A/N: Double digits! Yay! I hope you're enjoying the story so far! :) I wasn't sure on who's POV to do this chapter in because I didn't want it to go Ash, Dawn, Ash, Dawn, so I really hope you guys like this chapter! Sorry for taking so long to update. It takes place the day after Dawn cuts herself...

Arceus High School

May's POV:

I enter school with a huge grin on my face. Yesterday was so funny! People high five me as I make my way over to the canteen. Because of the whole throwing food on Dawn thing, I've become extremely popular. I'm pretty sure Ash is feeling happy too - he thanked me about thirty times on the bus yesterday and wouldn't stop grinning!

I sit down at a table and am immediately surrounded by a populace of students from all across the school. I smile at them.

"May, you're so cool!"

"That was really awesome, May!"

"So funny!"

People are chattering away about the incident yesterday and compliments flood in. I turn around to walk out of the canteen when I see Iris giving me a dirty look. I shoot back a face that says 'don't look at me' and saunter out, a group of people following me, making conversation with me.

"Aren't you Miss Popular?" I hear a voice say, teasingly. I glance to my side and see Ash, a wide, goofy smile plastered on his face.

"Hey!" I whine, playfully punching his arm. The first bell sounds, signalling the start of the school day. Ash and I walk leisurely to our registration classes, talking about our next big plan to embarrass Dawn. We have no ideas.

In registration, there is the usual buzz of current events. Glancing around, bored out of my mind, I hear snippets of conversations.

"... And did you hear? There's a carnival soon!"

"... Discovered a Fennekin in the depths of..."

The door opens and everyone turns towards it. Dawn is standing there, looking as timid as she did on her first day, except this time, it's more fearful and sadness rather than shyness.

"S-sorry I-I'm late..." she mumbles. The whole room is filled with a deafening silence until one of the more popular guys - Barry - yells out.

"Isn't that the girl that May dumped her food on yesterday?" The whole class bursts out laughing and starts pointing and yelling out insults at Dawn. I watch, almost feeling guilty.

"Quiet!" Ms Brown screams, thumping the desk with her fist. "Thank you! What was that about? This is a school, not a zoo! All of you, detention for fifteen minutes after school!" We groan in response. Fifteen minutes is how long it takes for most of us to get home if we take the school bus and the bus leaves at ten past three so we'll have to make our own way home.

Dawn hangs her head and walks quietly over to an empty seat, as far away as possible from any of us. Her blue hair falls, covering her face so I can't see the expression on it. I keep my eyes on her and eventually, she sits down, her head raised to face Ms Brown who is talking about joining extra-curricular clubs. I watch her posture in her seat. Shoulders tense, tears like glass over her blue eyes, hands in her lap and her back slightly hunched over. She looks so... nervous.

The bell goes and we file out of the class, Dawn kept behind to talk discuss her lateness. She'll be late for History with Professor Elm but that won't matter because he probably won't notice. We all call him Scatterbrain.

"Hey, Ash," I say, walking behind him. He turns to me. "Do you think Scatterbrain will give us homework today?" Ash laughs.

"Of course not! He'll be too busy giving us a lecture on how to pursue our dreams and telling us about all the Pokemon research he's done and how he's contributed to the Pokemon world, etcetera, etcetera," Ash gets pushed back into my slightly and I stumble backwards into Drew. Oh, shit. Drew.

"A-ah! I-I'm s-sorr-sorry!" I exclaim, becoming a stuttering mess. Drew just looks at me with cool eyes. I see Ash turn his head to watch me.

"It's fine," he says. "But can you stop stepping on my shoe?"

My face flushes crimson with embarrassment. I yelp and jump away from him, my body slapping against Ash's back. The impact propels me backwards again and I slam into Drew. Fuck my life. I give a sheepish laugh and grip onto the back of Ash's blazer, keeping my head down.

