HA! You thought I was going to make you wait for a whole week to find out what happens! I'm not that evil! Or am I.....

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Serena's POV

"And that's why I decided that we will be moving." Those words played in my head over and over, hoping that I miss heard her that somehow I was missing a word that would direct he senetnce at someone else instead of me but no, no the sentence was exactly as I feared it was.

'M-moving? No... no I can't, I won't!' Was all my mind could think of saying but of course I could never say that out loud. My voice is insignificant and my words are like a pin drop, only heard in dead silence and even then the noice is still faint. But the only difference between my voice and the noice of a pin drop is that a pin drop would make people's head trun at the sound of it where as my voice was more like a mumble, people could hear it but not understand it nor pay much attention to it.

"Serena, we will be moving in two days so go pack your things. But don't pack everything okay? We are only going to go and see if this new place is a good place to live." My mother spoke, while getting up from the couch as if the conversation is over.

I gaze down at my spot on the couch and let my mind play the memories I shared with Ash on this very couch, the day I began to feel some form of happiness, the day I got my first friend and the day I got my first and only crush.

"I-I don't want to go." I mumble softly to myself but just loud enough for my mother to hear me before she walked off.

"Did you say something Serena?" She asked in her normal voice. This was it, this is my chance to finally speak my mind for once in my life. Although I had done it once with Ash, saying it to my own mother just seemed harder for some reason.

"I-I said... I d-don't want to m-move." I speak in a soft and vervous voice. I didn't face her while talking mainly because of nerves but also the fact that my mind was set on the horrible thought of having to leave Ash.

"Why?" My mother replied followed by a small chuckle as if somehow this was all a joke but I wasn't joking. Ash and his friends have given me something I hadn't had in a long time, a life. A life that had purpose, a life that I could be proud of because it contained emotions that in my old one were a mere fairy tale. They gave me a life where I could actually do something with it! Through my short time with Ash I have done more things than I had ever done in my life in Kalos! I have learned to be happy, I have learned to have fun and I have learned to love.

"B-because I like it here." I say, my voice becoming a bit clearer as my confidence begins to slowly lift as just how much this place means to me becomes iminate in my mind. "I don't want to leave."

"But Serena darling, people here hurt you! I don't want to see that. I want to see a happy Serena, like I saw a week ago when Ash stayed over at our place. I want to see that energised Serena again and I figure that a new start with new people might accomplish that."

I couldn't believe what I was hearing, my own mother thinks that moving away from my friends and Ash might actually help make me happier?! Well I guess she still doesn't know about my relationship with Ash nor the fact that my problems with Calem have just recently been taken care of.

"I'm happy here though! My friends make me happy... Ash make me happy!" I say in a confident and firm voice, not shuttering through my speech nor stopping to think about what I was saying, I just let my mind take over my mouth and let it say whatever it needed to.

My mother looked at me in shock, she could probably see by now how much I have changed since becoming friends with Ash. Heck I could remember back to when she found me in my room trying doing acts of self harm. Though she may not have realised it . I heard what she said about all I needed was a friend. And she was right. That was exactly what I needed, and I bet she is realising the exact same thing right now.

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Grace's POV

Her words, her confidence... is this even my Serena anymore? She is so different, she has grown so much in such a short time! It was only a week ago that I had to try and talk  her out of killing herself.

I stare into her eyes and they tell me everything. This is no longer the Serena that was sad, depressed and just hated life in general, no this was a different Serena for sure. Her eyes showed determination, spirt, happiness and I have noticed them sparkle when she the name Ash is mentioned so I can tell she has a thing for him.

Back then she needed a friend or someone who could tell her that she wasn't all those things that people have said she was and it looks like Ash was that person though he was done way more for her than I had hoped.

But what do I do? I have already booked a hotel and everything for us to stay in and have already enrolled her in the local school.

"Serena, how about we go and we will be gone for a couple of days and after that you can decide where you want to live?" I ask hoping that it will be enough to satisfy her.

Serena seems hesitant to answer back, I can tell that there is something bothering her, something that is preventing her from wanting to leave but it seems to be much bigger than simply hanging out with Ash.

"I-I can't..." Serena responds in her normal shy voice.

"Why not? Serena if there is something bothering you than tell me." I say in a firm, parent type voice. I want her to open up, I want her to tell me what it is that is bothering her because there is clearly something that isn't sitting right with her.

"I-It's Ash..." Serena responds while bowing her head which made me worry. "I-I can't leave him..." She adds, her words begin to fill with a sense of pain, not physical but defiantly emotional.

"Why is that sweetie?" I say in a now caring voice as I sit down next to her to try and comfort her.

"I-If I leave then I will loose him." She says while trying to fight back tears that threaten to role down her face. After hearing those words there was no doubt in my mind that she has fallen for Ash but I still don't understand what she meant my 'loosing him'.

"If I leave... M-Miette will take him away from me!" She says in a quickened pace before giving in to her tears that flow down her face and cause her to raise her hands over her eyes to try and hide her tears.

I quickly give her a hug for comfort and let her release her heart aching emotions while all I can do is wonder what sort of feelings she actually has for him as it is obviously not some silly, typical teenage crush.

"Serena, do you love Ash? I ask in a soft voice. It wasn't much of a question more a statement but I felt like this was the best way to get to the point I am going to make.

Serena gives me a small nod of her head while sniffling and wiping her tears away using her hands.

"Does Ash love you?" I ask thinking that he answer would either be a "no" or an "I don't know" but instead she nods her head which made me widen my eyes at her response and also made me think if those two had been in a relationship without me even knowing! Which now that I think about it would make sense because of the amount of time that she has spent with him.

"Then why would you loose him?" Was my final question which I would hope would make Serena realise that if he loves her like she said then she has nothing to fear.

"B-because Miette... she is trying to take him from me." Serena replies which only made the complexity of this conversation grow. 

I know now what has to happen. It is clear that Serena has a deep bond with Ash and it is clear that the mere thought of loosing Ash sends her world rocketing to the ground. So if Ash is the thing that brings light to her world then who am I to take that light away?

"Serena, how about I go and you stay here and I can organise a babysitter to come stay with you?"

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Serena's POV

Excitement, joy and relief. That's what I feel right now, I can stay, I can really stay, I don't have to fear Miette stealing Ash while I'm gone and what's better yet I already know who I want as my babysitter.

"Ash can do that!" I say almost instantly after she says she needs to organise a babysitter for me which I could tell shocked her at my sudden change in attitudes but she just gave me a small smile and walked towards the front door.

"I'll go have a talk with Ash's mother to see if it is okay. So I'll be gone for a few minuets so be good!" My mother says but just before she walks out the door I think of something that I surprisingly haven't done yet.

"Mum wait!" I shout, stopping my mother from exiting the house. I rush to the kitchen and grabbed a pen and a shopping list and begin to write on it. I could tell my mother was watching me in confusion but It will all make sense when I give it to her.

"Here, can you give this to Ash?" I ask while handing the shopping list to her which she read rather quickly and just gave out a small chuckle before nodding her head in agreement and walking out the door, leaving me alone in the empty house.

I smile at what has just happened and decide to head up to my room and just lay on my bed and reflect the emotional joy ride that today has been. Both good and bad emotions. But there is something that comes to mind: How can one person have both the worst day of their life's but also one of the best days as well?!

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And there we go guys, another chapter complete! Man I love writing this story so much! So I hope you all like this chapter and I want to see if anyone can guess what was on the shopping list that Serena asked her Mum to give to Ash.

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