A/N: Last chapter was pretty crazy, I must say lol.
I wrote all the way up to 23 chapters so far for this story, and I got one more left to write! I'm so excited… but you guys don't have to worry about the end coming now cause that's nowhere near soon lol.
Cobalt Blue symbolizes being in love, genuine concerns and serious concentration.
Dawn rocked her head to the beat of the music she had been playing, moving her body side to side as she cooked breakfast. She was in a really good mood. Spring Break just started and she had forgotten that it even began after worrying about that stupid audition. Thanks to Paul, he helped her get over that audition and made her feel much better.
"Just a steel town girl on a Saturday night, looking for the fight of her life."
She blushed lightly as she flipped around the pancakes she was making. She continued to move with the song, loving the catchy beat the song contained.
Last night was very exciting. She had done a lot with Paul and she wasn't so sure of how she was going to act around him when he finally wakes up. They smoked all night long and they had some pretty wild sex. Dawn blushed again as she remembered their intense moments last night. It was really hot and she just couldn't believe that they even had sex in such a wild and intense way. That was a whole new side of him she has never seen before, but she most definitely loved it.
"Locking rhythm to the beat of her heart, changing movement into light."
Dawn started to turn over the omelet she had cooking on a separate pan.
The food smell great and she just knew that Paul was going to like it. She was making omelet with bacon and pancakes on the side, so she was hoping that that was enough to fill him up. Knowing him, he likes to eat a lot and she was sure that he will be full with all that food.
Dawn smiled again as she grabbed the spatula and took the pancakes out of the pan, setting them on a separate plate.
"It can cut you like a knife if the gift becomes the fire."
She turned off the stove she wasn't using and turned back toward the pan that had the omelet cooking inside of it.
They had fallen asleep at a very late time and Dawn was surprised that Reggie hadn't been back by now. She looked over at the time on the stove and it was currently 10:15 in the morning. He must have been doing something very important with Maylene to not be back by now.
Dawn shook her head and focused on cooking.
When the omelet finished, she placed it on a separate plate since there was enough omelet for her and Paul. She already had the bacon set out the way she wanted, all she had to do next was cook it on the pan. Dawn grabbed the butter spray and sprayed the pan again before placing it back down on the counter. She then scooped the bacon onto the pan with a knife, setting down the meat cutting board she used on the counter.
"She's a maniac, maniac on the floor…" Dawn sang, following the song as she moved the bacon around with the spatula.
The whole house was a mess and it smelled like nothing but weed throughout the whole house. She sighed as she continued moving the bacon. Knowing Reggie, he would be having a heart attack if he saw the way his house looked right now.
Hopefully after Paul and her finish eating, they could clean up the house before he gets back. But Dawn had no idea when he would be back because he never exactly said what time.
After a few minutes of letting the bacon cook, she turned off the stove and placed the bacon onto another separate plate so there was enough bacon for the both of them.
"And she's dancing like she's never danced before…" Dawn sang.
After serving their plates, she grabbed two glass cups and set up orange juice for the both of them.
She smiled in satisfaction after looking at the food and the way she set it up. She was proud of herself and she was hoping that Paul would enjoy every bit of it.
Dawn made sure to clean around the kitchen table since there was a lot of weed they left around last night. After cleaning it up, she placed both her plate and his plate along with their glass cups neatly onto the table.
She pulled a strand of her hair over her ear and then gathered all the dishes she wasn't using anymore into the sink.
It was now time to go and wake up Paul.
Dawn smiled as she now left the kitchen and went to get Paul from his room.
Paul was knocked out. He was snoring and his back was facing her as she stood staring at him from the doorway. He was shirtless and only in his underwear. Dawn giggled as she took a look around his room again. It was a huge mess and he really needed to do something about it.
She walked into his room and began to nudge him on his side, trying to wake him up. His head was buried into his pillow and he wasn't waking up at all.
Dawn giggled when she realized that he was sound asleep. "Paullll." Dawn called, trying to wake him up as she continued to nudge him.
Paul groaned slightly, his eyes still closed as he turned his back to her even more. "No," he groaned, burying his head into the pillow.
