OMG, I am so sorry for not updating! I had so many projects for school and yeah. But I hope the length of this chapter makes up for it! Now I'll be quiet now so onward to the story.

Chapter 3: The Bet and More

Last time:

"If you are so sure why don't we bet?"

"You are so on!"

Flashback

"If I win then," Kenny started, "you have to do everything I say and you have to agree to everything for a whole week!"

"Okay, and if I win then you have to stop calling me Dee Dee for a whole week as well!" exclaimed Dawn with glee knowing she wouldn't have to deal with Kenny saying Dee Dee for a whole entire week!

Kenny bit his lip before speaking, not knowing if he could do what Dawn wanted. "You have yourself a deal but we both know who is going to win, Dee Dee," he taunted with a slight smirk on his face.

"I can't wait until I win because then no more Dee Dee," argued Dawn.

"So do we have a deal?"

"It is so on!" Dawn exclaimed while holding out her hand. "Deal? And no backing out!"

"Deal," Kenny responded while shaking her hand.

End Flashback

Dawn bit her lip slightly, waiting for the dust from the impact of the attack to settle out knowing that once the dust clears, the battle is over and someone is going to have to lose. Dawn squinted her eyes trying to see through that dust but failed. The dust was starting to settle out and Dawn smiled. She peered across the field and saw Kenny's Prinplup lying down with swirls in its eyes. "Yes!" Dawn exclaimed in glee because she had won. She ran to pick up Piplup but saw that he (a/n I don't know if Piplup is a girl or boy so feel free to correct me on that.) too had swirls in his eyes. Dawn bent down and retrieved a pokéball and returned Piplup. "Good job, you put up a good fight," Dawn murmured to Piplup. Dawn stood up and looked over across the field and saw Kenny doing the same thing she had just done. Dawn sauntered over to Kenny to find out what they were going to do since they had both lost.

"Good job, Kenny," Dawn spoke while holding out a hand to help Kenny up from crouching.

"You too, Dawn. You put up a good fight," replied Kenny with a smile.

"So what are we going to do now that we both lost?"

"I guess we should both hold up our side of the bet."

"So that means that you stop calling me Dee Dee and I do whatever you say, correct?"

"Yup but don't forget that you also have to agree to whatever I say," Kenny added with a slight smirk.

"Dam----- I mean darn it," Dawn almost cussed while pouting.

"Since when did you have such a dirty mouth?"

"I've been trying to stop because my mom says it's not 'ladylike'," Dawn responded while using air quote around the word lady like.

"Of course, only you," Kenny chuckled. Dawn stuck out her tongue after he said that. "Ah ah ah Dawn, that's not very ladylike," retorted Kenny.

"Ladylike my as--- but," Dawn quickly covered for her mistake.

"Okay enough now, so when are we going to start this bet?"

"How about tomorrow," Dawn suggested.

"Sounds good, my servant," Kenny enunciated.

"Oh shut up, so what time are we going to meet tomorrow?"

"How about 9am at the café we ate at for lunch?"

"Sounds good," Dawn replied while looking at her watch. "Wow, it's already 5pm! I didn't know we took that long to battle."

"Well, Dawn we finished eating at 3 and then started the battle at 3:45 and then the battle was long so of course it's that late already."

"Well, I have to go and heal Piplup at the Pokémon Center so I guess I'll talk to you later."

"I have to go there as well, so let's go together."

"Okay," Dawn agreed as she started walking toward the Pokémon Center.

They arrived at the Pokémon Center and walked up to the counter. "Hi, Nurse Joy, can you please heal our Pokémon," Dawn questioned and ended the question with a smile that would melt anyone's heart.

"Of course," Nurse Joy replied while turning around to face them. "Dawn! And Kenny! How have both of you been? I haven't seen you since you were 12 or so."

"Yeah, I haven't been to the center but I have been home for about four months or so," Dawn responded with a smile.

"I only got home a couple of days ago," Kenny recalled telling Nurse Joy.

"Wow you two are so big now," she went on and on while healing their Pokémon. Dawn and Kenny glanced at each other and inwardly sweatdropped.

"Here you go," Nurse Joy began, "have a nice day now! Oh, I forgot, are you two like a couple now? Because I noticed that you came in together and you two have been friends since you were in nursery school," she noted. Kenny and Dawn both blushed at the question before one of them decided to speak.

"No, Nurse Joy, we aren't a couple," Dawn finally responded to her question while nervously laughing.

"Yeah, what Dawn said," Kenny agreed while doing some nervous chuckling himself.

"Oh, ok my mistake. Anyways, have a good day now," Nurse Joy said as she waved goodbye to them.

"I can't believe Nurse Joy would say that," Dawn scoffed while still laughing nervously as the two walked out of the Pokémon center once again leaving the warmth. "Yeah, she was totally off," Kenny added while still chuckling nervously. An awkward silence fell upon them.

"Well, I'm going to go home now, are you going to your house as well," Dawn questioned while breaking the awkward silence.

"Yeah, I need to get home for dinner and I don't want to get stuck in this cold weather."

"Okay, so let's just keep on walking together." The two continued to walk until they reached their street.

"Don't forget, tomorrow morning, 9 am, at the café, and don't be late!" Kenny reminded before walking off to his house.

"I won't and I'm not going to be late!" Dawn shouted back while walking off to her house. When Dawn reached her house, she took out her house keys and opened the door. An amazing aroma drifted throughout the house and into Dawn's nose. "Hi, mom. I'm home!" Dawn announced to let me mom know that she was home.

