You're Alive? Ch 2
Paul's POV
Platina. Dawn. Platina. Dawn.
Those two names kept repeating themselves over and over again in my head. For the first time in a while, I could barely pay attention in class. I shook my head. What was wrong with me? Platina… she was gone…right?
A voice interrupted my thoughts. "MR. SHINJI."
I looked up, scowling. "Yes?"
Mrs. Glade, my math teacher tapped her foot impatiently. "If you were listening before, you would have known that I called on you to do the math problem on the board."
"Yes, ma'am." I stood up went up to the board, solved it and just went back to my seat. Math was a blow off class for me. Heck, all of my classes were blow off classes.
I glanced over at Drew. Drew wasn't paying attention either. He was zoning out.
I sighed. He was probably thinking about…Platina again. It pains me to even say her name. I guess you can say I had…a little crush on her.
Okay. Fine. I had a huge crush on her. Only girl I ever did have a crush on.
My heart was torn after I heard it.
But Drew took it the hardest. She was like his little sister.
Suddenly, I turned mad. Real mad. Because of this stupid Dawn chick or whatever, all of us have to go through the pain we went through before when we lost our best friend. It took so long for us to recover from it. And I'm pretty sure none of us are still completely over it. Now, that she's here…it's triggering everything back. But even worse. It's like she's alive…when she's actually not. Memories of Platina over flooded me and it started to bring teardrops around my eyes. I shook my head.
Don't cry. Not again. You are THE Paul Shinji. Stop being a baby.
But they still came out.
Memories. Her smile. Her laugh. Her voice. Everything about her. It was so…perfect.
This Dawn. Her smile. Her laugh. Her voice. Everything about her. It was so…similar.
Dawn. Why did this name sound so familiar? I swear I heard it before somewhere before…My thoughts were interrupted by Drew. "Come on Paul, class is over. Football tryouts is today. And if we finish fast, maybe we'll get to see the girls try out for cheer."
I looked at Drew. He was such a bad actor. He kept glancing around nervously. I sighed. Drew was covering up his pain with fake enthusiasm. But then again. Everyone was.
I gave him a small smile. "Alright. Let's go."
We walked down the hallway together joined by Gary and Ash. No one spoke.
"Um. G-guys?" Ash started.
"Ash, please. PLEASE don't bring that topic up again." Gary pleaded, sorrow in his eyes.
"I'm sorry, guys. It's just. T-they are just…so…similar." Ash whispered softly.
Drew stopped. We looked at him. "We have to find out who that Dawn girl is." He said. "WE HAVE TO. I can't take this anymore. I've been thinking about her all day. If we don't find out soon, I'm going to go insane." Drew was raising his voice.
"DREW. ." Gary tried soothing him.
Drew glared at all of us. "Don't you guys want to know what's up with all of this? This CAN'T be a coincidence. How is it that after 3 long years that a girl JUST like Platina comes out of ENGLAND. ENGLAND. And says she's Dawn BERLITZ. HUH? HUH?"
"Drew…she's dead…" Ash said.
"You said it yourself." Gary added.
"D-Drew…we went to her funeral" I said, a little worried.
Drew sighed. "I'm sorry guys. It's just. This just…c-can't be a coincidence. It CAN'T. Dawn is hiding something. I don't know what. But I'm going to find out what that is. And…Dawn. Her name. I swear I heard it before…"
"GARY!" a voice called out.
We all turned around. It was Leaf along with May and Misty.
"What?" Gary said.
Leaf crossed her arms. "You guys are 20 minutes late for tryouts. The coach is flipping out that his best players are nowhere to be seen. You guys better hurry up."
Ash looked up at the clock. "Oh, shit. She's right. Let's go guys."
Leaf called after them. "I'm always right!"
Misty's POV
Right after we found the boys, we went back to cheer tryouts. The football coach asked us about the guys and ordered us to find them so the cheer coach excused us. As we were walking down the hallway on the way back, we saw a flash of cobalt hair pass by. I looked at May and Leaf. They nodded. We went towards the direction we saw the hair going. We turned the corner and saw the blunette. She turned sideways. It was Dawn. Hmm…I swear I heard that name before… maybe I'm just going insane…
Right when she looked our way, all of us quickly turned the corner and hoped she didn't see us.
"Do you think she saw us?" Leaf whispered.
"Let's hope not." May replied.
"Come on girls, let's go to cheer" I said.
"What took you girls so long?" the coach scolded.
"Sorry Miss. Idet. It took a while to find the boys." I said.
"Okay then. Well ladies, it's time to start tryouts. Kristie, you're up first."
A perky blonde started up on the field.
The girls kept trying out until it came to Leaf's turn.
Right when she was about to start, we heard a voice. "GO LEAF!"
We turned. It was Gary along with the rest of the boys.
"Looks like they're done with tryouts already." I said.
