This chapter is on way~ earlier than expected because if it isn't up now it'll be up next week, and I don't like that :(, SO I posted it up sooner for you guys :D Be happy :D! Finally the reason everyone is reading this story is about to unfold. So without further ado, chapter nine!
Disclaimer! I do not own Pokémon!
Enjoy :D!
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Chapter Nine: A friend At Hand
"I hope you have a great trip to Cerulean Misty, I'll miss you a lot." Ash and Misty were at the front door of Misty's house saying their goodbyes.
"I'll miss you too Ash," She said then gave him a short kiss followed by a more lengthy hug. "I'll call you whenever I can, including when I get off the boat."
"That'll be great. Have a safe trip, and have fun at Cerulean!" He said as he gave her a last kiss and hug goodbye.
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Fifteen minutes later, Ash was almost out of Sandgem Town when he realized the massive traffic ahead of him going towards Jubilife City.
"UGH! I guess I'll be taking the small streets today," Ash said aloud to himself.
Ash took a right turn to 97th Avenue then a left on Weston Rd. "There are really nice houses in this part of Sandgem," he noticed. Two minutes later and he was almost out of Sandgem, almost, until he saw someone banging on the door of one of the nicer houses. She looks familiar. He started driving slower to get a better look, Crap! That's Dawn! He parked in front of the house and got out of the car, just then Dawn stopped and sat down on the front step with her head buried in her knees. She doesn't look so good, "Hey Dawn!"
"Huh?" She looked up and saw Ash. What is he doing here? She was quite shocked to see him. "Oh, hey Ash."
"That doesn't sound very cheery."
"Sorry, I just expected someone else."
"Ouch."
Dawn's eyes widened, "crap! I'm so sorry! I did not mean it like that!"
Ash chuckled, "don't sweat it."
"Ash, what are you doing at Drew's house anyways? Just so you know he isn't home."
"This is Drew's house?"
"Well, not his house but you get the idea. And yes," she looked back at the house, "Drew's family is pretty well off. His dad is the CEO of some company called Xandra, which is some branched jewellery store famous in Hoenn and his mom is a lawyer."
"Oh wow."
"Yeah, so they aren't home very often. In my opinion, if they knew they were too busy for a kid they shouldn't have had one, but then I wouldn't have my best friend so I'm not one to say anything."
"I see your point."
"You never answered my question."
Ash sat down next to her. "There was traffic going into Jubilife so I decided to take the small streets and that's when I saw you banging on the door so I pulled over to find out what happened."
"Oh, you saw that huh?" she looked down.
"Now it's your turn to answer questions, what happened?"
"Well I guess you'd find out eventually," she tried to get herself to get the words out of her mouth; she finally decided to just say it bluntly, "Kenny broke up with me!" She broke down.
Ash hugged her lightly; she seemed so fragile. "I'm really sorry to hear that Dawn. But wait, I thought you guys just went on a break yesterday?"
Dawn lifted her head and nodded, her mascara had ran, there were black traces under her eyes; it wasn't the first time she cried today and the way the street light hit her face you could tell the dry ones underneath the fresh black tears. "He found someone else." She buried her head back in her knees and started crying harder.
Ash rubbed her back for comfort. "I guess that's why you're at Drew's house."
Dawn lifted her head and nodded again, "Out of pure adrenaline I ran here."
"You r- Dawn! Are you insane? It's a 25-30 minute drive from here to Twinleaf, are you mad? How do you plan on getting back?" He said standing up in shock.
"I don't."
Ash wasn't sure what to say, Dawn caught him off guard, and she knew it, "Let me elaborate, I planned on asking Drew if I could spend the night."
"I don't think May would appreciate that."
Dawn rolled her eyes, "I know she won't. But I can't go back, not tonight." Her eyes left his and focused on the floor in front of her.
"So you plan on sitting here till Drew gets back?"
"Yup."
"Dawn don't talk stupidity, what if he's staying over at May's?"
"What do you suggest I do then?" She snapped.
Ash looked at her; her eyes were full of sadness, she looked stressed and finished. "Come with me," he said turning his back to her and walking down the steps.
"You are not bringing me back to Twinleaf Town." She said getting up.
"I'm not," he said looking back at her, "I'm bringing you to my place."
Dawn was shocked. Misty would not appreciate this but she felt like it may be her only option, in her head anyways, "alright."
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When they finally arrived at Ash's place it was midnight.
"Wow Ash, this is such a nice place," Dawn said looking around.
"Thanks." He smiled at her. "Hey Dawn, maybe you should let your mom know you're going to be staying here."
She shook her head; Ash gave her a confused look, "why not?"
"My mom is an actress, I'm always home alone."
"What about your dad?" Ash asked, to which Dawn sighed, "I don't even know who he is," she said sitting down on the couch.
"Well that's something you and I have in common," he said sitting down next to her. "My dad left when I was just months old. Apparently he couldn't deal with the pressure of having a kid. He then decided he didn't like kids and told my mom that I could contact him when I grew older."
"Did you ever end up contacting him?" Ash shook his head, "after leaving my mom with all the responsibilities of taking care of a new born while supporting the both of us, I hope I never see the jackass."
"I completely agree with your decision. I mean, I'm rarely home. I used to stay at Kenny's house for weeks at a time because I hated it back home. My "dad" left when my mom told him she was pregnant, and my mom, all she thinks about is her career. Since that is all she cares about she's never home."
"I'm sorry," said Ash putting his hand on her back.
"Don't be. When she put me in boarding school I met Drew," she said trying to think about the situation positively, "then she finally decided to "take care" of me so I was transferred to a regular private school in secondary four. I lost all faith in her though, even now she leaves for days or weeks or months at a time without telling me where she goes."
Ash gave Dawn a hug.
"What's this for?"
"You need it."
Dawn chuckled. "Yes, thank you. I guess I do," she said leaning into the hug.
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Was it to everyone's satisfaction? I hope so :) Dawn will be a lot more prominent in the story from now on so do I get a crowd "yay" :D! This is where things get complicating so I hope you all are excited for the next chapters :D
Next chapter will not be up for a while so please don't ask to put it up any sooner than I can, it'll be up for either the weekend or next week, sorry for the wait! :(
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