Chapter 9

Serena's POV

"Serena! Open the door! Open the door! I know you're in there. People have been asking where you've been. It's me, Bonnie. Please open the door." Bonnie pleaded. She kept knocking my door.

I sulked in my bed with tissues and had a tearstained face.

"Go away Bonnie." I said.

"Okay bye…." Bonnie sadly walked away. I heard her footsteps slowly get softer and softer until there were no more sound coming from the door.

I sat up and hugged myself. I checked my phone. Not a single text from Ash but had at least 15 text messages from Clemont and Bonnie. I sighed. "15 text messages and not even 1 from you…"

I got up to go to the bathroom to wash up my face. I looked like someone barfed on me. My hair was equivalent to a rattata's nest and my makeup looked worse than a jinx putting on makeup blindfolded.

I decided to take a shower to calm myself down, and then afterwards I was finally going to step out of the trainer hotel in the pokemon center. It had been a week since I broke up with Ash. I turned on the TV in the bathroom to see what the news were about.

~Today on Pokemon Live! we have Master Ash, winning another battle! He's battled over 100 trainers in just less than a week and he is still sweeping the area! Will he ever be defeated? The camera zoomed up to Ash's calm and somewhat slightly sad face.~

In the corner I saw Iris and Dawn cheering Ash on in their frilly cheerleading outfits along with the rest of his fangirl club. I rolled my eyes.

After the shower I dressed into my normal clothes and headed to the Pokemon Cafeteria. At first I stayed at the Pokemon Kalos League Hotel, the finest hotel yet. The most expensive hotel in all of Kalos, but I got to stay in for free since I was Ash's girlfriend. Now that we've broken up, the price of the stay was far too expensive and besides, I wouldn't want to stay in the same Hotel as Ash. I know that in a month he'll move into the facility and soon stay there from time to time. The news said that he was still going to travel but he'll return once a week for a new challenger every time so his schedule was booked.

I started to walk outside to see the sunlight for the first time in a while.

"Fennekin! come on out!" I threw up the poke ball and the little fox came out to stretch.

"Will you help me search for some berries?" I asked politely. "Fen Fen!" It wagged its tail happily.

We started walking around the city and found the local park. We walked down memory lane where I saw the path that Ash, Bonnie, Clemont and I walked down before Ash registered before entering the league. I smiled sadly. I looked at the fountain that Ash and I rested at while Clemont and Bonnie had to buy something from the pokemart. I remembered splashing him with water and we got into a playful water fight. I ended up drying his hair. I remembered him hugging my waist and kissing my hand, which made me blush redder than a tomato berry.

I sat at the same spot that we were at, at the fountain. Then, I saw heard someone's footsteps. I quickly got up and hid behind a tree. After a couple of minutes, I peeked to see who it was.

It was Ash, in disguise. I figured he had to put on a disguise because he IS the champion and is rated the top 10 hottest guys of the pokemon world. I saw him look at the fountain for the longest time. He probably was thinking of us.

I watched him sit there and play with the water a bit…until his phone rang.

"Hello? This is Ash."

"Ash! Just a reminder that you have a battle tomorrow schedule with this kid. He seems to be really good on the look of his profile. Keep your guard up!" the voice said.

"Alright thanks. I'm just around the city sightseeing." He replied.

"We'll talk more. Lates." The voice hung up.

"OHHHH MY FREEAAAAAKINNN GOOOOOOOOOOOOODNESSSS IS THAT THE ASH KETCHUM?! MASTER AAAASSSSSHHHHH!" Girls screamed and called out.

I saw Ash sweatdrop. He started to run for it. "Should I take the chance…. ahhh he's in trouble." I thought. I sucked up all my guts and started to run toward Ash. My mom made me do track when I was little so i had the speed to catch up with him.

I grabbed his hand, "Ash follow me!" "S-Serena!?"

We ran into the pokemon center and up into my room. I quickly closed the door. "Whew…" I sighed. Then i started to blush. I started to stutter. "I um saw that you were in trouble so i decide to help out. I wasn't stalking you or anything I promise!" I defended myself. I started turning crazy red as he started to get closer. He cornered me at the door and put his arm to block me from running away and he started to lean in. It looked like he was about to kiss me.

"You know….we still can start over, Serena.." He whispered.

I looked into his eyes defiantly. "In a couple of weeks, i'm leaving this city. I'll forget about you! I don't need you Ash Ketchum!"

"I'm sorry Serena. I really am sorry. I should have trusted you and I should have been more careful of my words especially during a gossip show interview.." He started.

"I really don't wanna remember you.." I said, looking down.

"Then try to forget about me." He leaned in and softly pressed his lips against my lips. My eyes were wide open due to shock. Did he really just…

I closed my eyes and started to kiss him back, wrapping my arms around his waist when I suddenly opened my eyes and pushed him away. I couldn't even look at him.

I opened the door and pointed the way out. "Get out. Now I know you're just playing with me."

"Serena, you're still hard to get…why won't you understand my feelings for you?" He pleaded.

