Classic: Chapter 2: Bringin' on the Heartbreak
Up to chapter 2! There's a lot of snow and bitter cold here, but the college life doesn't give up… Woooo….
"Oh you're like a candle, your flame slowly fadin',
Burnin' out and burnin' me."
-Bringin' on the heartbreak: Def Leppard
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"Oh honey! This would look would lovely on you!" Rose Hayden, her rather friendly and comforting step-mother, held up a soft yellow skirt. The young girl looked over from the rack next to the one her step-mother was at, then crossed the distance between the two.
"It's lovely." Dawn commented and folded the skirt nicely into the pile in her arms. Rose had invited her to go shopping to look for more clothes to wear, since her brother was at school and her father at the office.
The two females looked around the department store clothing area , The blunette more than happy to get out of that giant house, it could be suffocating at times . Rose was good company , and had a great fashion sense.
"I think I'll try these on." Dawn held up the pile of clothes in her arms and started towards the dressing room area. She got a room after struggling with the door for a few seconds and started to try on the many items that Rose and her had found and picked out.
Dawn emerged from the dressing room a few minutes later , with almost the entire pile in her arms that had originally been there. Finding Rose waiting near the same rack where she was when Dawn had went into the dressing room, her step-mother snatched the clothes from her arms and immediately went to the cash register with a shiny credit card in hand.
The high schoolsenior knew it was pointless to argue because Rose had already committed the same act several times before. The older woman had told her after the first store that looking at price tags wasn't allowed and that if she didn't get anything then Rose was going to buy many things and hoped Dawn liked them. Dawn bit her tongue not to say anything, she felt that Rose was trying too hard.
"I think that's enough shopping for one day! Ready to head home dear?" Rose asked the girl, who took the large bag from Rose's hand to clutch it with many others; it was the least she could do, even if she didn't really want this shopping trip in the first place.
"Yes please." Dawn nodded excitedly, she didn't like Rose spending so much money on her even if it was her own father's makings.
The two walked out to the car, which was sleek, white, with very tinted windows, and was much of a luxury inside. Dawn set the bags in the trunk and joined Rose in the front seat. The two set off once she buckled in.
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Dawn had went into her room once the two women had gotten back home. Home. It was almost strange to her now, the large mansion she had gotten lost in countless times was becoming familiar now.
She had put her new purchases away, filling only a small portion of her enormous walk-in closet, and changed into a newly bought swim suit. The blunette took the two pokeballs from her desk, she hadn't let her companions out for a while and it would be good for them to receive some fresh air. She headed out to the pool that she had been to many times during past visits.
The pool was fairly large in a rectangular shape, blue and clear, and went deeper as it went on. It took up a good portion of the backyard and was directly outside the clear sliding doors in the dining room with a tall privacy fence that discouraged onlookers. In other words, a good place for some privacy and tanning.
Dawn sent a towel she had gotten from one of the maids on a lounge chair near the doors. The pool-grade pavement was warm and bumpy on her toes. She tossed her Poke balls in the air, releasing the creatures inside.
Since she had not graduated yet, so hasn't received her trainer's license yet; the blunette could not has more than two Pokémon in her procession. However, she cared deeply for her partners.
The first of her Pokémon to appear was none other than her starter, Prinplup. He was stubborn, quite proud and was more than happy to make use of the pool in the backyard.
Her second Pokémon was newer, her Quilava; he had evolved some time ago and made himself comfortable in the sun away from the pool. She looked around the pool, the long rectangle of clear blue, and jumped in.
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Dawn heard the glass doors slide open from the lounge chair, but didn't bother moving from her tanning spot. She was almost done, just finishing a light touch on her back.
"Little sister." Drew's voice cut through her thoughts and she gave a muffled response.
"Yahoo!" A loud voice before an even louder splash interrupted what her brother was going to say. The cool water feeling like ice on her sun-soaked skin.
"Ash!" Drew spat out shaking out his hair.
"Ash?" Dawn questioned, but she was swept up into a wet hug before she could receive an answer. It was indeed the black-haired boy, looking the same as she had saw him in the summer; tan skin, dark hair, and warm eyes. He was the only one of her brother's friends that she had ever met.
"Hey Dawn!" Ash smiled at her before splashing into the pool and soaking the twins once again with a cannonball.
"As I was trying to say before," Her green-haired brother told her, "a few guys are coming over to hang out in the pool and you're welcome to stay."
"Thank you for your permission, dear brother." Dawn pulled on her towel to cover her two-piece swimsuit and sat down on her chair once again.
"Oh, I picked up your schedule today." Drew handed her a folded up piece of paper before shredding his shirt and jumping in the pool to join Ash. Dawn unfolded the paper and looked at her courses for this semester . She got up and went through the sliding glass doors and up to her room to change.
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The blue-haired girl wove her way through the corridors of the Hayden Mansion and up to her room while looking over her schedule ; they were similar to the class es she was in at her old school. She went to her room and took off her swimsuit and towel to change into a basic short athletic shorts and tank top combo to sit with her brother back out by the pool. Dawn set her pokeballs on her desk once again. She hung up her wet clothing articles on the shower rod to dry and made her way back outside.
