Me: I have nothing to say but the end is coming! In five more chapters after this! This chapter is dedicated to everyone who reviewed.

May: Well aren't you generous?

Drew: *Cough* NOT.

Paul: *whistles*

Me: What's going on?

Ash: Nothing.

Dawn, Gary, Leaf and Misty: SurferGurl14 doesn't own Pokémon.

Me: Chapter 15: Foreign and Familiar. I think the pokeshippers and oldrivalshippers will be pleased.

"What the hell?" Gary yelled.

Ash blinked, "You're going out with Dawn?"

Paul scoffed, "Don't sound so surprised. Where the hell do you think I've been all day?"

Gary put on a sly smile, "Is that who you've been with at night too?"

Drew's eyes widened, "What!?!"

"Now you've angered the older brother," Paul looked at Gary.

Gary collapsed on the couch, "Now I feel pathetic! I haven't been able to charm Leaf and then Paul, of all people, shows me up by getting together with his girl, and now he's sitting there looking pleased with himself!"

"I am pleased with myself," Paul added to Gary's misery.

"I haven't gotten together with Misty," Ash silently added.

Gary continued his rant, "Well you know what Ash, you can anytime you want to. She loves you. It is so obvious. Who cares what your mom says?" Gary paused and looked at Ash's face. "Okay maybe you do, then just invite Misty to that dinner with your mom tomorrow and show your mom that Misty is a great girl!"

Drew looked at Ash, "For once Gary makes sense."

Ash nodded.

Gary pointed at Drew, "Don't even get me stated on you! You are in denial. May has you wrapped around her little pinky."

Drew opened his mouth to say something, but he sensed Gary's rant would be over soon and didn't want to make the rant go on for much longer.

Gary stood, "Well you know what? Tomorrow I am going to make Leaf mine. I'm gonna tell her I love her and nothing is going to get in my way."

Paul raised his eyebrow at Gary's confidence and Drew replaced his frown with a sly smirk.

"Care to bet on that?"

The next morning was sunny and bright, as the girls stepped out of their house to their driveway to walk to school.

Bzz. Bzz. Bzz.

Dawn whipped out her phone to read her new text.

To: Dawn
From: Marina

Me, Jimmy, Mel, Zoey, Barry, and Kenny are waiting on the bench for you. And Mel and Barry got together this morning. They joined the couple club with me and Zoey. Catch up and join, will ya? ;]

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To: Marina
From: Dawn

We're coming. That's great for Mel. Btw I'm joining the club. I'm dating Paul Shinji. :P

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Dawn heard a click and saw the guys leaving their house. She ran and threw her hands around Paul's waist and looked up at him from under his arm.

"Hey Paul."

Paul smirked and kissed her hair, "Hey Troublesome."

Gary smacked his forehead, "He wasn't lying!"

Ash looked back and waited for Misty. "Hey Mist."

Misty yawned and smiled at Ash, "Hey."

"So I was wondering if you wanted to have dinner with me and my mom tonight."

Misty bit the inside of her cheek. Ash was asking her to meet his mom. He still wants her! But she already promised Delia. Ash should have asked before.

"Well remember the lady I'm helping?" she asked him. He nodded. "Well she invited me to dinner tonight too and I've already said yes. It would be rude if I backed out now."

Ash's face dawned upon realization. She couldn't go and he would be a jerk if he made her cancel. He would just have to set up another time.

"Okay, its fine. Maybe another time?"

"Sure!"

Ash grinned, "Good."

"So gentleman and in Drew's case-lady, today is Leaf's birthday and I have here the most perfect gift that is bound to win me her heart!" Gary declared at their lunch table with stars in his eyes.

"Leaf isn't bought."

Ash's remark earned a sigh from Gary, "I know that! But it'll soften her up so I won't get slapped across the face."

Paul yawned, "Well we need to be at the girls' table now, because Dawn said she's getting the cake from Misty's car."

"But Maple is over there!" Drew protested. He did not want to deal with May after what happened yesterday.

Gary grabbed Drew by the ear, "Suck it up and be a man!"

May immediately glared as Drew was dragged to their table, "Why are YOU-"

Drew put a hand over her face, "I was dragged by Gary. Stop talking."

"I'll talk however much I please!!" May flared in response.

Jimmy and Marina got Gary's attention and nudged him toward Leaf and acted out for him to cover her eyes.

