The Only Exception

15.

I have nothing to say so enjoy!

Ash woke up the next morning to the sunlight shining in his face. He looked around to see that he was the only one in the cabin. He yawned as he got up from his bed and got changed into his usual clothes.

Just then, Serena walked in, "good morning, sleepy head!"

"Morning. Where's everyone?" He asked her.

"They're all at the cafeteria eating breakfast." She told him.

"Alright, I'm starving." Ash said as he was about to walk out of the cabin until he was stopped by Serena. "What's up?"

She held up a picnic basket in front of him, "I made us a little picnic for our day together!"

Ash smiled at the basket. He couldn't wait to eat whatever Serena had made in there. They both left the cabin as they walked into the forest and found a nice place to have their picnic. Serena set up the picnic blanket and sat down with Ash across from her as she opened up the basket to a lot of Poke puffs.

Ash pouted. He ate her Poke puffs almost all the time and he was honestly getting tired of them. "Is that it?" He asked.

"Yeah. Why?"

Ash didn't want to make her feel bad so he shook his head at her and smiled, "I just thought.. there'd be more because I really love your Poke puffs." He lied.

Serena smiled at him, "Aww, Ash. You're too sweet!" She said as she handed him a Poke puff. He thanked her as he took it and began eating while Serena told him what she had planned for the both of them today.

First — was the picnic.

Second — they'd take a nice walk around the forest, holding hands of course.

Third — they'd have a nice swim at the beach.

Fourth — they'd watch the sunset together.

Fifth — they'd eat dinner together and stargaze.

It was a lot for Ash to keep up but, he'd have to try and endure it for Serena.

After the two were done with their picnic, they had put everything away and began their second part of their day together. They walked around the forest as they listened to the forest Pokémon sing. Ash smiled as he admired all the different kinds of Pokémon around him. He felt something grab his hand and turned to look at Serena who was smiling at him.

He sighed realizing that he was supposed to hold hands with her during this forest walk. He apologized to her and she shook her head at him as they made their way out of the forest.

Next was the third part of their day together which was having a nice swim at the beach. This time, they brought out their Pokémon to play with each other. Serena played with a beach ball along with her Pokémon while Ash watched.

"Ash! Heads up!" She shouted at him as she tossed the beach ball at him.

He panicked a bit as he hit the ball and it flew right back at Serena, hitting her in the face.

"Serena! I'm so sorry!" He said as he ran up to her.

"It's fine, Ash. It was an accident." She said. "Besides, it didn't hurt much."

Ash sighed realizing he just messed up again. Serena smiled at him as she reassured him that everything is fine and that she was actually having fun. Serena and the Pokémon continued to play with one another while Ash sat down. She called her to come and join them but he shook his head at her stating that he was feeling kind of tired.

Man... all I can think about is Dawn and the guy she likes. I really don't know why I feel so weird about something like that. He thought.

"Ash? Is everything okay?"