A/N: Hey! What's up? Haha. I know I haven't updated this story in like...three weeks...and this story gets WAY more reviews and views than my other story...hehehe...so I thought I should update! :D Warning: I wrote this in about 1 and a half hours around 10:30 pm...so it might not be the best chapter ever. It's just kind of a filler chapter. I had Freyja review/edit this for me...and there was like six things I needed to fix! (Thanks, Freyja! :D) Most sentences didn't make sense...but that's what I get for staying up until 11:30 writing a chapter for fanfiction when I should be in bed! ;D Haha. Now this chapter is making sense!...(hopefully!) XD The first half(ish) of this chapter is with Dawn and the girls, then it switches to Paul and the boys. :) ...But it's obvious...I guess I didn't have to tell you then...well I did anyways, so deal with it! XD Haha.

I had a fun writing this chapter! Hope you enjoy it as much as I do! :D

~Dolphinz514

*Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon! ...If I did...well...you would know! ;) All characters/materials borrowed/used belong to their respective owners.

Enjoy~!


Chapter 4:

Mission: Dawn and Paul Falling In Love?

Dawn let out a helpless sigh as she entered the tent the girls were sharing. Her entrance earned the attention of the other girls, who smiled to see that she was alright.

"What took you so long, Dawn?" Misty asked, who was brushing her short, spiky, red hair. "We were wondering what happened to you two."

"I know," Dawn replied as she placed Piplup on May's pillow. She grabbed her sleeping bag out of her backpack and unrolled it between May's sleeping bag and the tent's wall. She grabbed her light blue pillow next and laid it at the opening of her sleeping bag. "I know we got behind, but we're here now."

"What happened to cause you two to get so far behind?" May interrogated, her ocean blue eyes attempting to read Dawn's thoughts.

"It's a long story," Dawn said slowly, slightly blushing as she replayed earlier's events in her head. She reached for her pajamas from her bag, and started to change out of her daily clothes.

"Well, we have all night!" May said cheerfully, obviously hinting that she wanted to hear Dawn's story.

"Wait, why are you blushing, Dawn?" Misty observed, causing Dawn to blush even more vigorously than before. "Did something special happen between you and Paul?"

"...No...not exactly," Dawn answered as she pulled her silky pajama top over her head. "Well...I wouldn't call it 'special' though..."

"Wait! Did he tell you he likes you?" May questioned, her voice louder than it probably should be to avoid any eavesdroppers.

"What? No. Why would you ask that?" Dawn asked as she sat down on her sleeping bag.

"Because he does like you, Dawn," Misty replied bluntly. "It's so obvious, not even Ash could miss it."

"Oh," Dawn said quietly, bringing her feminine hand up to her chin and pondering the possibility of Paul actually liking her or not.

"So..what did happen today? It was obviously something that made you like him even more! I can tell because you're blushing feverishly!" Misty stated.

Dang, Dawn thought. Misty's more observant than I thought! Maybe it's from her experience of dating Ash...they have been dating for nearly two years now.

"Will you please tell us?" May begged sweetly, leaning in towards Dawn and clasping her hands together as if she was praying.

"And you better not leave out any details," Misty warned, winking an eye and raising on finger.

Dawn sighed and closed her eyes, knowing she wasn't going to be able to get out of this. She opened her eyes again and looked at Misty as she began to tell her story. "Paul was behind me when we started hiking up the hill. After about a mile of hiking, I began to think of Paul and how cute he was when he was carrying Piplup on his head...and I just lost my focus. I misplaced my foot on a rock and I slipped backwards."

"Ooh..this is getting good!" May cheered, squeezing her eyes shut and holding both of her hands to her cheeks.

"What happened next?" Misty inquired, placing her hands on her knees as she leaned forward towards Dawn. "Don't leave me waiting, girl!"

Dawn suppressed a small giggle before continuing her story. "I wasn't able to grab on to anything before I fell, so I shut my eyes tight as waited to hit the ground...but I didn't!"

May blinked obliviously as she was trying to see what Dawn was getting at. Misty raised an eyebrow suspiciously and smirked, obviously knowing what could happen next.

"I didn't hit the ground because Paul caught me! He quickly stepped up behind me and caught me! I was so surprised, I almost passed out right then and there!"Dawn exclaimed as she squirmed excitedly. "His hands were around my waist, and I couldn't help but blush a little, and I looked back and saw that he was blushing too! It was so cute! He asked me if I was okay, and I almost didn't answer! I was too caught up in the moment! After I answered and told him that I was okay, he realized he still had hold of my waist and let go after he made sure I had a good balance! He's so sweet! I had to make sure I had my full attention on the trail from that point on!"

"SQUEE!" Misty yelled as she stood up and pumped a fist in the air. "I feel romance in the air! This is so exciting! Dawn is falling in love!"

"Lucky!" May pouted as she folded her arms across her chest. "I wish I could have a moment like that with Drew! But it seems that whenever a moment like that is close, fate decides to hate me and snatch it away as fast as a Staraptor snatches away a Ratata for dinner."

Misty and Dawn laughed hysterically at May's observation of her unluckiness with getting closer to Drew. Misty sat back down and looked at Dawn with another wink.

"That's phase one of Mission Dawn and Paul Falling in Love!" Misty said excitedly.

"'Mission Dawn and Paul Falling in Love?'" Dawn repeated as she looked at Misty with overflowing curiosity. "What is that?"

"It's my plan of getting you two to hit it off!" Misty answered confidently, now that 'phase one' has fully kicked in. "May and Barry are in on it, too."

