Don't Give Up... Until The End - An Amourshipping Story

Chapter 22

Ash finished packing his bags and went to bed in the early hours of the morning.

Serena had woken up at the middle of the night and started remembering the day she had. We join her in her room as she thinks about it.

With Serena

Serena fluttered her eyes open and looked at the clock on the wall opposite her. It read 1:13am. Serena wasn't feeling sleepy anymore for some reason. She sat up on her bead and looked around her room. That's when her eyes landed on her bag. It was right beside her hed so she decided to have a look through it. As soon as she opened it, she was met with a yellow box. Serena's eyes widened at the sight of the box.

"His gift..." she whispered to herself.

She took the box out and held it in front of her. Suddenly, she got a flashback of Ash kissing Miette and tears welled up in her eyes. It was painful because she honestly thought that Ash liked her back. Ash had always treated her nicely. He had always made her feel important and special. It hurt Serena knowing that it was all an illusion.

The box and the ribbon inside of it was a gift by Ash. It reminded Serena of all the special moments she had shared with Ash, from their very first encounter on the first day of the year to the moment when he jumped off a cliff for her. It also reminded her of the constant help and support he provided her as she trained and rehearsed her performance routines. Each special memory bought her pain. Pain knowing that Ash couldn't be hers. Instead, he chose the one who made her life hell.

Just thinking about that caused anger to build up in Serena. Ash knew very well what Miette had done to her, and he still decided to choose Miette. That's what it made it even more painful than it should have been.

The more she held onto that box and looked at it, the more she was reminded of the terrible things Miette had done to her. So, to get rid of that pain, Serena closed her eyes and threw the box across her room as tears streamed down her face. The box flew across the room and toppled over a stack of books as Serena whimpered and sobbed. She felt betrayed by Ash. Serena knew that Ash and her weren't officially together, however, they had come to a mutual agreement that they were best friends. It hurt Serena to know that her 'best friend' decided that it was a good idea to make out with Miette right in front of her. He didn't even stop when she called out his name.

Serena was deep in thought as she sat up and curled up into a ball on her bed. She wanted to be with Ash, but couldn't knowing what he did. Miette was the one person she had hated. She couldn't handle the fact that Miette had taken Ash away from her.

Soon, Serena started feeling sleepy again, however, she decided to use the bathroom before going to bed.

After using the bathroom and coming back into her room, she noticed the stack of books on the floor. They had always been on the very corner of her bookcase. Serena knelt down onto the half-a-dozen or so books on the floor and started picking them up. As she was picking them up, a certain book caught her eye.

The book in question was slightly larger than A4 and was very dusty. It looked like it hadn't been opened in 4-5 years. What caught her attention, though, was the fact that the book had a relatively thick bookmark.

Serena picked the book up and inspected it from the outside. The fancy patters and the nameless cover inferred that it was a Photo Album. Serena opened the book to the page with the bookmark, and sure enough, it was a Photo Album.

That, however, wasn't the most important thing to Serena night now. What really caught her eye was the bookmark. The bookmark wasn't actually a bookmark. Instead, it was a handkerchief. Serena picked it up and unfolded it. It was a Pearl white handkerchief with a blue border on the bottom edge. Right on the bottom left-hand corner was a small embroidery of a Pokeball.