"Of course they finish before us." May rolled her eyes.
I laughed. "Hey, do you think Leaf will be cheer captain again?" May whispered.
"Yeah, the coach usually announces it right after tryouts who the cheer captain will be."
Right after Leaf's tryouts, the girls cheered. She went over and high-fived the boys and we gave her big hug. "You did great!" I exclaimed. "Thanks" she smiled.
"Okay girls, next up, May. Come on sweetie."
May looked at us nervously and walked over to the field.
Drew smirked at her and said "Don't fall July."
May scowled.
After her tryout it was mine. Right after I was done. The coach looked around. "Is there any other girl who didn't try out yet? Last call for tryouts. Last chance too." she added.
"WAIT." Shouted a girl. Everyone turned to the direction of the voice.
I widened my eyes. It was Dawn. She stopped in front of the coach. "Sorry I'm late. I got lost."
"Let me guess. New?" the coach asked? Dawn smiled sheepishly. "Yeah…"
The coach smiled. "It's fine dear. You can start your tryout now."
Dawn nodded.
As she stepped on to the field. It was dead silent. Us and the boys were staring at her the whole time.
They look the same…
Dawn started. There was a stunned silence. We all looked at her with gaping mouths. She was so good. She was just like. Her.
After her tryout no one clapped. No one shouted. It was silent. Dawn looked around nervously.
"Did I do something wrong?" she said.
The coach interrupted the silence. "Dawn. I'm making you cheer captain. You may go now." Dawn shifted uncomfortably and walked off into the locker room.
Leaf looked at me with terrified eyes.
"Leaf….are you okay?" I asked.
The boys came over. "What's wrong Leaf?" Gary asked.
"D-Daw-." She started.
"Leaf, it's fine that you didn't make cheer captain." May assured.
"N-no, that's not it. Her moves…are just like…Platina's…" Leaf managed to get out.
There was a shocked silence. "What?" Drew managed to get out.
"Those flips. Those cartwheels. EVERYTHING. They're the s-same….."
"How do you know?" Paul demanded.
"We did cheer in middle school together. Misty and May didn't do cheer, remember? We always practiced together. Those moves. They're the same. She is the only one that can pull those off."
"That's it." Drew stood up. "We're finding out who that Dawn girl is. NOW."
Paul calmed him down. "Drew, we can't stalk her or anything. Let's try being friends with her."
Gary nodded. "That's probably the best way to get to know her better."
May stood up impatiently. "HOW CAN YOU GUYS WAIT? I WANNA GO NOW. I WANT TO KNOW RIGHT NOW."
"MAY." Leaf shouted. "We're not gonna go anywhere like that."
I nodded in agreement. I looked at everyone. "Tomorrow morning. Homeroom. Got it?"
They nodded in agreement except for Drew and May. After a lot of arguing and persuading, they eventually agreed.
"Come on guys." Ash said. "It's getting late. My mom's going to freak."
May nodded. "Same here."
Gary looked at Leaf. "Let's go." The two walked off.
Ash, Paul and May took off in another direction while me and Drew walked the other way.
The walk back home was an awkward silence. Drew broke it.
"Misty…?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you think Platina is really…dead…?"
I stopped in my tracks. I looked at him. "Drew. We went to her funeral. The man, what was his name, oh yeah. Keith, showed us the pictures of the incident. Don't you remember?"
Drew sighed. "Yeah, I know. It's just. I NEED to know. I mean, how is this possible? Dawn and Platina are like the same person. Just different names."
Just then. Drew froze. "OH MY GOD. .GOD."
"What! WHAT!?" I freaked out.
"HOLY CRAP. THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENENING." Drew was spazzing.
"DREW. CALM THE FUCK DOWN. WHAT'S WRONG!?" I shouted.
"IT ALL MAKES SENSE NOW. Dawn. Platina. DAWN. PLATINA." Drew was pacing back and forth.
"DREW. WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU."
"Misty, don't you remember? I can't believe NONE of us remembered. Platina's real name…ISN'T Platina. It was her MIDDLE name. She told us a LONG time ago. I can't believe I forgot…."
I looked up at Drew. How could we forget about this.
Flashback
"Hey Platina! Wait for us!" Me, May, Leaf and the boys ran up to her.
She smiled. "Sorry guys. It's just that I'm so excited for 1st grade to start!"
Paul sighed. "You're always excited for everything, troublesome."
Platina pouted. "Hey, that's not the only reason plumhead. The sky is so pretty too." She giggled.
Drew looked up. "Yeah, it is. Dawn is always the prettiest time of the day."
Everyone agreed.
"That's my real name." said Platina.
"What?" I said. All of us looked at her.
"Oh nothing. No need to worry. Let's go inside guys. I can't wait 'til school starts!"My face was white as snow. "Oh my god. Her real name was…."
Drew looked at me grimly.
"Dawn".
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