Hey Hey! :D I have returned! and have a chapter of 12,722 words to make up for the super long delay. As I told you, I had major exams so I didn't start writing this chapter until the 20th of June - you have to admit, 12,722 words in just 9 days is a lot :)
This was actually gonna be a lot longer but it wouldve taken me way more time to update and I felt like this was enough. Hopefully it will suffice :)
By the way...I recieved a stupid anon review like a week ago which stated that I didn't know how to write when they were not even able to spell recommend properly - they said 'rekamend' or some crap. I already deleted the 'review' but honestly, it was completely uncalled for -.- especially when they told both me and Angelcutepie to get off this site. And thankyou to xXOldrivalshippingXx for telling the anon loser off :) it is much appreciated!
To everyone out there who likes flaming...it hurts. Put yourself in the author's shoes before you decide to write shit -.- it really pisses me off as well when they insult my twin like best friend.
Well anyway, on a brighter note, this chapter has quite a bit of pearlshipping...at least i'm hoping it does XD and now I shall end the super long author's note.
Any mistakes, please let me know :)
Enjoy!
Ash fell back on his bed in exhaustion. It was lucky that Dawn had listened to him tonight – he should've tried to talk to her alone from the start. She hadn't even complained or hit him when he kissed her – she definitely missed his kisses as much as he missed hers.
"Oi Ash" the raven-haired boy was brought out of his thoughts by the voice of Drew. He snapped his head up to see the chartreuse-haired boy leaning against his doorframe. Before he could respond, Gary and Paul appeared behind Drew and all three walked into the raven-haired boy's room.
"What's up?" he yawned "It's kinda late – can we talk tomorrow?"
"No." Gary replied simply as he plopped down next to him on the bed "We wanna know what happened with Dawn"
"Oh..."
"So" Drew prompted "What did she say?"
"Well...she listened to me" he began "I explained to her what happened and why we did what we did and how it was Reggie's idea"
"And?" Paul gestured for the boy to continue
"I think she understands, kind of" he then shrugged "But I'm not sure – she said that she couldn't forgive me-"
"How the hell does she understand if she can't forgive you?" Gary looked at the boy with a raised eyebrow.
"Let me finish" Ash rolled his eyes before continuing "She said that she didn't have it in her to forgive us yet" a small smile graced his lips "So there's a chance she might."
There was a short silence before Gary squinted his eyes at Ash as he noticed something glinting on the boy's face.
"Are you wearing lip gloss?" Paul and Drew snapped their heads towards Ash and looked at him strangely before all three boys' eyes widened in realisation "You kissed her!" the brunette cried out incredulously.
"Uh...Maybe?" Ash gave a sheepish shrug
"I can't believe you!" Drew refrained from shouting as it would wake Reggie – that would be bad. "I can't believe you were making out with her in the bathroom while we were practically dying trying to reason with the others!"
"It was just a small kiss" the raven-haired boy defended "Nothing big – I couldn't help it" he sighed "She just put on a fresh coat of lip gloss and they were staring me in the face...I had to"
"Heh" Drew snorted "I should try that May – I can tell she wants to kiss me...really badly"
"No need to be so full of yourself" Gary rolled his eyes before standing up "Well, I'm sleepy" he yawned and stretched to add emphasis "I'll see you guys in the morning" Paul and Drew nodded and followed him out the door – closing it behind them.
Ash laid back down and sighed deeply. Hopefully Dawn would forgive him soon – but he couldn't help but feel like something bad was going to happen. He turned on his side and covered himself with his blanket. Whether it was to him or one of the guys or even one of the girls, something was definitely about to happen.
Time skip – the next day (Saturday)
The girls and Barry were sitting downstairs on the sofa in their PJs as they watched MTV to pass time. Dawn was at one end with her chin in her arms on the arm rest; her legs were on Misty's lap who sat next to her cross-legged. Barry sat next to Misty with his legs on the ground and his arms behind the back of his head against the head-rest. May had her head in Barry's lap as she tried to stay awake – she wasn't usually awake at eight in the morning on a Saturday – and her legs resting in Leaf's lap who had her legs on the ground and her chin in her hand as her elbow sat on the other arm-rest.
"I'm bored" May complained "Why are we awake this early on a Saturday?"
"Because Misty screamed like a girl and woke everyone up!" Barry replied, his voice laced with annoyance. The red head in question turned to him and glared.
"Hey! There was a spider in my room okay!" she shuddered at the memory "And I am a girl!"
"It was tiny!"
"Was not!"
"Was too!"
"Nuh-uh!"
"Yeah-huh!"
"Shut up!" both figures instantly stopped fighting and turned to face Dawn "You guys are so annoying when you fight!" she then turned to Barry "Spiders are creepy! All bugs are! Misty had every right to scream – besides, she has a phobia of bugs."
"Can arachnids even be classified as bugs?" The blonde retorted but then decided to stop when he saw the bluenette's expression.
"Shush!" Leaf waved a hand to make them stop "They're about to finish the 'Top 20 countdown', I wanna see which song is number one."
"Hopefully it'll be a good one" May rolled her eyes "I can't believe 'Mr. Saxobeat' was ranked second – it's such a weird song"
"It has a nice beat" Dawn shrugged before turning back to the TV as an image of the earth appeared and began to spin slowly. A guitar began to play a beat and then sped up after a few seconds as a drum joined in.
"I know this song" Misty began to think "It's a pretty old one though – like a year ago"
"It's 'If I Ruled The World' by GPAD" May pointed to the screen as the name appeared. She then turned to Dawn who held the remote "Turn it off" The bluenette nodded and aimed the remote at the TV, but before she could Leaf stopped her.
"Wait!" she gave the girl a small smile "I like this song – leave it on"
"Alright" Dawn nodded and leaned back onto the sofa as an image of Ash appeared on screen. As soon as he finished his part, it instantly changed to Paul and then continued to do the same as each boy sung a part of the verse.
Ash- If I ruled the world
I'd throw all my
money in the air
Like confetti
Paul- If I ruled the world
Every house got
A DJ and a
Backyard party
Drew- And I break
all the borders
down
When I shake the ground
Gary- If I ruled the world
I'd dream I'd love
The image instantly changed back to the earth and then zoomed in to all of the boys on a beach with hula dancers around them as they danced with them and sang the chorus.
All- So everybody get
up, up
outta your seats
Kick off your shoes
like you're down
at the beach
And jump up
up, up on the beat
Singing
aye oh, aye oh
aye oh
Up, up
outta your seats
Be who you are
Love is all you need
All of us
geeks, freaks
and wannabes
Singing aye oh
If I ruled the world
I would give it
give it all to you
Give it
give it, give it
all to you
If I ruled the world
I would give it
give it all to you
Give it
give it, give it
all to you
It once again changed to the Earth and then zoomed in until it was on Drew in India in the Unova region. Around him were four female dancers dressed in traditional Indian attires as he sang to each one and danced with them.
Drew- If you were my girl
You'd never have to
worry 'bout another thing
No
'cause I ruled the world
And you'd be
right next to me
runnin' the show
He moved his hands from left to right and the scene changed to Gary in Russia in the Kanto region. He was dancing with four Russian men around him as he sang the second half of the verse before it returned to the chorus where it switched between all four boys. It first moved to Ash in London in the Hoenn region outside Buckingham Palace with four security guards behind him, and then went to Paul in China – which was in a further part of Sinnoh – with three traditionally dressed Chinese women dancing with him. It then went to Drew again before coming back to Gary.
Gary- We'd throw every
rule in the book out and
Bring down the house
If you were my girl
we'd dream of love
All- So everybody get
up, up
outta your seats
Kick off your shoes
like you're down
at the beach
And jump up
up, up on the beat
Singing
aye oh, aye oh
aye oh
Up, up
outta your seats
Be who you are
Love is all you need
All of us
geeks, freaks
and wannabes
Singing aye oh
If I ruled the world
I would give it
give it all to you
Give it
give it, give it
all to you
If I ruled the world
I would give it
give it all to you
Give it
give it, give it
all to you
The scene then returned back to Paul as he sang the first half of the third verse and then back to Ash for the second half.
