Alright, as a special birthday treat for me, you guys get the sequel! Yay! This chapter is long, and hopefully meets your standards.
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Sadly, I don't own Pokemon. Even sadder (for me at least), I doubt that I'll ever own Pokemon.
Alright, I'll let you get on with the fic already. An update might take a little while, since I have to finish writing chapter 2, and it's about halfway done at the moment. Plenty of romance and teenage drama is coming, so hold on for the ride.
"Dawn! Dawn! Guess what! Guess what!" May practically screamed in the pretty bluenette's face as Dawn closed her dormroom's door behind her. It was 8:00 AM, time to get on her way to class, before she was late. May's dorm room was two halls down from Dawn's. They were happy to discover that their dorms were both on the same floor, the third floor to be exact.
Ash, and many of the friends that he'd made throughout the different regions had established a group that met at the fountain between the girl's and boy's dorm houses, sat together at lunch, then walked back to their dorms afterwards. It wasn't a huge group, but it wasn't a clique, like the groups that most of their roommates were a part of.
"Morning May." Dawn greeted the excited brunette, who was fumbling with something in her purse, which she'd taken to carrying with her when she wasn't in class.
"Look! Look!" May exclaimed, now shoving a piece of pink technology in Dawn's face.
"Your Pokegear?" Dawn asked, confused.
"No, it's not Pokegear, it's much, much better! It has different features than a Pokegear, and it's smaller too! It's my new cell phone!" May explained.
"Cell phones aren't the latest thing, everyone's got one. What's so special about yours?" Came a female voice from behind Dawn's back. "And I suggest that you move your ass out of the doorway before I move it for you."
"Good morning to you too, Marcia." Dawn said, grabbing May's sleeve and forcefully pulling her out of the doorway, as she too moved to the wall beside the doorway.
The blond payed no attention to Dawn, flipping her hair over her shoulder and sauntering away down the hallway, carrying her purse, which was the latest fashion, of course. Dawn could see that Marcia's skirt had been adjusted. It was shorter than usual. It seemed that the blond had re-worked her skirt's hem, making it two or so inches shorter than it had been originally.
"I just got it! My mom thought that it said me all over it! It came yesterday, but I knew that you had your history project to finish, so I didn't want to bother you. I'm super excited!" May exclaimed, clapping her hands and jumping up and down like a child.
"That's so cool, May!" Dawn responded enthusiastically.
"It's cheaper than Pokegear, both to buy and to use. I love it so much." May was so excited that her words were followed by a high pitched squeal.
"Thanks for that, May, I'm deaf now." Dawn said, putting her index finger on her right hand in her right ear.
"Sorry Dawn. But I'm just so excited!" May exclaimed. She jumped up and down again, clapping as well as making the high pitched squeal noise again. Then she stopped, eyes wide, hands covering her mouth and sweatdropped. "Oops, sorry Dawn."
"It's ok. Now, lets get to class before we get detention for being late." Dawn suggested, glancing down at her pink Poketch.
"Alright!" May exclaimed, shoving her phone back in her purse, and grabbed Dawn's hand, taking off running at full speed down the hallway. Dawn's backpack, which was slung over one shoulder, nearly came off and fell to the ground. Dawn barely managed to catch it as May dragged her down the hallway and into the elevator at full speed.
"May! Slow down, please!" Dawn exclaimed, almost tripping over her own standard school-issued black loafers.
May was so excited that she practically jumped up and down the entire elevator ride, and then when the doors opened, she grabbed Dawn's hand again, and began to run at full speed out of the building. This time, Dawn had a good grip on her backpack, and didn't almost-lose it again.
Zoey was standing at the bottom of the stairs, outside their dorm house, and Dawn grabbed Zoey's wrist as May dragged her by, adding Zoey to the chain. Zoey looked surprised and confused for a nanosecond, until she realized who was leading the chain. Then she smiled.
"Morning May, Dawn!" Zoey greeted them.
"May, can you let go of me now? Please!" Dawn pleaded, letting go of Zoey's wrist. Zoey kept running alongside Dawn, her backpack on properly like May's was. Suddenly, May's grip on Dawn ceased, and Dawn tripped, landing flat on her face. Zoey skidded to a stop beside her, calling to May to stop too, as May didn't seem to have noticed what had happened.
