Okay this is my first fan fic, so please no flames. Other than that, I hope you enjoy!
Summary: Eleven Years have past since Dawn had started her pokemon Journey. She is now an elite model, actress, and singer. The only thing that bothers her is her love life. Will bumping into Paul change things? Or will they make her permanently loveless?
Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, if I did, it would be really messed up and you wouldn't know it existed.
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Chapter One: Reunion!
Sakura petals danced around her, the sun started to sink behind her. Her mid-night blue tresses flicked gently in the wind. Tears stained Dawn's face as her expression lifted into a pleasant smile.
"I love you." She stated simply, her voice laced with strong emotions. Her voice rang like a bell, almost like a laugh to relax her emotions and to stop her tears from falling. The sound of the crickets started to gradually become louder, the sun sank beneath the horizon and the moonlight danced across her ivory skin.
She grabbed the hands to her 'lover's' and gazed into his gray eyes. He smirked and locked his hands with mine, sending a spark through her body. He returned the gaze, showing that his gray eyes flashed amusement. Slowly, he leaned down to kiss her, but before his lips hit hers, a voice rang out loud, disturbing the scene.
"CUT!" A deep voice furiously shouted from behind the couple. "WHAT WAS THAT?" The man continued to shout angrily throwing his hands in the air. Tapping his feet on the ground and crossing his arms, we realized he was expecting and answer fast. "If you don't respond, I'm going to fine you a million dollars." He said gruffly and continued to tap his feet.
"What do you mean?" Gary, Dawn's acting partner snapped at their director, Jun. "I don't see what we did wrong! Actually, I thought that scene went rather well." He responded angrily, a scowl plastered on his face as he crossed his arms.
Jun was going to respond again, but Hikari cut him off to avoid any colorful words from appearing on the set, fighting, and ear piercing yelling that rang in your ears for more than ten days.
"Ah, Jun, what can we do better?" She asked nervously twiddling her thumbs. "I agree with Gary, but I also want to know why you think we did so bad…" She blinked slowly.
"Yes, Jun, What can we do better on? Enlighten me." He growled and glared daggers and the blonde haired man.
"You guys need to be more emotional. It seems like you guys are just pathetic, desperate, teenagers, who haven't ever experienced love before." He retorted as he rolled his eyes. He seemed to return Gary's glare.
"Guys." Hikari started, but became impatient. "WE ARE NOT GOING TO GET ANYTHING DONE IF YOU GUYS KEEP BICKERING LIKE A BUNCH OF TEENAGE GIRLS." She shouted at the two, red from frustration. "You know, Jun, if you would stop complaining on every little detail like your life depends on it. Try to calm down when you tell up 'kay? Gary. You should stop being so hot-headed when Jun tries to criticize us. He's not saying you're bad or anything. SUCK IT UP, AND TAKE IT LIKE A MAN." She swore she was going to lose her voice permanently from yelling at them everyday. This was one of the worse crew she had to work with. Period.
They both seemed quite shocked since it was one of the loudest and longest rants she's had yet. Key word. Yet.
Jun was the first to recover. "Uh…um…I guess we can call it a day." He shouted toward the crew, who in return scrambled to get ready to leave. Jun sighed. "Sorry I'm so hard on you guys." He put a hand on both Gary and Hikari's shoulders. "I just guess I'm stressed since it's the last scene of the movie, and I want it to be perfect…" he shifted uncomfortably before his eyes lit up again. "I know this is a weird question, but…have you guys ever had a romantic relationship?" He blurted without thinking. Gary raised a brow, while Hikari flinched.
"I have a girlfriend, and I might propose to her soon…" Gary said slowly as he removed Jun's arm from his shoulder, almost like it was a disease.
Jun nodded slowly, appearing content with his answer. He turned to Hikari who seemed to slowly edge away from the two men. Jun grabbed her wrist. "I'm guessing that you probably have a boyfriend at home waiting for you. There is no way that a world-wide pop-star and master coordinator like you should have difficulties finding a man.
Hikari winced from his statement. "Uh…Not really, I'm always busy with photo shoots, filming movies, recording songs and parties that I wish I was not at…" Hikari trailed off. She slid out from underneath Jun's arms.
