Dawn slowly opened her beautiful sapphire eyes and blinked them a few times. 'Where am I?' She looked around. She was laying a bed in POKEMON center. On her right was Ash. His brown eyes sparkled and he had a big smile on his face.

"Welcome back!" Dawn smiled back.

"Oh my god! What happened to your eye?" It was black.

"Oh well… Um… Yeah. Paul and I got into a fight last night… And… I wasn't exactly paying attention… So yeah…"

"PAUL?" Where is he? Oh Ash, you were right. I was so stupid. Why couldn't I tell that he was a fake?" Dawn started to cry on Ash's chest. Ash started to soothe her and put his arms around her.

"It wasn't your fault. He's still in the forest with Brock. Don't worry. He won't be bothering anybody for a long time."

"I'm so sorry. Do you hate me?"

"No Dawn. I could never hate you. I love you! Plus, it was all my fault anyway. I should have told you how I felt about you a long time ago. The truth is, I want to spend every second of my life with you. Without you, I'm nothing. Nothing at all."

Dawn looked up. "I love you too. It's just that it always seemed to me that you didn't care about me at all."

"I'm just kinda shy when it comes to girls. But you… You're something special." Dawn smiled. She sat up and leaned forward to kiss Ash. Ash quickly pulled himself up to her lips. Both of their eyes closed and their lips met. Ash gently touched her cheek.

"Ow!" Dawn quickly said.

"I'm sorry." Ash pulled away. That must have been where Paul kicked her.

"I said Ow. I didn't say, "Don't Stop!" Both of them smiled and kissed again. This time, it lasted a few minutes before they pulled away.

"Wow!" Dawn quietly said. That felt so right. I felt so happy.

Hmm… I guess there was magic between us. There was a knock on the door and Nurse Joy walked in.

"Okay, I think both of you are ready to check out now." Dawn nodded and the 2 friends headed back Eterna Forest.

As they were walking back, the two talked more than they have the past month. For once, there were no secrets between them. They both spoke freely. Finally, they got back to their campsite. Paul was still lying on the ground. Brock was standing over him mixing something in a bowl. He turned around and smiled.

"So did everything work out between you two?"

"Yup." Ash replied quickly. Dawn giggled.

"Okay, well. Let's get our stuff and get going."

Ash and Dawn nodded their heads. In about 20 minutes, all of them were dressed and ready to go.

Ash wondered. "What are we going to do about Paul?" Right after he said that, the friends heard a honk. Officer Jenny waved at them.

"What's going on here?" she immediantly demanded.

"I'll tell you what? You've stolen my heart and I want it to stay with you forever. Just like I should stay, forever and forever." Brock replied. Croagunk just appeared out of nowhere and stabbed Brock with Poison Jab and dragged him away.

"Okay then. I guess I'll just take Paul. We've been searching for him for some time now. Thanks guys."

"No problem!" Ash and Dawn said at the same time and Officer Jenny rode away.

"What now Ash?" Dawn asked.

"What else? On to Eterna City!" Brock got up and the whole gang ran north, not knowing that they soon would have another adventure. Well, they'll find out soon enough!

YAY! PEARLSHIPPING WON OVER IKARISHIPPING! WHOO-HOOO!! Sorry about the ending. I couldn't think of anything else. Anyway, thanks for reading and please R and R!