I began to feel myself, my senses returning to normal, my thinking process reactivating routinely. I can feel my legs and pain on my head. My left eye opened followed by my right eye. They both had blurred vision which soon focused. I can feel my back resting on something soft; my head was on something comfortable. I was laid down on the bed, my eyes were pointing to the ceiling, all I saw was a light, casting its many rays onto my eyes. I lifted my head and looked around the room. I instantly realized that I was in the clinic of this school.
Fury is building inside of me; I want to have revenge on Paul for what he has done to me. I was getting very irritated at this moment, about to go flying out of this room like a ball of fire heading towards the target with such seeking rapid intensity, anything in the way would be obliterated and spontaneously combust. I saw the door open, and it was Nurse Joy coming in. I looked at myself, to my surprise, I am still wearing my clothes; only my shoes were taken off.
"Hello, I am Nurse Joy. Are you feeling well?"
"Yeah."
"I heard about the incident, it was pretty bad, I can assure you that. You recovered just fine; you were only unconscious temporarily, no brain damage, no bone structure or lethal damage. Just temporary unconsciousness. You are okay to leave the clinic, Paul is suspended from school and is not allowed to get near you at the other school." I am relieved to hear that.
"Thanks." I felt pretty weak. Just enough to get up.
"Take care!"
"I will." I left the clinic; I was heading to get my lunch at my locker and then head to the science room to eat lunch there. I didn't feel like thinking about what happened. I got my lunch and arrived at the science class. I twisted the doorknob and entered. I am shocked to see that everybody is soundless when I entered, they all seemed like dead people. I sat beside with Gary. Thank god this school has different lunch places, so I wouldn't hear a lot of talking and random people doing crap. I slowly started to scan people from my left, completely unaware of my front. Blue, May, Misty, Dawn and Leaf. I then instantaneously looked to Dawn.
"Hey, Ash." Dawn was the first to talk.
"Oh hey, Dawn." I staggered to keep my focus on Dawn.
"Are you okay Ash?" said Dawn, with a concerned expression.
"I'm okay; it was nothing huge." I then spotted a bruise on Dawn's arm.
"Dawn, what happened to you?" I asked; this time, I am worried about her, I don't know why. Dawn and I were the only people talking.
"Well, Paul hit my arm." Some people gasped. I gasped with them.
Everyone started to pay their attention to only Dawn and me. "Good thing Paul is in suspension; he won't harm you anymore." That caused her to smile.
"The truth is that Paul forced me to date him. Otherwise, he threatened he would beat me up and publish embarrassing pictures about me," said Dawn. Almost on the verge of crying, everybody gasped at what she said.
That's it; I can't see her in that current mood. I embraced Dawn. Her eyes lock with mine, her mouth opened and did not say anything. She was straightaway surprised. "Dawn, it's not your fault, there is nothing that shows you are guilty." She smiled.
"Thanks, I needed that." She hugged me. My face turned crimson. I look around, and I see people smiling, some were grinning. I didn't care.
Everybody has finished their lunch. We decided to chat for a while.
"Thanks the stars, Paul is gone, whew," said Leaf.
"Yeah, I'm glad about that. Let's talk about something different now, whenever I hear about that Paul incident, it damages my brain," said Drew.
"Oh guys, did you forgot that it was early dismissal today?" Blue said.
"What? Really?" I asked.
"Yep," said Dawn.
"Man, that's great. I can hear people cheering already, one more minute till the school ends!"
"Hey guys, we should all add each other on Skype! Do you guys have skype?" Gary asked. They all nodded. They took their time to add each other on Skype.
The bell has rung, everybody started roaring like crazy. The school was over, people slamming lockers, everybody was running outside, looks like this nightmare is over for me. I went to get my backpack from my locker and start heading home; it is going to be a long vacation. I met up with Dawn and the others.
"You guys feeling pumped?" Barry asked.
"Kind of," I said.
"I'm feeling pretty pumped, school work is finally over; I don't get any more stress!" Gary said, full of excitement.
I was unaware that I was getting closer to Dawn.
"Ash, you are too close to Dawn," said Leaf, giggling.
"Oh, sorry! I was distracted by something." That was embarrassing, wrong time to think about her.
