Chapter 3

All Paul could manage to do was simply stare at the girl. He hadn't even been out of the elevator for five minutes and he was already being succumbed to talking to people. Though, he really didn't know what to say but that didn't mean he wasn't curious. He had never seen this girl before.

Dawn continued when she realized he wasn't going to respond. "Yeah! I've seen you around in school and I happen to know you're really good at math."

Paul scrunched his eyebrows at her. He didn't expect that. Then again, he didn't know what to expect. But he took one more glance at the girl and when he didn't recognize her at all, he wondered if he had spent all his time in some dark hole.

Of course he didn't know her. He wouldn't know her, because he spent most of his time in the library and his only friend was Drew. In fact, he was slightly shocked that she would see someone like him around. It's not as if he'd spend his time lurking around in the hallways.

"By the way," Dawn added, "what are you doing at the hospital?" she asked.

Dawn noticed the tall male slightly clenching his jaw and he grew tense as he turned away from her. She hoped she didn't insult the guy, all she intended to do was make small talk. But then she noticed that she had been the one doing all the talking in the first place.

"It's none of your business," He said indifferently in a fit of rage before walking the other way, leaving a surprised blunette.

If anything, Dawn was furious. She only asked a simple question, so why did he react in that manner? She had never seen someone with such a cold and disrespectful attitude.

She shook her head to clear her thoughts and decided to focus on the true reason she came here in the first place. She walked forward a little until she stared up at a door in front of her. Recognizing the ICU room, she took small breaths before walking in.

As usual, she felt herself shrink every single time she walked into the room and she was constantly reminded of the possibility that her mother could no longer be with her. However, she managed to compose herself quickly and walk towards the older looking woman that laid on the bed. Dawn eyed the nurse, whom she had seen the first day she came here as Elisa, before looking at her mother. Dawn could only notice that her mother was still pale, weak and fragile and there wasn't a single moment where she wished that she'd wake up.

"Hey, mom," she said, her voice breaking a little. Dawn sat on the corner of her bed, not taking her eyes off of her mother. "Today was the first day of my senior year of high school."

Johanna didn't respond, but somehow Dawn knew she was listening. She placed her purse on the bedside table.

"Can you believe it, mom? My last year of high school!" The blunette exclaimed. "Where did the time go?"

Dawn looked up at Elisa, who spared her a sad smile before she looked back at her mother. She heard the monitor beep occasionally and she closed her eyes. Dawn took her mother's lifeless hand in hers. "Anyways, my day was good. Only except I had a lot of homework to do. Senior year's going to be difficult...but I know I can do it," she managed to say, rubbing her fingers against her mother's one. "I still have you around. I know I do."

Dawn blinked in order for her tears to fade away and she sighed sadly. "And, I have some other news. You remember May, right?"

Silence. She could only hear sheer silence. But Dawn lightly smiled. "Well," she said, "she's going to complete her senior year of high school with Leaf and I, mom! Isn't that great? It's going to be so awesome!" She cheered. "You always loved May as if she was your other daughter as well. I remember when Leaf, May and I were running around the house and she slipped. You were so worried," she continued with a laugh at the memory. "I'm sure she misses you."

Dawn raised her mother's hand and kissed the palm before sighing. "Don't worry about me, mom. I'll be fine. Leaf told me earlier that I have to be strong and she's right. I have to be brave for you because I know that...you'll wake up. And when you do, I won't be happier," she said, gently setting her mother's hand on the bed.

She rose from the bed and said, "I love you, mom." She smiled before looking at Elisa, who seemed to be getting emotional at this mother-daughter talk.

"You're a very brave person. Your mother would have been so proud," Elisa said, smiling at the blunette.

Dawn shook her head. "Nah. She's already proud of me," she said, glancing at her mother before looking at Elisa again. "I think I should go, though. It's getting late."

Elisa nodded. "Yeah and no need to worry, your mother is in safe hands," she said.

