Every Moment Away From You (DISCONTINUED)

Chapter One: Broken Hearts

Paul's POV

"Electavire is unable to battle. Pikachu wins, and the battle goes to Ash!" States Clemont. I sigh as I returned my fainted Pokemon.

"Nice Run. Thank you," I say. Hey! My name is Paul Shinji. I am 16 and a sophomore at Kalos High School. I have a few best friends: Ash Ketchum and Clemont Citron. To be honest, I am usually the Third Wheel. We all know who each other likes: Ash likes Serena, Clemont likes Korrina. However, I said I didn't have any, since I was too embarrassed, and scared, too share. Truth is, I like a girl named Dawn Berlitz, but I seriously doubt she likes me at all. I act cold towards her all the time. She probably hates me.

The bell rings for class. We all have different classes, so I head to English. There is only one person, aside from me, who knows I like Dawn: Brock Pewter. He is my brother's best friend. My brother, Reggie, is a senior, as is Brock. I think Clemont's little sister, Bonnie, knows as well. Many people call her the Ship Goddess, for some reason. I am at my classroom, so I walk in, find my seat in the corner, set my bag down, and sit down. I comb my long, purple hair with my fingers. During lunch, I plan to ask Dawn to the Homecoming Dance.

A few seconds pass, and Dawn walks into the room with a student in our class, Kenny Kengo. They are childhood friends. How do I know? Well, let's just say I've done a bit of.... research. Her full name is Dawn Victoria Berlitz, her favorite song is "I Hate U, I Love U," and she has a younger step brother named Barry Allan Smith. He is a freshmen. I know more about him than I do her, and that is because he practically worships me. He is honestly kind of annoying.

"Get in a group of two, and do the assignment I just gave to you," States our teacher, Professor Birch. I get up to work with Dawn, but she is already paired with Kenny, so I have to work with Iris Draco instead. She is a Junior, but we always get paired together, since we can never get with the people we want. I think people ship us together. They call our ship name Purplehairedshipping. What a bunch of bull.

When class gets out, Kenny holds the door for Dawn, then walks out, not holding the door for anyone else. Okay, something is suspicious here. In the hallway, I see them holding hands. When they have to part ways, they hug each other. Something here is weird.

After a brutal lesson in Geography by Mr. Petalburg,  I go to find Dawn to ask her out. As I am walking to find her, someone bumps into me. They don't even notice and keeps running. I only saw orangish-red hair. I turn the corner to find the guy running towards someone with long blue hair and a white beanie. Dawn. As the running guy comes towards her, he stops. It turns out to be Kenny. I am slowly walk over to them when I see them hug. They hug for a while. And then....

And then.........

They start kissing. They are like really intimate. I slowly walk back to the commons area, my head hanging low. I get my lunch and just sit there, eating. My friends ask me what is wrong, and I ignore them. They just keep asking and asking. Finally, I just shouted, "I'm fine, now shut up!" They didn't bother me for the rest of lunch.

After my last two classes, I walk home instead of taking the bus that Dawn and Kenny take. It takes me an hour to get home. When I finally do get home, my mom says, "Hello Paul. Why weren't you on the bus going home?"

"I just don't feel like being around people," I say as I walk upstairs up to my room. I do my homework and think about things. At one point, Reggie walks into my room for some reason.

"Do you have a date for Homecoming?" He asks.

I get pretty pissed, him reminding me of today's incident. "No."

"Oh, are you planning to? I asked Maylene, and she said yes!"

"Does it really matter who I am going with? Or if I am even going at all? Who gives a crap? Leave me alone!" I shout.

"Fine," He says calmly as he walks out of my room. "Oh, and dad is bringing his co-worker to dinner. He has a son your age, I think," He walks out completely.

At about 5:00, I walk down the stairs. My dad walks in 20 minutes later. 10 minutes after that the bell rings. My family insists that I get the door to open it, and who is the first person I see? Kenny freaking Kengo!