BFFs – Chapter 11


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Going, Going, Going, Gone…

Your fate has been decided. It was decided long ago. To be, or not to be; was never your choice. But the path you take and the roads you follow are up to you. Know that friends are for school, but best friends are for life.


Dawn's POV

Two Weeks Later

It's been awhile since Melody joined up with our group. There's kind of been a peaceful silence between the Populars and us these days. They're in shock that we'd take Melody in like that. We're just taking a moment to rub it in their faces.

We've also picked up another new friend. Her name is Marina. She's a close family friend of Jayden and Leaf met her through Student Council. Leaf's the secretary and Marina's the treasurer. They clicked immediately and Leaf brought Marina into our group. Now our once 4 is at 7. It's nice. It really is.

Ever since our fight, the girls and I haven't been nearly as close. We're trying really hard to repair our bond, and as Misty said, you can't be friends without having ups and downs. I haven't really spoken with any of the guys recently, but from what I hear, from Misty, (she's been speaking with Ash again), Paul has become closed off, Gary's become even more of a jackass and Drew just shuts himself in his room and plays guitar.

I'm worried for them.

When we met them they were one of the closest groups of friends I've ever met. Now, they're going through a rocky patch, like we did, but unlike us, they're not trying to fix it. I think that I need to fix this. I'm going to speak with Drew, Ash, Gary and Paul. I'm going to help them. I think this whole thing started we Drew and I, so I'm going to fix it.

I pulled a white knit sweater on over my pale purple tank top and threaded a gold belt through my dark wash jeans. I jogged down the stairs and slipped on a pair of gold flats. Just as I was opening the door to leave, Marina and Leaf came in. They had spent all morning together doing some student council stuff at Marina's house.

"Hey Dawn!" Marina greeted cheerfully.

"Hey sleepyhead." Leaf joked.

"Hey guys. I'm going out for a bit. Don't burn the house down while I'm gone."

Leaf laughed. "We won't. Where are Misty and May?"

"May, Abi and Melody went to the park and Misty is just hanging around somewhere. Try the pool." I waved as I walked out the door and shut it behind me. I started off on my walk towards the boys' house.

I'd memorized the way there already and walked the streets with a purpose. When I approached the house, I inhaled sharply. This was going to be harder than I'd anticipated.

I knocked on the door. Two knocks. Both were quick and precise.

Ash came to the door and opened it. "Hi Dawn. Can I help you?"

I smiled. "Can I talk to you?"

"Of course. C'mon in." He opened the door wider and beckoned me inside. We walked into the living room together and both sat down. "What did you want to talk about?"

"This." I stated. His eyebrows rose. "You, Drew, Gary and Paul." I clarified.

"Oh." Ash sighed. "Well ever since all that stupid stuff with you and Drew "being together", it hasn't been the same. I've been spending less time at home and more hanging out with Misty and my new friend Jimmy. Gary's been moping about a lot and he's been playing harshly with the ladies. Drew's locked himself away mostly. He just sits in his room, sings quietly to himself and plays guitar. Paul is, just Paul. He's been more closed off recently but he gets like that. I'm sure there's nothing you can do there."

I pressed my lips together and felt something in my heart snap. "That's horrible. You used to be so close…"

"I just don't know what to do… I mean, I'm trying to make it work, but it feels like no one else is." Ash said his tone was extremely frustrated.

"That's why I'm here. This whole thing was my fault, Drew's and mine. I am going to fix it. Start small Ash. Now where could I find Gary?"

Ash gave me a ghost of a smile. "Try outside. That's where I last saw him."

"Thanks." I replied and stood and headed for their yard.

Just as Ash predicted, I found Gary outside. He was sitting on the grass with his eyes shut, almost in a state of meditation.

"Gary?" I asked cautiously.

One of his eyes snapped open. "I don't want your sympathy." He snapped.

"I wasn't offering it." I said. My tone was strict and firm.

"Then what, dearest Dawn, do you want?" When he spoke my name, his voice dripped in sarcasm.

"I want you to grow up." I growled.

"Do tell." He drawled plainly.

I exhaled to control my temper. "I want you to grow up." I repeated firmly. "I want you to stop playing with girls. I was you to get a grip on your life. I want you to let people in. I want you to stop hurting those you love. I want you to look inside and see if this is really the person you are."

"I don't follow." He snapped.

