Wow it's been awhile! This chapter is pretty long...so enjoy. And review. We all love reviews! ^.^

By the way, you know I don't own pokemon.

and PAMELA AND I HATE IKRAISHIPPING. LIKE EWWWW PAUL AND DAWN. o__O *twitcH* anyway, Read on. :D


Amber woke up groggily, stretching slightly, since she was stuck in someone's arms. Wait, what? She turned her head, looking to her right, seeing Paul stare at her with that same bored expression. His arms were tightly wrapped against her waist, and her arms where gently placed on his chest. She stared into his eyes, there wasn't much to say anyway. That bored expression said a lot.

It reminded her of things. Them kissing, hugging, going places. Stopping everywhere. He helped her with everything…it's amazing how he helped her. An impatient guy like him…helping a klutz like her. What did she do to deserve him? She thought about it, then remembered that day. She shifted her body a little.

"Remember when we first met?" She asked, carefully shifting her position again. She was sitting up.

"No," He responded so quickly. Like them meeting never happened. Amber raised an eyebrow, and Paul simply rolled his eyes and got off the bed to take a shower.

He closed the shower door and Amber stared hard at it.

"How could he not remember?"

'Yeah, like I'd ever forget that day…' Paul thought immediately. Then shook his head and continued took off his shirt to get in the shower.

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Walking to Hearthome. Amber was bored again. She was kinda hungry, actually.

"Psst, Turtwig, if you find me an apple, I'll give you a kiss." Turtwig glanced at her, then dropped out of her arms. He looked around for any trees. Turtwig turned to Pikachu, then pointed at him

"Hehe, I don't mean that kind of apple!" Pikachu glanced at both Turtwig and Amber, then growled when he got the joke.

"Oh! There goes an apple tree. Turtwig can you use razor leaf?" She ran up to the tree, causing everyone to stop. Paul gave another annoyed look.

"What are you doing, you idiot?"

"I'm hungry Paul…" Turtwig used razor leaf, causing a few leaves to fall, but no apple.

"I think you missed Turtwig!" Just then, a thin white line drooped from the tree, and at the end was a Weedle. He looked extremely angry.

"Weedle…" Was it growling?

"Aw, your so cute!" Amber reached her hand out to pet it, when Paul yelled at her.

"Don't touch that. Are you stupid? It's poisonous." She stopped. Then glanced at the angry Weedle who had his tail out. She ran to Paul immediately, clutching to his arm.

"Oh! Whew, thanks Paul, one poison sting and I would've been a goner!"

"Stop touching me," He shook her off from his arm, and continued walking.

"What would you do without me?" Paul asked, his hands in their trademark position, stuffed in his pockets of course. She thought about it, then got quiet.

"Dead really…remember when we met? You…saved my life." Paul glanced at her. He knew what she was talking about. He remembered it like it was yesterday…and so did she. They both shut up, and let their mind drift away into the past.

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Amber's Flashback:

Amber sat at the dock, seeing the view of the lake. It was big and pretty, but people did not swim in it. The lake was left untouched, for the pokemon to swim and nothing else. For now, she only saw Majikarps and Remoraids. She was also sitting next to a broken down sign that said 'Welcome to Varity Lakefront.' It was a pretty name, for a pretty lake of course.

"Hey Amber! You're the new girl, right?!" Amber turned quickly, the voice startled her since it was so loud.

"I…uh, yes. Just moved here from Kanto."

"Kanto? Whatever…hehe I see you like the water. My name is Jacob." Another noise startled amber, but it turned out to be another boy.

"Yo, Jacob, why did you-, Oh. Hey. New girl, right?"

"Yeah duh, David. Her name is Amber. She likes water. And just moved from Kanto." Jacob laughed at Amber's face. She looked scared. Amber had felt an uneasy vibe from the two boys, and it caused her to get up.

"Hey! Where you going? Sit and talk with us!" Jacob smiled, grabbed her shoulder and forced her back down on the dock, making her even more scared.

"I-I have to go."

"Aw you probably don't like us, do you? Come on let's talk about water or somthin'. How old are you?"

