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Chapter 16:Fallout
"And done." Serena exclaimed in relief.
Serena, Dawn and May fell to the floor for what seemed like forever. Today was inventory day at the store also known as stock day. After the last customer was served the store was closed and they rearranged everything from displays to merchandise to their boss's liking. When it was done Shane came outside and took a look and thanked them for their hard work. He then walked over to the red dress that Marlene had once tried to steal from under his nose.
"Still no buyers for this dress girls?" Shane asked
"None, Customers come in and look at it, some try it on and then say it doesn't suit them, which leads up to one of us putting it back." Dawn explained to him.
"Hmm, If this doesn't sell soon I might have to just put this back into storage." he repiled with a serious tone in his voice.
"Sir, forgive me for asking but how did you even get this dress?" Serena asked.
"Well, this dress actually was made by my wife Marissa, she's somewhat of a genius when it comes to clothing. It was her who told me to bring it here and try to sell it, but unfortunately no one wants it." he explained to them.
"Aww, how sweet, don't get discouraged sir eventually someone will buy this dress." May assured him.
"I know girls, anyway remember we're closed tomorrow since I have the landlord and renovator coming here to take a look to see what we can do about fixing the lighting and heat in here." he reminded them.
The girls nodded as Shane reminded them about their free day off tomorrow. They then said their goodbyes to Shane as they left the store and went to the mall fountain to wait for their ride home since Dawn didn't have her car.
"So what's up with you two?" Serena asked.
"Let's see trying to get Leonard to change is a battle within itself, Wells's research assignment due on Monday is almost done and applying to universities and colleges are a thing." Dawn stated.
"Well if you ever need help with him, you know all you have to do is just ask right?"
"I know, but I know I can do this on my own. Anyway enough about him for now, what topic did you both pick for Wells's assignment?" Dawn asked both Serena and May.
"I did mine on Rhyhorn racing." Serena answered
"Wild pokemon vs Human owned Pokemon and the challenges with them." May answered.
"Pokemon fashion." Dawn admitted.
The girls laughed at each of their topic choices. This assignment was worth 10% of their final grade and they wanted to do good on it.
"What about you May? How's Selina?" Serena asked
May blushed before she spoke.
"She's good, we actually went to the Karaoke bar last night and sang our hearts out. She's actually not that bad of a singer despite her shyness."
"You know her being shy reminds me of when we first met Tommy remember?" Dawn asked May.
"Oh ya, back then he was so shy that he broke into hives whenever we tried to talk to him. Now look at him, so outgoing and he even has a girl who loves him. He's grown up so much." May said fake crying.
They laughed at May fake crying. Then Dawn and May turned toward Serena with a evil smirk on their faces which made Serena start to get scared.
"W-What's with that look you two have?" Serena asked with a look of shock on her face.
"Oh nothing, just wondering what's going on between you and Ash lately." May teased.
Serena blushed furiously at the memory of what happened last night between her and Ash. Dawn and May noticed the look on Serena's face and grinned at each other. They knew that they just hit hit the motherload.
"What's wrong Serena? Why are you turning crimson red?" Dawn said adding on to the teasing.
"Ya, normally its a slight blush but this is different, like if something major happened. So spill it or else we'll walk right up to Ash and ask him." May said while pretending to get up.
"WAIT, WAIT, WAIT, I'LL SPILL." Serena yelled loud enough for only them to hear.
Dawn and May fist bumped each other as Serena began to recount her tale of what happened last night from the moment when Ash showed up at her door and asked her to a date and up to the events into the park with Becky. When she finished both Dawn and May's jaw dropped to the floor.
"I can't believe it still happened, it feels like a dream." She expressed to them both.
"I can't believe he actually did it. He finally kissed someone, Wait hold on a minute." May said with a look of disbelief on her face.
"What's wrong?" Serena asked
"You said he chose what you two were going to preform right?" May asked for conformation.
"Yeah, why?"
"I'm sure there were more scenes in that script that he could have picked for you two perform. Just out of all of them why did he pick that one?" May asked
"I don't know, you don't think.. that he's fallen for you? I mean that could explain everything and why he would choose that scene for you two." Dawn interjected.
Serena thought about what May had just said to her. True May brought up a very valid point. Ash could have chose any other scene but he chose that one. Whatever was running through his mind would remain a mystery to Serena for now.
