Hello everyone….I'm back once again with another update. Before you guys read on, I just have a few things to say.

Please don't push me for an update. Demanding updates every time that I do update is not going to motivate me to do so, it's just going to make me feel like a machine of some sort. I am a JUNIOR COLLEGE student going for my associate's degree in business management and accounts. I will be graduating next year in 2017 and I even have more state exams to take so I can continue my studies and study abroad for a while. A lot of my time goes into school, friends and family so please understand that fanfiction is not a priority. It is simply a good hobby of mines. Though I might be an author one day, who knows? Authors on fanfiction don't get paid any cent to post their works but yet they dedicate their time to bring out a flawless story, and that takes a lot of time and effort. I have several stories on my plate and most of you guys know that I'm also a co-author, so please do not just demand updates every single time. I'm trying my best to update when I can.

The only reason this happened to be an early update is because majority of this was typed before and I only finished this up today.

Sorry about that, but that note is for the readers who really need to see that.

Enjoy :)

The following Monday morning, I woke up to my alarm clock ringing. Yawning, I stumbled on my way to the bathroom to take a shower. The hot water trickled down my body, waking up my nerves and made my body relax. I was devoured in various thoughts throughout the entire weekend. Mid semester reports were going to be revealed this Friday, the results of the first dance competition were also going to be revealed, and not to mention, I had spent a good amount of time thinking about Ash after I realized I have feelings for him.

Ash and I were complete opposites. Oil and water, and therefore, we never get along with each other. He was plain too cocky and arrogant almost all the time, and that infamous smirk never seemed to leave his lips. He is the most popular guy in school, is known as the dancing legend, is rich and is basically every girl's (and even guy's) dreams. While, I, on the other hand, am a normal teenage girl living with a single strict mother, and my passion is to show my talent by dancing and hopefully defeating him. We weren't compatible with each other and we have almost nothing in common.

Being in a relationship with him sounds tough.

On the flip side of things, opposites do attract. Despite the cliche in its statement, maybe our differences can be the very things that can add spice and passion to our relationship. While Kenny and I do manage to have a stable relationship, I have a feeling that our relationship is lacking that excitement entirely. We have almost everything in common, heck, even he lives with his single parent mother. I couldn't remember the last time we ever had a disagreement.

Ash and I could have that spark, that edge and that excitement that's missing.

But of course, it's not always that easy. There was still one problem.

Serena.

Once Serena is away from Ash's life, everything could be fine.

Hopefully.

I locked the door behind me and started to walk. I glanced at the other side of the street and to my surprise, Ash's black Mercedes was still there, which meant he was still at home. I instantly remembered the kiss on the cheek and blushed slightly. I remembered the way he defended me over Serena that night. There was a good possibility that Ash reciprocates my feelings but I can't be too sure of that. If only Serena wasn't in the way, things would be so much easier.

My body jumped when a pair of hands touched the back of my waist, "Hey there neighbor," Ash said, whispering in my ear. I didn't even realize when my heart started to beat. I turned around to face him.

"G-get your hands off me," I said, but instead I stumbled against my words.

Thankfully he did, and said, "Sorry." I looked up at him. Honestly, the moment he let go of my waist, I began to realize how much I missed its warmth. "So, ready for school? I could give you a ride."

I shook my head. "I'll be fine, thanks. Walking is pretty good exercise. I have to stay in shape," I said. At that exact moment, Ash's lips lifted upwards into a smirk.

"Trust me, Dawn, you're in shape. A very good shape," he commented, while eyeing me up and down.

Hopefully, he didn't notice my blush and I decided to ignore his statement. "Like I said, I'll be fine. Thanks, though," I said and started to walk the other way.

"Good performance the other night," he said, effectively making me stop in my tracks.

I smiled. "Thanks," I said without turning to looking at me. "You were...pretty good too." I admitted.

"I know I'm the best, you don't need to tell me that," he commented with that cocky attitude and I rolled my eyes. "But thanks," he said.

I simply shook my head in amusement as I proceeded to walk and left Ash behind, probably with a that stupid, yet attractive grin on his face.

"Okay, class. Today we will be talking about cell reproduction," My biology teacher, Ms. Anna, stated as she wrote the words 'Cell Reproduction' on the board. She turned to the students in expectation. "Can anyone give me a definition of cell reproduction?" She asked, looking around. Her eyes stopped at a certain individual.

