This story was inspired after listening to "Everybody Loves Me" by OneRepublic a million times. I suggest you listen to it!

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon or its characters, and I do not own the song "Everybody Loves Me".

Everybody Loves Me- Chapter 1

As Paul walked away, he could hear the sobbing beginning. He turned around to face the blonde girl, smirking.

"You really think I ever liked you?" he asked. His dark grey eyes locked onto the girl's green ones. She was on her knees, sobbing without caring about who saw her. She shuddered when Paul looked at her, and she looked down at the ground, tears still streaming down. Suddenly, a hand appeared underneath her chin and brought her head up. The hand was none other than Paul's, and the face she was forced to stare into was also Paul's.

"Look at me when I'm talking to you," Paul whispered coolly, his temper never getting out of control. He was always good at controlling his emotions.

The blonde, however, was not. Her eyes grew wide, with fear of Paul and shame for having made herself look so stupid in his eyes.

"You pathetic little girl," he said maliciously. "I never really loved you. It was all an act." Paul smirked as more tears sprang into her eyes. His hand left her chin and he stood up, turning and walking away.

"No! Don't leave me, Paul!" the girl screamed after him. "I love you! I've never loved anyone else! You must have some feelings for me! Why else would you tell me you loved me?"

Paul quickly turned and, emotions still in check, glared at the girl. She shrank back at the look in his eyes, the infamous glacier cold look. It was a look that meant "Don't ever talk to me again, if you know what's good for you." Paul turned away and continued walking. The girl watched the back of his dark lavender head until it was completely out of sight, and then broke down in more tears. She lay there on the asphalt, totally crushed, with no one to help her.

Ash was the only one with compassion for the girl when he saw her. He knew Paul's way. Paul would pretend to like a girl, usually a girl with popularity, intelligence, lots of friends, etc.; a girl with something to lose. In this case, the blonde was an actor; she had gotten the lead role in every school musical since junior high. She was a junior, like Paul and Ash, and was going to college in two years to study acting and possibly go to Broadway. That was her dream, until Paul came around.

Being the most mysterious, and debatably the hottest, guy in school, she immediately fell for him. At a party, he told her he loved her, and, of course, she believed him. The relationships never lasted long, however, and her relationship with Paul was no different. Paul would always act like the boyfriend that was never pleased with his girlfriend. If she talked to another guy, he would say that she was cheating on her. If she hung out with some friends, he would say she didn't want to spend time with him anymore. As a result, the girl cut herself off from all her friends and her old life to make Paul happy. Paul became her new life. She didn't care about her acting career or her future. It was now all Paul.

Then there would be an incident, something that would make Paul very displeased with his girlfriend. In this case, the girl had been late to a date. Each time Paul broke up with a girl, he completely tore her apart, saying that the whole relationship hadn't been real. Then he would leave the girl and never talk to her again.

Ash hated this, but what could he do? He was Paul's friend, and he knew Paul wasn't really so mean. But how could he tell the girl laying there on the asphalt this right after Paul had broken her heart? He just sighed and left, running to catch up with his friend.

It was the next day. Outside were Paul, Ash, Gary, and Drew, talking before class.

"Hey," Drew said. "Did you know there's a new kid coming today?"
"New kid?" Ash asked. "What's his name?"

"She's a girl, actually," Drew said. Ash, Gary, and Drew all looked to Paul at this, who had just raised an eyebrow at them.

"Continue," Paul said, his expression unchanging.

"Anyway," Drew said, "She came from Twinleaf Town all the way in Sinnoh. Apparently her mother is a big coordinator there, and she got a job here in Kanto working a new contest building. They're hoping to introduce coordinating over here."
"Coordinating is for girls," Gary said smirking.

"Actually, it's not," Drew said. "Some of the best coordinators in the world are boys. I think it'd be interesting…"
"Don't waste your time," Gary said.

"Hey, is that her?" Ash suddenly said, interrupting Gary and Drew's conversation.

All four boys turned toward the direction that Ash was pointing. In the distance, they could just make out a blue-haired girl walking toward the school.

Paul smirked. Ash noticed this and knew exactly what he was planning. To him, she was just like every other girl.

"How do you know this girl's not different?" Ash asked. "How do you know?"
Paul smirked at Ash. "'Cause everybody loves me."

Sorry this had to be so short… It's just the introduction to the whole story. Don't worry, the chapters will get longer!

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