"Were you distracted by Dawn's beautiful looks?" Blue asked, chuckling. Everybody started giggling with Dawn too. No, not this again, not another romantic torture trap. Hell! At this rate, I'm going to receive a beating of embarrassments. Please, not now. I already suffered too much at school today; I don't want to endure more problems anymore today. Arceus, I beg you for assistance, please, this is a full-on bombardment from this group, nobody will save me, it's every man for himself. I decided to play safe and say nothing.
"Is something the matter Ash? Too shy to respond back?" May asked. Seriously May, seriously?! Now you are involved in this? Great, just what I needed. Should have not taken the bait.
"Nothing, why don't you bother Dawn about it?"
"Sure Ash," said Barry. Yes, thank you. Finally, I'm not the target anymore. I grinned.
"Hey Dawn, what do you think about Ash?" She began to blush. Ha, take that! Payback for embarrassing me.
"E- what? Ash?" Dawn is significantly staggering with what to say. I began to chuckle hard.
"Ash, stop laughing!" Dawn said, she softly hit my back. That hit from her felt pretty nice. Nice? Felt? I'm stupid.
"Fine, I will." I chuckled in a teasing manner.
We will take our ways to arrive at our houses.
"Bye!" I said to everybody. Everybody said bye to each other.
"Wait, guys, when you arrive home, make sure to go on Skype!" Gary shouted. Everyone nodded.
I arrived home. I saw my mom watching TV, a channel on the current elections for president in the country. She surely loves politics. That was my mom; her name is Delia. She is pretty kind to people, very accommodating to guests, no, amazingly kind to strangers.
"Welcome back Ash! Proud that you are going to have a long vacation?" Delia asked.
"Yep, I am!" Man, I feel pretty happy right now. I unpacked my things from my backpack and threw them downstairs. I had a quick shower, clean for the day. I went upstairs and fell on the bed. Home sweet home. I left school with happiness. Why am I so happy? I thought. I think Dawn likes me; I can't wait to do something with her over the weekend. I began to daydream about Dawn. She is beautiful, the perfect match for me, it just feels right.
I could hear footsteps; I am still in deep concentration in my thoughts. "Ash, what are you thinking about?" Delia asked. She sure knows how to read peoples' minds.
"Um, nothing."
"It is probably Dawn you are thinking about." She giggled.
"Mom!" I blushed hard. It's much more embarrassing when a mom thinks you love someone.
I realized that Gary said to get on skype, crap! I must have got my friends worried! I take out my phone and log on skype; I accede to the group chat.
- Ash has joined the group chat.
"Hey, Ash!" – Gary
"Hey, guys." – Ash
"hi guys im sorry if my spellig is wrong" – Barry
"Lol, you type horribly xD" – Leaf
"Guys, how about we all visit the caves on Sunday?" – Gary
"Sounds like fun." – Dawn
"Sure." – Misty
"I can come." – Ash
"Alright. Do any of you have plans for today?" – Gary
"Nope." – Ash
"me neither" - Barry
"Gary, I have a plan for you!" – Leaf
"What might that be?" – Gary
"I will talk about that with you in private right now, see you later guys! Sorry to leave early." – Leaf
"No problem." – Misty
- Gary and Leaf left the group chat.
"im bored im leaving cya guys" – Barry
"Cya." – Ash
"Bye." – Misty
- Barry has left the group chat.
"I'm going to go too; I will see you guys on Saturday." – Blue
"Bye!" – Dawn
- Blue left the group chat.
- May, Drew, and Misty left the group chat.
Unexpectedly, three people left at the same time. Leaving Dawn and me the only ones in the group chat.
"Ash, I got something to tell you." – Dawn
"Yeah?" – Ash
She isn't responding; I waited for a minute.
"Dawn?" – Ash
"HELP! Someone familiar is banging on my." – Dawn
She didn't reply anything else back. I started to feel apprehensive; that's it. Thank god I saw her house before and know where to go. My entire body began to crumble in fear; I decided to ignore it. I shut down Skype, put the phone in my pocket and ran down fast stairs. My heart was pounding; Dawn was in danger I thought.
Meanwhile with Dawn.