Dawn nodded. "Right." She bid Elisa goodbye and walked up to where her mother was and softly kissed her on the forehead before whispering, "Bye mom. I'll see you later." She then bid goodbye another time to Elisa before walking out the door.

Breathing a sigh of relief, Dawn pressed the elevator button. Somehow she felt relieved to talk to her mother about her day. It made her feel as if she was still around. It felt just like good old times where she'd come back from school and tell her mom how her day went. She smiled at the thought. A 'ding' shook her thoughts away and she entered the enclosed room, but before she turned around to press the floor number, she paused slightly.

"Paul?" She exclaimed in disbelief.

He didn't seem to notice her before and when he did at her voice, he slightly groaned. What was she doing here again? He only ignored her and pressed the ground floor button before standing in a still position.

Dawn blinked. She knew he was ignoring her presence and her eyebrow twitched at the thought. "What's your problem? Why are you being so rude?" She asked.

She heard him sigh, and her anger had escalated when she realized that it was a slight growl. She couldn't believe she had to deal with this.

"Listen-" Dawn stopped herself short when the lights went out and she felt the ground below her feet come to a sudden stop. The elevator had stopped moving and she could no longer hear the soothing music that was catchy enough to hum to. She slowly widened her eyes in realization.

"Oh my god! We're trapped!" Dawn exclaimed, in fear. Her heartbeat started to accelerate more and she noticed she was taking small, shaky breaths. She was not well versed with the idea of being trapped in a small confined space.

She suddenly realized she wasn't the only one in here. "Paul! Do something, we're trapped, it's dark in here and I can't see anything!"

He hesitated to reply. Dawn furrowed her eyebrows at this. How could he remain so calm at a situation like this? It seemed as if this guy didn't flinch at anything...

She heard a button being pressed instead and she assumed Paul had been pressing the red emergency button. She nearly face-palmed. Why didn't she think of that? But he groaned, probably because the emergency button wouldn't work due to the blackout.

"Great! Now we're stuck in here. What are we going to do?" She crossed her arms, thinking. Surely, somebody must have indeed noticed the blackout and they'd be sending maintenance soon, right?

"Call somebody," She heard Paul say. She widened her eyes.

He did have a point, but who would she call? She parted her lips in realization. Of course...she could call Elisa, the two were pretty close after all and Dawn knew her shift didn't end until later at night. She reached for her purse, but gasped.

"My purse! Where'd it-" The blunette groaned as she recalled where she had last left her purse. "Oh no, I left in the ICU on my mom's bed and my phone is in there!"

Paul exhaled as he rolled his eyes. How could she be so irresponsible? He mentally groaned. He couldn't be stuck with someone like her for too long. He just hoped he wouldn't.

"Umm...can I borrow your phone?" He heard her say.

He knitted his eyebrows together. "What?"

"Can I borrow your phone? You know...so I can call somebody..." she said, and Paul sighed.

Paul didn't need a specific reason to keep a phone with him. It would be a waste of money and time and to add to that, he didn't have that much acquaintances to keep in contact with. "I don't have one," he replied bitterly.

"What? How can you not have a phone? Did it break or something?" She probed.

Paul didn't know why but he had never found himself so aggravated in his life and that too, with someone he didn't even know. Hell, he didn't even know the girl's name to begin with and she was already getting on his nerves for some reason.

"If I had one, I'd keep it in my possession where it's safe and not leave it lying around like a complete idiot," he muttered and Dawn's jaw dropped.

"I didn't leave it lying around! I left in the ICU room on my mom's bed in my purse!" She retorted.

"Which is completely idiotic of you," he said.

Dawn popped a vein. She couldn't believe he was insulting her, as if being trapped in the elevator was entirely her fault. "Look, I don't know what you think of yourself, but I'd like to be treated with respect. I'm not any girl who's going to just stand here and take all the insults you throw at me, understand?"