Dawn then got a call from her mother saying she was outside waiting. The girls got up and went into the car and talked about little things on the way home.
"So Ash, where did you go last night? You missed me cream Drew in a ladder match." Gary asked while eating a fry.
Ash turned red much to the notice of the other males. They all looked at each other with a confused look on their faces minus Gary. He then spoke.
"Let me guess after you quit our gaming session you went to Serena's house, you asked her out on a date to which she agreed after being in shock, then at some point during the date you finally manned up and planted one right on her lips." Gary guessed.
Ash fell back in shock on how accurate Gary had gotten every detail right. It was like he was there the entire night and was spying on them. Gary just smirked at Ash, before Ash spoke back to him with a finger pointing at him.
"How did you know?" Ash asked shaking.
"Simple, I just had to look at your face and I could tell. You don't have that good of a poker face like you think you do. Besides I figured you would after all what you told Drew and I about her lead to that conclusion." Gary explained.
"Wait, what did he say to you two?" Tommy asked
"I won't say it, I'll let him speak for himself."
Ash sighed as he looked at Gary with a look of thanks of throwing me under the bus and running over with the same bus on his face. Gary just laughed at Ash's facial expression while Ash explained everything to both Brock and Tommy. When he was done both Tommy and Brock were standing there in shock.
"Oh my Mew, you like her as in more then friends, don't you?" Brock asked
"I do, I just can't explain it. It's like every time I've been around her since the whole forest thing I've been noticing her more than usual, like how she gets so excited whenever something good happens or what a good cook she is, no offence Tommy."
"None taken, I'm not ashamed to admit she is somewhat better than me." Tommy shot back.
Ash smiled as he continued.
"After last night, all I want to do now is just hold her in my arms and kiss her some more and tell her how much I love her and how much she means to me ever since she came into my life."
Everyone minus Ash looked at each other with a look of amusement on their faces. They knew now how both felt about the other, it would only be a matter of time before both of them knew how the other felt.
"Well, I think on that note we should go home, it's getting late and I need to finish my assignment before Wells grills me of another late assignment." Gary joked.
The boys laughed at Gary's remark as they high fived each other and went their separate ways to finish their work. It would be a long night for Ash since he didn't start and he would all the luck in the world to finish.
The following Monday...
"Good morning class, I hope your weekends all went well." Wells began
Everyone nodded in agreement and had a look of glee on their faces. Wells looked at them and smiled himself. He then spoke again.
"Before we get started this morning, a couple announcements from the office. First off, a reminder that students planning to go on the big trip to Johto deposits are due on Friday. Next band students are reminded that today at lunch will be your final rehearsal before your upcoming recital , then there's the matter of your prom."
The students oohed as Wells began to explain.
"Now, as you know it's usually the day before graduation. I'm happy to announce to you that the date for both prom and graduation have been decided by us teachers, the committee. It will be on June 21st. Graduation will follow the next day."
The class cheered as Wells announced the date for both prom and graduation. Serena and Ash took a quick look at each other and quickly turned away blushing. Once the class settled down and Wells began class by collecting assignments. He yelled at Gary when Gary turned in his paper which was on video games, when he should wrote about something related to pokemon.
The bell rung as everyone exited the classroom, Wells told Ash to stay behind while the others left.
"Am I in trouble, if this about my paper..." Ash began.
"No no your not in trouble Mr. Ketchum, your papers fine. My bond with my pokemon looks like it will be a very interesting read, unlike Mr. Oak's paper." Wells joked.
The two of them chuckled before Wells resumed speaking.
"No, this about you and Ms. Yoshida."
"Sir..."
"Ash, I have been your teacher for 2 years now, and in those 2 years I have never seen your face shine so brightly aside from the last day of school or break. Also the two of you looking at each other and blushing at the same time didn't escape my notice." Wells said as he took off his glasses
Ash chuckled at his teacher's observation and spoke.
"She makes me feels complete sir, I just feel like she's the one for me after everything that's happened, getting introduced to her by Professor/Principal Oak, becoming her friend and everything up until now." Ash explained to him.
"Then if I may Ash, a piece of advice?"
"What is it?"