Paul- I'd be beatin'
on my chest
I'm the king of
the hills
Magic carpets
girl we go wherever
I ain't tryna run a game
I ain't tryna be clever
Ash- Girl I'ma be the king
And you would be the queen
Goin' a hundred
miles an hour
Girl we runnin'
the streets
And if the cops
ever try and pull
us over
We tell them
Hey mister officer
We own ya!
As a short instrumental played, Ash ran out to the left and then appeared on the right but was now in Russia with Gary as he gestured for the boy to follow him. Both boys then ran through China as Paul followed and then to India where Drew was. As all four boys were together, they ran out of the camera vision and then wound up back at the beach where they had started to sing the final chorus and end the song.
All- So everybody get
up, up
outta your seats
Kick off your shoes
like you're down
at the beach
And jump up
up, up on the beat
Singing
aye oh, aye oh
aye oh
Up, up
outta your seats
Be who you are
Love is all you need
All of us
geeks, freaks
and wannabes
Singing aye oh
If I ruled the world
I would give it
give it all to you
Give it
give it, give it
all to you
Gary- If I ruled the world
All- I would give it
give it
All to you
Give it, give it
give it all to you
Paul- If I ruled the world
All- I would give it
give it all to you
Give it, give it
give it all to you
I would give it
give it all to you
Give it, give it
give it all to you
Drew- If I ruled the world
All- I would give it
give it all to you
Give it, give it
give it all to you
I would give it
give it all to you
Give it, give it
give it all to you
Ash- If I ruled the world
"This song is so old" May began after a short silence "And yet – it's ranked as number one on MTV's 'Top 20 Countdown'"
"I guess people just love them that much" Dawn replied
'Alright! That was the Top 20 countdown – decided by you guys ofcourse' The girls and Barry turned back to the TV to see the host for MTV 'fames and flames' – Camille Roberts – smiling 'GPAD is still number one, even after their six month hiatus' her expression then turned into one of curiosity 'But how long can this last? After all – there seems to be some trouble in paradise for the boys'
"Okay – I'm turning this off!" Dawn pressed the 'off' button on the remote and the TV screen instantly blackened "I'm sick of all this drama" she sighed and set the remote back down next to her "Let's just go and do something fun instead?"
"Good idea" Barry gently moved May's head off of his lap and stood up "What do you want to do? As long as it's fun I'm in"
A sly grin graced the bluenette's features "I have an awesome idea"
"Which is?"
"I brought season one and two of Pretty Little Liars with me" she winked "Let's watch it!"
"Oh hell no!" the blonde boy glared "There is no way I'm gonna sit down infront of this TV all day pretending that I want to know who 'A' is" he then raised an eyebrow "Besides – I thought you said you were sick of drama"
"I'm sick of the drama with us" Dawn gestured to herself and the other girls with an obvious expression "Besides, 'A' is devious and cunning...that's what makes it so interesting – you never know what they'll do next"
"'A' is stupid" Leaf's jaw dropped at the boy's statement and she instantly stood up
"Never say that!" The brunette's walked forward till she was right next to Barry "'A' is everywhere and is definitely not stupid."
"Whatever"
May looked at him curiously "Have you ever watched a whole episode of Pretty Little Liars?"
"No" he snorted "I'm a guy, I don't watch dramas about four girls being harassed by some psycho called 'A'" he then rolled his eyes "I swear when they started showing ads for this every two minutes I had to stop myself from breaking the TV"
"You're crazy" Misty looked at him incredulously "Just watch one episode and trust me, you'll love it"
"As if"
"Just try it" Dawn insisted "It's really addictive"
"Not a chance"
"Please?"
"No"
"For me?"
"Nope."
"There are heaps of hot girls"
"Okay!"
"How did I know that would work?" The bluenette rolled her eyes as she ran up to her room to get the DVDs.
"Are hot girls all you guys think of?" May raised an eyebrow as the blonde boy happily sat back down on the sofa "As soon as Dawn mentioned hot girls being in the show you agreed"
"Not really" Barry shrugged nonchalantly and leaned back into the sofa "We think about a lot of other things too."
"Like?"
"Like food" he began counting off his fingers "Sports and video games too"
"Don't forget sex" Misty rolled her eyes "That's probably one of the biggest parts of your brain"
"No doubt" Leaf nodded as she took Barry's head in both her hands. She moved her lips to his ear and started shaking his head "Hey Mr. Barry's brain...there's more to life than sex, girls and food"
"Hey!" He pushed the brunette away and started rubbing his ear "You don't need to scream right in my ear"
"How else am I supposed to make sure your tiny little brain heard me?" She questioned innocently and Barry glared
"You're such a brat"
"But you love me anyway" Leaf grinned as Dawn came back downstairs with two DVD cases in her hands and Piplup sitting on her head.
"I'm back!" She waved the DVDs excitedly "Season one and two" she then gestured to the blue penguin pokémon on her head "I decided to bring Piplup along – he hasn't been out of his pokeball in a while and he loves Pretty Little Liars"
"Pip Piplup!" the pokémon cried out excitedly as it jumped off of Dawn's head and ran over to the sofa, taking a seat on Barry's lap as it waited for its trainer come and sit down as well.
"Alright – well, let's see what's so great about this drama" The blonde boy pulled up his feet on the sofa and Misty, May and Leaf followed suit as Dawn put in the season one CD. She walked back to her original spot on the sofa and allowed Piplup to come sit in her lap. She then picked up the remote off the arm rest and aimed it at the TV before pressing 'play'.
Instantly an image of four girls – two brunettes, a blonde and one with raven-hair – sitting on a mound of dirt and also covered in dirt, appeared. It looked as if they had just buried something and the brunette girl in the middle had a finger to her lips. 'Pretty Little Liars' was written underneath in cursive and then below it were the words 'Play', Episode list' and 'Settings'.
"Damn!" Barry stared at the screen in excitement "They are hot!"
"Close your mouth doggie – you're drooling" Dawn's voice was dripping with sarcasm as she pressed 'play' and the screen turned black as the credits for the first episode began.
Barry's attention was glued to the TV in seconds as he watched one of the five girls – Aria – wake up to see two of her friends missing.
"Where are Spencer and Alison" Barry question and Dawn slapped him
"Shut up!" she whispered angrily as she continued to watch the episode. By now the other two girls – Hanna and Emily – had also woken up and Spencer had finally returned stating that Alison was nowhere to be found.
Dramatic music played for a quick second and then the intro song played with the image of a porcelain-like body having its hair curled, nails painted and being dressed up before being buried. It then showed the four girls with sad and nervous expressions on their faces as they stood infront of the coffin before one of them brought a finger to her lips and said 'Shh' as the name of the show was written onto the screen.
"Theme song!" All four girls cheered as they took turns singing a part of it.
"Got a secret, can you keep it? Swear this one you'll save" Leaf began before turning to Misty and gesturing for her to continue.
"Better lock it in your pocket, takin' this one to the grave" she then turned to May as she sang the next part.
"If I show you then I know you won't tell what I said" she turned to Dawn who sang the final part of the song.
"Cause two can keep a secret if one of them is dead" They all turned to Barry and winked at him as they brought a finger to their lips.
"Shh!"
"You girls are insane" he rolled his eyes
"Quiet!" Misty waved her hand to make him stop talking as the show continued
Ash, Drew, Paul and Reggie sat on the sofa – in that order – watching MTV's 'Top Twenty Countdown'. Ash was sipping occasionally from a glass of coke, Drew was eating a sandwich, Paul was simply watching the show with his arms crossed over his shoulders and Reggie had his laptop sitting on his lap as he continuously typed away.
