Author's Notes: Haha, I'm on the bus and updating this xD lol. Well, here is the FIRST official chapter of the story ^_^ Hope you all enjoy! It took forever to do x_x. By the way, I think some of the parts drag on.. but it's supposed to :) so don't skip it if you get too bored. Okay? Alright, because the first part of this chapter is important. Tells about Dawn's life, kinda. You'll see xD lol, then its just goes from there...

Oh yeah, some of you think that Dawn and May will fall for Ash? No~, completely wrong! Lol, geesh I made Ash and May brother and sister -.- You'll see in this chapter who the boy is ;) And Dawn wasn't the one who caught herpes.. it was the other girl. Hope that clears up the confusion. Now you can read :)

I couldn't believe I was entering my first year in high school. West Kanto high school. Everyone in Kanto knew that West Kanto high was was the best and funnest school in the entire region. I remember when I first entered the high school my mom and stepfather wouldn't allow me to attend the public high school. When I was in middle school they sent me to a private school for reasons unknown to me. For my freshman year I was able to convince them that they could save a lot of money by allowing me to attend a public school.

Of course my greedy stepfather was happy to oblige. That meant that it was more money left for him to spend. I wasn't even a few months into the school year when they separated. I already knew that he was with my mother for the money when she first brought him home one day for me to meet him, but it took my mom a while to figure it out. But who cared? As long as I was able to attend West Kanto high school for my years of high school, I was fine.

On the first day there, I couldn't belive that I was finally stepping a foot inside of it. I wanted to go to West Kanto ever since I was in sixth grade. Everyone knew that it was the school where all the cute boys went and all the drama starting girls went. All of the boys were too cool for school, and some highly recognized as athletes.

I remember it as if it was yesterday. I couldn't believe that I had finally arrived, and as I stepped off of the school bus, I looked up at my new school with a smile on my face. I had just turned sixteen. I couldn't help but feel nervous and very excited. That same feeling still existed now that I was seventeen.

The past couple of months of my life had been hard, very hard. I had lost my mother. She was killed while she was at grocery store. Burglars had came and raided the store and shot whoever was in their path, and my mother was one of them. I was sent to live with my aunt. She didn't live too far from me and my mom's old house. I guess it's safe to say that my life had changed ever since I moved in with my aunt.

My mom had her own clothing line. Her clothes were sold all over the world, in all of the regions, so we were very rich. There was never a time when I wanted for anything, when she was alive, I was always given what I wanted. I missed her, a lot, and the lifestyle she had provided for me. My aunt joy was nice and I loved her, but she struggled as a nurse and could barely make enough money to take care of herself, let alone me. I was forced to adjust to a more meager way of living.

At first, when my aunt took me in, I think she thought I had a little bit of money from my mom.. but that wasn't the case. My mom, actually, owed a lot of money back in taxes. The IRS pretty much owned everything we thought was my mother's, right down to the casket they buried her in. Even my car, that had been a sweet sixteen birthday present from my mother, belonged to the IRS too. I wish I'd known how bad things really were for my father, but being her little girl, she never let on about her money problems. She continued to give me all that ny heart desired until the day she died.

I missed my mom terribly and there were some days when I would do nothing but cry. For some reason, going back to school to hang out with my friends was uplifting. It had been a long time since I felt good and happy about anything. For some reason, I was convinced that this high school year was going to be better then any other year I already completed. I hoped the new experiences would help me forget all of my troubles.

I didn't have as much of the cutest clothes like I did in the past, when my mother was here. I still had most of my clothes, but they weren't the latest fashions, and anyone who stayed on top of the fashions would know that. But I was still determined to be 'That girl'. The girl that attracted all of the boys. The girl that everyone knew and liked. I wanted to be her.

But, I always had that eye catching look, from all the boys. My skin was a creamy color, just slightly pale. My dark blue hair was long and beautiful while my, light blue, eyes were as bright as my perfect smile. I always had the nice clothes, thanks to my friend May.

May and I had been friends for five years now, but it wasn't until recently that I gave her the title of my 'best friend.' May was a year younger than me. She had just turned fifteen. But I loved her like she was sister to me.