Paul huffed, which made Dawn even furious but at least he remained quiet. She let out a few small breaths and slowly composed herself. She'd never expected to be in a situation like this and be trapped with one of the most insensitive jerks she had ever met in her life. She sighed and sat down on the cold floor, crossing her legs in the process while Paul remained standing with his hands in his pockets, as if he didn't have the slightest care in the world.

How long was she going to be in here with him?

"No need to worry...no need to worry," she whispered to herself.

Paul glanced at her on the ground and muttered, "Pathetic." A girl should not be so overdramatic about a small situation like this. Though, he wasn't rather excited being trapped in here. He was expected to be home now and doing worthwhile things, instead of arguing with the melodramatic queen behind him. Paul considered himself to be rater logical at most situations and he wouldn't resort to panicking. He just remained calm and decided to wait, considering the failure of both the emergency alarm and telephone.

"Hello! Is anybody in there?"

Dawn immediately sprang to her feet, joyous to the fact that someone had come to their rescue. "Yes!" She exclaimed. "We're trapped in here, please get us out as soon as possible!" She approached towards the elevator doors so her voice could be better heard from outside.

"I'm afraid we cannot do anything until the lights are back on. But in the meantime, please stay calm," the male voice said.

"Okay..." Dawn said apprehensively, "but when are the lights coming back on?" the blunette asked. Paul rolled his eyes at the idiotic question brought up, as if he was the relevant source of information.

"I'm not sure...it could take one or two hours, but I recommend you just stay calm and wait," the man advised.

Dawn nodded and decided to make herslef comfortable and once again sat down cross legged on the floor beneath her.

Paul remained in a stiff position, refusing to look anywhere except a portion of the wall that he could slightly see (well he assumed it was a wall he was facing) and remained neutral. He briefly wondered what sinful act he had committed in the past to be treated like this and spend a few hours in here with someone really pathetic behind him. He didn't deserve to be here.

He heard a cough, and it was followed by a voice. "So..since we're going to be here a while, I guess I should introduce myself. I'm-"

"I didn't ask." He quickly cut in, and Dawn shifted her feet, feeling a bit insulted.

She blew a breath angrily. Was there a particular reason he was so insensitive and cold?

"Look, I'm just trying to make small talk. We're going to be in here for a while, so we could spend the time talking," she said, giving a suggestion. It seemed as if Paul was hesitating what to say and she sighed, coming to the conclusion that she shouldn't even bother.

"That's a waste of my time." Dawn heard Paul say and she scrunched her eyebrows in confusion. She stood up to her feet and she was facing Paul's back now while he still faced the wall. "When we're out of here, that's it. I go back to my life and you go back to yours. It's not likely that we'll meet again."

Dawn was taken aback from his words. She never would have thought he'd say something like that. Paul was a really tough person to narrow down and understand, and after spending some time in the elevator with him, she knew that he was really complicated. Sighing, she crossed her arms, not saying anything. But then again, he did have a point. What are the chances that they'd encounter themselves in the near future? Today was nothing more than just a mere coincidence.


An hour passed without a word to be said from either of them. It had been an excruciating hour for Dawn and she had already grown restless. She was hungry, tired and sleepy. After what Paul had said to her, she treated Paul nothing more than just a mere stranger and remained silent. She glanced at Paul, and rolled her eyes when she realized that he'd been standing still for the entire hour. She couldn't help but to notice that all he did was breathe silently and slightly shift his feet or standing position but he refused to sit down for some reason.

She widened her eyes in realization when the floor beneath her started to shake slightly and she smiled. Rising up to her feet, she was overjoyed when the lights came back on the elevator resumed. She sighed in relief and when she glanced at Paul, she noticed a slight change in demeanor, as if he was relieved as well.

The doors opened shortly afterwards and Dawn stepped out after Paul did. He didn't even take one glance at her and stepped out of the building immediately with his hands in his pockets.

She scoffed silently to herslef. She would never understand someone like him. She shouldn't have tried to make any sort of conversation with the guy in the first place.