"…8," She answered.

"We're 10, me and Jacob," David said, and sat next to Amber. Both boys were sitting next to her side by side, making her even MORE uncomfortable."

"So…," Jacob laughed, like he was laughing at an inside joke only he got. "Would you like to swim with the pokemon? Since you like them so much!" Jacob glanced at David, who also laughed when he got it. A Majikarp made a small splash and jumped back into the water.

"Yeah, would you?" David snickered.

"I would, their so pretty. But…I can't…it's because I can't swim." Jacob laughed harder.

"Oh really?!" He pushed her, and she fell into the lake. She desperately tried to grab the dock, but he pushed her so far.
She was in a state of panic, water going into her ears, her nostrils being flooded.

"H-Help! Gah..! Please!" Nothing worked. Why?

David looked worried.

"Yo, Jacob, she can't swim…"

"Who cares? The pokemon will save her…if she's lucky. She's a useless girl anyway. Let's go," David looked at her. Then back at Jacob. He followed his friend Jacob out of Acuity Lakefront, leaving Amber in the water, desperately saying please.

Both boys where gone, and Amber was losing consciousness. What's the point? Her mind was going black, her chest hurt, and she couldn't breath anymore. She let herself sink, her hand barely above the water anymore. She was going to sink the bottom, no one will ever find her. No one…

A hand grabbed hers. It was a hard grasp, and she heard struggling. Who was that? Did the boys come back? She felt herself breathing again. A very difficult breathing, but still, air was air. She coughed. And Coughed.

"Shut up, you're going to live." Those were the last words she heard before loosing consciousness again.

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Paul looked at her. She was so lucky he was there that day. In fact, it was all Reggie's fault this happened. Funny how things worked, huh?

Paul's Flashback:

"Hey mom! Haven't seen you in forever!" Reggie opened the door. Oh great, him. Paul hated his unexpected visits.

"Hey Reggie!" Mom yelled from the kitchen. She was busy cooking. Cleaning. Who cares? Same thing.

"Hey little 'bro!" Reggie shook up Paul's hair, earning a mean glare from his younger brother.

"Don't touch me."

"Jeez you're a sourpuss, Paul." He sat down on the couch next to his younger brother, wrapping an arm around him.

"Dinner's ready!" Their mom yelled.

"Ah, come on Paul, let's eat."

"Not hungry." He answered quickly. Reggie sighed, shook his head, and went to the kitchen. Why did people eat so much? And why did his mother cook so much? And why was Reggie so annoying?! Paul continued to stay on the couch, looking at a pokemon magazine while his mom and brother ate for a good 30 minutes. Until they said something so interesting that Paul put his magazine down.

"So, mom, ever been to Acuity Lakefront?" Reggie asked, sipping his juice.

"No…never had a chance. Why?"

"They say a legendary pokemon has been spotted there yesterday!" Paul's head shot up. Legendary? He walked towards the kitchen, carefully airdropping.

"Oh, yeah, I heard something about that. Legendary? I think it's a bunch a of pish posh." Paul's mom shook her head and ate more food. Damn.

"No, mom, it's real. Probably there now. I would go, but I gotta keep you company."

"Yes you do! I barely see you anymore Reggie. Are you keeping everything clean and-,…"

Paul didn't care much after that. So legendary pokemon, huh? Ok. Let's go find it, and tame it, and make it Paul's. Once Paul found it, it'll be his.

Paul left the house without a word, making his way to acuity. Sure he'd been there lots of times when he got bored, but he never knew there was a legendary there.

"There's nothing here. Mom was right, that was a stupid made up story. Why would I listen to Reggie?" Paul shook his head, then sat down near a tree. It was getting late, and his mom and brother probably didn't even notice he left the house yet. Whatever.

Then, he saw a girl. She looked kind of awkward, but she was pretty. She sat down, examined the broken down sign, and watched the pokemon from the dock. You couldn't really see Paul, but he could see her. Who was she? A new neighbor? Mom said something like that. New person was coming that was his age. But whatever. Did she come to look at the legendary too? Well, no, it's Paul's legendary, she can't. Wait, what was he thinking? There was no legendary!

