Dawn popped a white cd into her jigglypuffy CD player and begun to brush her dark blue shoulder length hair as the small radio hummed the intro of Vitamin Love by Yuko Ogura. I knew I would eventually have to go back to school, but I'm scared that everyone will notice my stomach…when I hit three months they'll definitely know that I'm pregnant. Dawn placed the brush on the sink and forced her hair into a high ponytail with the help of a red ribbon. The teen then pulled a navy blue v-vest sweater over her white long sleeve shirt, and smoothed her hands down her plaid skirt with a nervous exhale. My ultrasound is in a few weeks from now, I can't wait to see how much the baby has grown. I wonder what gender it'll be. I hope it's a girl! Dawn exited the bathroom and went back into her bedroom where she stuffed a couple of vomit bags into her black leather schoolbag along with six pokéballs and her Rilakkuma school supplies. Dawn attached a Mamegoma charm to her bag then carried Piplup downstairs into the kitchen.
Mom is still asleep, I wish I could thank her for making the bento box for me. Dawn tucked the dark pink bento box into her schoolbag and quietly departed from the house. Dawn placed Piplup in the wooden basket of her carnation pink comfort bicycle and sat down on the seat, placing her hand on her stomach and desperately holding back the vomit that began to travel upwards. I hate morning sickness! Dawn reached into her leather bag, but to her surprise it went away. You love teasing your mom, huh? Just don't pull this little stunt in class, please. Dawn placed her feet on the black pedals and rode off towards Jubilife city. Dawn attended Belasco High, a heavily populated and well known high school in northern Jubilife city. The school itself is rivals with another high school in Jubilife city and despite being a part of the same Key club organization, both divisions love to compete against each other. Dawn smiled as the tall buildings and sky scrapers of Jubilife city came into view. She pedaled harder until she reached her destination; Dawn placed her foot on the ground and gawked at the intimidating high school building. It's a lot bigger than I remembered… Dawn walked her bicycle over to the new bike racks, pulled out a brand new silver bike lock, and stooped down.
"Good morning cutie, need some help?"
Hot blood rushed to Dawn's cheeks as she turned her head to see who had called her cutie. A light brown-skinned redeye young-man wearing a black gakuran stood beside her bike; his spiky red hair is pulled into a rather neat ponytail making his blonde highlight noticeable and his crimson eyes sparkled in the bright sunlight. Dawn instantly recognized the redeye student as her friend Buck, she remembered meeting the ambitious trainer on her journey with Ash and Brock. Buck is one of the only guys Dawn doesn't have a crush on, he's is strictly in the friend zone. The boy dropped his brown leather book bag on the ground beside her and crouched down by her bike, helping Dawn lock the front wheel to the bike rack.
"I haven't see you at all during the break. How have you been?" Buck asked as they strolled into the large building.
"A predicament occurred during the last few weeks of vacation and it has been keeping me occupied." Dawn replied. "I'm still dealing with it, but it should be over in seven months or so."
"Seven months?" Buck repeated with a frown.
Before Dawn had the chance to come up with a ridiculous excuse, she found her back against the wall and an arm abreast of her head. The arm belonged to a rather disturbing bespectacled male student by the name of Conway. The third year student ran his fingers through his short green hair before pushing his glasses up the bridge of his nose. I see Conway is still…creepy as ever…maybe he's gotten a little creepier or perverted… Dawn laughed nervously and waved to Conway, though she had to hold piplup tightly because he didn't like Conway at all.
"Long time no see, Dawn! Hmm…did you get cuter?" Conway breathed.