Jun did a double take, so did Gary. Yeah, it was astonishing that a twenty-one year old, three time grand festival winner, model, actress and 'Pop Princess' didn't have a boyfriend. Hikari heaved a sigh. "What's wrong with not having a boyfriend? I'm too busy to have such chaos added to my life." She crossed her arms and glared at the two whispering guys in front of her. They nodded as if they were agreeing on something.
"Hey, Hikari, you should meet my girlfriend, Leaf, she is a huge fan of yours and I think you will make really great friends." Gary chuckled nervously. I gave him a strange look before I said anything.
"Okay! Call me for details." Hikari replied cheerily before she snapped her poke- to check the time. "AH, I have to jet!" She said as she slipped her large, white-rimmed sunglasses above her silky blue hair. "Catch ya later!" She said as she rushed past the two guys who sweat dropped from her daily rush.
~Dawn POV~
"Oh, I'm going to be late!" I shouted to myself as I rushed towards the lobby. My three-inch, blood red, kitten-heels clicked on the marble floor repeatedly. I gripped the straps of my shiny, black purse to stop it from crashing into my rib cage. I bet I already had a bruise there. "Shoot." I muttered under my breath and made my way to a restroom. Thank God for the full body mirror. I thought to myself while I checked if there were any imperfections on me. I stared again at myself, looking from my head to toe. A silver headband was fitted at the top of my head, complimenting the silver locket on my neck. I wore a pink sleeveless, button-up, blouse with ruffles along the neckline to show my chest off. A thick, black belt was wrapped around my small waist. I also wore my favorite pair of dark skinny jeans. My wrist was decorated with a variety of charms from my favorite charm bracelet my mom had given me when I was twelve. I didn't see anything wrong except for a few strands of loose hairs. Carefully I tucked them behind my ear.
I made my way outside, sliding down my sunglasses. After my eyes had adjusted, I scanned the area. A recognizable face bowed. His long, dark purple hair was tied in a pony tail.
"Miss Hikari." He gestured towards my limo. I giggled.
"Why are you being so proper Reggie?" I asked in a giggled as I climbed into the sleek, roomy car.
"No reason." He smirked and shut the door securely before he made his way towards the driver's seat.
I sighed as I slid open the window that separated Reggie and I. "I need to go to May's house…like now." I said flatly. Reggie picked up his speed as I closed the window, leaving me to listen to the quiet hum of the limo's engine. I blinked, and before I knew it, we entered the suburbs of Hearthome city. A familiar set of red-roofed condos started to appear from around the bend. Before I could react to the arrival, my phone buzzed next to my hip. I skillfully whipped it out from my pocket and read the text message I received.
May
11:08 PM
WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?
I flinched when I read the message. I practically heard her scream in her ear. I decided not to reply since the limo had slowed to a complete stop. Reggie had already made his way to my door. Once he opened the door, I thanked him and rushed to the complex. I found the familiar numbers of May's house. There was loud chattering from inside the house, making me feel guiltier for being late. I silently rang the doorbell. Every noise
from inside the condo stopped. There was rustling and a few footsteps before the door opened. A familiar face of a brunette popped out from behind the black door.
"DAWN!" May shrieked my name with her ear-piercing scream. "OMI-GAWD!" She shrieked again and swung the door open to let me in. She wore a light, red boyfriend tank with a cute, white zip-up jacket over it. She wore Dark red, booty shorts with black leggings underneath. Her hair was put up in a bandana, same as always. I was going to compliment her outfit when her surprise suddenly turned into anger. "WHY ARE YOU LATE?" She growled angrily as I stepped into her quaint house.
I was used to her mood swings already. I liked to tease her about them, just to see her reaction. "Are you bipolar?" I giggled at my friend's excitement. "NO, FOR THE LAS-
I cut her off, not wanted to hear anymore of her shrill screams. "I was just joking…" I rolled my eyes and set my purse down on a mocha colored loveseat couch. The chattering buzzed up again. I made my way upstairs, where May had retreated to before I set down my purse and slipped of my flashy shoes. I slowly walked into the nearest door on the left, hoping to make a dramatic entrance. "Hey guys!" I smiled as I walked in happily, in taking the familiar faces.
Ash sat next to Misty on the carpet, leaning their bodies against the wall underneath the window. May had made her way next to Drew. They sat on the two chairs that were pushed up against the wall. They seemed to be bickering about something again. Zoey was huddled in the middle of the room, leaning her head on Kenny's shoulder, they were chatting with Ash and Misty. All of them made up a circle formation. Well, more like a deformed circle.
