Soooo Hello again! Um hope the last chapter explained a bit. And I hope you kinda got the hidden message Joy was giving about Paul :/

This is a kinda fill in chapter with a revelation which will turn big eventually!

Just on a side note, RIP Japan. My thoughts are with you and if any of my readers are from Japan, I hope your ok!

"So he told you EVERYTHING?"

"Yeah… everything!"

"Amazing…"

"I know! Paul opened up to me."

"So what happened? What did he say?"

Dawn Berlitz fell into a thoughtful silence at the question that her friend May Maple asked. Flashbacks of last night flew into her head. Paul's sad face, his shuddering, they way her arms fit so perfectly around him and his around her. How his head neatly tucked under her chin. His hot breath on her bare neck…

"DAWN!" yelled everyone on the other end of the vid-phone. Dawn's eyes widened and she re-focused her eyes onto Ash, Misty, May and Brock.

"What?" she demanded. Misty and May smirked at her.

"What happened between you two last night Dawn?" Misty asked, the smirk still on her lips. Dawn blushed furiously.

"N-nothing! What on earth makes you think that!" Dawn cried. Short laughs were heard from May and Misty.

"Dawn, nobody gets that gaga look on their face unless something happened between them and someone else." May laughed.

"Nothing happened!"

"Then why are you blushing?" Misty asked.

"I-I… shut up!" Dawn snapped, turning her back on the vid-phone. Misty and May laughed.

"Oh Dawn! Its ok you can tell us! We won't…"

"DID YOU TWO HAVE SEX?" Ash suddenly yelled, shoving his face close to the screen.

"WHAT!" All three girls screamed.

"DAWN!" Nurse Joy yelled from the front desk.

"Sorry Joy!" Dawn cried before turning back to the screen, her face bright red along with a huge death glare.

"ASH! Why would you think that!" May jumped in, knowing that Dawn would go nuts at Ash and ask Misty to smash him over the head with her mullet. Which Misty would be all too happy to do.

"Well… she looks guilty! Just like Misty does after her and I…"

Misty suddenly let out a squeal and threw herself into Ash, causing them both to fall to the ground and away from the camera. Everyone else's mouths dropped open.

"M-Misty… and Ash?" Dawn stuttered.

"NO!" Misty yelled, throwing her head up into the camera to stare at Dawn. "We're not like that!"

"Yeah right. How many years has it been?" Brock asked, a smug look on his face. Misty turned bright red.

"Its not like you should be embarassed Misty!" Dawn continued.

"Yeah. You guys are nineteen so its expected for you to get... intimate..." May giggled.

"N-no! I swear its not…" giving up, Misty ducked her head down and by the looks on the others faces and the loud 'ows' Dawn could safely assume she was taking her embarrassment out on Ash.

"So what has Ash done now?" asked a confused looking Drew as he walked into view, both hands resting on top of his head. Brock laughed and quickly explained it to him.

Drew burst out laughing before turning to look at Dawn, his face serious. "So did you?"

"DREW!" Dawn screeched.

"I'm not joking Dawn." he said, the laughter in his eyes destroying all seriousness. "Did this boy take away my little 'sisters' innocence?"

"W-what..."

"Not that you are innocent!"

"MISTY!" Dawn yelped. Suddenly a hand came out of nowhere and Drew was dragged down to the ground. A new cry of pain flooded through the speakers.

"Wow Misty…" May commented, watching what Dawn couldn't see.

After a while, the cries of pain stopped and all three popped back up, Misty grinning and the two boys nursing bruised cheeks.

"REALLY?" Drew screamed at her. Misty just raised an eyebrow and tapped her mullet that was still resting in her hand.

"Drew! Shut up!" Ash hissed, being smart enough for once to see Misty was still angry. Drew just rolled his eyes.

"Where have you been Drew? I told you an hour ago that we were going to call Dawn." May intervened.

"Sorry." Drew winced, "My cousin called me. I haven't heard from him in about a year so I had to take the call."

Dawn smiled. "Your cousin?"

"Yeah! Apparently he's coming here to Veilstone!"

"Awesome! Do you think we could met him?" May asked, grinning. Drew grimaced

"Maybe. He's not exactly friendly. Anti-social to say the least." Drew looked away. "He's had a tough life."

"Oh. Who is your cousin?" Misty asked this time. Drew glanced at her with caution; glad to see she had put away her mullet.

"Well…"

"OI! Troublesome!"

Dawn's head snapped around to stare at her companion, Paul. He was walking towards her, his hands shoved in his pockets and his usual scowl on his face. The Poke Centre doors were closing behind him so it was obvious he had just come in.

"Where have you been? I woke up this morning and you weren't there." Dawn muttered, glaring daggers. He glared back.

"Well sorry. I didn't realize I had to tell you everything." He snapped. Dawn recoiled.

"I thought we were friends now!" she snarled back. Paul took a step forward.

"Just because of last night doesn't mean we're friends."

"I think it does!"

"Well it doesn't! I already told you, I don't need a pathetic excuse for a person as a friend."

"YOU TAKE THAT BACK!" Dawn screamed, earning a glare from Joy. On the other end of the phone, Ash and Brock sighed.

"Well guess its official. Paul's here." Ash muttered. Drew frowned.

"Paul?"

"Yeah. What about it?"

"Its just that…" he was cut off when Dawn suddenly dragged Paul forward into the view of the camera by the front of his shirt.

"Get off me Troublesome!" he snarled, throwing her hands away from him.

"Not until you apolo…"

"PAUL?" Drew suddenly yelled. Paul, getting a fright, jumped and stared at the screen. His eyes widened.

"Drew?" he asked, uncertain. A happy nod came from the green haired boy.

"Dude! You didn't tell me you were traveling with Dawn!"

"You know her?"

"Duh! She's like a sister to me!" Drew laughed, rolling his eyes.

"WAIT WAIT WAIT!" Ash suddenly yelled. "You guys know each other?" Everyone turned their attention to the two boys.

"Well yeah. We are cousins." Drew snorted.

"C-cousins?" Dawn stuttered.

Everyones eyes widened and their jaws dropped.

…

"I can't believe you didn't tell me Drew was your cousin!" Dawn muttered to Paul who sat beside her on a park bench.

"Never came up." He snapped. "Anyways, I didn't know you knew him."

Dawn grinned. "Does this mean we can be friends?"

"No."

"Pleaseeee!"

"No."

"Paulieeee!"

"Don't call me that."

"Jeez sorry."

"You should be."

"Oh my gosh Paul! Grow up!" Dawn suddenly cried out in annoyance. "Try making friends for once!"

Paul looked at her, his face pulled into a frown. "No."

"And stop saying no."

"Maybe."

Dawn let out a scream of frustration. "YOUR SO INFURIATING!"

Paul just smirked. "Anyways. We'll stay here another night before leaving early in the morning."

"How early is early?"

"Dunno yet. Early."

Dawn glared at him. "Fine."

Getting up, Paul starting walking back to the Poke center, before a smirk came over his face again.

"Oh Troublesome." He called, Dawns head turned to look at him. "Stay on your bed tonight."

"Whatever Paul!"

He laughed softly to himself and kept walking, hoping to get a goodnight sleep.