She was about to walk forward when she realized that her purse was still in the ICU unit. Facepalming, she turned around to step back in the elevator when she suddenly decided against it. In no way was she thinking about stepping in an elevator for a while now. Taking a breath, she approached the stairs.

After a few flights of stairs, she hurriedly ran towards the room and was about to push the door open, when Elisa had beat her to it.

"Dawn, you're still here! Okay, that's good because you left your purse in here," she said, holding up the brown leather purse in front of the blunette's eyes. Dawn grasped it in her hand.

"I know! I was stuck in the elevator for an hour," she said, frowning.

"Oh, you poor thing! I was about to leave because my shift had ended, but I just wanted to check on your mother again and I noticed that your purse was left behind," Elisa said.

Dawn sighed a breath of relief. "Thank you so much, Elisa. I'm so glad you were still here. And could you make a recommendation to the staff to fix their emergency alarm and telephone? Because frankly, it sucks," she said exasperatedly. Elisa stifled a small laugh, but Dawn frowned, indicating that she was serious. It hadn't been the best hour in there, especially with Sir Grumps a Lot.

"I'll keep that in mind," she said with a smile.

"I guess I'll go home now. I'll see you next week. Take care of mom for me."

"I will."


Dawn snuggled closer to her pillow and let out a soft smile. The birds were chirping a melodious tune and the sun had risen a few minutes ago. It was serene and peaceful. Relaxing.

Ding-Dong!


The blunette opened her eyes and slightly groaned. She glanced at her phone and noticed it was six. She hadn't realized it was morning already. She yawned and lazily got out of bed, stretching her arms in the process. To be honest, she wanted to sleep in today, but of course, she knew Leaf wouldn't let her. She knew Leaf rang the doorbell every morning and sometimes that'd be an alarm to wake her up.

Ding-Dong, Ding-Dong!

Dawn rolled her eyes. She trudged towards the door, her sleepyness not fading away. She grew a little annoyed when the doorbell rang for a third time. "I'm coming, sheesh. Hold your horses," she said, opening the door, "Six AM is really not a good time for me, Leaf, I thought we established-" the blunette stopped herself short, and then changed expressions immediately. "May!" She exclaimed in delight.

"Dawn!" The cheerful brunette replied and the two girls shared a hug.

"Oh my gosh...I can't believe you're here already!" Dawn said, after the two broke the hug. She noticed May wearing a long sleeved black top with some white jeans. Her brown hair was wrapped in a bandana.

May winked. "I always knew you loved surprises," she said. "I caught an early flight," she explained and Dawn nodded in understanding.

"When did you reach?" Dawn asked.

"A half hour ago. I told my mom and dad that I wanted to see you right away and I couldn't help myself. It's been way too long!" May continued.

Dawn nodded. "It certainly has. Does Leaf know you're here already?"

"No. I want to surprise her as well. Can you keep a secret?" She winked.

"Of course I can, now come on in and let's catch up on life!" Dawn suggested, and the the door closed behind them.


"I had never been so scared in my life. That was a cruel and unusual punishment," Leaf commented to the other two girls beside her. Dawn only laughed as a reply, as did May, and Leaf couldn't help but scowl. When arriving at Dawn's place later, she had made herself comfortable as usual and asked for a cup of coffee from Dawn. When she noticed May serving the cup to her, the two girls nearly flinched when they heard the loudest emitting scream from Leaf. And it was a memory they'd never forget.

"Aww, Leaf, you know you're glad to see me," May said smugly towards the brunette.

"You nearly gave me a heart attack!" Leaf retorted.

"We wanted to surprise you," Dawn protested and May nodded in agreement.

"There's a difference between surprises and shocks 'ya know," Leaf said, rolling her eyes in the process. "I'd expect this from May, but you, Dawn?" She asked in disbelief.

Dawn merely shrugged and raised her hands in a defensive manner. "For the record, I was really surprised as well."

