HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY
HERES A NEW CHAPTER! ITS BEEN A WHILE SORRY!
(I know it's not Valentine's day but I planned on posting this then, but life got in the way and I've been super stressed this week so let's just pretend it's Valentine's day today.)
Dawn's POV
I woke up on Tuesday after having a dream that felt so vivid that it was more like a memory than a dream.
"Leaf, May, and Misty are so much prettier than me. I'll never get a boyfriend, I'll be lonely forever." I pouted looking out the window."Aww come on no you won't babe." Ash replied.Him calling me 'babe' kept replaying in my head. The weird thing is that it's very rare for me to remember my dreams let alone having it be as vivid as this one was.
I got up to take a shower to take my mind off of the dream but it didn't seem to work, it just kept popping back up in my mind.
I got dressed in some ripped denim skinny jeans and a plain white T-shirt with white Vans. I brushed a few tangles out of my hair and decided to let it air dry while I looked at myself in the mirror and saw that my cheeks were still quite swollen. I pouted and began brushing my teeth. While I was brushing my teeth I got a call from my mom.
"Whats up?" I answered.
"Dawn, have you gone downstairs yet?" She asked.
"No why?"
"Oh just making sure. Don't be too surprised when you go downstairs and look at the sofa." she replied suspiciously.
"Wha-" my mom hung up before I could finish.
I cautiously walked downstairs on my toes. I looked at the sofa but saw nothing so I walked closer.
"Ash?!" I screamed in surprise when I saw him laying on the sofa half asleep.
"Ugh, don't yell, my head is killing me. This is all you're fault." He said with a stuffy nose. He pulled the blanket he had on him closer to himself.
"Why are you here and why is it my fault?"
"Because I'm sick and your mom said that since you're the reason I'm sick, you had to 'take care' of me." he replied and sneezed shortly after.
"You never answered why it's my fault." I said tapping my foot and crossing my arms.
"Because yesterday after you finished your smoothie you fell asleep, so when we got back here I had to carry you inside and since it had started raining I covered you with my jacket to prevent you from getting sick." He explained.
"Well couldn't you just wake me up?"
"I tried! You wouldn't wake-up."
I rolled my eyes and started walking to the kitchen.
"Do you want some coffee or tea?" I asked.
"Coffee please." he said standing up sneezing in the process. His nose was a bit red and he had bags under his eye's.
"Wow you are really sick." I commented. He just glared at me and sat at the kitchen table. I turned on the coffee maker and began getting out the sugar and creamer. "Hey could you send me my wisdom teeth video?" I asked as I sat down next to him.
"Sure. What's your number?" he took his phone out. I saw the passcode for his phone and gave him my number. Shortly after, I received the video.
After fast forwarding through the video I internally cringed.
XOXO
Once Ash finished his coffee he had to use the restroom and he left his phone on the table. When I heard him lock the door I got his phone and unlocked it. I opened his camera roll and thankfully it was on the video. Seeing the name confirmed my thoughts, the video was edited. Scrolling to the next video I saw that it was the same one but it was longer. I quickly went to the part that I thought was edited and sure enough, it was exactly what happened in my dream.
"I knew it." I whispered to myself. After I heard the toilet flush, I put his phone back where it was and went to sit on the couch pretending that nothing happened.
"Can I go take a nap in my bed please?" Ash asked.
"What is this sofa not good enough for you?"
"Not even close. My bed is the most comfortable thing ever." He replied.
"Doubt it." I said.
"Wanna bet? If you lay on my bed, you''ll be asleep in less than five minutes."
"Then let's go see of you're right. If I'm not asleep in five minutes you owe me lunch when I go back to school. If I do fall asleep then I owe you lunch." I suggested putting my hand out to shake.
"Deal." He said shaking my hand.
