The Only Exception

4.

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Serena sat down as she drank a cup of coffee waiting for the other to come back inside. Clemont then came barging in with Bonnie beside him, he crossed his arms at her and glared at the chestnut haired girl.

"What?" Serena asked.

"Admit it. You bleached Dawn's hair on purpose just to embarrass her in front of Ash!" Clemont stated.

"Big brother, please! Calm down." Bonnie said as she pulled on Clemont's arm. Serena turned her head away, "It was an accident. It's not like she got hurt physically or anything."

"But she's hurt emotionally! She's our new friend how could you do that to her?" Clemont said.

"It was an accident!" Serena lied.

Clemont stared at her. He didn't know how to believe that what she really did was an accident. Instead of saying anything else, he walked away to his room.

"Wow.. I've never seen Clemont care so much about someone like that." Bonnie said.

Serena then smiled. Of course. How could she not see it? Clemont was in love with Dawn! This just may be her chance to win Ash. She looked over at Bonnie, "you know, I think Clemont might be in love with Dawn."

Bonnie's eyes widened and she smiled widely, "you really think so!?!" Serena chuckled. She knew how much Bonnie cared about Clemont's love life and how she always wanted to find the perfect girl for him.

"You know.. Dawn is a nice girl. I think she'd be perfect for Clemont, don't you think?" Serena smiled.

"You're right!" Bonnie said excitedly. "I'm gonna talk to Clemont right now!" Before she could run off to tell her big brother what she was planning, Serena stopped her.

"Why not surprise him?" Serena winked.

"Even better! Yes! This will definitely be the day Clemont gets married!" Bonnie said as she began to run off to who knows where.

Serena chuckled at the little girl. She always thought so far ahead of the future.

This will work perfectly.

With Ash and Dawn

"Forget it, Ash.. there's no salon here and the next city is far away from here." Dawn said sadly.

"Then we'll go right now! I'll let everyone know—"

"I can't. I promised my mom I'd call her today.." Dawn said.

"Then why don't you call her?" He asked.

"Because look at me.." Dawn said as she looked into a glass window. "I look horrible and if mom saw this, she'd be so disappointed."

Ash shook his head at her and looked into the glass window with her and smiled. "I told you before, it doesn't look horrible. You know what I think? Your mom would love it!"

"Maybe.." Dawn sighed.

"You never know." Ash smiled. Dawn looked at him and smiled lightly, "I guess I should try and give her call and see what she'll say."

"Great. So let's go." Ash smiled as they started making their way back to the Pokémon center. Once they got there, Dawn stood in front of the video phone. She felt nervous to try and call her mom, worried about what she'll say about her hair. Just then, she felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to look at Ash.