Conway reached to lift up Dawn's skirt but piplup sent the perverted student stumbling back with a peck to the chest. Buck grabbed Dawn's wrist and sauntered off only to bump into a female student and her gabite. Oh no…anyone but her…! The girl huffed and turned around, folding her arms against her navy blue blazer. Her peach hair is done in thick drill locks supported by two lavender ribbons, the fire in her red eyes blazed at the sight of Dawn, and a smirk replaced the contempt expression on her blemish free face. There was no mistaking that the student in front of her is Ursula, Dawn's most competitive and malicious rival. This was a cruel twist of fate…
"Oh hi Dawn and Buck. Honestly you two should at least say sorry for rudely bumping into me and watch we're going, you almost made me dropped my thermo. It's full of hot coffee and if it spilled on my skirt or blazer then I would have strangled you." Ursula threatened. "Anyway you two have already wasted enough of my time. I guess I'll be seeing you two in the auditorium today at the lunch, tạm biệt!"
Ursula did a back hand wave while walking off towards her homeroom classroom. Academically Ursula is better than me, but if I try hard enough I know I can reach her standards and possibly surpass her! I just have to switch all my classes to honors and learn how to study for hours with this little one in side of me. Dawn clamped a hand down over her mouth and bent over in pain, placing a hand on the wall for support. Buck watched piplup hug Dawn's leg, obviously concerned about his trainer. Buck quickly put an arm around Dawn and made her stand up straight.
"Dawn, are you alright?" Buck asked.
"No…please go into my schoolbag and you'll see this blue bag. Hand it to me as fast as you can." Dawn instructed.
Buck nodded and quickly searched her bag until he found out a blue vomit bag. He handed her the bag then blocked everyone's view of Dawn and blasted his music up so no one could heard her. Dawn probably has a stomach virus or maybe she ate too much this morning. Her stomach is kind of bloated, but I won't point that out in a time like this. Once she was finished, Buck turned down his music and hurriedly led Dawn to the nearest girl's restroom to dump to the bag and clean herself up. Dawn quickly disposed of the soiled bag and pulled out a travel size bottle of mouthwash. How embarrassing! I can't believe I just threw up in the hallway, but if Buck weren't there then things could have escalated quickly. Dawn shook away her thoughts and gurgled the mouthwash before spitting it into the sink. Dawn hesitantly walked out of the bathroom surprised to see Buck waiting for her with piplup in his arms.
"Hey are you okay Dawn? Do you need to go to the hospital?" Buck asked as he handed piplup over to Dawn.
"I'm fine now and I don't need to go to hospital, but thank you so much Buck." Dawn answered, tearing up a bit.
Buck wiped her tears away and pulled her into a hug. What's gotten into Dawn? It's not like her to get sick at school especially on the first day and I've never seen her cry…there's definitely something she's not telling me, but if Dawn wanted to tell me something then she would have told me by now. I better not force her or anything. Dawn withdrew from the hug and smiled up at Buck sniffling a bit then allowed him to take her to the main office where they picked up their new schedules. Dawn excitedly looked over the schedule, eager to know who will be in her classes this year. Whoa, I have my Ms. Daisy for homeroom! She's like the nicest teacher on the entire planet! And I finally have study hall. Dawn smiled happily at her new schedule and tucked it into her aqua blue three-ringed binder.
"I have Ms. Daisy for homeroom, I'll see you later." Dawn chirped.
"Awesome, see ya!" Buck nodded.
Dawn watched the redhead adolescent run off. If I told Buck the truth I don't think he would believe me or take it lightly, but he's a loyal friend and hopefully I can count on him for support during the rough patches of my pregnancy here at school. It'll be hard enough to tune out the teasing and laughter of the other students when they see how big my stomach has gotten, but I hope he'll be there to protect me and stand up for me…voice my opinions. Dawn lifted up her v-vest sweater for a second to examine her growing stomach. Hopefully he won't turn on me…I'll do everything in my power not to drive him off like I did to Misty. Dawn took a deep breath and went to classroom C-1 in the west wing of the large bustling high school. The shy blue-haired girl took a seat at the window and dropped her schoolbag, keeping it by her feet.
"Dawn?! Is that you?!"
