Naughty Love - Chapter 5
"Finally!" Ash exclaimed as he used his last energy for a final run. Pikachu followed him and they raced toward the shopping entrance. Once they had arrived, they hugged the building with their arms widely spread against the wall.
"It's amazing!" May said excited. The shopping domain was enormous; several huge buildings, little shops, cozy restaurants, superb-looking bars and beautiful parks could be seen.
"It's not only a shopping center, it's more like a whole city" Dawn added and smiled as she thought at how many clothes she could find there. Clothes and shops made her always smile whatever her mood was.
"It was worth it, huh?" Brock grinned. Every member of the group gave him an angry face. They were all quiet exhausted after their walk of two ours. Brock pretended that it only would take 10 minutes, so according to him using the shopping train would be useless. Unfortunately, Brock was wrong.
"This would be as nice if we would have taken the train" Drew smirked.
"Hmmm… Let's forget about that, at least we're here now", Brock replied quickly. "Shall we go to a little coffee shop?" He added, mainly to change the subject.
"As long as there is food!" Ash said enthusiastically. The others happily agreed and they took place at a modern, high green table with high soft stools.
All the walls in the building were also painted in a soft green color with big white electronic signboards on the walls. Everything was really modern and new; there were also computer cafés and technology shops. The halls were decorated with many wonderful plants which really fit the place. Least but not least, several red colored benches filled the halls. Many people strolled around through the big halls causing the place to be quiet noisy. A wide mix of different voices, laughs and shoes of walking people echoed through the hallways. Luckily for the visitors the cafés and shops themselves were calm.
Dawn stared around. She had been talking to May during the whole way while she tried to ignore Drew as much as possible. That was easy in every case; Drew told Brock and Ash about his adventures in Kanto. She still felt uncomfortable though and she hoped she wouldn't feel like this until the Wallace Cup.
From times at times they shared a look, and she could have sworn sometimes she saw a little smile on his face. Or maybe she wanted that so much that she just imaginated him having that smile on his lips.
He confidently talked about the new opponents he met at Kanto, and if they were strong, what Pokémon they had and how he had defeated the most of them. He looked a strong adversary; she had to watch out for him. His tactic sounded good and the training he gave to his Pokémon looked very strict, hard and severe.
She sighed. She didn't care about who was strong of against who she had to battle. She didn't care if Drew had strong Pokémon, she didn't care if he had new tactics. She didn't give a shit for the Wallace cup anymore.
She surprised herself. Not to mention she felt very ashamed. What happened to her? How on earth couldn't she not care about her contests? The contest, those things she worked so hard for. Those contest she loved so much!
She felt Piplup who was doing a nap in her arms. Thinking about it, she still did care. She did care a lot. But, there was something else she cared more about. So much more.
Obviously, it was Drew. She couldn't have any doubts anymore. She had a crush on Drew, and not just a small one. She bit on her lip and wondered why she had to be the one in this tough situation.
"Whaaaat?"
Dawn almost spilled her coffee as a loud voice got her out of her endless thoughts.
"The world's going to end in 2012?" May exclaimed, pulling the magazine she bought in a shop nearby closer to her face. She held it tight, being half in shock.
"Nonsense", Drew smirked.
Dawn looked around in confusion, recovering from her mini heart attack caused by May.
"Good morning, Dawn", Ash joked, getting a slight angry smile back.
"But the calendar of the Maya's ends this year", May continued anxiously.
"Uh well, it's not true. The world should already have reached its end a billion times according to all those sort of rumors. Scientists have already proved that this isn't true, so, there'll happen nothing", Dawn replied, as she took a slurp of her coffee, which she really needed.
"Yeah, Dawn's right", Drew said, also taking a slurp of his coffee as he gave a self-confident look at Dawn.
The blunette felt her face slightly glowing and got a small smile on her lips.
"But it's written in this magazine!" May replied desperately without leaving her eyes off the article.
Dawn let out a chuckle, she thought the way May was so desperate was kind of funny.
"You really have to be May to believe that", Drew replied while he gave Dawn a sarcastic she-is-so-naïve-look. The two shared a laugh and soon the blunette felt more comfortable.
"People? Shall we go shopping now?" Brock suggested smiling. Everyone eventually had finished their coffee and/or cake and was ready to do some shopping.
"Yes! There's also a plan right there," May said, indicating a signboard attached at the wall of the shopping hallway.
May, Drew, Ash, Pikachu and Piplup walked into the crowd. Dawn was about to leave too, but she felt a hand gripping her shoulder and she turned around.
"How are you feeling?" Brock asked concerned, but smiling.
"Uhm… I'm okay I guess." Dawn replied softly.
"That's good to hear. I'm here if anything goes wrong." He said.
Dawn nodded grateful.
"You know Dawn, even if you don't want Drew to be your boyfriend, he still can become your friend. You've only met yesterday so I think you guys don't really know each other so good…yet", Brock added smiling.
"That's true. Where will you be this afternoon?" the blunette answered.
"I will just hang around a bit; exploring the place, searching for some cooking stuff, and looking for interesting activities for the next few days too. With some luck I'll also find a Jenny or Joy!" Brock said, dreaming off at his last thought, which made Dawn laugh.
Maybe the shopping day won't be as bad as she thought, Dawn concluded while she finally began to feel better and smile.
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