HIYAAAA! sorry it took so long for me to update. I stayed at my cousin's house and I can't find the time to write and update. I'm really SOOOORRY. Btw, this chapter is more on ikarishipping; for those who don't like 'em, I'm sorry but I like it okay? On with the story.

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Chapter 21

The next day May is the first one to wake up, she tried to get up but something was refraining her from getting up. She look down and saw an arm around her waist, she looked up and saw whose hand it belongs to – none other than Drew. She smiled, wanting to stay in his arms but she know that she can't. Slowly but surely, she removes his arm and already missed his warmth. She look at the other bed and saw Sam and Kat were cuddling.

"Awwwww, how cute" May said, the moment she got up, was the moment Drew opened his eyes. She looks at him as he tried to focus his eyes. 'He is so cute.'

His unfocused eyes stared at May who was staring back at him. 'I'm so sleepy, is it morning already?'

"Good morning grasshead" May said. Hey, just because they're together doesn't mean she cannot tease him like they usually do.

He smirk and flick his hair, eyes already focused and said "Good morning to you too, ms. Clumsy"

"I AM NOT CLUMSY"

"As you wish, CLUELESS"

"AND I AM NOT CLUELESS EITHER, "

"Mr. Rose, really July?"

"Grrr...You better run Drew because when I catch you it won't be great!"

Drew chuckled and ran out the door, with May running after him. May was really angry now, her face clearly says it, it's really a wonder that the kids are still sleeping. They run and run around the house, still in their pajamas.

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While all of this was happening, Paul woke up but kept his eyes close, he still don't want to get up. He felt warmth around his body, thinking that it was his pillow brought it closer to him. He tried to embrace it but instead of feeling soft, he felt skin. Alarmed, he immediately opened his eyes only to find Dawn sleeping beside him. Her head buried in his chest, her face contented with the warmth and his arms encircled her waist. Upon realizing that, he let go of her and decided to go downstairs to eat or something.

While walking in the hallway, these crazy thoughts came flooding into his mind. 'Why is she in my room? Why am I hugging her? What happened yesterday that she ended up in my room? Why do I feel this way about her? Heck, why am I even thing about her? Her, she's all I'm thinking about lately, that troublesome girl. I don't like her, do I?'

All this thoughts were confusing him, a sudden memory came to him about what happened last night.

FLASHBACK

The four of them are already tired and the kids are already asleep. They went up the stairs, in the second floor, and Katrina is still being carried by Paul.

"So where does she sleep?" Paul asked pointing at the sleeping Katrina.

May was so tired to answer back and yawned, looking at Drew, telling him to tell Paul where. Drew got the message and nodded, "She's staying in our room"

Soon, the four of them stopped at the guestroom where May, Drew and the kids are staying. May opened the door and went straight ahead to the bed. Drew followed her and set Sam down in the other bed and said to Paul to put Katrina beside Sam.

Paul nodded but before he steps inside, he was stopped by a hand in his shoulder.

"Hey Paul, I know you're tired so please let me handle Katrina. You should sleep already, I know you're already tired" Dawn offered even though she's REALLY tired.

Paul, even though he's tired, didn't allow it and said "I'll do it troublesome, just go sleep"

Dawn didn't object and began walking down the hall. She's even too tired to notice that he just called her troublesome.

Paul walked inside the room and gently put Katrina in the bed beside Sam and took of her shoes and socks. Satisfied that she's comfortable, he bid goodbye to Drew and to May, who is still awake, barely.

MINUTES AGO

After Paul told her to go sleep, she walked down the hallway, too tired to noticed she just passed her room. When she saw the door, all she could think about was going to sleep. She opened the door and immediately went to the bed. She unconsciously entered Paul's room.

"Is it me or is my room a bit different?" She mumbled. She decided to get up and change in HER room. She went to the drawer where she kept her things only to notice that it change locations. She was so sleepy that she thinks it's just an illusion, so she grabbed the shirt she saw. Dawn took her clothes of and put the shirt on; it was plain black and went down to her mid-thigh. It's a good thing she's wearing a mini-short on, and went to bed to sleep. She was THAT tired to notice that this was not her room but Paul's room.

