I'm going to be gone next week. So I've done a double upload thing (: I hope you enjoy this and the next chapter.
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Summary: Remake of my original story "Bluebells and Lavenders". Drastic change ahead, beware!
My beta reader is BluebellsAndLavender, so if there is any problem with the grammar, feel free to take it up with her!
"speaking"
'thoughts'
The main characters are in their senior years (grade 12).
A/N: Today's chapter title is by Vanessa Carlton.
Also, check out the A/N at the bottom for clarification on some things that will pop up in this chapter.
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An Ikarishipping Fanfiction
Re: Bluebells and Lavenders
Chapter Five
"A Thousand Miles"
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Previously...
"Well, geez mister temperamental. I'm so sorry to invade your three most precious classes," she snapped. Dawn looked away and crossed her arms. Her body felt warm and she could feel a bit of sweat forming on her forehead. She adjusted the yellow clips in her hair and brushed out the knots with her fingers. She gathered up her think hair and tossed it over her shoulder.
"Girls." Paul muttered bitterly.
"Oh shut up, Shinji."
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"We're going to finish up the movie we were watching last week, today."
The students in the class all cheered.
"However." The teacher smiled as the students stopped their cheering. "You all must do this worksheet. And I want them done by the end of class. We have a bit of time left after the movie, so we're going to read two poems and analyze, then I want you all to write me a compare and contrast essay on the two poems and it's due next Tuesday."
The groans of the students filled the classroom completely. Dawn looked around the room and saw that everyone had either slumped in their seats, or looked completely bored while they complained.
"It's good practice. The Provincial is going to be tough this year, and I want all my students to do well. Now, let's hurry and finish up the movie." Ms. Shirona pushed the play button on the machine and walked several steps back with a remote control in her hand. She hit the forward button until the students told her to stop at the scene they had ended.
The room went dark and the sound of the teachers heels walking back to her desk could barely be heard by the voices in the movie.
Dawn watched quietly and passed the worksheet down to the next pair behind them. She took a small glance at Paul and saw that he was ever so focused on the movie and scribbled away on the worksheet. From where she was sitting, he surprisingly looked fairly attractive. The light of the television made his bold facial features stand out as well as his arms. She couldn't help but blush and turned back around to watch the movie.
The poor girl had no idea what the movie was about, but she understood some what was going on, albeit being confused at the same time. She looked over at Paul and saw that he had already finished his paper. She looked at hers and saw that it was completely blank except for her name and date.
She glanced at his paper one more time and began to write. She caught some of the answers from the movie and wrote them down under the appropriate questions.
An hour later, the movie ended. Ms. Shirona collected the worksheets and handed each table four poems. Two for each student at the table.
"Any volunteers to read the first poem?" Asked the teacher.
A student put up his hand. "Which is the first poem?"
She sighed. "I numbered the poems in red, so you can see which is number one and two."
The student made an 'O' shape with his mouth and coughed, saying that he would read it out. The teacher nodded and he began to read.
Dawn followed along. She was fairly nervous. Writing a synthesis essay was never her forte. She was especially worried because it involved two poems. She knew herself much better than anyone when it came to situations as these. Analyzing poems and writing a compare and contrast about them was really a problem for her. She could do short stories, but that was about it.
Another student had started to read the second poem. Dawn tried to follow along but had felt her eye lids droop.
"You should really pay attention, Troublesome."
The girl was much too tired to think of a comeback, so her reply was a measly grunt as she closed her eyes for a couple seconds and opened them up.
"Okay, now. I have these worksheets for you all. Everyone needs two of these because each of them are for the two poems. I want you all to start working on analyzing the poems now so you don't have to worry about it when you go home. The only thing you need to be stressing about is the synthesis essay."
The teacher handed another set of worksheets to the students. Dawn read over the required information on the paper and looked back at the poems.
"This...is going to be really difficult..." She said to herself. Dawn heard a harsh grunt that came from the person that was sitting next to her. She ignored him and focused on the task ahead.
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School had just ended. The bluenette was at her locker putting her textbooks away. May and Drew had stopped by earlier but had just left for both of them had after-school activities to go to.
Bzzt. Bzzt. Bzzt.
Dawn's hand frantically searched for the buzzing electronic that she kept in her bag. She fished it out and answered the pokegear. "Hello?"
"Dawn? It's me, honey."
"Oh! Hey mom!"
"You should better get home quickly. I have some very important and exciting news to tell you!" After that, the line went dead.
The girl stared oddly at her phone and raised a curious brow. "What the...?"
