A/N: My story gets more interesting from here on. (: The Paul and Giselle storyline is supposed to play a big part for this story, so I hope that you guys are most definitely hooked! I also notice I got a lot of new readers that I didn't even know I had, but it makes me feel happy that I got people enjoying this story as much as I am! I just really like to write stories based off of realistic events, it seems more interesting to me. Idk.
So, let's see what happens next in this chapter. (;
Sulfur symbolizes pain, anger, and revenge.
She couldn't explain what she was feeling inside.
She just continued to stare at Ash talking with Dawn, an envious feeling boiling inside of her.
Since when is she, Giselle Ainsworth jealous of anyone? Let alone, Dawn? Dawn was practically a waste of space to even be jealous of. Just because she was a Blue Diamond, doesn't mean that she's a goddess.
Giselle chewed on her bottom lip, staring at the two still talking with each other. She began to wonder what exactly what they were talking about since they were both smiling about something.
What was that damn girl even smiling about? And what the hell was he doing making her smile?
All of a sudden, she started to feel like she was in Paul's position. Instead of feeling threatened by Ash, she was feeling threatened by Dawn.
When she noticed Ash part from her somewhere else down the hall, Giselle instantly walked up to her and slammed the Blue Diamond's locker shut, instantly startling the girl.
"Having fun caking with Ash?" She said, an obvious attitude lingering on those words.
Dawn was taken aback, not understanding where all this rage was coming from. "Caking? What do you mean—"
"Don't act like you're stuck on stupid," Giselle hardened her eyes on her. "You've wanted Ash for a long time now."
"Really, you too?" Dawn sounded irritated, but Giselle could really care less. "Ash is just my friend, he's nothing else."
"But you wish he was."
"No, I don't." Dawn snapped.
"Come on," Giselle laughed in her face, folding her arms beneath her chest. "Ash is insanely hot and he fucking knows how to sweep a girl off her feet. You're telling me that you didn't fall for it?"
"Can you guys give me a break?" She responded, Giselle noticed her eyes darkened. "I'm tired of all this Ash drama. Ash this, Ash that, Ash, Ash, Ash. It's getting on my nerves!"
"Because you know it's the truth," Giselle scoffed, shaking her head.
"You and Paul are pissing me off," Dawn trailed off, now trying to open her locker again, but Giselle closed it shut again, quickly noticing Dawn's eyebrow twitching.
"Oh, you're not getting off that easily," Giselle kept her hand on her locker, making sure to keep it close.
Dawn felt her eyes harden even more as she slowly looked back at Giselle.
"You're a bitch," Dawn spat.
Giselle laughed at that comment, smiling at it. "Thanks. I've been told like—" She took a moment to count in her head and then smiled "—a billion times." She laughed.
Dawn stared at her for a short while. She shook her head and tried to brush past her, but Giselle instantly stopped her.
"Oh, I've got some news." Giselle started, now grinning.
Dawn kept a hard glare on her, not in the mood. "Spill it, then." She said sharply.
Giselle kept that grin on her face. "You know, your boyfriend and I—"
"He's not my boyfriend." She interrupted.
Giselle raised her eyebrow at that.
"We're taking a break," Dawn added, keeping that hard look on the brunette.
Giselle stared at her, a bit surprised. She licked her lips and then smiled again. "Great… so I guess you won't care to find out that I've been fucking him occasionally."
Dawn looked as if she seen a ghost and Giselle became satisfied by this look playing on her face.
"What?" Dawn whispered as if in shock.
"He came to me." Giselle shrugged, now reminiscing. "God, he is such a monster in bed." She bit down on her lower lip and looked at Dawn again, still seeing that look of hurt on her face. "It's too bad that he's not your boyfriend anymore."
Dawn parted her lips to speak, but she felt Giselle brush past her, her mind still trying to process those words.
She had sex with Paul? Dawn suddenly felt a whole lot of anger forming inside of her body. She didn't know what to think or even how to feel. She just knew that she couldn't exactly process the anxiety that was now tearing at her heart.
Instantly, Dawn turned around and grabbed Giselle and slammed her body into the nearest locker in rage. Giselle's back hit the locker behind her hard and her hair fell over her face, catching her off guard. Her mouth was wide open and she stared at Dawn in shock. "You bitch!" She said, slamming her arms onto Dawn's shoulders and pushing her back.
The two instantly gained the attention of other students. Dawn dropped her purse and her books onto the floor. "I'm the bitch?" she let out a laugh and pulled her hair up into a ponytail, getting prepared to fight. "You're the one who fucks every guy you see and yet you chose Paul? Of all people?"
"I can fuck whoever the fuck I want," the brunette started, hardening her eyes on the Blue Diamond that was prepared to fight.
"Yeah but not Paul fucking Sumpter—!"