As Paul entered, the first thing he noticed was that there was someone on his bed. He looked around, thinking that he entered a wrong room but found out that it was indeed his room.

'Who could that be?' he thought, he sighed and went to the bed. What he saw took him by surprise; Dawn was sleeping in his bed wearing one of his shirts, he fight off a blush that was creeping up in his face.

"Troublesome, wake up, hey wake up, you're in the wrong room." He said, shaking her but it's no use. He sighed and looked at her "Dawn" he whispered. He was mesmerized by her beauty while sleeping. 'Get a grip Paul' once again he sighed, quickly changing his clothes; he usually wears boxers when sleeping but since Dawn is here, he decided to wear a white shirt.

It's no use getting her to wake up and go to her room, besides he's really tired. He climbed in the bed next to her, his back facing her. He was kind of happy that she's here but he would never ever say that aloud. With that he drifted into sleep.

In the middle of the night, Dawn woke up and saw Paul beside her, hugging her close to him. She was ready to scream but stopped herself when she saw how peaceful he looks when he's sleeping, as if he doesn't care about the world. She decided to go back to sleep, back in his arms with a smile plastered in her face.

END OF FLASHBACK

Paul stopped walking after remembering what happened last night and blushed, it's a good thing that no one is around. He went downstairs and saw Reggie cooking, so went to the living room only to stop once again when he heard his name. He peeked and saw May and Drew talking.

It seems that they stopped chasing each other and decided to talk privately in the living room, unknown that Paul is listening to their conversation.

"I told you, we need to tell them the truth" May said

"But we don't want them to freak out, besides it might ruin their relationship" Drew argued back

"They won't freak out, okay maybe Dawn a bit but not Paul, besides they have the right to know. Maybe they could help us bring them back"

"May-sigh- we are not sure about that, why don't we ju-" Drew started but was cut off.

"Not tell us what? What are you guys hiding from us?" Paul cut her off and glared at them.

May gulp and glared back, and then glared at Drew. He got the message and sighed, he rubbed his head. He looked at May who nodded and once again sighed

"We'll tell you and Dawn once she and the kids wake up" Drew said

Paul was going to argue but decides that it's best if both of them heard it, it would save them some breath.

Dawn woke up after a few minutes, and for some reason she can't look at Paul's eyes, and whenever they would look at each other, she would blush.

Minutes later, Sam and Kat woke up, just in time for breakfast. They ate breakfast, coooked by Reggie. After that, May and Drew decided to tell them the truth.

'It's now or never' May thought, she took a deep breath and said "Dawn, Paul we need to talk to you privately"

"What for?" Dawn ask

"It's confidential" Drew replied

"Follow me" Paul said and started walking toward the stairs, the others following him. He led them to his room; it is the only private place he could think of. They all sat at his king-size bed.

"What we are going to tell is the truth, so please don't freak out" May said, looking at both Paul and Dawn. She took a big breath and said "Katrina is your daughter, i mean future daughter"

"WHAT!" Dawn yelled

"Me and Troublesome have a kid? What kind of joke is that" He was angry, embarrassed, happy, blushing, stupid emotions.

"I'm sorry if you think I'm some kind of a joke, it's not my fault that I'm Katrina Hikari Shinjii" Katrina said softly, tears escaping his eyes as she ran out of the room.

They were surprised at her action, Paul felt a little guilty for saying that; he was shocked at the news. Before anyone utter a word, Sam stood up.

"I'll follow her, sorry about that, she just missed her parents that's why she's acting like that" Sam said and ran out, following her best friend.

Dawn looked at Paul and notices his expression, being with him every day is really paying off; she could sometimes read his expression, and right now it's guilty.

"Paul didn't mean to say that, he may look like that but he's really guilty, right Paul?" Dawn said looking at him.

