Chapter 12! Hope you enjoy. :)

Dawn's POV

I was woken up by loud laughter coming from downstairs. I rubbed my eyes, sat up and looked around and saw that I was in my room but I remember falling asleep on the couch. I got off my bed, walked to the bathroom and looked at myself in the mirror. I looked terrible. My hair was messy, I had dried blood on my lips and my cheeks, which were still swollen. I grabbed my hair brush and got rid of the tangles that formed while I was asleep and put it up in a bun, after that, I washed my face and brushed my teeth.

I heard laughter again and decided to go downstairs. When I looked around I saw Ash, Drew, Gary, May, and Misty all watching something and they had literal tears of laughter in their eyes. I looked at the TV to see what they were watching. My eyes widened when I saw myself on the screen.

"What are you guys doing?!" I jumped in front of the screen blocking their view.

"Boo! Move out of the way!" May said throwing popcorn at me. I glared at Ash as he got up and went to his laptop that was connected to the TV and paused it.

"Popcorn?! You're watching me while I was drugged and you're eating popcorn? What the hell?" I asked throwing a piece I caught back at her.

"How else are we supposed to watch it?" Gary asked.

"You're not supposed to watch it at all. And Ash, what the hell, why were you recording all of this?" I replied glaring at Ash.

"We asked him to." I heard Leaf's voice. I looked around and saw her face on Ash's laptop. She too had a bowl of popcorn. Ash and Leaf were probably screen sharing on Skype.

"You too!?" I asked. She just smiled. I glared at her through the screen. "Why'd you guys ask him to record it anyway?"

"We made a bet." She simply replied.

"A bet about what?"

"About what you would say." Misty answered.

"We made a bet too." Drew said pointing at himself and the boys.

"Ugh, I hate you all."

"Aww we love you too Dawn." May said smiling. I flipped her off jokingly and sat down in front of the TV. "Well if you guys already started watching it, might as well just get over with it."

Ash pushed play and put the video back on full screen. The video resumed where I was cheering for no reason and I cringed, looking away.

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"PETTING BABIES?! WHAT, WHY WOULD I EVEN SAY THAT!? TURN IT OFF PLEASE! STOP MY SUFFERING!" I covered my eyes with my hands.

"Nope... we're... watching... it... all." May said in between laughs. I looked around and everybody was laughing as well. It was so cringe worthy for me that I couldn't even laugh with them.

I cringed throughout most of the video but there was one particular part that didn't make me cringe instead it made me die of embarrassment.

"Leaf, May, and Misty are so much prettier than me. I'll never get a boyfriend, I'll be lonely forever." I pouted."Aww come on no you won't." Ash responded.

I noticed what I thought was an edit in the video. My hand was in one place one second and two inches to the left the next second. I looked around to see if anyone else noticed and they didn't, it must've just been me.

I giggled and began poking him on the cheek. "You're cute." I said.

My eyes widened and my face probably looked as red as a tomato.

"YES I WON THE BET!" Leaf cheered through the screen.

"Really Dawn you had to call him cute?" Misty said frowning.

"Hey I had no control over what I was saying! Ugh I'm so embarrassed." I covered my face with my hands hoping they wouldn't see how red my face was. "You know what you guys can watch it I'm gonna go get myself a smoothie. Anyone else want one?" I asked. Everyone but Ash shook their heads 'no' still looking at the T.V not wanting to miss anything.

"I do actually. I'll drive since you're probably still drugged." Ash said getting up.

"Okay." I looked down when I sensed a small blush appear on my cheeks again. "Lets go."

We walked outside and got in his car. I immediately took the aux cable so we didn't have to drive in an awkward silence, and put on a playlist from Spotify on.

"Are we going to Starbucks?" I asked Ash while I looked out the window.

"No. There's this really good smoothie place in the next town over. The owners are from the Alola region and their family grows fruits over there so they get the fruit from there." He replied

"Oh, okay, cool." I mumbled.

We were silent for a while until I spoke up.