"Get. Out. Or Fennekin will burn you to a crisp." I threatened.

"Fine. I don't need you, or your support or anything from you. I could have been champion months ago but I'm pretty sure you slowed me down." He shot back.

"Then leave." I said calmly, crossing my arms.

He left and slammed the door.

I hugged myself and started crying once more.

I headed into the Pokemon Center Kitchen after an hour or so and started whipping out some baking materials. To get my mind off of Ash, I decided to do the only thing that I'm best at. Baking. I stayed up all night to make the perfect cake. It wasn't too sweet but wasn't plain and bland. It was a strawberry covered cake with a dollop of whipped cream. I cut a slice and ate it. It was delicious!

I gave it some thought. "Maybe I should give a slice to Ash…" I shook my head and stared at the cake.

~1 month later~

Serena saw a store in the city that she could afford to rent. She decided to open up a small bakery. Ash saw her store open from the window and smiled while sitting on the windowsill.

Serena brought out some pans from her bike and started walking toward her store entrance when Ash walked by and bumped into her. There was a loud CRASH. She looked at Ash who kept on walking and she bent down to pick up the pans.

Just then, Ash came back and bent down to help her pick it up. Serena smiled and looked at Ash. Ash looked at Serena and smiled back.

When they finished, Ash took it and carried it in the store for her.

~1 week later~

Serena tried to pull up a crate of eggs, flour and milk but didn't have the strength to get it up the curb.

Ash walked by and helped her pull it in.

Serena watched Ash pulled the materials in and she smiled to herself.

Ash woke up and yawned. He stretched and got out of bed, preparing for a new battle from a new challenger.

He opened his hotel door to find a small slice of strawberry cake with a note.

"Good luck. -Serena." He read the note. He smiled and took a bite of it.

That night when Serena was about to close the store, she was cleaning the tables when she saw a red rose with a note attached to it. "It was delicious. Thanks. -Ash." Once she saw that it was signed by Ash, she smiled and smelled the rose. Serena looked out at the window display and looked at the shining moon.

In the distance, Ash was hiding behind a tree and watching Serena smile, smiling to himself, with his arms folded. He then walked back to his hotel.

One day when Serena saw a delivery man come in her store with a bouquet of red roses.

She thanked the man and accepted it.

She saw a note and read it. "I have an extra ticket to my battle today. -Ash" Attached was a ticket. Serena giggled and held the roses to her heart.

Ash opened his door to find another piece of cake at the foot of his door. He chuckled. Today was that day. He knew it.

"Pikachu use thunderbolt!"

"Dodge it Ivysaur and use razor leaf!"

"Pikachu use iron tail!"

"Ivysaur no!"

Ivysaur is unable to battle. The winner is Pikachu and the victory goes to Ash!

Ash's POV

I hope Serena came, I got her a front row ticket… In the corner of my eye I saw a girl in a pink bowler hat. She had caramel-honey colored hair and was finding a seat. Serena. I smiled.

I battled hard and still kept my place as Champion. The crowd cheered and I glanced over to see Serena looking at me and smiling. "She's so cute." I thought.

I looked at her to make sure that our eyes made contact and motioned her to come over to me. She looked to the right and then to the left and then pointed to herself and mouthed "me?"

I nodded.

She slowly stepped out on the area and the crowd was quiet. I took a mic and said, "This girl, has reminded me to never give up on what I believe in. She is the reason in why I'm still here, to this day. Thank you Serena. Thank you for supporting me. You were always there to watch my gym battles, watch me grow as a stronger trainer. I couldn't have made it here without you."

I took a deep breath and softly kissed her.

I pulled away and said, "will you have the honor of being my girlfriend again?"

I looked at her face and she started crying again, but with tears of joy. They frightened me at first but once i realized that she nodded and that they were tears of happiness, I too, felt like I was going to explode inside.

I hugged her and smiled. I kissed her forehead. Nothing else mattered to me right now, other than the fact that my Serena finally forgave me for my actions and that she's back besides me.

The crowd squealed and cheered while the fangirl club sighed and some even started crying.

I smiled at Serena and teased, "So much for 'leaving this city'" I said as I put my hands on her shoulders.

Serena looked up and said, "Ash, I was speaking to Bonnie the other day and I learned that you've liked me for a really long time."

I was dumbfounded. "What?" I asked.

"Remember when you said, 'that was the second kiss..' in the rain… Bonnie told me that you snuck in a kiss in the hospital. I was sleeping! How childish.." Serena said in a teasing tone.

She grabbed my face and kissed me unexpectedly and passionately. I tried to push me away and thought that it was embarrassing for the girl to start the kiss!

"What are you doing Serena!" I started to blush.

"I guess…I made you fall for me!" She said.

The End.

I hope you guys liked it! Aahaha I'm so sad that this story is now over :(

Now I have nothing to do for the next month of my summer other than study my drivers ed and SAT LOLOL. But I'm so glad that you guys really gave me good feedback thank you so much for reading I enjoyed writing this as much as you guys reading it! I really appreciate it :)