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 P!nk.
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An Ikarishipping Fanfiction
Re: Bluebells and Lavenders
Chapter Fourteen
"Trouble"
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Previously...
The bluenette returned the gesture and hopped down the front steps to get closer to her friends. "I didn't know you two were also coming... Actually... I don't even know what is going on..."
The three girls chuckled.
"Don't worry Dawnie," Leaf assured her. She took Dawn under her arm and led her to a doting convertible. "We're going to give you a beautiful tour of Veilstone City."
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Misty sat in the passengers seat while Leaf was behind the wheel. May and Dawn were pushed into the back seat – but it was obvious none of the girls mind. With the wind blowing against their face and the fresh air of Veilstone City, who could complain?
"Wow! You know, I've never really gotten a good look at Veilstone after I moved here..." Dawn piped up as they stopped at a red light.
Misty turned in her seat and eyed the bluenette with a frown on her face. "You're clearly missing a huge opportunity here, Dawn."
May nodded. "Veilstone City is the place to go to have fun! There's even a game corner here and everything!"
Dawn furrowed her brows. "Aren't we young to go into a game corner?"
Leaf shook her head as she hit the gas pedal. "Silly Dawnie. Of course we're too young to go in there. But that's what fake ID's are for."
"I'm sorry, what?" Dawn was flabbergasted. She didn't realize she would befriend those who would own fake ID's.
Misty rolled her eyes and faced Dawn. "Don't worry. She's the only one that owns a fake ID. May and I don't have any."
Leaf clicked her tongue. "You're totally missing out, Red."
The ginger sighed. "You're acting more and more like your step-brother, you know that?" She crossed her arms and slumped back into her seat.
Leaf looked over at Misty for a brief moment and smirked. The traffic light flashed to yellow and she pulled to a stop. One hand was on the steering and the other around Misty's seat. "What are you, jealous, Red?"
The redhead scoffed and playfully took Leaf's arm off of her seat. "As if, Oak."
"You know," May said as she leaned towards the two. "It's really weird hearing you say 'Oak' to Leaf..."
"It's her last name, May." Misty stated.
She nodded. "I know... But you've usually said 'Oak' to well... Gary... It's just weird now... Now that Leaf and Gary are like, you know. Step-siblings and all that."
Dawn observed the conversation that went on with the three of them. She was getting curious. Her upper body would unconsciously move forward to get a better idea of who's saying who. There were things that Paul and Leaf have said today that bugged her still. Even Gary, who warned her about Leaf. She desperately wanted to know what happened.
They finally pulled into the parking lot of the Department Store. Multiple clicks were heard as everyone unfastened their seat belts.
"We're here!" Leaf said in a sing-song tune.
"This is..." Dawn looked up at the building. It was ridiculously tall that she wasn't sure if it ever ended. It seemed to continue up into the skies – and quite possibly into the world of where Arceus lived.
"It's a beauty, ain't it?" May asked. She nudged the new girl and gently pushed her along.
The four girls entered the store with the harsh breeze of the air conditioning forcing themselves onto them.
"Is it possible for air to hurt?" Dawn questioned. She cursed herself for not bringing her jacket. It had gotten chilly in the store – despite it being December and having mildly cold weathers. She found it rather ironic in a way.
"So what are we going to do first, Leaf?" Asked the redhead. She lightly touched the taller girls' arm and looked up with her with raised brows.
Leaf thought for a moment. She took Misty's hand into hers and patted it with the other hand. A long warm breath escaped the lips of the brunette as she looked around the lobby of the Department Store. "We're..." She paused before a grin made it's way on her face. "We're going to the roof."
Dawn tilted her head to the side. Her brows knitted together and her lips were parted just a slight. "The roof?"
"Hell yeah!" She exclaimed with an added fist pump. Misty and May chuckled at her attitude.
The girls walked over to the elevator and pressed the 'up' button. They waited, along with others, for the elevator cart to arrive. During that time, the girls decided to talk some more.
"So. You and Gary, hm?" May joked. She nudged the bluenette and gave her a flirty wink.
