Hey everybody, thank you for all the reviews. I am updating faster now, yay! My goal is to finish this story before summer is over. This chapter is shorter, but I wanted to end it where I did, so it makes sense. Please read and review!

Dawn's POV:

My diary is still clutched in my hand when I wake up. Glancing over I see that Paul is still asleep in his bed. But the scene is not peaceful. He is twitching back and forth and I want to help him without waking up. Quietly, I slide out of bed and sit next to him. I pet his hair that is damp with sweat.

"Paul, I wish I knew what was going on in your head," I whisper, stretching out so that I lay down next to him, my face mere inches from his. "I wish I knew what you dreamed about at night. I wish I knew what your biggest fear was. What you wanted to accomplish in your life."

I pause to take a breath, watching as his sleep becomes more peaceful. "I wish I knew what your biggest regret in your life was. I wish I knew what your favorite song was. I wish I knew what song is your song. I wish I knew what your favorite type of food is. I wish I knew what you would change about yourself." I am running out of things to say so I just close my eyes and hope that I can eventually know everything there is to know about Paul.

I feel someone shaking my arm and I struggle to open my eyes. "Dawn, wake up," says a voice right next to my ear. My eyes fly open as I realize what happened. I sit up as fast as I can and can hear Paul chuckling.

"Oh my gosh Paul, I am so sorry!" I shriek, brushing my hair back behind my ears.

"Dawn, if you wanted to sleep with me, you could have just asked," he smiles.

"We weren't sleeping together, I just happened to fall asleep next to you," I reply hotly, standing up and walking over to sit on my bed. "And anyways, I don't want to sleep with you."

Paul seems to find this funny as he bursts into a laughing fit, and my cheeks flame in embarrassment. I fight the urge to scream like a baby and take the more adult approach. Running into the bathroom and slamming and locking the door. I have been in here for at least fifteen minutes and I can still here Paul laughing on the other side of the door. I check and double check my outfit, a plaid skirt and a white blouse, until I am sure it looks perfect. I finally walk out of the bathroom to see him sitting on his bad, and he has the good grace to look ashamed.

"Dawn, I am sorry," he says, walking over to stand next to me. "It is just that I didn't expect to wake up next to you." He pauses and seems to think about something before continuing. "Wait, why were you sleeping next to me?"

"You were having a nightmare and I was trying to calm you down," I reply as his face goes white. "What were you dreaming about?"

He doesn't respond though, instead he grabs up some clothes and heads into the bathroom. I decide to go ahead and pack all of our stuff up, since we should be leaving to go to his next Battle Frontier battle. As I am packing up his stuff I come across a folder full of old letters. I am tempted to leave it there and keep packing it up but instead I open it up and take out the first piece of paper I come across.

It is written is scrawling and very boyish hand-writing that must be Paul's. And I also notice that it was never mailed to anyone. My eyes quickly scan it and I am shocked by what I read.

Reggie, I am so sorry for everything that I said to you. I know that it is not your fault for where I am in life today. But you have to understand something. I am not you, nor will I ever be. I have to get away from Sinnoh and start over as a new person. I hope you will understand.

Sincerely,

Paul

I stick it back in and grab out another one. This one was also never sent.

Reggie, I thank I figured out what you mean about how one girl can change you. I have really gotten to know that girl and I don't even know who I am anymore. I wish I could describe in words the effect she has on me and all of those around her. I guess what you say does have some truth to it sometimes. I am not attracted to her because of her beauty, although she is definitely not ugly. It is her personality. She really is like a new dawn for me.

Your brother,

Paul

"Are you having fun?" asks a voice behind me. I drop the letter and spin around into the face of a very angry Paul. "Snooping through my personal stuff, is that something you do often?" He snatches the folder away from me and tucks the letter back into it. Before I can answer he continues. "How many of these did you read?"

"I only read two," I say, standing up and trying to fight off my fear and show him that I am not ashamed to have been caught. "Paul, why didn't you ever those send those to Reggie?"

His face pales again and he kneels down and shoves everything back into his bag and zips it up. "That is none of your business Dawn," he replies, standing up. "Grab your stuff; we have to go on to my Battle Frontier challenge."

Paul and I travel in silence the rest of the day until we are forced to set up camp thanks to a darkening sky. I eat my chocolate chip cookie dough Pop-Tart without really tasting it. I can't seem to get the letters out of my mind. Paul has a lot of stuff he doesn't want to share. But the thing that the one letter had said, she really is like a new dawn for me, made me hope he was talking about me. I mean, it was pretty obvious, but who knows, maybe he is talking about someone else.

I am shaken from my thinking when I sense his eyes trained on me. I meet his dark eyes, the ones I can never read. We stare at each other silently for a few minutes. Then he turns away and crawls into his sleeping bag. I take this as a sign that he is not going to talk to me again.

I feel tears leaking slowly out of my eyes as I lay down. I have changed so much since traveling with Paul. I have gotten stronger, both physically and mentally. I don't have Piplup out of his Poke Ball anymore, unless I am currently training him. I don't wear much makeup, I don't care about my appearance, yet I have never felt this alive.

Just as I am drifting off to sleep, Paul says, "My favorite colors are dark purple and onyx."

I blink in surprise for a minute before I realize what he is talking about. "You heard me this morning. I thought you were asleep."

"I can't sleep through your mindless rambling Troublesome," he replies. "Now go to sleep, I am tired."

His breathing evens out and tells me that he has fallen asleep. I still don't quite know what has happened, but I think that I am starting to figure him out.

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