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~midnight

Chapter eight

I saw Erika walk out of the house. She was going to talk to her son, Paul. The person who I thought I never would travel with. I quietly followed Erika until she found Paul. She saw him at a edge of a cliff with railings at the edges and he was standing under a cherry blossom tree. The leaves were soft pink. The wind slowly picked up its speed and a few leaves flew off with the wind. Erika slowly walked to her son and put her hand on his shoulder. I walked closer but tried to stay near the tree I was hiding behind. I could still hear their conversation.

"Paul." Erika started. "Can we talk about this?" She asked.

"What is the point of talking about it?" Paul asked as he shifted his eyes towards his mother. "Like I can talk you out of it." He paused then continued. "It's tomorrow isn't it?" He asked.

"Yes it is." Erika replied with a smile on her face. Erika looked up and saw the cherry blossom leaves were falling from the tree above them. "Do you remember when you were little you wanted to catch the falling cherry blossom leaves." Erika paused and continued with a giggle. "And you fell while trying to catch one and you cried."

"And you just laughed while I was crying." Paul added with a sigh. "And you still are."

"You should relax a little Paul." His mother told him with a pat on the back nearly making Paul fall over the rails. "Sorry about that." Erika sweat dropped.

"You still didn't explain why you left that night." Paul said, turning his mother expression from a cheerful mother of two into a serious type.

"I don't want to talk about it Paul." Erika replied turning her back on Paul with the young pokemon trainer still looking out to the sea.

"You do know his dead now." Paul replied as he turned around to his mother who still had her back against him. I saw Erika face grow with shock to find out her ex-husband was dead. Paul pushed himself off the rails and walked past his mother and then soon stopped. "He mentioned your name before he died." Paul added before walking from his mother completely.

I looked as Paul walked away from my sights. Then I turned my attention to Erika. She had her hand clasped together. She closed her eyes and I saw water fall from her eyes. Mentioning a few words while she was walking away from the tree in the opposite direction from her son.

"I'm really sorry Brandon." She muttered before she walked away from the scene until I saw the only one left.

Soon I emerged from the bushes behind me and I walked to the cherry blossom tree and looked at the leaves blew with the winds as a few flew off and joined with the wind. Some lasted long enough to fly over the deep blue sea while other just fell the dirt road I was standing on. I thought for a minute and soon looked at the clear blue sky above me.

"Paul sure has a deep family problems." I told myself.

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"She was having another relationship with another man while she was raising me. That was until now I found that it was not a rumour. I want to get angry with her but I just can't. she raised my by herself without any help from dad."

"Well my dad died when I was only five years old." I replied. "He died saving pokemon in a forest." I paused and soon replied. "He was the leader of a pokemon ranger place far from here."

"Your father was a pokemon ranger?" Paul asked.

"Hard to believe eh?" I smiled. "I can't believe it either."

"At least you have a dad you can be proud of."

"What do you mean?"

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The next day I walked down the road, heading back to Mrs. Erika home hoping that I would learn more contest moves from her, that was until I saw Paul under a tree. He had his head hiding behind his knees and his eyes just above his knees. He didn't have the look that I have gotten use to. It was a sad look. I really can't explain it but something was wrong with him. I decided to take a seat next to him.

"Hey." I greeted. "What's wrong?"

"What do you want?" Paul asked as he shifted his eyes towards my direction.

"I heard everything." I replied.

"Oh." Paul replied as he shifted his attention away from mine. I was expecting words like you did what?! Or something that would make my blood boil but instead I get a 'oh' in a sad and I don't care way.

Something was wrong.

"Don't you care that I listen about your family past. Don't you care a little?!" I said as I got onto my feet. "Oh what is the point talking to you." I turned around and crossed my arms and was about to walk away from him. I glanced over my shoulders and saw him still in the same state so I went to my last resort move and hit him on the head. Hoping that would knock some sense into him.

"What was that for?!" Paul yelled at me.

"To knock some sense into him." I replied. "Anyway." I added as I changed my voice into a serious tone. "Why did you look so sad back then?"

"Come with me." Paul sighed as slid his hands into his pockets.

I walked with Paul who was a few steps ahead of me. Soon we where standing a couples of meters away from a outdoor wedding. I looked closer and saw it was Paul's mother, Erika. Today was a wedding. I Looked at Paul's face. He had the same expression I just saw earlier. I looked over and Erika and she noticed Paul and I. she didn't smile or frown she just gazed at us and focus back on her wedding. Paul tighter his grip on his hands. I walked closer to him and held his hand. He looked at me and he slightly blushed. I looked back and smiled.

"Thanks."

"What?"

"Are you deaf?" Paul replied.

"No." I smiled.

"So why did you acted like you did?" Paul asked, slightly annoyed.

"I just want you to say those words again." I said.

Paul just looked away from me and back to the wedding. I felt him release his grip on his hands and intersect his fingers with mine until we were holding hands. I couldn't help but blush.

"Thanks." He muttered. "Thanks Dawn."

End of chapter.