For some odd reason, as I was approaching Ash, Pikachu started to become aggressive. But the aggression was confusing me. It's not like I'm going to hurt Ash or anything, I just want to wake him up and let him know that school ended. 

But the moment I took another step towards him, Pikachu started to growl at me. He then proceeded to collect electricity around his cheeks. I was really starting to worry, the situation kept on escalating by the second.

I closed my eyes, and prepared to be shocked. "Please, don't do this" I yelped as I was preparing myself, and got extremely tense. I waited there for a solid minute, and nothing seemed to have happened. 

I thought that it had already happened, but maybe I'm just passed out. Could be a possibility. I reluctantly opened one of my eyes, and took a glance towards where Pikachu was standing. To my surprise I saw a hand on top of Pikachu.

It was Ash's hand, while I was busy preparing to be shocked, he must have woken up and stopped Pikachu or at least tried to calm him down, because at that moment Pikachu was still staring at me with hatred in his eyes.

Ash now aware of his surroundings, and finally noticed me, or I could see his eyes glance in my general direction. He just sat there for a moment, he seemed to be... analyzing the situation?

"I-ehm... w-w" I tried forming some type of sentence, or anything. But nothing came out, it's as if the aura exerting from him was affecting my ability to speak.

He didn't even bother saying anything, nor did he ask if I needed something. Ash just sat up and began gathering his things. 

'Come on Serena, this is your one opportunity to talk to him without embarrassing your self, by having others notice this conversation' I then looked at him with confidence.

Once he collected all of his things, he completely ignored my presence and moved past me, as if our interaction hadn't even occurred. 'Why was he so keen on leaving so quickly, does he have somewhere more important do be?' I questioned his actions

I was rather disappointed by the way he was treating me, and made it possible for him to see through my facial expression. 'I get that we don't know each other and all, but doesn't mean we can't. That's it' I started getting angry, but I didn't want to demonstrate it to him.

When he was about to leave, grabbing the door handle I finally decided to speak my mind. "You know, you ought to try and be a bit nicer to people" I said to him, although now that I actually think about what I had just said, I could have just ruined my chances at getting to know him by being an annoying little brat. I mentally face palmed 'Great. There goes that chance'

But to my surprise instead of leaving, Ash stopped before opening the door. He took his hand off of the handle and looked at me. 'Yes!' I screamed happily in my mind 'I shouldn't make things awkward with silence' I planned strategically. 

"On the outside, you are completely expressionless and cold" That may come off a bit hard but it's the truth, I then continued "but I know deep down there's more to you than that" I then stared at the ground.

I don't think I could handle another one of his stares. It's like his eyes are completely lifeless, but their hazel color was still visible. Even with my comments running out of my mouth without even thinking about them, I couldn't leave this conversation on a bad note. This needs to end on good terms.

"Even though you are still an arrogant person, I-I want to t-thank you for clapping for me when everyone else made me feel uncomfortable" I said looking up from the ground and towards him. He seemed to be taken back by my gratitude 'Did he just show emotion?' I thought

The raven haired boy opened the door, and I thought I did something wrong that would cause him to leave. I took a gamble with this situation, and I could see that I lost it...

I kept staring at his direction, watching as he was about to leave, but instead of leaving immediately, he peered back at me, and gave me a nod. 'Was that a nod' I was lost in deep thought

'Wait a minute, does that mean he was actually clapping at me because I knew about his pokemon. So it wasn't sarcasm!' Suddenly a smiled appeared on my face. 'I was wrong, this gamble did end up paying off!' I squealed mentally

While I was busy being happy and excited, I hadn't even noticed that Ash had left. But it doesn't matter, the conversation ended on a good note. Maybe he even hates me less now, or does he hate me at all?

I took a quick peek at the time and noticed that my bus would be going any minute. I quickly made a dash for my bus, and barely made it. I seriously did not want to end up walking home. I was already mentally exhausted. I didn't need the addition of being physically exhausted.

The bus was fairly empty. It was three hours after school had ended, so I there was no real need of it being full of students. Most of them go home straight after, but of course I had been dragged by Dawn to watch Calem have a battle.

'If only Dawn hadn't pull me into that mess, I could have been home now, finished my homework and just relaxed' I complained

'Hold on, what am I even saying, if it wasn't for that stupid and pointless battle that no one cares about, then I wouldn't have ran into Ash and have a conversation. Well, I wouldn't exactly call it a conversation, since I did all the talking. But I know for a fact that he was listening.'

The bus was being emptied more and more as we were reaching my stop, by the the time we did, I was the only one left on the bus. I thanked the bus driver and had a short walk to my house.

 The moment I arrived home I was met by my mom pulling me into a tight hug "Where were you Serena! I was worried sick, school ended three and a half hours ago. You didn't call me or send me a text" My mom said with a worried expression

I knew this would happen, my mother can be a bit overprotective at time. "It's fine mom, Dawn just pulled me at the end of the school to look at these battles going on" I told her, calming her down.