"I already fucked him twice. What are you gonna do about it?"
"Ohhhh!" some of the people screamed in the crowd they gained, but Dawn ignored them and sucked her teeth at Giselle.
Dawn shook her head and forced a smile at the brunette before her. "I knew it would come to this," she said lowly, shaking her head. Giselle raised an eyebrow at her and watched as she took a few steps closer to her. "I never liked you from the start." Dawn said. "Hearing all these stories about you, of you using people, mainly Ash. You know, I think that you're upset because you know he will eventually give up on you because you know that you're no good for him." Dawn forced another smile, cocking her head to the side. "I know Ash and he will give up on you for someone better and for someone who treats him right—"
"What, with someone like you?" Giselle spat.
Dawn's look hardened on that comment. "I am getting fucking sick of you and Paul assuming that I got feelings for him—"
"Well Ash is insanely gorgeous. I'm surprised you haven't fucked him yet… or did you already?"
Dawn's look became even darker on her and Giselle smiled deviously. "It would explain why Paul keeps begging me to fuck him every now and then."
Before Giselle could say more, Dawn threw a punch at her face and then grabbed her by the hair and shoved her toward the floor. "You wanna fight? Bring it bitch! Show me what you got!"
Immediately, students around them got a rise out of the unexpected fight, encouraging the both of them to go hard at one another.
"Fuck her up, Dawn!"
"Yeah, that bitch needs to get a beat down!"
Giselle brought her leg up and tried to kick Dawn with her heels, but Dawn grabbed her by the leg and dragged her on the floor. She instantly got on top of the girl and began to throw hard punches at her face over and over.
The brunette kept grabbing onto Dawn, trying to get her off of her. With all force, she pushed Dawn off of her and Dawn fell at her side, Giselle now taking over.
Giselle grabbed Dawn and slammed her back into the locker just like how Dawn did to her a few moments ago and she grabbed her by the neck, in an attempt to choke her.
Dawn was a bit surprised that Giselle would even try something as bold as that, but that made her even more upset. She brought her leg up and sent a hard kick at Giselle's stomach, Giselle's hard grip unleashing from Dawn's neck.
The Blue Diamond gasped and sent another punch her way.
This time the attention they gained was even bigger, and teachers and administrators were running through the crowd, trying to get to both Dawn and Giselle and to stop them from fighting.
It wasn't until a moment later Dawn felt a pair of hands pull her away from attacking Giselle. Dawn struggled to get out of the arms that was pulling her away from the fight and she watched as someone else grabbed Giselle also and pulled her away as well.
"What the hell has gotten into you both!?" The Principal screamed, staring at the two girls sitting across from his desk.
Giselle stared hard at the desk with her arms folded under her chest. She had a scar across her forehead and around her arms.
Dawn sat on the right side of Giselle with her hands placed down on the arms of the chair she was sitting on. Dawn wasn't bleeding at all though and she didn't have any marks on her.
The Principal stared at the two girls, waiting for a response from the girls, but neither of them gave him an answer.
"Is someone going to speak up?" He said angrily.
Giselle rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to speak. "The bitch is just mad because I fucked her ex-boyfriend. Notice how I put the emphasis on ex?"
Dawn sucked her teeth. "You don't know shit about what's going on between me and him—"
"I know a lot more than you think honey,"
"Relax," The Principal interrupted, slamming his hand down on his desk. The girls looked his way and decided to say no more. "The both of you are suspended for a whole week."
Giselle shrugged, not really caring about her suspension, but Dawn however, actually cared about her grades. "I'm suspended? But she's the one who started everything!"
"Um, last time I checked, you're the one who pushed me into a locker first, so don't act like I was the one who started it." Giselle pointed out.
"Yeah, but you provoked me!" Dawn shouted.
"I provoked you?" Giselle let out a light laugh. "I was just doing you a favor. Paul seems like a waste of time anyway since he ran to me of all people."
"And how the hell is that doing me a favor?"
"What girl wouldn't want to know if their lover boy is fucking someone else? If I were in your shoes, I would most definitely want to know."
Dawn's mouth slowly closed shut after carefully listening to her last comment. It did make since about why Giselle decided to tell Dawn about Paul's actions in the first place, but the way she told her about the news seemed very disrespectful and it got a rise out of her. Giselle told her the news like she was proud about her actions with Paul and she was being very bitchy, which really pissed Dawn off.
Dawn shook her head, still upset with Giselle. "Well the way you told me the news seemed really fucked up. You could've told me a whole different way."
"And how else was you going to take it?" The brunette raised her eyebrow. "Either way, you still would've got mad. And anyway, I don't really like you much either so I thought it would be fun to see how you would react."
"You are such a bitch!" Dawn got up, but the Principal slammed his hands on the desk again, causing the girls to look his way again.
