Hi people's! This is chapter 11 of Dreams my first and most awesome story (in my opinion) I've written. Last chapter was Dawn winning the Red Ribbon with the help of Piplup, Buneary and Paul. So that means that both Paul and Dawn have won something.
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon.
Chapter 11: Congratulations!
Dawn's POV
I'm in a ballroom. I'm in a lovely slinky gold dress with embroidered flowers all over. I look around to see couples dancing. Someone taps me on my shoulder and I turn around to see…Paul. He looks so cute. He's wearing a black suit and a red bowtie. He asks me to dance and bows, I nod and curtsey. We're dancing all around and whispering things into each other's ear. Like: "I love you." That is my heaven, my paradise. He's about to kiss me when…he turns into a can of baked beans!
I wake up in a bed in the Pokemon centre. It's the room I reserved yesterday. DAMN IT – I LOVED THAT DREAM!
I think back to yesterday: such a blur. I won my Contest, Paul hugged me (!) and I wrote something on my hand. My hand? It says to call my Mum. Ohhhhhh! My Mum! I need to tell her that I've won the recent Contest!
I find my phone on my bedside table and I dial her number. While it's ringing, I open the curtains and sunlight floods through.
"Hello Dawn – how nice for you to finally call me." Mum says icily.
"I'm sorry but it's been hard to take everything in! I have a new travelling partner and I've entered Violet City! In under two weeks! I'm still sorry though." I gush out.
"It's okay – I forgive you. So who's this travelling partner, then?" Mum asks.
"It's Paul. Paul Shinji." I whisper.
"PAUL?!" Mum screams.
"Yes. I was falling off a cliff and he saved m-"
"YOU WERE FALLING OFF A CLIFF?!" Mum screeches.
"Yes but that's not the point! Well, he saved me and I asked to travel with him. He's already got his first Gym badge!" I exclaim.
I hear a knock on the door.
"Who's knocking? Where are you?" Mum asks, firing questions.
"It's probably Pau-"
"Paul – let me speak to him." Mum interrupts me.
I sigh with stress. This is what my Mum does to me and I don't like it.
"Fine. I'll put it on speaker phone. I'm in the Pokemon Centre by the way." I say wearily.
I open the door and my assumptions were correct; it is Paul. I bundle him in the room.
"Are you coming down for breakfast or what?" He grumbles.
I put my hand over the phone.
"My Mum's on the phone! She wants to speak to you!" I hiss at him. I pull my hand off the receiver when I see Paul nod.
"Hello Mrs. Berlitz. How are you?" Paul asks politely.
"You don't need to do all that fancy talk with me, Paul! I'm like family! Anyway, I want to thank you for saving Dawn's life."
"It was no problem. It's good to speak to you. How's the Professor? How's Twinleaf?" Paul answers and asks.
"Professor is fine. He misses you; we all do. Twinleaf is same old, same old. But I heard you won your first Gym badge! Congrats!"
"Thanks. Has she told you her good news? Dawn's just won her first Contest." Paul says, trying to keep out of the spotlight.
"WHAT?! OH MY GOSH, I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU TWO! THAT'S IT - I'M COMING OVER! AND I'M BRINGING PROFESSOR ROWAN!" Mum bellows down the phone and hangs up.
I sweat drop with embarrassment. Paul smirks at me.
"Let's go to breakfast. I'm hungry." I suggest.
"Hn." Paul grunts.
We head off down and find a table. We eat quickly (since it was such a measly breakfast) and decide our game plan.
"Should we go to Azalea Town? My next Gym battle is there." Paul suggests to me.
"Nah. My Mum is coming over here! You gotta see her again! And Professor Rowan. It's gonna be weird but I'm sure that you'll enjoy it. THEN we should visit Bellsprout Tower. If you wanna get stronger…" I protest.
"Fine." Paul grumbles.
"PAUL! OH MY GOSH YOU LOOK SO DIFFERENT!" Screams a voice that could only be my mother's.
I swivel around in my seat to see my Mother. My Mum. Oh gosh, I'm gonna puke.
She walks over to us with her hands full of shopping bags.
"Mum? How did you get here so quickly?" I ask and stand up. Paul does the same.
"We took a ride on Professor Rowan's Staraptor." Mum answers and waves her hand like it's not important.