Gary covered Leaf's eyes and she jumped startled.

"Wait about two more seconds," Gary promised her.

Right on cue, Dawn walked in with the cake and everyone started singing, "Happy Birthday to you…."

"Ah! Presents!" Leaf was overjoyed.

Melody and Barry got her a green one-strap dress and two CDs, Zoey and Kenny got her a 'Save the Trees' t-shirt and a set of green clips for her hair, from Marina and Jimmy was a complete outfit probably picked out by Marina with a silver and green strapless dress with silver jewelry and heels.

Misty got her a pet hamster, which she named Sir Edmund; May got her Sir Edmund's cage, food and wheel. Dawn bought her three green shirts, a green skirt, white skirt and olive green shorts.

The guys were much simpler; Ash gave her a card and a stuffed pig and a charm bracelet with silver leaves. Paul and Drew, who obviously weren't great shoppers for girls gave her two huge boxes of chocolate and forked over fifty dollars each.

But Gary's gift…was utterly amazing. It was a set of earrings and a necklace. The necklace had a gold chain with one huge green leaf hanging from it. The earrings were a leaf exactly the same to the one on the necklace hung from the earrings. It was made by her favorite jewelers in the Orange Islands. Gary had put thought in this gift. Requesting the leaves to be changed from gold to green, having it shipped from the Orange Islands…he must care.

He left a note. It said to meet him at the lake at 5:30.

There was no way she could not go.

MISTY POV:

Leaf's birthday was a success! I merrily drove up to Delia's apartment.

It was so nice of her to invite me to dinner, but I felt really bad having to deny Ash. But it would have rude to back out now.

Speaking of dinner with moms, Delia's son is coming. He goes to my school, yet I've never seen him at the apartment. Interesting how Delia is having dinner with her son and Ash is having dinner with his mom on the same day. I wonder…nah! Delia said her son was a freshman. Ash is a junior!

Delia wouldn't lie to me…would she?

I met Delia in the kitchen, where she sent me to the dining room, proclaiming I wasn't allowed to help tonight. Her son was already in there. I was excited to meet him.

But I was shocked as I stepped into the dining room, where I saw Ash seated, eating corn.

Ash was there. Sitting in Delia's dining room. Eating corn.

Her son was supposed to be sitting there eating corn.

Ash looked up and saw me standing there, "Hey Misty. What are you doing here?"

I was in such disbelief, "Delia invited me to dinner. What are you doing here?"

He looked taken back, "This is my mom's apartment."

Delia walked in, "Misty, take a seat. This is my son, Ash."

I sat, "He doesn't look like a freshman."

Ash looked confused, "Mist, you know I'm not a freshman," he turned to his mom, "Mom, what's going on?"

Delia looked at both of us, "You two know each other?"

Ash looked kind of angry, "This is Misty Waterflower."

Delia smiled at me, "I know. She's a sweet girl. She's been helping me out."

I couldn't believe what was happening around me.

Then Delia looked surprised, "Misty? Is this the Ash who broke your heart?"

Ash winced and looked down.

My head was spinning and my mouth became dry. Delia was Ash's mom. She knew my name. She knew Ash broke my heart and she knew that Ash was HER son. He was the one she said couldn't date me.

But she acted so nice to me, sympathetic even. But she caused it and she knew it. Didn't she feel guilty hugging my crying and almost lifeless body as I spilled my heart out to her?

And did she invite me here to embarrass me in front of Ash?

Well I won't let her have the satisfaction. She made him break my heart but I won't let her be victorious.

I looked my empty plate. I hadn't taken any food yet.

"Maybe I should go."

Delia and Ash both looked up at me. Ash was startled but was Delia smirking?

Delia looked at me, "Why don't you stay?"

I thought of an excuse, "I have to meet my best friend for dinner. It's her birthday." It was true. We all were going for ice cream, not dinner but same thing almost.

Delia nodded, "Well I must say I'm disappointed."

I blinked, "What?"

"It's rude to leave a dinner."

"Well I apologize, but I don't think I can sit here as you make a fool out of me."

Delia looked struck and I took that as my ticket to walk out the door after calling, "Bye Ash. See you at The Cerulean Cove if you come for Leaf's birthday."

Third Person POV:

"Mom. What the heck? Why'd you do that?"

