Paul smirked while Dawn rattled on and grabbed her bag of the bed. He gave her the gift bag with the bear inside. She looked shocked and for a second didn't know what to say.

"I-, is this for me?" she asked.

"No I wanted to give it to the grocery man around the corner," he replied sarcastically. She smiled and gave Paul another hug.

"Thank you, it is very sweet!" she said.

"Well, you deserved it. I was really mean to you before you were hospitalized," he told her.

"You were indeed very mean, but I guess I deserved it," she told him.

"You did not deserve it," he replied.

"Well, I made this mess, didn't I? I could've told you the truth, but I was afraid," she said.

"You didn't do this on purpose. So don't blame yourself for dating that creep," he told her.

Paul grabbed her hand and they left the hospital. When he was sure she was sitting comfortably; he started the car.

They were both very quiet during the car ride. Paul was thinking about the time before Dawn and noticed it wasn't a happier one. He was happy now, with her and all his other friends. He was still sarcastic, cynical and had a sense of dry humour. But he wasn't the jerk he once was.

Dawn was thinking about her and Paul. How would they proceed? He didn't talk about her feelings for him and neither did she. She never would admit her feelings to the jerky Paul. But this was so hard. She couldn't deny it anymore because every time she thought of him her heart would start racing. Every time he touched her, she blushed. They would have to talk about it eventually. When they arrived at the apartment he helped her out of the car.

"Thank you for keeping me company in the hospital and for bringing me home today," she thanked Paul.

"It was my pleasure, I really got to know you. You are not as annoying and perky as I thought you would be," he said while laying his arm around her shoulder.

"I don't know if I should take this as a compliment, but I am going to," she smiled.

"You should," he encouraged her and pushed the button for the elevator.

"How is Drew," she asked while waiting for the elevator.

"He is OK actually, just two more weeks and his cast will come off. He probably will have a hard time walking on his ankle again," Paul answered her question.

The doors opened and they stepped into the elevator. Paul pushed on the fifth button and the doors closed again. When they arrived Paul gave the key to Dawn to open the door.

"SURPRISE," everyone yelled. Dawn looked very surprised and shocked. It was clear Paul had kept his mouth shut because she hadn't suspect anything.

Dawn looked around the room and saw all of her roommates looking at her with smiles on their faces. They were happy she returned home again. She saw a lot of flowers in the room, colourful balloons on the ceiling and delicious smelling food on the table.

"Wow, this looks incredible," she mumbled while recovering from the surprise.

May, Misty and Leaf pulled Dawn in a girls group hug. They were so happy to be together again after what seemed a long time.

"I can't believe you organised all of this for me," Dawn said while looking at all of her friends.

"We wanted you to have a welcome home party," Leaf said happily.

Dawn smelled the delicious scents that came from the kitchen and looked at Cilan.

"What are you cooking Cilan?" she asked him.

"All your favourite foods, like quesadillas, cheesecake and pizza," he answered.

Dawn's eyes began to glisten with excitement when she heard all those foods were going to be on the dinner table.

"It will be ready in five minutes," Cilan smiled when he saw how excited Dawn was. Paul and Dawn decided to put her stuff in her room. Dawn pulled the bear from the gift bag and put it on her bed. She stroked the bear's lopsided ear absentminded. Paul sat next to her on the bed and asked if she was happy to be home again.

"I actually am, I really missed seeing everybody at the same time," Dawn said. Paul smiled at her and at the same time Cilan yelled dinner was ready.

"Come on, lets go eat," Paul said to Dawn. He didn't have to repeat it for a second time because Dawn was already on her feet when the word "eat" was mentioned.

They had a lovely evening full of lovely food and laughing about jokes. Dawn was really grateful for her friends and she really appreciated the work they had done.

She was really tired when they finally went to bed, tomorrow would be the first day on school again. She was dreading the fact she would see Conway again, she hoped Paul's threatening had helped enough to keep him away.

She woke up early the next morning and took a long hot shower. She picked out a really cute pink dress with an open back and curled her hair. She put on a bit of light make-up, just mascara and a bit of blue eyeliner. Dawn went to the kitchen to get some breakfast and saw May sitting in the kitchen eating bacon.

"Good morning," Dawn said to May.

"Good morning, couldn't sleep anymore?" May asked Dawn.

"No, but it was one of the best nights I have ever had," she replied.

May smiled at Dawn and offered her some of the leftover bacon. Dawn took some and filled a glass with orange-juice.

"So how are you and Paul? Did he apologize to you?" May asked Dawn.

"He apologized and visited everyday in the hospital. He brought me my homework so I could keep up with school. He also threatened Conway if he ever laid his hands on me again. We still didn't talk about our feelings for each other," Dawn said while sighing.

"Do you think you'll ever be together?" May asked curiously.

"I actually have no clue anymore, he is still very sweet. But he is trying to keep his distance. Maybe something happened between him and some other girl. Perhaps she hurt him and he doesn't want to get hurt again. I really don't know, all I can do is guess and not try to flirt with him anymore. Maybe I should look around and find someone who I can trust and love."

She didn't know Paul was up and around the kitchen corner. He listened to the conversation between Dawn and May. He wasn't too happy she wanted to look around and find somebody to love and trust. He really wanted to be that person but he wasn't ready to trust anybody besides his brother. Still, Paul had to show Dawn she meant something to him. Otherwise he would loose her and he couldn't deal with that thought.

His stomach was growling and decided to enter the kitchen. Both of the girls fell silent when he entered the room. He had interrupted the intimate conversation between them. But since he was the subject, he didn't care.