Chapter 4: Date Night

Serena sat on her bed, looking out the window.

(Clemont loves me... Do I love him back? I don't even know anymore...)

Suddenly Bonnie ran in.

"Ash and Misty are going on a date!"

Serena looked behind her quickly as Misty and Ash quickly covered Bonnie's mouth, blushing.

"So you're going out? Have fun!" Serena said cheerfully. She still felt a small pang of jealousy, but this would give her time to talk to Clemont about last night.

"Serena...? You should go out with Clemont!" Bonnie giggled. "I saw you last night in the kitchen!"

Serena's face grew red. Bonnie had seen them kissing last night!? The tingly feeling rushed back to her as she remembered the kiss.

"Serena?" Ash asked. "What were you doing in the kitchen last night?"

Serena's heart pounded in her chest as she tried to come up with an answer that didn't involve the kiss, or Clemont telling her that he loved her.

"Um... I went to get a bottle of water... And then Clemont walked in."

"And they kissed! I saw them!" Bonnie yelled, before running away laughing. Ash and Misty stared in at the very red Serena. She smiled cheesily.

(Where is Clemont to shut up Bonnie when I need him...?)

Right on que, Clemont walked past, stopping to see what was going on.

"Clemont, were you and Serena kissing last night?"

Serena saw Clemont's face grow red as a Tomato Berry.

"Did you... Tell them...?"

Serena shook her head.

"Bonnie," was all she said and all she needed to say before Clemont was charging down the hall after his pervy little sister. Ash ended up leaving, but Misty sat on the bed next to her.

"So you like him?"

Serena's blush began to die down.

"Well, he told me he loved me..."

Misty smiled.

"And do you love him back?"

Serena shrugged.

"To be honest, I have no clue if I've ever even felt love before."

Misty put her hand on Serena's shoulder.

"Love means that you will do anything in your power to keep that person happy. That you want to around them all the time. You completely accept them for who they are, and you feel warm inside when you are with them. You are happy and so are they."

Misty continued.

"So... Do you love him?"

Serena took a moment before answering.

"Yes."

Bonnie had insisted that Misty and Serena go shopping for a dress. Misty had already picked hers- it was a blue gown that sparkled in the light. Serena was trying on a dress Bonnie had begged her to try on. It was a pink and red dress with frilly little flowers of greens and blues on it. She stepped out the fitting room and Bonnie gasped excitedly.

"Yes! Wear that one! Wear that one!"

Serena laughed.

"All right, all right."

And there she was later that night, wearing it as the girls exited the car to meet up with the boys. Both were wearing tuxedos. As Serena walked up to him, Clemont smiled nervously, blushing.

"Um... You look beautiful." He said. Serena giggled.

"Thank you."

They walked inside to find a large room with a disco ball in the middle.

No wonder Bonnie had wanted her to get the dress. Apparently she'd been signed up for dancing.

So as Bonnie shoved Serena and Clemont to the middle of the room laughing, Ash and Misty disappeared, seeming to run off somewhere. Serena realized that it probably wasn't their first date.

Serena was nervous. She could tell Clemont was even more nervous as they began to dance. Bonnie was excitedly watching in the background, and it looked like she was taping it on her phone.

Wonderful. But it wasn't like she could be stopped. She focused on Clemont and blocked out everything else. She looked into his eyes. He looked into hers.

Eventually they slowed down, and stopped dancing all together. They were just standing there.

"...Serena." Clemont said, breaking the silence. "Um... I have something to give you."

Serena blushed. A gift? She hadn't thought of that. Clemont reached into his pocket and pulled out her blue ribbon.

"You... Grabbed it? At the parking lot?"

Clemont nodded. "I want you to wear it. Not just for Ash. For me."

Serena hesitated before taking the ribbon. She smiled.

"Hey, Clemont?"

"Yeah?"

"...I love you too."

Both of them blushed as they closed the space between them for a few moments.

She could hear Bonnie laughing.

As the left the building, Ash and Misty joining them, Bonnie was excitedly playing on her phone.

"Bonnie, what are you doing?" Clemont asked.

"Oh, nothing- just texting the video of your date to Dad."

"You're what!? How much of it did you film!?"

Bonnie laughed.

"All of it."

Clemont's face turned a deep red.

"Don't even think about-"

"Done!" Bonnie said as she hit "send".

Clemont groaned, and Serena laughed.