"Mr. Hayden!" She called out to Drew who looked like he was about to drop asleep by now. "I'm so sorry for disrupting your nap there, but please be kind enough to answer my question," she said, crossing her arms.

Drew grew tense for a while, it was evident he hadn't any clue what the question was. Therefore he said, "False," resulting in a couple of chuckles and giggles from most of my classmates. Ms. Anna shook her head in disapproval and sighed.

"Would anyone answer my question?"

"I did answer your question, I practically deserve a few bonus points," Drew commented.

"Mr. Hayden, you did not answer my question, you didn't even know the question in the first place. Why? Because you're busy sleeping in my class. Be grateful that I'm not sending you out of my class," she said, glaring at him. Drew only muttered a few choice words at her.

"Well, since no one is willing to answer my question, then we have a pop quiz." I groaned at that, looking at Zoey and Misty beside me. "Yes, and it will be graded. Stop complaining and take out a sheet of paper." She demanded. I sighed irritably.

No doubt, I was going to fail this.

Spanish was my last class before lunch break. I walked out of class and almost bumped into May. "Hey, let's go to the cafeteria, I'm really hungry, I skipped breakfast today," she said, grabbing my hand.

I rolled my eyes. "May, you're always hungry." It was true. She did have a good appetite and perhaps it was because of that she developed some good curves that made boys almost swoon over her, something Drew grew jealous about.

"But it's true." She winked, and I laughed before we sat down on the cafeteria tables. "Hey, did you have biology today?"

"Yeah, my teacher gave me a pop quiz," I said, irritatingly at the memory.

"That sucks, I wish you were in bio with me. We could have been lab partners too," she said.

"Yeah, would've been so much better," I said, crossing my arms.

From the corner of my eye, I noticed Serena walk in the cafeteria, and she was looking around for somebody. When she caught eyes with a table in the corner of the cafeteria, she walked over and I noticed that it was Ash sitting there. She seemed to be talking to him, but I could see him mutter a few choice words in her direction. She put her hands on her hips and was looking at him intensely, something which he attempted to ignore. She then scoffed and flipped her hair, walking in the midst of the cafeteria.

"Attention, attention everyone!" She clapped her hands for emphasis. "I have an announcement to make!" She yelled and eventually all the mumbling and chattering ceased.

"Wonder what this is about," I whispered.

"I might have a slight idea," May said vaguely.

Serena stood up on one of the cafeteria tables. She cleared her throat. "Well, as you all know, my boyfriend, Ash Ketchum's birthday is this Saturday. And every year, he has the best birthday parties of the year. So, this year, we are celebrating Ash's birthday at his place this Saturday," she said, and everyone started to mumble in excitement. "And, everyone is invited! The theme for this year is: glow in the dark. Wear something that goes along with that theme, because this party is no doubt going to be hot," she said, snapping a finger, resulting in a few cheers and whistles. "Oh and we'll only be accepting people who bring gifts for Ash. So if you don't have any gift, don't bother showing up. We don't need wastes of space crowding up Ash's place. Okay, thank you!" she said, before stepping off of the table.

So, it was Ash's birthday this Saturday. I wonder what Ash would prefer as a gift.

"This happens every year. Serena makes this big announcement about his birthday party," May said, "last year, it happened in a five-star restaurant," she continued and I gasped.

"No way!" I exclaimed, and she only nodded.

"Yeah, Ash's parties are to die for! If you don't go, you're automatically labeled as a loser," she said.

"I wonder what I should get him..." I said, voicing out my thoughts. "What'd you get him last year?"

"A watch! But, I mean, I bet he gets similar gifts every year. I don't even know what gift to get him this year," she sighed exasperatingly. "It's going to be a bit difficult this year."

I sighed. "Yeah." What was I supposed to get the guy? Especially now that I realized that I have feelings for him? What would he like?

This was not going to be easy.

"Okay, class, now for today's creative writing class, we are going to be hearing a few poems from the students. So, Taylor, do you want to go first?" Mr. Thomas asked to which Taylor nodded. Taylor and I held a few conversations over time, and he was a pretty cool guy to talk to. He walked in front of the class, a paper in his hand. He ran his hand over his blonde hair a few times before he cleared his throat. "This poem is called: Falling in Love. I'm dedicating this to my girlfriend, Stacey," he said, before winking at Stacey, as she blushed in response.