Paul has busted the door open. The sight of Paul brought a cold mood to the house.
"Hello, do you miss me?"
"NO, I DO NOT! I WISH MY MOM WERE HERE" Dawn screamed.
"Remember, I will beat you up and publish embarrassing pictures about you!" Paul said, with an evil grin on his face.
"I don't care what you are going to do! Ash will stop you!"
"What?! You don't like me anymore? Guess I will have to use force on you again."
"NO! STOP!"
Paul began to hit Dawn. He pinned her to the wall; he bashed her head onto the wall.
"Love me or I will continue to hurt you."
"NO! LET GO OF ME!" Dawn tried to resist but was hugely overpowered by Paul.
I opened the door.
"Where are you going, Ash?" Delia asked.
"Somewhere, I will be right back!" I ran off. I ran to my limits, that message sent my entire life to a sink, If I didn't save her, I would fall into corruption. I was sweating, running as fast as I could to Dawn's house. Finally, I reached her house. I saw her house opened; my eyes were widened, my body was in ready position. I ran straight into the house; my eyes caught Paul hitting Dawn. That made my eyes almost pop out; I was now a weapon of rage.
"LET HER GO OF HER!" I pushed Paul so hard; he was launched all the way to a wall. I am furious; I didn't care if Paul died, all I wanted to do is protect Dawn from him.
"You want to go? Dawn isn't right for you."
"DAWN DOESN'T LOVE YOU; THAT IS NOT HOW YOU MAKE A RELATIONSHIP WORK! USING FORCE TO ACHIEVE LOVE WON'T WORK!" I somehow became an expert at love.
Paul charged towards Ash. This time, Ash was ready.
Paul put Ash into a headlock but was able to break out, Ash and Paul exchange fists after fists to their head, arms, and chest. Ash kicked Paul hard at his leg, hurting his left leg. Paul swung his fist and missed Ash. Giving Ash a perfect opportunity to hit his face, which he did. Paul fell to the ground, but he grabbed Ash with him to the ground.
Dawn stood there, frozen, watching the entire fight.
"ASH AND PAUL STOP FIGHTING!"
The fight began to grow intense; some furniture was knocked over. Broken lamp, broken glass, and chairs. Finally, Ash knocked Paul unconscious. Ash held Paul to the ground allowing Dawn to call 911. The police came in a lighting speed of seven minutes and arrested Paul.
Ash had a bleeding face. At the bathroom, he wipes off some of the blood from his face. He is glad to see Dawn intact, only a few bruises on her arm again.
Her mom immediately came home.
"Dear are you okay?!" She was crying, her mom is Johanna. Very kind and worries a lot about Dawn.
"I'm alright mom, thanks to Ash, he stopped Paul from doing any further damage."
"I'm so grateful. Thank you very much, you look very hurt!" Johanna said, in concern.
"It's alright; it will heal up soon. Also, no problem!" I said.
"Dawn, don't worry about the broken furniture, the insurance company gave me enough money to replace the furniture."
"That's great," said Dawn.
Johanna hugged me, very grateful for protecting Dawn. I saw Dawn blushing, I smiled.
After twenty minutes of patching up bruises, scratches, and small cuts, I was able to head home.
"I'm going to head back; I was glad to help," I said, I somehow felt bad about leaving. Thank God, Johanna gave me a reason to stay.
"Ash, since you protected Dawn, I want to offer you dinner, would you mind staying?" Johanna asked.
"I don't mind; I did love to!" I said, smiling.
Dawn and I sat on the couch, we both hugged each other. As dinner is cooking, we were waiting at the table. We decided to have a small chat.
"Ash, thank you very much for you have done," said Dawn. With redness on her cheeks.
"No problem, don't mention it!" I said, in a cheerful manner.
I don't know if I should hold her hand to make her more comfortable, I don't know if she has feelings for me.
"Dinner is ready!" Johanna shouted.
"Sweet!" I said.
"Ash enjoys food a lot," said Dawn, chuckling. I'm glad to see her smile, even after what happened.
"Hey Dawn, is Ash, your boyfriend?" Johanna asked, with a grin.
"MOM!" Dawn shouted. Her face flushed red. I laughed, somehow nervous if she was going to say something bad about me. What am I thinking? I'm sure she wouldn't talk like that.