Their song 'If I Ruled The World' had been ranked as number one and they were quite proud. The song was at least a whole year old and yet it was placed as number one on the list of top twenty best songs.
"It's official" Drew smirked as the song came to an end "We're awesome"
"Don't be so happy just yet" Paul pointed to the TV "They're talking about us again"
'Alright! That was the Top 20 countdown – decided by you guys ofcourse' The three boys plus Reggie looked up to see the host for MTV 'fames and flames' – Camille Roberts – smiling 'GPAD is still number one, even after their six month hiatus' her expression then turned into one of curiosity 'But how long can this last? After all – there seems to be some trouble in paradise for the boys'
The four boys appeared on the screen doing one of the poses they had done for a poster a few months ago. Drew was on the right with a hand shoved in his visible pocket as Ash stood next to him and Paul with his arms around both their shoulders. Paul had a simple expression on his face as he stood straight with Gary leaning against him slightly with his arms folded over his chest and a smirk on his face. Although she wasn't visible, Camille's voice could be heard in the background.
'Looks like there's some relationship problems for the boys – and it sounds like one of them got his girl knocked up' Within an instant Drew, Ash and Paul slid off the screen and Gary was moved till he was in the middle 'Is Gary Oak really expecting a child? Find out after this short break'
Ash spat out his drink, Drew started choking on his sandwich and Paul was staring at the screen with uncharacteristically wide eyes. He then turned to Drew and whacked his back until the bread piece came out of his throat. Reggie on the other hand, slammed the lid of his laptop shut and rage filled his eyes as he shouted.
"GARY FUCKING OAK! GET THE FUCK OVER HERE RIGHT NOW!"
"Whoa..." Ash looked at elder Shinji in surprise. Before he could say anything, Gary appeared from the hallway with an irritated expression on his face.
"What?" he raised an eyebrow "Any reason you decided to give me a middle name?"
"What the hell is this?!" Reggie pointed to the TV and the brunette crossed his arms over his chest
"An ad for tampons?"
"Not that!" he growled "Just wait – it'll come back soon"
Gary rolled his eyes "Whatever" it was then that he noticed the shocked and slightly fearful expressions on the other boys' faces – even Paul "What?" he stared at them in confusion "What are you so freaked out about?"
"And we're back!" the brunette turned his attention to the TV as a picture of him appeared "So, is Gary Oak really expecting a child? Well he sure thought he was" the picture then turned to one of him with his hands on Leaf's shoulders and a pleading expression on his face.
"Stalkers much?" He growled as he recognised it from the previous night
"Ofcourse Leaf Green wasn't too happy when he asked her though" Camille then winked "We even got a recording for you guys" She gestured to the screen next to her and the camera moved until it had clear view and the clip began to play.
"Look" Gary put his hands on her shoulders "I just, I need to know" he sighed "Are you pregnant?" Drew, Paul, Misty, May, Barry and especially Leaf's eyes all widened in utter shock at the boy's words. Before he could do anything else, he felt a painful sting on his left cheek as Leaf gave him a tight slap.
"NO!" Leaf screamed "WHY WOULD YOU THINK THAT!"
"Because I know you took a test on Monday" his eyes held sadness but then began to flare with anger "Unless you aborted it" when she didn't respond, he held her tighter "Did you?"
"Yes...I took a test" She glared daggers at him "But it came out negative" she then let out a bitter laugh "And thank god that it did...because if it was positive" she had completely forgotten about the others that were around her "Despite how much I'm against it...I would have aborted it"
"Wh-what?" Gary looked at her in pure shock and disbelief, before he could say anything else, she continued
"Not because I feel like I'm too young to be a mother" she shook her head "But because no child deserves to come in this world with someone like you as their father Gary Oak – no one" she forced his arms off of her and stalked off till she was walking down the street.
The clip ended and the camera turned back to Camille, who winced 'Oh...that's harsh – poor Gary' her sadness was clearly fake as her expression turned back to one of slight excitement "So...does this mean our favourite playboy is back on the market? Let's hope so-"
Reggie turned off the TV and glowered at the brunette boy infront of him "What is wrong with you!" before Gary could answer, he continued "If you wanna go out and have sex with girls then whatever, I don't care! But don't go and impregnate them"
"She's not pregnant!" Gary defended "Did you not watch the clip? She said she wasn't and if she was then she would've aborted it anyway so why are you throwing a hissy fit!" despite the anger in his voice, his eyes were filled with hurt and the other boys knew it was because of what Leaf had said to him the night before.
"I am not throwing a hissy fit!" he spat as he stood up, roughly throwing his laptop onto the sofa "If you get a girl pregnant at this age, your career is as good as gone – forget about being famous, you'll be finished" he picked up his laptop and then walked until he was right infront of the boy "I'm saying this for your own good" he then turned to the other boys "And all of yours too – stay away from those girls."
"You're not our babysitter Reggie" Paul glared at his brother "Stop acting like you own us – we're old enough to make our decisions and mistakes, we don't need you to make them for us"
"Whatever" he rolled his eyes "Dig your own graves – see if I care." and with that, he disappeared down the hall.
"Asshole" Gary mumbled before walking over and slumping down onto the sofa "This past week has been intense" he let out a deep sigh
"I just hope the girls didn't see that" Ash's voice held worry "There'll be even less chance of them forgiving us if they did"
When I walk in the spot (yeah)
this is what I see (ok)
Everybody stops
and they staring at me
I got passion in my pants
and I ain't afraid to
show it, show it
show it, show it
I'm sexy and I know it
I'm sexy and I know it
Gary's ringtone blared through his pocket and all four boys' hearts skipped a beat. Normally Ash and Paul would've complained about the brunette having such a 'dirty' ringtone while Drew would laugh as Gary stated it was nothing but the truth. This time – they were all silent.
"Who is it" Ash managed to speak through his fear as Gary pulled his phone out of his pocket "Is it them?"
"It's my gramps" Gary sighed in relief – and the others did the same – as he pressed the green answer button "Hey gramps, why the sudden phone call?"
An angry voice was heard on the other end and the brunette sweat-dropped "She's not pregnant."
"He saw it didn't he?" Drew snorted and after seeing Gary's expression, he was having trouble holding in his laughter.
"Yes...I did sleep with her" the brunette was trying his best not to rage as his grip tightened around the phone. His eyes widened slightly at the next words "No! I did not rape her!" he groaned in annoyance "Yes...I'm positive that I didn't"
"Ha!" Drew was pointing at Gary as he began laughing and the brunette glared at the boy. He picked up a sofa cushion and through it at the chartreuse-haired boy – hitting him square on the head – before bringing a finger to his lips and gesturing for the boy to keep his mouth shut.
"Support her?" he growled angrily "How many times do I have to tell you she's not fucking pregnant!" his eyes widened and he slapped his hand over his mouth shut as he realised who he'd sworn at.
"Ohh..." The emerald eyed boy drew out the word as he began to smirk "Now you're in for it"
"Sorry!" his voice was apologetic and hasty "Yes, I promise I will never use that language around you again!"
"Aww, poor widdle Gawy got in twouble"
"Shut up!" the brunette growled at Drew but then face-palmed "No, that wasn't meant for you!" he rolled his eyes "Don't you have lots of work to do at the lab?"
"Classic excuse" Ash slapped Drew upside the head at his comment and both he and Paul glared
"Hey...are you okay gramps?" Gary's voice and expression started to fill with worry and Drew finally agreed to stop talking "You seem kinda stressed" he shook his head "No, I mean asides from your work at the lab...I think I can come down for a few days and help you if you want?" he sighed "Okay then – if you're sure" the boy then sweat-dropped "I promise I won't sleep with anymore girls until I'm married...okay, bye" he ended the call and shoved his phone back in his pocket before letting out an irritated groan as slumped back further into the sofa.