Opening the sliding back door that lead to the fenced in portion of the backyard she was bombarded with loud voices and a blast of humidity. Dawn slid the door back shut and stepped outside in bare feet.
Drew and Ash were currently in the pool, splashing in the pool like two children. Ash stopped to wave at her but was dunked by her brother from behind during the distraction.
"Blue! Can you get my phone?" Her brother shouted, he was at the far side of the large Olympic pool and his phone ringing on the shaded table a few feet away from her.
"Hello?" She answered the phone as he brother started swimming towards her end of the pool.
"This is not Drew." A masculine voice spoke on the other line. "I'm late and Drew has girls over without me!"
"Phone." Drew held out his hand and took his phone from her.
"What's up?" Her brother started talking in the background. Dawn watched Ash swim around in the pool with ease.
"That was my sister you idiot." Drew spoke into the phone behind her. "I'll see you soon."
"Was that Gary?" Ash said from the pool as Drew ended the call and set his phone back where it was before.
"Yeah, he'll be here in a few minutes." Drew called back.
"I'll going to get a drink, do you want something?" Dawn asked her brother as he prepared to jump into the pool once again.
"Grab me a soda?" He asked and Ash called for her to fetch him one too.
Dawn made her way back inside. The air conditioning chilling her skin and raising goose-bumps across the surface. She walked over to the fridge and grabbed a few sodas to take back outside.
"Hey." A voice spoke behind her when her head was halfway in the fridge and caused her to bump her head on the shelf above the sodas but not drop the drinks.
Standing on the other side of the kitchen was a tall brunette. Tanned skin and bright blue eyes, wearing a simple t-shirt and swimming trunks with tennis shoes on his feet. He smirked as he too looked over her.
"Gary." He smirked at her, flashing white teeth and a dimple in his left cheek.
"Drew is outside." She nodded towards the glass doors and he opened it for her and let her walk through first.
"Thanks Little Blue." Ash was waiting for her and grabbed one of the many sodas from her arms and downed it in 3 gulps.
"You're Drew's sister?" Gary's shirt was half-off and his voice was muffled by the fabric. But his eyes were wide once they met hers.
"Yeah?" Dawn raised her eyebrow and crossing her arms, stood in her spot.
"No hitting on my sister!" Drew pushed the brunette into the pool and flipped his hair at the large splash.
"Fucking grass head! Those were my good shoes!" The now-soaking shoes were aimed at her brother. Gary glared at the green-haired boy with wet bangs in his eyes.
"Where is Paul?" Ash asked looking at Gary.
"I don't know, he put me through one hell of a workout though." Gary grimaced as he rolled one of his shoulders. Drew looked at his phone.
"He said he has to work soon." Drew scrolled through his messages and typed a short reply.
"Paul doesn't hang out with us much anymore." Ash looked down for a moment , and Dawn felt as though she was missing something important. She would ask her brother later.
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"Hey Drew." Dawn nudged opened her brother's slightly unhatched door and let it swing open. Her brother was in his room sitting at his desk with a textbook open in front of him completing a worksheet. She invited herself in when he glanced at her and shut the door behind her.
"What's up?" Drew spun around in his desk chair to look at her when she sat down on the edge of his bed. His room was similar to her's, green and white tones instead of her pink colors.
"I was just bored." Dawn shrugged and her brother completed a circle in his chair staring at the ceiling. "Are you in any of my classes?"
"Ummm… AP English, Advanced Coordinating, and Gym I think." He commented and stopped his chair in front of her.
"Okay." Dawn looked around his room some more.
"What's on your mind little sister?" The 'little sister' made her glare at him, he was only older by a few minutes.
"Who's Paul?" She asked, as divorced siblings they didn't hide from each other and their friendship was strong.
"He's a friend, he's kind of quiet but he's alright once you know him. You'll meet him at school. He's a smart guy." Drew offered her the information and turned around to continue writing on his homework.
Dawn sat in her brother's room for a little longer, prolonging going back to her own lonely room down the hall. She laid back on the soft comforter and let her eyes close.
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It was Saturday morning and Dawn laid in her bed with nothing to do. It was near mid-morning and she thought she heard her brother get up some time ago but she couldn't be sure. So all she did was toss Quilava's pokeball up and down to pass the time.
A soft knock on her door and she called out for whoever it was to enter; setting the pokeball back on her bedside table and getting out of bed. She stretched as the door opened.
"Hey, want to go run some errands with me?" It was her brother, wearing a t-shirt and light-wash jeans and with his hair brushed pushing his head through the opening in her door. "We should go get some school stuff for you too."
"Okay, meet you downstairs? I have to get something to eat first." Dawn agreed and her brother left her alone once again. She went to her bathroom and plugged in her flattening iron first, then went to her closet to get dressed.
20 minutes later with fresh undergarments, mid-thigh length shorts, and comfortable V-neck t-shirt, with hair flat and handing straight, the younger twin headed downstairs with her smartphone in hand. Dawn went to the kitchen and found her brother with a to-go cup of healthy smoothie in hand waiting for her.
"I made this for you." He held it out for her to take.