Dawn's right cheek was burning so badly, she could have sworn that Cyndaquil had used flamethrower on only that part of her face. It was stinging like someone had thrown acid on her face, and she couldn't stop tears from welling up in her eyes. A tear escaped from her right eye, and slid down her face, touching her right cheek.
"OW!" Dawn screamed, quickly moving her hand to her right cheek.
"No, sweetie, don't touch it." Zoey said, grabbing Dawn's wrist before she could touch her face. "Come on, I'll take you to the nurse's office, we need to get you cleaned up."
"Oh-my-gosh! I'm so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so-so sorry Dawn!" May exclaimed, looking panicked.
"Calm down, May." Zoey said, getting hold of Dawn's arm in a way that she could help the injured bluenette up. "Let's get you up."
By this point, Dawn couldn't hold her tears back, and every time a tear reached the painful graze that now marked her right cheek, it stung more and made her cry even more. Dawn's hands too, were slightly grazed from where she'd caught herself during the fall, but it was her face that had taken the most damage.
"I'll come to the nurses office with you." May said quietly, her voice shaky.
Carefully, Zoey helped a sobbing Dawn to her feet, while May hung back, looking afraid to go within a five-foot wide radius of her injured friend, as if she were afraid that she'd somehow manage to hurt her again.
"Not...your...fault." Dawn sobbed to May, glancing over at her pretty brunette friend. May gasped inwardly, actually seeing her friend's injury for the first time.
"Please Arceus, don't let that scar." May prayed inaudibly, feeling that if the graze scarred, then she would have ruined Dawn's good looks forever, which was something that she'd never forgive herself for. If it scarred, then she'd be reminded that it was her fault, every time she looked at Dawn.
"May, you got a Kleenex?" Zoey asked, starting to walk.
"Oh...uh... yeah!" May said, digging through her purse, and pulling out a small plastic-wrapped package of Kleenex. She tore open the plastic packaging and pulled out a tissue, promptly handing it to Zoey.
"This might sting a bit." Zoey cautioned, dabbing a small drop of blood that had been diluted by Dawn's tears, from Dawn's face. Dawn gasped in pain, but didn't protest as Zoey kept walking her down the path in the direction of the nurse's office.
"This is all my fault, all my fault." May was mumbling to herself as she followed.
"Hey guys! Might wanna hurry up before we're late!" Misty called from where their group of friends was waiting for them, ready to get on their way to school. It was obvious that they hadn't seen Dawn's cheek yet.
"Come on! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" Barry exclaimed impatiently.
"Dawn? What's wrong?" Ash seemed to be the only one who noticed that something was wrong with the bluenette, until he called out to her and started to run over to the trio of approaching girls.
"She tripped and fell. We're going to the nurse's office to get her cleaned up. You guys go on ahead, we'll catch up with you later." Zoey told them. The girl with spiky red hair then shifted her gaze from the group of approaching teens, to the quiet brunette beside her. "You go to class too. No need to worry, right Dawn?"
Dawn swallowed and spoke. "Yeah, what Zoey said. I'll be fine May." She didn't turn her head to look at her group of friends, or to look at May.
"But I want to come! I feel like this is all my fault!" May protested, her voice still shaky.
"Why is it your fault, May?" Drew asked softly, putting a hand on the brunette's shoulder comfortingly.
"Because if I hadn't made Dawn run, she never would have tripped!" May exclaimed, her voice cracking. She made a choking noise, as tears welled up in her pretty blue eyes.
"It's not your fault." Dawn said firmly, turning to lock gazes with her friend. However, in turning her head to do so, she revealed her injury to their group of friends, who gasped, making May burst out into tears.
"Come on, it's not your fault May. Dawn's already told you that twice. Don't blame yourself, it was just an accident." Zoey told May calmly. "Now you guys, go to class before you all get detention for being late!"
The group was wide eyed, but all nodded and followed Zoey's orders. Drew was quietly trying to convince May that Dawn's accident wasn't her fault, while Barry seemed more eager than ever to get to class. Leona was trying to slow him down, while Kenny kept casting a glance back at Dawn. Tracey was trying to engage Kenny in conversation. Ash lingered behind the crowd, along with Misty and Gary.
