Dawn

Dawn yawned as she stretched her arms out. She laid her arms lazily around her head and she tried to fall asleep again, yet the sound of soft snores woke her up. Dawn sat up, almost hitting her head on the bunk above her, and looked to the other side of the room.

Dawn's eyes got wide when she saw that Paul had passed out on Reggie's bed. Since his shirt was off, Dawn could see the bandage that was wrapped around his stomach. He also had an ice pack on his eye that was very close to falling off. Dawn stood up and slowly made her way across the room, feeling blind as a Zubat.

She sat at the edge of the bed, being very careful not to wake him up. Dawn couldn't help but fix the icebag on his eye and pull the blanket over him. Once she felt that she had done all she could without waking him up, she realized that there was a note on the bed post.

Dawn pulled the sticky note off the bed post and read it; she noticed Drew's handwriting on the spot.

Hey Dawn,

do me a favor, if you ever wake up, let's say, midnight,

Dawn looked at the clock next to the bed, which said 11:59. "Wow," she whispered as light as possible. "Perfect timing," and as she said that, it turned to 12:00.

she went back to reading the note.

Change Paul's bandages. Reggie went out of town to find something for Nurse Joy, and I can't sleep with your snoring, so you get the job. But only do it if you see blood, which is not likely, another reason I didn't sleep in that room. What's the point of doing it if it might not happen? I still don't understand how he can't sleep in that quiet room, but can fall asleep like nothing to the sound of your snoring! Love, I guess.

P.S. Please get to this before Paul, he will kill me...

Dawn's face was red when she stopped reading. "I do not snore," she mumbled as she pulled back the blanket harshly. She looked at his bandaged stomach to find something she didn't expect.

Blood.

Sure, it was just a little, but it was enough to scare Dawn into a frenzy. She started to breathe really fast and her breatheing turned to panting. Her panting got so loud, Paul's eyes started to open. He sat up, Making Dawn squeal. "Don't do that!" she yelled/whispered to him. "You can't get up!"

Paul rolled his eyes at her. "Nurse Joy said I would be fine. I can get up and down, as long as I change the bandages," he looked down at his stomach.

Dawn bit her lip. "I-I saw blood," she mumbled. "That's why I don't want you up,"

Paul looked at Dawn, strait in the eyes. Dawn's pulse went haywire as she stared into his Dark eyes. She started feeling dizzy when he put his hand on her shoulder. He smirked at her. "You, don't worry about me," he said, sternly. "I'm not the one you should be worried about, anyway," he pointed back to Dawn's bed. Dawn turned from her spot on the edge of the bed. She looked at the foot of her bed and gasped.

"Pikachu!" Dawn cried, forgetting to be quiet. The small yellow Pokemon at the end of her bed lifted it's head.

"Pika... pi?" he mumbled and he rubbed his eyes.

"Oh, Pikachu!" Dawn ran at full speed to the Pokemon's side, and automatically scooped him into her arms. "You must be so worried about Ash! And Misty! An-and-"

"Pikachu!" Pikachu cried as he let out an electrifying Thunderbolt. He shocked Dawn and made her fall to one side.

"What a stupid Pokemon," Paul said as he stood up.

Dawn sat strait back up. She looked down into the Pokemon's deep black eyes. "He's not stupid. He has a lot of stress to let out," Dawn mentioned. "Think about it, Paul. First, he finds out that Misty got hurt, badly. Then his master tries to kill himself out of guilt. That has to really mess up your Pokemon,"

"Ash is a stupid kid," Paul said. "Not to sound all, 'Ashey', but he didn't think about his Pokemon, and how they would react. Or the people that cared about him, which is not me,"Dawn watched Paul walk towards the bathroom. "first of all, if that Misty girl makes it, she'll hear what he had done and she'll probably try to kill herself. Second of all, he shouldn't have done what he did anyway. I mean, he left her for you. He should already had some guilt about that, anyway,"

"No need to take it out on Pikachu, though," Dawn mumbled loud enough for him to hear. She looked down at Pikachu. "If you need to let out some stress, let it rip. Use Thunderbolt on me!"

Pikachu's eye filled with tears as he gave out a little cry, and he used the attack. Dawn was so shocked at first, but after a few seconds of pain, she felt a different pain. It was the pain of the Pokemon in her arms. Not physical, but mental. She felt what Pikachu was Mentally feeling. The Pain, aggony, and the chaos that he felt when he saw Ash...

The Thunderbolt stopped. Dawn felt her tears sting her cheeks. Pikachu was crying on her shoulder, calling out, "Pika pi!" Dawn had a feeling he was calling out Ash's name. When Pikachu see's Ash, he would call out 'pika pi'...

