AHHH WHY WONT ANYONE READ CHAPTER TWENTY THREE? ITS BEEN UP FOR WHAT, FIVE DAYS NOW?!
Hi! It's me again! Sorry. I don't own Pokemon. I would buy it, if I could, but I don't have much money.
Chapter Twenty Four: With You Again
"So what did you want me to talk about?" Ash frowned.
"Out with it. You know, the story you wanted me to hear about yesterday." Misty pressed.
"It's not important."
"You know, I'm doing this for both of us." Misty scowled.
"Hang on a moment. Your life would be smoother without me making your journey bumpier. All I do is make you upset."
"So? What if I want my life to to be bumpier? I can give sacrifices."
"Listen. I'm a bad boyfriend. You don't want me." Ash turned away.
"Wait!" Misty pulled on his sleeve. "At least tell me the story."
Ash reasoned with himself. There was no harm in doing so, right?
"Ok then. So I found out about M and I thought she was a boy. I started to get jealous and stuff. Then Jimmy joined and I thought he was M because you, May and Dawn kept talking about him. I thought he confessed his undying live for you when he talked to you. After we broke up, I ditched school and met the real M and realised I made a huge mistake." Ash sighed. "Can I go now?"
"Oh no you don't, mister." Misty raised an eyebrow. "You can go after we get back together."
"Hang on, what?"
"I forgive you, Mr Pokemon Master." Misty rolled her eyes. "You were just being a protective boyfriend, that's all."
"But I should've checked my facts and asked you-" Ash spluttered, not quite able to believe in himself.
"That doesn't matter." She kissed him on the cheek and jogged down the corridor to her next class, winking at Ash, who turned tomato red.
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Ash slammed his head onto the lunch table multiple times, as his friends laughed at the story.
"So you thought I had a crush on Misty?" Jimmy asked, amused.
"Yes, now stop laughing at me!"
"Maybe next time I go on tour I shouldn't write letters," Marina smiled. "But at least someone didn't find out my pen name and steal our letters."
"Well your plan worked because Ash fell for it!" May giggled.
There was another bang as Ash's head collided with the table.
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"So what do we do in this week's gang meeting?" Drew asked.
The six of them, not including Jimmy and Marina, were at Dawn's house, where they sat on the curving sofa.
"We could play games like last week?" May suggested, already knowing her idea would be shouted down. And her prediction was correct.
"Hey! How about hide and seek on the dark?" Misty asked. "We can turn the lights off and it'll be quite dark."
May grumbled as Misty's idea was agreed on.
Paul was chosen to seek first, and it was a scramble to the best hiding places. They had played hide and seek at Dawn's house before, so they knew where the best places were. Dawn was found first, hidden behind a bookshelf. The winner of that round had been Drew, who was inside a cupboard. When he came out, he was covered with flour.
"That cupboard contained flour in." He explained to the laughing friends and a horrified Dawn. "And tell your mom seal up the bags properly next time."
The night carried on with the game, until Dawn announced it was time to go to sleep. The boys grumbled about Dawn being a spoilsport, but Misty's mallet solved that problem.
"How come you always have that mallet with you? And where do you put it? In your tiny shorts?" Ash groaned, rubbing his head.
"I keep my mallet in my bag, you dimwit." Misty sighed.
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It was late at night, and Misty woke up, being a light sleeper, to a noise.
"Ash?" She whispered, recognising the raven haired boy.
"Huh? Misty?" Ash looked at her.
"What're you doing this late at night?" she hissed.
"Eating. I'm hungry."
"Still the same boy I knew when I was ten." Misty facepalmed.
There was a moment of silence.
"Oh, um, I forgot to ask you, but will you be my co leader in the dance committee?" Misty said hopefully.
"Shouldn't you ask May or Dawn?" Ash grumbled, eating his cereal bar.
"It has to be a boy."
"Ugh. Fine."
Another moment of silence. Plus some loud munching.
"Night Ash."
"Night Mist."
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The next school day was rushed. The gang woke up late, therefore missing breakfast, to Ash's dismay, and straight to school. Dawn reassured Ash that there would be time to go and get a sandwich from the nearby bakery, to which Ash responded happily.
"Can I get six sandwiches please?" Dawn asked the baker.
"Seven!" Hissed Ash.
"What? Why?" Dawn questioned.
"I'm hungry."
"Oh for Arceus's sake, stop thinking about food!" Misty facepalmed, along with the rest of the group.
"Six sandwiches." Dawn confirmed.
The baker looked at them strangely, before heading off.
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"Hey Misty!" Whispered Ash.
"What? We're supposed to listen!" Growled Misty.
"Surprise date after school?"
"Yeah. Okay."
"Yay!" Ash shouted.
Everyone turned to look at Ash. The teacher glared at him.
"Mister Ketchum, what do you find funny about Pokemon fainting?" The teacher asked.
"Uh nothing, Sir."
"Detention after school, Mister Ketchum!"
Ash scowled. He turned to Misty for a few last words.
"Make that a date after detention."
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"Trust me, it's good Ash has a detention." Dawn sighed.
"Just explain that to me." Misty picked at her food, uninterested in Dawn's speech.
"You have time to get ready! Sure, our outfits are nice, but it's not ok for a date!" Dawn paused to take a breath. "Did Ash say what the date was?"
Misty groaned. Why was Dawn so excited? She could understand the fact she was excited on Misty's first date, but this was, what, the tenth date they had gone on?
"No. And does it matter anyway?"
"Of course it matters! A fancy restaurant requires a formal dress, and some small café doesn't!" Dawn exclaimed, hitting Marina in the face on accident as she did so.
"Ow. If it's a surprise location, what should you wear?" Marina brushed her injury off, she was the calm one of the group after all.
"I bet it's going to be ponyta riding in the woods." May suggested.
"It's probably some beautiful restaurant with lanterns." Dawn sighed dreamily.
"Ooh! Maybe a nightclub?" Marina pondered.
Misty rolled her eyes.
"Guys..I thought you were meant to be helping me decide on what to wear."
"…"
"Ugh. You guys are so helpful."
"Sorry Misty. It's just what if you turn up to some Ponyta riding in a long formal dress, or trainers to a restaurant?" May cried, wringing her hands nervously.
"Oh no! The thought of it just makes me wanna…" Dawn pulled a face.
"Dawn, you're overreacting. This is why we need to help Misty." Marina pushed Dawn playfully.
"How 'bout cute and casual?" May asked.
"Nah. I'm still sayin' formal." Dawn pouted.
"I think trainers, jeans and a tank top." Marina smiled. "Better to be safe!"
"And we thought you were the model." Dawn and May muttered.
"How about we just leave this until we get home!" Misty cried, throwing her hands up in the air. "End of discussion!"
Marina, May and Dawn stared disbelievingly at Misty.
"The things we do for you, Misty." They all sighed in unison.
"You know, if you guys weren't here I would turn up in my pyjamas." Misty scowled. "But for you I will."
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A/N: second to last chapter! Woo hoo! Can't wait to write last chapter! I'm so proud of myself! That sounded weird. Anyways, please review, follow and favourite!
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