Cause&Effect

^It's Not Even First Period^

As a teenager you are bound to make dumb decisions. It is simply inevitable. Some of them will leave a bigger imprint on your life and others might not. Everything in life has consequences whether they are good or bad. Life is simply a series of causes and effects. You can choose whatever path you'd like, but the end results are out of reach— they are all up to fate.

...September...

Senior Year: Semester 1— Early Morning

"Dawn," May cried.

"May," Dawn cheered.

The two ran towards each other, arms out and ready for the impending hug. Just when they were about to embrace after so long of not seeing each other, Paul stepped between them, killing the hug. Dawn growled at the smirking purple haired boy knowing that he had purposefully walked in their general direction.

"Asshole," she shouted.

"Did I get in your way, Princess?"

"Don't call me that," Dawn growled, holding up her fist and signaling that she was completely not afraid to fight him. May came up behind her friend and took her fist in her own hand, bringing it down.

"He's not worth it," May whispered. "Let's go."

After throwing Paul another irritated look, Dawn followed May to the front of the school building.

"How was your summer," May asked.

"Ugh, Unova has to be the most beautiful place ever, I swear," Dawn sighed. May smiled seeing that her friend had quickly gotten over her anger towards Paul. She honestly couldn't understand why they couldn't get along. Sure Paul was the reigning king of dicks, but weren't opposites supposed to attract? In all the romance books she read bubbly girls like Dawn worked great with the loner jerks. Perhaps book philosophy didn't work all that well in real life.

"Really? I so wish I could have come with you, but my parents are so strict," May huffed. "They act as if your mom isn't responsible just because she's a single parent. I can't understand why they are so damn judgmental all the time. It's so annoying."

"Parents will always be a mystery," Dawn stated.

May shook out her arms and took in a deep breath.

"So what'd you do?" Dawn asked, stopping at her locker which was conveniently situated right next to May's.

"I did my summer homework and that's just about it," the brunette muttered, pulling open her locker door. She unzipped her red back pack and began removing her some of her school supplies. Dawn did the same. The two girls had just entered their very last year at East Sycamore High School and packed light for the year, knowing that their senior year was all about making things up and, of course, enjoying the last year before college.

The sound of heels clicking against the tiled floor suddenly dominated the hallway. Everyone seemed to part in order to allow someone, or rather two people, to walk down the hall leisurely. Dawn turned to see who it was and wasn't surprised to see Serena Michaels strutting down the corridor. However, who stood by her side, laughing and holding her hand was what sent the girls into shock. It was Ash! Ash Ketchum, the same boy who had been devoted to their very best friend Misty Waterflower since the summer after freshman year. Dawn and May looked at each other before slamming their lockers shut and dashing off.

Misty unlocked the door of her red pickup and jumped out. She was generally atypical from most of the female population at East Sycamore High School. Unlike the majority of girls at the school, Misty drove around in a beat up, old pickup truck and she actually liked it. Her fashion choices were also something that was out of the ordinary. Rather than dressing head to toe in designer labels or in flats and short maxi dresses. She preferred wearing shorts or jeans and a crop top, sometimes, when she was feeling especially lazy, Misty would actually just throw together an outfit consisting of sweatpants and a tee-shirt.

The moment her sneakers landed on the cement she was bombarded with questions from her two best friends, May and Dawn.

"You and Ash broke up?"

"Where?"

"When?"

"How?"

"Why?"

"Stop," Misty cried, holding her hands out in front of her. "I'll explain everything to you guys at lunch, okay?"

May frowned. "Why didn't you tell us earlier?"

Misty shrugged, her hands dug deep in her pants pockets. "I didn't really want to complain to you guys about my relationship issues."

"Misty! You can always tell us stuff," Dawn cried. "You're our best friend and would never under any circumstances mind."

Leaf quietly walked through the hallways, holding her books close to her chest and looking for any familiar faces. She was definitely not the most popular girl in school. Ever since last year she'd been the target of a number of bullies. Leaf honestly could not understand why. She'd never done anything, but exist. Perhaps, it was because she was an easy target. Maybe it was because her mouth was decorated ever so gorgeously with two racks of braces, one on the bottom and the other on the top. Or maybe it was because she had no defense, no friends to be her back up. The only person she truly knew in East Sycamore was Gary Oak, having known him from when they were kids. They grew up in the same neighborhood. They even played together when they were little. Things have changed since then, however. Gary seemed like a whole different person. He was not the guy who used to play hide and seek with her in his grandfather's barn or the boy she had lost her virginity to in that same place.

When their eyes would meet in the hallway, Gary's eyes would linger for a short moment before he looked away and continued talking animatedly to his friends. Leaf didn't want to talk to him anyways. He was a grade A Asshole anyways.

She walked to her locker and packed away her things. Leaf stared at the calendar upon the door of her locker, sighing as a three digit number glared back at her. She could not wait until they were down to zero that was when she could get as far away from East Sycamore as humanly possible.

198 Days of School Left...

Authors Note: I hope you guys want to read more and are excited to see the decisions that are favorite main characters are going to make. Drop a review telling me what you think.