"Now, I know I'm not your father nor am i trying to be but in many ways you have taught me what it is like to have a son since I only have a young girl at home with my wife, but this applies to you because you remind me of me when I was your age. If you really like Serena, then take a chance and go for it, remember it's like catching a pokemon, it's difficult at first but eventually you will succeed."
Ash listened to Wells's words and agreed. True the man wasn't his father, but whenever Ash needed a father figure to talk to he knew Wells would never steer him wrong. Ash thanked him and left the classroom not before Wells wrote him a note for his next class. Wells chuckled as Ash exited and put on his glasses. He then looked at Ash's paper.
"My bond with my pokemon huh? Well Ash let's see what comes of what I've told you."
Lunchtime...
"Where's Ash?" asked Brock
"He's still in class writing his test, he said he would come when he was done."
Brock nodded at Serena. Everyone then looked at Serena which started to freak her out. She then spoke up.
"What's with all of you? Why do you have that look on your face?" She asked them.
"Oh you know why" Drew teased.
"Let me guess, you all know what Ash and I did last week right?" she asked them knowing the answer.
Everyone nodded in agreement at Serena's question, to which she sighed.
"It was so unexpected and romantic, even for him. I just wish I knew what he was thinking about me."
Serena's phone then went off. She explained that she needed to go and meet with another student and then excused herself to go inside and left the others alone by themselves. Gary started to chuckle which confused them all. May then spoke up.
"Okay Gary, what's with you and why are you laughing?" May asked.
"Oh nothing, just the last thing Serena said about Ash and not knowing how he's feeling about her is just too funny." Gary laughed.
Leaf looked at Gary and spoke.
"You know something that all of us don't know, don't you?" she asked him
"Oh not just me, Drew, Brock and Tommy know too." Gary answered.
"Know what?" Tommy asked in confusion.
Drew nudged Tommy in the side which caused Tommy to come quickly to the thing that they knew. Leaf sighed as she got up and held Gary to the tree.
"Okay, stop leaving us in suspense, tell us." Leaf ordered him.
Gary smirked as Leaf put him down and began to spoke.
"Ash likes Serena too, but he made us swore not to tell her because he wants to do it himself, just like how she wants to do it herself to him." he answered.
"So basically they like each other and they don't know it?" asked Jesse.
"Basically."
Everyone sighed as they all knew now how each felt about the other. Now it was just a patient waiting game to see who admitted to who first and how long it would take them. The rest of lunch went quietly with everyone eating their lunch and small chit chat here and there.
Ash was on his bed looking at the ceiling while Pikachu and Froakie were staring at the sky looking at the stars. This reminded Pikachu of the time when Butterfree was still a Caterpie and they stared at the sky. Ash meanwhile was thinking about the kiss he and Serena had shared while at the playhouse. He was also thinking about Wells had said to him. He was about to think about it more when there was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
The door opened and Delia came in and sat on the bed next to Ash.
"Okay mister, what's wrong? You barely touched your dinner tonight. Normally you would chow down and ask for seconds, thirds even but you didn't and that's not like you at all. So out with it what's bothering you?" Delia asked with a concerned tone.
Ash sighed before he spoke.
"I might as well tell you, you see last week when I went out of the house I went over to Serena's house and asked her out on a date to the playhouse. We were having a really nice time and well a something happened between us."
"What happened?" she asked more concerned.
"Well in the scene it was written that the two characters had to kiss each other and well..."
"The two of you kissed, and it felt so real to you that now you just want to run up to her and tell her everything." She guessed
"Are you psychic?" Ash asked in shock.
"No, your my son. You don't think I know how you feel? It's funny before me and your father admitted how we felt about each other he did something big to admit how he felt." She told him.
"What did he do?" Ash asked curiously.
"Well, it was around prom time and I wasn't going to go, but he had his friends help him to convince me to go by making me follow a path out to the river where he was waiting with a rose in his hand and then he admitted everything to me." Delia said with a blush on her face.
"I would have never thought he would be the romantic type. I always figured it was you who would be romantic than him." Ash said in astonishment.
"Me either, but he was and that's what I loved most about him. You know what he would say to you right now if he saw you like this?" Delia asked him.
"That girls are like pokemon and if I really want to be with one I should try. It'll be difficult at first but eventually I'll succeed?" Ash asked.