"So that means…" Paul mumbles.
"Yes! I'm here! Good to see you Dawn. How's your Pokemon?" Professor Rowan appears and asks me.
"Piplup is fine but I caught my first Pokemon! It's a Buneary." I exclaim.
Professor Rowan nods at me approvingly but doesn't look at me for long when he sees Paul.
"Paul, my boy! I haven't seen you in six years! How are you?"
"Fine. I've got two Pokemon: Turtwig and Murkrow. I've won my first Gym battle." Paul says quietly.
"That's brilliant! Was Falkner hard to beat?" Rowan asks.
"No." Paul grunts.
Rowan nods and pats Paul on the back. Mum hands me five shopping bags.
"I got you new panties." Mum whispers not quietly enough. I see Paul smirk and I cringe.
"MU-UM!" I wail at her.
"Oh! Am I embarrassing you? Don't worry, I'll try not to!" Mum answers happily.
Did you see that? Key word: try. No promises there. I sigh and sit back down. Paul does the same and my Mum assumes that she can and sits. She pulls Professor Rowan down, too. I'm facing my Mum and Prof. Rowan. Paul's sitting next to me.
"I'm so happy to see you again Paul. Has Dawn been a good girl?" Mum questions a scared Paul. My Mum does that to people: scare them.
"Well, she's fine." Paul mumbles and looks away from me.
Fine? FINE?! JUST FINE?! I'M IN LOVE WITH YOU AND YOU SAY I'M FINE?! GRRRRRRRRRR.
I huff and turn away from him. I think he notices and shrinks away.
"I'm sending you two to the Bellsprout Tower. I need to show you something." Mum says excitedly.
"Oh Mum, you don't have to." I argue, flustered.
"You-will-go." Mum says firmly.
We nod and practically run from the Pokemon Center. We walk along these bridges overlooking water. There are many lily pads floating up the water. I turn to Bellsprout Tower. It looks very big and has very difficult design. We push open the big doors. That's weird, there's no light on.
"SURPRISE!" Crowds of people shout at us and jump out from their hiding places. The lights are back on and I see all the people I know!
My Mum and Prof. Rowan are there, too. HOW THE HELL DID THE GET HERE BEFORE US?
"We wanted to congratulate you on your achievements during your very little time here!" Mum exclaims.
"Oh…you didn't have to!" I say.
"Don't think I'm doing this every time." Mum grumbles. Everyone laughs.
Someone taps me on the shoulder. I turn around to see my THREE BEST FRIENDS EVER! It's May, Misty and Leaf! I know them from their travels to the Sinnoh region!
"Guys! I didn't know you were here!" I shout at them and embrace a group hug.
"It's not just us. We've brought our boyfriends." May adds and adjusts her bright green bandanna.
I look to see Drew (May's boyfriend), Gary (Leaf's boyfriend) and Ash (Misty's boyfriend). I give them polite hellos, introduce all of them to Paul and walk off with the girlies. I spot my friend Lucas talking to Barry (my other friend). I wink at them and walk off.
Whatever the tower looked like before, I can tell they've changed it. They've got a DJ with his speakers, tables of food and balloons everywhere. The music starts and I start to groove. Soon; everyone joins in.
Paul's POV
When the party has finished, I say goodbye to my new friends and walk off with Dawn to the Pokemon Center. Her Mum had left with Rowan earlier to get to bed early.
"That was so good! Loved it!" Dawn exclaimed.
"Hm…Troublesome? Can we head off to Azalea Town tomorrow?" I ask.
"Sure Iron Man" She answers with a tinkle in her eyes. Her eyes look absolutely gorgeous when they do that. That's weird, I keep noticing things like that. Am I man-ing up? Or girl-ing down? I remember what Dawn just said.
I sigh. Tomorrow's gonna be a ride.
Woohoo! I'm still in a party mode after writing about the party! It was nice of Dawn's Mother to do that for her. Joanna seemed generally pleased with them both. I added a slight appearance of Professor Rowan. Don't worry; he'll be back in the story later. A lot later. I guess that Dawn and Paul are headed off to another town. Just so you know: Every city there is that's when there is a Contest that Dawn takes part in. Towns like Azalea and Mahogany, there won't be.
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