A chapter so fast? :O Yes! LOL, I finished writing the other half today and I decided to type it up right away.

This chapter, I find, is back to being diary told. As A-Gallade point out back in like chapter 3 or 4 it was starting to sound 1st person POV, I caught on. But it is how Tom Sinclair did it :/ He just did it better.

Anyways, on to the chapter.

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Wednesday, September 12th

Dear Diary,

I wish I could have written sooner. I had so much homework that I had no time.

But today, I'm relaxing, so I got time to write an entry.

Let's start off by saying that Ash and I are the most talked about people in school. Since Drew's party, it was confirmed that May and Drew will not be an item anytime soon, so being high school, everyone needed a new buzz to talk about, so the student body shifted its focus on Ash and I. We became talk because of how we were always together during Drew's party. I guess, we weren't really helping the rumours go away either. We were always together at school, so much that people came to stop one of us to ask us if we were a couple. We both denied these claims.

Let's start off with the day though. It started off by missing the bus to school this morning.

It's not that I live very far from the school, but that sentence is only valid when driving there, I'll definitely miss first period if I walk. My mom wasn't home because she had to host a contest in Snow Point City this afternoon and it's quite the drive, she left early this morning.

It's not like I could have ditched either; I had a math test third period. So I started walking, thankfully, it was a nice day outside.

But I have to mention something that totally freaked me out while I was walking to school. I haven't told anyone because I'm not totally sure it actually happened. Maybe it did happen, and it felt like it did, but I still don't feel comfortable telling anyone, they might think I'm crazy, but since you don't talk, you can't judge, this is why I'm writing it here. This morning while I was walking to school, I felt like I was being watched. I'm usually not a jumpy person, like I've said, I'm a fan of horror movies, but not when I feel like I'm a part of it. It was surprising that there weren't many cars on the road, that's why I felt it, the strange quietness, the rustling in the bushes or trees. It all seemed to follow me more than half way to school. Anyways, I just wanted to tell you, I was scared all kinds this morning.

Regardless, when I finally got to school, there was 5 minutes of recess left.

Barry spotted me first. "Dawn!" Everyone else in our group turned their heads.

"Hey guys," I said as I walked up to them.

"Where have you been?"

"I missed the bus so I had to walk to school."

"Walk? But you don't exactly live close," commented Barry.

"Hence the reason I'm late."

At that the bell rang and we all split. I was still shaken up with the whole "feeling watching" feeling that I didn't realize Ash pop up next to me.

"Earth to Dawn," Ash said as he waved his hand in front of my face.

"Huh? Oh, hi Ash," I said picking up my happy go lucky attitude.

"You okay?" He was concerned.

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm just tired from that walk." That was half true. I didn't want him more than that though. Him thinking I'm some kind of freak is not something I want to happen.

He looks at me like he knows there's something else but fortunately, he doesn't press further. When I close my locker, he accompanies me on my walk to art class.

Misty and Zoey are already there by the time I get to class.

"So, are you and Ash going out yet?" Misty asked.

I smiled. "No. How about you and Gary, how's that going?" I asked in a mocking-her way.

She crosses her arms in a frustrated manner. "Not yet. It's weird, sometimes it's like 'all signs say go' but then it feels as if he's holding something back, that's probably the reason he hasn't asked yet. It's really weird because he seems to really like me right?"

"Seems so," I responded.

I looked at Zoey and she just sat there looking confused.

That's when I pulled out my phone to text her.

: What's up?

Zoey took out her phone but left it under the table when she was typing her text.

: I'm not sure whether to be happy or devastated about this. - Zoey

I didn't text her back, if she wanted to talk about it, she'll tell me afterwards; for the record, she didn't.

We got a new project in art; it was a clay sculpting project due in two weeks. It was a "projet libre" meaning it could be about whatever we want. We took this class to sketch out ideas. I still have no idea what I'm doing.

When the bell rang for lunch, Ash was waiting outside my class for me.

"Hey!" he said enthusiastically as he gave me a hug that I returned. We both walked to our lockers together talking about our previous class.

When we got to my locker, he left and I took out my math notes to study during lunch, and that's what Barry and I had been doing all of lunch. Even though we were technically with the group, we weren't "all there"; we were going over our notes and quizzing each other. This test is worth 15% of our grade and I focused on that complete 15.

When we did get to math class, everyone was silently looking at their notes.

"You ready?" Barry asked me as the teacher walked into class.

"As I'll ever be," I replied. I felt really confident, but I was still a bit nervous.

I took the whole class doing that test. It was harder than I expected, so my guess on my grade would be an 80% minimum.

Ash was there when Barry and I got back to our locker.

"Aw cute, he's waiting for you," Barry said teasingly. I just smiled.

The gang came to meet up with us at our locker and we just talked. Towards the end of recess Ash pulled me aside and asked me if I wanted to go watch a movie with him on Saturday.

"You mean like a date?" I asked.

"Well, I-uh, no, no, more like-uh, two friends going out," he stuttered.

I raised my eyebrow at him, "Uh, alright."

This was awkward.

"Okay, how about I pick you up around 7pm; my mom will be driving us."

"Alright, sounds good," I said as the bell rang.

My last class was contest class. There, I told Zoey about the outing this Saturday. She was excited and told me that I must tell her everything. In class today, we learned that we have another presentation, this time it was a double performance. We had the same routine as last time; we went to the pokéball box and chose two. I got a Chimchar and a Torterra, this will be difficult. The double performance is also due in two weeks. If I don't write for a while, you'll know why.

Regardless, when I got off the bus there was a man at the bus stop, I couldn't really see him properly because I pretty much glanced at him, but I did know that he was staring at me. That's when I sprinted to my house and locked the door the second I closed it.

Today has been creepy but my "outing" with Ash is filling me with happiness. As soon as my mom got back home from her Snow Point City contest, I asked if I could go.

And she said yes!

I'll write soon,

Dawn.

Yeah, it's short.

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