Erm, sorry for the late update. I thought I uploaded it, but I realised yesterday I didn't actually post it. Sorry. I don't own Pokemon.
Chapter Seventeen
May twirled around in a stunning red dress, white spots bubbling from the bottom. Dawn smiled, and snapped a quick picture with her phone, to which May immediately squealed and attacked Dawn. Misty face palmed at her two friends. The shop assistant glanced warily at them, unsure whether to step in.
Misty stood in the middle of a heap of dresses. The shop was pretty much empty, thanks to Dawn. Dawn was trying on every dress that was pink or purple, despite the fact Paul wasn't going to like it. Come on! This was prom! She could wear anything! Misty sighed, and handed another red dress to May. May was demanding only to wear red, as it was her signature colour. Misty, however, wasn't very picky.
"Give me anything and I'll take it."
"Misty! You have to look nice! This is prom! The prom!" Dawn whined.
"I don't even have a date. There's no point."
"Oh, well I'm sure a certain someone would like to be your date…" May smirked.
"May! Oh, just go away, you guys!"
Misty picked up the nearest dress, not even seeing what it looked like and headed to the till, May and Dawn scowling at her. She paid, and dragged her two best friends and their dresses along with her.
And Misty got a headache from their whining.
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It was the day of prom. Misty had a very, let's say, busy morning.
6:00am. The day started when Dawn screeched into Misty's ear telling her to get her butt out of bed. Dawn was armed with a hot iron, so Misty hurriedly got out of bed. May, who had stayed over for the night, got a burnt ear when she refused to wake up. The three of them were grumbling and arguing as they ate their breakfast.
7:15am. The three of them sprinted to the nail salon, something Dawn had forgotten to tell the others, so they bickered on the way, again. They came out an hour later, with shiny nails, and relatively happy, until Dawn remembered they were late for a hair appointment. After that, they went back home, all of them broke from all the sudden arrangements. So they decided to do the makeup on each other.
Misty opened the door to Dawns house, and her eyes widened at the huge parcel sitting on the doormat. She was unsure whether to open it, until May threatened to kill whatever was inside.
"Serena?"
"Misty? I'm at a hair appointment. What is it?"
"He sent me another one. A huge one, in fact."
"What, a diamond ring? About time, too."
"No! A seal plushie."
"Oh. Is it made out of diamonds?"
"…no. And you knew the answer. Just, I saw the plushie a few months back, and I really wanted to buy it. And it was pretty expensive."
"The more expensive, the better, darling. Now I've got to go! See you later at prom!"
"Oh! Uh...bye."
Misty sat down, careful not to ruin her hair, and hugged the plushie. How had he known? Had he been stalking her on her date with Gary when they saw the plushie? No, he wasn't like that. He probably just bought it because it was expensive. Pfft.
The note around the seal's neck said 'Prom?' like the others, but she squinted her eyes to make out some small writing at the bottom. 'Forgive me and forget the past?'
She could forgive him easily. But whether she could forget the past was the difficulty. How many times had he broken a girls heart? Many, that was the answer, including herself. It wasn't worth the risk.
"Misty! I've finished May's makeup! It's your turn! Hurry up!"
Sighing, Misty dropped the seal and walked out of the room, running a hand through her hair to make sure it was still wavy. It was, but Dawn had a curler anyway.
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Misty held up the bag which held her dress. Now she regretted her hasty leave in the shop. Well, there was a chance it was going to be a nice dress.
She reached her hand in, and pulled it out, her eyes widening. It was perfect.
The dress was a light cloud blue, and was tight fitting at the top, until it got to the waist, where it broke out in waves of ruffles, hundreds of shades of blue mixed in. She put the seashell necklace on, which now had no beads on, as well as the hair clip. Dawn managed to find some seashell earrings, and May did her makeup.
May had a dark red dress, with a dark green strip of fabric at her waist, as well as matching green shoes. Dawn claimed that May was dressing to impress by trying to look sexy, but May quickly denied and attacked Dawn again, which meant Dawn was right.
