XashXdawnX- Time for the chapter everyone seems to be waiting for! Hope you like it! :)
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Note: No offense to Ikarishippers is intended by this chapter.
Dawn Berlitz' eyes fluttered opened being greeted by the sun's morning rays. She got up and walked to her closet. She picked out black skinny jeans, a dark blue low-cut shirt, and sneakers. She left her hair down and applied some makeup. She grabbed her
Pokéballs and her bag and walked down the entered the kitchen and sat down at the table.
"Morning sweetie," her mom greeted.
Dawn muttered a reply. Her mother sighed and placed some breakfast on Dawn's plate. Dawn pushed the plate away and her mother looked at her with a sad expression.
"Skipping breakfast again," she asked, or stated.
"I'm going out," Dawn muttered and pushed her white chair back.
She walked through the hall and to the tan door and left out it. When Dawn's mother heard the door close she shook her head and turned to her Glameow.
"He's changed her," Dawn's mother said and placed a bowl with Pokémon food down on the floor for the cat Pokémon.
Dawn walked silently along the dirt path and took a turn into the forest. She walked for about fifteen minutes before she found the person she was looking for.
"Morning Paul," she greeted.
"Troublesome," Paul muttered and glanced at her.
He shook his head and got up from his sitting position.
"What did I say about makeup Troublesome?" he asked her sternly.
"Not to wear it," Dawn muttered in an annoyed manner.
"Exactly," he confirmed.
He then kissed Dawn, but it was not sweet in the slightest, it was rough and bitter.
"Troublesome," Paul said, grabbing her attention.
Dawn looked up at him.
"I'm through with you," he stated.
"What?" she asked with wide eyes in incredulity.
"I'm breaking up with you," he repeated, in more specific words.
Dawn was silent while her mind attempted to process this sudden event.
"I never liked you. I just dated you so someone who did like you couldn't. The only good thing about you is your looks, that's all anyone notices," Paul stated nonchalantly and walked away from her.
Dawn was processing his cruel words. She then collapsed on the ground and began crying loudly, although nobody could hear her out there.
If he never liked me then why did he do that? Wait he said he only dated me so someone else couldn't who did like me. Who was it? Do guys only see my looks and nothing else?
Dawn cried some more and hurried home with her makeup smeared due to the tears. She opened the tan door with so much force that it slammed into the wall. She slammed the door shut and walked up to her room and slammed the door on it, not paying any mind to whether or not she broke anything.
Dawn's mother heard all the ruckus and hurried up to her daughter's room.
"Dawn open up," her mom said knocking on the door, concerned by her behavior.
"No," Dawn responded from inside the room.
"Dawn open your door," her mother repeated.
I said no!" Dawn shouted.
"Dawn!" her mother shouted, becoming both annoyed and more worried.
"Leave me alone!" Dawn demanded.
Her mother sighed and walked back downstairs. Dawn sat on her bed looking at herself with a handheld mirror.
"Look at me I'm a mess," she muttered.
She stared at her reflection who stared back. Her makeup had ran down her face making her look like a raccoon and her eyes were red and puffy.
She got up and changed into her PJs and stayed in her room.
"Should I call someone and talk to them? Should I call him and beg for him back?" she asked herself.
She picked up her light black smartphone, opened the Phone application, and dialed Paul's phone number with the touchscreen keypad.
"I need to know why he did this. I need the answers to my questions," she muttered as the phone emitted the typical tone.
The phone rang three times, after which Paul's brother Reggie answered the phone.
"Hey Dawn. You want to talk to Paul?" he asked after reading the caller ID.
"Yeah," Dawn said.
"One minute," Reggie said before Dawn heard the phone being put down and him calling Paul to the phone.
After a short pause Dawn heard the phone being picked up.
"What do you want Troublesome?" a cold voice asked irritably.
"Paul I need to know. Why did you date me? Who likes me that you dated me to stop him from asking me?" Dawn asked austerely, holding back emotions of heartbreak.
"Like I told you. I dated you so he couldn't. Why is it you should know? Anyone who would like you would be because of your looks only," he answered.
The phone call then ended. Dawn screamed in annoyance and anger and tossed her phone on the ground.
She then began thinking, trying to figure out who would like gave up and stayed in her room and cried some more, even though she had no idea why. She then fell asleep without eating any dinner.
The next day, Dawn started a routine of only leaving her room to eat, always returning to her room immediately after finishing. She was working on a list of people trying to figure out who would like her.
"Dawn," a voice called from outside the door of her bedroom.
Dawn glanced at her door.
"What?" she asked.
