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Chapter Fifteen: Shattered

It has been one month since Dawn had moved into Ash's. At first, as expected, Misty wasn't okay with it, but she got used to it. Two weeks into Ash and Misty's "new" relationship they got into a pretty bad fight, again about Dawn, again it had to do with trust. Bye bye honeymoon phase. Did they ever really have one?

Dawn was sitting at the table eating supper alone. Ash was taking his shower. He plans on surprising Misty with the perfect date this evening. He had some help from Drew who had given him a few pointers.

The water had turned off just as Dawn finished up her supper. She put her plate in the sink and went to go watch some TV. She flipped the channel till she stumbled upon Sinnoh Now, since nothing else interesting was on, she decided to watch it.

Half an hour later, Ash came into the room and stood in front of the TV. "How do I look?"

"A suit Ash?"

"Yeah, I thought I needed to look nice, that is was Drew said."

"Ash, where are you taking Misty tonight?"

"To Bâton Rouge." Dawn got up and laughed, "Oh Ash, Bâton Rouge is not a fancy restaurant. It's definitely nice, but not black tie nice. Hmm… Here, I'll help you!"

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"There you go!" Dawn exclaimed gleefully, "you look great!"

It was a fairly simple ensemble, a red vertically striped button down shirt, simple black pants, and black shiny shoes.

Dawn handed him the bouquet of blue roses; Misty's favourite flower.

"You know, I went to five different flower shops to find real blue roses?"

Dawn put her hands on her hips, "you told me only about three times already!" She took a step back, "you do look great. You guys need this, a surprise romantic night out, especially after that last fight. I'm sorry I'm the reason for your fights. You know if you can't handle it, you could ask me to leave. Its fine, I mean-"

Ash put his hands on her shoulders to which Dawn stopped talking abruptly. "Dawn, for the last time, I'm not kicking you out. Misty will get used to it."

Dawn crossed her arms and looked around in every direction except at his. "… yeah right," she mumbled.

"Come here." Ash pulled her into a hug. When they let go he put his forehead on hers, "Listen here, you aren't going anywhere okay?" Dawn couldn't help but chuckle, "Okay, okay fine, I'll stop bothering you about it."

It was then Dawn realized how close they were, how they looked into each other's eyes. She must have given a sign of what she was thinking of because as if Ash was reading her mind he separated quickly.

"I have to get going," said Ash scratching the back of his head.

"Yeah, go on."

Ash nodded, took his keys and left. Dawn then dropped herself on the couch, oh God.
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Ash was driving in his car, which he had cleaned inside out for this occasion. Drew said it, everything had to be proper. Even though Drew wasn't always the romantic type, he definitely knew his stuff. Besides, after his date with May, he decided to be romantic more often, he knew May liked it, so why not?

Ash was thinking to himself. I hope this date really works out okay, I think we're starting to connect. But with that last fight… I hope she could start trusting me again. I am going at lengths that I have never gone through before- only for her. She's special. Ash then proceeded to frown, but Dawn… I mean, I don't like her. But even when I keep telling myself that, I still feel those damn sparks- like out of nowhere sparks. Sparks that shouldn't be there in the first place, but they are. I should be feeling sparks with my girlfriend, NOT my roommate and whom I consider one of my best friends. Ash stopped at a red light, he lightly hit his head on the wheel. I should really stop thinking about this. I really need to make this date per- HONK! "FUCK!" Ash looked up, green light, "shit!" He stepped on the gas. Keep it together man!

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Ten minutes later, he finally reached Misty's house, not to give her hints, he parked down the street.

The street was quite long. I think I over exaggerated a bit. Whatever, I'll just have Misty wait while I go get the car.

He was about three houses to hers now. He swallowed hard hoping this doesn't end in another fight. His nerves shot up when he saw Misty on the porch swing. She was facing opposite of his direction, but she wasn't alone. She was talking to someone, but Ash was too far to recognize, not like he could see the face, but just to make some kind of better guess to whom it was. He decided to lay low and take swift steps, making sure to get close enough without Misty realizing he was there.

When he got a house away, he saw that they had a wooden fence separated their house from Misty's. He quickly moved over and sat down back to the fence. I really hope these people aren't home. He thought quickly then tried his best to concentrate on Misty's conversation with whoever she was with.
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"Wow Tracey, your sketches are amazing! You are an amazing artist."

"Thanks for the feedback Misty. I'm glad you like them. Maybe I'll sketch a drawing of you sometime." He looked at Misty as if he were studying her, "you know, it would be my best work!"

"Your best? Tracey your drawing are amazing, I think it would look just as lovely as the others."

Tracey shook his head, stood up from the bench they were sitting on and faced Misty. "I think you're forgetting something."

Misty stared at him blankly, "huh?"

"Well, if I am right, and I am, you are the most beautiful girl in the world. Not every day an artist, such as myself, runs into an extraordinary looking woman, such as yourself."

"Aw, you're so sweet Tracey." She went in to kiss his cheek, but he caught her off guard and turned his head so that her lips were on his. Misty was stunned, though, she was not going to pull away, so instead, she kissed him back. He is amazing, he is a man, and Ash is a kid. Ash needs to grow up… maybe what I need is a man.

Tracey pulled back from the kiss flabbergasted. I never thought she would kiss back! "Misty, I know we only met about four weeks ago, but you don't have a boyfriend do you?"

Misty thought about how to answer this question. Tracey or Ash, Tracey or Ash. After all the fights Ash and I had recently, my always wanted relationship with him has been fading away. And I cannot trust that kid around Dawn; they probably did stuff behind my back anyway. Maybe Ash isn't the one for me.

"Misty?"

Misty shook away from her thoughts, "no Tracey."

Tracey smiled gleefully. "Then, do you want to be my girlfriend?"

"Yes!"

They started to share a kiss when they were interrupted, "Thanks a lot bitch!"

When Misty turned her head, she saw Ash running away from them.
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OMGGGG! ARE YOU AS FLABBERGASTED AS TRACEY?

If so, then my work here is done :D. If not, there is no surprising you people -.- .

To the people who are following me as an author, the next story I publish is NOTHING like this one, it's a dark horror/supernatural/extremely-maybe-slight romance fiction, also it's an AU. So if you're following me and aren't into that kind of stuff, don't read it :). I'm still deciding whether to write it all up first and then post or write up a chapter then post right away. If you're interested to know more, PM me / or review for the summary, and tell me what you think! :D I'm excited about it!

Keep reading & review... let's mix this up. Since I'm excited let's do a jumping cyber hug! You know, where you hug each other and jump very girly at the same time, but cyber-ly :D! Who's down? :D
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