A/N: Hey guys! I'm back with another chapter. This one is kind of filler-ish, but new characters will be introduced! Hope you guys enjoy~
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crush
[kruhsh]
verb (used with object)
1.
to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
2.
to squeeze or pound into small fragments or particles, as ore, stone, etc.
3.
to force out by pressing or squeezing; extract:
to crush cottonseeds in order to produce oil.
4.
to rumple; wrinkle; crease.
5.
to smooth or flatten by pressure:
to crush leather.
6.
to hug or embrace forcibly or strongly:
He crushed her in his arms.
7.
to destroy, subdue, or suppress utterly:
to crush a revolt.
noun
1.
A passing infatuation
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Chapter 2: Crush
I'll let you know, I've had crushes guys before. Oh, yes. There are a countless number of guys that I've come to crush upon. But that's all it was, a simple crush. I didn't feel loved and I never really showed it back, I guess. Liking someone, crushing on someone, and loving someone… they're all so different. But the differences are gradual, right? It's like the slow fade between morning and the afternoon; you don't realized it happened until its over. And I guess you don't really see the differences until it's over.
"Dawn, you should probably get up soon."
"Thank you Leaf." I slowly crawl out of bed, and drag the blankets off with me. It's too cold! I look outside, expecting snow but instead bright sunlight pierces my eyes and blinds me.
"I had the curtains closed for a reason." Leaf mumbled. She isn't a morning person either.
Somehow, I manage to get ready for school. Worthington Preparatory Academy's mascot is Arecus, and the uniform reflects it. I first put on the white long sleeve, collar button up and skillfully tie the golden tie around my neck. Every year, the girls try to change the uniform so we can get bows instead of ties, but that never happens. Next I put on the dark green skirt with golden yellow crisscrosses, which succeed in making it have a flannel design. After tucking in my shirt I put on the dark grey sweater vest and lastly a dark, midnight black blazer. The schools emblem is sewn the the left, around my chest. I grab a burgundy red infinity scarf and put on a pair of knee high black socks (since it was cold) and grab my brown boots.
"Bye Leaf, see you around."
"Bye."
I grab my purse and quickly dash out. I rub my hands together once I step outside, the cold air nipping at my bare skin.
"I wish my hands could be warmer..." I mutter, walking under the same architecture that I met Paul under. I jump up as a blast of wind hits me in the face.
Paul.
I clasp my hands together and stop walking, wondering why his hands felt so different than mine. I mean, they were bigger but that was about it. Maybe they were cold? I sigh in disappointment, that opportunity probably wouldn't happen again.
But those eyes! How could someone have eyes so intense, so dark and cold?
People said eyes were the window to the soul, but I never believed that bullshit. But maybe Paul... Paul was the exception.
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"Morning!" I say cheerfully, plopping down my breakfast tray and sitting with my usual entourage. Currently it was just Drew and Gary.
"Melody said she needed to finish her Music Theory assignment this morning, so she won't be joining us." Gary said, noticing that I sensed someones absence. I giggle. Melody was always procrastinating until 20 minutes before, but somehow managed to pull through last minute. I stab my spoon into the fruit parfait that I had; I was extremely hungry. Next to me Gary was muttering absently to himself, his fingers playing with his tie.
"What wrong with you?" I ask him, pointing a spoon at him. He gives me a smile, and I feel heat rise up to my cheeks. Gary was very very attractive, and although he was a good friend, I can't help but to be infatuated by him.
"Nothing's wrong! Why would you think that Hikari?" He said teasingly, and casually runs his hand through his spiky auburn hair. I stare at him in awe, but qucikly get back to the subject at hand.
"C'mon, Gareth! There's obviously something wrong." I tease him back, calling him by his full name. I nudge his side and give a wink. "Spill the beans!"
"Nothing's wrong!" Gary grabs a textbook and opens it to a random page. "I should probably study, don't disturb me! But of course, if you were to disturb me in that way then hey, I do-" I playfully slap Gary on the side and give him a disgusted look.
"What do you mean by that way?" I ask him, my voice getting higher
"FORNICATION!" Drew yells, and he grabs my shoulders. "Fornication~~" Drew says again, with a weird, creepy voice.
The three of us break out in laughter, earning a couple of gazes from the people around us. I wipe a small tear that has formed in the corner of my eye.
"But actually..." Drew starts, and points his fork at Gary. "Gary has to battle some guy for his pokemon battling class, and apparently that guy is a beast."
"DUDE!" Gary says, jumping over the table and elbowing Drew on his side. I pull on Gary and he sits back down.
"Gareth Oak...scared?" I say with a sly smile. I hear Gary groan in frustration.
"She's going to go on and on about this forever now." Gary mumbled, but me and Drew both heard him.