"Paul, wake up, I made breakfast." Dawn continued, still nudging him.
"Wake me up later," he said, his voice being muffled by the pillow.
Dawn sighed as she stopped nudging him, staring at him for a few more seconds. He was going to wake up whether he liked it or not.
Dawn let her hand fall on his shoulder and instantly turned him around. As soon as she turned him around, she instantly kissed him and he was caught in surprise.
She pulled away from the kiss and folded her arms together. "I made breakfast," she said again.
Paul was still struggling to wake up, his eyes still closing, but he was still caught off guard by the way she turned him around and the way she kissed him afterwards. "Can I wake up first?" He mumbled tiredly, trying to function.
She rolled her eyes. "Well you better hurry up, the food is getting cold." She now walked out of his room and back into the kitchen.
Paul groaned and let the back of his head fall back down on his pillow.
He was really tired and in no mood to get up right now.
Paul moved his arm around the bed in search of his phone with his eyes closed. As soon as he found it, he checked the time and saw that it was now 10:35 am. He groaned again, seeing that it was so early.
He really wasn't in the mood to get up, but Dawn did make breakfast and he could smell the aroma from his room and it smelled really good. Sighing, he slowly got out of bed and moved his hair away from his eyes.
The first thing he did was go straight to the bathroom to brush his teeth. After brushing his teeth, he walked out of the bathroom and went straight into the kitchen.
As he walked into the kitchen, he was surprised to see how she set up the breakfast for them. He stared down at the sight before him, looking at his plate and everything.
"Good morning," She said, smiling.
Paul continued to look at his plate, seeing that she made him omelet with pancakes and bacon. It looked very delicious and he was ready to chow down. He looked up at her. "Good morning," he mumbled, sounding tired. "Everything looks good. Thank you."
"De nada." Dawn smiled, taking a seat in her chair.
Paul sat down next to her and grabbed his fork. Dawn watched as he shoved a mouthful of food inside his mouth and she laughed lightly. "Hungry huh?" She laughed.
Paul laughed with a mouthful as he began to chew his food and swallowed it all down his throat. "It tastes good." He smiled, looking at his plate.
Dawn smiled as he enjoyed his food, beginning to eat her food now.
Paul continued to eat.
He was tired, but he was also happy that he was having a nice breakfast, especially with Dawn. It really made him feel good to know that she even spent the weekend with him. He almost forgot himself that Spring Break started, so that meant that he'd have much more time with her.
Last night was filled with surprises and he was still surprised himself that she even wanted to get high with him. He remembered how high they got and he even remembered what they did while high. He was surprised that he even got to have some intense sex with her. Normally, if he wasn't high, he wouldn't have had sex with her because he knows how he can be when he gets high. Paul was surprised that she was still here and haven't left after having a heated moment like that with him.
He wasn't so comfortable about last night since he knew Dawn wasn't experienced much and he knew it must have been a little bit much for her.
Paul looked at her again, chewing his omelet. She was looking at her food and scooping some into her mouth.
"Dawn?"
Dawn paused with her eating and looked up at Paul. "… What?"
Paul let out a soft sigh and brought his fork back down to his plate. "I was just wondering if…" he looked down toward the table. "Is your body feeling okay?"
She blinked and immediately furrowed her eyebrows together in confusion. "Yeah…?" she brought her cup of orange juice up to her lips.
Paul watched as she took a sip of her juice and set it back down on the table. "Why?" she asked.
He shrugged, looking down at his food again. "I don't know… I just… did I hurt you last night?"
Dawn raised her eyebrow.
"You know, when we had sex."
"I'm fine Paul." She told him.
"I just know you're not used to having sex that kind of way and I'm sorry that I made you do that with me." He mumbled, slowly looking up at her.
Dawn stared at him for a little while longer and frowned slightly. "There's nothing to be sorry for. I'm fine, really. And anyway, I loved it. It was really different and boy did it feel so good." She laughed, looking at him. "Yeah, we were high, but you wasn't hurting me or anything. You was very gentle and if you were rough, you were rough in a good way."
A small smirk formed on his lips. "You really liked it?"