"What's wrong?" Ash leaned slightly closer to his childhood friend "Asides from the main reason Professor Oak called you" he elaborated after seeing the look of disbelief on Gary's face "You said he sounded stressed?"
"Yeah" the boy nodded "He said he just has too much work at the lab but I don't think that's it"
"How did Professor Oak find out about the whole thing?" Paul raised an eyebrow "He doesn't seem like the type to watch MTV."
"Daisy told him" the brunette rolled his eyes "She saw it and the bitch went off and told him"
"You know – I'm surprised they didn't record Barry kicking your ass" Drew chuckled and Gary snorted
"Other way around douche bag" he rolled his eyes before gesturing to the fading marks on his cheek "He fights like a girl!"
"He still gave you a black eye" Ash pointed to the brunette's right eye. It was only a pale purplish-blue so it would probably fade within the next day.
"Yeah, big deal – he caught me off guard"
"They must have left after Leaf walked off" Paul stated – referring to the paparazzi "They probably thought the show was over – it's a good thing though"
"Yeah" The raven-haired boy nodded "If professor oak found out you got into a fight he'd get even more pissed off"
"What I don't get though" Gary held a look of confusion "Is why Daisy didn't tell Mum and Dad and why they didn't call me instead"
"Maybe she didn't want them to stress out thinking that their superstar son possibly impregnated a girl and made it look like they didn't raise you properly." Drew shrugged
"You're not helping you idiot!" Ash punched the boy's arm as Gary stood up
"I'm going back to my room" he didn't bother waiting for a reply as he disappeared down the hall. As soon as they heard the door to his room shut, Paul and Ash turned to Drew and glared.
"What?" he looked at them innocently
"May was right – you are insensitive" The raven-haired boy stated before also standing up. He turned to Paul "You've already had breakfast right? What's there to eat?"
The plum-haired boy shrugged "I ate cereal."
"Great." He spoke sarcastically "There's never anything decent around here"
"You know...we should really hire a maid" Drew suggested as he leaned back further into the sofa "It would make life so much easier"
"It would also make us lazy" Ash rolled his eyes before walking disappearing down the stairs
"Whatever" he rolled his eyes before lifting his feet onto the sofa and lying down with his hands behind his head "Since the girls haven't called or come here and tried to break down the doors – I'm guessing they didn't watch MTV this morning"
"That's a good thing" Paul let out a sigh "We have enough problems with them as it is – we don't need any more"
"True that." he nodded before yawning "I'm tired man" he grabbed the sofa cushion that Gary had thrown at him and placed it under his head before using his feet to slip off his shoes and then made himself more comfortable onto the sofa. "Unless my sexiness is under threat – don't wake me up" he said to Paul before closing his eyes.
"Conceited idiot"
the boy mumbled before getting up and walking down the hall and towards his room.
"You know who 'A' is, don't you?" Barry questioned the girls as they finished watching the first ten episodes of Pretty Little Liars.
"Yep" They all spoke at the same time
"Who?" He looked at them in surprise
"Like we're gonna tell you" Dawn snorted "That would completely ruin it"
"You were right – this show is addictive"
"Told ya" May smirked
"The amount of bitching and drama in it is crazy" he looked at Dawn in confusion as she walked towards the TV "What are you doing?"
"It's almost seven at night Barry" she explained as she took the CD out and placed it back in its case "I think that's enough Pretty Little Liars for one day"
"Just one more episode! Please – I wanna find out who 'A' is"
"Sweetie, you're not gonna find out who 'A' is in just one more episode" Misty patted Barry on the head and the others began to laugh.
"Okay then, just tell me who he or she is"
"No way!" Leaf looked at the boy, shocked that he had even said such a thing "That would just ruin the whole thing"
"Then let me watch it!"
"Later" May waved her hand nonchalantly "The TV's been on all day, give it a break"
"Besides" Misty continued "We're all hungry – I think I'll make a stir-fry!" her eyes lit up at the thought and she skipped into the kitchen.
"I'll go help" Dawn placed the DVD case on top of the TV and followed Misty
"Make sure you don't give her sour cream instead of thickened cream!" Barry called from behind as he rolled his eyes
"You don't use cream in stir-fry you stupid boy!" Misty's irritated voice came from the kitchen and May, Dawn and Leaf burst out laughing
"Don't worry Barry – I won't get things mixed up" the bluenette winked and continued walking before she disappeared in the direction of the kitchen.
"So, who's 'A'?" The blonde returned to the original topic and Leaf rolled her eyes
"I'm not telling you so you should stop trying"
"Please!"
"No"
"May!" he turned to the other brunette with a pleading expression "I need to know"
May looked at Leaf and a smirk graced both their lips as they nodded at each other before walking towards the unsuspecting blonde.
"Alright" she smiled as she sat on one side and Leaf sat on the other
"'A' is..." Leaf began. Both she and May leaned in closer to him until they were both right at his ears. At the same time they screamed
"A SECRET!"
"OW!" Barry slapped both hands over his ears in pain as Leaf May fell back onto the sofa in laughter "Damn it! That hurt"
"It's your fault for insisting" Leaf replied in a sing-song voice
"You didn't have to try and make me deaf you know" he rolled his eyes while rubbing his ringing ears "You could've just whispered it"
"But where's the fun in that?" May held a look of innocence and Barry glared
"You are so dead!" He lunged forward but she squealed and jumped out of the way before he could catch her. He turned around to see that Leaf had also jumped off the sofa "Get back here!" he began to chase the screaming girls around the house.
The chase continued until Barry finally managed to catch May and held her in a tight grip – make her struggling useless. Unfortunately for him, as soon as he managed to catch her, Dawn called everyone for dinner.
"You should thank Dawn for saving your life" Barry smirked as he let go of the lighter brunette
"Oh really?" she put her hands on her hips "As if you would've done anything – you're too much of a good guy"
"I am not!"
"Yes you are" she snorted "You would never do something as risky as what Drew did" a smile then graced her lips "But it's a good thing and we all love you for it – whoever ends up with you as their boyfriend or husband is going to be extremely lucky."
"Aww" The boy blushed a rosy pink as he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment "How am I supposed to stay mad at you when you say things like that?"
"You're not" she giggled before grabbing his hand "Let's go eat! I'm hungry"
He nodded and followed her towards the dining room where Dawn had just finished setting the table.
Ash let out a deep sigh as he sat down on a small swinging chair outside (1). The night was chilly but it felt good against his skin. He was determined to get Dawn back and like he had told her at the karaoke bar, he wasn't going to give up on her.
He knew that she believed him when he told her truth the night before, but he also knew that she didn't believe that he still loved her. There had to be some way he could convince her that he never stopped.
The raven-haired boy shifted his body until he was lying down on his back on the chair and his hands were behind his head. The soft rocking was making him feel like he was a baby again and his mother was rocking him softly in his crib.
He closed his eyes as the chair continued to rock slowly – eventually stopping after a few minutes, but by then he had already drifted off into a deep slumber.
Time skip – The next day (Sunday)
"I didn't see him anywhere around town" Paul stated as he walked back into the living room where Drew and Gary were waiting "I'm guessing you guys didn't find him either?"
"Nope" Gary shook his head "I checked his room, the kitchen and all of our rooms" he counted off on his fingers "He's not there."
"He's not in any of the bathrooms, the recording room or in the games room" Drew shrugged "He's nowhere in the house" he then turned to Paul "And you said you couldn't find him in town" the plum-haired boy shook his head "Then where could he be?"