"Hello, dear!" Dawn heard her mom call from the kitchen.

"Hey, mom! Dinner smells amazing! What are we having?"

"Tonight is going to be an Italian dinner: spaghetti, Cesar salad, and for dessert we are having tiramisu!"

"Yum! Can't wait for dinner! What time will the food be done?"

"About 6:45, so you can do whatever you want until then." Dawn glanced at the clock and saw it was only 5:30.

"Mom, did you know that Kenny is home?"

"Yes, I did. His mom told me last week that he was coming home."

"Well, why didn't you tell me?"

"It slipped my mind, honey. Sorry about that."

"That's ok, mom. I'm going to go and call May so I'll be down in time for dinner." Dawn began to walk away to go to her room. Once Dawn was far enough, Johanna, her mom, slightly laughed at her daughter's antics and something else unknown.

Dawn stepped into her room and took off her rose pink boots and placed them next to her bedroom door. Next, she took off her midnight black trench coat and hung it in her laundry bin. And last, she took off her navy blue almost black scarf and placed it on top of her vanity. Dawn jumped on her bed and pulled out her black and pink laptop from under her hot pink bed. She opened it and double clicked the web chat service icon. A sidebar list popped up listing the names of the people online. Dawn saw that one of her best friends May Maple was online. Dawn double clicked her name and a screen with a red border came up and May showed up on the screen. She met May in Sinnoh through Ash and became really good friends since then.

"Hey Dawn! What's up," said a stunning girl that looked about age 15. She had straight chocolate brown hair that reached just past her shoulder and stunning sapphire blue eyes. She was wearing a rose red beret in her hair and a white shirt with a rose red vest. Around her neck was a rose gold locket.

"Hey May, I was just seeing what's up?"

"I'm not really doing much, just chilling out at my house because as you know contest season is over." Behind May you could see the Maple living room and the front door.

"I was surprised to see you online because you are almost always shopping or eating ramen," Dawn teased.

"I don't do that all the time!" retorted May.

"Relax, May. I was just kidding." Suddenly, the doorbell rang.

"Wait one second, Dawn." The picture on the screen shook and Dawn knew she was putting down the laptop. In the background, May was skipping to get the door when suddenly Dawn saw her disappear.

"May? Are you ok," Dawn questioned with worry in her voice.

"Yeah, I'm fine I just tripped," May quietly said while getting up and finally getting to the door.

"Classic May," Dawn said while shaking her head. In the background, May finally opened that door to reveal a teenage girl that looked about 16 with slightly wavy orange hair which barely reached her shoulders. She had a barrette made of pearls in her hair and she was wearing a cerulean blue turtle-neck that looked like it was made of cashmere and Capri shorts. Dawn watched as the two girls exchanged greetings. May brought the other girl over to the laptop.

"Dawn, this is Misty," May introduced as the pointed at the other girl. "She used to travel with Ash as well. Misty is the Cerulean city gym leader."

"Hi, Dawn," Misty replied as she waved.

"Hi, I'm Dawn and I'm a coordinator just like May."

"Great to meet you," Misty chatted.

"Oh yeah, Dawn I forgot to ask you how you were doing since the Paul incident," May asked before she covered her mouth realizing what she said.

"What's the Paul incident," Misty questioned.

"I don't think---," May started.

"It's okay, any friend of Ash we can trust," Dawn broke in. Dawn continued to tell the story to Misty getting nods and comments throughout the story.

"Wow, Dawn. How old are you again," Misty asked at the end of the story.

"I'm fourteen," Dawn replied.

"How have you been doing since then," May asked.

"I've been doing much better, my friend Kenny distracted me the whole day and I didn't think about it until you brought it up but that's ok," Dawn answered.

"So, Dawn, who's Kenny," May and Misty both asked with sly grins on each of their faces.

"He's just my childhood friend!" Dawn countered.

"Are you sure about that," inquired May and Misty.

"Yes, I am!"

"Fine," May gave up as she pouted.

"Will you tell us the truth, if we tell you who we like," Misty proposed.

"What? No, Misty, you know I can't do it," said a panicked May.

"Okay, go ahead," Dawn insisted with a face screaming blackmail.

"Well, I, kind of, sort of likeAsh!" Misty quickly said with a blush spread across her cheeks.

"Aw! That's cute Misty," Dawn commented. "Now what about you, May?"

"No one," May swiftly replied.

"Tell the truth," Misty coaxed.

"I am! I don't like anyone but I think someone may like me," May continued.

"Oh my gosh! Who do you think," Misty asked.

"I'm not going to say," May stubbornly said.

"Well, I have to go and eat dinner now," Dawn cut in looking at the clock, "but May this isn't over!"

"Bye!" they both exclaimed before going back to their bickering. Dawn pressed the x's to close all the screens when she finally got to her background. She closed her laptop and plugged it back in and placed it back under her bed. Dawn jumped out of bed and walked down the stairs. Dawn walked down and tripped seeing someone in her living room talking with her mom. "Oh my gosh, Dawn are you ok," questioned her mom as her mom ran to her.

"Yeah mom, I'm fine," replied Dawn. "Can I talk to you in the kitchen, please," pleaded Dawn.

"Of course Dawn."

"Mom!"

"What?"

"Why did you invite….."

Yes, I'm evil a mini cliffie and because of that you don't have to review but it would make me very happy. :D