Paul's hand was felt on Dawn's shoulders. She looked up with her teary eyes, and wiped the tears away. "Sorry," she whispered to him. "I couldn't help but cry,"

His hand left her shoulder and cupped her cheek. She looked back into his eyes. "I don't mind," he whispered lightly, causing a chill to go down her back. She realized something as she looked into his eyes.

'This love stuff... it isn't that bad after all...'

May

May walked down the halls of the Pokemon center towards the room where Paul and Dawn were in. she knew that Dawn was a heavy sleeper, and the only way to wake her up was to... actually, she didn't know what could really wake her up. 'Maybe say that her hair is a mess?' May thought evilly with a giggle. It didn't matter, she needed her to be asleep.

May was about to open the door when she heard the sound of a Thunderbolt. The sound of Pikachu froze her and started to make her remember her last phone calls... all three of them.

1- Ash's

2- Misty's

3- Conway's

Call with Ash (after she got the call from Paul to go to Littleroot)

"Hey, May. How's it going?" Ash asked with his normal smile.

"It's going great!" May answered with her brightest smile.

"I heard from your brother your going somewhere?" Ash asked.

May smiled sheepishly, "Yeah. I got a call from this guy named Paul,"

Ash rose an eyebrow. "Yeah?"

May giggled. "Yeah. At first I thought he was cute, but then he acted like a total jerk," May rolled her eyes. "Anyway, he said he got my Number from Dawn's book thingy. Turns out Dawn had a run in with some Um, I don't remember what he said. Just that they were chased. He said that I should go to Littleroot to be there for her when she woke up. I knew from then that he so had a crush on her," May smiled. "Why else would he want to call her friends to be there for her?"

Ash gave a cold glare. "He's probably in a hurry and Nurse Joy wont let him leave her, so he called you so he could get away,"

May gasped. "Ash! What's with you? Why do you think he would do that-"

"He had purple hair and dark eyes, didn't he? That was my rival in Sinnoh. He's a real jerk who doesn't give a damn about his Pokemon,"

May gasped again. "Since when do you cuss? It's so not like you!"

Ash laughed and seemed to turn back to his normal self. "I don't know, Ha-ha!"

May shook her head. "So, why'd you call?"

Ash gave a small sad smile. "Oh, I'm breaking up with Misty,"

"What!" May yelled into the phone.

"When everyone else finds out, act surprised with them," Ash said. "Keep it a secret!"

"But!" May cried.

"You can't say anything! I'm leaving her because of what you just said!"

"Wait, what? Ash, what do you mean?"

"May," Ash said. "Dawn's afraid of love,"

"What?"

"She's afraid of it! And if you think that Paul likes her, it could put her into a mental breakdown. Listen, I know she likes me. Or, liked me. Anyway, if I can get to her first, I can prevent her from making a big mistake. Paul is not the type for her,"

May glared at the picture of Ash on the screen. "Who made it your Decision to decide who is the type for her?" and May hung up the Phone, making a mental note to tell Paul about the special phone call she shared with Ash.

Call with Misty (first arrived at Oldale, after the kiss thing)

"Please do this for me," Misty begged.

"But, Misty!" May begged back, starting the tear train.

"Tell him I'm in a comma! Please don't let him know I'll be okay. I want him to think he can't talk to me. I never want to talk to him again! Why'd he break up with me!" Misty cried into the phone. May saw her on the screen. She was wearing a green hospital suit, and her hair was let down. Her hair was usually beautiful down, but at the moment it was a mess.

"I-" May mumbled. "I know why,"

"What? Tell me!" Misty begged on the Phone. "I need to know!"

May let the last tear fall. "He did it because he found out that Paul liked Dawn. And... Dawn's afraid of love. He didn't think that she should fall for Paul. He thinks he's a jerk. He didn't want Dawn to get hurt-"

"So he broke my heart instead!?"

The phone was disconnected. Before the screen went black, May saw Misty rip off the cored of the Phone. Drew, who was next to her the whole time, shook his head. "And I thought Ash was smarter than that. Paul is good for Dawn. He can make her strong,"

"I know," May mumbled. "But everyone else thinks it's such a bad idea,"

"But we know," Drew flipped his hair.

May giggled at him. "Yeah,"

Call with Conway (When Dawn went to bed the day Paul was hurt. A.K.A. Just got off)

"Ha-ha," Conway laughed on the phone. "Yeah, I know her secret. I found out the same time Ash did. I was behind the door,"

"Is that what you meant when you said something to her," May said. She shook her head. "What did you say to her?"