"What's in it?" She took the cover off and smelled it.
"Jeez it's got fruit, yogurt, and some protein powder. I even made myself one." Drew rolled his eyes and held up his own smoothie cup as argument.
"Protein powder?" She repeated and followed him out of the kitchen and heading towards the garage door in the downstairs hallway.
"Yeah? I'm trying to gain a few pounds. And I didn't feel like making two smoothies." Drew opened the garage door and she closed it behind her.
There was a car in every port of the 4 car-garage. Drew's car was in the third one from the door, her father's white Porsche was missing meaning he was at work and Rose's luxury car was in its spot.
Drew's car was sleek and silver with a tiny backseat and fast speeds. He had gotten it as soon as he turned 16 and was extremely proud of the expensive vehicle. Dawn let herself in the passenger side of the Audi and Drew got in his own side. He started the car with a loud purr and opened the garage door with a button on the roof of the car and backed out.
"So what do we have to do?" Dawn let her head rest on the headrest as Drew drove out on the roads that lead to the large city of La Rousse.
"Well Dad wanted me to come to the office for a few minutes and I have to get more protein powder. Then I thought I'd bring my dear little sister to the store so she could get the school supplies she needs." He pinched her cheek with a smirk but returned his hand to the steering wheel when she pinched his arm in return.
They drove for almost a half hour on the main roads to get to the Hayden business , Dawn had only been there a few times before when her father had taken her to see his business. All she really knew was that it was a technology based business that did quite well. The large almost skyscraper type building came in view and Drew drove his car into one the reserved parking spaces in the front.
"Let's go." Dawn followed her brother into the shiny glass building and shadowed him as he went through the receptionist and into the elevator to the top floor where their father's office in located.
Drew called a greeting to the secretary outside their father's office but the woman stopped them from entering.
"I'm sorry miss, you can't enter." The woman shook her head. The wooden doors opened behind her and John Hayden walked through.
"This is my daughter Clair." Their father squeezed her affectionately and smiled down at his beautiful daughter with pride.
"Forgive me sir." Clair bowed her head in shame.
"It's alright Clair, you haven't meet her before. Don't let it happen again." John led his twins into his large and spacious office. Dawn looked around and noticed that nothing had changed since she last visited his office. The same glass view of the city with modern black and white décor. Dawn walked about in her father's office while the father and son talked over a file on the desk and waited until Drew was done talking business with her dad.
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"Let's see, you'll need this, this….and oh! Can't forget this! Mrs. Shipers makes us take a lot of notes." Drew babbled on and piled more things into the cart his sister was pushing. He was helping her get supplies for school and kept throwing a bunch of things in the cart as she followed him along in the office supply store.
After Drew paid with the credit card they only had one stop left before they went back home. Drew headed in the direction of home, but pulled into the same mall complex that Rose had taken her shopping in yesterday for clothes.
"Ready?" Drew asked her and the twins headed into the mall that was busy on the Saturday midday. He led her to a fitness store with walls lined with everything healthy and promising of pecs and biceps.
"Hayden." Drew turned from looking at a label on protein powder to see who had called his name, or rather his last name. Dawn immediately turned when Drew called the man by his name.
"Paul?"
This was Paul, Drew's friend. He was remarkably tall; maybe even a little over 6 feet in height , he could probably peer right over her brother's head. Paul had longer purple-colored hair that hung almost to his shoulders. His cheekbones were easily seen and his strong jaw caught her attention. His dark blue and black jacket showed a hint of outlined muscle on his arms.
"You must be Blue." His voice was deep and Dawn met his eyes, they were dark. "I've seen pictures of you at Drew's house."
"It's nice to meet you." She gave him a smile that he didn't return. He shifted the various containers from the fitness store to one arm and held out his tan hand for her to shake. He squeezed lightly and quickly before taking back his hand.
"So what's up?" Drew broke their eye contact and looked over the containers in his friend's arms.
"Just getting more protein." Paul shrugged and Drew held up the container that he had been looking at.
"Same here." Paul glanced at the name of the protein powder. "Are you still trying to get bigger?"
"No, I'm just trying to keep my weight right now. And don't use that kind." Paul nodded towards the container in her brother's hands. The tall male turned around and started walking, Drew followed him and in turn she, followed her brother keeping her eyes on the purple-hair of her brother's friend.
"This will work a lot better." Paul picked up a container from the shelf and handed it to Drew who nodded his thanks. "I'll catch you later."
"Yep, see you later." Drew spoke as he read the label. Paul's eyes ventured over to her.
"See you Blue." He turned and started walking towards the checkout counter before she could reply. Her eyes followed his strong frame and felt the blush rise to her cheekbones as the pet name.
She couldn't deny that Paul wasn't attractive.
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That was sooo long for me to write! I had this massive writing urge and I wrote this in like an hour and a half!
I feel like I'm progessing slow, but it will speed up once the plot gets moving.
As for my views on Paul, I see him as a strong but silent guy who's not afraid to be honest. Just letting you know how I write him!
I would like to thank my Beta, Light1172!
Please review and let me know what you think! Or have any suggestions.
Thanks for reading!