Paul was surprised once again, surprised that Dawn was right. Is he becoming soft? Of course not. The only thing he could do is nod at them, as if telling them that Dawn was right.

"Anyway, how could Katrina be...you know?" Dawn asked

"You and Paul got married, and she was born, end of story" Drew smugly replied, what she asked HOW right?

"DREW! That's not it, although he's right" May said "Let's start from the beginning; Drew and I have been travelling for two years now, and a few months ago we were walking when a girl fell from the sky. It's a good thing she landed on Drew -giggle- that girl is Sam. She introduced herself as Samantha Nicole Maple Hayden, she also said that she's the daughter of May and Drew Hayden. We were shocked, we told her who we are and promised to help her go back in time."

"So you're saying that Sam is your future daughter not Drew's cousin?" Dawn asked

"Yes, she's our future daughter" Drew replied "I'll continue the story; so we decided to bring her along. Without her we wouldn't confess to each other, it's all thanks to her" By now, Drew was slightly blushing. He didn't really like talking about this, that he confessed but it seems like it's part of the story. "Anyway, a week ago another girl fell, and that is Katrina. I gotta say, I was surprised that you guys would end up together but May seems to know that you guys would end up together, girls. She told us a way to bring them back to the future."

"Why does it always happened to Drew?" Dawn asked, she along with May laughed while Paul chuckled. Drew was trying to smile but failing miserably.

"So how are you bringing them back?" Paul asked. She's his daughter, that's why he feels slightly attracted to her as if they were related. 'A family with Dawn huh?' he thought.

"According to Kat, we need to go to Snowpoint city, there's a snowy mountain and on top is a magical cave. It's their key to going back but they have to think of the future to successfully go back"

"Can we help? Well if Paul doesn't want, I would gladly help" Dawn offered, why wouldn't she? It's her daughter after all.

"I would help too, she's not just your daughter, and she's mine too" Paul said and stood up, heading for the door.

"Where are you going?"

"To find Katrina" and with that he left

"I bet he's going to appologize to her" Dawn said to them.

"We agree, come on let's train together Dawn. I want to see you perform" May said

"Yeah, let's go"

"I'll come with you, since I never saw her fighting skills in coordinating" Drew flicked his hair

" is back" May said

"Clumsy"

"Whatever, come on Dawn" May said

They headed to the backyard and started showing their coordinating styles, they even battled each other.

It seems that Katrina and Sam were in the roof, that's where Paul found them.

"She fell asleep while crying" Sam explained "I'll go, I know you want to talk to her" Paul nodded and left.

He looked down and saw May and Dawn battling each other, May is using her Beautifly while Dawn is using her Piplup. He looked at Katrina who was waking up.

"Daddy?" she asked, all she could see is a blurry person with purple hair

"Katrina, I'm sorry for what I said earlier. I didn't mean it, I was.. surprised" Paul said

"It's okay, it's expected from you. Mommy said that when you were younger you were colder than now..err..future. I'm sorry for overreacting"

"It's not your fault, guess what? Me and your mommy is going to help you go back in your own time"

"Thanks, hey dad, are you and mommy together now?"

He was silent, what was he going to say anyway? "Not yet, I'll let you in a secret but you must promise not to tell anyone okay?"

"I promise"

"I have...feelings for Dawn, but I can't admit it and I certainly cannot confess"

"Why not?"

"What if she doesn't like me? I'm a jerk and cold-hearted"

"If she doesn't like you then I wouldn't be here right?"

"Good point, hey, can you ask her but don't tell that I'm the one asking. Talk to her and once the topic is about me, ask her okay?"

"Anything for you, but I'm sure that she likes you back"

He smiled, yes smiled not smirk and said "Come one, let's go back" He carried Kat and started walking towards the window where they came from.

Two hearts destined to beat as one, May and Drew and Paul and Dawn, they were always meant to be weren't they?

PHEW, THAT WAS LONG, I THINK! :) SORRY FOR THE LATE UPDATE

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