Iris, a brown-skinned dragon trainer from the Village of Dragons, approached Dawn's desk. For once her dark purple hair wasn't fluffy or done in its regular style, it was straightened and her bangs were also straightened and trimmed. Iris looks like a whole new person! I almost didn't recognize her! I totally prefer her hair down like this, but I should probably keep that comment to myself. It might offend her. Dawn watched Iris plop down at the desk next to her and pull out a vibrant manga. Dawn instantly recognized the petite blonde on the cover as the female protagonist of the popular josei themed manga, Honeysuckle. Her eyes grew wide in excitement then she frowned.
"Long time no see, Dawn! Look what I picked up on my way to school." Iris greeted.
"Hi Iris, I didn't know you read Josei manga. I thought you were into action and adventure like Buck." Dawn said, a hint of confusion in her voice.
"Sometimes action and adventure gets boring, I like to read a good romance novel or manga every once in a while to mix things up. Anyway, how have you been over the break?" Iris shrugged.
Dawn gulped nervously and began to smooth the wrinkles out of her pleated uniform skirt. I have to tell her! Iris has a right to know about the pregnancy, after all she's like a sister to me. Dawn pulled out her Black Butler themed notebook and a pink glitter pen, quickly writing down everything that happened during the last few weeks of vacation. Dawn carefully ripped out the page she had written on, handed it to Iris, and quickly urged the girl to read it. I hope she doesn't freak out and tell the entire class I'm pregnant. Dawn gripped her skirt as she nervously watched Iris silently skim over the paper.
"Please tell me this isn't true." Iris finally said.
"I'm not joking around or anything, it's all true." Dawn said.
"When I see Kenny I'm going to kick his butt!" Iris snarled.
Dawn couldn't help but giggle. Iris wasn't the only person who had a bone to pick with Kenny and she certainly won't be the last. Even though it was her fault for letting Kenny knock her up, Dawn knew most people would side with her. After all he's not the one who has to carry around a human being in his stomach nor does he have to deal with the ghastly morning sickness or swollen ankles. He had abandoned her when she needed him the most and she hoped no one would side with him, although she had a feeling that Ursula would side with Kenny simply because their rivals. Right before the warning bell for homeroom rang, a slender woman entered the classroom. She was dressed formally and her shiny black hair is held together in a neat bun. She pushed her red framed rectangular glasses up the bridge of her nose and leaned against the desk with a paper in her hand.
"I know I only have you all for thirty minutes so let me hurry up and explain the announcements. After that feel free to socialize with your friends, but tomorrow I will assign you seats." Ms. Daisy addressed.
After listening to the morning announcements on the PA system, Ms. Daisy explained all of it and answered a couple of questions. Just as Iris leaned over to read the Honeysuckle manga with Dawn, Barry pulled up into the empty seat behind Dawn. It's a good thing that I live in the sinnoh region with Dawn, I get to see her every day! Ash Ketchum doesn't have enough credits to study abroad so he can't attend to this school unless he magically moves here. And the possibility of that happening is 1 out of 100,000,000! Speaking large numbers that's how much Ash is going to owe me! Yes, I'll fine him 100,000,000! Barry snickered quietly before glaring at Lucas who took a seat behind Iris.
"What the heck are you doing here?!" Barry whisper yelled, hitting Lucas.
"I wanted to say Hi to Dawn." Lucas murmured innocently.
"Fine, but keep your filthy hands off her." Barry asserted.
Barry aimed to tap Dawn, but to his surprise she was gone. What the heck just happened?! Barry frantically looked around only to see that half of the class had left including Ms. Daisy. It must be first period…I wasted my time knocking some sense into Lucas…dang it! Barry jumped up from his seat and speed out of the classroom with Empoleon by his side. Lucas gasped and picked up his thick white binder, his turtwig hopped onto his head.
"Wait up for me, Barry!" Lucas called.
