Hi guys! So in this chapter, a couple of weeks have passed and school has started. Uh oh! Please note that I do not own Pokemon. Or any other stuff. Blah blah blah.
Chapter Seventeen: First Day Blues
"Wait what?"
"Uh Ash… We're here. We might be an hour and ten minutes late though."
The gang stood outside the huge building that loomed ahead. The new school they were all entering for the next twelve months or so. The group all had mixed expressions. Ash was confused and annoyed. Misty was furious. Drew smirked at the situation but silently cursed Ash for his stupidity. May was worried about being late. Paul showed no expression. And Dawn… She was checking her nails.
"Ash! The school was DOWN THE STREET from your house, and you take us through to Viridian City for an hour, get us almost arrested and now we're gonna get detentions for being late due to your stupid memo-" Misty exploded. She really had to fall for the most stupid one of the gang.
"What's wrong? Ashy, two other guys and three, let's say, extremely pretty girls? Well Ash, any spare girls for me?" Gary appeared behind them.
"What're you doing here! And no! Dawn is the only one single but don't mess with her! Shouldn't you be in the league?" Ash snarled, not liking Gary's appearance.
"Actually Ash, you shouldn't be talking to teachers like that. Maybe I should give you a detention. But I don't have my book with me. But next time I will. So long and see you in Techniques and Strategies this afternoon!" Gary strode away, ignoring Ash's question.
"Shouldn't he get fired for planning to rape a student?" May asked.
"I heard he came last in the league." Misty perked up.
"He's a teacher?" Dawn inquired.
"Um, shouldn't we just go to school? I mean we just spent an hour looking for it." Drew suggested, glaring at Ash.
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"Where's M? I thought M would be in Kanto by now? School term's started. And M was meant to be in our home room." Dawn whispered to Misty. "You're the one closest to M."
"The planes got delayed. M will arrive in two weeks, I think." The teacher glared at Misty and Dawn, but carried on nattering on about the rules.
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"I wonder what the girls are talking about. They look pretty serious." Paul stated, still staring at Dawn.
"Dresses, makeup and the latest gossip." Paul glared at Drew. "What? It's what all girls talk about."
Ash stayed silent. He was closest to the girls, so he heard some of it. It was M who was the subject of the conversation. And Misty was the main one talking.
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"Well Ashy Boy. Welcome to my class. Hello girls. Yes, I'm single. Yes I know I'm beautiful." Gary smirked as all the girls in the class, except the trio, were cooing over Gary.
Misty rolled her eyes. Dawn sighed. May took her place next to Drew. Ash growled at Gary. Paul stared at Dawn. Drew cuddled May.
They were all thinking the same thing.
This year was going to drag on.
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The rest of the day quickly passed. By the end of the day, they all had different feelings about school.
Ash felt disgusted. Misty was stressed. Drew was optimistic. May was sleepy. Paul… Still showed no sign of anything. Dawn felt happy.
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"How was like the first day of school?" Violet asked.
"Can you like call Ash and like tell him we need another rehearsal, like now?" Daisy called.
"Yeah, like we need to like rehearse the kissing scene." Lily said, flicking through a magazine.
Misty sighed and stomped away. Now was not the time for rehearsals and kissing scenes. It was time to call M, and ask for answers.
"M? Why aren't you here… In Kanto?"
"Sorry. My manager's delayed it for another week or two. What did you tell the school, Dawn and May?"
"The plane flight was delayed."
Misty clenched her fist. Excuses, she cried in her head.
"That's good. Well, see you later. Love you lots." M hung up.
This time, Misty didn't even bother asking M to come back. She took a deep breath and called Ash, pulling on a mermaid costume while she did so.
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"Come on! This is like our last rehearsal before like the first performance! One more hour before it like starts! Dive Ash! Misty! Swim like faster!" Violet was almost screaming through the megaphone.
"Gosh, Violet. You're gonna like damage your voice and like that's not good for your like health." Daisy smirked.
"Shut up Daisy. No! Ash don't stop like spinning!" Violet shouted.