Two boys came up from behind her. David and Jacob. They didn't live in Twinleaf, but in Sandgem town. But still, he knew them. Never really talked to them. He just knew they were trouble makers. Whatever.

They kept talking to her. Why? And he was laughing weird. Paul knew they were up to something. What idiots. Paul got up, he had no business here. It was a waste of time. When he was about to take another step, they pushed her. Paul raised an eyebrow. Why would they do that? He saw them walk away. Then she started flailing. Idiot! What Moran goes to a lake and can't swim? Whatever. He walked, it really wasn't his problem.

He turned to her. Her hand falling under the water. That was it, he could tell. Damn, idiots these days! Paul ran to her, grabbing her hand tightly, and pulled her up. She wasn't heavy. Then she kept coughing, which was gross. He could tell she was an idiot. Paul just had that vibe when people we're idiots.

"Shut up, you're going to live," He crossed his arms, and she closed her eyes. Great. Yeah, now he has a unconscious girl in front of him. Just what he needed.

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Amber looked deep in thought, which was weird. Because she never looked deep in thought. Paul glanced at her, an she glanced back.

"What are you thinking about?" Paul raised an eyebrow.

"Huh? Oh, nothing! Just…food…pokemon, the regular. How about you?" Paul nodded.

"You know…the gym, and whatever," Amber nodded this time.

"Cool, cool," They both looked at the road in front of them. They both went deep in thought, again. And not about food and gyms, of course.

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Flashback:

Amber woke up to purple hair. What the heck? Who had purple hair, that she knew of? She blinked a couple more times, then saw his face.

"You know, you shouldn't tell people your weakness, you idiot."

"I know…I just didn't think-," She coughed, her hand doing it's reflex to cover her mouth. Paul patted her back.

"Yeah, yeah you'll be fine,"

"Thanks…um,"

"Paul." He had a serious look to him. Amber thought it was cute.

"Amber,"

"I can't believe those guys, you could've died." Paul tried making conversation. He wasn't good at that. But she was actually pretty interesting.

"I know…thanks, Paul," she sounded out his name. She never heard the name before, and she liked it. She hugged him, he was such a nice gentleman.

Paul blushed. Why? That's another last thing he needed! He didn't blush…ever!

"It's nothing. Now stop touching me, I don't even know you!" He pulled her off, causing her to giggle. It was obviously the start of a new friendship, although Paul didn't think so. Both kids got up, then turned to the voice in front of them.

"Yo! Paul!? You here?" It was Reggie. Reggie stopped in front of the two kids, raising and eyebrow.

"You must be Paul's new neighbor! I'm his brother nice to meet you," Reggie took out a hand, and Amber shook it. He was so weird.

"Yeah, I'm Amber. Paul's new friend!" She smiled. Paul started at her. Excuse him? Since when do they become friends? This girl was weird. He regretted saving her. Some Majikarp would've probably saved her anyway!

"I'll walk you kids home," Reggie turned, and both kids followed.

Mesprit giggled. They were so cute. Mesprit did not mind people in her lake, as long as they did not cause trouble. She just came…and saw two little kids. Hugging and blushing. Mesprit was proud that it had taken place in her lake. Mesprit felt so special! The legendary pokemon floated in back of the two kids, and Paul immediately turned around.

Nothing.

"What happened Paul?"

"I could've sworn…never mind. It's your fault." He growled at her. She laughed. Amber had a feeling Paul would be blaming her for a lot of things.

"Ok, you live here, right Amber?" Reggie pointed to the house. It was right next to Paul's.

"Yup!"

"Aw, how cute, you guys live right next to each other!" Reggie grinned. Cute? How is that cute? How dare he.

Amber waved to Paul in front of her door.

"See you around Paul!"

"Duh, you live right there."
Amber giggled again, and walked inside her house. Was this whole day worth it?
Almost drowning to death to be saved by him? Who knows. It probably happened for a reason.

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