Later on that night, Paul and Dawn had gotten ready for bed. Paul's parents had already left. Paul took off his shirt. He began to look for a clean t-shirt. Dawn stripped down to her underwear. She bent down and began to look for her pajamas. Paul walked by Dawn.
"Hey hottie." he said, laughing a little.
"Well well." said Dawn standing up. "Who's the pervert?"
"Not me." said Paul. Dawn put her hands on her hips, standing there like she was in a nude photo shoot.
"You know I think I'm gonna sleep in this." said Dawn, pointing to her underwear and bra.
"Fine by me." said Paul.
"So you are a pervert!" said Dawn.
"Who says?" asked Paul. Dawn went looking threw bag again. She pulled out the t-shirt that Paul let her keep. She put it on. Paul was glad that Dawn was wearing his shirt. Dawn pulled out the pajama pants also. She slipped them on. Paul had found a t-shirt. He wore his boxers and a black t-shirt to bed. Dawn was a little embarrassed by that. Dawn crawled into bed. She hid under the covers. Paul crawled into bed. He turned off the light.
"Goodnight Paul." said Dawn.
"Goodnight Dawn." said Paul. Dawn scooted closer to Paul. She snuggled up close against him.
"I love you." Dawn whispered. Paul had heard this. He didn't say anything. He hugged Dawn, tightly.
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Paul felt something heavy on his chest. He slowly opens his eyes. He looked.
"Dawn." he whispered. He smiled. Dawn lay across his chest breathing silently. She used his upper chest as a pillow. Paul stroked Dawn's hair. 'I wished I could have replied to you last night, but we made a deal that I would tell you after the play.' thought Paul. Dawn woke up.
"Paul?" she asked sleepily.
"Yeah Dawn?" asked Paul.
"Oh ok good you're here. Then my nightmare is over." said Dawn. She rubbed her eyes.
"You had a nightmare?" asked Paul.
"Yeah. But now I'm fine since you're here." said Dawn. Paul smiled. He stroked her cheek with the back of his hand. Dawn smiled. His hands were so strong and soft at the exact same moment. The two had gotten up and quickly got changed. Paul's cell phone rang. "Oh I'll get it!" said Dawn. She picked up the cell phone. "Hello?"
"Hey Dawn?" asked a voice on the other end.
"Yup. Hey Ash." said Dawn.
"Can I talk to Paul?" asked Ash.
"Sure." said Dawn. She handed the phone to Paul. "It's Ash." Paul picked up the phone.
"Hello?" he said. "Oh hey Ash….Yeah sure! I'll be over there in about thirty minutes." Paul hung up.
"What was that about?" asked Dawn.
"Oh Ash invited me over." said Paul.
"Cool!" said Dawn. "Can I come?"
"Uh it's kinda boy's only today." said Paul.
"Oh." said Dawn.
"I'm sorry Dawn." said Paul. "Maybe next time."
"Oh it's fine!" said Dawn.
"Call May and see what she's up to." said Paul.
"Ok." said Dawn. Paul gave her a long lasting kiss on the lips. He wanted to say the words but he couldn't.
"I'll see you tonight." said Paul.
"Ok." said Dawn. She hugged Paul and then gave him a kiss on the lips. Paul leaned up against Dawn. Inches apart.
"I promise." said Paul. "Next time we'll do something together." Dawn nodded. Paul left after that. When he was gone, Dawn spread herself onto his bed. She took out her cell phone.
"Hey May? Wanna come over?" asked Dawn. "Yeah meet me at Paul's house."
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The doorbell rang. Dawn went downstairs to answer the door. It was May.
"Hey Dawn." said May.
"Hey May! Come on in." said Dawn. May stepped inside.
"So why did you want me to come here?" asked May. "Is Paul ok with it?"
"Oh yeah Paul is totally ok with it. Why wouldn't he?" asked Dawn.
"But what about your house?" asked May.
"Long story." said Dawn. "Come on." She dragged May up to Paul's room.
"What are we doing?" asked May.
"Going to mine/Paul's room." said Dawn. The two girls had reached the bedroom.
"What the heck?" asked May. "I'm so confused."
"Ok promise not to tell anyone?"
"Promise!" said May.
"Ok." said Dawn. "I'm living with Paul for the next month." May almost screamed.
"W-what?" asked May. Dawn sat May down and told her the whole story. Even the bed parts. "You two sleep in the same bed?"
"Yes."
"He saw you in your bra and underwear?"
"Yes."
"You two made out."
"Sorta."
"Wow." said May.
"I know." said Dawn. "But it feels so strange."
"Like what?" asked May.
"Well I mean we do all of this stuff together like we're boyfriend and girlfriend for real, but I guess we just really won't show it and actually agree to it. We sorta deny it." said Dawn.
"But aren't you guys pretending to be bf and gf?" asked May.
"Yeah but even when no one is around we still act like it." said Dawn.
"Wow. He REALLY likes you." said May.
"Oh shut up." said Dawn. "But you have to make sure that Paul doesn't find out that you know all about this."
"Ok." said May. "But I really wanna see you guys inaction." The front door opened and slammed shut.
"He's home." said Dawn. "Follow me." The two girls crept down the stairs. May stayed on the stairs while Dawn went to Paul.
"Hey Dawn." said Paul. He kissed her on the lips.
"Hey Paul." said Dawn. "So what did you guys do today?"
"Oh you know." said Paul, wrapping his arms around Dawn's waist pulling her closer to himself. "Stuff."
"Ahh I see." said Dawn. "Oh I forgot to tell you. May is here."
"May's here?" asked Paul. Dawn nodded.
"Yeah she's upstairs." said Dawn.
"Well you better go up to her then." said Paul. He kissed Dawn on the lips once more. Dawn made her way up to the room. May already hurried up the stairs into Paul's room.
"I told you so." said Dawn, as she shut the door behind her.
"Wow, Paul is sooo romantic." said May.
"Haha." said Dawn. There was footsteps coming up the stairs.
"He's coming up." said May. Dawn nodded. "Act natural!" The girls sat on the bed, starting to talk about some random magazine. Paul came through the door.
"Hey May." said Paul.
"OH hey Paul." said May. Paul walked over to his closet and opened it up.
"Hey Paul what are we doing about dinner tonight?" asked Dawn. Paul closed the closet door.
"Umm I'm not sure. Wanna order something?" he asked.
"Sure." said Dawn.
"Alright." said Paul. He walked out of the room.
"I could die!" said May. She looked at the clock. "Oh shoot! I better get home work or else I will die!"
"Ok I'll see ya May." said Dawn.
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Dawn walked downstairs into the kitchen.
"I ordered dinner." said Paul.
"Oh ok." said Dawn. There was a huge box on the counter. "What's that?"
"I'm not sure." said Paul. "It has my name on it. I found it up in the attic."
"Let's open it then!" said Dawn. Paul open the huge box. The two looked inside.
"Lot of papers." said Paul. Dawn pulled out one the papers. "What's it say?"
"Let me see. It says: Dear Journal Today was the first say of fourth grade. We had new people come. Boys and girls. One of the girls name was Dawn-" said Dawn. She looked at Paul. "Paul? Is this yours?"
"What do you think?" asked Paul. He took the paper out of Dawn's hands.
"That's from fourth grade." said Dawn. "Wow." Paul grabbed something out of the box.
"Oh my." he said.
"What?" asked Dawn. She looked at what Paul was holding.
"Fifth grade." said Paul. "Camp GreenWill."
"Yeah." said Dawn. She looked at the picture. Paul blushed. It was a picture of Dawn and Paul. They were both standing. Paul had wrapped his arms around Dawn's waist, while Dawn had her arms wrapped around Paul's neck. "I remember what we were doing!" said Dawn.
"So do I." said Paul.
"We were practicing dancing for prom-" said Dawn.
"Because we wanted to go together." said Paul.
"Yeah." Dawn nodded. Paul set the picture down and grabbed something else out. This time it was a note. Dawn read it.
Dear Dawn,
Please meet me at the ice cream parlor after school. I need to talk to you.
From your seventh grade classmate Paul
"You never came." said Dawn. "That's why I put this back in your locker to remind you."
"Yeah." said Paul. "I'm sorry. I was too nervous."
"About what?" asked Dawn. "What did you want to talk about?"
"I can't say it." said Paul.
"Why?" asked Dawn.
"Because I already promised you that I would tell you after the play." said Paul. "Remember?"
"So whatever you had to tell me back then, you still have to tell me today?" asked Dawn. The doorbell rang.
"Food's here." said Paul going to answer the door.
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Wow aren't I amazing? I've been updating so much! seriously. TT