"DAWWWN! I can't believe you're so famous now!" Misty exclaimed in a sing-song voice. She smiled at me happily and nudged Ash to show him that I was here.
"Hey, 'Pop Princess'!" He greeted with a smile. He suddenly turned his attention to Misty again as she whispered something to him. I rolled my eyes from the nick name the tabloids have given me.
Despite the fact of the nicknames, I was glad to see them in a while. Ash had messy, raven black hair as always. I was surprised that he still wasn't chubby from all the food he eats. His attire was plain. He wore baggy jeans with a black T-shirt followed by a vest. Misty wore a cute, orange, v-neck, halter top that hugged her waist. Yellow asymmetrical lines ran down the front and back. She wore simple denim short that reached her mid-thighs on the bottom.
"What's up DeeDee?" Kenny smirked, while Zoey punched his arm. "Hey! What was that for?" He grumbled, rubbing his arm where Zoey had punched him. Kenny's brown hair was still the same. His clothing choice changed quite a lot. Probably from Zoey's influence. He wore a plain, white, loose T-shirt with a large neon orange, zip-up jacket with a neon green zipper in the front. He zipped it up one-fourth of the way up. He wore interestingly, skinny jeans that didn't cling onto his legs, but still showed his leg's outline.
"I thought I told you to stop calling me that ten years ago…" I growled glaring at him. He just gave a smirk in return, which earned him another punch in the same spot from Zoey.
Zoey turned to me, a smile painted on her face. "It's been a while!" She said coolly before I hurled myself at her for a hug. I buried my face into her red hair.
"You certainly haven't changed." I giggled and looked at the tomboy. Her outfit was a bit different from the one she wore ten years ago. She wore her sunglasses on the top of her head, a cream colored turtle neck blouse and a puffy gray vest over her blouse. She wore Worn out, boot-cut jeans on the bottom." We need to seriously catch up!" I chirped happily. "Oh wait, I need to get something from my bag…" I apologized before I left the room. I was so caught up in excitement that I didn't see where I was going. I crashed into a muscular person before I fell back and landed on my butt. "Ouch…" I groaned loudly, before I got up to see who I had crashed into.
"Are you blind or something?" The person growled. I groaned in realization to which that voice belonged to. I rushed back into the room, passing him along the way.
"MAY!" I shrieked. "Why…Why…WHY? Why is he here?" I pointed out the door. As if on cue, Paul emerged from the dark hall. I growled as he approached the circle in the middle of the room.
"Oh, Paul? Ash invited him for some odd reason…" Misty responded for May. I glared at Ash who rubbed the back of his head sheepishly in return.
I groaned. "Why…of all people…why…" Paul seemed to have heard me, smirked.
"Well, I see you still have that same attitude of yours. The same one you had ten years ago, troublesome." His smirk widened.
"I HAVE A NAME YOU KNOW!" I growled furiously, standing up from where I was sitting.
"Same tantrums too, troublesome." He added.
Something inside of me snapped, and rage flared up. "MY NAME IS DAWN. D-A-W-N!" I yelled furiously attempting to claw at his face. Luckily, Zoey, who was beside me, held me back.
"No need to send me back to Pre-school. I already know how to spell." His smirk still played on his lips.
"I swear, if you make another snide comment, I will forcibly wipe off that smirk on your face. I will let you witness excruciating pain. By the time I'm done dealing with you, you won't be able to smirk again." I growled, lunging at him again.
"Okay, break it up, Lovebirds." Ash muttered sarcastically, trying to ease the tension in the room.
"WHAT?" Paul and I both bellowed at Ash, a growled ripped from my throat. "I don't see how anyone can like such a cold-hearted, cruel, conceited, jerk. I seethed towards Paul.
"Well, I don't see how anyone could like a snobby, stuck-up, annoying, little troublesome brat." He replied with a scowl on his face.
"Okay. You guys seriously need to stop fighting." Drew blinked a few times before he flicked his hair. "Besides, you guys shouldn't be distracted when there is something as hot as me in the room." He added, flicking his hair again. That earned a punch from May. "Jealous much?" He laughed as May continued to beat his arm, which he was now clutching. "Okay, Ow." Drew said after May had stopped beating his poor arm.
The room fell into awkward silence. I felt the tension rise and I started to get nervous.