Delia smiled, "To see if she passed."

Ash looked annoyed, "You just pissed off the girl I love to see if she passed?"

"She passed my approval."

Ash choked on his corn, "What?"

"I think you should date her."

"But you just made her leave, really mad!"

Delia looked at her son as if the answer was obvious. "Then go after her. And tell her I apologize for my behavior."

Ash was already out the door and Delia chuckled to herself, "This is better than one of my soap operas."

Leaf ran to the lake sat beside Gary.

Gary looked at Leaf, "You should be my girlfriend."

Leaf laughed and stared at him in disbelief, "Is that your way of asking me out? No hello first?"

Gary smiled, "Direct. That's how I roll."

"Well if you insist," Leaf tipped his head so their foreheads touched.

Gary leaned forward and softly kissed her lips.

Leaf giggled to herself, "This is the best birthday ever!"

Ash looked around in the eight o'clock dark for Misty, with no luck.

"Where could she be?"

His mind clicked as he remembered they were getting ice cream for Leaf's birthday at the Cerulean Cove. He ran straight there and it started to rain and thunder.

He didn't care. He needed to find Misty.

He peered in and saw Melody, Zoey, Marina, May, Dawn and Leaf there with Gary, Drew, Paul, Barry, Kenny and Jimmy.

He calmly walked in, breathing calmly, in contrast from his heavy breathing from running around the town.

"Where's Misty?" he asked the girls, water dripping from his soaked hair.

Dawn looked at Ash curiously, "She wasn't feeling good. She went home."

Ash dropped his shoulders. Misty probably locked the door, "Gimme your house key. I really need to talk to her."

Leaf realized what was happening and threw him her keys. Catching them, Ash left as quickly as he arrived.

He looked up at the heavy falling rain and ran straight to Misty's house. He hesitated to ring the doorbell. She didn't want to talk to him.

Ash fumbled with the keys and unlocked the door. He ran up to Misty's room. Locked.

"Damn," he muttered.

Suddenly he got another idea.

Misty's POV:

My doorknob slowly turned but stopped as the person realized it was locked. I instantly looked up. Who could it be? I quietly walked up to the door and pressed my ear against it. All I heard was heavy breathing and someone say damn before walking away.

I had taken off all my make-up. It was ruined anyway.

Sighing, I turned on my laptop and opened Microsoft word up then went on Bing and started searching the topic for my English class. We were on Shakespeare and we all picked plays and were doing a presentation. Dawn picked Romeo and Juliet, no surprise there. Leaf picked Julius Caesar. May picked Much Ado About Nothing. And I picked Hamlet.

You know Shakespeare had a son named Hamlet and his son died and that's why Shakespeare wrote Hamlet.

It's really sad.

Losing someone you love like that…

I ended up on Sparknotes reading Hamlet in modern version. Thank Sparknotes!

My eyes wandered to the window as I heard a thud. The rain wasn't that bad. Was there hail?

Then there was a knock. I slowly crept up to the window and pushed the window aside and looked and saw Ash. Hanging from a tree. In the rain.

What the hell. Will that boy not give up?

Secretly smiling, I opened the window. Ash fell in with a thud.

I closed the window, "Are you okay?"

He got up, "I'm fine."

"So why are you here?"

"I love you."

My eyes widened, "But,"

Ash cut me off, "And I don't care anymore. I need you and if I can't have you… I'll… Misty, I'll go crazy. Please?"

I threw my arms around his neck, "Ash, I love you too."

He kissed me, "We'll be together this time. I promise."

I looked at him, "What about your mom?"

He smiled, "It's all good. So you'll be my girl?"

I wrinkled my nose, "One condition."

"Anything."

Smiling slyly, I wrapped my arms around his neck once more, "Kiss me again."

Ash grinned and lowered his lips to meet mine. He started kissing passionately until suddenly the lights went out.

All we could hear was the roar of the storm outside.

Ash groaned, "You have to be kidding me!"

End! The play will begin next chapter.

The Play Part 1: All Or Nothing.

Can Drew and May put aside their differences to carry on a good play and can Drew keep the bet?

The Play Part 2: Stealing A Kiss

The play becomes interesting as everyone seems to be reliving the past. And real life feeling take over Drew and May, capturing their love by storm. Is some improvising by Drew enough to make May realize her feelings?

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