Hidden In Plain Sight

Chapter 12

I hate having to pack to move house

The next morning was the best sleep that Serena had had for some time, the best she felt since six years back. She felt relaxed, stress free, words couldn't describe the feeling of being free from her turbulent independent stretch that was nothing but isolation and depressive states.

When she woke up on his chest, she reached for the skies, and clenched her fist, the feeling of determination filling her chest and enthusiasm. She got up and released Sylveon, who wrapped her ribbon round her wrist as she went and got food ready for the Pokémon, Ash and herself. Sylveon was in a happy mood too, feeling Serena's emotions and enthusiasm as she purred happily, making her trainer smiled and scratch her favourite spot behind her ear.

"You ready for today?" Serena asked as she got some coffee beans out of the cupboard and boiled the kettle, all while grabbing bowls for her team and Ash's own, to which she got a "Veon Veon".

Some muscular arms with the strong scent of citrus fruits wrapped round her waist as Ash snuggled his head into the crook of her neck. "Good morning flower," he mumbled with a kiss on the head.

"Good morning," she replied. "Leave your Pokeballs here and go grab a shower, you stink." She giggled as six Pokeballs plopped on the side as Ash muttered some ill mannered words and left for the shower.

Serena soon released the eleven Pokemon in their balls. Soon Leafeon, Absol, Houndoom, Gallade and finally Serena's Froslass materialised, along with Ash's Eastern Sea Gastrodon, Charizard (who only just fitted in the room), Raichu, Heracross, Sceptile and to Serena's surprise, a little shiny Eevee, who looked only around a week or two old.

"Hello there you little cutie!" Serena exclaimed as she approached him, before Eevee jumped and went to hide behind Charizard, shaking and whimpering in fear. Serena was slightly saddened by this before calling over Sylveon, who approached Eevee gently, like she did with Leafeon when he was a youngling, even if Charizard, acting as the big brother he was, tried to stop her before Serena calmed the Kanto starter down.

"Veon Veon?" She asked as she wrapped her ribbons round Eevee's ears, which sensed the fear in him and his anxiety. She gently nudged the food toward Eevee, who started to nibble on the pellets.

"Wow, that's the first time I've seen Eevee eat from someone else feeding him," Ash said as he walked back in, abs and biceps on show through his wet top as he crouched down on the balls of his feet next to Serena, who was blushing furiously even if they were together. "And it looks like you still can't help blushing." He smirked as Serena hit him on the arm.

"Stop it idiot," she laughed as she stroked Eevee. "This little guy is special," she said as Leafeon approached Eevee and tried to help Sylveon with him. He knew it was his time to show Sylveon he could do what she did for him with Eevee so was determined to help.

"So did you reckon anyone slept together last night?" Ash shouted as he chucked his coffee mug in the sink.

"Um... I think it's a possibility Leaf and Red did," Serena pondered as she walked over to her makeup setup, finishing her looks for the day, hair in a high ponytail, a simple white tank top, khaki skirt and brown knee high boots, with earrings and some blush. (Think Lucy's design from Fairy Tail)

"No," Ash responded, grabbing his jersey off the end of the bed. "Leaf's too sensible to do that under drink. If anyone, I'd say Max and Bonnie maybe."

"They're seventeen Ash," Serena said. "They'd be stupid to."

"So no one then?"

"Yeah. Time for formal intros with everyone officially."

The meet up spot soon came into view as they arrived with Gary and Dawn still to turn up.

"Have you seen the others?" Serena asked as she was bombarded with hellos, hugs, tears and questions, before being dragged aside by Leaf. "And what about Shauna Clemont?"

"We knocked their door before we got here, which was 20 minutes ago," Misty answered. "Sounded lien they were off their heads and hungover as hell."

"Ahh! I forgot to ask her room number!" Clemont bent over in shock while Bonnie laughed at him, Max joining in while May stood around.

"Looks like Clemont has finally found a wife," Bonnie cried on the floor as Clemont tried to pull her up with his upgraded Aipom Arm, which now had two hands, hence him saying it had evolved into the Ambipom Arm. "Please help me. Get and ambulance, I'm in cardiac arrest for god sake!"

"So typical Gary then?" Ash sniggered as he joined Misty and Brock off to the side.

"Too true," Misty sniggered back with a high five.

"So how in the hell did you break my brother's dense heart Serena?" Leaf shed as she sat Serena down. "He's the densest kid ever."

"I honestly have no complete clue," Serena chuckled, lost for words on how to describe it. "I guess I loved him since Oak's Summer Camp when we were seven and he helped me in that forest, and then it sprouted to me kissing him before I went to Hoenn and he left for Alola."

"Wow," Leaf fully remembered who Serena was now before bear hugging her. "You're the straw hat girl!"

"Yeah that's me," Serena smiled as she hugged Leaf back. "I've not seen you in thirteen years! Jesus where has time gone?"

"Hey guys, sorry we're late," a rough sounding chesty voice called out. Everyone's attention turned to Gary and Dawn who were walking down the hall.

"Jesus Gary," Ash laughed. "Have you ate a dog overnight?"

"Not funny Ashy Boy," Gary mumbled. "Not funny at all." He walked up to Red who took his arm over his shoulder to support Gary as he yawned.

Serena noticed Dawn wincing and going rather slowly as she approached for a hug. She knew the true reason for their tardiness, and as the group left, stayed worth Dawn before dropping the infamous question. "So how was the protection?"

"What protection?" Dawn blushed while shouting, grabbing the group's attention, who shrugged and walked on.

"Don't lie to me Dawn," Serena smirked. "Only two factors can be behind your pace: either you're still drunk, which I don't suspect, or your downstairs is sore from a vigorous, rough love making fuck from Gary last night. So confess that you're the dirty one and not me!"

"Ok," Dawn whispered gently. "It felt great. I think it was through love, not the desire, it was purely Gary expressing his feelings through physical means. But it's so good. I'd expect you to have done it by Sunday. And one piece of good advice: don't use it, it's not as good as without. Plus you want a baby anyway, so why not?" Dawn walked off on that note to go explain it to May, as Serena's mind went into a deep thought.

It was true she wanted to have sex with Ash, and that she wanted to marry him if the world depended on it, and wanted to do it before the end of the week, but it came down to circumstances.

1) Was Ash up for making love properly?

2) Was Lysandre going to get in the way of it all?

And 3) When was he going to say those four words: Will You Marry Me?

Sorry for filler, needed to move it on a bit, and had no emote clear plan in my head. Expect something in a couple of weeks, which will be much more story centric. Thanks for reading, and please vote and comment if you liked it!