"But that's impossible!" I say sarcastically. "Gareth Oak is the epitome of perfection, he doesn't get scared! He represents our school, and is our Academy's pride!" I drone on and on, Gary turns red and Drew is constantly laughing.
I glance at my watch, and see that its 7:45, meaning school starts in 15 minutes. I grab all three of our trays and proceed to walk away. Drew and Gary appear by my side a few seconds after.
"By the way, who are you going against for your battle?"
"Paul Shinji. That one emo guy with the purple hair and weird ey-"
"Paul?" I say, his name escaping my lips quickly. I clasp my hands together, but quickly pull them apart. "I think I know him..." I throw a white lie.
"Is he really a good battler or are you just exaggerating?" Drew asks, Gary's face gets really serious.
"He's one of the 4 guys this year that are favored for beating Cynthia." My eyes get wide
"But he's only in high school! And those other guys who are favored are like... 20 or 30?!" I say with complete shock and surprise, the idea baffled me.
And once again, Paul Shinji become a black hole. All my thoughts were being dragged towards him.
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My legs kept jumping up and down in my seat, I was eager to get my last class over with. Usually, I love my pokemon coordinating class but today I wanted to get out and rush to see Gary's battle with Paul. I connected the dots and figured that his cold, hard and intense look was what his pokemon had grown to fear and respect. And I could completely understand why. Those dark eyes could be so intimidating to a pokemon, they'd probably try everything they could do in order to change that hard glance into a soft look of accomplishment. I twirl a piece of my hair and stare out the window. The sun was still shining bright but the trees were dancing around, the leaves kept them in rhythm.
The teacher cleared his throat and held a clipboard in his hand."For the next week, you'll be working with partners, and we'll have our own little contest next week. Your objective for this assignment is exemplify and hone all the potential that your partner's pokemon has."
I look around and see that majority of the class disliked the idea, and I could tell why. Worthington Preparatory Academy goes around each region and searches for the trainers, coordinators and even rangers with amazing ability and the drive to get better under harsh training. Before you can get into the school, there is a 3 week intense training course that everyone has to go through. If you pass each trial with outstanding effort, then you'll get in. The better you do, the less tuition you have to pay. So majority of these trainers- all these trainers don't mess around. They're in it for themselves and will crush anyone who gets in the way.
Mumbles of protest and dislike started to rise, but the teachers glare silenced everyone. "I'm going to announce your partners now."
"Drew Hayden and Zoey Nozomi." I turn to both of them and smile. Zoey was a nice girl I met during the training week, but she was also a tough coordinator. Drew flicked his hair, gave a smirk and held out his hand. Zoey gave a strong grin and roughly shook his hand. I turned back around to face the teacher and grinned.
Other names got thrown around and a patiently waited for my name to be called.
"May Maple and Dawn Hikari." My face shot up and I looked around for whoever May could be. My eyes caught Drew, and his eyes were wide with surprised. I smirked, remembering me and Drew talking about May yesterday.
"Over here May! You're going to be my new best friend." I say, winking at Drew. He groans and put his head on his desk. May walked up to me and took a seat. She had a red bow in her light brown hair, and her sky blue eyes looked at me with eagerness. Her cheeks were naturally flushed red, and her skin was flawless. I gave her a small smile, and saw why Drew had taken a liking towards the girl. She radiated happiness and joy.
I pulled out my phone and asked her to put in her number.
"Do you want to talk strategy? Are there any pokemon that you know that you want to use for sure?"
"Um...maybe my Beautifly. But of course, I can easily adjust your my pokemon to meet your teams needs." I raised an eyebrow at her. That statement sounded a little cocky, but looking at May I knew she was just trying to be nice.
"Well..." I started my sentence as I pulled out a piece of binder paper. "These are my pokemon right now." I wrote down Piplup, Pachirisu, Togekiss, my newly evolved Lopunny and Typholsion. They evolved during the 3 week training before school. I frowned at that thought, because I didn't want them to evolve since it's easier to work with smaller pokemon. Lastly I wrote Cherrim. The school makes you catch one pokemon during the 3 week training, and I caught Cherrim. But sometimes I switched out Pachirisu and Mamoswine, so I wrote Mamoswine in parenthesis.
"Wow, what a great team!" May says. I hand her my pencil, which she somehow misses and it falls.
"Sorry! I'll get it!" She reaches under the table, but her head hits the desk as she gets back up.
"Are you okay May?" I ask her, slightly amused. She seems really clumsy.
"Yeah I'm fine!" May does a slight fist pump in the air and the pencil flies across the room, hitting the teacher. May's face turns red.
