Chapter One
Step One: Opposites Attract

"I wonder what kind of girls Paul is into," Dawn wondered out loud to herself, her piplup in her arms as she slouched against an oak tree.

"Piplup pip pip, lup?" Piplup suggested, shrugging its small blue shoulders.

Dawn frowned, shaking her head. "Maybe…" she murmured. "But we don't need him hooking up with a girl that is just like him," she told her piplup. "I mean, I don't think that would do his personality any good."

"Pip…" Piplup crossed its arms, scrunching it's face up in a thoughtful manner. "Piplup!" It shrieked suddenly, jumping up from Dawn's lap.

"What is it, Piplup?" Dawn queried.

"Piplup piplup pip," Piplup shrieked in his high-pitched voice. "Piplup pip pip lup pip!"

Also, in case you're wondering, translated from piplup language to English that means: "Like in magnetism, opposites attract! This could refer to Paul as well!"

Dawn's eyes lit up, and she grabbed her starter pokémon, snuggling it to her chest. "That's brilliant!" Dawn declared. "Paul may be attracted to somebody who is the total opposite of him!"

"Piplup!"

"Yeah, like me—Hey!" Dawn glared at Piplup who snickered.

"Piplup pip!"

Dawn scoffed, rolling her eyes at her starter pokémon. "Whatever…lets just get back to Ash and Brock so we can get some lunch into our system."

You wanna know what's ironic? That Paul could show up at any time, any day, any hour, out of no where. Really. One moment Ash, Brock, Dawn and all their pokémon were peacefully eating lunch, the atmosphere tranquil and everything, then the next moment Paul shows up and the atmosphere is cackling with tension just like electricity.

Ash, of course, greeted him cheerfully, only to scowl and glower at the man when he chose to retort back rudely rather than give a simple 'hi' in response. Dawn, however, had smiled when she saw him. It was as sweet as cotton candy and yet it was evil laughter that was echoing through her mind and ringing in her ears.

"Hello Paul," Dawn greeted kindly when he passed by her. "Nice seeing you again!"

He arched an eyebrow at her which was understandable enough. After all, the last time he saw this blue-hair beauty she was going off about him being a jerk-off to her friends and now she was being sugar-sweet. Briefly he wondered if she had mistaken him for one of her other goody-two shoes friends.

"What do you want?" He asked.

She laughed. Actually, it was more a giggle, but whatever. Her laughter rang through his ears, echoing its musical tune in his brain over and over again.

He glared at her.

"I just wanted to say hi," she told him with another laugh, smiling innocently up at him, tilting her head to the side and letting her hair fall over her shoulder. "I never had a chance to say hi to you before."

Ash and Brock exchanged confused glances with each other. What was with Dawn today that she was suddenly being nice to Paul?

"And?" Paul asked flatly.

Dawn's eyebrow twitched, but she continued smiling that venomously sweet smile. She needed to figure out a way to ask Paul what type of girls he was into without coming off as if she wanted to date him or anything.

"Hey Paul," Dawn started slowly, licking her lower lip and then pursing her lips together for a few brief seconds. "Have you ever considered getting a girlfriend?"

Paul's eyes widened for a brief second and he took a step back, glaring at her as he did.

Dawn wanted to face-palm herself. Nevertheless, she wasn't going to give up! She was going to frickin' find out what kind of girls Paul liked, and darn it, PAUL WAS GOING TO GET A GIRLFRIEND, and he was going to n-i-c-e! (That spells nice, by the way).

"No." He stated coldly.

"Really, you should consider getting one," she said flatly, her smile never faltering. "I heard love changes people for the better!"

Paul took another step backwards, and Dawn's eyebrow twitched.

"What kind of girls are you into anyway?" she questioned sweetly, batting her eyelashes. Wait, that looks like flirting! Again, Dawn wanted to face-palm herself.

"What's it to you?" he snapped, turning away.

Get back here, get back here, get back here, GET BACK HERE RIGHT NOW PAUL! Dawn was screaming in her head, her eyebrow twitching and her smile slowly turning into a frown.

"Hey! Get back here!" Dawn finally shrieked, standing up with both hands fisted at her side. "And answer my question already!"

Paul slowly turned back around, sighing. "By time you dropped that sweet façade…" Paul grumbled to himself. He sighed again, turning his glare onto Dawn.

Dawn easily met his glare. "Answer. My. Question!"

"What question?" Paul sneered.

Fire flared in Dawn's eyes but after a few deep breaths to calm her nerves, the fire in her cerulean eyes disappeared. "You know which question I'm talking about!" she snapped. "What kind of girls are you into?"

"How is that any of your business?" Paul responded back flatly, his expression bored. "Not like you have a chance with me."

That irked Dawn, but it also sent a wave of sadness crashing over her. Rejection always made her sad… But she would get over the rejection, and since the rejection was from Paul, it would only diminish twice as fast.

"And you don't have a chance with me," Dawn stated back calmly, crossing her arms. "I'm just simply trying to figure out what kind of girls you are into for reasons only I and a few significant others know about."

"Would those 'significant others' happen to include Ash and Brock?" Paul questioned dully.

"There are others…" Dawn replied back, sweat dropping. "Now stop avoiding the question! What kind of girls are you into already? You look like the type of guy who would be into girls that are the exact opposite of you, like, you know nicer, more fun, outgoing…nicer hair."

Paul raised an eyebrow at the last one but mentioned nothing about it. "I'm going," he stated flatly, already turning around to leave. Dawn sighed irritably, immediately running after him.

"You know, you should date Maylene! She's really nice and you could learn a thing or two from her!" Dawn called after him, running until she was in front of him. "Or Candice! She may be a few years older than you, but she's lots of fun and again, really nice!"

Paul continued to ignore the blue-hair girl.

"Hey, are you even listening to me?" she whined.

"Of course not," Paul snorted.

Dawn growled under her breath, crossing her arms in front of her chest. "Really though, you should consider taking up those offers I suggested! Maylene and Candice could really make you into a nicer and more enjoyable person, Paul!"

"Oh, so that's what you're trying to do," Paul mumbled to himself, his scowl deepening.

"Or even Zoey would be good for you—"

Paul spun around to face er, his glare like burning embers in a pile of ash and coal, startling Dawn who stumbled back a few paces. "I don't need a girlfriend, I don't want a girlfriend," Paul hissed. "So stop wasting your efforts, and stop wasting my time, got it? I've got better things to do then listen to you ramble on things I couldn't care less about!"

Dawn stared at him for a few seconds, her mind whirring as she fought for words to say. Finally the whirring in her mind stopped, and she was able to think clearly again. She glared back at him, setting her lips in a firm line.

"I don't care how long it takes," she started coolly, her blue eyes flashing. "But one day I will find you a girlfriend you will like who likes you back, and you two will live happily ever after! She will be happy, you will be happy, and you'll be nice!"

"Good luck on that," Paul sneered. "Because it's never going to happen."

Okay, I'll just go and apologize for any grammar mistakes right now. I didn't bother checking over this (again), harhahrhar... Eh. *sweatdrops* Yeah, I'm really lazy. At least I finished this chapter though, right? I actually wrote this whole chapter today, and am quite pleased with it. It was lots of fun to write. :P All the other chapters I attempted writing for this chapter were epic fails.

Okay, now, I'll make a deal: you review and I'll update faster next time! ;D (Or try to anyway). Thanks in advance to those who review this chapter, though. Also thanks to everybody who reviewed last chapter. You guys rock!

~Roxylicious