Hey everybody! It's been ages since my last update! Due to some recent reviews, I was forced to get this done as quickly as possible. My original plan was to fnish all the stories that I was working on thus far, but it was taking too long. Therefore, I decided to update the most popular story first. It's probably not my best, but Enjoy.

Chapter 3

After Dawn and Paul had finally managed to reach a small town with a Pokemon Center, the two didn't talk much. There was no word on whether or not Ash and Brock had reached a Pokemon Center yet. In the meantime, they would stay at the center. Surprisingly, Paul agreed to share a double room at the center as long as Dawn stayed five feet away. Regardless of that, either of them usually had the room to themselves. Paul was the one occupying it now while Dawn took a walk outside. She thought about the lengthy conversation she and Paul had, even surprised they managed to hold such a long one.

'If he at least entered a contest, then he'd see what it is I have to go through all the time. Even so, I feel like I can understand him a lot better now. Who would've thought Reggie quit being a pokemon trainer, though.'

Just then a flock of girls came stampeding into the Pokemon Center.

"I wonder what all that is about?"

Dawn went back inside to investigate. She was shocked at the sight at about twenty girls trying to get past Nurse Joy and Chansey.

"What's going on?" Dawn asked someone.

"There's this trainer Paul. And all of those girls are his fans," a girl answered.

"Wow, that jerk actually has fans," Dawn said.

"Excuse me!" Nurse Joy shouted.

Chansey managed to push the bunch back a bit.

"You all cannot come in and disrupt the Center, nor disturb the trainers resting here. I need you all to please leave at once," Nurse Joy told the groupies.

All the girls left the center disappointed. Dawn stared at all of them leaving, and one girl in particular, one with dark brown hair and forest green eyes, glared at her. Dawn was taken aback, what did she do? Once all the girls left, Dawn decided to head back to her room.

Upon entering, Paul asked, "What was all that noise about?"

Dawn smirked, "Get this, that noise was your fan club."

"I have fans?" Paul asked uninterested.

"That's what I said," Dawn answered as she sat down and patted Pikachu. "But what was strange was this girl, she randomly glared at me."

"What did she look like?" Paul asked out of the blue.

"I don't really remember her face, but she had brown hair and green eyes," Dawn answered.

Paul's eye shot open before asking, "Brown hair and green eyes?"

"Yeah, why do ask?" Dawn replied.

"No reason in particular," Paul said to cover up his shock.

"Hey, Paul?" Dawn called out.

"What is it?" he asked obviously annoyed.

"About what we were saying earlier…"

"What about it? You gonna dictate some more to me about pokemon rights, and contest appeals?" Paul asked mockingly.

"No," Dawn answered honestly.

Paul looked at the girl, actually interested in what she was going to say.

"Although I don't agree with your methods in treating pokemon, at least you have a goal and you're trying your hardest to achieve it, and I think that's a good aspect of you," Dawn said slightly blushing.

"Yeah, whatever," Paul responded.

"You're such a jerk! I just gave you a compliment," Dawn said ticked off.

"So, nobody asked you to compliment me," Paul said.

Dawn just glared at him, left the room and slammed the door on her way out.

Pikachu and Paul winced at the sound of the door being slammed.

"Troublesome girl," he muttered whilst smirking.

~A few minutes later~

Dawn was frustrated with herself and Paul. She found herself exploring the town once more, in search of a place to vent.

'Why did I even tell him that? It's obvious he's completely anti-social,' Dawn argued in her head.

Unknowingly, Dawn was being spied upon from bushes far away.

"Summer, is that her?" a girl asked.

"Yes Tira," the girl named Summer answered. "She's the threat."

"Really? She's so homely, and her fashion sense is just plain horrible," another girl commented.

"Yes Karin, unfortunately," Summer replied.

"I can't believe Paul hangs around such a girl!" Karin exclaimed. "What are we going to do?"

"No worries, I'll just warn her to back off, and if she doesn't…well, she was warned," Summer said spitefully.

After cooling off a bit, Dawn entered a boutique shop that was having a 50% off sale.

Looking at a selection of bracelets, Dawn exclaimed, "These are so cute!"

"Aren't they though?" another girl called out.

Dawn looked over and saw the brown-haired, green-eyed girl from earlier.

Dawn reluctantly smiled and replied, "They sure are."

"I'm Summer, what's your name?" she asked overly enthusiastically.

"Dawn…" Dawn replied.

"Funny…I think I've heard that name before," Summer commented.

"Well, I've been in many contests, so maybe you might've heard of me," Dawn said.

"You're a coordinator?"

"Yeah," Dawn replied sheepishly.

"I know this sorta seems out of the blue, but do you know a trainer named Paul?" Summer asked.

"Unfortunately, he's one of the biggest jerks you could ever meet," Dawn answered.

"Yet, you're traveling with him," Summer countered.

"Not that it's any of your business, but yeah I am, so?"

"So why travel with someone you supposedly hate so much, unless you liked him?" Summer angrily asked.

Dawn blushed furiously before replying, "There is no way anyone could like such an egotistic jerk like him!"

"Whatever, just stay away from him," Summer said.

"And what if I don't?" Dawn asked testing her.

"You were warned," Summer said walking away.

"What a stuck up snob," Dawn commented.

She wasn't in such a very good mood to shop anymore, so Dawn decided to head back to Pokemon Center. On her way back, she came across Paul standing there, as if he were waiting on someone.

"Took you long enough," he commented.

"And a hello to you too," Dawn replied.

"Whatever. Mind coming with me real quick?" Paul asked walking.