"Hey there, Dawn."
Said girl closed her locker door and was greeted by Gary. The corner of her lips stretched out widely, rivaling the Cheshire Cat's infamous grin. "Gary!"
"I think your pokegear is buzzing," he said as he pointed to the small white device on the ground.
"H-huh?" Dawn looked down at saw that it was indeed buzzing. She quickly picked it up and answered the call.
A few minutes, she hung up and stuffed the phone in her bag. Dawn let out a sigh through her nose and shook her head.
"What's wrong?" Asked the brunet.
"My mom really wants me to get back home. She said earlier that she had some really exciting news for me. Honestly," she paused and looked up for a brief second before looking back at Gary. "I really don't want to find out."
"Maybe it's life changing? Ya never know, Dawn. I think you should find out," he inquired.
Dawn thought for a moment. Contemplating the idea that it could be really important and, as Gary had said, 'life changing'.
"I think I will...thanks, Gary." She said with a small smile that was very contagious.
Gary replied back with a grin and a faint blush that spread across his face. "No problem."
Dawn watched Gary leave out the doors. She then walked out those very same doors and to the front of the school to collect her bike.
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She made it back home. Dawn wheeled her bike to the back and had it leaning against the brick wall while chaining it to a railing that was just beside it. Dawn slipped her arm through the straps of her bag as she walked up the porch steps and unlocking the backdoor. She carefully stepped onto the rough carpet that laid there inside the house. She took off her boots and gently made her way into the living room where she could hear her mother talking.
"Mom?" She asked as she peered her head into the room. There, she saw her mother and another woman with long dark purple hair tied into a pony-tail.
"Oh, Dawn honey. Welcome home," her mom greeted.
"Is that your daughter, Johanna? Man she is really beautiful! She looks just like you! I can even see a hint of her father in those eyes of hers." Said the woman.
"Uhm...mom? Who's she?" Dawn asked as she weakly pointed to the woman on the couch.
"Oh heavens me. Let me introduce you two. Dawn, this is my very best friend from childhood," she said as she gestured to the woman. "And Patrica, this is my daughter Dawn."
"It's wonderful to meet you! Man, you grew so much since I last saw you."
Dawn remained silent. She has never met this woman before and she's saying that they've met?
"I'm, really really sorry but...I don't recall meeting you..."
The two women laughed.
"That's because you were just two years old. But anyways, I've invited Patrica and her family to come over for dinner tonight."
"I've already told my sons the address to your place. Reggie should be picking up his brother right now," said Patrica. She turned and looked at Dawn once over, clearly observing and analyzing the girl.
"You go to Veilstone Academy as well?" She asked.
The bluenettes' eyes widen just ever so slightly. "Ah...pardon me?"
"You go to Veilstone Academy right? I recognize that uniform anywhere," she said with a smile. "Reggie actually graduated from there."
"That's such a coincidence," said Dawn's mother. Patrica nodded.
"Yes, and my other son, Paul goes there too now. He's graduating in June."
Dawn choked on her own spit. She gave a few hard thumps against the flat surface between her chest and collar bone. "I-I'm sorry? Paul? As in, Paul Shinji?"
It seemed impossible that the smile on Patrica's face had grew into a full-blown grin as she showed off the inside of her mouth. "Do you know Paul?"
''Know him'? He's practically my bully!' Dawn thought. She blew air out of her nose and gave the mother of the wretched beast an innocent smile. "I guess you could say that."
"Oh, it's wonderful that he has another friend!" She squealed.
'I didn't know he had friends.' Dawn's thought began to turn bitter at the thought of the purple-haired boy. She cringed as Paul's mother and her mother began talking about how they could all get along and that she could help soften up Paul so he would no longer be a pessimistic.
The bell rang. She braced herself for the humiliation of her life when her and Mrs. Shinji had that delightful glee on their faces as they went to the door. Dawn's mother had practically dragged her to greet Mrs. Shinji's sons.
Her mother was the one who had opened the door. Standing out on the door step was Paul and a tall man who looked older and nicer than the younger boy.
"Good evening Mrs. Bertliz," said the man. He lightly nudged Paul to walk in. Dawn made sure to not make eye contact with him.
"It's great to see you again, Reggie. My, have you grown into a handsome young man," Johanna commented.
Reggie laughed. "Thank you Mrs. Berlitz."
"Paul, where's your manners? Hurry up and greet Mrs. Berlitz." Patrica scolded. Paul breathed out a sigh and gave Dawn's mother a curt nod before greeting her.