"Cheer up Blue, you're still pretty even with that graze on your cheek." Gary told her, awkwardly patting the top of Dawn's head. Misty raised an eyebrow at him, her hands on her hips, when Dawn's back was to them, and he shrugged, giving Misty a lopsided smile.
"Gary, stop checking her out! You're such a pervert!" Misty hissed at Gary, although only loud enough for him to hear.
"Am not! And I wasn't doing any such thing!" Gary retorted, though only loud enough for Misty to hear. "Why, are you jealous?"
"You have such an over-inflated ego, it's a wonder that it doesn't burst! Just because I don't think it's appropriate for you to be checking Dawn out at the moment, you automatically assume that I'm jealous. Unbelievable!" Misty growled at the brown haired boy.
"You're pretty unbelievable yourself." Gary replied with a smirk and a wink, knowing that the comment would make the redhead angry.
"You seriously need a reality check, mister!" Misty snapped loudly, making Ash and Zoey glance back at the duo in alarm. Ash's attention wasn't on them for very long, but Zoey raised an eyebrow at them before turning her attention back to Dawn.
"As much as I hate to admit it Dawn, Gary's right. That graze won't be there forever, so don't be sad. And I'm sure that it'll stop hurting soon!" Ash piped up, moving around to Dawn's other side, and putting his hand on her arm.
"Notice how the best part of my 'Cheer up, Blue' comment went right over his head?" Gary commented to Misty quietly.
"Hers too." Misty nodded, trying to end their private conversation. Her seafoam green eyes were still smoldering, and her teeth were gritted.
"You know you're hot when you're angry?" Gray whispered to Misty, knowing that his comment would tick her off even more.
"Maybe I should go swimming then. Cool off." Misty retorted, no longer keeping her voice quiet and private from Ash, Dawn and Zoey.
"Can I come watch?" Gary asked with a smirk.
"If you're going to come swimming with me, when why not come in the water?" Misty replied sweetly. Gary was surprised by her sudden change of tone. Then she gave Gary a look that he didn't understand, or at least, he didn't until she spoke again, in that same ultra-sweet tone. "Because I can't hold your head under the water if you're hanging about on the poolside."
"Hey Ashy-boy?" Gary asked. Ash looked around, and Gray pulled the raven-haired boy backwards, almost causing Ash to fall backwards, before placing the raven haired boy between himself and Misty. "Yeah, hey Buddy, why don't you just walk back here, with us?"
Ash took one look at Misty, and seeing that she was still in a temper, he shook his head, and leaped forward a few paces, nearly bumping into Zoey. Instead of walking beside Dawn again, Ash walked on Zoey's other side, smiling at his two coordinator friends cheerfully, as if trying to cheer Dawn up with his infectious smile. "No, that's fine thanks! You and Misty seem like you're have enough fun without me!"
"You know, I could really go for a swim right now." Misty commented dreamily, obviously thinking about the Cerulean City Gym. However, Gary didn't seem to catch onto what Misty was remembering, and his eyes grew wide. Looking panicked, he increased his pace to walk on Dawn's other side. Misty looked confused when she realized that Gary had no longer walking beside her.
"Look guys, I can handle Dawn from here. Now go to class!" Zoey ordered them sternly. Obediently, the trio nodded and broke away from the group, making their way towards the school.
"You know, Zoey, you don't have to come to the nurse's office with me. You can go to class with Ash, Misty and Gary." Dawn told her redheaded friend.
"Why, don't you want me to come with you?" Zoey asked curiously.
"No, it's just that you sent May off to class. You shouldn't miss class because of me."
"I sent May away because if you need stitches or something, then she's going to get even more upset, and blame herself even more."
"Stitches?" Dawn whimpered, sounding afraid.
"I'm sure that you don't need stitches. But if you did need them, May would feel guilty about it. I'm just using stitches as an example."
"Well, you still don't need to come with me, though."
"Well, Dawn, when I hurt my ankle, you were there for me. Now that you're hurt, I want to be here for you. It's what friends do."
"Oh, I suppose."
"Satisfied?"
"Thanks, Zoey."
"No problem."
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