"Did you check at Dawn's house?" Gary suddenly asked Paul "He might be over there trying to talk to her or something"
"I drove past there – his car wasn't outside"
"Maybe he walked?" The brunette suggested "They don't live that far away from us" he then turned to Drew "Call Dawn and see if he's there"
"Right" the chartreuse-haired boy nodded and pulled his phone out of his pocket, scrolled through his contacts for Dawn and then tapped the screen to call her before putting it on speaker. After a few rings, a groggy voice was heard on the other end.
'What do you want jerk-face?' she sounded irritated as she yawned 'I was sleeping"
"Since when do you sleep in till eleven in the morning?" he raised an eyebrow – ignoring the insult – and heard her growl
"Why do you care anyway? I'm not in the mood to talk to someone like you so either hurry up or hang up."
"Whatever" he rolled his eyes "I just called to ask if Ash was with you – but if you were all asleep then I guess not"
"Misty and Barry are awake but I don't think Ash came here – I would've heard them raging at him" the irritation in her voice was replaced with curiosity "Why? Did something happen?"
"We can't find him" Gary finally spoke "We looked all over the house and town too, we have no idea where he is"
"We were hoping you'd seen him" Paul continued
"Did you check the backyard?" All three boys remained silent and she groaned "Go check!"
"Gary go look" Drew gestured to the brunette and he nodded before disappearing down the stairs. The emerald eyed boy turned back to the phone "Gary's gone to look but I doubt he's there – he would've come back in by now"
"Just wait." they could tell she was rolling her eyes "I can't believe you didn't consider checking the backyard – you're so stupid!"
"I am not stupid!" Drew glared, despite the fact that she couldn't see "I'm telling you he's not-
"I FOUND HI-OLY SHIT I THINK HE'S DEAD!" he was cut off by the sound of Gary yelling from outside
"WHAT?" Dawn shrieked on the other line but Drew dropped the phone onto the floor and both he and Paul ran down the stairs and towards the backyard.
"What do you mean he's de- Paul cut himself off as he saw the ghostly pale figure of Ash lying on the swinging chair. Both he and Drew ran forward till they were standing next to Gary "What the hell is he doing out here?"
"Ash! Wake up!" Gary put a hand on the boy's arm but removed it instantly "He's freezing!" his eyes were wide shock
"He must've fallen asleep out here" Drew mumbled before putting a hand to Ash's cheek "Yeah, he definitely slept out here"
Gary knelt down and grabbed the raven-haired boy before putting him over his shoulder and quickly walking back inside. Drew and Paul followed quickly behind as the brunette carried the boy into his room and placed him carefully on his bed.
Paul walked forward and placed two fingers on the side of Ash's neck, removing it after a few seconds. "He's not dead" his voice was normal but his face held relief "But his pulse is slow so we should warm him up"
They both nodded and headed towards Ash's closet, ignoring the piles of clothes that fell out and picking out as many extra blankets as they could find. Within seconds, they dumped the blankets on top of the pale boy and wrapped them around him tightly.
"Why would he sleep outside?" Gary spoke up after a few seconds of silence "It's not like there's anything wrong with his room – even if there was, he could've slept on the sofa"
"I doubt he did it intentionally" Drew rolled his eyes "He probably didn't even realise he'd fallen asleep"
"Whatever it is" the brunette refrained from glaring at the boy "The cold should've woken him up –we're from Kanto and it's warm there, he hates the cold"
"Don't forget he's spent nine years of his life here, he's probably adjusted to the cold"
"Good poi-" The brunette as cut off by the Dawn rushing into the room
'I can't take it, take it
take no more
Never felt like
felt like this
before
Come on get me
get me on the
floor
DJ watchu
watchu waitin'
for?
Whoa-oh, oh
Oh, oh
Oh, Oh ,Oh
Dawn groaned as her ringtone continued to play repeatedly on her bedside table. She sat up slowly and rubbed her eyes before taking her phone and tapping the green button to accept the call from Drew.
"What do you want jerk-face?" she questioned irritably as she yawned "I was sleeping"
"Since when do you sleep in till eleven in the morning?" She looked at the clock and her eyes widened slightly, it was already eleven? She didn't want him to think she was getting lazy so she simply growled.
"Why do you care anyway? I'm not in the mood to talk to someone like you, so either hurry or hang up."
"Whatever" She knew he was rolling his eyes "I just called to ask if Ash was with you – but if you were all asleep then I guess not"
"Misty and Barry are awake but I don't think Ash came here – I would've heard them raging at him" She sat up straighter in the bed and her irritation was replaced with curiosity "Why? Did something happen?"
"We can't find him" Came Gary's voice and she realised she was on speaker phone "We looked all over the house and town too, we have no idea where he is"
"We were hoping you'd seen him" Paul continued
"Did you check the backyard?"There was silence on the other end and she groaned "Go check!"
"Gary go look" There was a short silence and then shuffling before Drew spoke again "Gary's gone to look but I doubt he's there – he would've come back in by now"
"Just wait." She rolled her eyes "I can't believe you didn't consider checking the backyard – you're so stupid!"
"I am not stupid!" He growled angrily "I'm telling you he's not-"
"I FOUND HI-OLY SHIT I THINK HE'S DEAD!" his voice cut off as she heard a slightly muffled yell from Gary.
"WHAT?" Dawn shrieked as her eyes widened in shock "DREW?" when there was no reply, she realised that he had probably dropped the phone to go and see Ash.
The bluenette jumped out of the bed and quickly ran to the bathroom to brush her teeth. She moved the brush over her teeth so fast that she ended up poking the bristles in between her teeth and causing the gums to bleed slightly. She ignored the blood and brushed her tongue quickly before spitting out the mixture of blood and toothpaste and washing her mouth with cold water to numb the stinging.
"I don't have time to shower" she spoke to herself hastily as she ran down the stairs – not even bothering to change out of her pyjamas – and slipped on a pair of flats before grabbing her car keys, ignoring Barry and Misty's calls. "Gotta go, be back later!" she yelled to them and slammed the door to the house before rushing inside her car.
As soon as it backed out of the driveway, Dawn drove in the direction of the GPAD mansion – being careful not to speed as there were people crossing the road, the last thing she needed was running someone over and killing them.
She arrived within minutes and parked the car outside before running towards the gate. "James, open the gate!" she demanded to the body guard who was sitting in a booth next to the gate.
"I'm not sure if I'm allowed" he replied as he eyed the girl in her form-fitting, pachirisu pyjamas and she gave him a death glare.
"I said: open the gate!" she almost screamed at him but managed to control herself "Unless you want a black eye and a broken nose – open it right now"
"You can't break my nose" he snorted
"Wanna bet?" she kicked the gate with her foot and it shook violently "Open it!"
"Alright, alright jeez" he rolled his eyes behind his sunglasses and pressed a button, allowing the gates to open "Bitch." He mumbled under his breath as she ran inside and jogged up to the house – not even bothering to thank him.
Dawn reached above the door frame and felt around until she found a key. She picked it up and unlocked the door before running inside and straight up the stairs towards Ash's room.
"Don't forget he's spent nine years of his life here, he's probably adjusted to the cold" she heard Drew's voice as she neared the room, followed by Gary's but he cut himself off as she rushed into the room.
"Good poi-" he gave her a surprised look but she ignored it
"Is he okay?" her voice was filled with worry as she ran towards Ash and sat down on the bed next to him. "He's so pale" she placed a hand on his cheek and rubbed it softly – it was slightly cool but was beginning to warm up and she didn't doubt that it had been as cold as ice before.
"How'd you get in?" Drew raised an eyebrow
"James." Was all she said – not bothering to even turn in his direction – as she continued to rub Ash's cheek softly.
"Are you in your PJs?" Gary questioned and she turned to see him smirking while eyeing her up and down "Damn"
"Shut up you pervert" she glared at him before taking a deep breath to compose herself "How did this happen?"
"We think he slept outside last night" Paul answered "It seems like the only logical explanation – we found him asleep on the swinging chair"
"Idiot" she mumbled while shaking her head before looking at Gary "Is your Arcanine here or back in Kanto?"