She nodded.
Paul looked down at his food again, still smirking. "What did you like the most?"
A huge grin soon slid onto her face along with a blush. "Paul, we're eating." She laughed.
Paul laughed and shook his head. "Alright, fine." He laughed, now continuing to eat his food.
They sat there quietly for a few moments while eating their breakfast.
Dawn was happy that he was in a good mood. She hadn't seen him that happy in such a long time. He was always so stressed out over something every time she saw him. She didn't want him to fall back to his old self, how he always used to push everyone away. She always hated when he pushed her away.
Now that she's seeing him like this, happy with her again, she wanted to keep him that way and she hoped that he'll stay that way.
Paul cleared his throat after he finished eating, taking Dawn out of her thoughts.
Dawn looked at Paul.
"I know our two year anniversary was a month ago." He started.
She kept her eyes on him, seeing that he was looking at her in all seriousness.
"And I want to make it up to you. I mean, if you let me." He said, sounding hopeful.
She stared at him for a short while and then smiled. "Sure,"
"Alright," Paul smiled. "Um, how about tonight? I can clean around the house before Reggie gets home."
Dawn raised her eyebrow. "What time does he get home?"
"He didn't tell me. But knowing him, he's going to be out for a while, especially since he's with Maylene." Paul got up and went to put his plate inside the sink along with the glass cup.
Dawn slowly got up from her seat as well and went to put her dishes into the sink. "I can help you clean."
"You said that yesterday," Paul chuckled, now beginning to wash the dishes.
"No, I mean it. This house looks horrible, and plus we made it look even worse than it did yesterday when we got high." Dawn laughed, taking a look around her surroundings again.
"You're right," Paul laughed. "Alright fine, you can help me clean."
"Just know that it's going to take a while for us to finish." Dawn giggled, patting him on the shoulder.
They spent almost 7 hours cleaning and luckily they finished at a good time.
Dawn went on home to find something nice to wear so Paul could take her to the place he wanted to take her. It was their two year anniversary a month ago and he felt really bad that he never gotten the chance to celebrate it with her, so today was the day.
Paul took a look at himself in the mirror again, pulling his hair slightly back into a pony tail, just like how his brother always does. He put on some really good cologne. He wanted to look extra nice and to smell extra good. He had on navy blue jeans with a white dress shirt and legend blue Air Jordan 11s as footwear.
Paul smiled to himself as he took a look at himself once more. He felt satisfied.
He began to leave his house, locking the front door behind him.
He told Dawn to meet him at the train station on 147th street. He wasn't in the mood to drive to where he wanted to take her and he thought it would be much easier to get there faster if they catch the subway anyway.
It took him just a few minutes to get to the train station on 147th street and luckily the train station was underground. He personally loved underground trains the best because they got to places much quicker.
When Paul found her waiting for him, he smiled slightly as he checked her out for a split moment.
She had her hair done very curly, she must have got it done in a salon. Her curly hair reached right to her shoulders beautifully and she was wearing a mint green lace sun dress with light brown strappy sandals. The jewelry she had on complimented her outfit perfectly, with sterling silver bracelets and hoop earrings along with a heart shaped necklace around her neck.
She looked absolutely stunning and Paul felt like the luckiest guy ever.
As he approached her, a smile formed on his face. "You look beautiful."
She blushed and checked him out as well. "And so do you."
Paul smiled as he now walked with her inside the underground train station.
It only took them a few minutes to get inside, after inserting their metro cards in the entrance gate and waiting for their train.
"So where are we going?" Dawn asked, looking around. There were other people waiting for the same train as them. They were going to get on the 4 train, but Dawn was wondering where Paul wanted to take her.
"It's a surprise," he smiled, putting an arm around her.
It wasn't until a second later the train finally arrived. As they walked inside, they noticed there was a lot of people on the subway and Paul always hated when the subways were packed. He knew it's usually packed around the night time, but he really wasn't in the mood to drive his car and struggle on finding somewhere to park. Usually in the city, it's hard to park and you have to pay for parking, that's why many people never usually owned cars in the city and only rode the buses and subways for transportation.