"May Maple. Come with me to my office. NOW!" May awkwardly shuffles, bumping into a bunch of desk on the way to the teacher's office. She turns around and clasps her hands together, making a "I'm praying to Arecus to save me" gesture and I laugh.
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"Drew! Let's go watch Gary's battle!" I yell across the room. Drew ignores me and Zoey gives an apologetic look.
"ANDREW HAYDEN! MR. ROSE LOVER WHO LOVES A GIRL NAMED M-" Drew runs over and drags me out the classroom, I giggle and loop my arm around his, pulling him close to me.
"May Maple huh." I whisper in his ear and he pushes me.
"I have no idea what you're talking about."
"You didn't deny your love yesterday!" I exclaimed, pulling him back in my death grip. "I'm going to need details of this later." I whisper harshly in his ear. He shivers in discomfort and I laugh, enjoying myself. We reach the X room, which is one of the many indoor pokemon battling areas in the school. All the pokemon battling rooms are very sleek, minilastic and modern. The X room that we were in was pretty much black and white. There were no windows, just white walls, and black bleachers surrounding the battlefield, which was outline with black. Gary and Paul stood at opposite ends of the field in small boxes.
"We will now commence the battle." A voice boomed from the ceiling. Everyone became silent, excitement clawing the crowd.
"Gary Oak and Paul Shinji are here to battle, their observers will be the various professors and the pokemon battling instructor. Attacks that are directly aimed at the audience of the trainer will result in immediate corrective actions and the disqualification of the trainer."
The two of them flipped a coin, and Gary got the first move.
"This is a 6 on 6 battle, the battle ends when a trainer is out of usable pokemon. Begin!"
"Nidoqueen! Let's do this!"
"Ursaring. Stand by for battle."
A group of girls were screaming Gary's name, and the observers were furiously writing down notes. Drew rested his head on my shoulder and yawned.
"Drew, you don't want to watch?"
"No, I already know the outcome of this battle."
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Paul won. There were shouts of objection and anger when Gary's last pokemon, a Blastoise, went down. Paul still had 3 pokemon left. He returned his Weavile, and walked towards the center. The two shook hands, and I could obviously see Gary shaking slightly. Paul radiated power, a hungry kind of power and walked away with his hands in his pockets. I wanted to go over him and compliment his battling skill, but Drew was heavily sleeping and I couldn't move.
Gary tries to fight his way through a crowd of fangirls all trying to throw themselves on him and offer false words of comfort. I text him and tell him that me and Drew will wait for him, but he texts back saying he wanted to be alone. I look at him and give him a sympathetic look, and he just shrugs his shoulders.
"Drew, wake up now."
Drew slowly gets up and flicks his hair to the side. "Who won?"
"Paul."
Drew dusted off his pants and stood up. "Our poor Gareth, he's probably shaking with anger and regret." We both look at Gary, seeing through his fake smile and casual touches that he was broken. Pieces of him were scattering all over the place like a smashed porcelain vase. He was empty, and needed someone to fill up his sadness.
Me and Drew walk our separate ways, back to our dorms.
"Leaf, are you here?" Silence answers me. Weird, she's usually in our room before me.
I take off my uniform and crawl into bed, ignoring the cries from my stomach. Cries aching for food, for something to fill myself up. I was like Gary, for some reason I was empty. Maybe because I was disappointed that I didn't get to talk to Paul.
I slap my face and pull the covers closer to my face.
"Just go to sleep" I muttered to myself and my calm voice lulled myself to sleep.
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A/N: The end! If you haven't noticed, this school is very very intense and harsh. They forced Dawn to evolve her pokemon! :(
Yaay! We finally get to meet Drew, Gary, Leaf and May. Idk if it's obvious, but this story will be leaning towards Ikarishipping, Contestshipping, OldRivalshipping and bits of Pokeshipping. But I think if they were really in high school, Drew Dawn and Gary would all hang out together, not the 8 of them. Drew and Gary both give off the "I'm popular and arrogant" kind of vibe, and Dawn is also another popular girl due to her bubbly yet confident personality. And Melody was just kind of thrown in there, but I mean it could be possible! But anyways, Drew, Gary, Dawn and Melody are your main, typical "popular" group. May is a klutz, and Leaf is a quiet girl who prefers books and silence over people. After all, the Leaf that this is based off of is from the FireRed Leaf Green game, WHERE SHE DOESNT TALK!
Like mentioned before, I do not see Dawn as a flirt. The way she acts towards Drew and Gary may seem like she's flirting to other people, but to herself and those two guys, it's just her personality. She's super friendly and bubbly.
The title of this refers to both Dawn's semi crush on Paul and Gary, and Drew's crush on May.
Thank you guys so much for taking the time to read my story, it means a lot! Please review so I can make this even better. :)