Whenever I wanted freedom, not that my aunt was strict or anything, but it was May's house that I would go to. I loved to go to her house because she never had any rules over at her house. Her parents didn't care what she did as long as she didn't get carried away with anyway, which never happened. So we could do what we wanted, when we wanted.

She had two brothers. Max was eleven years old, he was the youngest. Ash, was eighteen years old. Her brother, Ash was so~ cute! Whenever he smiled or winked at me, I literally just melted inside. I always had a crush on him, but I knew I couldn't go after him because I thought he was a little too old for me. And plus I can't date my best friend's brother.

"Dawn, I can't belive that I'm finally here!" May said excitedly. "West Kanto high!" She smiled and pulled her schedule out of her book bag. "And can you believe that we have a class together?"

"I know!" I squealed. "You're pretty smart to be taking geometry in ninth grade." I said as we moved through the sea of people that cluttered the halls. Some were standing around catching up with their friends they hadn't seen the whole summer, and others were trying to locate their home rooms.

I finally helped May find her home room. "I'll see you later at lunch, May." I pulled out my schedule and took a look at it. "Do you have sixth lunch?" May checked the paper in her hands before confirming that she did have the same lunch shift as me. "Yes! Alright, I'll see you later then." With that said and done, I headed to my own home room where I bumped into a girl named Daisy who I recognized from last year. We entered the classroom laughing and talking to one another.

"Ladies, quiet down please and have a seat." The teacher said. We both stopped and turned around to the voice to see an older man sitting behind a desk that was in the front of the class.

"It looks like he's going to be a lot of fun." Daisy whispered sarcastically as she rolled her eyes, causing me to giggle. We found seats in the back of the class, since most of the seats were taken in the front and middle, but we didn't mind being in the back at all.

All of the students talked quietly amongst themselves as we watched last minute stragglers walk into the room before the late bell rung. Since the man behind the desk hadn't started class yet, chatter continued around the room. If it was middle school, then the teacher would never have allowed so much talking to go on, so the fact that high school meant more freedom made me love it even more.

The talking stopped once a woman, in a nice red skirt suit, walked into the room. She was about average height, a little pale skin, long brown hair, and brown eyes. She looked as if she could have been someone's older sister. She looked much to young to be a teacher, yet the school badge that she wore identified her as a staff member.

"Hello students, can I please have your attention?" She asked loudly enough for us to hear her, but quietly enough to keep her ladylike status on point.

We all looked up and stopped speaking as the woman stood confidently in front of us. "My name is Ms. Ketchum and I am the new high school guidance counselor here at West Kanto high school. Every year the guidance counselors like to take a minute to visit the home room classes and welcome the students into the school. I am here to extend that welcome."

I watched her stand in front of the class. She was pretty, very pretty and her smile was polite and sincere. She had my full attention as she continued.

"I'd like to welcome back the returning students as well as those who are new to the school. Since I'm new myself, I don't recognize any of you, but I'd love to get to know you all. So feel free to stop by my office any time just to introduce yourselves to me, have lunch with me, talk, etc..."

Her invitation seemed genuine, and by the looks on some of the faces around me, some would just take Ms. Ketchum up on her offer.

"I know that dealing with high school and all that comes along with it can be sometimes overwhelming. There are a lot of things that can distract you from your education. Some of these things are peer pressure, drugs, sex.."

Some students in the class giggled at the mention of sex and made side jokes about it before she raised her hand to grab our attention again. "Okay guys, listen up. I want you all to know that my door is always open to you. If you ever need to talk about anything, know that I've been there, done that and can probably give you some good advice."

"You look like you're in high school yourself!" A boy called out. The class giggled as Ms. Ketchum blushed and smiled.

Ms. Ketchum went on to tell us her age and how she'd graduated from high school early, then went to college to study education and psychology. We were convinced that no matter how young she was, she was definitely qualified to be in the position that she was in.