"This is going to stop now." He growled. "None of you are fighting again."
"Oh trust me, it's not going to happen again." Giselle rolled her eyes and got up from her seat. "Are we done here? You already called the suspension, so I'm going home now."
"Yeah and stay the hell home. I don't want you anywhere near Paul." Dawn threatened.
Giselle chuckled lightly and looked over at Dawn. "I don't remember having someone who can boss me around."
The Blue Diamond hardened her eyes on the brunette and got up from her seat, taking a brief step closer to the girl before her.
"Well now you do." Dawn whispered, her face nearly close to Giselle's. "I don't know who the hell you think you are… But I am not the one."
Giselle chuckled lightly at that statement. "I'm not intimidated by you."
"Well you should be." Dawn promised. "You want crazy? I will show you crazy. So if I were you, I would think twice about what I would do from here on."
Giselle stared hard at Dawn and then chuckled again. She shook her head and turned her head to the Principal and looked back over at Dawn.
Dawn watched as Giselle soon turned away and walked out of the Principal's office.
It was difficult for her to pull herself together as she stared at the door in front of her. She just needed to confront him about this. How dare he accuse her of having feelings for Ash when he's busy sexing up the girl she hates the most?
Dawn could feel tears forming in her eyes again, but she forced herself to not let them fall. Paul needed to be put in his place just like Giselle.
She bit down on her bottom lip hard and knocked on the door. She knew he was home, the smell of weed was hanging heavily in the air.
She waited impatiently, wondering if Giselle was inside. Just the simple thought of her being inside his house was driving her crazy. She couldn't explain the amount of pain she was feeling right now, she just knew that if he opened that door and she saw her and him inside, she just knew she would lose it.
Her breath hitched when she saw his door fly open.
Dawn stared hard at him, seeing as smoke rushed at her. He was holding a blunt in his hands and he dropped it at his sides, staring at her with a plain look on his face.
A silence overwhelmed them.
She felt her fist clench at her side, but she quickly unclenched them and tried to calm herself down. Before she could even break the silence between them, he beat her to it.
"Can I help you?" he asked, his eyebrow raised.
Dawn opened her mouth, a bit taken aback at that comment.
Can I help you? Dawn wanted to punch him right there with that slick comment.
"Excuse me?" She raised her voice, coming off pretty hard.
Paul didn't seem to be fazed by her tone of voice, he was just surprised to see her there. Paul licked his lips and brought the blunt back up to his mouth.
Dawn's eyes hardened when she saw him inhale the smoke from his weed. She just wanted to snatch it out of his hands. "I hope you burn," she mumbled bitterly.
Paul raised his eyebrow. "What?"
She saw as he dropped his arm back to his side, the smoke leaving his mouth.
"You heard me." She raised her voice again. "I hope you burn." She said, dragging that last word.
Paul chuckled lightly at that comment, "What are you so mad about?"
"Oh, don't act like you don't know what I'm talking about."
Paul shrugged, still amused. "I don't." he laughed again, now a bit curious about why she was so mad at him. "Enlighten me."
"How dare you accuse me of having feelings for Ash when you're over here having sex with Giselle!?" She screamed, her voice nearly echoing throughout the hall. Paul could tell how much pain she was in by the sound of her voice, but he hardened his eyes on her.
"And that's a problem, because…?"
"It's a problem because I'm your girlfriend!" She shrieked.
Paul laughed at that statement. "Girlfriend?" he laughed again. "We're on a break, remember?"
"That doesn't mean you can go around doing whatever you want." She said lowly, her lips now trembling.
Paul raised his eyebrow at that. "Actually, it does. You broke up with me, so don't act like you own me."
Dawn shook her head and looked toward the ground, trying her best to calm down. "How could you do this to me?" she whispered.
"I'm not hurting you," Paul laughed, a bit confused about her behavior. "I'm just having fun."
She slowly brought her head up to him as he stared at her as if she were trash. "Giselle seems like the kind of girl that I need anyway. She likes to fuck a lot, just like I do." He continued, now getting serious.
By the look on his face, Dawn could tell that he was changing.
"I like fucking her." Paul smiled. "She's way better in bed than you are."
Dawn parted her lips at that, a bit surprised with those words. How could he say that?
He sounded like a person with no heart, no soul, no nothing!
"Fuck you," she said bitterly as tears now began to form in her eyes.
Paul stared at her, not fazed by her tears either. "You already did." He smirked slightly. "More than once."
She felt her mouth trembling and her heart breaking in half right there. It was like she was staring at someone with no humanity. He looked at her like she was a joke to him.
"Got nothing to say huh?" Paul laughed darkly.
He watched as tears slowly fell from her cheeks, her heart shattering right in front of him.
"And you lost your virginity to me?" Paul moved his face down to her level, his face dangerously close to hers.