"Sure, whatever," Dawn answered as she followed him.

The two ended up in a park, and sat on a bench. Dawn looked over to Paul, and waited for him to say something, he didn't.

They sat there for a while before Paul finally said, "I've been thinking…"

'He thinks?' Dawn thought.

"About what you said earlier on," he said with a slight blush.

"What about what I said earlier on?" Dawn inquired, not noticing the blush.

"About contests," Paul stopped short again.

"Yeah," Dawn said a bit impatient.

"I guess it wouldn't kill me to actually take a look at one of your contests. I might actually learn something new," Paul said honestly.

Dawn was quite shocked for a moment debating, in her mind, whether or not it was ok to believe what Paul is saying.

"Thank you!" she said all of a sudden hugging him with a slight blush on her face which caused Paul to blush as well.

"Did you hear something?" Paul asked randomly with Dawn's arms still around him.

"Umm, no," Dawn answered confused with the arbitrary question Paul had asked.

~In the distance, in two thick bushes~

"Sorry, Tira! I didn't mean to," Summer apologized as Tira rubbed her head sorely.

"Whatever! Look, I know you like Paul and all, that's great, but that does not call for you pulling my hair out of its roots!" Tira yelled at her.

"A million times sorry! I really am starting to hate that girl!" Summer said as she glared back at the two.

"So, why the sudden change of heart?" Dawn asked teasingly.

"I'll answer that as soon as you tell me why your face is so close to mine," Paul asked nonchalantly.

Dawn froze. He was right; their faces were about an inch from each other. Dawn blushed a deep red, as their eyes met. Paul blushed too, before getting up swiftly.

"I'm going to get something to drink," he said all of a sudden and left.

Dawn watched as he left, disappointed. Realizing her reaction, Dawn shook her head disapprovingly.

"Why am I getting all disappointed for?" Dawn asked herself. "It's not like we were going to—"

"Going to do what?" Summer angrily asked suddenly appearing before Dawn.

"None of your business!" Dawn responded blushing slightly.

"Look, I don't care if you suddenly have feelings for Paul now, but I told you to stay away from him!" Summer shouted at her.

"I don't have sudden feelings for the guy!" Dawn denied standing up in front of Summer. "Even so, why should I have to stay away from him? You don't own him!" Dawn argued.

Summer pushed her down before replying, "I don't have to!"

"I won't let you take Paul away from me!" Summer shouted about slap Dawn.

Dawn couldn't avoid it, and waited for the inevitable. She didn't feel anything, she open her eyes. Right there in front of her was Paul blocking Summer's hand.

"I leave for five minutes, and you're already in a catfight," Paul commented.

"She's the one with the problem," Dawn defended.

"Summer, you just love causing trouble wherever you go, don't you?" Paul asked her sarcastically.

"You know her?" Dawn asked surprised as Summer angrily pulled her hand out of Paul's grip.

"Unfortunately," Paul answered before turning his attention back to Summer. "Why were you about to hit Dawn?"

Summer didn't answer. She just stared angrily at the ground.

"Answer me!" Paul demanded.

"She can't have you!" Summer shouted.

"Not this again," he sighed angrily.

"Not what again?" Dawn asked confused. "I'm lost."

"Why you can't have him!" Summer started to explain as Paul looked the other way. "It happened when I was suddenly visiting Veilstone City one day. I just happened to be there when Paul had his battle with the Gym Leader Maylene. Although, it was an easy win, his pokemon were brilliant. Plus, I've seen a couple of his trainer battles. I fell in love instantaneously. From then on, I watched all of his battles, and became his number one fan, Of course, one fateful day, I confessed my feelings to him, and he flat out rejected me. I thought maybe, he didn't like me or he already had a girlfriend, but it turns out that he's mean like that to everyone. Even so, my feelings for him never wavered."

Summer then turned to Dawn.

"That's where you come in! Why is it that he's nice to you? He was never nice to me or any other girl he's ever come in contact with. I can't stand it! I won't accept you. Nothing will ever make me!" Summer shouted at Dawn.

"Ok, how about this?" Paul asked.

He helped Dawn up on her feet, and then suddenly pulled her into a kiss.

Pulling away, he asked. "Are you heartbroken yet?"

Tears fell from Summer's face, when she replied, "You can have him. Who'd want to be with such a cruel, insensitive jerk like him anyways."

Summer wiped her eyes before walking off. Dawn glared at Paul.

"What?" Paul questioned her.

"That was the cruelest thing you've done yet!" she shouted at him.

"So," Paul replied harshly. "You should know me by now."

He turned to leave, but Dawn pulled him back.

"What? There's more?" Paul asked irritably.

"It's about what you did earlier…"Dawn trailed off.

Paul thought for a minute, and a slight blush came up.

'Oh, that,' he thought. "That was nothing," he told her. "Just forget it happened," he said bitterly walking away.

Dawn ran in front of him and shouted, "No! I can't forget it happened. It's like Summer said. I do suddenly have feelings for you."

Paul stared at her astonished. For one he was happy, but then he couldn't express it. It was awkward now. Paul couldn't deal with awkwardness, it's wasn't his thing. So, like he normally treated such situations, he just walked away. Dawn expected just as much and silently followed him. They made their way back to the Pokemon Center. Upon entering, Pikachu ran forward a greeted Dawn with much enthusiasm.

"Hey, Pikachu. What's got you so happy?" she asked.

Just then she received her answer.

"Dawn!" a voice called out.

"Ash?! Brock?! You guys are here!"

Ch. 4 will take a while, but be sure to look forward to it! Oh yeah, and before I forget, Review!!!