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Chapter seven: 2's company and 4's a crowd!

"Guys, we need to talk! Ash and Kenny found out about one out of three. And now, Zoey is going with you guys. What about us? They'll be on the look out to see if we're with her." Misty said as Dawn joined them.

"Geez, Zoey! I can't believe you let them find you like that!" Dawn said.

But, they were ignoring them because they'd kept on kissing.

"I give up. We'll still follow 'em, but we gotta be careful!" Misty warned.

"Paul! Zoey! Its almost 6! We're gonna camp out here tonight!" Ash yelled.

No answer from Paul or Zoey.

"Dude, you're not gonna get anything outta them." Kenny said.

He dryed his hair a bit with a towel.

Ash's towel was around his neck.

"Eh, it was worth a shot." Ash shrugged his shoulders.

He put on his sneakers and walked around, looking for dry wood to burn.

Dawn and Misty had went into the woods to camp out.

Ash went onto the ledge that was above Paul and Zoey.

He lyed down on his stomach and hung his head over the side.

"Hey come on. We're gonna start to get camp ready." He said.

"Ok." Zoey and Paul said at once. They stood up.

"Ya know, you're hot." Paul said.

"Thanks. You, too." Zoey answered as she walked away from him.

Ash pretended to gag and continued gathering wood.

Zoey dryed off and slipped on her jeans and shirt.

Ash came back with a big stack of wood and put it down in one pile.

He dropped to his knees and tried to start a fire by rubbing to sticks together.

Zoey, Paul and Kenny sweatdropped at his denseness.

Misty and Dawn has saw.

"I don't know what I see in him." Misty complained.

"Ash, why don't you get Monferno to help you out?" Kenny said very slowly.

"Oh yeah!" Ash stood up and got a Pokeball out of his backpack.

He released a chimp with flames burning on its tail.

"Fern!" It yelled.

"Can you help us start a fire?" Ash asked.

But it ignored him.

Instead, he saw Paul.

"FERN!" He screamed as he let a powerful fire blast out on Paul's head.

When the flames died down, Paul's whole head was covered in black sut.

He sighed and said, "Guess you're still mad at me."

"Fern!" It said before turning back to the wood pile.

"Are you ok?" Zoey asked as Paul shook off all the ashes.

"Eh, I've been through worse." He answered, smiling.

Ash returned Monferno after thanking him.

A fire was burning orange, red, and yellow.

They all sat around it.

Misty and Dawn watched.

"I can't believe she let herself get caught like that! I really can't!" Dawn said pacing back and forth.

"Dawn, take a pill!" Misty said.

"No! I will not! When I get through with her, she'll never go back on her promise." Dawn threatened.

"She never made a promise. We made her come." Misty pointed out.

"Oh shut up!" Dawn yelled.

They heard Zoey say, "I'll be right back."

She left the guys and walked right past the girl's camp.

Dawn pulled her into her.

"You are in so much trouble!" She scolded.

"What? You think its my fault I got caught?" Zoey asked.

Misty and Dawn looked at each other then back at her.

They both said, "Yeah!"

Zoey rolled her eyes.

"I'm sorry! I didn't want to get caught! It just happened!" Zoey pleaded.

"Right." Dawn accused.

"You're sayin' that I MEANT to do that?! Dawn I didn't even want to come. If I remember correctly, you made me come!" Zoey said.

"Oh please! Give me a break! You let yourself get caught so you could make out with Paul!" Dawn yelled.

"Give you a break? I have always been bossed around by you! Whether its pay for something you can't afford, or go back on someone's word and go on some stupid trip with you! Well, you know what, I'm sick of it! You knew that one of us was going to get caught one way or another! Didn't you?" Zoey asked.

Dawn didn't answer.

"That's what I thought." Zoey said.

Then she walked away.

Dawn looked at the ground.

"She's right." She muttered.

"What?" Misty asked.

"Zoey is right! I have been treating her like crap!" Dawn said though tears.

She sniffled and sat down, leaning on a tree.

Zoey went back to her campsite.

She sat down next to Paul.

"Where'd Ash and Kenny go?" She asked.

"They went to get more wood. You ok?" He answered.

"Yeah." She faked a smile, but she frowned again.

"That's a lie. What's bothering you?" Paul said.

Zoey sighed.

"Well, Dawn got mad at me for letting my self get caught. And I finally got sick of her yelling at me. So I told her off. But I suddenly feel really guilty about it." She explained.

Paul put his arm around her and pulled her into his lap.

"Don't worry. She'll be alright." He soothed.

Ash and Kenny came back holding wood.

They set it down and then sat down themselves.

"So, this makes four, eh?" Ash said, putting his hands behind his head and watching Zoey and Paul cuddle closer to each other.

"Guess so. I still don't like that Paul brought her along even though we said not to." Kenny added, folding his arms, "Its like he brought her so he wouldn't be stuck with us."

"So? They're in love for pete's sake! Let 'em be! What if Dawn were here?" Ash asked.

"What if Misty were here?" Kenny countered.

"Aw man, that'd be heaven!" Ash answered contently.

"I figured you'd say that."