Hi everyone, here is a Pearlshipping on shot, I wrote a long time ago. I hope you enjoy it.

This is written in Dawn's point of view.

We follow Dawn and Ash after Ash obtains his seventh badge. Brock has sadly parted ways with the group and decided to follow his ambitions as a Pokemon Breeder.

"Why did we have to go to Snowpoint city?" Ash complained next to me "If I realized the final badge was at the other end of Sinnoh, I would have gone there first, this is michaelshit!"

"It would have taken us even longer if we went to Sunnyshore city first! At least with Snowpoint we got a boat to the region. We couldn't have done that with Sunnyshore." I replied in a as-a-matter-of-fact way.

"Still, this is a real pain and michaelshit ya know" Ash sniped back.

I sighed as we walked along the extremely long forest path that would take us around Mt. Coronet instead of having to climb it. The weather still had a chilly feeling to it and I shivered slightly. Ash was on my case in a flash.

"Do you want my coat Dawn?" he asked "You look really cold"

Before I could answer he had already taken it off and draped it around my shoulders. I felt so warm and safe from that moment. Ash was so caring towards me. He was always watching my back and keeping me confident when I felt down after something or another. That's when I realized I really liked him. I just didn't know whether he felt the same way or not...

"Dawn are you OK?" Ash suddenly asked "You look kinda out of focus"

I realized I might have looked odd so I looked up and smiled at him.

"Yeah, no need to worry, right?" I said

"Yeah" Ash replied and smiled back

I felt my cheeks burning up so I looked at the ground again, hoping he would be dense enough not to notice...

Later on that evening, we arrived at the Pokemon center. After a dinner we went to bed quickly as we wanted an early start in the morning. I tossed and turned under the covers, too deep in thought to sleep properly. I then decided to go for a walk. I quietly got dressed and looked at the clock 2:AM. I tiptoed out of the room and found a clearing with a perfect view of the sky. I sat down on a large rock and gazed at the stars. All the time thinking about him. If only he was there now...

"Dawn?" A familiar voice from behind me called.

I turned round and there was Ash, he had a slightly worried and confused expression on his face.

"Oh, hey Ash" I said "Can you sit with me for a while, I need to talk to you"

"OK sure" Ash replied and he say down next to me "Now what do you need to tell me?"

"Ash, I love you" I said quietly.

Ash was blushing furiously at this point and judging by the fierce burning sensation in my cheeks, so was I

"Well...Dawn...I...Kinda...love...you...too?" Ash stammered.

"You mean it?" I asked with the joy in my voice impossible to hide

"Yes" This time he was more certain.

All of a sudden, I couldn't control myself and I kissed him straight on the lips. I savoured the moment as my dreams had finally come true.

We finally broke apart after a little while but still stayed in an embrace.

"I love you Dawn" Ash said

"I love you too Ash" I replied