"Don't be afraid to come to me if you have a problem and even if you aren't having any problems." Ms. Ketchum told us. "I would love for you to just drop into my office to say hi. I always have snacks and candy available too, so stop by to see me sometime. Again, welcome to your junior year at West Kanto High School. I look forward to working with you guys and helping you out in the year ahead. Those of you who are new to the school, like myself, alright fresh meat." She joked with a flattering smile. "Pay attention to Mr. Reiner here." She pointed to the old man behind the desk, "and cut out all the talking that was going on when I walked in." She gave us a wink. "Bye." She waved as she left the room

"Bye!" The class said in unison.

"She was nice." I turned to face Daisy who had taken a seat behind me. She had her head down on the top of her desk and had began to drift off to sleep. I smirked and shook my head. It was only the first day and she was already sleeping in class. She had always been that way though. Then again.. she was a little dumb in the head. Mr. Reiner, my first block teacher, had finally stood up and began his lesson. I opened my notebook and paid attention.

I made it through my first class, and so far, nothing seemed so different this year of school than any other year at any other school.

"Do you have your books for the next class?" I asked May as she walked up beside me, in the hallway.

"Yeah, I think I have them in my book bag." She said as she began comparing her schedule to the books she had in her bag.

"If you need to get your books out of your locker, I'll walk with you and then show you where your next class is." I stated. She nodded her head and smiled.

"Thanks, because I think I forgot one." We walked along the halls until we reached a row of lockers. I leaned against one, while she was at hers and retrieved the books out her locker.

That was when I saw him, Paul Shinji. He was so cute! More like handsome or sexy. His purple hair flowed so lightly. And the way it framed his face made him even more appealing. His black eyes looked so hard, but I could see the love hidden in them. The sparkle from them almost made me faint. He was standing on the wall with a couple of his friends, and to my surprise he was staring my way.

I had never seen him before. I don't know if it was because he was new to the school or if I just hadn't paid him any attention. But I knew he had to be older than me, much older. He had a very mature look. He either started school late, or he'd failed classes and was a career high school student. Either way, he was still cute and had my attention.

I blushed, and forced myself to turn around so I couldn't see him. I had almost forgotten that May was standing beside me. For a moment I felt like I was in a high school movie where everything is in slow motion, where all the voices fade out and it's just the lead girl and guy standing in the hall. I was hoping May didn't notice the small scene.

"Are you ready?" I asked May after I cleared my throat.

She nodded and started walking. "Dawn, why is your face red? And why are you acting so shy all of a sudden?" She asked after she noticed the look on my face. She smirked as she looked around.

"Oh nothing. I'm just happy to be here at West Kanto, I guess." I told her, hoping that my answer would convince her.

"Mhm.. you could've fooled me." May said in a tone of disbelief.

I rolled my eyes and smiled. "Whatever, I'm not acting shy. I just don't wanna be late for class."

"I thought you said that you were just happy to be at-"

"Here we are." I said cutting her off, relieved that we were standing outside of her next class. "I'll see you at lunch, May." I hurried and walked away before she could say anything else. Hopefully by lunch she would have forgotten all about my behavior.

Unfortunately, I couldn't forget. Throughout the entire day, I found myself thinking about the boy's face. He was so cute, and each time I tried to focus on what was going on in the classroom, my mind just wandered back to him. I was sprung and didn't even know the boy's name.

Besides developing a new crush on a boy that I didn't even know, the first day was basically uneventful. At lunch time May and I pretty much spent the entire thirty minutes talking about our day so far.

When the final bell, of the day rang, I went to May's locker to meet up with her. She gave me a brief recap of her first day if school. Her day had been uneventful, except for her getting lost and ending up in the wrong class.

After listening to May tell me how embarrassed she was I assured her that it was okay. Afterwards, I told her I would see her the next day, since it was time to go home. I was halfway to the bus, when I realized that I left my purse and house keys in my locker. I checked my watch and saw that I had five minutes before the buses would began to leave. I didn't have much time, so I took off running, to the third floor.

When I arrived at my locker I quickly put in the combination. I snatched my purse off the metal hook and ran all the way outside. To my luck, the buses were pulling out of the parking lot. I jogged after my bus yelling, "Wait!" but stopped when I realized it was too late. I had missed my bus and it was at least an hour walk to get to my house. Now I was the one embarrassed. In the past, I had been been known as the girl to drive a car to school, that cost more then what a teacher got paid annually, and now here I was labeled as a bus rider. And I looked like a fool chasing after the bus as the kids on the bus pointed and laughed. That made it even worse.