"Will you please come out?" her mother asked.
"No," she responded.
"Dawn you've been in your room for days come out!"
"No," she said again.
She heard footsteps walk down the stairs. She returned to her list to continue working on it.
Her door then opened and she looked up. In the door stood her best friend holding a paper clip in his hand.
"Ash! What are you doing here?" she asked shocked.
"I found out about the break up," Ash answered.
"Oh..."
"Dawn get ready. I know something that will cheer you up."
Dawn nodded and walked to her closet. Ash closed the door and walked downstairs. Ash walked into the kitchen to see Dawn's mother smiling.
"Thank you Ash. Please make her be herself again. You are welcome to stay here for as long it takes," her mother said.
Ash nodded and Dawn entered the kitchen. She wore a black miniskirt, a pink camisole, with black low boots. Dawn waited for Ash and he walked out the front door and she took one step when her mother spoke up.
"Dawn."
Dawn faced her mom.
"Yeah?"
"He's your best friend he'll help you."
Dawn nodded and walked out of the house and stopped beside Ash.
"So where do you want to go?" Ash asked.
"Doesn't matter," Dawn muttered.
Ash called out a Charizard and hopped on and held his hand down to Dawn. Dawn grabbed his hand and she hopped on and Charizard flew northwest. Charizard eventually flew over Mt. Coronet, Hearthome City, then Solaceon Town, continued a bit north to a small building below.
Charizard landed and the two hopped off.
"Return," Ash said, recalling Charizard to its Pokéball.
The two walked toward the building which had a sign that revealed it to be the Café Cabin. The
two entered and walked over to the counter.
"Hi. Welcome to the Café Cabin, where the best milk, ice cream, and pies are sold. What can I get for you two?" a girl in her teens with light blue hair and brown eyes greeted the two happily.
"Vanilla milkshake," Ash requested.
"Strawberry milkshake," Dawn muttered.
The girl nodded and moved over to a table of ice cream machines, where she put together the shakes then placed them on the counter. Ash put a few Pokédollar banknotes on the counter and they walked outside.
"So Dawn what all happened?" Ash asked taking a sip of his shake.
"Well I went to meet him where I always meet him. He was grumpy cause I wore makeup. He kissed me, but it was rough and bitter. He said the only way someone would date me was because of my looks. He said he only dated me to keep someone else from dating me," Dawn said her voice staying strong, but her face failed.
She frowned and her eyes watered.
"I mean why would someone date you just for that? It's just so stupid and he hurt me. The worst thing is I don't know who it could be that likes me."
Dawn drank some of her milkshake. Ash looked at his best friend and frowned at the sight.
"I should've listened to you guys. You all said he was bad news and I knew it. I was just blinded by I don't know. I guess I wanted to date a bad boy and be known as a bad boy's girl," Dawn said and a few tears fell.
Ash looked at Dawn and just decided to stay quiet and let her talk it out. Dawn took another sip of her milkshake.
"Why did I have to be so stupid?" Dawn asked.
Ash who had been listening and planned on staying quiet wasn't going to now.
"Dawn you're not stupid," Ash said.
"I dated Paul. You guys told me not to, but did I listen? Nooo I did not listen," she argued.
"Dawn..."
Dawn shook her head and said she wanted to go home. Ash called Charizard out and they returned to Dawn's house after a short while, thanks to Charizard's good training. Dawn immediately got off and ran into the house and up to her room. Ash entered and went to the kitchen to talk to Dawn's mother.
"How did it go?" she asked stirring some food.
"She talked some of it out," Ash replied.
"She's upset again. She won't be eating. He changed her too much. I want my little girl back," Johanna said in grief.
"What do you mean 'changed her too much'?" Ash asked.
"Before she dated him, she was happy and ate normally. Once she started dating him, she would talk less and less each day. She would skip breakfast, not come out of her room much, she came home crying most of the time, she screamed and broke things in her room while on the phone or after a call ended, she just became a different person," Johanna reminisced.
Ash nodded his head in understanding.
"I would go talk to her, but I don't think it'd be a good idea," Ash said.
"You can go to the door and listen, see if she's talking," her mom suggested.
Ash nodded and walked to Dawn's door, pulled a stool out and sat down, then listened with his ear to the door.
Inside Dawn's room...
Dawn sat on her bed and picked up her smartphone. She repeated her previous action of dialing Paul's number into the Phone application, then waited for someone to pick up.
"What do you want Troublesome?" Paul's cold emotionless voice asked after picking up the phone.
"I want to know the answers," Dawn said.
"No."
"Look Paul, I tolerated you and your ways. I should know since it's the only reason you dated me," she demanded.