"But why would she do that? She knows that you don't like those types of things, and yet you also stayed there instead of going" She was now getting suspicious. "Is there something you aren't telling me young lady?" My mom asked.

"No mom, I'm pretty sure the reason Dawn pulled me away was because on Sunday, we are going to go watch my friend Calem have a battle with Viola in Santalune City. You remember him don't you?" I explained and ended with a question

"Oh yes, now I remember him. He is quite a nice boy and has a great personality. I'm glad you are spending your time with a guy like him" My mother started teasing. 

'Dawns teasing is enough, I don't need my mother joining in on it' I mentally face palmed myself. "Mom!" I yelled at here, and all she did was chuckle.

"You haven't eaten anything in a while, come on dinner is ready" She said as she made her way to the dining room.

We sat there, neither of us sharing a word between one and the other. I was enjoying my meal, and so was Fennekin down below. I was hoping to avoid talking about my school day, as it's very cliche in my opinion. But of course, I always manage to jinx myself...

"So, honey. Anything interesting happen in school today?" She asked with curiosity. There's no way I'll be able to leave this table without telling her at least something to make her pleased.

I sighed and was about to tell about my classes, but got cut off as memories of today filled my head. The new boy, with the raven hair. Ash. My face turned a dark shade of crimson as I thought about our interactions and conversation.

My mom picked up on my facial expression and teased "Oh, I see there is a certain somebody?" 

"N-No!" I quickly replied, completely embarrassed. "Come on Serena, you know you can tell me right? I'm not the judgmental type am I?" She said looking all innocent 'That is exactly what you are' I sweat dropped 

"Fine, I guess. There wasn't much that happened today, but there was new boy that joined our class. He had raven hair, he was tall, taller than me and his name was Ash" I began, my mum leaning in becoming more interested.

"Although his personality is interesting. He seems to be shutting everyone out, and is absolutely arrogant and completely cold to others. He even put a teacher in his place." I chuckled at the thought, how did he not get detention?

"What do you mean?" My mom questioned

"I don't exactly know how to describe him, but I can give an example of what he did. In the first lesson where everyone met him, he refused to give any information about his personal life, except for his first name. He didn't tell us the name of his pokemon, and then when someone tried to guess he face palmed himself at the answer." 

That kid really was one special cookie. I get that some people have trouble understanding something, but anyone could tell what a Dedenne is.

I took a look at my mother's face and she seemed to enjoy the story so far, with her current stance I continued with the drama.

"That's not all. After that he went to sleep." When I said that, the expression on my moms face soon turned weird. "He went to sleep?" She asked with disbelief. I nodded. "But then wh-ho- you know what just carry on" She said giving up on her question

"We then had a lunch break, and during that break I saw him leave school premises. After lunch break we had science class. Throughout the class he actually didn't do anything and stayed rather quiet. I even thought it was unreal, but then I took a closer peek and found out he was actually asleep" When I finished my sentence I could see my mother sweat drop, while she had this nervous laugh. "He seems like quite the interesting boy" She added

"I wish the story ends there" I pursued with my mother being surprised that there was more "The professor actually caught him sleeping during class, and thought he would put Ash in his place for not paying attention. He gave him these questions about things I had never even heard of, I tried looking throughout the book and found out they were from the higher level chapters"

"It's what he deserved for getting himself into that mess, you should always pay attention in class. If you do like Ash, you will only embarrass yourself, just like what happened to him, right?" She asked

I shook my head at her question, her jaw dropped. "It was the other way around, he actually embarrassed the professor. He answered the questions within minutes. The professor looked completely shocked at his work, after that the professor didn't seem as motivated for the rest of the lesson"

I laughed a bit remembering the scene "The funniest part of it all, in my opinion was when Ash's pokemon, Pikachu, started laughing at what Ash did. I thought it was completely adorable" I smiled thinking back on the moment.

"Anything else happen after that, or was it that Calem battle only?" My mom searching for more information

'Should I tell her about my encounter, or keep it to my self' I wondered. 'No, she will only tease me about it and may even scold me for trying to approach him' My mind being made up I replied to my mom "No, that was it"

"Alright, well it's getting pretty late so you go off, finish your school work and then just relax before going to bed" 

"Sure mom no problem, and thanks for dinner. It was delicious" She nodded my way and with that I went up to my room.

I completed most of my school work, although left those that are due for another day. I was extremely tired and just wanted to go to sleep. Making my mind up, I dragged my body into the shower, and freshened up before heading to bed. Fennekin jumped onto the bed and snuggled itself with me.

"That was an eventful day" I said to no one in particular.

'I just can't wait for the weekend to get here so we can go to the beech' I could barely contain my excitement, it's been a while since I went to the beech. 'Although I'm going to have to go watch Calem have a battle with Viola, I really hope she wipes the floor with him. I just really do not want to watch his every battle' I sighed

"Good night Fennekin" 

"Fennekin" 

I concluded my day by turning off my bedside lamp and went to sleep.