Dawn glanced at the side opposite from her friends nervously and rubbed her bare arm with her hand. "Ha-ha. Um... Yeah. W-we're taking it slow and stuff."
"I still don't know what you see in my stupid step-brother of mine. He's a pretentious playboy with an ego the size of our galaxy," Leaf replied. Her hands were folded together behind her head as she looked up at the ceiling.
Misty lightly punched Leaf in the arm and turned to Dawn. "Don't listen to her, Dawn. It's nice that you and Gary are dating and everything. Albeit the fact that you just got here two days ago does deem a little suspicious, but nevertheless, it's nice that both of you found each other!"
Dawn giggled. "I-I guess."
"And hey! Maybe we can have a double-date sometime! You and Gary with me and Ash." She suggested.
"T-that'd be great!"
Ding.
"Elevator's here!" Leaf announced.
"Stating the obvious much?" May retorted with a smile.
She shrugged. "It's me. What'd ya expect?"
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Once they arrived at the roof, the girls led Dawn over to an empty table near the windows. All the tables up on the roof were white as fluffy clouds. The chairs, despite them being made of cheap plastic, looked exceptionally good with the tables and the atmosphere up on the roof. The chairs were of different colours that ranged from yellow to blue. Vending machines lined up against the wall on the same side of where the tables were.
"This is beautiful." Dawn pressed her hands on the window and looked out. She was amazed at how high up it was. The people down below looked like little specs of dust.
"Ain't it? This is my favourite place to be when I'm in the city. Plus, free drinks up here!" Leaf gestured the vending machines.
Misty furrowed her brows. "I'm pretty sure you have to pay to get the drinks, Leaf."
She shrugged. "I know. I usually charm up some helpless boy into giving me a free drink."
Misty groaned and pushed her weakly. "You're horrible." She laughed.
"But now that she's mentioned it. I'm going to go buy a drink. I'm parched." May got up from her seat next to Dawn and went over to one of the vending machines. Her friends all watched as she looked at her options. A familiar looking boy had approached her, distracting May from pushing the button.
"Hey... Isn't that Brendan?" Misty asked as she leaned across the table.
Dawn squinted a little. "I... I think it is!"
May pointed to them. Brendan looked up and smiled. He waved at the three girls that sat at the table. She gestured him to go over there whilst she grabbed her drink.
Dawn turned around in her seat and the three girls huddled up together.
"He's coming over here!" Dawn whispered.
"Why, hello there," Brendan greeted.
The girls looked up and returned the friendliness with smiles.
"What brings you here, Brendan?" Came May's voice. She held in her hand a bottle of lemonade and slipped past him to get to her seat.
"Ah. Nothing much. I wanted to buy some new shirts and a couple of sunglasses or whatever." He said. He crouched down and was at eye-level with the table. It was weird that Brendan was wearing his odd looking hat. Dawn was so used to seeing that little cow-lick on his head and that dangerous scar. Not to mention him wearing glasses. It was strange.
"I didn't know you wore glasses," Dawn commented.
Brendan blanked for a moment before he laughed. The boy reached up and touched the frames of his glasses. He hooked onto them and took his glasses off. "Yeah. Though I do wear contacts. It was just that my eyes felt terribly dry from wearing them all day, ya know?"
She nodded. "No yeah, I understand."
"But enough about me. What are you four pretty ladies doing here anyways?" He winked over at May and shamelessly flashed her a grin.
The plump brunette snorted. "Well, Leaf wanted to take Dawn out to go sight seeing. Turns out Dawnie hasn't actually gone into the heart of the city ever since she got here."
Brendan's eyes widen. "No. Seriously you're joking, right?"
The poor girl was put on the spot. She shook her head meekly and sank into her seat.
"Well, it's a good thing Leaf is here. She knows all the hot spots in Veilstone." He looked up at Leaf. "Are you guys going to the game corner as well?"
A chortle left Leaf's mouth. "Nah. I'm the only one with the... ID and whatnot. Misty here," she said as she pointed at the said girl with her thumb. "Didn't want to take the chance of being caught."