Conway cleared his throat. " 'I know your secret, Dawn. Ha, I know everyone's secrets. Things are not going to turn out as you planned, Dawney' ," he shook his head. "That secret is not exactly what I meant, but part of it, yes. Oh, and Kenny knows too. He was behind a door when he heard too. Ha, ironic. Paul didn't get hurt by that tree, just so you know. It was Kenny,"

"What? I didn't even tell you Paul was hurt!" May looked at Conway like he was crazy. "How did you know?"

Conway smirked. "I just do. I know everything," He laughed evilly on the Phone, sending a scary chill down May's back. "Oh, and you better find Pikachu before he tries to kill himself, too,"

then he hung up...

Back to May!!

May turned around, not even thinking about opening the door and seeing whatever may be behind it. She just cried silently and ran back to her room. She slammed the door behind her and ran to her bunk.

Drew jumped out of his bed and went to her side. "May, what's wrong?"

May wrapped her arms around Drew and cried into his bare chest. "They trust me with everything! Why? Why do they put so much pressure on me?"

Drew wiped her hair out of her face and lifted her chin. "Why do you let them put all that pressure on you?"

May looked into his eyes. 'he's right' she thought before she pressed her lips to his and fell into something that escaped reality.

Dawn

Dawn smiled at Paul. She leaned in and pressed her lips to his, shocking him more than Pikachu shocked her. When she pulled away, she saw Paul's mouth wide open. She giggled and Pikachu smiled. Pikachu jumped away from her lap went behind her. He pushed his head on her back, pushing her into Paul's arms. Dawn laughed at Pikachu before she again pressed her lips to His, losing her fear.

Paul pulled away with a confused look on his face. "What the fuc-"

She put her finger on his lips. "That is not a nice word, Paully-pocket,"

Paul rolled his eyes. "You got a lot of nerve," he pulled her onto his lap. "Luckily, I have more,"

Dawn's face went bright red when he said that. He shocked her as he picked her up and threw her across the room onto the other bunk. When she landed with a large bump, she glared at him. "What was that for?"

He rolled his eyes again. "For kissing me without my permission," he walked across the room and sat next to her.

She rose an eyebrow at him, making him smirk. "Well," she said. "Like I need to have permission to kiss you,"

It was Paul's turn to raise an eyebrow. But she barely saw it. She pulled him by his shoulders into a strong kiss. Paul's hand went to her cheek, deepening the kiss, and making Dawn moan in his mouth. Paul pulled away. "Don't get too into it," He whispered to her.

She giggled. "Speak for yourself,"

Paul smirked again. "Go to sleep,"

Dawn frowned. "Um, Okay," she started to get up, but Paul pushed her down. Dawn gasped. "What was that for?"

"You're sleeping with me," he stated simply. Dawn's face went so red Paul could see it in the dark. He rolled his eyes yet again. "You're sleeping in the same bed as me,"

"Whyyyyy?" she asked, sheepishly.

He leaned down and kissed her lips softly. Dawn's eyes started to close when he pulled away. "Because you can, De-de,"

Dawn groaned. "Please! Don't call me that!"

Paul laid down next to her. "Fine,"

Dawn smiled as she cuddled up close to Paul. Paul's hand was felt on her back. "You're getting better at this," he pointed out.

Dawn blushed lightly. "Yeah, it's so easy with you,"

Paul pressed his lips to her forehead. "I'm glad,"

She giggled before she fell asleep.

Paul

Paul listened to the way she snored lightly. A smirk appeared on his face when it started to get louder and louder, then gradually get softer and softer. It went in the pattern over and over, creating a rhythm that helped Paul close his eyes.

The only reason her snoring was okay with him, is because of a nightmare he once had when she passed out. He was going to die, but if he could find Dawn, he would be spared. It was one of those crazy dreams where you had to choose a door. Their was a person dressed in a black cloak (Scary!) and was staring Paul down. The man (or woman!) in the cloak explained that there was three sleeping girls, behind the door, and he had to find Dawn.

It was the familiar sound of her snores that saved his life in his dreams. He thought it was corney and idiotic, but he was never bothered with her snoring again. (hm, the dream must have really freaked him out!)

Paul's eyes shot open at the sound of rustling behind him. He turned his head and saw Pikachu making a pallet on the floor. Pikachu, in the middle of dragging a pillow on the floor, looked up at Paul with his sad eyes. Paul rolled his eyes and patted the edge of the bed, allowing the Pikachu access to the bed for the night. Pikachu smiled at him gratefully and jumped on the bed, automatically snuggling up to Dawn.

Paul, not able to fall asleep, started to think about the random things that lead to that point.

