The 'Outcast' - First Year

Part 3

I sincerely apologize for not updating this story in well over a month. I didn't lose interest in it I was recovering from appendicitis. Anyways I will try and stay consistent from now on.

After Paul and Ash had their battle everyone went their separate ways. The bus ride home all Serena could think about was that new boy and how mysterious he was. He didn't talk much but he sure was interesting whenever he did talk. Serena's best friend, Dawn noticed her zoning out looking out of the passenger window.

"Everything all right Serena?" Dawn questioned concernedly. Serena snapped out of her thoughts. She realized she had been staring out the window the entire ride home.

"I'm fine Dawn... I was just thinking," She responded. She was hoping that Dawn wouldn't catch on to the fact that she was in deep thought about a certain someone.

"Okay... but if something is troubling you Serena you know you can tell me anything," She smiled at her bestie. Serena smiled back and thought of something risky.

"Hey Dawn... you know Kenny, right?" She asked cautiously.

 Dawn nodded.

"How come... you two never became a thing? You know, after he admitted that he had a crush on you. Dawn smiled, remembering the events of middle school not too long ago.

"Well I didn't like completely turn him down you know? But at the time, I was focused on my contests and nothing more. After that we rarely talked to each other and now he's usually hanging out with that idiot Gary," She explained. 

"I get it," She nodded. "Though I bet he's still head over heels for you," Serena said giggling.

Dawn laughed lightly. "Ohh I bet he is! It's amazing how easily guys can fall in love."

The bus finally reached their stop which was Vaniville town. They both exit the bus, thanking the driver on their way out. They made it to Serena's house.

"Okay Serena, I'll text you if we make plans later this week," Dawn said.

"Mhmm," She nodded. "Sounds great!" Dawn walked off and Serena made her way to the front door. She opened it and was immediately greeted by her mother Grace.

"Welcome home Serena! Anything interesting happen today?" Her mother questioned. Upon hearing this an image of Ash the new appeared in her mind. She began to feel her face heat up for some reason.

"Uhm... there was a new boy today," She managed to get out. Her mother smirked at the mention of this new boy. He clearly caught her interest.

"Oh really? What was this new boy like?" Grace asked with the same smirk still on her face.

"Ehm, he was nice," She said, looking down now. She tried not to think about how badass he seemed on just the first day.

"I'm just teasing honey," Grace smiled. "You can tell me all about that later."

A few houses down from Vaniville.

As usual it was Gary, Trip, and Paul hanging around the area.

"You know Paul, even though it ended quickly, that was one heck of a battle you had there," Gary said leaning forward a bit on his bicycle.

"It was a good battle. He trained Pikachu well," Paul admitted. "It felt like the more we battled, the stronger I could have possibly gotten." Paul was never one to be nice but this came as a huge surprise to Trip and Gary.

"Wow Paul. Yeah Ash has always been like that. He's very talented but he also don't talk much nowadays. Wonder what happened to him anyway," Gary crossed his arms.