•••
The auditorium was jam-packed with students, clubs, and sports teams that were advertising themselves. Despite not being able to perform any cheer routines to impress the wandering students, Dawn still dressed in her pink and orange sleeveless cheerleading uniform to support her team. I might not be able to practice the new routines with them, but I'm still their captain and I must support my family of cheerleaders. Dawn happily chanted the school's anthem through a pink megaphone and performed a couple of the hand movements with the rest of her squad on the stage. After executing a perfect new routine, Dawn told her squad to take a five minute break.
"Honestly, do you really think jumping around and shouting a whole bunch of nonsense will encourage other female or male students to try out for cheerleading?" Ursula asked with a snort.
"Actually that's not what we're doing. My squad is only here to pump up the students and encourage them to join other clubs or sports teams, it's just a coincidence that they happen to be signing up for try outs next week." Dawn answered. "Anyway how many members have the debate team recruited?"
"We've recruited twenty-five new intellectual individuals." Ursula said smugly. "The debate team has sixty members and about more than half of them are dedicated to the team. Never once has the cheer squad had that much members."
"That was due to last year's budget cuts, but the cheer squad is being funded by my old friend Paris and the champion herself so I can have as much members as I want." Dawn snapped.
"Whatever Dawn. In the end the debate team will emerge victorious, tam bệit." Ursula smirked.
Dawn watched her peach haired rival walk away, her eyebrows were drawn together and her cheeks were bright red. Her chest got tight and her heart was beating faster than normal due to the anger and frustration she was feeling at the moment. Ursula always thinks she's better than well I'm tired of that! I might be pregnant, but I'm not afraid to put her in her place. It's time for her to put her money where her mouth is.
"Dee dee!"
All the anger was completely drained from her body hearing a familiar voice refer to her by her nickname. Dawn looked up to see two boyish looking girls beside Iris; the first girl is a short haired brunette with gorgeous green eyes, her white socks were loose and her skirt was shorter compared to the other female student making her look like a kogal. The blue-haired girl beside her has shorter hair and her uniform is in a more messy style; her tie is loosened a bit, her blazer is open, and her white shirt has a bit of wrinkles. There was even a brown rilakkuma theme band aid on the bridge of her nose. Dawn recognized the two trainers as her friends, Leona and Angie. Dawn carefully climbed off the stage and raced into Leona's open arms.
"Hey Dee dee!" Leona greeted before pulling the pregnant teen aside. "Iris told me what happened. Is it true?"
"Afraid so…" Dawn murmured.
"I really wish you and Kenny had thought about this…I was hoping you would avoid getting into a situation like this, but since Kenny isn't man enough to step up and be a father I'll temporarily take his place." Leona winked playfully.
"Thank you so much for understanding, Leona!" Dawn exclaimed.
"No problem dee dee! Now help me find a good sports team to join." Leona said.
•••
Dear Diary,
The first day of school had gone a lot smoother than I thought! I met up with Buck outside of the school and I also caught up with a couple of my other friends and rivals. Conway has defiantly gotten creepier over the break… My stomach is still relatively flat and so far no one has noticed it out so I'm not a 100% worried that someone will point out that I'm pregnant. Though around three months I won't be able to hid my pregnancy or deny it, it'll be too noticeable and I know Ursula is bound to make my life at school miserable. But oddly I'm prepared for that! I haven't told Buck about the pregnancy yet, but I have a feeling he'll grow very protective of me at school. I did tell Iris about my pregnancy and she told Leona, Iris and Leona are my two best friends so I can always count on them for support. Though I'm not sure how Barry and the rest of my friends will take it. Barry and Ash will probably stop liking after they find out Kenny got me pregnant, but I guess that'll be a relief. I hate having two guys fight over me, it's like two babies fight over a toy. Besides I'm not ready to date anyone nor do I want an immature boyfriend helping me raise my child. Paul or Buck is more suitable for the position, but I just want to raise this baby with no man. I just need support from my friends and family. Anyway I'm exhausted and I have to get up early for school tomorrow…good night diary.