Dawn had a pink dress, which reminded Misty a lot of the Disney Cinderella's dress. But pink, and had lots of sparkles. Too many sparkles, in her opinion, but Dawn was in love with the dress and refused to hear any hate about it.
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"Any reply?"
"No. I even put my phone number on the back of the heart cushion."
"Ah. Then, I don't know, I guess she's rejected you?"
Paul glanced at Ash, who was trying to stare at his phone and the postbox at the same time.
"I guess I'm not going to prom then. I was sure the seal would do it."
"Why did you buy the seal anyway? It's huge, as well."
"So? And it reminded me of her. It had blue eyes like her. And it looked calm-"
"Plushies always look calm. They are, you know, not alive." Drew sighed, who was fixing his hair, for perhaps the fifth time. Or the sixth. He had lost count after a few hours.
Ash glared at Drew, annoyed.
"You should be worrying right now. You have a blind date."
"Eh, not too bothered. It's only prom. And I'm sure the girl will like me fine. I mean, most girls do. I'm am the Drew Hayden."
"Alright, stop being an idiot, Drew. Ash has a point. Won't your girlfriend mind?"
"What girlfriend? Paul, if I had a girlfriend, I would be going with her."
"May Maple? The brunette? You two seem pretty close."
"What? No! Of course not!" Drew stared intently into the mirror, and what seemed to Paul like a faint blush, was on his cheeks.
Paul smirked, and stayed quiet, whilst Drew kept staring into the mirror. Ash started going to the kitchen. Noticing the slight sag in his shoulders and the drag in his feet, Paul pulled him back.
"I have a plan."
Drew perked up, dropping the hairbrush in excitement.
"A plan? For what?"
"For Ash to get the girl."
"I-I don't think I trust your plans." Ash stuttered.
"Oh please, Drew always makes things work."
"Hello? I'm the one who has the plan here! Drew, stop being so big-headed."
"Hey! I'm just stating that I need more respect for who I am."
"Are you flirting with me? Because I don't think your date would like that."
Ash sighed loudly.
"I have a plan. So don't bother, you two. I'm going to get dressed."
Ash headed up the stairs, Drew and Paul stopping their argument to look at him in surprise. Paul finally spoke.
"Good for him. My plan included him riding on a huge turkey."
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"Omg! Girls, it is one hour before our dates pick us up! May! Redo up your eyeliner! Misty! Stop looking grumpy! And Dawn? Oh darling, you look amazing as usual!"
Misty and May stared in amazement at the slightly mad Dawn, who was preening and cooing at herself in the mirror.
"I think…she has finally gone mad from the sugar." Misty stated.
"Yeah, let's hope Paul comes along early to pick her up before she gets worse."
"I agree."
"So who are you getting a lift with to prom?"
"Oh, Lyra. She's helping out with the music, so we're going twenty minutes early."
"Ah, okay. Make sure there's some good music!"
"Yeah, I will. When's your blind date picking you up?"
"He texted me earlier, but he said he might be early or late. Depends on the traffic."
"Who do you think it is?"
May pondered for a few moments.
"I don't know. Brendan maybe?"
"He's taking Brianna, apparently, according to Serena. It could be Ritchie. Iris said he was rather secretive about his prom date."
"Oooh, he's pretty hot!" Dawn joined in the conversation, looking like she had got over her sugar rush.
"Don't you have a boyfriend, Dawn?" May teased.
"Oh sweetie, sometimes you have to be ready for backups!" Dawn winked.
"She's still not over the sugar…" Misty muttered quietly to May.
"Should I strangle her?"
Dawn was currently giggling her head off, and dancing around madly.
"No. She'll calm down when she gets to prom."
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A/N: Another chapter done!
Next chapter will be prom! Squee! I'm so almost nearly done with this story! I sort of don't want it to end, but sort of do, so I can start a new story. And thank you again for my fabulous reviews! They make me so happy! And there's so many of them so I can't list all my lovely reviewers…
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