"You hear of true love," he started, "in movies and books. But not based on popularity or looks."

This caught my attention, and everyone seemed to be mesmerized at what he was saying. "I've searched every corner, deep in my mind. But this one little thing I could not find."

Instantly, I recalled my relationship with Kenny. As disappointing as it sounds, I was unable to find the emotion of love in our relationship. I just did not reciprocate feelings for him as much as he did to me. It was lacking a big factor that could have the potential to strain our relationship.

"For it was not in my head, but deep in my heart. Looking for this completely tore me apart. Then one day I found it. This thing called love. It's something wonderful sent from above," he continued. My heart warmed and I started to smile.

"We stared at each other, as our faces turned red," he said, looking at Stacey. "Yet nothing was spoken, nothing was said. No words were needed, because our hearts said it all. We'd be together forever, for in love we did fall," he finished off and took a bow, resulting in a round of applause.

For some reason, that poem spoke to me. It made me realize that Kenny and I were never meant to be. I was never in love with Kenny, heck, I doubt I had any sort of romantic feelings geared towards him.

I knew what I had to do.

I had to break up with him.

After classes ended, I texted Kenny to meet me outside of school. He responded back, saying he was going to be there within ten minutes. I mentally prepared myself for what was to come. Breaking up with someone while trying not to hurt their feelings was a bit complicated. I was aware that he had strong feelings for me, but I also knew that I couldn't be committed to this relationship any longer. It was important to let him know how I feel.

Because it takes two to tango.

"Hey," he said. Kenny stood in front of me and I looked up at him. "Everything okay?"

"There's something I want to tell you and it's really important. I need to get this off my chest." I spoke, my voice not sounding confident.

"Before you do that...are you going to Ash's party on Saturday?" he quickly asked.

I nodded. "Yeah, and I still have to decide what to get him for a gift. Anyways, I wanted to say that-"

"I don't want you to go," he interrupted me, resulting in me widening my eyes in shock. Was Kenny actually forbidding me to go?

"Excuse me? Did I hear that right?"

"Look, I know that Ash likes you. If you go to that party, there's no telling what could happen. He may try to make a move on you," he explained. To be honest, I stood there, my jaw slowly dropping.

"You don't trust me?" I asked in disbelief.

"Of course, I trust you," he said, grabbing my hand and giving it a squeeze. "I just don't trust Ash. So, I just want you to stay away from him." He continued. I didn't even realize when exactly I got frustrated, but I pulled my hand back in a jerk. He looked at me in a bit of shock.

"Kenny, it's my choice. You have no right to be telling me that. I can go where I want, whenever I want."

It was silent for a while until he said, "You're actually picking Ash over me? The guy that probably only cares about is himself?" He commented in disbelief.

I shook my head in response. "This isn't about picking someone, Kenny. This is about you forbidding me to go to that party."

"I'm doing it for your own benefit. I just don't want you to get hurt."

"Kenny, for Arceus's sake, if Ash wanted to make a move on me, he would've done it a long while back! We're neighbors and we share some classes together. And I don't know if he likes me or not, but that doesn't mean you have the authority of telling me what to do." I retorted. Kenny seemed genuinely surprised. This was the first argument we were having.

"So you're not going to listen to me?" I refused to answer. "I'm not being authoritative, I'm just giving you advice. I really like you and I don't want Ash to take you away from me, because you're mine," he said, before stepping closer and encircling his arms around my waist. I released his arms from my waist and glared at him in anger.

"That wasn't advice. You were practically forbidding me to go to his party. I'm sorry, Kenny but whether I go or not is my choice. And forgive me, but like I said before, you have no right on telling me what to do."

It seemed like Kenny's decision didn't falter and suddenly his eyes darkened. "Fine, you go to that party, and I'll tell your mom that we're together and dating." Now I was truly taken aback. I can't believe Kenny was resorting to his.

"Are you...threatening me?" I asked in disbelief. I never would have imagined that he would have the audacity to do this.

"Consider it what you want, but you're not going," he said.

My fingers curled into a fist and if anything, I was practically steaming. "That's it! I can't take this anymore! I can't be in a relationship with someone who thinks they have control over me!" I yelled. "Especially with a guy that I don't even have feelings for!" I spat out in anger, then instantly covered my mouth with the palm of my hand. Kenny cocked his head.