"He's into Kanto, why?"
"He could've helped Ash warm up faster" she answered while pulling off a pokeball from her bracelet – it was a good thing she'd forgotten to take it off last night. "But don't worry, Cyndaquil should be enough"
"Cyndaquil!" a small, green echidna-like pokémon cried as it was released from its pokeball. It looked up at the worried expression on its trainers face and jumped into her lap – snuggling its warm body into hers comfortingly.
"Cyndaquil, keep him warm" the bluenette smiled as she picked up the fire mouse pokémon off her lap and placed him near the raven-haired boy's head.
"Cynda..." it shook its head angrily and ran back to Dawn. She knew that it didn't want to help Ash because he had hurt her and she smiled at the affection it was showing.
"Please? He needs help"
"Cyndaquil." It grumbled before grudgingly returning to where its trainer had originally placed it
"Thank you" Dawn smiled and petted its head fondly "I promise I'll make you lots and lots of poffins when we get back home" its expression lit up and it snuggled closer to Ash, causing the girl to giggle softly.
"So, now what?" The bluenette turned to see Drew – who had spoken –, Paul and Gary still standing behind her.
"You guys can go back to whatever you were doing" she replied "I'll take care of him"
"Are you sure?" Gary took a step forward but she put up a hand to stop him
"Don't worry, he'll be fine – I can't leave without Cyndaquil anyway"
"Alright" he nodded before smiling "Thanks" when she didn't respond, he shrugged and exited the room, followed by Drew and Paul.
Once they had left, Dawn let out a deep sigh. When Gary had said that he thought Ash was dead, her heart stopped. She was upset at the way he had treated her, but no matter how much she tried to convince herself otherwise – she was still in love with him.
She put a hand to his cheek again and stroked it softly "I miss the old you" she whispered softly "I miss the clueless boy with a heart of gold that I fell in love with" She leaned forward and pressed her lips against his softly for a quick second before pulling away and stroking his cheek once more.
The bluenette stood up slowly and walked towards his bathroom, she was in desperate need of a shower and Ash's bathroom was the closest one in range – he wouldn't mind. She locked the door after entering incase he woke up while she was showering. For once in her life, she was going to take a quick one.
After a record time of just ten minutes, she exited the bathroom in her pyjamas – as she had no other clothes of her own – and walked back into Ash's room to see that he was still asleep. The scene before her brought a smile to her face – he had turned on his side with a hand wrapped around Cyndaquil – who had also managed to fall asleep – and was snuggling closer to him.
Dawn walked back towards the raven-haired boy and sat down next to him again before putting the back of her hand to his forehead. The colour had returned to his face but he had a fever and his cheeks were flushed – that expected though, the stupid boy had spent the entire night outside in the freezing cold, it was obvious he was going to get sick.
She mumbled while pulling the blankets up further on the boy "Something tells me you're going to need a lot of taking care of for the next few days." Once Ash was covered up enough by the blankets, Dawn took a step back but then stopped when she realised that she'd stepped on a shirt. The bluenette put her hands on her hips and rolled her eyes as she picked up the shirt before studying the room "Ugh, what a mess"
She cringed when the stench of sweat wafted up her nose from the shirt "Eww!" she threw the shirt near the wall and sighed "Well, I have nothing else to do – I might as well clean up this room a bit" Dawn spoke to herself as she continued to pick up every used piece of clothing she found and threw them with the other shirt near the wall until there was a large pile of shirts, shorts, jeans, singlets and reluctantly she had even placed the boy's used underwear there.
After about an hour of nonstop cleaning, Ash's room was beginning to look like Dawn's – neat and orderly. The bluenette held her breath as she picked up the pile of used clothing and took them towards the bathroom before dumping them in the clothing basket so they could be washed. She let out the breath she had been holding in and ran over to the sink as she washed her hands thoroughly with soap a number of times. If Ash's room was this bad, she couldn't even imagine what it would be like to clean up Gary's.
"Why can't they be more like Drew?" she rolled her eyes while drying her hands "He may be a pain but at least he can keep his room clean."
The only thing left to clean was Ash's study table which was covered in papers, pencils, pens, rubber shavings, pencil shavings, glasses and plates. Dawn stacked the few plates on top each other and placed the two glasses on top before carefully balancing them as she walked out of the room and down towards the kitchen.
"What are you doing?"
"Ah!" The bluenette let out a shriek and let go of the plates, causing them to fall into the sink with a loud clatter. Luckily, they didn't fall from too great a height, so none of them broke. She turned around and glared at Gary who was leaning against the bench top with a confused expression on his face. "Don't scare me like that!"
"What?" he shrugged innocently "I just asked what you were doing."
"I felt weird just watching Ash sleep, so I thought I might as well clean up his room a bit" she explained "I was just bringing down the plates and glasses on his study table"
"That's nice of you" he lifted himself up onto the bench top and gestured for the bluenette to join him. Dawn hesitated for a moment before agreeing and lifting herself up so she was sitting next to him "Why are you doing this?"
"Doing what?" she looked away from him, completely aware of what he was asking
"You hate us – all of us" he explained "So why are you here looking after Ash and cleaning up his room as if he means the world to you?"
"Because he does." she sighed "No matter how much I may try to deny it – I still love him." She looked back to see Gary staring at her intently, his expression telling her to continue "I'm angry at him...I'm angry at all of you – but when I heard you say that you thought he was dead, I felt like I was about to die too" before he could say anything, she continued "Cheesy as it sounds – it's true"
"I'm sorry" Dawn snapped her head towards Gary in surprise
"What?"
"I'm sorry for everything we've put you through" he hung his head in shame "It was cruel and completely uncalled for"
"Were you really going to dump us?" he looked at her in confusion and she elaborated "If I hadn't found out on my own, were you all really going to just dump us? You were famous again, you reached your goal – you didn't need us anymore"
"To be completely honest – we didn't want to" he sighed "Ash and Paul never wanted to do this from the start – Drew and I were only interested in gaining our fame again" when he saw the look of disappointment she gave him, he quickly continued "But then somehow along the way, I fell in love with Leaf and Drew fell in love with May – the last thing we expected to happen."
"She's still in love with you, you know"
"I doubt it" he laughed bitterly "She hates me more than Zangoose and Seviper hate each other"
"That's how she's coming across, but trust me – I see her looking at your photos almost every day" she put a hand on his shoulder "She's just blinded by anger and hurt right now, and you can't blame her – you can't blame any of us."
"I know" he sighed again "But why are you talking to me if you haven't forgiven us?"
"Ash told me everything last night" she explained "I figured I might as well let you say something – refusing to listen to anything you have to say won't do any good. I'm still mad at all of you though"
"You have every right to be – we never should've agreed to do that to you" he then gave her a hopeful look "But what will it take for you guys to forgive us?"
"The best thing to do right now, is just leave us alone" her tone was solemn "We've been hurt really badly and you guys continuously showing up in our faces isn't helping anyone – just leave us be. I shouldn't even be here right now, but I can't leave Ash like this – I can't stand to see him hurt, it hurts me"
"That" Gary began "Is probably the most clichéd thing I have ever heard in my life" he smirked at the bluenette and began to chuckle.
"Shut up!" she whacked his arm "You're really not helping yourself by being mean to me"
"Right" he instantly stopped laughing and held an apologetic expression "Sorry"
"Gary!" Drew's voice was heard in the distance and footsteps could be heard as they got louder. Both Dawn and Gary jumped off the bench top just as Drew appeared in the kitchen.
"Why are you talking to me?" Dawn hissed at Gary while glaring "Just leave me alone – as soon as Ash wakes up I'm leaving. At least let me spend that short time here peacefully"
"But-"
"Ughh...useless" she growled before walking away from him. Once she was behind Drew, she paused and turned back around, smiled and winked at the brunette before disappearing out of the kitchen.