Dawn stared hard at him, closing her lips tightly shut as she listened to his next words.
"You're pathetic," he said, now becoming serious again.
She stared hard at his face, anger now filling inside of her. "You are such a bastard!" She pushed him hard in the chest, pushing him away from her face.
Paul straightened his body up and smirked at that comment. "At least I'm not a whore like you."
If all the things he said earlier hurt, then none of that compared to this.
She stared at him in shock, at a loss of words.
"Did you like it when I hit it from the back?" Paul questioned, staring at her with dark eyes.
When she didn't answer, he continued. "How about when you sucked my dick, did you like that?"
Without thinking, she did the first thing that came across her mind. She smacked him across the face, hearing that burning sensation lingering in the air. Tears fell from her eyes like a waterfall and she felt like her heart was being ripped right out of her chest.
If Paul could move on so quickly from someone he supposedly loved, this made her doubt any feelings he claimed to have for her.
Maybe it was true about all guys, always using you for sex and throwing you away like a piece of trash.
"Go to hell!" She screamed, making it sound like more of a demand.
Paul slowly turned his face to look at her. She could see that huge red mark forming on the side of his face, but she didn't care.
"I never want to see your face again." She whispered. "I hope you die,"
Dawn shook her head and Paul stared at her as if in shock.
She turned and began to leave for the elevator.
When she disappeared inside the elevator, Paul touched the side of his face where she slapped him and then slowly dropped his hand back to his side, taking another glance at that elevator.
He wouldn't admit it, but those last words she said really hit him hard in the chest.
I hope you die…
Paul frowned as he allowed those words to sink in. He took one last look at the elevator again and walked inside his house, closing the front door.
It only took a couple hours for the sun to go down.
It had been at least 9 pm, and Ash and his friends planned to meet at the basketball court in the park just a few blocks away from his place.
Ash kept his basketball in his hand as he walked down the sidewalk, on his way to the park.
Lately, his mind was only focused on Giselle and what she was doing, so he felt that he was sort of drifting away from his team, like Gary told him. He didn't want them to feel like a girl was more important than the team, so he wanted them to meet up and have a nice game that night.
Ash could already hear the sounds of a basketball hitting the floor over and over as he slowly approached the park. He knew they already started a game.
Surprisingly, he noticed there was a lot of people there at the park and there was even an audience for his team.
People were recording videos, cheering them on and everything. Ash smiled at this though. He loved this park, especially since it was practically one of his favorite parks in the city, only because it had a big enough basketball court to play in.
Ash ran over to the basketball court, trying to focus on what was happening.
He paused at a bench and watched as Gary and two other team members went up against three other random guys. It was like these random guys wanted to challenge the famous basketball team in the city.
It was true. Just like the marching band, they were also most well-known in the city.
Ash watched as Gary ran toward the basket, dribbling the ball as he blocked the guys that were trying to steal the ball. He furrowed his eyebrows together when he watched Gary jump up and threw the ball into the basket, seeing as it collided into it and fell straight to the ground.
Ash smiled. He loved basketball so much.
"What's got you in such a bad mood?" Giselle teased, biting down on her lower lip as she slowly walked over to him.
Paul was sitting at the edge of his bed, staring hard at the wall in front of him. He sat there quietly, holding a blunt in his hands.
The brunette waited for him to answer, but noticed that he decided to say nothing at all. She smirked lightly and slowly climbed onto the bed, crawling her way slowly over to him.
"I'm not going to stop bothering you until you tell me what's up," she sat on her knees and rested her chin on his left shoulder, looking at the side of his face.
Paul remained quiet. He wasn't in the mood to discuss his problems, especially with her.
Giselle kept looking at the side of his face and then slowly pressed her lips upon his cheek. "Don't be so tense," she whispered.
"I hope you die."
Paul licked his lips, remembering those words Dawn said to him again.
Giselle slowly slipped her hand into Paul's lap, causing him to snap out of his thoughts. He turned his body to look at her and she sat back, looking at him.
She bit down on her lower lip and he stared at it for a while. He also noticed that she had a scar across her forehead, a bit curious about where she got it from, but he didn't bother asking.
"How's another round sound?" She spoke up, breaking the silence.
After thinking for a moment, Paul licked his lips and grabbed her leg, pulling her close to him. He pressed his lips onto hers.
Tonight, she told herself that she would practice in the dance room and wouldn't let anyone or anything interrupt her from doing so.
Dawn cleared her throat and placed her radio down on the table, looking at the large mirror in front of her.
She had her hair pulled up into a high bun, wearing only a sapphire blue tank top and black shorts with her beige dance shoes.
All day she was crying her eyes out over Paul and what he said to her.
"At least I'm not a whore like you."
A whore…
Dawn took a moment to continue looking at herself in the mirror.