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"And with that, the merman and the mermaid were together again. The evil witch was never seen again and they were forever in love. The end." Lily spoke into the megaphone in a loud clear voice.
With those ending words, Ash leaned down and gave Misty a peck on the lips.
Immediately, the audience melted. Young love was always to be admired.
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"You tasted of sea water."
"I'm sorry, Ash Ketchum, that we happened to be in water." Misty raised an eyebrow.
"Sorry Miss."
"Just shut up."
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"Hey I have an idea."
"Uh, Misty, your last idea was to go to the festival that had been closed down for two and a half years. Call that a good idea?" Ash smirked, his arm flung casually around Misty as they sat on the couch, watching Eastenders. "And we got lost for two hours and I almost got killed by riding that Ferris wheel."
"Shut up. How about we invite Brock and Tracy around for a mini party? Not on a school night of course." Misty suggested.
"You mean Professor Brock and Professor Tracy. They're teachers now, aren't they?" Ash pointed out.
"How did you suddenly get so smart? I mean, this is the same boy who was really dense and alwa-" Misty was cut off by a kiss from Ash.
"And I think a party is a great idea. We can always ask the guys tomorrow at school." Ash winked at the furious Misty.
"You think you can make me shut up by kissing me?!"
"Maybe. It was worth the risk."
"Humph."
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It was funny how they had changed. Dawn twirled around in her new silver dress, and pouted as she posed in the mirror. It looked perfect on her. It had the five ticks. One, compliments curves. Two, good colours. Three, slightly revealing. Four, matches other accessories. And five, everyone on Facebook and Instagram liked it.
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May stood by the side tugging on her t-shirt, bored. Sure, she liked Dawn and Misty, they were her best friends, but this 'bff meeting' was mostly Dawn's idea. Yeah, she liked shopping and she liked wardrobe clean outs, but Dawn was a little, let's say forceful, when it came to her passion in life. May sighed. Blue did not, by any chance, suit her. Red was her colour. Dawn was pink and Misty was blue. Speaking of Misty, she was even worse than her. Misty loathed shopping, fashion and dressing up. May felt a pang of sympathy for the girl who sat on the floor, surrounded by tank tops and skirts and looked like she was about to kill herself. May wondered what was going through her mind.
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Ugh, the pain, the torture! Wait, why was I, Misty Kasumi Waterflower, even here? In the midst of clothes. When I say clothes, I mean like a lake of clothes. Ugh! At least someone was feeling some pain. May looked bored, bored out of her mind. She was tempted to text Drew, I know that face of hers. Her hand kept reaching into her pocket, but she told herself off and stood there looking bored. How do I know May so well? She is my best friend, of course and so is Dawn. But they both have flaws, everyone has. Lucky May. I forgot to bring my phone.
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"Uh, what's wrong? It's half eleven. And it's a school night."
"Sorry Ash. Blame Dawn. Um, and what was Techniques homework again? I sorta never noted it down."
"Mist, you are in so much trouble tomorrow. And it's going to be the second day. Are you going to be like this every day?"
"And you will be in more trouble if you don't hurry up and tell me the homework!"
"Just copy it off me tomorrow. I'm too tired."
"But that's cheating! And you didn't let Drew copy one little answer from you in Food Tech."
"I'm your boyfriend."
"What kind of a boyfriend does that?"
"Me. Because for you I will."
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A/N: Not much of Gary still but I sorta have writers block? Ahh, the disease got me! But there's still some stuff to do before I have to finish this story. The mystery of M, Gary is the worst teacher ever, Misty and Ash plan a party and the pain of school!
I've come across a new shipping, Romanticshipping, Serena and Drew. I've had mixed feeling about it. If I wasn't so attached to Contestshipping, I would totally ship the two! They look pretty good together, but they've never met, so it sorta rules that one out. Also I don't ship Waterflowershipping either. Misty is made for Ash and Drew I've already talked about.
I can also confirm that there will be 25 chapters in total in the first part of the trilogy (for you I will).
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