Paul grabbed onto a pole and pulled Dawn closer to him. She grabbed onto the pole too and looked around the train at all the people. Since all the seats were taken, they had to stand up and hold onto one of the poles. Luckily the place wasn't so far away so they wouldn't have to be standing for a while.
Some people were talking while other people were quiet or just listening to music. Paul looked down at Dawn, seeing that she was looking at the people, possibly thinking about something. He kept his arm around her and waited for the subway to stop at their stop.
A few minutes passed by and Paul let go of the pole, startling Dawn.
"This is 42nd street Times Square. The next stop is 42nd street Grand Central." The voice of the train announced.
"Come on," Paul said as he guided her out of the train. A few others got off the train first until they followed behind.
"Make room for the closing doors please." The voice of the train announced as the doors closed after people exited and entered.
"We're gonna celebrate our two year anniversary in Times Square?" Dawn smiled, looking at Paul happily.
Paul looked down at her and smiled. "I guess you could say that."
"I love you Paul." She wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed him.
"As soon as you came in, I offered you a drink. Better yet, there's a bar in my crib shawty. What you think?"
Dawn turned around slightly as she heard music coming from inside the train station. "Come on," Paul said as he wrapped an arm around her shoulder again and began walking towards the exit.
The music that was playing increased even louder as they walked up the stairs where the exit was. As soon as they walked up a couple stairs and made it to the top, Dawn noticed a group of guys dancing with a boom box on the floor, giving a slight show to the people entering and leaving the train station.
Paul raised his eyebrow at the scene before him.
There were guy's break dancing on the floor, doing spins and such. Dawn opened her mouth happily in surprise, watching the scene. She loved seeing other people street dancing, it always made her excited.
The guys looked like they knew exactly what they were doing with a small audience watching them.
Paul looked over at a sign one of the guys were holding up and saw that it was their crew signature that said "DLT". He had no idea what it stood for, but he figured it must have been their crew name.
"From the moment I saw you, I knew that you were all that I wanted in a woman. From your style to your walk, to your fragrance. Baby girl, you got my heart ski-ski-skippin'."
Dawn gasped when she saw them do back flips in a neat way. "Wow," she said in amazement.
Paul smirked and looked at his girlfriend who seemed so excited watching that crew dance. Paul knew a lot about the dance crews in the city, but he never exactly knew who DLT was, so he assumed they must have been a new dance crew.
"Baby girl, you got my heart ski-ski-skippin'."
"Let's go," Paul mumbled. Dawn frowned slightly since she wanted to watch the crew dance a little longer, but she decided to go with Paul anyway since it was their day to celebrate their two year anniversary.
Paul guided her towards the exit and as soon as they made it outside, the night air hit them like a mini tornado and Dawn gasped before her. All the buildings were huge and tall, there was many lights, beautiful lights and many people walking and exiting out of the stores, many taxis and cars, there was even horse carriages.
One thing Dawn loved the most about Times Square was the simple fact that it was always so beautiful and the beautiful lights always remained on and many people always were around. She knew it was also many other people's favorite part about the city, but it was most definitely her favorite as well.
"Oh, I just love coming here." Dawn said in awe as she continued to look around.
Paul smirked slightly at her and looked around briefly at the sidewalks to see if there was a spray paint stand anywhere. He wanted to give her a gift before taking her anywhere else.
He hadn't spotted any spray paint stands anywhere, so he assumed it must have been about two blocks down. But it was most definitely in Times Square.
Paul went to grab Dawn's hand and began walking with her as she continued to look around. "Gosh, everything is so beautiful." She said in awe, looking at all the digital pictures displayed on all the buildings. Some featured commercials, newest movies, actors and actresses. Each picture displayed a variety of things.
"Just like you," Paul mumbled.
She slowly turned to look at him and smiled brightly. "Thanks Paul."
He smiled back at her and squeezed her hand tightly as he continued to walk with her down the sidewalks.
They passed just a few buildings and luckily Dawn stopped at the stand he wanted her to stop at.
There was a small audience around a man who had been spray painting the city on a large poster board, while all his other work was set neatly on the floor in a straight line to dry off.
