Ugh. I'm writing this right now because I need to deal with my emotions. You see, during band class, my friend passed a note to my crush WITHOUT TELLING ME SHE WAS GOING TO DO IT, asking him if he liked me. Apparently, he looked at it, blushed, and handed it back without answering. Then she was like, "Awe, you do ;)" and he blushed more and turned away from her. This could mean 2 different things! Either he's embarrassed because he does like me, or he's embarrassed because he doesn't like me and doesn't want people to think that he likes me, and I don't know which it is! But, that's enough about me...

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Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon.

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Dear Kenny,

We arrived at the hotel safely, and the first day here was great! We had a lot of fun shopping and there's other people here that are our age, so it feels more like home.

We met some boys that would be good matches for Misty, May, and possibly even Leaf too. I think we may have met a guy who can get to her. Actually, I'm pretty sure he already has.

I wish you could be here with me, but I'm sure you're having fun on your own :) I really do miss you Kenny, and I'll keep writing to you no matter how much fun I have 3

Love, Dawn XOXOXO

Dawn reread what she had typed, and clicked the send button. It was a short message, but she hadn't been gone that long. Mentioning Paul had crossed her mind, but in the end she had decided against it. There was no reason to make Kenny worry if he didn't need to.

Right now it was five a.m. Dawn was an early riser. When she was little, she had terrible nightmares, so she was afraid to sleep. Eventually, the terrible dreams stopped, but her body couldn't get used to sleeping that long, and as a result, she always woke up automatically at four every morning. That had worked out well for her as she got older, because it took her a lot of time to get ready in the morning.

The bluenette girl shut down her laptop. She didn't know what else to do while she waited for the others to wake up, so she decided to get a shower.

In the bathroom, she stared at herself in the mirror. She hated how she looked in the morning. Her bangs were frizzy, and the rest of her hair was tangled in places. Normally, her skin would look a bit weird from sleeping on her face, but she'd been sitting up for a while, so it looked normal.

While she took her shower, her thoughts wandered to Paul. She was sure that she'd felt his eyes on her last night, but he was probably just sending glares in her direction. The boy undoubtedly hated her. She didn't know why, but she supposed that there was some hidden reason for his feelings. If he even had feelings.

Why am I even thinking about him? she wondered to herself. She shook her head and turned the water off. She didn't want to let him get to her so much that he overtook her thoughts.

She stepped out of the shower and dried off, then put her fuzzy pink bathrobe on. Once again she looked in the mirror. She felt much better now, but her eyes definitely needed mascara. Her biggest insecurity was her thin skimpy eyelashes.

Thinking for a moment, Dawn remembered that they were going to the beach today, so she put on water-proof mascara.

Perfect.

Now she was ready to be seen.

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"We don't get free breakfast this morning?" May asked.

"The hotel won't feed us every morning," Leaf explained. "Hence the small kitchen. They gave us four-hundred dollars to spend on food for the next two months that we're here, so we'll have to go shopping later. I wish I had remembered yesterday."

"It's May to the rescue, then!" said the brunette triumphantly. She reached into her dresser drawer and pulled out a box of wild berry flavored Pop Tarts. They'd unpacked their bags last night after getting back from the dinner speech.

"I love you," said Misty, ripping the box out of May's hands. She tore it open and took a packet, tossing the box the Leaf.

May frowned at Misty's rudeness, but shrugged it off as Leaf handed the box back to her.

Dawn was handed the final packet of Pop Tarts, which she looked at with distaste. All that sugar would make her break out, but she was hungry. Sighing, she opened the packet and took a bite. It was delicious.

"We're supposed to sign up for the sports thing today, right?" Misty asked.

"Oh yeah, I wonder where we sign up?" May wondered.

"We'll ask someone at the beach. Is everyone ready to go?" Leaf asked.

They all nodded, grabbing their beach bags and heading out the door.

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"That was easy enough," Dawn said. There was a surfboard shack that had a huge hand-painted sign out front. The sign read in bright orange letters : "Sign Ups For Upcoming Sports Competition!"

The girls found a spot on the beach to leave their stuff, and released their Pokemon to go play for a while.

"Now let's go sign up!" said Misty, running to the surfboard shack. She was wearing a light blue one-piece swim suit. The other girls followed her. Dawn wore a pink and black striped bikini, May a red bikini with white polka-dots, and Leaf a green halter style swimming tank with black bikini bottoms.

When they reached the shack, they saw that the boys were there signing up as well.

"Is anyone else finding it creepy that we keep running into them?" Dawn asked.

Her three friends nodded their heads. It was definitely weird, but they had discussed the sign ups the day before, so maybe it was just a coincidence that they showed up here at the same time.

They walked up to the boys. Dawn stared at Paul. He was wearing dark purple swimming trunks. He looked... different without a shirt on.