We walked over to his house after we made the deal and went up to his room. It actually wasn't as messy as I expected his room to be, it was also bigger than I expected. His bed had two pillows, and black and blue sheets. He had quite a few football and basketball trophies on a shelf. His desk was the only thing that was really messy, there were papers scattered all over the desk, covering the keyboard to his computer. What surprised me the most was a piano he had in the corner of the room, it took up most of the space due to its size.
XOXO
Ash's POV
"Alright, lay down and I'll start a timer for five minutes and if your asleep, then you owe me lunch." I stated sitting on one side of my bed.
"Yeah, yeah I know." She began walking to the other side of the bed. "Start the timer." I started the timer and waited.
Five minutes had passed and my phone started to vibrate so I spoke up trying to get her attention but she didn't budge. After a while of trying to wake her up I didn't even realize I was starting to fall asleep too.
I felt something kick the back of my leg so I started to wake up. When I turned around to see what it was I saw Dawn's sleeping face really close to mine, out of shock I ended up falling off the bed.
"What was that?!" Dawn shot up, looking around.
"I fell. Oh, and by the way you owe me lunch now." I said standing up, rubbing my back.
"Damn guess I did fall asleep. You weren't lying, your bed is really comfortable, and your pillows too." She said hugging a pillow. I saw here start looking around my room and here eyes landed on my piano. "Do you play piano?" She asked not taking her eyes off of it.
"Nah, I just have it there for decorative purposes." I said sarcastically. "Yeah I do."
"Can you play me something?" She asked looking at me.
"Do I have to?"
"Please." she said extending the 'e' sound at the end. "Just this once."
"Alright. What do you want to hear?" I asked sitting on my piano bench.
"Anything." I nodded and began playing the first song that popped into my head.
XOXO
Dawn's POV
I watched Ash begin playing the piano, I didn't recognize the song but it was beautiful nonetheless. He was so focused on the piano that he didn't notice I sat next to him or that tears began forming in his eyes. When he finished he began wiping the tears away.
"Whats wrong?" I asked.
"That was a song my dad would always play. Guess the memories got to me." He explained.
"Oh. Can I ask, what happened to your dad?" I asked. "Of course you don't have to." I said after he stayed silent for a while.
"No it's fine. He passed away when I was seven. My mom and I were waiting for him to get home when we got a call from the hospital. Apparently a trucker hit him straight on and he passed away on impact." He explained looking down at his hands. "This piano was his, it's my most prized possession."
"I'm so sorry to hear that."
"It's fine. If you don't mind me asking what about your dad?" he asked. I looked away, my family didn't really like talking about this subject, but I felt like I could really trust Ash now.
"He left. A few months before I was born he left in the middle of the night. Believe it or not, sometimes I think that he left because of me." I explained.
"Why would you ever think that?"
"Because I found the letter he left my mom. It said that he wasn't ready for one child let alone two." I put my hand in between us. "I guess sometimes I think that if I wasn't born, maybe my mom would have a husband and Drew would have a dad."
"Don't say that, if you weren't born, Drew would be an only child and that sucks. And if you weren't born, I would have never met you and I wouldn't have found someone I trust as much as my family." He put his hand on top of mine
"Ash, thank you." I hugged him, almost making us fall off of the bench. "I trust you too. The only other person that knows about this is Leaf."
"Well then, I feel special." he laughed. "I'm hungry, wanna go grab a bite to eat? This won't count as the lunch you owe me."
"Sure. I'll drive." I said standing up. "But first we're stopping to buy some medicine for you to take after we eat."
"Really?" He asked. I nodded.
"Yup, you literally can't go five minutes without sneezing or coughing."
"Fine." He gave in.
We walked to my driveway and got in my car. I drove to the store and got some cold and flu medicine and then drive to a nearby pizza place. Even when Ash was sick he didn't fail to make me laugh and have a great time.
There it is chapter 13.
Like I said I planned on this going up on Valentine's day so that's why I had them have a small moment. It was small but now they trust each other. Really hope you enjoyed this one :)