Title: No second chances
Author: Shadow/Phantomness
Pairing: Championshipping (Lance x Ash/Red)
Fandom: Pokémon
Theme: #6, Second Chance (Theme Set #2)
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: Pokemon belongs to Nintendo and Shogakukan Comics. This non-profit, non-copyright infringing fanfiction belongs to me under international copyright laws and taking it is plagiarism. Thank you. *Phantomness bows*

Notes: <> for telepathy, ** for thoughts, italics if a pokemon talks

Warnings: AU, fanon, shonen-ai

“I don’t want to love him again.” Lance murmured. Charlotte said nothing as she continued to comb his hair, brushing it out of its polished spikes. He closed his eyes as he listened to Ash pace in another room, one step, two steps, a circuit of the bed, and then a repeat. “I know, that I can love him, and Lugia, it would be so easy to fall again, but I don’t. Want. To.”

“Why would you?” Charlotte asked, between strokes. “He’s hurt you, and Crystal didn’t let you forget it.”

“I almost wish she had, but…”

“But?” She prompted.

“But maybe it’s better this way. Maybe we were never meant to be. Maybe all I need to feel for him is unrequited love for my power to work. If only I knew for certain!”

“So you’re not giving him a second chance?”

“No.” Lance said firmly. “He’s failed enough times in the past. He doesn’t deserve them any more.”

In his room, Ash suddenly felt very, very cold.

End Fic

Completed 12/5/06

So Lance quits pursing Ash. Aww… no second chances this time around!