"Anyways," Leaf drawled out, "so we should be heading to school now. Are you coming with us, May?" She looked towards the brunette.

"Yeah! I texted my mom earlier and told her I was walking with you guys to school. And no need to worry, I'm prepared," May said, pointing to her backpack.

"Hey, that's my line!" Dawn exclaimed, giggling in the process. The two girls rolled their eyes, effectively making Dawn laugh.

Dawn couldn't be happier than to be bonding with her two best friends. It had felt just like old times. She found herself more elated with them and she realized she hadn't felt this way in a while. Smiling at the thought, she grabbed her backpack while the other two did the same.

"Hey Dawn...where's your mom? Is she at work?" May asked.

The blunette and bruntte flinched at the question and Leaf looked at Dawn with sympathy in her eyes. Dawn could only help but wonder why Leaf hadn't told her what happened in the past two months.

"Eh...yeah," Dawn managed to say, "You know my mom. She's always working and...whatnot," she said, her eyes suddenly to the floor now.

May raised an eyebrow. She noticed that Dawn's demeanor had changed when the topic was brought up. "Is something wrong?" She asked tentatively.

Dawn looked up. "No! Nothing, there's no need to worry!" She exclaimed and without another word, she stepped out of the house to avoid eye contact with May. She sighed internally. May was a second daughter to her mom and she intended not to ruin her day with depressing news as her mom being in a coma. It wasn't the right time for it to be disclosed to her just yet.


"Wow, some things have changed since the last time I visited here," May said as the three girls sat down on one of the cafeteria tables. The brunette was referring to new improvemts like a new computer lab, gym, and library. She glanced at the food on her tray. "But the food is still terrible," she said, rolling her eyes.

"Yeah. That's why I brought lunch." Dawn pulled out a food container and smirked.

"Me too." Leaf did the same.

May refrained from rolling her eyes, but slightly smiled. "So anyways, what class do you guys have next?"

Leaf was the first to reply. "Biology. I hate that class."

"Why?" Dawn questioned, as she bit into her grilled cheese. "Biology's not that bad," she said.

"I know, but Mr. Oak assigned Gary to be my lab partner for the rest of the semester and you all know how much I despise him," Leaf said. However, Dawn and May both wiggled their eyebrows in suggestion, effectively making Leaf roll her eyes.

"Maybe it's fate," Dawn said with a bit of hinting.

Leaf nearly chocked on her water. "What?! You guys are crazy."

"At least we're not crazy in love..." May teased.

"Are you suggesting I love Gary?" Leaf asked in disbelief.

"No, not at all," Dawn said.

"We know you love Gary," May said, a smirk forming on her lips. The two girls slightly laughed at Leaf's expression. She had her palm against her forehead probably from embarrassment. She should have known better than to bring the topic up when she was always teased about him by her friends. But, of course, she was aware that she would never succumb to the likes of Mr. Oak's grandson for several reasons.

"I'm going to get some juice.," May announced as she stood up on her feet.

Dawn perked up. "I'll come with you. I need to wash my hands anyways," she said and the two girls walked away. Leaf decided to get her books she'd need for the following periods and exited the cafteria.

When she approached the hallways, she quickly found her locker and took out the relative books. Almost a whole stack of books had been held securely by her two palms and as she walked forward, she felt herself bumping into someone with a light thud, and in the process, all the books had dropped to the floor.

"I'm so sorry!" Leaf exclaimed as she knelt down and started to pick up the scattered books, refusing to look at the person whom she bumped into. When she stood back up, she was slightly surprised to see Gary Oak slightly smirking at her.

"Falling for me, eh Leafy?"

She gripped the books tighter. "What do you want?"

"Hey, what's with the 'tude, Leafy?" Gary asked, the smirk never leaving his lips.

"Stop calling me that!"

"Does it bother you?"

"Yes!"

"Okay...Leafy," he said.