"Just think about it and you'll figure it out."
The call was ended and Dawn threw her phone on the floor. She screamed and laid back on her bed. She got up and walked toward her door and placed her hand on the handle and opened it, then was startled as Ash fell onto the floor.
"Why were you there?" Dawn asked the boy as he lifted himself from the ground, with her hands on her hips and an eyebrow raised.
"Oh nothing," he said sheepishly.
Dawn sighed and moved onto a different topic.
"Hey Ash you wanna walk to the lake?" Dawn asked.
"Sure Dawn," Ash said, placing the stool back where it was before then following her downstairs.
Once outside, Dawn spoke.
"Ash do you think someone would only date me for my looks?" Dawn asked barely above a whisper, with great sadness in her voice.
Ash was shocked by this question and considered what would be the best way he could respond to this.
"Well your looks are one thing to look for, but not the only thing by far. You've got a great personality, you're fun to be around, and all," Ash answered truthfully, not knowing what more to list at the end, due to nervousness.
"Thanks," Dawn said and smiled.
"Wow I haven't smiled a real smile in months," Dawn said laughing lightly.
"Well you gotta smile, it makes the world go round," Ash joked drawing a circle in the dirt and adding a smiley face.
Dawn laughed at what Ash did.
"You know I can't ever be sad or mad around you Ash. You always cheer me up," she said, her mood brightening.
"Nice I'm special," Ash said proudly.
Dawn laughed at that and Ash joined in. The two continued to walk along the dirt path.
Dawn stopped and Ash stopped since she did.
"Look," Dawn said pointing over to the side.
Ash looked to where she was pointing. A group of kids who appeared to be ten were eating ice cream and one shoved another's face into their ice cream. Soon they all had ice cream on their faces and were laughing.
"We did that this year," Ash remembered.
"Yeah at lunch. Too bad we got suspended the next day and cleanup detention for a week because of what we started," Dawn said remembering that day.
"Yeah we started a food fight from doing that. You had to be lifted up by May and Leaf to get the mash potatoes off the ceiling," Ash said.
"I know it was crazy and my mom was mad when I called her and told her. You staying on campus this year?" Dawn questioned.
"Yeah I'm not gonna be flying from Kanto to Johto every day. Are you?"
"Yeah. May, Leaf, and I are gonna be roomies or else we'll raise all kinds of trouble for other people."
"Yeah you three will," Ash agreed with a chuckle.
"Hey!" Dawn pouted.
Ash laughed at Dawn's reaction.
"I think we should go and get back to your house," Ash said calling out his Charizard for a quicker way back to town.
"Back to where we came from Charizard," Ash told the orange dragon. The two hopped on and Charizard took flight.
Soon they were back in Twinleaf Town and at the kitchen table eating dinner as the sun began to set below the horizon.
~A few days later~
Ash had been helping Dawn recover from the breakup for a few days now. Today they were going to go to the carnival that was in Sinnoh. Ash was tying his black boots when Dawn walked down and he did a double-take at her appearance.
Dawn was wearing some short shorts, a black loose top with a pink tank top under, and black sneakers. Her hair was loose and over her shoulders.
"I'm ready whenever you are," she said and pulled her bag on her shoulder.
Ash nodded and finished with his boots. He walked out of the house and waited for Dawn.
"So where's the carnival?" Dawn asked.
"In Sunyshore," Ash responded checking his phone.
Dawn nodded and hopped on Ash's Charizard. Charizard took off and after a not too long and not too short ride, they arrived in Sunyshore City, a city along Sinnoh's east coast that had plentiful sunshine almost all year.
"Thanks now take a rest," Ash said and recalled his Pokémon.
The two headed into the city and toward the beach where the carnival was being held. The carnival was busy with people from all over Sinnoh.
"I'm glad I brought my swimsuit. They have some water rides. Oh and they have some battles going on on the water," Dawn said surveying the area with a smile on her face.
Good she's happy, Ash thought.
Dawn started walking off and toward the games they had lined up along the sides.
"Ash look," Dawn said pointing at one in particular.
Ash looked up and followed her pale finger and his eyes landed on a booth. The booth was a race where you had to squirt water at a target and get a Chimchar to the top. Ash then looked along the top at the prizes and glanced at Dawn. Her blue eyes were resting on a little plush doll that was a Piplup with an over-sized head and little body.
"Step right up don't be shy! Winners get a prize! Step right up!" the elderly man in a striped yellow hat shouted in various directions.
Two people walked up and Ash decided to play the game against them.
"Alright folks we got us a challenge. Begin!"