"I always wanted one of those," Dawn said, deciding to walk into the audience and look at the guy spray painting the city as well.
The man was very creative with spray painting. He used circular shapes like plastic cups to create lines and stuff and the spray paint he used to color it made it look very exotic. The man was quick, he was doing everything all smoothly and wasn't even slow at all.
Paul shoved his hand in his pocket as he stood aside, waiting for the man to finish. He wanted to personally get Dawn one of those paintings, but he had a unique painting in mind, a painting that he just knew she would love.
It was only a few moments later that man finished and showed it to the audience. The audience gave him a small round of applause.
Some of the audience members left to continue on with their day while some spoke with the guy to purchase one of his paintings.
Paul whipped out his phone as he searched for the specific picture he wanted the man to paint.
Dawn immediately walked back over to Paul, latching an arm around his. Paul instantly hid his phone from her, deciding not to spoil the surprise for her. "Let's go look around more," she suggested.
"Hold on," Paul said, removing his arm from hers.
Dawn raised an eyebrow when she saw Paul walking over to the spray paint guy. She was wondering what Paul was up to and why he wanted to even speak to the guy.
It only took a few minutes for the guy to talk to the other people that wanted to purchase one of his paintings. Dawn was wondering if maybe Paul also wanted to purchase one for her.
Paul spoke in a low tone, making sure Dawn couldn't hear. "You do any kind of paintings right?"
The guy nodded his head. "Yeah, but I mostly stick to the city paintings."
"Alright, well listen. I just hit two years with my girlfriend and I want to buy her one of your paintings." He showed his phone to the man, pointing toward the picture in his phone. "You think you can do this one?"
The guy took a close look at the picture, looking at all the details and everything.
Dawn raised her eyebrow, wondering what Paul was doing and why he was being so quiet with the spray paint guy.
"Yeah, I can do that. That'll take me approximately five minutes, but it will cost an extra $5 since it's usually not the paintings that I do."
"That's fine," Paul shrugged, pulling out his money. The paintings usually cost $20 bucks, so he gave him $30 instead since the guy was kind enough to do the painting he wanted for Dawn.
"Alright, well here." Paul handed him the money and then held up his phone so the guy could see it. "Copy what you see, but make sure she—" Paul pointed his finger at Dawn. "—doesn't see the picture on my phone."
The guy nodded his head. "Alright, I gotcha."
Dawn folded her arms together. "Paul, what are you doing?" She asked.
"I'm buying you a painting, isn't it obvious?" Paul rolled his eyes.
Dawn laughed at his comment, deciding to walk up closer as she looked at the man beginning to work on her painting. She always wanted one of the city paintings, better yet the one with the planets.
"Paul, what are you showing him?"
"You'll see," the guy answered, continuing on with the painting.
She smiled at Paul and then let her eyes fall back on the painting.
He was using a lot of green colors along with blue and she was wondering what exactly he was painting because it looked nothing like one of the city paintings or the space paintings.
She furrowed her eyebrows together as she watched him switch from both the green can and the blue can. He was creating some shapes as if to imitate a tree, and it was a large tree. She was confused though when she saw he was adding dark color around the tree, adding some effects that made it look like it took place at night time with the stars. She smiled slightly when she saw he now added planets in the background along with stars.
Paul looked over at Dawn, watching her expression the entire time.
What caught her attention even more is when he started adding blue detail into the tree, making the tree blue instead of green.
Paul continued to look at her face.
"Oh my god," Dawn gasped, now seeing what the man was doing and what the painting really was. It was their tree, the tree when she first met Paul. The tree that always meant so much to her.
A small smile now formed on his face.
The spray paint guy soon finished painting it and put it next to the other paintings that were now drying. "It's all done, but you have to wait about fifteen minutes for it to dry completely before taking it with you."
Paul nodded his head and put his phone back inside his pocket. "Thanks man," he patted the guy on the shoulder and was immediately caught off guard when Dawn jumped right onto him, her arms instantly wrapping around his neck and her lips slamming onto his.
Paul quickly caught her by the waist, surprised and he instantly put her down. "Paul, you are so sweet." She said in awe after removing her lips from his. "I love you so much,"
He smiled at her words. "I love you too."