"And you lost your virginity to me?"
She could feel his eyes on her as she stared at herself.
"You're pathetic."
She slowly clenched her fist at her side.
"Did you like it when I hit it from the back?"
Dawn snapped her eyes shut, feeling his words ring through her head once again.
"How about when you sucked my dick, did you like that?"
Her fist kept getting tighter and tighter as she let out a shaky breath. She gulped lightly and then slowly opened her eyes, seeing her reflection again.
She was staring at a girl who looked completely broken. She held no light on her face at all.
Ash sighed as he took a moment to sit at a table with his friends. They were now taking a break from playing—all out of breath and drinking their water bottles.
Ash placed his basketball on his lap and watched as the boys now got on their phones.
"That last play was a piece of cake," Jimmy, a boy with navy blue hair and had a snap back on his head, said.
"I swear that skinny white guy and the Hispanic one ain't got nothing on us." Brock, the spiky haired guy commented.
The team laughed at that comment and Ash's attention immediately fell towards Gary when he heard the mere mention of Giselle's name.
"Yo, look how fine Giselle looks," Leighton, a boy with dirty blonde hair commented, pointing at the picture on his phone.
Curious, Ash stared at Leighton's phone, suspicious about the picture they were looking at of her.
Gary's eyes narrowed at the picture in Leighton's phone as well as the rest of the team members. Ash was becoming very curious, what picture were they looking at of her? And why was it so important?
"Ash, isn't this the girl you keep chasing?" Jimmy grabbed Leighton's phone and showed it to Ash.
When his eyes landed on the picture on the phone, he was instantly shocked.
It was a picture of her naked and she looked very young in the face. Her make up wasn't done very exotic like how she always does it and her hair was very, very curly and not wavy like how she usually had it now.
Furrowing his eyebrows together, Ash grabbed the phone from Jimmy's hands and clicked on the user that posted the photo. There was three other photos of her posted and each caption said something like 'Doesn't this babe look so good?', and 'I want to fuck her so hard," Ash even clicked on the comments people left and saw how disrespectful guys was being, including girls.
He felt himself becoming even more upset. So these are the photos Silas posted of her? These are the photos that ruined her life?
"Not gonna lie man, she got a banging body." Leighton laughed, joking around.
"Shut up," Ash snapped, the anger lingering on his voice.
He looked up from the phone and stared at the boys.
Gary hardened his eyes on Ash though. "That's the same girl in the picture?"
Ash narrowed his eyes on Gary, his lips shaking and he closed them shut.
"You should most definitely hit it," Jimmy joked.
"Can you shut the fuck up?" Ash growled, his eyes snapping on Jimmy.
The boys got quiet, a bit surprised about Ash's sudden anger. It wasn't like Ash to curse, he never cursed unless he was extremely upset about something.
Gary kept his eyes on Ash, knowing that he was getting upset. But Gary was upset too. "I knew she was no good, Ash."
Ash looked down at the table, trying his best to control himself.
"That's naked pictures of her. She's a whore, just like I said—"
Ash immediately got up, slamming the basketball down onto the table, his hand keeping the basketball still and his eyes hard on Gary. This is the first time Gary and the other guys saw him so upset and so worked up. "Those pictures doesn't prove anything. You don't know what happened to her, so I suggest be quiet."
"Or what, Ash?" Gary got up too.
The boys can feel the tension that was starting, but Gary and Ash continued to look at each other darkly.
Dawn placed her CD into the radio and clicked play.
She started to take steps backward as she now got in the center of the dance room, locking her eyes on herself in the large mirror again, hearing the base on the music that was starting.
She closed her eyes shut and took another breath of air. She needed to keep her mind focused on this dance and not mess up at all, she just couldn't let Paul get in between those thoughts, no matter how hurt and angry she felt.
"If we lay down, would it make it better? Going up against the force."
Dawn snapped her eyes open and she immediately let herself get lost into the music, pushing away bad thoughts of Paul and Giselle.
"One man army, knights in the rings. Take me to the highest courts."
Ash and Gary were now facing each other with fists clenched and tension forming between them.
The boys got up, knowing what was about to go down, but Ash wasn't prepared to back down and neither was Gary.
"What are you gonna do, Ash?" Gary threatened, taking a step closer to the raven haired basketball player.
Ash licked his lips slowly and hardened his eyes on Gary. This time he wasn't scared, he was willing to fight this time. And it may have been over a girl, a girl he rarely knew at that, but he was willing to fight for her.
He just didn't like it that the team was looking at those pictures of her like she was a porn star cause she wasn't. None of them knew her story behind those photos, all they knew was that her photos have been leaked and a lot of people gossip about her. But none of them truly know that story behind those pictures except for Ash.
"Dance with the devil in Rome. Behold the white horse. Kings take the throne... Not finished yet!"
