Chapter 8 festival

After spending some time at the carnival, Ash and his friends decided to rest up a bit at his house. It was fall and the leaves were falling. It was on the first Friday of the season that May found out about a fall festival in Pallet Town central park. She immediately wanted to go.

"Hey Ash, I just found out there's going to be a fall carnival in the park tonight. You wanna go?"

He smiled.

"Sure. That sounds like it could be a lot of fun. When does it start?"

"Eight",

"Alright. Eight it is then. It's a date", he said. His choice of words made her blush.

"Uh… yeah… sure…" she muttered and walked away. He smiled at her bashfulness.

The young couple spent most of the rest of the day waiting for the time to come. At seven they took separate showers and got dressed for the carnival. Ash was gonna wear his usual blue jeans and black top and put on some deodorant as well. He waited downstairs for his girlfriend. After a short while she emerged at the top of the stairs. As soon as he saw her, the blood shot up to his face and he blushed like mad. May was wearing a light blue dress which went down a little bellow her knees and she wasn't wearing her usual bandana on her hair this time which left the thirteen year old boy mesmerized. When she reached the bottom of the stairs she approached him.

"Ready?" she asked.

"Uhhhhhh….." he sounded off stupidly. She giggled.

"Come on Ash. Let's go", she said and started pushing out the door and he finally snapped out of his trance. He turned around to face her.

"You look beautiful, May", he admitted and she smiled with a slight blush on her face.

"Thanks", she said as they walked towards the park. When they reached it they saw it was illuminated by the street lights giving it a quant old fashioned look. There was a stage with a band playing blues and jazz music and there were tables filled with food. Ash laced his hand in hers as they walked in and enjoined the pleasant and peaceful atmosphere. They sat down on the bench and sighed.

"It's beautiful here", said May.

"Very much so",

"The food smells good too", said May.

"You wanna get something to eat?" she added and Ash smiled.

"Thought you'd never ask", he said and she smiled. They spent the next hour eating some baked potatoes and fried chicken and letting it settle in their stomach. After that the music turned to a more mellow tune, Ash extended his arm to her.

"Would you like to dance?"

"Thought you'd never ask", she said happily and they both smiled. He placed his hand on her shoulder and she placed hers on his waist as they slow danced under the night sky. After a while May placed her head on his shoulder and started humming to the music's tune as they enjoyed each other's company…

To be continued….

The writer's block has been lifted! Sorry I was away so long guys. I got focused on other things and ran out of ideas as to what to write for this one and then life got in the way. Anyway I hope you've enjoyed this new update and thanks for reading it.

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