After all that commotion in the corridor, we finally make it to History. I sigh as I take my seat, not believing how much of a fool I made of myself. I take out my exercise book and pencil case and stare down at them. Ash takes the seat next to me and giggles a little before coughing to cover the laughter escaping his mouth. I snap up and shoot him a look of annoyance.

"What's so funny?" I ask, my tone warning. Ash gives me a broad grin.

"I saw what happened with Drew back there!" he says excitedly. I groan and slam my head against the desk.

"Don't talk about that!" I whine.

"But it was so funny!" Ash protests.

"Was not!" I huff and turn away to face the board. I busy myself with writing down the date and title as slowly and as neatly as possible.

"Good morning class!" Professor Elm says too much enthusiasm. We all chorus with a monotone 'good morning' in return. "Today we'll be learning about Jack The Ripper. He was a murderer back in the time of the Industrial Revolution - which by the way, was when factories starting coming into being. Oh, yes! My father used to work in a factory and he would always say: 'Now, son, make sure you do well in school. Working in a factory is no easy task. Do well or else you'll end up like me.' Which is why I did well in my Pokemon Studies class and excelled in Pokemon research! Ah! I'm working on a new project and-"

Yeah. Professor Elm really is a scatterbrain, isn't he? I start to doodle in the margin of my History book. I draw aimlessly for a while before I'm distracted by the sound of the door opening. A certain blue haired girl walks into the class.

"S-sorry I'm late..." she murmurs.

"It's quite alright, Dean, now take a seat," Professor Elm says, nonchalantly before chattering on about his life story with Pokemon research while most of us crease in laughter at his mistake with Dawn's name. Dean?! Too funny.

Dawn takes a seat beside Drew and I flare in anger. How. Fucking. Dare. She? I stand up - Professor Elm doesn't notice, he's too busy going on and on and on about Pokemon research - and I stomp over to Dawn. I ready my fist, my mouth curled in a scowl. When I'm close enough, I launch my fist. It collides with the back of her head.

She turns around and stares at me, eyes wide, tears shimmering like glass over her blue eyes.

"What the fuck was that for?" she asks and the whole class is in different stages of dying of laughter.

"Sitting next to my boyfriend!" I yell and Drew looks up at me.

"Who's your boyfriend?" he asks raising a brow and I feel all the blood circulating in my body gather at my cheeks at that precise moment.

"I-I... no. N-no one." I stammer. "I-I d-don't ha-have a boy... boyfriend."

Drew pulls a face and turns away. I, on the other hand, give Dawn the finger and walk back to my seat. I sink down, cross my arms on the desk and rest my head on them. Ash rubs my back soothingly, cooing words of comfort into my ear.

At break, we - being Ash and I - go to the table Dawn is sitting at and slump into the seats opposite her.

"Why did you make me look like a fool?" I ask immediately.

Dawn snaps out of some kind of trance - or bubble of thought, whatever - she was in and turns to us, eyes shimmering again. I groan. What a drama queen.

"What do you mean? You came out of nowhere and punched me." she retorts.

"That's because you sat next to Drew!" Ash suddenly says.

"She's not his girlfriend." Dawn mutters.

"Why are you always such a bitch?! What the fuck? I didn't do anything to you and you fucking used me! Is that what you call a friend? You pathetic piece of shit! I can't fucking believe you! And now you're targeting my friends because of some stupid fucking argument we had - which, by the fucking way, was your fault, you shitty human being! Don't fucking mess with my friends, you -" Ash yells, his mouth spilling out vile words.

"Ash, stop..." Dawn cries, her face tear stained. "I didn't do anything to you! You've been ignoring me and you sent this text to Iris saying that you never liked me and..."

Her tears cut her off.

"Don't fucking lie!" Ash screams and storms out, the rage and anger he feels prominent on his features.

"Way to fucking go, bitch." I say and run after him.

A/N: Guys, I am so sorry! I don't even know what happened. I'll be quicker with updates now. I apologize again. I love you all! 3