"What a bitch" Drew stated "Why is she even here if she hates us all so much?"
"Shut up." Gary rolled his eyes "Why were you calling me? You need something"
"Uh...yeah" he looked at the brunette strangely before returning to his original reason for calling the boy "I was gonna ask if I could borrow your car keys I left my jacket in there and I need it."
"Yeah, come on" he gestured for the boy to follow him as he exited the kitchen and headed up the stairs in the direction of his room.
Dawn re-entered Ash's bedroom to see that he was snuggling even closer to Cyndaquil than before and she couldn't help but "aw~" at the sight. She returned to the boy's study table and began stacking the papers together and putting them in a pile on one corner before collecting the pencil and rubber shavings in her hands and throwing them in the bin beside the desk. After she had gathered the pens and pencils and separated them on different sides of the table, she smiled at her work – Ash's room was now as clean as hers.
The bluenette eyed the posters on the wall next to his bed and noticed that a poster of the Sinnoh legendaries – Dialga, Palkia, Giratina and Arceus – had come loose and was folding over at one corner. "It seems so out of place now that his room is clean – I might as well fix it." she shrugged before opening a few of his desk drawers until she found tape.
Carefully stepping over his sleeping body on his bed, she broke off a piece of tape from its case and set it down on the edge of the bed before leaning back up till she managed to stick the corner back in place.
"AACHOO!"
"QUIL!" Cyndaquil yelped in shock, causing flames to escape from its back and straight into Ash's face as it ran forward and knocked Dawn over.
"AH!" Ash cried out as he frantically tried to pat down the flame on the tips of his hair
"AH!" Dawn shrieked as she tripped and fell right down on top of Ash
There was complete silence between the two while they stared into each other's eyes, absorbing the shock as their hearts pounded in their rib cages.
"Hi..." Ash managed to muster as he continued to stare at the bluenette on top of him
"Hi..." she breathed as a deep blush crept onto her cheeks, this was not what she was expecting or hoping would happen. She finally managed to come to her senses and frantically tried to get off of the equally shocked boy.
"No" he grabbed her hand held her down "Stay...please" he barely managed to let out the last word as he coughed a few times "Ughh" he sniffed once and grabbed his head "Why does my head feel like it's gonna explode?"
"You slept outside" she answered nonchalantly "Because you are and always will be – an idiot" the bluenette tried her very best not to sound worried, but she was failing miserably.
"I didn't do it on purpose" he defended himself as well as he could with the throbbing in his head "I was lying on the swinging chair and it rocked me to sleep"
"You're crazy" she shook her head "When Gary thought you were dead, I-" she stopped herself before she ended up telling him that she still loved him – he couldn't know, he'd just reject her, he didn't love her anymore.
"You what?" curiosity and hope filled his face
"Nothing" she looked away from him "I just wanted to make sure you were okay – no matter what you did, at one point in time, you were my friend."
"Oh." His face fell, but before he could say anything else, he felt a tickling in his nose "AACHOO!"
"EWW!" Dawn screamed as she jumped off the boy and wiped her face. She then turned to him and glared "You could give me some warning you know! I don't appreciate being sneezed on!"
"Sorry" he sniffed through his blocked nose "I didn't mean to" he coughed a couple of times before moaning and he grabbed his head "I feel like I'm going to die"
"Shut up!" the bluenette continued to glare at him "Don't you dare talk like that, even as a joke!"
"Hey! What happened?" Gary called as he, Drew and Paul came running into the room "We heard screaming"
"Damn." Drew said as he scanned Ash's now tidy room "Can you clean Gary's room next?"
"Shut up!" the brunette whacked him before walking over to Ash "You feeling okay?"
"No." The raven-haired boy groaned "My head hurts"
"Aww" Gary held a look of sympathy before he glared and whacked him on the side of his head
"OW!" Ash grabbed his head in pain "What was that for!"
"What the hell were you thinking, sleeping outside without even a blanket?! Or as usual, you probably weren't thinking at all!"
"I didn't do it on purpose!" he defended himself again while continuing to glare at his brunette best friend "The chair rocked me to sleep!"
"Idiot~..." he drew out the word and was about to continue to lecture the boy, but Paul took his arm and pulled him back.
"Not now, he's sick – let him recover, then you can tell him off"
"Fine." He grumbled and then turned back to Ash and glowered "You'd better hope it takes you a long time to get better."
"Leave him alone Gary" Dawn scolded as she stood up and pulled out Cyndaquil's pokeball "Return" a small red beam shot out from the pokeball and encircled the pokémon – who was still sitting in the bottom left corner of the bed – and it instantly disappeared.
"Are you leaving now?" Ash's voice was full of sadness as he looked up at the bluenette "Please don't go yet"
"I have no reason to be here anymore" She replied simply as she shrunk the pokeball and attached it to her bracelet "You're awake and fine – for the most part – so I can go back home now"
"Do you have t-"
"Here you guys are!" All four boys, plus Dawn turned to see Reggie standing in the doorway "I just got back fro-What is she doing here? Get rid of her." he glared at the boys as he pointed to the bluenette and her jaw dropped.
"I'm right here you know!" she put her hands on her hips "If you want to say something then say it to my face – don't talk about me to other people, especially when I'm right in the room!" she refrained from raising her voice but anger was clear.
"Fine" The elder Shinji was calm "Why are you here? Get out."
"Oh you don't have to worry" her voice was dripping with sarcasm "I'm not plotting to make them all use you for their benefit and then leave you when they're done. Unlike you, I'm not a heartless monster!"
"Shut up you spoilt brat!" he narrowed his eyes at her "You should learn to deal with rejection – you're going to have go through it a lot in life"
"Stop it Reggie!" Paul shouted at his brother "Enough is enough!"
"Whatever" he rolled his eyes "I just came to tell you that I got you on 'Good Morning Sinnoh' on Friday."
"Seriously?" Gary stared at the man with wide eyes "That's like one of the biggest morning news shows ever!"
"Yeah, you're singing three songs – one every hour" he explained "Just incase people miss the first or second one because not everyone wakes up at six AM for the morning news. You'll sing at seven, eight and then to close the show, you'll sing one last time at nine."
"Great." Drew smiled sarcastically "So we'll be waking up at like four in the morning"
"Pretty much" he shrugged before noticing Ash "What happened to you?"
"The idiot slept outside last night" Gary rolled his eyes and was about to hit the raven-haired boy again but Dawn caught his arm before he could "Fine." He sighed irritably "I'll wait till he gets better"
"Well you better get better soon Ash" Reggie's expression was serious "I need three songs for Friday"
"What!" Ash, Gary, Drew and Paul cried out, but then Ash ended up grabbing his head and falling back down onto his pillow.
"You just released a whole album" Dawn spoke up "Why can't you just use three songs from there?" she raised an eyebrow.
"No one was talking to you" he glared at the bluenette "Why are you still here? Unless you want to help write songs like you did before – leave"
"Screw off" She growled "I'm not helping you write anymore songs – Do your job yourself" she then turned to Ash "No wonder you got writers block...he's a slave driver – in the past month and a half, he's gotten like fourteen songs out of us, not including my few songs you put as bonuses."
"Just leave!"
"I'm going." she walked over to him and stomped on his foot "You're a jerk!"
"Is that the best you can do?" he snorted, feeling no pain at all as he was wearing thick shoes.
"If I was wearing heels instead of flats – you're foot would be bruised"
"Wow, I'm absolutely terrified of what a bratty, little girl could do to me" his voice was dripping with sarcasm.
"You're lucky I have respect for my elders – otherwise, you would cringing on the floor, praying you still had the ability to reproduce"
"Whatever" Reggie rolled his eyes before smirking at the girl "Next time you decide to come to a house filled with boys...don't wear slutty, cleavage revealing pyjamas – it's a wonder Gary hasn't tried to rape you yet."