We finish eating dinner; I enjoyed the food Johanna cooked. The food tasted like God's food. I have to say; she cooks much better than my mom.
"I enjoyed the food! Best food I have eaten in a while!" I exclaimed.
"I'm glad you enjoyed it Ash, after all, that's my way of saying thanks for protecting Dawn," Johanna smiled cheerfully.
"Hey, I'm not weak you know!" Dawn seemed bothered by her mom. I couldn't help but laugh with Johanna.
"You guys…" Dawn glared at us.
"Cheer up Dawn!" I said.
"Yeah, okay."
"Anyways, I have to go, goodbye! Thanks for offering delicious dinner, I'm glad to have helped!"
"Your welcome, you will always be remembered," said Johanna.
Dawn and I exchanged a hug; I was blushing pretty badly, she giggled.
I then headed off home. This time, I know nothing else is going to happen. Paul is a summoner of corruption, a statue that creates problems every second, good thing he is gone. I arrived home; I saw my mom a bit worried.
"Dear, where were you?" She asked.
"I was at Dawn's house."
"Tell me what happened there, did you both manage to kiss?" Delia giggled hard.
"MOM, THAT IS EMBARRASSING ME!" She surely loves to play around with me.
"Dawn's mom, Johanna; offered me dinner because I saved her from Paul, who was attempting to beat her up, everything is fine, he went under arrest, I protected Dawn, which was all that mattered."
"I'm sorry to hear that! But at the same time, I'm happy! I don't know who Paul might be, I'm just glad you saved Dawn, you are a very brave man, I'm so fortunate to have such a young man!"
"No problem." I headed upstairs to sleep. What a day, hopefully, tomorrow is when everything settles down. I fell fast asleep.
Saturday. 10:31 PM.
I woke up, out of all the many times I woke up bored, exhausted, or just destroyed in bed, this time, I woke up excited, with a lot of energy. I'm falling for Dawn, not only she is beautiful and kind, she gives me the strength to rise every day.
I headed downstairs to eat breakfast. After I finish, I headed off to Dawn's house. On my way to her house, I am thinking about how to greet her properly, guess I was that nervous. Alright, this is Dawn we are going to meet. I don't want to ruin the moment, I have to be perfect, everything precise, I have to be sincere. I can't be a garbage junker and talk to her in such bad language. Otherwise, she will not like me back. I'm so worried that I might make a mistake, I must keep my cool. I pray that Arceus will help me with this beautiful girl I'm going to encounter. If Arceus does not feel like assisting me, it's a shame for me; prayers won't give me a hand. I arrived at Dawn's house. I took a deep breath. Refreshing everything in my body, thinking with clarity about Dawn. Ignoring everything else, ignore the weather, ignore stress, full attention to Dawn I thought, this is it. I knock on her door, each time I softly beat the door, electricity flows through my entire body whenever I knocked on that door, my teeth were gritting with each other. My hands felt like sweat, good thing I applied a lot of perfume to myself, not too much at least.
I heard Dawn's voice. "I'm coming!" I almost forgot what to say when she was going to open the door; I felt so many shivers going down my spine. I'm too nervous; I can't retreat now! Suddenly, I see the door opened, I took a quick deep breath, eyes locked with Dawn, don't mess up, I thought to myself.
"Hey, Ash!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Hello, Dawn!" I said.
"Come in, Ash." Everything is working out, just don't be nervous I thought to myself again.
Dawn and I sat on the couch.
"Hello Dawn and Ash," said Johanna.
"Hello, Johanna," I said.
"Going to hang out with Dawn?" I blushed.
"Yeah." Great, now Dawn can see my huge blush on my face, same with Johanna. I might even get hammered down right in this house.
"That is very sweet," said Johanna. Winking at Dawn and me. I saw Dawn blushing this time. Suddenly, I forgot what I was going to say after that. But, Dawn said something.
"Hey Ash, how about we take a stroll through the forest?" Dawn suggested.
Thank Arceus, I don't even know who to thank, Dawn or Arceus, I was saved majorly that time, if it wasn't for her, I would have messed up big time, or was it Arceus changing the chain of events? Now I'm thinking very silly things. "Sure, great idea Dawn!" I liked the idea.
