Went to Kings Dominion. Pretty awesome because the lines were super short :D. Anyway, I think I might do one like this in the middle of the week... This might make the chapters shorter though. Tell me what you would prefer, twice a week with short chapters or once a week with longer chapters?

Previously

Ash's Mom walks down the stairs and greets the Lumiose twins. " You two must be Clemont and Bonnie! Come on in, follow me to the guest room." The two follow her up the stairs.

"That's okay, I'll help myself up," Ash mumbles and gets up. SPLAT. Ash accepts his fate and continues to step on a chair to finish cleaning the ketchup.

Ash looks at Pikachu. "This is going to be a long week."

Pikachu responds, "pika pi."

"Thank you, Mrs. Ketchum," Clemont said.

"No problem. You two must be tired. Go ahead and go to sleep. Breakfast will be ready in the morning."

Clemont looks over to Bonnie who's already crashed on the couch. "Actually, do you mind if Ash and I talk?"

"Not at all," Delia replied kindly.

"I'm going to put my sister in bed first."

"Okay. Oh, I think Ash might be on the porch when you need him," Delia said.

"Thank you," Clemont bowed and Delia left the room.

Clemont walked over to Bonnie. She was slightly snoring. Clemont picked her up and placed her on one of the beds and tucked her in. Clemont observed the room and realized that the room was very big for a guest room. It had three beds and a couch. Not to mention the full bathroom and the flatscreen T.V. They must have people over pretty often, I guess. Clemont walked to the door. Time to talk to Ash.

Clemont proceeded to walk down the stairs. When he reached the bottom he saw Delia on the phone. "You'll be here in an hour? Okay great." They made eye contact and Delia pointed towards the front door. Clemont assumes she was reassuring him that Ash was outside. Clemont continues and walks out the door.

Light spills into the darkness for a second and is then lost. This draws Ash's attention to the blonde male in the blue and yellow jumpsuit who let the darkness be exposed. He sits down in the silence for a solid minute until a sleeping Pikachu releases small sparks from its cheeks.

"How's Pikachu been?" Speaks Clemont.

"Okay. Just a little worried about me I think," whispers Ash. A small pause follows. "I don't blame him either," Clemont looks up at Ash. "I'm worried about myself too."

"All of us are worried about you Ash. When you left the Pokecenter the one night and didn't come back, we didn't know what to do. Then when you actually left, to get on the plane, without saying anything," Clemont slightly clenches his fist, "We fell apart. We wanted to help, wanted to stop you. All of us worried about what you might be thinking."

"Look, Clemont. I'm sorry okay!?" The change of tone causes Pikachu to stir. "I don't know what's wrong with me. I just need to move on from trying to become champ. It's a waste of time."

"You can't really believe that, can you? Your strength and determination is what made me become a better gym leader and travel with you in the first place."

"That was in the past. It might be true, but it just reminds me of how I let another person down." Ash looks away. Silence fills the atmosphere again.

"How's Bonnie?" Ash asks sarcastically.

Clemont exhales through his nostrils louder than usual. "Oh yeah, she told me why you were on the floor. So I'm guessing you already know?"

"Yup," Ash says with a small hint of laughter. Clemont observes his behavior. The Ash we know is here, but gone? What is going on in his head? His personality is the same in front of me right now, but a few minutes ago it wasn't. A few minutes pass.

"I think I'm gonna go to sleep now Clemont. That is if I want to eat tomorrow, and I think you know that I want to eat," Ash says with a smile. He picks up Pikachu in his arms and opens the door.

"I think I should as well." Clemont follows Ash into the house. Delia was there about to head upstairs.

"Oh, Ash. Do you mind if you sleep in the guest room with your friends?" Delia asked.

Ash not feeling like asking why, shrugged and walked into the bathroom to get changed. Delia directed Clemont to another bathroom to get changed. Delia told him Bonnie wanted him to sleep with her. Clemont nodded, not surprised. Ash and Clemont head to the guest room. Clemont goes with Bonnie and Ash goes to the farthest bed by the window.

Everyone but Delia is asleep. She is sitting at the table, reading a book on Pokemon anatomy. Delia hears a car stop outside. She bookmarks her page and gets up to look out the window. Two familiar figures step out of the car to remove luggage. Not taking much out, the two walk towards the house. Just on time. Delia opens the door before they get to it so it would prevent anyone from waking up.

"Come on in," Delia whispered.

