Just wanted to say that the contest is still in progress. So far, I have one person who's entering! Yay! I also updated the information bit on my profile on WHEN it's due and all that. And also, forget about the poll on my profile. If you want to join, just PM me as well as whatever questions you may have. Thanks!

Oh, and sorry if you guys waited too long. I lost track. But I assume I should have updated this on the 4th of Nov. Sorry 'bout that!

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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 VV Brown.

Fun Fact! The song was used in Degrassi's 2010 summer promo :D

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An Ikarishipping Fanfiction

Re: Bluebells and Lavenders

Chapter Eight

"Shark in the Water"

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Previously...

S.M. and P.S.

07/25/10

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"Wow. These two people sure love each other to carve something like that here. And this was two years ago...wow. That's, oddly romantic," she giggled. "In a way," she added quickly.

The door opened.

"What are you doing here?"

Dawn flinched. She recognized the voice. She was too scared to turn around. Her palms were already sweating despite the cool air that gently blasted down from the air vent. Dawn felt her face go incredibly warm. She was convinced that she could have been getting a fever, but that was unlikely, even she knew that was impossible.

"I asked you a question, Troublesome. It's rude to ignore someone."

She turned around. "I'd like to ask you the same thing."

He rolled his eyes. "You need to sign up for a room in order to be in here – or any of the rooms. I've already requested that this room is to be rented out to me until I graduate."

"O-oh. I didn't know you had to sign up..." Her voice was small. Him being in that very room made her want to go run into her mouse hole and never come out.

"Yeah, because you don't think." He spat.

"Hey!" She yelled. "I do too think!"

He grunted and placed his back pack on the table. Paul grabbed her books and dumped them on the ground.

"Excuse me, what do you think you're doing? You can't just put someone's books on the ground when they were here first. You know, we can share the room and not talk to each other."

"But that requires me to be in the same room as you," he said bluntly.

Dawn groaned. She crossed her arms and looked at Paul with a raised brow as her head tilted slightly to the side. "Really? Are you going to be that immature?"

He shrugged. "Whatever it takes to get you out of here."

"You're really pathetic," she commented.

"Oh yeah? Well you're really annoying. So why don't you hurry up and git, Troublesome?"

She moaned in frustration. Dawn picked up her bag and her books from the floor. The girl walked towards the door and spun around to face Paul. "You win, okay?"

The door creaked opened and closed shut. Dawn took one last peek into the room and saw that Paul was at the window. She could see Paul's fingers run over the carved words on the window frame. She continued to observe his actions for a little while. When he didn't move from his spot, she had an inkling feeling that he had something to do with S.M and P.S.

Dawn felt as though she floated down the stairs. The library was just too magnificent that she misjudged a step and almost fell. She caught herself quickly by gripping on the hand rail next to her. Colour rose becomingly, as she looked around with alert eyes. She quickly stood up and brushed herself with her free hand and let out an awkward went to the nearest table and placed herself in the cool, black seat. She leaned back and was surprised that it reclined a little.

The table she was at was empty. All the other students occupied other tables and talked to each other – ignoring the most obvious rule about keeping quiet in a library.

"Dawn?"

She didn't notice anyone there until they tapped her shoulders. She slipped her headphones off and was faced-to-face with Paul's older brother.

"Oh! Reggie, right? Hi! What're you doing here?"

The older Shinji laughed. "I work part-time here. I used to be a service student for the librarian, and she was kind enough to get me a job working here."

Her eyes lit up. "Really? That's actually pretty neat! Is this your only job?"

"I have another one. I'm a day care worker at Solaceon Town."

"Isn't that far, or something?" She asked. She was scratching the side of her thumbnails and ripped off the dry, top layer of skin. Dawn brought up her thumb to nibble on the piece of dry skin that stuck up.

Reggie shrugged. "I don't know. Is it?"

She had a feeling he was toying with her. It was better than being called 'Troublesome' all the time though. "Well, anyways. Having two part timers is actually something I'd want to have."

His eye brows rose. "Oh really? What do you want to do?"

Dawn flushed and laughed it off. "I-it's something silly."

"No, tell me. It can't be that silly." He smiled.

She exhaled and prepared to answer him. "Well. I do want to do fashion designing and voice acting."

"Fashion designing is a tough world out there, Dawn. But it's nice that you want to do it."

She nodded.

"Voice acting is also something really interesting. I actually have a friend who is learning voice acting. Though, her school is up in Snowpoint City."

"Isn't that city practically covered in snow?" She asked.

He laughed. "Why yes, yes it is."

Dawn tilted her head to the side and looked at the mess on the table. "Is the school she going to really good?"

Reggie thought for a moment. She heard him make a small 'hm' and the soft friction between his index finger and chin. "I guess so? Though, she said she'd really want to go to the one in Jubilife City since that city has all the works and multiple television networks and so forth. She's going to the school in her city because they have a program that if she stays there for two years, she can transfer to Jubilife – and the school itself pays for the ticket and lodging for about a week or so.

"She also mentioned that most of the well-known voice actors and actresses went to Jubilife to learn. My friend has been researching about voice acting for about two months after she graduated from college. I may not fully understand the basic fundamentals of voice acting, but it's nice to see that a good friend of mine is doing something that she loves and is telling me about it and explaining every small details about it, ha ha."

"Where did you meet your friend?" Asked Dawn.

Reggie looked up for a brief moment with a pink face. He reached up and grabbed his ponytail, brushing it softly with his fingers. "We went to the same college in Sunnyshore City. I was majoring in Early Childhood Education and minoring in Graphic Designing. She was majoring in Business and minoring in ECE as well. Since there weren't a lot of students studying ECE, those who were majoring and minoring in that subject all had class together – that's where I met Candice."

Dawn clasped her hands together. "That's so sweet! It seems like she was or, is more than a friend to you."

He didn't look too good. Dawn was convinced that Reggie had suddenly come down with some kind of illness and was ready to barf all over the place. She scooted back, her legs were no longer covered by the table top. She was ready to get up and move back even more if he did vomit.

"Uh – well. She's kind of my ex." His voice was rough and shaky.

"Oh, geez. I'm so sorry for asking," said Dawn. She got up and looked at Reggie straight in the eye.

He looked away and focused his energy on that tiny eraser bit that sat there on the smooth gray carpet floor. "It's okay."

The silence was bearable. It wasn't too awkward. Dawn found the noiseless dimension between them to be a relaxing sensation. Maybe she should take up yoga, become more calm and flexible.

"Dawn?"

She pondered on the thought of taking up a type of, activity, sport or fitness of some sort. The bluenette considered all the possibilities and benefits of doing yoga. She considered learning kung-fu. She even considered going to Circus School and to learn how to do silk rope climbing and-slash-or juggling.

"Um, Dawn?"

She thought about the certain type of kung fu that she would like to do, after she had watched a cartoon show about people being able to bend certain elements. She always liked water: the movements were so gentle.

A hand that lingered in front of her snapped her out of her trance and she looked up at Reggie. With a blush and her brows coming together and slanting up in the middle, she apologized for spacing out and they had continued talking for a brief moment before he left to do his work.

Dawn took out a piece of paper and wrote down the type of exercise, fitness and activities that she would like to do.

Activities:

Yoga

Kung Fu

She thought twice.

Activities:

Kung Fu

Yoga

Silk Rope climbing

Ballroom Dancing

Walking

Dawn was about to put down jogging-slash-running but thought against it. She knew she was a horrible runner. She knew she couldn't run a block, let alone half a block; or even a quarter. She looked at her list one more time and smiled. Kung fu was definitely the top – but which style was something she'd need to research up on.

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The last class of the day was gruesome. She didn't realize that PE twelve would be co-ed, though she was fond of the fact that she was with Misty, May, Leaf and Ash.

"Hey! Fleura! That was a foul! You can't hit someone above the waist!" Misty shouted.

"Kasumi, why don't you just save your heroine talk okay? You're acting like a huge hypocrite." Melody Fleura replied hotly.

Everyone was wearing the designated gym strips. A white t-shirt with yellow stripes at the side of the sleeves, following the shoulder seam line and down to the hem of the sleeves. A large orange strip acting as the hem for the t-shirt that was also on the yellow shorts. The Veilstone Academy emblem was once again planted on the right side of the shirt.

"Are they always like that?" Dawn had been standing next to Leaf for the past minute during the start of the dodge ball game. Leaf's hair was tied into a loose bun. The bluenette had wondered how Leaf managed to get her hair to be able to do something like that by just twisting her hair, forming it into a bun and using one hair elastic to keep it in place.

Leaf crossed her arms and put her weight on one of her legs. Her eyes watched in amusement as Misty and Melody continued to argue. "Oh yeah. It gets entertaining once you're used to it, actually. Last week was especially hilarious. Misty caught Melody flirting with Ash, right? So, Misty basically slapped Melody and they both were yelling at the top of their lungs. Poor Ash was caught in the middle and was unable to escape."

Dawn blinked. "How was that hilarious? That's a little intense, if you asked me."

She shrugged. "Guess I have some sick humor."

"Ash, babe. Tell your girlfriend to stop being such a hypocrite and own up to her actions," Melody whined.

Misty groaned. "Ash is my boyfriend. Please stop calling him babe."

Melody rolled her eyes and turned the other cheek. She sauntered off to the back where the rest of her teammates were out.

The redhead groaned once again and mumbled a couple of cusses while discreetly, while giving Melody the finger without the teacher knowing. Misty had walked towards where Dawn and Leaf were standing. She rooted her foot down and was glaring at Melody.

"That little crazy psycho – UGH. She really irks me."

"Well, she is Melody Fleura. Her aunt practically owns the Legendary Birds Hotel on...Shamouti Island?" Leaf inquired.

Misty clicked her tongue. "Just because her aunt owns a really well known hotel that has branched out all the way to Unova, does not mean she can show me up and act as though she's Ash's girlfriend. She's delusional if she thinks that Ash will ever go for her. He's mine."

"Well, aren't you a passionate firecracker," Leaf smirked.

Dawn laughed at Leaf's comment. "She's right you know, Misty."

The redhead rolled her cerulean eyes. "Since when did you two become so chummy?"

Dawn looked up at Leaf whereas the tall brunette looked down at the new girl.

"In bio, I guess?" Said Dawn.

Leaf shrugged. "Guess so."

Misty stared at them blankly. "Wow, I am so out of the loop."

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Dawn was at her locker and had put her books and binders away whilst taking out the ones that she needs for tomorrow. She had gotten a text from her mother saying that she and Mrs. Shinji will be taking a trip to Jubilife City and won't be back for a week. Both families would apparently talk more about housing arrangements at the Shinji residence seeing how Dawn's mother put her foot down harshly on the idea of Dawn being in the house alone for one week.

"Great. I can't believe I have to spend a week living with that monster...though, Reggie is okay. But is mom really going to let me stay in a house with two guys for a week? Geez. It's worse than staying at home alone for a week," she muttered.

"You talking to your imaginary friend?"

She whipped around and saw both Gary and Leaf. They stood there with matching smirks. From her eyes, they could have been twins.

"Nah. I'm just mumbling to myself. No need to worry," she replied.

"Alright then. But hey, here's my pokegear number. Call if you need to know more about biology." Leaf winked and turned to look at Gary. Dawn wanted to wear an invisible cloak and escape.

"Why are you looking at me?" Gary raised a brow as his step-sister smiled deviously at him. She shook her head and dragged him off.

Dawn was left there, her face covered in red and pink. Her lips, which were already red, seemed to have disappeared under the redness of her face. Her pokegear buzzed and she answered the call.

"Hello?" Her voice was a pitch higher.

"Is everything alright Dawn? Why is your voice so high?" It was her mom.

"N-nothing! No need to worry mom," she said quickly. "Now, what do you need? Is everything okay?"

"Yes. I just want you back home now. Mrs. Shinji and her sons are here to talk about the housing arrangements."

She sighed. "But. Living with two other guys that I barely know for a week is worse than staying at home alone, mom."

Dawn heard her mother sigh. "Dawn. That may be true – but I still would like you to live under their roof next week. I don't want you alone in our house, period."

The line went dead and Dawn wanted to chuck her phone in the furnace, but instead, she stuffed it in her bag. Her nimble fingers brushed out her hair as she silently walked out of the doors of the school and towards the bike racks. However, she noticed someone had placed a piece of paper on her bike handle which was secured tightly with an elastic.

"That's weird," she muttered softly. She slid the elastic off and rolled it through her hand until it rested gently around her wrist. She grabbed the piece of paper and opened it.

Meet me in the room in the library tomorrow at lunch.

-Paul

Her eyebrows crinkled together. She was positive the boy had it in for her, but she was oddly confused at his request. Shaking her head, she crumpled the note and put it in the front pocket of her bag; she didn't want to deal with it now since she was already running late to get back home.

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A/N: Long chapter again, ha ha.

Hmm, wonder what Paul wants?

Also, can anyone of you guess what cartoon show Dawn watched that involves bending certain elements with different types of martial arts? If not, then it's okay ^^

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!

-EPRika-

BluebellsandLavender: God. Paul. What a hot/cold guy.