Dawn and I went outside. We took a walk through the forest, I observed Dawn's face, I saw some sweat on her face, guess I wasn't the only one. I felt something grip my hand, to my unbeknownst surprise, Dawn was holding my hand. I began to sweat heavily, but I remembered to myself, keep it fresh.
Now it was my turn, I don't know if this was going to change history, but it has to be done. I can't wait anymore, not this time, I won't retreat, this is a perfect time, after months of a developed crush on her, I cannot back away now.
"Dawn, I have something crucial to tell you," I said. Breaking the ice.
"What is it?" She seemed anxious.
"Dawn, after two months of attending this school, I developed feelings for you." Dawn gasped. I have to follow my heart; I need to be sincere!
"Dawn, I love- "I was interrupted, my eyes went wide open when Dawn placed her lips on mine.
"Ash, no need to say it. I love you too, I always wanted to tell you, but I couldn't because of Paul." This time, we kissed each other deeply, our lips met, I felt everything about her, everything I ever wanted from her is now fulfilled, I was no longer nervous. We broke for air. We then embraced each other.
"Ash, I'm glad I was able to find a person that is a perfect match for me."
"Me too." I placed a peck on her lips.
We finished taking a stroll through the forest, and we headed to our homes. Dawn and I shared a quick kiss before heading back.
I arrived home, blissful than before.
"Delia, me and Dawn kissed."
"Aww! My grown boy has a girlfriend!" She began to sob.
"Don't cry now, it was incredible!" I feel like crying too, but I would find that embarrassing.
"I'm glad; you are a grown man."
"Thanks, I will head to sleep now." I headed upstairs and slept, I am so fortunate, so content that I was able to express my feelings for Dawn.
Sunday. 11:47 PM.
I woke up from my bed; I sat there thinking about today. My life will remain happy, and I wonder what they will use to tease me with when I say Dawn is my girlfriend. We usually meet at the school when we go to different places. I got ready and headed off. Everything seemed alive, glowing brightly with harmony I thought. I was only two minutes away from school, then I saw a familiar face, who could that be?
"Hey, Ashie!" Dawn said, cheerfully.
Ashie? I sort of like that name. "Hello, Dawn." She hugged me.
"You are coming to the caves right?"
"Yeah, that's why I'm going to meet up with everyone at the school."
"I see, I'm coming too."
"That's great." Yes! Dawn is coming too; this is going to be more fun than I expected.
Dawn began to hold my hand; I glanced at her. She had a crimson face, how cute.
Dawn and I arrived at the school; I saw Gary, Leaf, Drew and May waiting outside. They were waving towards Dawn and me; I waved back. All of them were surprised that I was holding hands with Dawn. My face began to turn red. I didn't expect this.
"What is this Ash? Care to explain?" Drew asked, grinning. Everyone clearly had their full attention on us.
"Umm." I had nothing to say; I could only repeat that word over and over. Dawn answered for me.
"Well, guys… Ash and I are dating now," said Dawn. Her face is currently melting; same goes for me.
"Aww, I thought Ash would never get a girlfriend," said Leaf. Teasing me.
"Hey, I'm not that bad!" I shouted. I heard a lot of giggling.
"You are officially a grown man," said Gary.
"Make sure not to lose her," said May. Teasing Dawn and winking at me.
"I won't! Now stop bugging us!" Dawn said, bothered.
"Fine, pay up if you want us to stop bugging you," said Leaf. Grinning.
"Pay what?" I asked.
"Pay Dawn a kiss and we will stop bugging you."
"What?" My face melted. Not with people here! Arceus can't help me now. Dawn stood there, frozen. I guess she is too shy. If the hope of God can't give me a hand then I suppose I will have to do this on my own, it's probably a debt. Something I owe to Arceus because I asked for too much help.
I leaned close to Dawn, our lips met and we tried another kissing type, French kissing. The kiss lasted much longer than I expected.
Everybody was watching in awe. I didn't feel nervous anymore; I knew that this day was going to be the best.
End of story. Sorry for the long wait, I had a lot of school work to do. I'm glad if you enjoyed. Please rate and review! Thanks.