"Thank you," whispered Grace. "You have a lovely home."

"Thank you," Delia whispered in return. She looks over at Serena who's eyes are practically shut.

"Serena," her eyes opened. "If you walk upstairs and go straight you'll see a room, the guest room is where you will be sleeping."

Groggily Serena replies, "Okay, thank you."

"No problem sweetie. Just make sure to get the farthest bed by the window, the first two are probably already taken by Ash, Clemont, and Bonnie."

Already heading up the stairs, Serena gives a thumbs up and goes to the guest room.

"You think this is going to help Ash?" Asked Grace.

"I sure hope so," Delia responded. "Let's talk before we go to sleep. We have a lot of catching up to do."

"Of course." They both walked outside to talk.

Serena opens the guest room door slowly, careful not to wake anyone. She was already in her purple pajamas and carried an extra blanket with her in case the sheets weren't warm enough. The farthest bed right? She started to walk with one hand in front of her. She couldn't really see because her eyes haven't adjusted yet so she bent lower to the ground.

Eventually, her hand met the end of one bed. She kept walking and felt another bed. Then she made it to the wall with the window and slowly got in the bed closest to her current position. From what Serena could tell the room was very large for a guest room and had decent sized mattresses. Serena settled into the bed she almost instantly fell asleep. The odd warmth of the bed soothed her tired body as she melted into the blackness of her sleeping mind.

"Hey guys," Ash said sheepishly.

"Good morning Ash," I said. He seems kind of sad. "Everything alright?"

Ash just looked at me for a moment then looked away. "Ash why won't you answer me?"

Clemont and Bonnie told me the news that I haven't been aware of, "Serena. Ash is going home." Ash still hasn't looked back.

"Ash, why didn't you tell me? Why are you leaving? The Kalos league starts soon, you shouldn't leave for Kanto now." Ash turned around to face the door.

"I have to go now or I'm going to miss my flight," Ash said. He walked out the door.

"Well, we can't just stand here let's go get him!" I say while on the verge of crying. I run out of the door. An airport? Ash is boarding the plane.

A scene Serena knows all too well plays out in front of her.

I need to do something different this time.

"ASH, DON'T LEAVE!" I now scream and cry, chasing the plane that starts to take off. "ASH! ASH! NO, PLEASE! *sniff* DON'T GO! I LOVE YOU!

The plane is gone.

I let him leave again.

Right before my eyes.

Serena's eyes shoot open, overwhelmed by the dream, no, nightmare, she had. It depicted what happened the day Ash left, although this time, Serena didn't just watch him leave.

Serena finally snaps herself into reality and looks at the time. 4:17 in the morning. Serena had calmed herself down until she realized that something was touching her. Not just touching her, but was almost wrapped around her, up against the backside her body. Recognizable arms at the waist and stomach. She can feel a soft breath on her neck in rhythm with the same movement she is feeling on her lower back. Two legs intertwined with her own.

She was laying on her left side. Serena kept her eyes on the clock, too nervous to look at who was there in bed with her. Her eyes then traveled to the window. She mentally prepared herself for what was next. She slowly turned her head to the right. It was who she thought it was. It was Ash freaking Ketchum. Her childhood crush, now wrapped around her like she was his teddy bear. No room to move. I need to get out of his bed before anyone sees. Maybe I could wait a little longer... until he moves. Nothing wrong with that, I mean, this does feel really nice. Serena can feel her face heating by the second, a smile forming on her lips.

"Please forgive me," Ash whispers.

Serena freezes. IS HE AWAKE? SHOOT, SHOOT, SHOOT. WHAT AM I GONNA SAY? Wait, IS HE DOING THIS FOR ME TO FORGIVE HIM!? OMFG... DOES HE KNOW!?

"I love you." He whispers.

OMFG! Serena jumped out of the bed and ran to the other bed. Thankfully for her, this one was actually empty. She didn't know if this was real or if she was imagining it but by the way she can feel her heart beating, she knew it was real.

"hunkgschshhh." WAS HE ASLEEP? IS HE SNORING? OH THANK GOODNESS!

Wait, that would've been very romantic. She face-slapped herself. She lied on her back and continued to sleep, hoping this might happen again in her dream.

How was that? Was it too rushed? Predictable? I don't know... I just thought it was nice to actually have some "amourshipping" already. Anyway, remember to follow, fav, review. YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME! ASSL OUT!