"I'm sorry you had to take me to get my wisdom teeth out. And I'm sorry if I said anything too weird." I looked at him out of the corner of my eye.

"Don't worry about it, if anything I'm glad I took you cause I got to see you drugged in person." He chuckled a bit and I laughed along with him. "Here we are." He said pulling into the parking lot of a plaza.

The smoothie place was in between a dollar store and a sporting goods store. It was the only place that was a different color, making it stand out.

"Ash, you're back." A little boy spoke as we entered. He stood up from a stool he was sitting at.

"Hey Kevin, think your parents can make us some smoothies?" Ash asked. The kid nodded and went into the back.

I looked around and saw only a few people, but then again, it was getting a bit dark out. There were small orange circular tables with two pink chairs scattered around the shop. The counter had a freezer next to it displaying the different flavors of ice cream they sold.

"Um, I'm assuming you come here quite a bit." I said as we walked up to the counter.

"Yeah, I come here a few times a month. My mom has been good friends with them since they moved here."

"Ohhh." I responded while looking at the menu.

"Hey Ash, what'll you be having? The usual?" An older looking woman asked as she emerged from the back.

"Yes please." He answered with a smile.

"And for your girlfriend?" She asked looking at me.

"A strawberry-banana smoothie please." I replied. It took me a while to realize she called me Ash's girlfriend. "Oh I'm not his girlfriend." I said abruptly, blushing as I looked down and found a sudden interest in my shoes.

"Oh I'm sorry, it's just that Ash has never brought such a pretty girl here." she apologized.

"Oh it's fine. No need to worry." I said looking back up.

"Actually didn't Ash bring that Serena girl here once? I mean she was pretty but she was quite rude." A man said as he walked out of the back with Kevin.

I looked over at Ash and saw that he had a small blush on his face as well. They noticed our embarrassment and began making the smoothies changing the topic in the process.

"May I ask your name?" The lady asked.

"Oh, it's Dawn Berlitz." I answered.

"Well Dawn, in Gina and my husband over there is Michael."

"Berlitz huh? Are you related to Johanna Berlitz by any chance?" The man joined in on the conversation.

"Yeah, she's my mom. Why?"

"I've seen the name in the newspaper announcing a new restaurant opening soon." he responded.

"Yup that's my mom."

"Her mom's cooking is no joke, it's amazing." Ash added.

"Really? Can we go once it opens please?" Kevin asked me.

"Yeah absolutely." I smiled.

We waited a few minutes until our smoothies were done. I took one sip and was blown away.

"Woah, you weren't kidding Ash, this is so good." I said amazed.

"Fruit from the Alola region is the best." Kevin said.

"No kidding." I took another drink.

"Well we should be leaving now, it's getting late and I have school tomorrow." Ash said.

"It was nice meeting you all." I added.

"Likewise." Michael said.

"Come back soon." Gina smiled.

We nodded and walked out to Ash's car.

"Did you really bring Serena here?" I asked once we got in his car.

"Yup, it was the second worse decision I made in the relationship." He responded turning the engine on, putting his smoothie in the cup holder.

"What was the first?" I asked laughing.

"Being in the relationship." He answered. I burst out laughing.

"I feel bad for you."

"At least I'm not with her anymore."

"True." I stated taking another sip of my smoothie. I had gotten a text from Drew asking where we were and just barely replied to him saying we were on the way back.

We began driving back passing few cars on the dark road. We had a few small conversations about sports and other random stuff but other than that we drove back in a comfortable silence, any awkward feelings from before completely gone.

I began wondering what Ash and the other guys bet on. I was going to ask but decided to wait until tomorrow.

Drives like this at night were peaceful and made me forget about my problems and realize how beautiful the world is at night.

"Why are you smiling?" Ash asked.

"No reason. I'm just admiring the peacefulness of the town late at night."

I was admiring the peacefulness so much that I didn't even realize I fell asleep.

Hope you liked the chapter and seeing Ash and Dawn get closer. Thanks for reading and don't forget to leave a review.