His mother let out a breath of annoyance as she lightly flicked his youngest sons' forehead. "I'm sorry about Paul. He's a little..."
"Rude?" Dawn muttered under her breath.
"Sorry?" Patrica asked with an innocent friendly smile, obviously unable to hear what Dawn had just said.
Dawn panicked. "Um, nothing!"
Paul carefully eyed the bluenette and paid close attention to her mouth. Dawn caught sight of what he was doing and quickly gave him an evil eye and turned around. Announcing to her mother and guests that she was going upstairs.
She skipped a step as she went upstairs. She made it into her room and threw her bag on the bed and turned on her laptop. Dawn pulled out her chair and sat down. She began to browse the internet, going on Pokedex. She noticed that she had gotten five notifications, all from her friends back in Twinleaf Town and Jubilife City.
Barry Pearl
DAWN, HURRY UP AND COME BACK OR I'M GOING TO FINE YOU! :)
Dawn laughed at her best friends' status and immediately "liked" it and wrote a comment.
Dawn Berlitz
Don't worry Barry. I'll be back during Winter Break!
She sent her reply and looked through the other messages that were specifically sent out to her. She got another notification in no less than a minute and clicked the pop-up box on the bottom left hand corner of the window of the Pokedex page.
Barry Pearl
You better! Or I'm going to fine you!
By the way, what's it like over in Veilstone City? I heard there's barely any trees there and is pretty much a good place to ride dirt bikes, ha ha!
Dawn Berlitz
We'll see about that, heh.
It's good. A little humid, but it's bearable. Yeah, you're right about that. But there are places here that has trees, it's really nice. The school system here is weird though. They go by a day one-day two system rather than the semester system.
She sent her reply and waited patiently for her blonde friend to reply.
"Dawn! Hurry up and come down here to accompany Patrica's sons! Patrica and I are going to be preparing dinner!" Shouted her mother.
The said girl groaned, grabbing her calculator and lightly hitting her forehead with it. She put the calculator down on her desk and rubbed her forehead as she headed back downstairs.
She reached the bottom step and eyed the living room as she spotted the two heads. She grumbled and muttered a few cuss words before she headed towards the danger zone. Dawn entered the living room and sat in the love seat that was facing the windows.
"Hello," said Reggie. Dawn gave him a friendly nod and cast her gaze over to the boy who obviously planned to ruin her high school year.
"So, you go to the same school as Paul, huh?" Asked the older Shinji.
Dawn stared blankly at Reggie before the two things in her brain clicked. She looked down and realized she still wore her uniform and let out an awkward laugh. "Uh yeah! Today was actually my first day at school."
Reggie's brows rose. "Really? How was your first day then?"
She shrugged. "It was okay. I made new friends, surprisingly enough. The downside is that I've already gotten assignments and projects, but I can manage."
Suddenly, the phone rang.
"Aren't you going to get that?" Paul asked, voicing his thoughts out for once.
Dawn shook her head. "Nah. It's probably for mom or some advertisement, or whatever."
"Dawn! There's a phone call for you!"
"Hm, maybe you should have answered that call," Paul mocked.
The girl gave him a spiteful look before entering the kitchen and receiving the phone. She got back out with a simple 'hello' and waited for the other line to reply.
"Dawn?"
Her eyes lit up with an unmistakeable fire as she quickly answered with a large grin. "Barry!?"
"Finally! The call went through! Do you know how much it cost to call from Twinleaf to Veilstone!? You owe me fifteen dollars!"
Dawn giggled. "Gee, Barry. If you thought it's pricy to call me here, why don't you just use the Pokegear? It doesn't cost money. Or why don't you call me up with the Xtransceiver?"
"Because it's silly..."
She craned her neck a little to look at the living room before she tilted her head to one side. "Really now? And you think using up fifteen dollars to call me isn't silly? Seriously, Barry. Just call me with the Pokegear or Xtransceiver. It'll save you money."
The line was quiet. Dawn thought the connection had died but was relieved when Barry spoke.
"I guess you're right...anyways, I have to sleep now. Night, Dawn – or well, good evening over there, ha ha."
She laughed. "Good night, Barry."
The line fell dead and she walked back into the kitchen and placed the phone back onto the charger. She was quickly shooed out of the kitchen and was forced to make her way back into the living room.
"Well, I'm back. Sorry about that. Hope you guys weren't bored."
Reggie waved his hand. "Not a problem."
"Was that your boyfriend calling you? Or your girlfriend?"