Dawn placed a palm across her face as she shook her head at her friends' brave decision. "You guys are crazy."

"Crazy, yes," Misty agreed, nodding her head. "But we're smart, too! This plan is going to work."

"It better! I spent a good amount of training time for planning this with you and Barry!" May informed Misty, pointing a finger to the top of the tent. "If this doesn't work out, I'll be ticked! Ticked, I tell you!"

Misty simply laughed in replacement of a response to May's demand. Dawn laughed too as she turned around to grab her ruby red poketch to see what time it was.

"Oh my gosh you guys," Dawn started as she turned back around to her friends. "It's nearly midnight! I don't know about you two, but I'm going to bed." She slipped under the top layer of her sleeping bag before she sunk down into her pillow.

"I'm exhausted!" May stated, fighting back a yawn. She stretched her arms and back before she also crawled into her sleeping bag.

Misty laid in her sleeping bag and propped herself by her elbows on her pink pillow. "I wonder how Paul felt about that moment," she asked openly before plopping her head on her soft pillow.

"Who knows what they talk about," May answered unknowingly of boys and their conversation topics. "I doubt Paul will say anything about that to the boys."

"I don't know," Dawn disagreed, turning around to look at May. "He just might, but I'm not sure if he will or not."

"I honestly don't care right now," Misty declared as she sat up in her sleeping bag. "All I care about is me and sleeping."

Dawn smiled to herself and shut her eyes after Misty turned off the lamp in the tent. All I can think about is how cute Paul is! She thought, suddenly feeling more giddy than tired. I really hope he talks about me to the boys...I just really hope he likes me! She turned so she was laying on her back, and allowed herself to clear her mind. I really do...Dawn thought before trailing off into a deep sleep.


"Then I caught her around the waist, and I completely lost all of my focus!" Paul explained as his cheeks began to wear a bright shade of flushed red. Barry, Ash, Brock and Drew had all gathered around Paul as he told his story of how he caught Dawn from falling on the hike. Kenny was sitting a little ways away from the group gazing off to the floor of the tent, becoming upset with what he was hearing.

I was afraid of this, Kenny thought as he glanced at Paul with a slight amount of hatred. I knew that he liked Dawn...I knew it! I should've seen this coming earlier...I have to stop it before it gets any farther.

"You totally like her, dude!" Ash responded as he placed on of his hands on Paul's shoulders. "I knew you did!"

"I can't help it," Paul admitted as he looked down at his hands. "She's just so...so...cute."

"She is pretty," Brock agreed, casting a glance at Kenny, who was still glaring at Paul. Seeing this, Brock gently tapped Kenny's arm to snap him out of his trance of strong dislike.

"You okay?" Brock whispered so the other boys wouldn't hear it.

"Yeah," Kenny grumbled staring at the tent's floor. "Dandy."

Brock sighed in sympathy for his friend. He wasn't sure who's side he should be on here. He was delighted for Paul because he liked Dawn and that she likes him in return, but he also felt awful for Kenny because he was in love with her, but she only viewed him as a friend. More of a brotherly figure, in fact.

"Whoa, guys, it's almost twelve-thirty in the morning!" Barry informed as he put his orange poketch down. "I'm hitting the sack!"

"I'm with ya there!" Ash agreed, quickly sliding into his sleeping back. Pikachu jumped up and joined Ash in the sleeping bag and snuggled up to Ash's warm body.

"Good night, everybody," Brock said after everyone in the tent had comfortably settled in their respective sleeping bags. "Sleep well; it's going to be a long day tomorrow."

Brock turned off the lamp and almost instantly everyone was asleep, except for Paul, who was lost deep in thought.

Why do I like her so much? I couldn't stand her when I first met her, but that was when I was such a cold-hearted, callous trainer back then. She seems like she's willing to get along with me now that I'm pretty friendly and caring, but does she like me? Paul interrogated himself, as he stared through the darkness at the tent's walls. Could it be that...

Paul jumped when Ash had suddenly let out a snore that echoed through the whole tent. He sighed and settled down once again and returned to his previous thoughts.

...I'm...

Paul closed his eyes as he waited for Sleep to encase him in its tight grasp. Letting out one more sigh, Paul asked himself one more thing before falling into a well-deserved sleep.

...in love?


So...is Paul in love? ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE! JUST KIDDING! XD I'm the author...I DECIDE! Muahahahaha :3
Poor Kenny! Will he be able to win Dawn's heart? Or at least tell her how he feels? And how long will Paul be able to hide his feelings for Dawn? A week? A day? A minute? A thousand years? (If he got that old...that would be BOSS!) Haha. And which side will Brock take in the end? How can he support both friends without upsetting the other? Poor Brock...it's always seemed like he gets stuck between arguments... -_-'''
Haha. Review your thoughts! :D PLEASE? I will sing a song if I get at least 15 reviews for this chapter before the end of this week. (Not really, but how cool would that be?) x3

Hope you liked it, and keep checking my channel for updates! :D I plan on updating either the end of this week, or the beginning of next week...but again THAT'S FOR ME TO DECIDE! Haha...I like being in control of the fangirls' impatience for my stories! (That's right, Freyja, I'm talking to you! Haha. I told her I would update my "Forbidden Love" story like...2 weeks ago..and I updated it like...two DAYS ago! XD She kept stalking my page and at school she would be like "UPDATE, WOMAN!" Haha. I luvz yous, Freyja! Haha. Besties rule! OH and P.S., Freyja: MINISKIRT ARMY FTW!)

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