A New Adventure

Waiting

Ash POV

The day of the dance party has finally arrived. There is an excitement buzzing among us as we get ready for the day. The girls seem especially enthusiastic and spend the morning giggling amongst themselves, talking about dresses, unicorns, and whatever other weird stuff girl's talk about. I am actually looking forward to tonight's party, but Clemont just seems nervous. He continues to double check that everything is ready, and I see him frantically trying to remember dance steps as he makes lunch. I shake my head and sigh, finally walking up to him. I tap him on the shoulder as he mumbles under his breath. He jumps and turns around in surprise.

"You okay Clemont?" I ask, trying to hold in a laugh. The nervous boy sighs.

"Yeah I'm fine, I just thought you were Miette," he replies. I glance over at the energetic girl, who is talking excitedly with Serena.

"Oh come on man, she's not that bad," I say. Clemont sighs again.

"I know I know, she just keeps on reminding me the dance steps over and over, it's making me jumpy," he replies, rubbing his neck. I nod in understanding; I'm not the best dancer myself. Of course Serena is a great teacher, and with her help, I managed to catch on to most of the dances. I look over at Serena and Clemont follows my gaze. His posture relaxes a bit.

"Are you nervous?" He asks, taking me a bit by surprise. I scratch the back of my head.

"Me? No, no, not really..." I lie. Clemont catches my nervous glance at Serena. Clemont looks at me skeptically. "Okay, maybe a little," I admit.

"Don't worry bro, you'll do fine," he assures me. I flash him a small grin. Clemont returns it and goes back to making lunch. As he turns away my grin fades. I want it all to go perfect... for her. I want to be the Prince that sweeps her off her feet, but can I do it? The guy who can't even kiss a girl? I just stand there staring at her, thinking about how stupid I am. I don't know how to dance; I don't know a thing about girls, or fairytales, or... love. I don't even know if I love her. Or maybe, I'm just scared to. Scared that I will ruin things. Ruin what we have. But I can't help but feel different when she looks at me; I feel like I can do anything. She turns her head towards me and we make eye contact. As her cerulean eyes look into mine, I can see it; she believes in me. Of course- I won't be alone tonight, Serena will be there, by my side. She will help me through it. And that's all I need. She gives me a worried look.

"Are you okay?" She mouths silently. I nod and flash her a grin.

"Never better," I mouth back. She still looks a bit concerned but she smiles back anyways. She deserves to be a princess for a night. And I will be her Prince.

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Ash POV

I look into the mirror of the guest bedroom, adjusting my light blue tie. Bonnie, being the crafty girl she is, made sure that both couples would be matching tonight. I have yet to see Serena but apparently she is wearing blue. I think she will look good in blue. I struggle with my tie some more. I can't seem to tie it so that it looks right. After a lot of tugging and twisting, I manage to get it looking somewhat decent. I had already tried to flatten my wild raven hair, but to no avail. Eventually I just gave up. I look over at Pikachu who is admiring his blue bowtie in the dresser mirror. He struts back and forth, looking pleased. I look into the mirror one last time.

"We sure are hot stuff aren't we Pikachu," I say, sighing, looking at my unruly hair and oddly twisted tie. Pikachu doesn't seem to pick up on my sarcasm, letting out an enthusiastic "Pika!" of agreement. I chuckle at my yellow friend and motion him towards the door.