"...What?"

I didn't know what to say. "I-"

"So you never liked me." He stated. I parted my lips to intervene but he spoke before I could. "So I was nothing to you," he said, his voice full of hurt.

"No! No, Kenny, it's-it's not like that. I was trying to tell you earlier but-"

"No, it's fine, I mean, I get it. I was played. I was just a simple 'testing the water' you know, like when you before you go swimming, you touch your toe in the water to see if it's not too cold. I never meant anything to you, did I?"

"That's not true," I protested. "I was just confused. I've never been in a relationship before and when you asked me out, I decided to give you a chance. I thought I liked you because you were the perfect guy, but the truth is-"

"The truth is," he interrupted yet again, "that you played with my feelings and took advantage of me," he said, shaking his head in disbelief. He ran his fingers through his brown hair and continued. "Do you know how much you're hurting me right now?!"

"Do you know how much you're hurting me?! Boyfriends are supposed to be understanding, loving and respectful. But here you are, threatening me and not even listening to a word I'm saying!" I retorted.

"At least I didn't take advantage of you and fucking play you!" He started to yell, overpowering my voice. I flinched a bit, I had never heard Kenny utter those words before. It was as if a totally different version of him was standing before me. "Listen to me and you listen good," he said, gripping my hand tightly. "You are going to stay away from Ash, you are going to listen to what I say, because you are mine. Got that?" He said, his grip on my hand getting tighter and tighter; it was starting to hurt and I withheld a scream.

"You're-you're hurting me, Kenny, let go!" I yelled.

"Shut up!" He spat. "I'm going to twist your arm if you don't answer," he threatened. Tears started to flow out of my eyes. To say I was shocked was an absolute understatement. Kenny was not the guy whom I thought he was. "Answer me!"

I gulped. "O-okay...I-I'll listen to what you say," I said, my voice breaking due to the heavy amount of crying. His grip on my arm loosened.

"Good," he said, smiling as if nothing happened. "We're going out Saturday night. Wear something pretty," he said, "and there's no reason to tell anybody about this." he said, but I had a good feeling that was a threat. "Right?"

I nodded. "No reason at all," I said.

"Good. I still have a class next. What about you?" I couldn't believe that he pretended everything was normal. I was still in a great amount of shock.

"I..I think I'm going home," I decided.

"Want me to drop you?"

"Please don't," I quickly said and he cocked his eyebrow. "I mean, you don't have to do that for me. I can walk home," I said.

"Okay. See you later," he said, giving me a peck on the cheek before walking back to the school grounds. I immediately wiped it off, feeling disgust. This kiss was nothing but utter disgust, and suddenly I grew weak. My knees started to shake uncontrollably as I broke down, crying into the palms of my hands. I felt so betrayed, so worthless and so confused. My cries grew louder and louder and I couldn't stop.

I didn't even realize when a pair of arms encircled around me, bringing me to the person's chest. I continued sobbing against the person'c chest, disregarding the fact that I was probably wetting the fabric. It was when I realized that it was Ash consoling me when I pulled back. "No...I-I'm sorry, I c-can't. J-just stay away from me," I said, stepping back, my face filled with fallen tears.

He was no doubt, confused to which I couldn't blame him for. "What happened to you? Why are you crying? Please tell me, is everything okay?!" He continued asking me several questions, worry clearly indicated in his voice. When I didn't respond, he cupped my cheeks. "Please say something," he urged.

"I'm sorry...I can't...just g-go away. Please just leave."

"I can't leave you here like this," he said.

I shook my head. "Please." I begged. "Just go."

He didn't heed to my words. "Just go!" I yelled.

Still confused and worried, he removed his hands from my face. He hesitated. "I'll be fine, please, I can't...please get out of here," I said. I heard him sigh before he took a longing look at me and after a while, he walked the other way, leaving me alone.

I closed my eyes. I'm so sorry, Ash.

Well, that's the end of the chapter. I know, it was kind of sad at the end. Who expected Kenny to turn out to be like that towards Dawn?

Anyways, as always, thank you guys for reading. Your reviews are appreciated as well. Lemme know your thoughts.

And with that, I will see you guys next time.