"Is there anything to eat?" Ash asked, breaking the silence. Misty smacked him upside his head. "WHAT? I'm Hungry!" He whined as Misty sighed from her friend's unstoppable hunger.
~Paul's POV~
I groaned inwardly.
Why was I here again?
Oh right. That idiot there invited me here. And when I rejected, he took it to my brother, who forced me to come. Yay.
I didn't really fit in many of the conversations. None of the guys did really, the idiot was an exception. He was too dense to understand the meaning of what the girls were talking about. Drew, Kenny and I tensed when they started talking about girly stuff. Drew turned to me flicking his chartreuse hair.
What an insane hair color…well, I'm the one to talk…
"So…do you have a girlfriend?" He asked Kenny and me, not knowing what else to say. I shifted uncomfortably, and stayed silent for a few moments longer.
"I'm going out with her." Kenny pointed his thumb at the red-head, Zoey…I think. I only knew her name since the loud, troublesome girl kept fawning over her.
"Really? I didn't know that. I'm going out with May." He smirked towards the brunette's direction, she didn't seem to notice, and kept emerging herself into the talk with the girls.
"How about you Paul, Do you have a girlfriend?" He asked without blinking when I scowled.
"How is that any of your business?" I snapped, not moving and inch, the scowl still on my face.
"Just wondering," He retorted. "Besides, you are the Champion of Sinnoh. Wouldn't you people think you would have a girlfriend already?" Drew blinked a look of confusion onto his face.
"No." I replied simply, not wanting to go any further into this conversation. It was too much like the one I have with Reggie everyday.
"No, you don't have a girlfriend, or no, you don't think you should have a girlfriend?" Kenny asked me, bugging me further into the conversation.
"Both." I growled, becoming more annoyed with the two people next to me. They were asking the same things Reggie, my mom, and pretty much all of Sinnoh was asking me.
FLASHBACK
"Paul!" Reggie sang as I walked into the house. "What were you up to today?" He smiled while starting to make dinner.
"Same thing as always, I trained my Pokemon…" I snorted. I didn't understand why he kept asking me. He should know since I did the same thing everyday. Train.
"Really, that sounds fun~!" He smiled as he started to cook. I rolled my eyes.
He really needed to stop playing around, I wasn't born yesterday.
"You would know." I growled and stomped upstairs to get changed.
I have such a weird, pestering, annoying brother. I sighed at the thought of Reggie. Before I could start a whole rant in my head, Reggie knocked on the door.
"Food's ready." He shouted, banging obnoxiously on my door.
"Fine." I grunted and threw on a black turtle neck before I walked out of my room, back downstairs to my brother.
I roughly pulled out a chair, making it scrape noisily on the floor. I cursed under my breath before I sat down at the table.
"So…" Reggie started not knowing what else to say. I raised my brow, confused about his behavior. Reggie always has something to talk about, although the last few days, he's been rather quiet. He was probably debating whether or he should ask me a question.
I poked at the food in front of me. I wasn't that hungry, but I should get nutrients for training tomorrow anyways.
I forked up some potatoes, but before I shoved them into my mouth, Reggie asked a rather strange question. "Ne~, Paul, Do you have a girlfriend?" He asked me cheerily. I choked on my saliva and placed the fork full of potatoes back on the plate.
"What?" I coughed, trying to clear my lungs, from the previous happenings.
"I asked you if you had a girlfriend, that's all…" He pouted and started to eat again.
"No, I don't have one." I stated bluntly before I turned my attention back to the food.
There was another silence, since we both started to eat. He chewed more slowly than usual, as if he was thinking of something to say.
"Maybe…You should start thinking about getting one." He said slowly, boring eyes into me. This made me uncomfortable. "How about…that one girl that traveled with Ash? DeeDee was it? She seemed nice, she was pretty too." He concluded his thoughts.
"Why her?" I almost whined, but it turned into a growl. "I don't find her interesting. She's so annoying and troublesome." I retorted, trying to avoid relationship topics.
"Or do you want me to set you up with someone? You seem to be having trouble with relationships." He raised a brow, true concern flashed across Reggie's face.
"I don't want to have a girlfriend. It's too much trouble." I grumbled. Sure sometimes I feel lonely. I would be nice, but I wouldn't want to have a girlfriend now. It's involves a lot of time.
"You want me to set you up?" He questioned almost with a chuckle. I bet he's having so much fun teasing me…
"NO!" I shouted loudly. Angry at him for making me seem so desperate.