"Hey!" The brunette in question shouted "I resent that!" before anything else could be said, Dawn kicked Reggie from the crease behind his knee, causing him to fall forward – face first – onto the floor.
"Unfortunately, I don't have any respect for giant turds like you – Bye!" she smirked and waved her fingers at him before turning on her heel and disappearing from the doorway towards the stairs so she could exit the house.
The four boys were having trouble muffling their laughter as Reggie slowly stood back up and dusted himself off. "How could you fall in love with a bitch like her?" he raised an eyebrow at Ash
"Don't call her that!" he raged, but regretted it after his head began throbbing even harder "Ow..."
"Take as much medicine as you need to get better – I want those songs by Tuesday" he changed the subject.
"Give the guy a break!" Gary glared at Reggie "He's sick! How the hell is he supposed to write songs?"
"No, it's okay" Ash slowly stood up on his bed, wobbling slightly before managing to balance himself "You want a song Reggie? I'll give you a song" a smirk graced his lips as he began to sing the words that came to his mind:
"Oh you're such a turd! Oh yeah a giant turd! And you look like a turd and you smell like a turd!" he kicked his pillow in Reggie's face and continued "Oh you're such a turd! Oh yeah a giant turd! And you look like a turd and you smell~...like a turd~" he smiled sarcastically at the manager "Did you like it? It's dedicated entirely to you."
Gary, Drew and even Paul were on the floor, all in an uncontrollable fit of laughter while Reggie threw the pillow back to Ash's feet and glared. "That wasn't funny"
"Yes it was!" Gary spoke through his laughter as he wiped a tear from his eye. He took deep breaths to control his breathing before turning to Ash "I wish we could sing that!" and once again he burst into laughter.
Reggie rolled his eyes "You're so bloody immature! Grow up!" he then rose an eyebrow at the raven-haired boy "What's wrong with you?"
Ash began to stumble slightly and lost his balance as he fell back onto the bed and groaned "I think I'm gonna be sick"
"You already are sick" Drew stopped laughing and looked at him strangely, causing Paul to whack his arm
"He means he feels like he's gonna throw up, idiot!" his eyes then widened "Shit! Get him to the bathroom before he does!"
"On it!" Gary grabbed the boy and pulled him off the bed before dragging him to the bathroom "If you throw up on me I swear I will kill you!"
"Ughh..." When he saw the boy's cheeks puff up, he sped up and managed to get him to the toilet just as the contents in his stomach escaped through his mouth. After a few minutes spent holding his nose while Ash continued to throw up, Gary helped the boy stand up and took him to the sink so he could wash out his mouth.
"Do you think you'll be able to take a shower?" The brunette questioned "Or are you still too dizzy?"
"I think I can take one" he nodded weakly "I feel sweaty and disgusting– I need one"
"Alright, stay here, I'll get you clothes" Gary put a hand on Ash's shoulder "The others and I will wait in your room incase you get sick again" he then exited the bathroom and walked over to the closet. Reggie had disappeared and now only Drew and Paul remained in the room.
"What's up?" Paul looked at Gary "He okay?"
"He's fine – he's gonna take a shower" The brunette didn't bother to look at the plum-haired boy as he admired Dawn's handy work "Damn...everything's all in separate groups – shirts on hangers, jeans in one section, sweaters up the top, underwear in another and singlets in the other" his eyes were full of surprise "She even put his pyjamas in a separate section"
"Lucky Ash" Drew smirked "All neat and tidy, just like my room"
"It makes it a hell of a lot easier to find stuff" The brunette commented as he pulled out a pair of jeans and took a shirt off the hanger "I really should get her to help me clean my room" he took out a singlet and a pair of boxers before taking them back into the bathroom.
"I doubt she'd want to" the chartreuse-haired boy chuckled "His room is worse than a pigsty – it'll take professionals to clean that up"
Gary walked out of the bathroom and sat on the spinning chair at Ash's study table "So what are we doing about the songs? Ash is too sick to write and Dawn clearly won't help us"
"We already have one" Paul stated before turning to Drew "Did you end up making music to the old song Ash wrote"
"Yeah, I'm almost finished with it" he nodded "But we still need two more songs"
"I guess we could try and write one...hopefully Ash will get better soon and be able to write the third" Gary sighed "Dawn was right – Reggie is a slave driver"
"He never used to be like this" Paul said quietly "He used to be the best brother in the world...but when our parents died – he changed."
"You don't have to talk about this" Drew gave the boy an understanding look and Gary nodded
"It's personal – we know"
"I've known you guys for nine years, Ash already knows – I might as well tell you" the plum-haired boy sighed "When our parents died, Reggie was only twelve and I was seven – all the responsibility for both of us was suddenly on his head and it changed him." he looked up at both boys with a serious look "He became overpowering and started to boss me around – the loving brother in him disappeared and he turned into a heartless jerk. Eventually he got his job in the music business and was barely ever home so I had to learn to look after myself – luckily I got accepted into Azelf Academy and it made life a little easier."
"That's harsh man" Gary's tone was sympathetic "Guess it's not entirely his fault...but he was still wrong to treat you the way he did – and now he's treating us the same"
"He's a jerk and not the brother I used to know" Paul leaned back until he was lying on the floor with his hands behind his head "But I guess I just have this bit of hope inside me that someday he'll come back."
"Don't worry man, we're here for you" Drew smiled "'Cause we're the awesome foursome"
"What?" Gary snorted "That is probably one of the stupidest things I have ever heard in my life" he threw his head back in laughter and Drew glared.
"Yeah well I don't see you coming up with a better name!"
"We already have a better name douche bag – GPAD"
"Whatever" the emerald-eyed boy grumbled and Paul couldn't help the small smile that crept onto his lips.
His best friends were crazy, and somehow, that was what kept him from going crazy. Although he seemed like a cold, heartless person – they knew the real him and he knew that he could trust them with the truth he had just told. Despite the problems they were currently facing with the girls, they were still staying strong and that was helping him stay strong.
Tomorrow he was going to talk to Misty and figure things out with her. He wanted the truth from her and he was going to get it.
(1) - by swinging chair, I mean those big things you get that look like sofas and they hang off chains and swing :) theyre fun ^^
Songs used:
If I Ruled The World by Big Time Rush (Music Video)
Sexy and I know it by LMFAO (Gary's Ringtone)
Till The World Ends by Britney Spears (Dawn's Ringtone)
The Turd Song by Big Time Rush (Ash's song for Reggie) - yes it is a real song XD
Anyways, hopefully you liked the Pearlshipping I put in this chappie :) If it doesn't seem like much, well they're not really on the best of terms right now are they? XD
Dawn admitted that she's still in love with Ash ;) Drew was a total douche through out this chapter XD Gary full turned into brother mode when Ash got sick :3 isn't that sweet?
I hope you liked it! There will probably be like one or two more chapters...maybe three but it's unlikely, before you'll have to wait for another while. I'm going into hospital on the 23rd of July for a week for like Brain Monitoring and usually when I get out, I'm either extremely pissed off or just can't be bothered for anything for like a whole week.
I'm definitely going to do some writing while I'm in hospital. They're going to keep me up till like 2am on some nights so I'll be doing that and I will also be playing either pokemon platinum or soul silver which i miraculously convinced my parents to get me XD
Also, I just published a new story. I know it sounds and looks completely cliche and stupid and in my opinion the first chapter is kind of average, but please give it a chance :) I'm really bad with beginnings (as you've probably noticed from this story) but I've written three chapters already and I think they better...so yeah, please read that for me and review it :)
But yeah, Thanks for reading and pretty please review ^^ Flame me and I will rage...Flame Angelcutepie and I will kick your ass -.-
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