Hello! I wanted to upload this yesterday but I wasn't in the mood, to fix a bunch of stuff up, and I wanted top quality writing! Also this is two chapters combined since the original chapter 13 was way~ too short.
Also, I'm about to be soo late, I might miss my bus big time. So I'm not reviewing it, so bash me with errors if you find, it's my fault, I know.
Disclaimer! I should own Pokémon, but I don't :(.
Enjoy :D!
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Chapter twelve: Flaws In Our Plans
Ash and Dawn had come back from grocery shopping. When they got back to Ash's place, Ash checked to see if he had any missed calls.
"Shoot!"
"Huh?" Dawn decided to start unloading the grocery bags. Ash had been such a big help to her lately that she would help around the house whenever the need be.
"I missed Misty's call."
"Wouldn't she call you on your cell though?" Dawn finished with the bags and was putting the food away.
"I guess, but it says she called via video phone, I don't have that option on my cell, only my house phone." Ash walked to the living room desk to where his video phone was. "Wonder what she wanted."
Dawn just shrugged. She just finished putting away the last grocery item. "I'm going to go put on my pyjamas; going to get into something more comfortable," Dawn said as she walked to the guestroom and shut the door.
"Alright," Ash shouted back. "Now, for Misty," he dialled her number. He waited, and waited, and when he was about to hang up there was an answer.
"Hello?"
Ash would recognize that voice anywhere. "Misty?"
"Oh! Hey Ash, let me put you on screen."
Misty was drenched, and in her bathing suit; not a bikini though, it was a full piece blue bathing suit, and her usual tied up hair was let loose to her long wavy hair.
"Hey Mist, what took you so long?"
"Sorry Ash, I just got out of the water, I was just getting some exercise."
"Have a good swim?"
"I did! I beat my record time! I got to ten seconds a lap!"
"Congratulations Misty!"
"Thanks."
"So hey, you called before?"
Misty thought for a second. "Oh yeah, like 20 minutes ago, where were you anyways?"
"Oh, I just went grocery shopping. Did you call me for anything?"
"Well no, I just wanted to check up on you and tell you that I miss you."
"I miss you too Misty. I wish you were here."
"Aw, that's sweet Ash-" Misty stopped mid-sentence. "Ash can I ask you something?" She asked calmly.
"Yeah sure, what is it?"
"Well, I just wanted to ask- WHAT THE FUCK IS DAWN DOING IN YOUR HOUSE, in pyjamas no less!"
Ash looked back, then back to Misty.
"Oh, Dawn's been here for a couple of days."
Dawn heard what Misty said and Ash's reply. Dawn didn't realize that she passed right by the view of the camera, crap! And with Ash's reply, he is going to get it.
"A FEW? You're cheating on me?"
"What? No! Misty I would never cheat on you!"
She shook her head multiple times. Ash could see Misty's eyes water. "Misty! It's not true!"
"Ash… I," tears started falling from her eyes. She lowered her voice, but it was still audible, "I can't"
"Misty!"
She hung up.
Ash just sat there and stared at the screen for a while. She was so hurt, it shouldn't have happened. It was a lie, she made up the scenario in her head, and she believed it. He felt so hurt, she thought of him like that. She never had faith in me. She never considered the other options. Why does she have to be so damn stubborn all the time!
"I'm so, so sorry."
Ash turned around to see Dawn.
"I never thought that this would happen," she started to have trouble speaking, "I should have, I should have been more careful! I should have realized that… I was too close to you. This is all… my fault!" She put her hands to her face, "I'm so sorry Ash."
Ash didn't know what to say, so he didn't say anything. He got up from his chair and walked straight past Dawn and into his room. He shut the door, walked to the shutters, closed those as well; he wanted only darkness. He was so upset; he lay down on his bed thinking, trying to understand what just happened. Eventually he fell asleep.
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Ash woke up. He checked the time; it was 3:06am. He got out of his bed and got changed into his pyjamas. He then went to go drink a glass of water. While he was walking back to his room he figured he should check up on Dawn, and tomorrow he would apologize for before. But when he opened the door, to his surprise, she wasn't there. If she didn't go back to Twinleaf Town, where did she go? He started to get worried and he called her cell, to his relief she finally picked up.