"Why not? It's annoying when you are always alone. You're twenty-two. You're old enough to be married!" He shouted, not angrily, but out of exasperation.
"I'm busy training my Pokemon." I countered. I was beginning to become irritated by my brother's behavior.
"If you don't find a girlfriend in two weeks, I'm going to get one for you." He shouted from across the table.
"Why do you care so much? It's not like it's going to kill you if you have a single brother for the rest of your life." I sneered, venom drenched my words.
"As a matter-a-fact, it just might!" Reggie shouted, irritated at my behavior.
"Whatever. I don't care. If you try to set me up, I will kill you." I mercilessly dropped my dishes in the sink and stormed upstairs for a shower.
"I'm still setting you up." Reggie grumbled before I slammed the bathroom door shut.
END OF FLASHBACK
I shook away the memory. I realized that Ash, Misty, Zoey, and Kenny were getting ready to leave. I watched them as they said their good-bye's and filed out the door. Now it was only Drew, May, Troublesome and I in the house.
"It's just the four of us now. We should play truth or dare!" May threw out just for the heck of it.
I grumbled incoherent words and leaned my back against the wall. I never liked playing those stupid games. It was a waste of time. HECK, being here was a waste of time. I have no idea why I didn't leave.
"That sounds fun!" Dawn added, cheerily waving her hands in the air.
"I'd rather not…" Drew objected, not wanting to get involved since he knew May was pretty harsh when it came to that game.
"Aw, come on!" May pouted, grabbing on to her boyfriends arm like a stamie to a rock. Drew exhaled loudly, not responding back. "Will you? Please?" She begged, giving puppy-dog eyes. He visibly grimaced before he responded.
"Fine." Drew snapped under May's look.
They all turned to me, not even asking if I wanted to play. They supposed I was listening to the whole conversation. What if I wasn't? I usually wouldn't listen to something like this.
"What?" I replied gruffly, trying to brush off the idea of playing truth or dare. "If it's about truth or dare, I'm not involved." I crossed my arms in front of my chest and slumped against the wall. Dawn spoke up first.
"Why not?" She whined, her lower lip stuck out. "Come on Paul, it will be fun!" She started moving towards me. I unconsciously tried to move away, but forgot that I was already against the wall.
"No." I replied again. I wasn't going to give in. I wasn't that weak. Not like Drew. I am definitely not giving up to that troublesome girl.
"Please?" She pouted, tears started build in her eyes. She bit her lower lip as she continued to crawl towards me. I watched her in disbelief as a clear, crystal-like, stream of tears glistened down her face.
"Okay, Fine. Just stay away from me." I grumbled angrily pushing her away from me. I pulled up the collar of my jacket, similar to the one I wore ten years ago up. I wanted to hide my reddening face.
Dawn happily jumped up, her expression totally ecstatic. A moment ago, she was crying, and now she is over-joyed. What is wrong with her? Oh…right…She's an actress.
I mentally slapped myself for forgetting that. I let her take advantage of me. Great.
I turned away from her, focusing my attention on Drew. May was whispering in his ear, as he nodded. He got up abruptly, making a loud thud on the ground.
"I'll be right back." He said flicking his hair as he strolled out the door of the room.
"So…" May started, trying to break the awkward silence between the three of us. I snorted and turned away from both of them, facing the wall.
"Hey, what's wrong with you? I personally think that talking to us is more entertaining than talking to the wall." Dawn spat angrily, her eyes burned into my back.
"Hn." I grunted in response, not wanting to deal with all her screeching. I think I already dealt with enough from earlier today. I glanced at the clock on the wall. 12:47AM. Lovely. I wasted so much time here.
Drew entered the room again with a small, red cooler in his arms. He raised a brow when he saw me facing the wall. "Having fun making out with the wall?" He questioned. Dawn giggled.
I growled in response, but I didn't say anything. I just stared at the cooler.
"What's that?" Dawn asked innocently staring at the cooler too.
"Oh, it's just something to spice up the game." May giggled.
I had a queasy feeling inside of my stomach.
Please don't let this be what I think it is. I pleaded to myself inside my head.
May reached over Drew's lap and lifted the top of the cooler. Dawn gasped when she saw was inside, shocked to know what it was. My stomach dropped to the core of the earth as I leaned over to peer what was inside.
Beer.
Luck definitely wasn't on my side today.
~End of Chapter One~