Dawn held hands with Paul, while with her free hand she held her painting. They walked down the sidewalks, looking at all the scenery in front of them. It was such a beautiful night and Dawn was having a great time with Paul. It really touched her heart that he even got her such a meaningful painting. They haven't sat at their tree painting at the school in a while and she was sure that he had forgotten about the tree and how much it meant to her. But after receiving that painting, she was proven wrong. He knew how much it meant to her and she could tell he was happy.
Paul meant the world to her and she'd be damned if anything happens to him.
"So, what do you want to do now?" He asked her, curious. Today was about her and he wanted to do whatever she wanted.
Dawn looked around and immediately found a chocolate store. "Ooooh! Let's go to the chocolate store! I always wanted one of those gigantic chocolates!"
"So you're on your period?"
Dawn's eyes widened at Paul's question and looked at him in surprise. "No, where did that come from?"
Paul chuckled, "A lot of girls usually crave chocolate when they're on their period, so…"
Dawn laughed at his comment. "Well I'm not on it. I just really want a gigantic chocolate bar, that's all." She giggled, now guiding him towards the store.
Before they could even walk inside, a voice stopped them from doing so and this voice immediately changed Paul's mood in a heartbeat. His right fist instantly clenched.
"Oh, it's Ash! And Drew, and May!" Dawn said in excitement.
Paul wanted to rip his eyes out. Just when Paul wanted to spend their two year anniversary out in Times Square, Ash also has to be there. This is just great.
"Hey Dawn, hey Paul." Ash said as he fixed his hat, looking at them.
"Hey guys!" May said in excitement.
Drew went up to Paul and gave him a handshake. "What's up, man?"
"Sup," Paul mumbled, giving him a handshake.
"I didn't know you were here. What are you guys up to?" May asked.
Dawn smiled, "Oh, Paul and I are out celebrating our two year anniversary." She squeezed Paul's hand since she was still holding it.
Paul smiled slightly. It felt good that she said that, but he just didn't like the fact that Ash was around.
"Aww! Congratulations!" May smiled, happy for Dawn.
"And look what he got me," Dawn let go of Paul's hand to show May her painting of their tree.
"Isn't that the tree where you guys first met?" May said in awe.
Dawn nodded her head, a smile still on her face. "Yes, it's beautiful, isn't it?"
"It is!" May said, looking over at Paul. "That's so sweet of you, Paul."
Paul ran a hand at the back of his neck, not sure of what to say to her. "Thanks, I guess."
He kept looking over at Ash who seemed like his mind was elsewhere.
Paul did find it unusual that Ash wasn't even talking up a storm like he usually does. He was all quiet and he looked depressed. But Paul could really care less though. He wanted Ash to be somewhere else and not around him or her.
"So what are you guys doing here?" Dawn asked.
"Oh, we're just walking around, exploring Times Square." May smiled. "Oh! But Drew got me some beautiful earrings along with a necklace. Do you want to see it?"
"Sure," Dawn said, sounding happy.
Paul folded his arms and leaned against a pole that was by the store Dawn wanted to enter. He kept his eyes on Dawn and he kept looking over at Ash too.
Ash better not do anything to ruin his night. He was already making things bad enough for even being there tonight.
"It cost me a lot of money," Drew said in an annoyed tone.
"Oh hush! It didn't cost over $100 dollars. So stop exaggerating," May said as she fumbled through her bag and found the necklace and earrings. "Here it is. I fell in love with the diamonds. I felt like it suited me well."
"Wow, its beautiful May." Dawn said in awe, looking at her jewelry.
Paul watched the girls as they discussed the jewelry and he also kept looking at Ash. It just really bothered him, Ash's presence being around. He always felt like Ash was a threat in his relationship with Dawn and he still felt that way. Though he knew Ash was Dawn's best guy friend, Paul still hated how close their friendship was. It always made him think Dawn might have feelings for him.
"Ash, are you okay?"
Paul snapped out of his thoughts as soon as he heard Dawn speaking to Ash. He looked over at them.