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"… and then Misty broke up with Ash and it's all my fault!"
"Calm down Dawn," her best friend tried to console her.
"How can I calm down? Ash is mad at me, Misty probably never wants to see my face again, and May will hate me for what I did to Misty!"
"Come upstairs, we'll talk in my room." Dawn just nodded and followed Drew to his room.
She hadn't been to Drew's house in a while, Kenny hated that her best friend was a boy, so he made sure he kept her away from him as much as possible, of course, they always had the phone, and Dawn would make very good use of that.
When they got to his room, she realized it had changed, it was more mature now. His comforter was a monochromatic navy blue. He had wooden furniture. He also had a huge sponge board over his head board filled with pictures of him with May. Dawn could really tell that he loved her.
Dawn sat down on his bed while Drew sat down on the rolling chair of his desk which he brought closer to where Dawn was sitting. "So this was all just a big misunderstanding?" Drew questioned.
"Hmm," Dawn thought of how to put the response, "depends which way you look at it I guess."
Just when I thought I understood the whole story. "Huh?"
Dawn sighed, "If you look at it his way, he didn't cheat and it's all just a big misunderstanding. But," she paused briefly, "… but if you look at it my way, he did cheat and Misty has every reason to break up with him."
"I don't understand."
Dawn looked down. "One night I was having these strange nightmares and Ash came to comfort me and he kissed me, he looked so shocked and he left. The next morning he was terribly devastated so I lied to him and pretended like it never happened. I told him that he dreamt about it because I didn't want to be the reason for Misty and Ash's break-up, but unfortunately I'm the reason for it anyways, of course Misty probably thought much worse of it, but it doesn't change anything."
At first Drew was speechless. "Dawn… you have to tell Ash."
"What! Are you crazy? He would hate me forever. I tried really hard to convince him that it was all just a dream!"
"But D-"
*Ring~!*
"Crap! I forgot to turn my ringer off!"
"It's fine Dawn. We're the only ones here."
*Ring~!*
Dawn checked the ID, "it's Ash!"
"It's 3am, what does he want."
"I don't know!"
*Ring~!*
"Find out!"
"Okay!"
*Ring-*
"Hello?"
"Dawn?"
"Yes?"
"Where are you?"
"I'm at Drew's."
"What the fuck Dawn, a note maybe next time!"
"What the hell! Why are you so mad?"
"I went to check up on you and you were gone! I thought you were out on the street or something."
Dawn's eyes lit up, "You care?"
"Of course I care Dawn! Why did you leave?"
"I thought you were mad at me because of the whole Misty thing."
"I'm not mad at you Dawn; it was all just a big misunderstanding. I'll call Misty up in the morning and confront her about it. It's fine Dawn. I swear I'm not blaming you for anything."
Dawn smiled, "thanks Ash."
"And, um, you're still welcome to stay though, if you have nowhere else to go."
She looked at Drew who mouthed the words tell him. Unfortunately, she knew she had to. "Well maybe later today? I kind of need to tell you something anyways."
"Uh, alright Dawn."
"Kay well, I'm going to go get some sleep. Goodnight Ash!"
"Goodnight Dawn." With that she hung up, she then looked at Drew. "I'm glad you're deciding to tell him," he said.
"I guess. Unfortunately, I'm scared of his response. One thing's for sure, I don't want to lose him as a friend."
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How about it? IS LAST CHAPTER NOT QUESTIONABLE NOW :P? That's right, Dawn had her reasons, I totally agree with them.
ALSO, school is starting in like two weeks, and hopefully I could finish it all before then because I got college, night school, volunteer, and work. How I will ever be able to update will definitely be questionable, this news saddens me, a lot. :(
My next update will probably be Monday so look forward to that :)
Keep reading & review, I wish I could hug you all in person, but cyber hugs are all I got T.T. BUT EXPECT TO GET ONE IF YOU REVIEW :D!
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