"Paul," Reggie warned with a low and sure tone. His friendly soft facial features hardened as he eyed his younger brother.
"No. Barry's not my boyfriend. He's my best friend." Dawn replied sturdily.
He rolled his eyes. He had his arms resting on the couch and had his leg rest on top of his thigh. "Please. That's what they always say. Then before anyone of you know it, you'll both be spending time in each other's bedroom getting it on."
"Paul!"
Dawn's lips parted open as she carefully absorbed the words Paul had just spurred out of his mouth. "Are you kidding me? You really think that Barry and I will do something like that? Have you never heard of a girl and guy being JUST friends before? Do you really expect my best friend and I to hook up?"
"I don't expect. I know."
She shook her head and rolled her blue eyes. "You're really full of yourself, you know that?"
He grunted. "Yeah I know. Just like I know that your little best friend has the hots for you. If it isn't you who likes him, then it's probably him that fancies you like crazy."
"I'm sorry, but it sounded like you read teenage girl romance books with the whole typical and cliché bit about the best-friend romance."
Paul's eyes looked like they would fall out at any moment. Dawn marveled at how she had him stumped and unable to speak for once.
"So it is true! Man, what a dirty little secret you got there."
"Shut it, Troublesome."
"Paul, you shouldn't behave in such a manner. We're in someone else house." Said Reggie.
"You know what? Whatever. Where's the washroom?" Paul asked curtly.
Dawn got up and directed him to the washroom that was down the opposite hall. He purposely bumped into her and disappeared from turning the corner. Dawn brushed the feeling off of her shoulder and sat back down.
"I apologize about my brother."
"It's alright. I need to learn how to deal with his personality anyways. He and I apparently are partners in a Comp Civ project..." She sighed and looked down at her feet and wiggled her toes.
"Tough break. Let me guess, he won't listen to anything that you have to offer?" Reggie asked. Dawn could sense that he was smirking as he asked her that.
She looked up and stared at Reggie for a second. "Yeah."
He let out a holler. "That brother of mine sure is full of surprises. Don't worry. Just continue pitching your ideas to him and he'll eventually fold."
"That's a...good idea. Thanks, Reggie!"
Reggie smiled.
"Kids, dinner is ready!" Johanna called out. Reggie and Dawn glanced at each other and grinned before they headed over to help the mothers set the table.
"Where's Paul?" Patrica asked.
"He's in the washroom," replied the older brother. Just then, the washroom door opened and the faint noise of the water swirling down the hole in the toilet bowl could be heard. Paul came down the hallway and had made his way at the dinner table.
Dawn cleared her throat. "Excuse me but, that's my seat."
Paul turned his head over at her and stared for a brief moment before scooting close to the table.
"Alright then...I guess I'll take that seat..." She moved around the table and pulled out the chair that was across from Paul.
Dinner started out nice with a healthy appetizer and simple conversations between mothers. Reggie and Dawn had convulsed in a topic about Veilstone Academy and whether or not anything has changed. Paul remained quiet as he ate his food politely.
"What did you tell him next?"
"Well, I said..."
Dawn didn't pay attention to anything. All she cared about was finishing dinner and going back to her room to enjoy her time with her computer and the internet.
The main entrees came and soon enough was dessert. Dawn's eyes were wide awake and her mouth opened wide enough to fit an entire apple. She didn't blink for a while as her sight locked onto the chocolate cake that sat in the middle of the dining table. She could feel herself drooling a little. Dawn grabbed a napkin and wiped her mouth and continued staring with love at the dessert.
"Goodness, Dawn. You needn't to look like that every time I bring out the chocolate cake," her mother laughed.
"I can't help it. It's good cake!" She replied cheerfully.
Paul gave a simple snort. "Careful there. Wouldn't want you to gain a couple pounds. You already look a little heavy from here."
"Paul Shinji!" Cried Patrica.
The boy shrugged and took a sip of water.
'I really wish dinner would end.'
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A/N: First off. Let me explain things.
Pokedex = Facebook
Pokegear = cellphone
Xtransceiver = Skype
Still trying to find something for MSN...and I guess Twitter? Ha, ha.
OH, and from now on, every chapter (not including 1-4) title will be named after a song that may or may not have anything to do with the chapter itself (: thought I should let you all know before hand.
I also wasn't expecting this chapter to be quiet long, lol. Anyways, you guys enjoy!
-EPRika-
BluebellsandLavender: DAWNNEEDSTOHOOKUPWITHREGGIE- I mean, what? I didn't say anything.