Ash shoved one hand in his jean pocket, looking at the ground and then slightly at her. "Yeah, I'm fine."
Dawn noticed he looked really sad or in deep thought about something. Whatever it was, it was obviously bothering him because he wasn't so happy, like how he usually is.
"No you're not. Obviously something's bothering you." She said, sounding concerned.
Paul hardened his eyes on them. Why was Dawn even concerned about Ash anyway? It was obvious he didn't want to talk about whatever the problem was, so why is she even bothering him?
"I'm fine, Dawn." Ash said, a small hint of attitude in his voice.
Dawn blinked, her face falling slightly blank. Paul noticed her face change, seeing that Ash probably ticked her off.
She grabbed him by the arm and pulled him to the side, away from the small group.
"Okay, what's going on?" Dawn said lowly, an attitude in her voice as well. "And why are you even having an attitude? This isn't like you."
Ash kept a straight face and looked at the floor again. "You won't understand."
"I won't understand?" Dawn laughed at his comment. "I've been your friend for years and you're telling me what I won't understand?"
Paul felt his fist clench even tighter at the sight before him. Dawn seemed so bothered with Ash's behavior. Why did it have so much of an effect on her? It didn't many any sense. Today was supposed to be their day. Not her and Ash day.
"So how you been bro?" Drew said, patting Paul on the shoulder.
"Chillen," Paul mumbled, keeping his eyes on Dawn and Ash.
"It's Giselle… She's really driving me crazy." Ash sighed, looking at the store they were next to, though his thoughts were still fixed on Giselle. "I really like her, but she keeps pushing me away because of this guy she dealt with and I personally feel like she should get over it."
"Well, you can't make someone get over something if they don't want to." Dawn pointed out. "She's probably not comfortable with you yet."
"But I feel like she's being very selfish. It's kind of unfair when she kisses you and stuff, but when you try to build a relationship with her, she immediately wants out. Like why kiss me and lead me on if you don't even want a relationship with me? I get that she's hurt over what her ex did to her, but that doesn't give her the right to use me whenever she wants." Ash sighed as he shoved both of his hands in his pockets, still frustrated.
Paul's eyes hardened even more on them and Drew instantly noticed that Paul seemed very bothered by them.
"Hey Paul, I'm having a Spring Break party at the beach tomorrow. If you want to come." Drew announced, trying to get Paul to cheer up.
"Yeah, whatever." Paul mumbled, still having his eyes on Ash and Dawn.
"There's a hammock there if you want to use it." Drew added.
Paul looked at Drew as soon as he heard him mention a hammock. He knew exactly what Drew was trying to imply. The hammock, that's perfect for him and Dawn. "Sounds nice," he said, smiling slightly.
"I don't know, Ash. She seems like she really doesn't like you that way. I feel like she's playing you, no offense." Dawn frowned.
Ash chuckled lightly, not really liking Dawn's comment. "Yeah, whatever." He brushed past Dawn and walked over to Drew. "Hey Drew, what time is the party tomorrow? I'm about to leave."
"The party starts at eight." Drew told him.
Paul looked over at Dawn and saw that she was a bit sad when she walked back. Whatever it was that she talked about with Ash obviously bothered her and Paul didn't like that one bit.
"Alright, I'll be there." Ash left without saying bye. Paul did find it weird since he was always the type to say hello and goodbye. Whatever was bothering him must really be bad. But Paul rolled his eyes. He didn't care one bit about the guy.
Dawn dropped her arm to her side, holding her painting in her hand still. "Well, I'm going inside the chocolate store to find me a chocolate bar." She turned her body and soon walked into the store.
Paul noticed her mood change and he pushed himself off the pole he was leaning on and into the store, following behind her.
A/N: Spring Break party huh. What you guys think is going to happen there haha?
It's sad that Ash feels like Giselle is using him, but you guys will find out more about them in the next chapter. More and more drama will come for all four of them! Paul and Dawn, and even Ash and Giselle.
Also, I still picture Veilstone City as New York City because that's the only city I'm familiar with lol.
Songs used in this chapter: Maniac by Michael Sembello, Skippin' by Mario
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