"Who told you that? Because that sounds like something your father would say." Delia asked in amusement.
"My english teacher Mr. Wells told me that."
"He sounds very wise."
"He is, When I do graduate I'll miss him the most out of all my teachers." Ash admitted.
"I know you will, now go to sleep it's late and you need your energy."
Delia planted a kiss on Ash's forehead and left his room. Ash changed into his night clothes and placed the now sleeping pair of Pikachu and Froakie on to their respective mats before turning off the light and heading into his bed. He took out his phone and looked at a picture of him and Serena in the park one day making funny faces. Before he locked his phone he sent a message to Serena and then locked it and went to sleep with one thought in mind:
"Well, time to think of something. After all I am the son of two romantics."
Serena was on her phone listening to some instrumental music when Fenniken came up to her and licked her face. Serena giggled at Fenniken's antic of trying to catch her attention. Serena looked at the clock it was 7:30.
"Time for dinner, that's why you came to get me right?" Serena asked
Fenniken ran to the kitchen with Serena following right behind her. When she got to the kitchen she found her mother sitting at the table and her pokemon sitting on the floor with their food dishes in front of them. Serena took out her dinner and sat at the table. While she was eating Grace looked at her the same way that her friends were looking at her earlier.
"So the other night when Ash came to the door and you didn't return until late?" Grace began.
Serena sighed as she began explaining to her mother what happened. When she was done Grace laughed which confused Serena.
"You know what this means don't you?" She teased Serena.
"That he likes me but he won't admit it yet?" Serena asked.
"That's exactly right, just give him time. After all he is a boy one of the most densest creatures on earth just like how your father was when we were your age. You know he told that he loved me and admitted everything?"
"How did he?" Serena asked.
"Well he came over to your grandpa and grandma's house in the middle of the night, stood under my window and played Meloetta's song until I opened the window and saw him there on one knee declaring his love. Your grandfather was annoyed that he came during the night but he was happy for me, that was the same night he gave me this hairclip." Grace said with a little blush.
Both mother and daughter laughed at the memory of the late Mr. Yoshida. Once they both finished dinner they cleaned up the table and the pokemon food dishes and then went to bed. Serena then took her pokemon upstairs for a bath with Pancham being difficult as usual. Once it was done she groomed them and they fell asleep.
Serena was about to fall asleep when her phone vibrated and giving off the message received sound. She took a look at it and it read Ash Ketchum.
"What could Ash want at this hour?" she thought to herself.
The next sentence shocked her
"Tomorrow I want to talk to you about the kiss and I'll finally tell you about my first date."
Serena then locked her phone and went to sleep. Tomorrow would be one interesting conversation.
Oliverqueen01- Well now what happened here? Let's see. Everyone knows how Ash and Serena feel about each other. Backstory about both their fathers, heck even Wells telling Ash go for it happened. So next week there's another break in the anime because the movie airs next week in the cinemas in japan so i'll be uploading the next chapterat 12 am est. (you can work out what time zone that is for you.) :p and if your wondering what's happened with this morning's episode let's just say Mega Secptile was a boss. Oh and this chapter was named after an episode of the flash (which started filming again today WOOOO!). Anyway enough babbling time for the responding of reviews and questions.
Reviews/questions
49ers (guest) yes they will, we're almost there. They just need one final push and then they will be together.
Espeon44- We'll see, right now I just want to focus on next chapter and then I'll go back and see what do to with her.
Amour guest- Yes there will be but after this story is finished I'm taking a break so after the break I'll see and Yes yes, keep up the amourshipping stuff and all that good jazz. I will don't worry about that :p
Pokemonmeat- Thank you good sir as always, when will she confess? Soon. Once I get next chapter out of the way, I'll actually start writing the confessions chapter for both of them and let's just say a certain episode will be inspiration for it.
KrazyKrookdile- thank you for the review. Yes Rhyhorn the ultimate buzzkill. I wanted to do that just because in the anime you only see him a handful of times and all he does is stay in his little doghouse like thing. So ya that's why he was a buzzkill.
Ooobserver- Thank you my good sir. I was thinking how could I get them to kiss and then that episode of the flash popped into my head and I'm like let's run with it and see how far it goes. To which I think it was done right. But now I wonder how many questions you'll have after reading this chapter? :p
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