Ash was wearing red trunks, Drew wore green, and Gary wore blue.

"Hey guys! What events did you sign up for?" Misty asked.

They turned around and saw the girls. Paul was still writing his name on one of the forms.

"Hey! Ash and Paul signed up for volleyball, Drew and I signed up for swimming, we all signed up for the run, and I signed up for surfing as well," Gary said, smiling towards Leaf.

"Do you even know how to surf?" Leaf asked.

"Of course! I'm pretty good if I do say so myself."

Paul turned and saw Dawn in her bikini. She thought she saw his eyes widen a bit.

Misty walked over to the forms. She signed up for swimming. May and Dawn signed up for volleyball. And then all four girls signed up for the run.

"We're going to kill you guys at every event!" May said determinedly. "No one beats Dawn and I at volleyball, and Misty's practically been swimming ever since birth!"

"Let's get started now!" said Drew. "Race you to the water!" The green-haired boy took off for the ocean, the others sprinting behind him.

"Arceus! It's cold!" May yelled as her body hit the freezing water. She jumped up and down in the waist-high water, trying to get warm.

"Your body will adjust in a minute," Misty said. She was heading a bit further out to swim. Ash followed behind her, while the others waited to warm up first.

A stray beach ball floated up to them on the waves. Gary grabbed it and looked around for the owner, but no one was really around them, and he couldn't see anyone on the beach who was looking for it.

"Want to play some ball?" he asked the others, shrugging his shoulders. They all agreed and formed a circle in the water. For a while, they hit it back and forth, usually only making it to five or six hits before someone missed it. Soon, they got better at it and made it go continuously for quite a while.

It was Dawn who finally missed it in the end.

"Nice one," said Paul sarcastically.

"You gave me a bad set up!" Dawn said, defending herself. The lavender-haired boy grunted and looked away.

Misty and Ash came running up to them in the water, well, as fast as you could run in waist-high water. They were both smiling and laughing, splashing each other as they approached the group.

"We're hungry, so we're going to the food stand! You guys can come if you want!" Ash yelled as they passed them.

"I could use a bite," Leaf said. "Let's go with them."

When they reached the sand, Gary set the beach ball down far enough from the water that the tide wouldn't take it later if someone came back for it.

The smell coming from the food stand was delicious. Grilled hot dogs had to be one of the best scents ever. Dawn hoped that they had other food though. She'd already eaten something unhealthy today.

The group studied the menu for a minute or so. The stand only sold a few food items, including fruit salad to Dawn's delight.

Everyone opted to go with hot dogs except for the bluenette, and they all stood around eating together.

"We need to go into the village and get groceries soon," Leaf said as she finished her hot dog. "We should probably go get our stuff and leave."

The boys walked with them to the spot where the girls had left their bags and beach towels. Their Pokemon were still playing in the area. As they were drying the water and sand off of them, Misty's Pokegear rang. This time, she remembered to check the ID.

"It's Rudy," she said with a frown.

"Don't answer it, Misty," Leaf advised. "He's just going to say a bunch of shit again."

"Who's Rudy?" Ash whispered to Dawn. "Misty's ex boyfriend. He's a real jerk, and he won't leave her alone."

The raven-hair boy frowned and watched as Misty shoved the Pokegear back into her bag. "Let's go back to the hotel and change," she said, returning her Pokemon and walking off.

The other three girls frowned and waved to boys as they returned their own Pokemon and went after Misty.

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Rudy had left a voicemail, and Misty pretended to delete it. She was planning on listening to it later, but she knew the others would tell her not to.

They were changing into normal clothes at the moment, all opting to go with jean shorts and their signature color tank top.

"I wonder what will happen on our dates Friday? I still can't believe that we lost!" Leaf said.

"Gary will probably try to get in your pants," Dawn teased.

"I won't let him, and if he tries anything, I'm going to scream 'rape!' even if we're in public," Leaf said firmly.

Suddenly, May ran into the restroom. Seconds later they heard the unappealing sound of the girl puking.

The other three girls exchanged glances.

"May, are you all right?" Dawn asked, stepping towards the bathroom. She didn't want to get too close to the smell.

"I'm fine!" May said a little too quickly, flushing the toilet. She came out wearing a forced smile. "Maybe my hot dog was undercooked or something."

"What if you're sick?" asked Dawn worriedly. "Why don't you stay here while we get the groceries?"

"I'll stay here with you," Misty offered. "I'm not feeling much like shopping anyways."

May sighed, giving in. "All right."

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There will be time skips. I won't write what happens to them every single day, but I'll never skip more than two or three days at most. Next chapter will skip to Leaf and Gary's first lecture that they must attend.

Please review! It makes me so happy to know if I'm doing well, and that you guys care enough to point out little flaws and stuff :)