"Dawn's been here for three days. I really don't think giving her a fake ID and sending her out into the game corner is a bright move, Leaf. You and I both know that." Misty stated confidently.
The two rolled their eyes.
"Yeah, yeah. Misty: The Responsible One." Brendan teased.
The hothead was about to say something when her pokegear rang. She took it out and checked the caller ID. "Excuse me." She got up and left.
Brendan took this chance to steal Misty's seat at the table.
"Welcome aboard S.S. Leaf!"
He chuckled. "Wouldn't have it any other way."
While Leaf and Brendan were conversing in who knows what, May headed out to the washroom and Dawn was left to her thoughts. Her mind wandered back to the outside. Where she could swear she saw a cloud at close range. She thought of everything from her hometown, to Barry, to the conversation they had earlier that afternoon and to her new school life here in Veilstone. Heck, she even thought about Paul of all people. Her face turned sour and she blinked the visions of Paul away from her head and replaced them with Gary. His charming smile and gravity-defying hair. She began to make a list of things she liked about Gary. His laugh always cheered her up. It was so genuine and melodic in a way. His green eyes and how they sparkle under whatever lighting. She was sure his eyes would even glow in the dark.
'I wonder what Paul is doing...' With that, she stunned herself. Dawn shook her head violently and gulped. Her fingers ran down the seams of her hair to distract her from having such a question.
"You alright there, Dawnie?"
She was absolutely glad that Leaf's voice broke her from her near anxiety attack. She forced a smile and said her all-too-familiar catchphrase. "No need to worry!"
The two smirked.
"You know, you're a lot funnier than I thought you'd be." Said Brendan. His chin rested on the palm of his hand as his arm erected to give his head extra support. Though this was proven to be a little painful for his elbow.
Her shoulders rose and dropped. "I-I do what I can!"
Finally, Misty came back, crestfallen. "Brendan. Get the fck out of my seat."
He did so without question and decided to take May's seat instead.
"What... What happened?" Asked Leaf.
"Nothing." Misty answered curtly. She sighed before she apologized to them. Misty's head was swallowed by the hole her arms made as they folded on the table.
The three at the table looked at one another, trying to find an answer to Misty's sudden behaviour. Dawn shifted uncomfortably in her seat, resting her hands on her lap as she looked at nothing but the table top. Leaf and Brendan decided to go back to their own little world of unknown conversations. They then heard their last friend call out to them in a happy manner.
"Brendan!" She pouted. "Get out of my seat."
He shook his head. "No can do, hun. You snooze you lose."
She rolled her eyes and ended up on his lap – to his annoyance.
"You're heavy, you know that?" He commented sourly.
She grind her elbow into his chest and he leaned back with his hands clutched onto the deathly weapon. "D-dammit, May!" He coughed.
"Hmph." May glared at the dark-haired boy before she noticed Misty's sudden behaviour.
"Misty... What's wrong?" She asked.
The once-upon-a-time hotheaded girl remained quiet and isolated. Dawn looked over at May and pinched her lips with her teeth. She wondered what might happen. If May would press on the subject or just leave Misty as is like what she, Leaf and Brendan were doing.
May crossed her arms in front of her. "Misty. You tell me what the hell is going on. You were so happy before. Now you're like, dead or something. What's wrong?"
Misty's head whipped towards the brunette diagonally across from her and narrowed her eyes. Her bright sea-green eyes turned to nothing but the cold depths of the Atlantic sea. "Nothing is wrong with me, okay!?" She hissed. "I'm fine! I'm perfectly damn fine!"
May shook her head. "No. You're not fine, Misty."
Misty's sight fixed onto May and she huffed. "Dammit, May. For once in your life, stop being such a nosy-bitch." She got up from her seat and stalked past them. She headed towards the elevator and disappeared in the moving cart.
Dawn, Leaf and Brendan all gaped wide-eyed at Misty's outburst. They quietly swiveled their gaze at May.
"That Misty... Always trying to bottle things up..." She sighed. May hopped off of Brendan's lap and took over Misty's seat.
"You're not... Mad?" Brendan asked.
"Should I be?"
"Misty called you a 'nosy-bitch'. If someone called me that, I'd be pissed mad at them..." Leaf claimed.
May twitched her shoulders up and tilted her head to the side. "She's always been like that. She gets all moody and PMS-y if someone was prying into whatever business she's involved in. Sometimes," she leaned in to the other three. "If it's anything really bad, she'd just keep it to herself and not want to talk about it. And if someone were to pester her about opening up – like what I just did – she'd explode in a fury of rage and go somewhere to seclude herself. In this case, back to the girls dorm at school."
"My Arceus..." Brendan voiced. "Who knew carrot-top was capable of something like that?" He turned to face Leaf.
"Well, her temper is pretty infamous around school. So it's no wonder she'd lash out like that... But not once have I heard her say anything like that to a friend – Gary maybe, but never a girl friend." Leaf looked over to May. She tipped her chair back a little, trying not to go too far back. Her fingers gently tapped a rhythmical monotonous tone on the table.
Dawn remained silent and absorbed everything the three of them had said. She decided to keep the useful information about Misty handy in case she were to ever come face-to-face with it again.
"Though, we're pretty far from school. How exactly is she going to get back?" The only-boy-in-the-group asked.
May scoffed. "The bus, silly."
"Yeah, dude," Leaf started as she eyed at the boy. "That's one stupid question, ha ha."
Brendan stuck his tongue out at the older girl and smirked. "Hey, how about we blow this Popsicle stand and do something really fun?"
The girls stared at him with disbelief.
"I'm sorry... But did you just say what I think you just said?" Leaf laughed.
"'Let's blow this Popsicle stand'? Really, Bren? Really?" May giggled behind her hand.
"I haven't heard that in some time, ha ha!" Dawn added.
Brendan clicked his tongue and flipped his imaginary long hair. "You three are just jealous."
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With one girl furious, one guy was added to replace her. And as promised, Brendan showed the three girls one very special place in Veilstone City that pretty much lives up to it's name.
"Funhouse?" Dawn blinked at the name.
"Yup." He replied.
"You go to Funhouse?" Leaf asked. "That has got to be one of the lamest club there is. You should check out Destiny or even Meteor Shower. Those places have good music, food, drinks and the people there are literally out of this world."
"Say what you must, but I've been coming to Funhouse for as long as I can remember-"
"Technically you need to be at least eighteen to go into that particular club," Leaf corrected.
Brendan ignored Leaf's comment and continued on. "Funhouse is like another home to me. In there, people are very respectful to you – no matter the age."
May shot her hand up nervously. Brendan chuckled and nodded his head. "Isn't Funhouse like... A place for homosexuals to go to?"
Dawn had to keep herself from laughing and choking on her spit.
"Silly, May." Brendan inquired. "Funhouse is not a gay club."
"Could'a fooled me." Leaf muttered.
Brendan shot her a look that shut her up completely and finished what was on his mind. "As I've said. Funhouse isn't a gay club, May. Sure there might be people in there who are gay or a lesbian, or bisexual, or pansexual, or whatever. But there are straight people there."
"But I was told-"
"You were told nothing, sweet darling, May. You probably misunderstood whoever it was that told you. And while we're on it. Who's the idiot that told you Funhouse is a gay club?"
"Leaf." May answered. Leaf's eyes fluttered opened and a small frown appeared on her face.
"Way to throw me under the bus, May."
She shrugged. "S-sorry?"
"Obviously it was Leaf who told you..." Brendan sighed and shook his head.
"Um... If you guys are going to argue, could you do that another time? I'm a little curious about this club..." Dawn interjected. She wasn't actually curious, she just wanted them to not argue about it in front of the place they were about to argue about. Plus, Brendan had said it was fun.
"It's like, early evening. They wouldn't be open this early." Leaf pointed out.
"Wrong again, Leaf." Brendan chimed. He sauntered towards the entrance and stopped midway. Brendan turned his head over and gave his three girl friends a sly yet knowing smile. "You coming or what?"
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A/N: I don't know what I'm doing anymore...
But... Hi... [waves].
-EPRika-