Ash and the other two people started hitting the target. Ash was leading and got it to the top first.
"Way to go boy. Pick a prize," the man said cheerfully.
Ash pointed to the Piplup and the man handed Ash the Piplup plush doll. Ash turned around and walked back over to Dawn.
"Here ya go Dawn," Ash said handing her the doll.
"How did you know I wanted this?" Dawn asked taking the doll.
"I saw you looking at it," Ash stated.
"Thanks Ash," Dawn said giving Ash a hug.
They continued playing games or competing in Pokémon battles. It was now nighttime and the carnival was becoming busier as the larger crowds having a night out began coming in.
Ash and Dawn were walking around, Dawn stealing some of Ash's cotton candy since he wasn't paying attention. Ash looked at Dawn and poked her in the forehead cause he knew she hates that.
"Don't do that!" Dawn whined giving Ash a shove.
Ash laughed and went to eat some cotton candy only to find hardly any left.
"Where di- Dawn," Ash began in confusion, then turned to Dawn and realized she was the culprit.
"I did nothing," Dawn lied in an innocent manner.
"Your tongue lies, it's blue," Ash pointed out.
Dawn closed her mouth and shook her head. The two walked toward the beach and sat in the sand away from the carnival looking out.
"I don't know why I ever dated him," Dawn said, remembering Paul again, but this time she spoke of him with a calmer tone of voice.
"Dawn," Ash said with a frown.
"I'm fine Ash. I could care less about him," Dawn said cheerily.
Ash nodded his head.
"I just think it's stupid that I did date him. You guys admonished me, but I didn't listen. I'm over him, I shouldn't have cried over him. Thanks for helping me Ash. Can't wait to see what happens now," Dawn said, confirming her recovery.
Ash remained silent seeing if Dawn was going to continue speaking.
"So Ash I got a question for ya," Dawn said, turning her head to look at him.
"What?" Ash asked gazing at the various constellations of stars in the clear night sky.
"Do you like anyone?" Dawn questioned.
Ash who was looking at the stars glanced at Dawn.
"Excuse me?" Ash asked, wanting to confirm she had said what he thought she said.
"Do you like anyone?" Dawn repeated.
"Yeah," Ash answered, returning his gaze to the numerous bright round balls of heated gases in the sky.
"Really? Who?" Dawn asked, wanting more details.
"Not saying," Ash responded.
"Do I know her?" Dawn questioned, becoming less specific.
"Yeah you do," Ash answered.
"Tell me," Dawn demanded.
"Nah."
"I'm your best friend Ash. You gotta tell your best friend," Dawn pleaded.
"Nah I don't have to," Ash stated.
"Please," Dawn said making her puppy dog face.
Ash looked away cause of her face and Dawn lost her face. Ash turned back around only to see the face again.
"Dawn stop with that face," Ash said, annoyed.
Dawn did and was quiet for a moment.
"I still wonder who liked me that he stopped from being able to date me," Dawn said thinking aloud.
"Who do you think it is?" Ash asked curiously.
"Hmm well I know it's not Drew. Drew totally likes May, Gary likes Leaf, Kenny he likes me, but I don't like him. There's Conway, I don't like him, he's a stalker..." Dawn said and trailed afterwards with a shiver from the last person.
Ash nodded his head.
"There's al-" Dawn started, but stopped.
"Dawn can I tell you something?" Ash questioned, focusing his eyes on her now.
"Yeah," she answered, turning to look at him.
"I know you just got out of the relationship with Paul, but I know the answer to the unanswered question," Ash stated.
Dawn looked at Ash with a large amount of curiosity in her eyes now.
"He dated you to stop me from being able to date you," Ash stated.
Ash looked down after he said it.
Great just great. I totally just ruined the friendship, Ash thought, mentally cursing himself for his foolishness.
"You like me?" Dawn asked, processing the answer.
Ash just nodded his head slowly.
"Well Ash I like you too," Dawn said truthfully.
Ash's head snapped up.
"You do?" he asked shocked.
"Yeah. I think I was running away from you and was just dating Paul because I was scared to tell you," Dawn concluded.
Ash faced her and looked at her. She looked at him and smiled. Ash then kissed Dawn and she returned the kiss. Unlike those with Paul however, this was a sweet one.
"Thanks for helping me Ash," Dawn thanked him, grateful for his efforts.
"No problem. So are we boyfriend and girlfriend?" Ash asked, just wanting a confirmation one last time.
"Yeah I would like that. We are not gonna tell the others. Alright?"
Ash nodded and grabbed Dawn's hand.
Please R&R