Author's Notes: ^.^ Another chapter of Ash and Serena goodness, inspired by another picture I found xD It's seriously so hard not to make a one-shot based on a picture I find. And trust me, I find a lot of pictures that I want to form a one-shot around.

Anyway, enough of the useless rambling. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter :)

Hidden Love

"Would you like to dance with me?"

"Why, of course I would," Serena giggled. She placed her little hand in Ash's and let him lead her to the dance floor where others were already dancing.

Ash, Serena, Bonnie, and Clemont were at a Halloween party that Serena's mom was hosting. It was a tradition for her mom to host a party every on Halloween. Serena was super excited about this year's party because her friends were attending it with her, which made it even more fun.

Everyone who was invited were required to wear a costume.

Clemont dressed up as a mad scientist. He wore a long, white lab coat with goggles, gloves and an Afro wig that was made to look like he had been electrocuted after testing an experiment.

Bonnie dressed up as a Pikachu. She wore a yellow shirt that stopped just a little below her bellybutton, which showed a bit of her stomach and she wore matching yellow shorts that had three brown stripes across them in the back. Protruding from the back of her shorts was a zig-zag shaped tail - just like a Pikachu's - with a little bit of brown shaded at the bottom of the tail where it started. And a Pikachu-eared headband adorned her head. Finally, she had a red circle on her cheeks, completing her Pikachu costume. She was swooned over by many of the woman who thought she looked adorable in her costume, which she loved because she loved getting attention.

Serena went for a princess look. She wore a pink dress that started as a halter-top bodice with white lace in an oval shape and it merged into an all pink skirt - that made for the bottom of the dress - that fell to the floor, sweeping it lightly with every step she took. She wore white gloves that ended at her elbows. She styled her hair in a half up-half down style with some of her hair down in loose curls and some of it in a curly pony-tail. And to complete her look, she added a pink ribbon that tired around her ponytail.

And Ash wore his Sir Aaron costume that he loved.

While Serena placed her hands on Ash's shoulders, Ash placed his hands on her hips and pulled her in a little closer which caused her arms to snake around his neck. She blushed at this, but nonetheless, she loved their close proximity.

However, she did remember something. "Ash," she whispered to him. "You do remember that we're around...other people, right?"

"Of course I do," Ash replied, in a whisper. "Why? Are you implying that we're too close? We could pass this off as us dancing as friends, you know."

"I think we are a bit too close to be dancing at just friends, Ash," Serena said with a small amount of blush forming on her cheeks.

"I can always ease up..." Ash trailed off his sentence and backed away, opening up the distance between him and Serena.

"No," Serena said in almost a whining tone. As she and Ash swayed to the soft music, she found a way to close their distance again, which caused Ash to smile. Maybe this would raise question about them, but right now, neither one of them cared.

Ash and Serena had only been dating for a week, after finally admitting their feelings to each other. They hadn't told anyone yet, not even Bonnie or Clemont, who traveled around with them. They weren't sure when they would actually reveal to them and everyone else that they're dating, but they were pretty content with keeping it a secret.

The only downside was that they couldn't show any affection towards each other until they were alone, which was rare with Bonnie and Clemont.

"I knew you wouldn't be able to stay away," Ash chuckled. He dipped Serena with a smirk, and brought her back up in a swift motion. "You look really beautiful tonight. You really look like a Princess. My Princess."

Serena blushed and was fighting the urge to nuzzle her head into Ash's chest. "Thank you, Ash. And you look very handsome in your costume. Ya know, you do favor Sir Aaron. I always thought he was so handsome."

"I get that a lot," Ash said sheepishly with a smile. He took hold of Serena's hand and spun her out and brought her back into him.

"Ash, I had no idea you could dance like this. Out of all people, I would have never guess someone like you had good dancing skills."

Ash chuckled and brought a hand up to Serena's shoulder and twirled a strand of her hair around his finger. "You've been with me for quite some time, Serena. You should know by now that I'm full of surprises."

"Yes, but," Serena said, putting emphasis on the word 'but.' "You're only filled with surprises when it comes to you battling and thinking of strategies and when it comes to dangerous situations."

"Don't forget when it comes to dancing," Ash said, chuckling which caused Serena to playfully roll her eyes.

Another song came on with a much slower tune than the previous one.

Ash had closed the distanced a little more between him and Serena and was now moving them along with the beat.

Serena couldn't take her eyes off Ash as they swayed along with the music. His brown eyes made her swirl into another world as if it were just them two in the room together. She wasn't even thinking about how close her and Ash were.

Ash, too, was spaced out as he and Serena danced to the music. He was currently being engulfed by the beauty emitting from Serena as he gazed lovingly at her.

"Ash and Serena are about to kiss!" Bonnie exclaimed loudly, getting the attention of a few people.

Bonnie's outbreak, disrupted Ash and Serena's moment, which they both dreaded. But they now had to play the role as friends.

"WHAT!?" Serena exclaimed loudly and suddenly pushing Ash away from her and pretending to be disgusted.

"I would never kiss her!" Ash said, his face blushing immensely. "Serena's just my friend!"

Bonnie burst into a fit of giggles and skipped away happily into the party somewhere where Clemont was about to scold her about her outburst. She knew Ash and Serena liked each other. She could easily tell because of how they acted around each other. She secretly hoped they would end up together one day.

Serena's mom was over by the punch bowl, grabbing a cup. She'd been watching her daughter and Ash the entire time while they danced on the floor. Serena didn't have to even tell her that she and Ash dated because she could see it for herself. The way Ash held her and looked at her and vice versa, showed it all. She knew Serena had been waiting to be with Ash ever since she was younger after they both attended Professor Oak's Summer camp. She hoped Ash would treat her well and never hurt her. Not that she had doubts about him, anyway.

Ash and Serena had managed to sneak away from the scene of the party after the attention was finally taken off them. They disappeared down a lit hallway.

"Ash, you know you're obvious, right?" Serena said, rolling her eyes playfully. "Not so good at trying to 'play it off.'" She used her fingers as air quotations and giggled. Ash didn't respond, he only blushed and pouted, which caused Serena to giggle even more. "Hm, did you want one?" Serena asked, smirking cheekily at her boyfriend.

Ash slowly backed Serena against the wall with his hands placed on her hips. His face closed in on her and his lips brushed lightly against hers as he said, "Maybe I did...maybe I didn't."

Serena would have smirked, but Ash's lips fully met with Serena's and they were soon engulfed in a light make-out session.

Maybe being in a secret relationship wasn't too bad.

Author's Notes: Please review! :)

- Angel _o/