Dawn slowly slipped her eyes shut, her arms wrapped around herself as she slowly brought her head back, feeling the music enter her soul.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Ash sent his fist flying towards Gary's face, causing the whole team to react and make a lot of noise.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Giselle slammed Paul's body down on the bed, his back landing on the comforter and his eyes snapping up at her since she was sitting on top of him. He groaned at her actions and she let her hands run down his chest before bending down and latching her lips onto his, her hair falling over his face.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Dawn did a variety of dances from ballet to hip hop. She kept finding different dances to go with the song, but she was more focused on getting it perfected for her audition and she just didn't want to mess up, at least not again.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Gary was thrown back when Ash actually hit him in the face. He didn't think though, the first instinct was to clock him in the mouth and that's exactly what he did.
Ash felt the aftermath of that pain, feeling a severe cut forming on the bottom of his lips.
"Yooooo!" One of the team members yelled, but the two boys ignored them.
"I'm no good for ya, I'ma break your heart. Too many places I gotta be,"
Dawn took a deep breath of air as she slowly got down on the floor, deciding on what to do next. Her mind wasn't only on just the dance, but it was also on Paul.
"Giselle seems like the kind of girl that I need anyway. She likes to fuck a lot, just like I do."
The Blue Diamond sat there on the floor breathing heavily, slowly looking at herself in the mirror as her eyebrows furrowed together, her mind drifting towards Paul again.
"I like fucking her." She remembered him smiling as he said that. "She's way better in bed than you are."
"One man army, I'm Joan of Arc. Gone see something you don't want to see."
Dawn slowly brought her hands up to her head, slightly becoming irritated as she heard these words ringing through her ears again.
She snapped her eyes shut, not wanting him in her head at all.
"Elevators lift me up outta this, I don't wanna be here no more."
"You've got a lot of nerve, Ash." Gary growled, hardening his eyes on him.
Ash let his thumb brush under his lip at the wound and he threw another punch Gary's way, causing Gary to catch his fist with his hand and laughing at the action. "That's all you got?"
Ash raised his eyebrow and he instantly felt Gary throw a hard and aggressive punch at his stomach, sending him flying to the ground.
"Dance with the devil in Rome. Behold the white horse. Kings take the throne… Not finished yet!"
Giselle grabbed Paul's bottom lip with her teeth and chewed down on it. Paul's hands slowly moved down her back until it reached her ass, gripping it tightly.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Dawn slammed her hands down onto the floor and snapped her eyes open once more. "Get out of my head!" She screamed, her voice echoing in the room.
She didn't want him to ruin her night of practicing. She told herself a million times that she wouldn't let him mess her up.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Ash fell to ground, unconscious. He felt aching pain deep inside his stomach and he coughed up blood as he felt Gary now kicking at his sides as if he was some kid off the street.
He wanted to get up and fight back, but he was in so much pain.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Giselle pulled away from Paul's lips and sat up, beginning to rock her body against him. Paul placed his hands on each side of her waist as he watched her ride him, moaning and groaning and grabbing onto her hair.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Dawn felt tears brimming in her eyes and she found herself unable to pull herself together. She pulled off her bracelet that she had on and threw it at the ground, wishing that she had thrown it at his face.
Her lips trembled as she stared at the bracelet lying on the ground.
She began wondering if he was with Giselle at this current moment. Just the simple thought of them together made her heart twist in pain and she wanted to rip it out so bad. That's how hurt she felt.
"And we started, started a war."
"At least I'm not a whore like you."
Dawn pulled the strands of hair that was poking out from the sides of her bun and pulled them behind her ears.
How is she a whore? She never once slept with another guy or even cheated on him in that matter, so how exactly does that make her a whore? She has always been loyal to him.
If anyone's a whore, it's him. He's the one who slept with more than one person. He's the one who couldn't handle space so he ran to Giselle for comfort. He's the one who isn't loyal.
"And we started, started a war."
She wanted so badly for Paul to feel the same amount of pain that she was feeling. She wanted him to feel that agony that was forming in her heart.
"And we started. I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Gary kept throwing punches and kicks at his way, as if he blacked out. He felt arms grabbing onto him, pulling him away from Ash so he wouldn't do anymore damage to him.
Brock and Jimmy screamed at Gary, trying to get him to stop and to calm down.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
"Relax Gary!" Jimmy yelled, pushing Gary hard in the chest.
"You guys fought enough, but it looks like Ash can't fight no more, so stop." Brock told him, getting serious.
Gary breathed heavily, his mind still focused on anger and he looked over at Ash on the ground, seeing the other team members grab him up.
"I never meant to start a war… I never meant to start a war."
Dawn shook her head and grabbed her bracelet from the ground. She got up on her feet and walked over to the desk where she placed her radio on.
