanks May!" I gave her a quick hug.

"Sure, now we just have to wait for the bus." She said and I raised an eyebrow.

"The bus? You take the bus?" I asked.

"Yeah, why?" She seemed curious.

"Well I usually walk to school." I shrugged.

"Dawn, you'll never reach in time if you walk there. If we take the bus we won't be late." She said and I nodded in agreement.

"I guess you're right."

Suddenly I saw a figure walking towards us. As the figure came closer to us, I realized who it was. But May made it more obvious.

"Ash!" May squealed. "Dawn, the Legend's coming over, how do I look?" She asked while quickly checking how she looked in her small mirror box. I sweat-dropped. I rolled my eyes. Ash Ketchum is walking towards us not Ashley Tisdale!

"Sup chicas?" He said ever so huskily and I rolled my eyes while May looked like she was about to faint.

"What are you doing here?" I asked.

"Waiting for the bus, duh." He replied as if it were obvious. "I know what you're thinking. You're probably wondering why I, Ash Ketchum, is taking the bus to school instead of his awesome Mercedes." He smirked.

"Suuuree…" I said sarcastically.

"Yeah, what happened?" May seemed more interested than me.

"Well, it had a flat but don't worry I'll get it repaired. Just didn't wanna be late for school. Because education is important." He said as if he was trying to impress somebody. Seriously Ash, I don't care.

"Whatever." I shrugged.

"Oh that's terrible! You shouldn't have to ride the bus! The breeze will mess up your perfect hair!" She exclaimed. I ignored her and finally sighed in relief when the bus was approaching.

"Don't worry, Fay, I put in some hair gel." He said and I almost burst out laughing.

"It's May." She corrected but she didn't really seem insulted.

"Right," He chuckled as he stepped in the bus. I followed in and saw that all the seats were empty. Great, where am I gonna sit? It seemed that May had found the last seat available.

"Dawn there's a seat right here," Ash smirked as he pointed to his lap. I rolled my eyes and pretended to vomit as I looked for any spare seats. Unfortunately, the bus moved with a jerk and I lost control and ended up falling on the lap of Ash Ketchum. I gasped while he smirked. Everyone else in the bus seemed to be looking where I was as well.

"So is it comfy?" He grinned mischievously.

"Asshole." I whispered under my breath and got up while I decided to just stand during the entire ride. I noticed everyone giving me death glares. Then everyone took out their cell phones as if to text. I wonder why.

The bus came to a stop and I got down from the bus when May caught up to me.

"OMG! I am so jealous!" May exclaimed.

"What? Why?" I asked in shock.

"Because you sat on the Legend's lap." She said as if it was the greatest thing ever.

"It was an accident, May." I pointed it out.

"Sure it was," She smirked.

"It was!" I exclaimed, "Besides, I don't like that guy you already know that." I stated and May nodded.

"I know, I was just kidding." May giggled as we entered the school building.

As I approached the hallways, everyone's phones seemed to be beeping and looking towards me giving me death glares again. I was starting to feel a bit awkward. Why was everybody looking at me like that? Then all of a sudden, I felt someone touch me on my shoulder. I turned around to see Serena with her phone in her palm.

"So…apparently you like sitting on guys laps huh?"

Oh shit…this was not good.

Hello everyone! I'm finally back! I managed to type this in two weeks mainly because I have to borrow a computer now since my own is broken now…*sigh*

But how was this chapter? Was it satisfying? I hope it was. Thank you for waiting for so long, you guys are the best!

Hopefully my other update won't take too long but I can't guarantee when it will be.

See you next time!