Leaf growled lightly and headed towards the other direction. She couldn't deal with the likes of him and he always got on her nerves for some reason. It was as if he knew exactly where to push her buttons. She tried not to think about it to much and when she arrived at the cafeteria, it wasn't too hard to to divert her mind.

"I told you, it was an accident!"

"Yeah, right."

Leaf wondered what was going on. She hadn't even exited the cafteria for less than five minutes and a chaotic situation had nearly been missed already. She watched as some teachers walked towards the girls and it looked like they were involved in some sort of heated discussion.

Soon enough, Dawn and May trudged towards Leaf.

"What happened?" Leaf asked.

May sighed. "...Ursula is what happened."


"So, let me get this straight," Leaf said to May in free period and May tilted her head. "You and Dawn were just minding your own business, when suddenly you trip and accidentally drop your food over Ursula?"

May sighed at the memory. "Yeah, but I apologized afterwards. It was an accident, after all, but she just was too stubborn to listen and to get revenge, threw her cafeteria food all over me. Naturally, I got mad and did the same to give her a slight idea on who she was messing with, only that time I poured some expired milk all over her. It ruined her hairdo," she said and Leaf had to bite her lip to refrain from laughing. She instantly wished she would've been there. It would have been a hilarious sight to remember.

"So you got in trouble?" Leaf asked.

She reluctatly nodded. "Yeah. We caused a ruckus, apparently."

Leaf assumed that Dawn was involved as well. "Why's Dawn in trouble too?"

"Because she was helping me serve Ursula some good lunch." She winked, and Leaf laughed. She should have expected Dawn to do that, it was naturally part of her characteristics to defend May, even if it meant getting in some kind of trouble later on.

"I have to clean the auditorium today." May groaned.

"And Dawn?"

"Library."

Leaf raised an eyebrow. "What about Ursula?"

Leaf watched as May's lips tilted upwards slightly. "She has to clean the boy's locker room in the gym," May said. Leaf covered her mouth with her palm. The boys' locker room created a stench so bad that spending a good day in the men's bathroom surpassed that.

"She won't survive in there!" Leaf laughed.

"She deserves it," May said as she shrugged indifferently.

Leaf watched her cousin that she had known since they were toddlers with a smile. She was so different back then, so deprived and scared. May had always been holding back her fear of expressing how she felt for a long while. But Leaf felt like this was a new and improved May she was talking to. She was growing into her own person now. And Leaf couldn't be happier.

"I can't believe I got into a fight on the first day of school. My parents are going to kill me," the darker brunette said.

Leaf was about to say something when the door was pushed open to reveal Ms. Locks with a stack of papers in her hand.

"No talking, take out your pens and get started working on this pop quiz." The students groaned hearing that, including Leaf and May.

Leaning in, Leaf whispered to May, "I doubt that you're concerned about your parents killing you now."


"Remember to take good notes, class because all of this will be on your tests on Friday."

Dawn squinted her eyes at the chalkboard. She indeed was taking good notes, but somehow she could never grasp all the information. It seemed to be a little too complex and complicated for her liking. Then again, she had to remind herself that she was never well versed with Math. But this was her senior year of high school, undoubtedly, the most important year in her high school life and she had to dedicate and devote her extra hour on this subject.

Dawn heard the bell ring, signalling the end of the day and she watched as the students hurriedly exited the classroom. Sighing, she collected her belongings and instinctively made her way through the exit when she stopped herself. She turned around and faced Mr. Williams, her math teacher, who was currently dusting the chalkboard.

"Excuse me, sir. Can I talk to you for a minute?"

Mr. Williams turned around at Dawn's voice and adjusted his glass, giving her a small smile. "Of course. What's your concern?"

Dawn sighed. "I need some extra help. You see, I'm not really good at Math. In fact, I haven't been exactly passing with flying colors in this subject for a while now. But I really need some good grades. So I was wondering if you could assist me?"