This was not the right road to becoming 'That Girl' but with my clothes and class, I'm sure I could recover easily.

My aunt was at work, so I knew that she couldn't come get me. And since I didn't carry around the two hundred dollars, my mom used to give me as weekly allowance, I didn't have bus fair. Right now, I didn't have a choice but to walk home.

As I headed for home, I hung my head low. I didn't even want to look up and see who might spot me. It was weird because I felt like everyone who was still around, was watching me. The cheerleading team was outside practicing and the basketball players were lingering around outside waiting for their practice to begin. It was just my luck that Mr. Tall, cute, and popular was standing amongst the group that I had to walk past, to exit the school property. I was so nervous as I made my way past them.

"Is that a freshman? She don't look like one.. she looked older and better." I heard one of the boys shout as if I couldn't hear him, or maybe he just didn't care that I heard him.

"Yeah, she real cute!" I heard another one add.

"She's not a freshman!" A boy, who spoke for the first time said. "I remember her seeing her last year. You just might not recognize her because you could hardly see her face with her nose up in the air all the time." A few chuckles followed after his comment. He was calling me stuck up.

I was so self conscious that I stumbled on the cracked concrete and my book bag fell open, spilling some of the contents onto the ground. I closed my eyes as I heard the laughter of the guys. I, of course, didn't see what was so funny. As simple as it may have been, I was mortified and embarrassed. I bent down to retrieve my belongings as tears burned my eyes. Out of nowhere, the boy that I had noticed earlier kneeled down in front of me.

"You alright?" He asked with a smile as he helped me pick up my things. His voice was so deep, and so sexy. His smiled was so bright and beautiful. I could tell he wanted to join in on the laughter with his friends because he fought to keep the slight smirk on his face from cracking through.

"Go ahead, you can laugh." I said angrily. "You don't have to help me. I can pick up my own stuff." He chuckled a little bit.

"You've got to left feet." He said with a friendly smile. "It figures that somebody as pretty as you would to have a flaw. You were cursed with clumsiness." I could feel the blood rush to my cheeks, from his compliment.

I smiled and shook my head. I was so embarrassed. "I'm not clumsy! It was an accident." I snatched one of my folders from his hand and finally stood up, once I gathered myself.

"An accident, huh?" He looked me up and down. "Either that or you're just not used to walking." He smiled and started to chuckle again. I rolled my eyes as more blood rushed to me cheeks. I could feel that they were red.

He had that correct! I wasn't used to walking, not like this. Walking the school halls, looking cute? Yeah! Walking through the mall getting what I wanted? Yeah, that too! But walking to get from point A to B? Now that was a different story for someone to write.

"What's your name?" He asked me.

I was surprised as I looked up at his six foot frame. At five feet and five inches it felt like I was staring at a giant. "Dawn." I replied shyly. I didn't know whether to be flattered that he wanted to know my name, or pissed that he didn't already know who I was. Even his friends recognized me from last year.

"I'm Paul." He introduced. When he put his arm around my shoulder I thought I was going to die. That's when I heard the cheerleaders take notice.

"Ooh Giselle, it looks like that girl is flirting with your boyfriend!" I heard one girl shout.

"Where are we walking to Ms. Dawn?" He asked, ignoring the comment from the girl.

I knew if I had heard it, he had heard it too, but he didn't seem phased by it. So obviously, whoever Giselle was, she wasn't doing anything with her boyfriend, if in fact he was her boyfriend. At the rate I was going, he was about to be somebody else's boyfriend; mine.

I turned around to look at the group of mostly upper class senior girls who had stopped their practice to see what I was doing.

"I'm walking home, but you might want to go back to what you were doing. Giselle might get mad." I teased as I focused my attention back on him. He laughed.

"Giselle isn't my girlfriend. I'm fine right where I am." He replied. "I saw you looking at me earlier, to. Next time you should come speak to me." This made me giggle.

"What? I wasn't looking at you! If anything, you were looking at me." I said as I start to feel more comfortable around him. I had to counter him and hide the fact that I had been looking at him at May's locker.

"You're right." He said quickly with a smile.

His response surprised me. He didn't even try to hide the fact that he had been eyeing me in the hall. I liked that in a boy; honesty. Always the key to a good relationship.

"How far do you live from here?" He asked me.

"My house is about an hour away on foot. You don't have to walk me there. I know you have practice. Thanks for helping me with my stuff." I turned around to face him with a shy smile on my face. Lord knows I wanted Paul to walk me home. And I didn't want him to stop there...I wanted him to walk me down the aisle, while he was at it.

"I have a car. Do you want me to give you a ride to your house?" He asked as he pulled out his car keys. "I can take you quickly and be back in time for practice. I won't miss too much." He looked over his shoulder to his friends. "Plus, I'm the star of the team." He said with a cocky grin, that made me playfully roll my eyes.

"Thanks, but no thanks. My aunt will get mad if she saw me get out of the car with the boy. Especially after the speech she gave me this morning." I answered truthfully.

He started to laugh. "How old are you?" Fourteen? Fifteen?"

"I'm old enough." I said in a flirtatious tone. "But, if you want me to be fifteen...then fifteen it is." He looked at me skeptically and then turned me around and replied.

"I don't know, you just may be, but you have a log going on to be just fifteen." I knew he was looking at my body.

"Are you always that blunt?" I asked.

"Do you always lie about your age?" He shot back. I rolled my eyes and put my hands on my hips.

"I didn't lie. I said I'd be whatever age you wanted me to be. I mean, your friend thought I was a freshman. So if you like young girls then I guess that's what I have to be." I winked at him and smiled, making a little red appear on his face. I needed Paul to know that he met his match in me. "Especially if it makes you feel that you're grown up." I added, while giggling.

"Sixteen isn't grown." He replied. "So even if you were fourteen, I'd still have two more years to make you my girlfriend before it's against the law. So stop playing, and tell me how old you are." I smiled and started walking backwards towards my house.

"I better get going. I have a long way to walk, so I'll talk to you later." I gave him one last flirty look and walked away.

"Okay, Dawn! I'll see you later." He jogged back over to his friends while I continued to head home.

I couldn't believe that I had just had a conversation with this boy who had my mind in a daze all day. I know him being a year younger than me doesn't mean much in the real world, but in high school it's like dog years. Of course, if our ages had been reversed it would have been different because it was better if the guy was older than the girl. I couldn't wait to get home so I could tell May. She was on my must call list. I just had to tell her about Paul.

Now that I finally met him, I was even more attracted to him. I no longer cared that I had to walk home, because if I had made my bus, I would have never bumped into Paul. I guess people are right when they say, 'Everything does happen for a reason'. I quickly finished the three mile stroll.

I smiled as I thought of the gossip that would be all over school by the morning. I Had heard the jealousy in the cheerleader's voices when they seen me and Paul together, so I knew that I was taking someone's boyfriend. From the sounds of it, it was the girl named Giselle.

Author's Notes: So this was the first official chapter :) How was it, huh? Please let me know in a review :). It's just getting started so... please, please excuse me if it was kinda boring. I had to fill you in first lol. But can you tell that Dawn is somewhat snobby? If so, then that's a good thing...well for this story. That's how I wanted her ;). And everyone I PROMISE this is NOT a Ikarishipping story. So, please don't leave me /:. It will be some stuff going on between them...but it's not a Ikarishipping story. I don't like that shipping. Now, if you want me to.. if you want to see more pearlshipping(Since pearlshipping won't come for quite a few chapters) I could just make Ash be 'Paul'. But the only thing about that is that, you're not gonna like him later. That's why I chose Paul for that part ;). And if I use Ash now.. then Paul will be.. *cough* lol I think you already know. Do you? Well, anyways just tell me what you would like for me to do :) I don't mind changing up those two..but like I said you're not gonna like Ash, in the story, if he does take Paul's part. Just saying! So it's totally up to you all, you can tell me what you would like to happen. So with that said.. (: that's all for now :D

Read and Review please everyone :) I give out Cyber cookies! And they're pretty darn good xD lol. Update this weekend :)

-Angel.