1- bumping into Dawn on the boat

2- battling with Dawn

3- betting with Conway

4- ditching Dawn at the Pokemon center

5- buying Dawn that magazine

6- running across Littleroot Town, being chased by a mob of fans

7- inviting May to show up when Dawn woke up

8- finding out May's boyfriend (even if she doesn't want to admit it) to come with her to see Dawn

9- agreeing with Drew to crash Dawn's and May's sleepover...

10- giving Dawn money to shop

11- overreacting when finding out she used his money for a dress

Paul thought of only those, not even daring to think about the most recent events. But thinking about number 7 more clearly, he started to remember his convertation with May that could have stopped Ash from what he did.

With May (arriveal at Littleroot with Drew)

"Hi!" the girl, that Paul had just found out was May, called. "You're Paul! I'm May, F.Y.I. And this is Drew,"

Paul rose an eyebrow at Drew, who did the same back. Paul rolled his eyes. "I don't like you," and turned around to leave him behind.

Drew laughed. "I like this guy," he pointed to Paul with his thumb.

May rolled her eyes. "You would,"

Drew frowned at her. "What's that supposed to mean?"

May gave out a weird 'alien abduction' sound before she screamed. "CLONES!"

Paul grunted. "This is going to feel like an eternity,"

"Better believe it!" May motioned with a thumbs up and huge smile.

Paul glared at her. "You a friend of Ash? You sure act like him,"

May gave Paul a clueless look that had a secret... other clueless-ness to it. Paul could detect it.

"Ash is a cocky dude, dude," Drew said as he held his hands behind his head. "It can rub off on anyone,"

"Not me," Paul, with his hands in his pockets, started to walk away from them. "Pokemon center's this way,"

"We know," Drew said, jogging up to walk next to him. "We've been here before,"

"I care, why?" Paul mumbled as May complained about having to run up to them to catch up. They entered the center and went directly to Dawn's room. Paul pointed inside. "In there. I'm going to get something to eat," he turned around to leave.

May got excited. "I'll be joining you soon!"

Drew rolled his eyes. "No doubt about that," he mumbled.

Paul walked into the cafeteria and grabbed something from the buffet. He sat down, getting ready to eat, when someone was suddenly next to him.

"Hi!" May chimed as she sat next to Paul. Paul looked at her plate and gulped.

so... much... food!

"I need to talk to you," May said as she took a bite out of something random on her plate. "That's why I got here so fast,"

"Hm," Paul mumbled as he stared at the girl.

"You see," She mumbled with her mouth full. "Ash is coming to Hoenn," Paul glared daggers.

"Why would he come here?" He asked, emotionless.

"Because," she grumbled. She swallowed her food. "He thinks that if you start to like Dawn, it could end badly. She's, um, sensitive," she watched him for a reaction.

Paul raise an eyebrow at her. "You mean, he thinks I like her?" he shook his head. "No, I don't like her,"

May sighed. "That's bad. He broke up with Misty already,"

Paul crossed his arms, "Explain,"

May smiled. "He broke up with Misty so he could come here and pretend to like Dawn so she wont fall for you," She said in a smiling rush.

"Okay, 1, I don't like Dawn. 2, he broke up with her for nothing. 3, I heard that Dawn was afraid of love, so it wouldn't work out anyway," Paul grunted. "sensitive,"

May gasped. "You mean that she told you!"

"No," Paul said. "But it seems she told you,"

May shook her head. "Ash told me. She told Ash, and him alone,"

"Hm," was Paul's only response.

"Paul," May said. "You have to stop Ash from what he wants to do,"

"Why should I?" He asked, not really caring. (or acting like he didn't care) "It's not like I like Dawn,"

"But Paul," May almost screamed, but lowered her voice. She sighed. "Listen, let's say it's not Dawn, or Ash. You like a girl, but her friend doesn't like you, so her friend breaks up with someone that really cares about them so that you can't go out with the girl," She rushed out. "How would that make you feel?"

"What are you now, my shrink?" he spat at her.

May groaned. "I give up! You're hopeless!"

Paul chuckled. "It's what I do best," May sat next to him, gloomy at the moment, not even touching her food. Her eyes got wide and she sat strait up and faced him.

"Paul, what if you start to fall for her? What if you start to like her?"

Paul looked at her questionably. "Doubt it,"

"But what if you do?" May asked, hopefully.

Paul rolled his eyes yet again. "I might do something-"

May gave a girly screech. "Here's the plan!"

Back to Paul!!

The plan was working so far. Make Paul look like he was doing something or planning something Horrible, that was step 1. And step 2?

About to unfold.