"I never meant to start a war..."
She pressed the off button and grabbed the radio from the handle in her hands.
She couldn't practice tonight.
Tears fell from her cheek to her desk, but she ignored it as she continued to sew a dress for her mother in a sewing machine. Dawn offered to sew her mother's dress since she was going out on a date that night with someone. She didn't even bother on asking who it was since she was so caught up in her own problems.
Dawn assumed that maybe sewing her dress would probably take her mind off things, but she kept finding herself thinking about Paul.
She was taken out of her thoughts when she heard a slight knock on her door.
"Dawn?" Her mother, Johanna called.
Dawn instantly brought her hand up to her face to wipe up the tears that were falling from her eyes. "Yes?" she said lowly, returning to sewing her mother's dress.
Johanna took a moment to look at her daughter sewing her dress, wondering if something was wrong since she sounded a bit sad about something. "What's wrong, Dawn?"
"It's nothing, mom." She lied, her eyes on the dress and continuing to sew.
Johanna knew her daughter too well to know that was a lie. "Then how come you look so down?"
Dawn didn't bother to look at her mother, she just continued to sew and remained quiet.
Her mother let out a soft sigh and leaned against the doorway. "Is it Paul?" she said, curious.
Dawn didn't answer, but her mother didn't miss how her eyes began to water up a bit by the mention of his name.
She blinked her tears back and continued to sew, not in the mood to talk about her problems with Paul at all.
"What did he do?" Her mother asked.
"So who's the guy you're going out with, mom?" Dawn asked, instantly changing the subject. She would do anything to talk about something else other than Paul.
Johanna closed her mouth shut, knowing what her daughter was doing. She sighed, "Well his name is Dylan and he is really, really kind."
Dawn smiled at that, continuing to sew her mother's dress. She was almost done sewing, she just had to finish up one of the sleeves. "Is he cute?"
Johanna blushed at that, laughing lightly at her comment. "Yeah, he's cute I guess."
"I guess?" Dawn raised her eyebrow.
"Okay, he's really cute."
Dawn laughed at this, now beginning to sew the sleeve. "Well, I hope you have fun tonight, mom."
"Me too." Johanna smiled.
It only took just a few seconds to finish sewing the sleeve. "All done," Dawn stopped the sewing machine and brought the dress up to get a better view of the dress. "Here you go, mom."
Johanna took it from her hands and smiled at the way she sewed her dress. "Thanks, Dawn."
"No problem."
"Are you sure you don't want to talk about Paul?"
Dawn stared at her mom and then shook her head. "Yeah, I'm sure. There's no need to worry."
Johanna raised her eyebrow. "And you know what happens every time you tell me not to worry?"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah." Dawn rolled her eyes. "That's when you worry the most… but I'm serious mom, I'll be fine."
Her mother smiled again. "Okay."
Dawn nodded.
"Ash is here to see you."
Dawn looked at her mom again.
"He looks like he got hurt really bad, I'm a bit concerned about him." Johanna told her.
"He's hurt?" Dawn furrowed her eyebrows together.
"Yeah, he's downstairs in the living room."
Instantly, Dawn brushed past her mother and went to the living room to find Ash.
When she made it inside the living room, she gasped lightly when she saw how bad he looked in the face. He was holding an ice pack at his forehead.
"Oh my god," she went up to him to analyze his face. "What happened?"
Ash sighed, still feeling a lot of pain. "Me and Gary had a fight."
"Gary did this to you?" She sounded like she was shocked and Ash couldn't blame her.
"Yeah,"
"Why?" She wondered, a bit confused. She brought her hand up to his head to touch around the wound and he winced, she also noticed a scar across his bottom lip.
"There was these old naked pictures of Giselle he was looking at with the rest of the team and it kinda pissed me off." Dawn's eyebrow twitched slightly at the sound of her name.
"He was calling her a whore and stuff and it was making me mad. So I guess I just lashed out on him."
"Well, she is a whore." Dawn mumbled, anger filling inside of her again.
"What?" Ash furrowed his eyebrows together.
By the look in Ash's face, Dawn sighed and dropped her hand to her side. "Sorry," she mumbled.
She knew how Ash felt about Giselle, but she hated her so much, especially now since she was sleeping with Paul.
Ash breathed and dropped his arm to his side with his ice pack. He winced in pain again and Dawn was wondering how hurt he was.
"How bad did he hurt you?"
"My stomach is killing me," he groaned, touching his stomach.
Dawn wrapped her arm around him and began to walk him. "Let's go to my room," she suggested.
It only took a few moments to get him inside her room and she let him sit on the edge of her bed.
"Wait here. I'll go get the first aid kit, a bowl of water, and a rag."
Ash nodded his head and brought the ice pack back up to his head where the wound was.