"Yes you do. I want to stop being so damn blind! You're letting everything that you've built up in years just slip away!"

"How so?"

"Your god damn friendship with 3 of the most loyal and dependable guys I know. You were so close when we met. It was like you were brothers. You knew each other so well and there were no secrets kept. I bet now you couldn't even tell me who Drew is so crushed over!"

Gary's shoulders shook. I blinked in surprise. He was…. Crying?

"You can't know Dawn. You never will. I've given up. I thought everything would go back to normal. I didn't expect this rift to form between us. I never wanted this to happen. I miss our balance."

"Then do something about it!" I nearly screamed. "There is a boy just inside those doors who misses that as much as you do. And he's still trying. You can NEVER give up Gary! You can't…"

He stood. He turned so he was fully facing me. "I'm sorry."

I stepped back. "What for?"

"Making you clean up our messes. Thank you." He replied simply. The corners of my lips upturned slightly.

"Apology accepted."

He held out his arms and I gladly accepted the hug. He broke away after a moment and walked inside, presumably to see Ash. He called one last thought over his shoulder. "Drew's in his room."

I smiled fully. I followed him inside and quickly located the stairwell. I climbed the stairs up stairs. I saw a bunch of open doors and then one closed door, down a hallway. That would be my best bet. I walked calmly down the hallway.

I stood outside the door. I could hear soft guitar chords from inside.

"She doesn't hate you." I spoke quietly.

The guitar stopped.

"She doesn't hate you." I repeated quietly.

Still no answer.

"She misses you."

"I doubt that." His voice was soft.

"I don't." I replied. I turned the doorknob and walked into his room. It was like every other boy's room except it was actually neat. Drew's room also had a whole wall covering in pinned up sheet music and there was a guitar leaning against the wall.

"She couldn't possibly still think I'm even human."

"Well she does." I told him. He was sitting on a chair next to his guitar and his desk. I pulled out his desk chair and sat next to him.

"How do plan on convincing me of this?"

I smiled. "You know the only reason the girls and I have been able to repair our bond is because of May. She wrote a song for us. She approached Leaf. She orchestrated the whole thing. She's the sole reason we all still don't hate each other's guts."

"And I'm the sole reason the guys all hate each other's guts." He said grimly.

I rolled my eyes. "I'll take some of that blame. Everyone has issues Drew. You'll get through this. I promise. You just have to never give up."

He gave me an odd look.

"This guy, sitting right there, isn't the Drew I've come to know. I'm sure the others would agree. Where's the cocky, arrogant, clever and witty Drew we know?"

"He's in here somewhere. I'm just being to hard on myself aren't I?" He asked.

I nodded. "Just talk to the guys. Ash and Gary want this to be repaired as much as you do. I promise it'll be okay."

"Thanks Dawn." Drew spoke. His voice finally had that confident spark back in it. That slightly cocky and frustrating tone of voice that he always used.

"Atta boy!" I ruffled his hair and he smacked my wrist.

"Oh fuck off!" He joked, a smirk tugging at his lips.

"Love you!" I giggled blowing him a sarcastically kiss.

He smirked full on. "Now if you'll excuse me, there are some explanations to be said on my part."

"Go ahead. Paul home?" I beckoned him out the door into the hallway. We walked to the top of the stairs together.

"Try his room. He hasn't left yet..." Drew suggested.

"Thanks." I flashed him a cute smile. "I think May will be glad to know the real Drew's back."

"Indeed." He hummed arrogantly.

I walked down the hallway, cheering in my head. This has been so easy so far. All Gary and Drew needed was a push in the right direction.

Three down one to go!

I spotted another closed door. I walked up to it and knocked softly on it. "Paul?" I called nervously.

"What?" His gruff voice replied.

"Can we talk?"

"Door's open."

I opened the door and saw Paul sitting at his desk doing homework.

"Did you need something?" He asked, not lifting his eyes from the paper.

"I wanted to talk to you about me and Drew."

"Talk." He replied pointedly. His voice was free of all emotion.

"We aren't dating. Never were. He's just a friend and I know he feels as badly as I do about this rift between you and the other guys. Ash and Gary feel the sa-"

"If you've come to give me a pep talk on why the guys and I should stay friends you can forget it." He cut me off coldly. "I don't need your advice."

"I'm just trying to help!" I protested.

"I didn't ask for help for help from you."

"What's so bad about help from me?"

"The part that it's from you."

"What?"

"You're such an attention seeker. You wear girly clothes, you act like a princess and you want to be treated like the world revolves around you."

"That's not true!"

"If it isn't, why is it that every boy in the whole fucking school seems to fall down at your feet?"

"Because I'm pretty?" I snapped.

"Because you try too hard." He retorted.

"No I don't!"

"You really do. You play up everything and you are a huge drama queen! It's not like you had a hard past or anything!"

That's when I snapped.

"Don't talk to me about having a dark past! You have no clue what I've been through!" I felt tears prick at my eyes.

Paul was on his feet now, his glare fixated coldly on me. "Don't I?"

"You know nothing! You know nothing about what I've been through!" I screamed.

"Fine! Maybe I don't! But I know how you act now. You're a whore and a slut and you only want attention!"

"You think I'm bad? You're so cold not even your friends understand you! You shut everyone out an have this whole fuck the world image going on!" I yelled back.

"At least I know when someone tells me to get lost. And when someone drops hints that they're uninterested!" He bellowed back.

I felt the tears slip out of my eyes. "I hate you!"

"Good. The feeling's mutual."

I felt like someone had just lit my heart on fire. It was like I was burning up, from the inside out.

I turned and fled, my arm knocking a lamp to the ground. The glass shattered and scratched the floor. Paul didn't even try to follow me as I ran from his home.

I felt anger because of what he'd said to me, but sadness because that's how he saw me. I found myself fleeing to the park. I sat underneath a tree and tucked my knees to my chest.

My breath was ragged from breathing and crying. I was still sobbing quietly.

How did it turn to this? It was going so well with Ash, Gary and Drew and then Paul, of course had to ruin everything. Besides having completely crushed my spirit my heart was aching as well. I told myself it was because of the words, but I knew better.

It was because Paul thought these thoughts of me. That's why it hurt. But it shouldn't, I insisted in my head stubbornly.

"Why does it hurt so much?" I whimpered quietly.

"Love is a painful thing." A girl's voice replied quietly.

My head snapped up. I saw a girl standing before me. She was very familiar, I'm pretty sure she goes to my school. She was also very beautiful. She had light coffee coloured skin and rich brown eyes. Her hair was smooth and a dark chocolaty brown.

"W-what?" I stammered.

"It feels like your heart has been lit on fire and he's standing there watching you burn to death, holding a bucket of water that could save your life. But he won't. Because he doesn't care. Because he hates you. You try to convince yourself you hate him too, but your heart says otherwise. As you're burning, your heart tells you that it would do anything for him. That you would endure that pain times one million for him. You want to leave, to run, but it's like you've been anchored to the ground." She knelt next to me and then sat next to me. Her chocolate eyes were full of true sadness and emotion. "It's called heartbreak. You love him."

Fresh sobs escaped my body. I managed to control them enough so I could speak. "Everything you said, it's true! But why? How did you know?"

"Because I've had a broken heart as well." She replied simply. She had a smooth, beautiful voice. "You're Dawn right? I'm Kayla. We go to the same school. I've seen you around. You're really pretty."

"Yeah. I'm Dawn. That would be why I recognized you. And thanks. You're no ugly duckling yourself." I smiled weakly at her. "How does it heal?"

"What?" She asked in confusion.

"A broken heart."

She gave me a downcast, weak smile. "It doesn't. You only ever truly love one person." A tear fell from her eye.

I felt new tears roll down my cheeks as well. "Maybe we could be the first two to ever heal."

She laughed. It was empty sounding. "I've been trying for a while. It breaks even more every time I see him. You get used to it."

My face fell slightly. "That sucks."

"Yeah." Kayla replied. "It fucking sucks."

I laughed bitterly. "I was supposed to be the strong one. The one who doesn't fall for him!" I muttered under my breath.

"That's what we all say." Kayla mumbled bitterly.

"At least I know what Misty and Leaf feel now..."

"Your friends right?" Kayla asked.

"Yeah. You should come meet them." I dried my eyes and Kayla wiped her stray tears away.

"Now?"

"Why not? You helped me. Now I want you to meet my other friends. Besides Misty and Leaf, there's May, Abi, Melody and Marina. I think 8 is a better number than 7."

She smiled. "Thank you. Thank you so much!" I helped her up and we hugged.

Something in me became curious. She acted like she'd never had friends before. "Have you ever had any real friends before?"

She looked away briefly. "Not really. I've always been bullied for my skin colour. I've never found anyone who accepted me for me. When I found one person, he broke my heart."

"I'm sorry."

"Me too. About your guy."

"Thanks. Now c'mon. The gang will want to meet you."

We began to walk back. Kayla still seemed in a little awe that I'd accept her even if she was Native. I would nod and answer her questions politely on the way home. It was something I felt I owed her. She was a nice girl and I knew the pain she felt. Misty and Leaf did too. Kayla will fit in perfectly.

We were about halfway home when Kayla lunged behind a shed and turned her wide eyes on me. "Tell him I'm not here!"

"Tell who?" I began but was interrupted by someone.

"Excuse me miss. I was just wondering do you know a girl by the name of Kayla? Because I thought I just saw her with you. I need to talk to her." A boy politely asked me. I turned to face him. He had pale skin and dark hair. His frame was tall and lean and he wore a blue jacket and dark jeans. "My name's Ben."

I thought to what Kayla had said. She'd asked me not to tell him he was here. "We go to school together and I was just getting an assignment from her. She just left. I'm sorry. My name's Dawn by the way."

His smile twisted into a slight frown. "It's nice to meet you Dawn. I'd better be off. Thanks anyways!" He turned and walked away the way he'd come. After he was gone Kayla came out from her hiding spot.

"Thank god he's gone." She mumbled. I looked at her closely. Her eyes had become laced in sadness again.

"He's your guy." I commented softly. She glanced up.

"Yeah. Benjamin Swelters. It's Ben for short. He broke my heart accidentally and now he's trying to apologize… I don't want his apology. It will only make my pain worse. At least this way it's like he doesn't know me…"

"Oh. I'm sorry Kay."

"Kay?"

"Nickname!" I giggled and winked. She smiled back.

"Thanks Dee." She teased and I quirked an eyebrow. "Nickname!" She mimicked.

I laughed and led her towards the Green's home. Kayla was going to fit in just fine.


A/N: And another chapter done. The group the girls hang out with has now climbed to 8 and I've introduced another OC. (And her partner). Tell me what you guys think of Kayla and Ben so far!

I have another announcement. I know that after this story, alongside Deep Cover, I was going to write The Dragon Soul, and I've decided not to. I'm not going to write the Dragon Soul for a while, if I write it all. It crushes me because I really wanted to write that story, but my sister (one of my older ones. Not the one with cancer) was editing my story with me, she wanted to help me out, and she pointed out something to me. The storyline for The Dragon Soul is so similar to Avatar and Eragon that it's not funny. I've decided that I don't want to write story that isn't completely my own (aside from music). Therefore, I'm not writing the Dragon Soul.

Instead, I'm choosing between two other stories. It's going to be a review vote only poll, at least until I can determine a winner for my current poll. Here are the summaries for my two new story ideas.


1. Treasure Depths

Deep down underwater, off the coast of Florida, there is a sunken ship full of millions of dollars. People have been trying to locate it for decades. Some people have even died trying. Three teenagers vacationing from Washington could make a bigger impact on a Florida native's life than they'd ever realized. When Ash, Leaf and Gary arrived in Florida and met Misty, they never thought they'd learn about the treasure. They never thought they'd turn it into a boys VS girls contest to find the treasure. No one ever imagined that four seemingly innocent teenagers could find the Treasure Depths. Maybe this discovery could bring up a little more than just money… Poke and Leafgreenshippings.

Set in the real world with no Pokemon.


2. Fairytale Miracles

Long ago in the Pokemon Universe, there was a divide. It was a divide between the Avrii, the native people, and the Kantonese, the explorers. The explorers won the war and made the Avrii into outcasts. It's been years since the Great War and the Avrii, if caught in society, are put on trial and killed. Misty Waterflower, daughter of a lord, never imagined she'd run away from home and befriend three other girls living ordinary lives. May, Leaf, Dawn and Misty never dreamt that they'd be captured by desperate Avrii and used as bargaining pieces. One of their captors, female, was so against Kantonese she wanted to kill them. She never thought she'd fall for the Sheriff's son. Leaf, May, Dawn and Misty didn't believe that they'd ever understand about the lives of Avrii. And most of all, they certainly had no intention to fall in love with their captors. Poke, Ikari, Contest, Leafgreen and OCxOC.

Set in an AU Pokemon world


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