"Oh man Ariados, I better get back, I've been gone for over ten hours" Ash pointed out. "They may be getting suspicious"

Ariados landed on the roof on the Pokémon Center beside him. [Ok, you get going, I'll keep an eye on things here]

"Thanks Ariados" Ash said. "You can have tomorrow off, ok?"

Ariados nodded and turned to head off again. [Well you better get going]

"'k, see ya" Ash said, turning and shooting a web out of his wrist and jumping off the Pokémon Center. "Hope the others arn't gonna ask too many questions" He thought as he swung between two buildings towards the edge of town.

Ash emerged from the forest beside the house about twenty minutes later, brushing off his shirt. "Stupid wild Rattata. They should stay out of other peoples bags" He thought as he looked at a rip in the side of his shirt. "I mean, did they think my shirt was edible? I'll have to get Ariados to put a web at the cave entrance to keep intruders out"

He sighed and pulled on his jacket, which covered up the rip. "Oh well, guess I'll have to make up a story to go with it if the others see it"

"Ash, where've you been all day?" Misty asked as Ash waked into the house at seven o' clock that evening.

"Oh, I just...swung by the Pokémon Center" Ash replied glancing at Pikachu.

Ash wasn't expecting Misty to believe him, but she must have, because she nodded and turned back to the TV.

"Oh, by the way" Misty said without taking her eyes off the TV. "Brock's decided we're all going out tonight, to see what Goldenrod is like. That ok with you?"

It wasn't like Ash had much choice, because before he could answer, Brock came into the room. "Come on, time to go"

So after Ash had put Pikachu in charge of the house, he was dragged off with the others to 'Goldenrod Games', a place were there were electronic games, hologram games, a restaurant and even a performance area with a bar and a stage.

"Wow, look at the size of this place!" Misty said as the entered Goldenrod Games. The place was packed with people and there were games in every direction.

"Looks like they've added more games sense last week" Ash said, almost to himself because the others weren't listening as they head off.

"I'm going this way!"

"I'll go this way!"

Ash sighed. "Am I invisible?" He called after them, but got no answer. "Guess so, but I can't blame them, I was the same with Pikachu first time I came here" He thought as he headed off his own way.

"Brock, what's that?" Misty asked after an hour or so of game playing. She had gone to the bar to get a drink and run into Brock, who had a red glass bottle in his hand.

Brock looked over at her. "I don't know to be honest. They just said it was popular stuff, want some?"

Misty shrugged. "Might as well try it," She said taking one of the bottles Brock had handed to her. She unscrewed the bottle and smelt it. "Smells like strawberries" She thought before taking a good long drink. "Wow, this stuff is great! Can I have more Brock?"

Brock shrugged and pushed three bottles over to her. "Have mine, I don't want them"

Misty smiled and sat down by the bar. "Down the hatch" She said as she began to drink again.

"High score!" Ash cheered as he finished a game were you had to destroy evil Rattata robots. "That'll teach ya to dig through my bag" He joked before looking at his watch. "10:45? I'm supposed to meet the others at the bar in fifteen minutes. Might as well go now, no way I could get another high score in fifteen minutes, and I want to be on time for once"

Ash entered the performance area and looked around. He couldn't see the others anywhere so he headed over and sat at the bar. He looked at his watch. 10:53. "They should be here soon" He thought. Suddenly, he heard a girls voice behind him.

"Hey there cutie-pie"

Ash jumped a little as somebody's arm wrapped around his neck. Of coarse, he became completely frozen as he felt someone kiss his cheek.

"Now aren't you just the cutest thing I've ever seen?" The voice said again.

Ash finally snapped out of his trance and turned to looked at the person behind him. "Misty?!" He yelled in surprise. Misty had one arm his neck and the other was holding a red bottle. "What's that?"

Misty looked at him. He had a strange smiled and her eyes were half closed.

"Misty, are you...?" Ash started, grabbing at the bottle and looked at it. "Your drunk?!" He yelled jumping up out of his seat.

"What's wrong Ashy?" Misty said in an obviously drunk voice.

Ash shook his head. "Where's Brock?" At that moment there was a crashing noise at the opposite side of the room. Ash looked over and saw Brock lying on the floor after tripping over a chair, the same bottle as Misty in his hand. "I can't believe it. One day in Goldenrod and already you guys have gotton in trouble"

Brock sat up and looked at him with a clueless expression. Misty's arm slipped off Ash and, because Ash was her only support, she fell to the ground.

Ash sighed and grabbed Misty's arm, pulling her to her feet. "We are leaving" He said, pulling her over to were Brock was and pulling him up too. "Let's go"

"What if we don't want too?" Brock asked in a stubborn voice.

"Anything you say Ash" Misty said dreamily.

"Brock, your coming whether you like it or not, and Misty" He turned and saw she was staring at him with what looked like starry eyes, "Don't do that"

"Ok, if you say so" Misty said, but didn't take her eyes off him.

Ash entered the house at 11:30, Misty clinging to his right arm, Brock being dragged along the ground by his collar.

"Ok, now to get these two to their rooms" Ash thought as he looked up the stairs. He sighed and began to struggle to get both of his friends up the stairs.

Pikachu twitched his ears and opened his eyes. He was lying on Ash's bed and had fallen asleep, but a noise next door in Misty's room had woken him up. He jumped off the bed and walked across the wooden floor out to the hall, were Brocks snores could be heard in his room. He yawned again, not fully awake, and walked to Misty's door looking in.

Ash was trying to get Misty to sit on her bed, and Misty was asking him something. "No Misty, you can't have a good night's kiss" Ash said, his face slightly red from the question.

That had caused Pikachu to wake up completely. "Pika?!" He said in a surprised whisper.

"Aww, but Ash..."

"No Misty, now get some sleep" Ash said turning away from her and heading towards the door. Misty stood back up. "Ash..."

Ash had just reached the hall when he heard her and sighed. "Misty, I already told you..." He turned around, but never got to finish his sentence as Misty grabbed his shoulders and pulled him into a kiss.

Ash's, and Pikachu's, eyes grew wide and Ash became paralysed with surprise. Finally, Misty pulls away, leaving Ash frozen to the spot.

"Goodnight" Misty says before turning and closing the door behind her, leaving Ash in the darkness of the hall.

"Pikapi?" Pikachu asks, walking up to his trainer.

Ash looked down at Pikachu. "How long have you been there?"

[Long enough, what was that about?] Pikachu said. Had Misty finally confessed?

Ash sighed, somewhat sadly. "Nothing Pikachu. She has no idea what she was just doing and by tomorrow she won't even remember it"

[What?] Pikachu asked, confused.

"Ever heard of alcohol?" Ash said as he walked into his room.

Pikachu's ears lowered. [Oh...] He said sadly. Was she ever going to tell him she liked him? He was the only one that didn't know. As Pikachu walked into the room and jumped up on the bed curling up beside Ash, he thought that only time would tell.

"Now don't you go telling her what happened" Ash warned Pikachu. "I don't want to embarrass her"

Pikachu sighed, but nodded before sleep overcame him and he drifted off into slumber land.