Dawn headed toward the kitchen to find the first aid kit.
"I'm about to head out, Dawn," her mother said, walking towards the front door.
Dawn grabbed a bowl and instantly filled it with water from the sink. "Okay, have fun mom!"
"Make sure Ash gets home safely too, I don't want his mother to worry about his whereabouts, especially after getting hurt."
"Alright!"
Dawn listened as the front door closed and she grabbed a dry rag from one of the kitchen drawers. After getting everything she needed, she walked upstairs to her room.
Ash was still sitting on the edge of the bed with an ice pack at his forehead. He looked over at Dawn and saw as she set the things down on her desk.
"You should probably get more comfortable if your stomach hurts so much," she suggested, turning her attention to the rag.
Ash let out a shaky breath again and placed the ice pack down on the bed. He grabbed the bottom of his shirt and began to pull it up out of his head, tossing it to the side.
Dawn placed the rag into a bowl of water and then pulled it out, squeezing it tightly so the dripping water won't fall to the floor. After getting out the water, she grabbed the first aid kit in hand and turned around briefly. Her eyes widened slightly when she now saw that Ash was shirtless.
Her mouth dropped slightly when she saw this and her eyes couldn't help but wander its way down his muscular toned body and how fitted he looked. He looked good.
Dawn bit down on her bottom lip and pulled a strand of hair behind her ear. When she said he could get comfortable, she didn't think he would take off his shirt.
She slowly walked over to him and stood in front of him.
Ash winced again in pain and Dawn placed the first aid kit on the bed, beside him. She first took a good view at his stomach and noticed a huge bruise and a big scar on it. "That looks bad," she frowned.
Dawn brought the rag toward his wound and Ash winced again, feeling her tapping on it gently to wipe off the blood.
Ash slowly looked at what she was doing, watching as she cleaned up the blood with the rag. "So what's going on with you and Paul?"
She continued to clean up his wound, in no mood to talk about Paul at all. "We're fine," she lied.
He watched her stare intently at his wound and saw that she placed the rag down and went to find a band aid. She took out a few band aids and placed at least five of them on his wound.
"Are you sure?" he wondered.
"Yeah, everything's okay." Dawn walked over to her dresser again and placed the rag into the water, watching as his blood left the rag and went into the water. She pulled it out and then squeezed out the water again, now walking back over to him.
She began to dab his forehead with the rag.
"Do you think Giselle is ever gonna want me?" he stared into her eyes as he said this.
Dawn was in no mood to talk about her at all. The mere mention of her name always seemed to piss her off. "If she doesn't, fuck her." She said, a bit with an attitude. Ash raised his eyebrow at her sudden tone. "Misty was a better girl for you anyway…"
Ash frowned at that comment. "Yeah,"
Dawn sighed as she continued to dab his forehead, now looking into his eyes.
"I can't handle you guys being fucking friends."
Paul.
"I don't know if you realize this, but every time you're around him, I feel like your emotions are more real towards him and it really pisses me the fuck off—"
"Seriously? You still think I have feelings for him? Come on now, I'm dating you! Not him! I've been with you for a long time! I'm crazy in love with you! I've fucking slept with you!"
"That doesn't prove shit. You wish it were him, instead of me. It's always been Ash and you know it. He's always been the good guy, always did and says all the right things. He's the one that you wish you were with, not me."
Dawn cleared her throat silently and continued to stare at Ash's eyes and then letting her eyes fall on his lips.
"I just… don't like him. He talks just like my brother. Friends, trust. My brother says those things all the time too."
"But Paul, Ash isn't Reggie. Ash is Ash and that's that."
"I know. I'm just afraid of losing you, that's all."
She slowly let her eyes fall back on his eyes and Ash raised his eyebrow, wondering what was going on.
"Giselle seems like the kind of girl that I need anyway. She likes to fuck a lot, just like I do." He continued, now getting serious.
By the look on his face, Dawn could tell that he was changing.
"I like fucking her." Paul smiled. "She's way better in bed than you are."
"Dawn, what are you…?" Ash furrowed his eyebrows together when he noticed what she was trying to do.
Dawn didn't think, her mind was all over the place. She was just angry and hurt at the same time. She didn't know what she was about to do, but she just took a risk anyway.
Instantly, she pressed her lips against Ash's, taking him by surprise.
A/N: Oooooh, now Dawn kissed Ash. It's like a whole twist lol.
So I proofread this chapter like once or twice, but it's 2:30 in the morning and I'm really tired right now, so I'll proofread the rest tomorrow because I keep falling asleep.
Songs used in this chapter: Start a War by Margeaux
Let me know what you guys think about Dawn and Giselle's fight, Dawn and Paul's confrontation, Paul's behavior towards Dawn, and Dawn's actions with Ash! I wanna know everyone's thoughts, so review please. (: