A/N okay, so I went back and edited to authors note for chapter one, so you may like to go back and read it, i basically said that the characters are ages 14 and up. Anyway, I really didn't like this chapter. it took me a long time to write and then re-write, so sorry if they Dawn and Paul are OOC.
~enjoy
There she was, in her pink contest dress, with her blue hair up in a ponytail. She was standing by the entrance that led to the big stage. She was smiling as the announcer said her waved at the crowd.
He was in the stands looking at her, silently, not cheering like everyone else.
She spotted him, he was in the center of the seats, his arms were crossed as he glared at her. Her face brightened up as she saw his familiar purple hair and his face seeming to never change, sitting there, watching her. She stopped waving and the crowd became muffled. It wasn't like they stopped cheering, rather that he just stopped listening.
He focused only oh her, blocking everything else out. She was in slow motion as she closed her eyes. She brought her hands to her mouth. And blew him a kiss…
Paul opened his eyes, waking from his dream, cold.
The fire was dim and Dawn's hat was still on the ground, mostly dry now. Dawn was next to him, in the same position that he last saw her. He subconsciously moved his head against the cave wall behind him.
Her head was still sleeping on his shoulder, her arms around his waist, and his arm around her blanket covered shoulders. He looked down at her, she was peaceful and quiet and very pretty.
He frowned as he became mad at himself. 'Paul you idiot, stop lying to yourself.' He shouted in his thoughts, 'Admit it… you like her…'
He had trouble accepting that he could be feeling something for someone else, but he finally believed it. All the evidence was there and he knew it, he saw a couple of her contests on TV, he had dreams about her, and he was absolutely in love with her.
He sighed, still looking at sleeping beauty, feeling her soft breathing. He lifted his hand that was hugging her shoulder, but she shivered the tiniest bit.
Paul was going to remove his arm, but feeling her start to shiver so quickly, he decided not to. 'Okay then, I guess I'm stuck like this' He thought as he rolled his eyes.
So instead, placed his hand on the top of her head.
He took notice of her soft hair and he slowly began to stroke it, soft and clean, and she stopped her slight shivering.
Paul looked back out at the rain that still managed to fall. He was getting colder, as it was now the middle of the night. Then, Dawn unconsciously hugged him tighter, as if she knew he was cold. He looked back at her and wondered, 'What is she dreaming about?'
He was still stroking her hair, when a cold gust of win entered the small cave. He thought nothing of it, but Dawn moved a little, or at least that's what he thought, but she actually was starting to wake up.
She slowly opened her eyes. Her arms continued to stay around him and she smiled. Paul removed his arm from her; she was now awake but didn't move. She suddenly realized where she was; Dawn blushed and looked up at Paul. She was hugging him and he was just staring at her. "Ahh!" she exclaimed as she released her grip from the amused boy next to her.
'Oh my God! What was I doing?' she questioned her self. She herd him chuckle and she looked over at him, her face was red with embarrassment.
She grabbed both corners of the blanket around her shoulders and pulled them so that her whole body was covered and so that he couldn't see her blushing face. Dawn was embarrassed but didn't move away, they were still in close proximity; she tried to calm herself down, trying not to show that she was tense.
She knew she had always liked Paul, but she never knew she would do this while asleep. 'Great, now he's going to hate me! I'm going to get kicked out in the rain and I'll never get a chance to know him better.' She was saddened by that last thought.
She was flustered and didn't know what to do, so after a moment of silence she thought that she might as well apologize.
"sor-sorry I fell asleep on you, it won't happen again" she stated with a sad voice. "Well at least not on purpose, I wasn't thinking, I just fell asleep and I guess I leaned a little, I don't even remember, so before you get mad at me, it wasn't my fault…" she rambled but then trailed off as she watched him looking at her as she talked.
She just shut up and looked at the rain feeling humiliated. Paul turned his head away and said nothing, 'She talks so much, but… there's just something about her…'
Dawn just watched the drops fall outside, something was bothering her but she couldn't quite figure out what it was. She ran her hand through her hair and she could have sworn that she had just felt that a mere minute ago. Then it came to her, Paul was stroking her hair when she was asleep! She blushed a little at the thought of it. 'No, no, no, your jumping to conclusions dawn, relax,' she sighed, then another thought popped in her mind. 'Why was his arm around me?'
She looked over at him, they were still really close to each other and the silence between them was getting awkward. He looked back at her, wondering why she was staring at him with out talking. She opened her mouth, but her face flushed and she quickly shut it.
She bowed her head, closed her eyes and took a deep breath. Her face continued to be red. 'If I keep this up, my face will stay red forever' she thought to herself. 'Okay… here goes' she stared at her feet.
"Paul…?" She asked in a shy voice.
"What" he replied almost coldly, but not in a harsh tone.
"…Why um… Why… did you have your arm around me?" She asked with curiosity in her voice. 'Curiosity killed the cat' she thought holding her breath, anxious to hear his answer, staring at her feet. "I mean," she quickly continued, trying to fill the silence, "me sleeping on you was an accident, and I'm sorry but, you were awake then, so…" she trailed off, feeling him glare at her.
She turned her head to look at him but as soon as she did, she felt something soft on her lips. Her face continued blush and her eyes widened with surprise, before they gently closed in pleasure.
She didn't move.
After a few moments he pulled away and went back to the same position he was in before, staring at the rain.
Dawn just sat there, she reopened her eyes and was gazing at him.
'Did he really just kiss me?' she couldn't believe it. She brought her hand to her mouth hiding a small surprised smile.
Then she closed her eyes in delight and hugged him.
Paul was taken aback, though his face wouldn't show it. Dawn then pulled the blanket that was around her shoulder and started to wrap it around them both. "What are you…?" He started to say but was cut off as Dawn squeezed him again.
"Thanks" she said and put her head on his chest.
"For What?" He asked, he honestly didn't know.
"For letting me know" she replied simply.
"Humph" Paul decided that he didn't want to bother with any more questions. Dawn just hugged him and rested her head on his chest, while Paul didn't move, his hands were at his sides and his back was against the wall and the blanket was around them both, which made it a lot warmer for the both of them considering that the fire was almost out.
He was grateful that she stopped talking so he could get some sleep. But she fell asleep first, and he couldn't help but wonder why he kissed her. After a while He fell asleep too, just as the rain started to lighten up.
A/N well like i said, this chapter took me a long time to make, and i'm not entirly happy with it, but it's still a lot better then the first time a wrote it. so please tell me what you think and how i can improve it. Also include any ideas you may have for future chapters, i'm starting to run out :/ Anyway, i'll stop talking now~