Mr. Williams was a teacher who'd be willing to sacrifice his time to help out a student and Dawn knew she'd be grateful for having a teacher like him. "I understand. But you see, I'm packed this semester and I would love to assist you, but I'm extremely busy. Weekends are not exactly great either."

This lessened Dawn's spirits. "Oh," she said sadly.

"But," he quickly cut in, "I can suggest you get help someone else; preferrably one of the top students in Math up until this point."

"Who's that?"

Mr. Williams showed a small smile. "I'll let you know by the end of this week."

Dawn sighed. "Okay. Thanks, sir."


Dawn walked to the library, mumbling to herself. She couldn't believe she had to be sacrificng two hours of her time working in here. Well, it wasn't as if she had anything better to do, but she was already tired, hungry and plus she was planning to get a headstart on her assignments tonight but it looked like those were scrapped for now.

"Dawn."

She turned around and smiled, to see Gretchen waving at her behind the desk. She walked forward to her. "Hey, Gretchen," she said.

"Hi. I'd never expect you to get into trouble in the first week of school," Gretchen said, with a slight smirk on her lips.

Dawn raised her hands in a defensive manner. "Hey, in my defense, I was only helping my friend."

"Yeah, I heard. That Ursula girl is a real brat."

"You know about what happened in the cafeteria?" Dawn asked, in surprise.

Gretchen rolled her eyes. "Are you kidding? It's an event worthy of the school newspaper," the blonde said and Dawn laughed at that. It had been worth it to see Ursula covered in disgusting cafeteria food, the memory of it just made the blunette smile every single time and it was something she'd never forget in a lifetime.

"So anyways, what do I have to do?" Dawn asked.

Gretchen rubbed her chin, thinking. "Well," she started, "my employee could use some help from you for a while. There are some students looking for certain books. Why don't you try doing that?"

Dawn frowned. "But, I don't even know anything about that," she said experatedly.

"It's easy," the blonde protested, "all the sections of the library are labelled with different subjects," she explained. "For example, you have art, biology, chemistry, physics and in those shelves, there would be books stacked in alphabetic order. When a student asks you for a specific book, like an art book, you'd go in the arts section and look for the book placed there." She finished and watched Dawn purse her lips in understanding. "You got it?"

"Yeah," she said, "I think so."

"Okay, great! You can go to the History section, my employee will be there."

Dawn nodded. "Okay, thanks!"

The blunette made her way slowly towrards the section. Honestly, she wanted to get over this as quickly as she could so she could go home. She hoped this wouldn't take too long. When she saw the words 'History' engraved on the top of a bookshelf, she made herself in the near interior of the library, suddenly noticing the library strectched even further away. And it now came to her concern that she had no idea who Gretchen's employee was, considering she didn't mention anything about the person. She came to a conclusion to find out herself.

She noticed someone climb up to reach for a book, but she widened her eyes in disbelif as her eyes came into contact with the familiar purple hair. As far as she knew, only one person seemed to have that peculiar head of a colour.

Dawn was so shocked that she slightly stepped backwards, unconscious of where she was going until she felt her shoulder come into contact with something. Turning around, she gasped slightly and attempted to prevent the bookshelf from falling, but she knew it was too late when the bookshelf came crashing to the ground. The impact of it touching the ground was so loud, that she flinched harshly and she found herself closing her eyes in embarrassment.

When she had enough courage to open them, she noticed all eyes on her as if they were burning into her soul, and it was as if she committed a felony. Even Paul was staring at her in disbelief.

Dawn blinked.

"Umm...oops?"


The third chapter is finally released after...six months? I'm really sorry guys, truth be told this was written a long while back (six months back...) but it was on hold because it needed to be edited, but my beta reader couldn't get the time to edit my crap xD I'm firing him xD jokes.

I have no idea when this will be updated considering the other chapter has not been typed up yet and I'm back in college ._. and I also have a small job. I will try my best though.

Thanks for reading, see you guys next time!

~DawnForever101