Merry Christmas people. I hope you guys like this one-shot. It has one-sided pearlshipping but it ends with ikarishipping. So please enjoy >.<~

thinking

talking

"Ash/Misty speaking"

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Dawn's POV...

December has always been my favorite month of the year, mostly because of Christmas. The laughter, the joy, the sparks people feel around each other. Christmas has always put many people in a good mood. The best part was seeing your friends and family once again and staying with them, enjoying each others company, as you settle down in your warm and cozy house, snow silently falling outside, covering the ground in a big, white, cold blanket.

Today was Christmas and Ash has invited everyone for a Christmas party. I was so excited. Ash's parties were always the best, he can bring everyone together and make sure they have a good time. But that's not why I was excited. Sure I would love to see my friends again, but the real reason was because I wanted to see someone who has stolen my heart, ever since I had met them.

Ash...

He was always so kind and loving. He took care of his Pokemon and his friends. Ash is the most sweetest guy I had ever met, well so was Kenny but I only like him as a friend plus he had already found a new lover, Zoey, and I am so happy for them. Piplup and I were on the ferry, getting ready to go to Ash's Pallet Town party.

"Hey Piplup, don't you think it would be great to see Ash again?" I asked looking down at my faithful starter.

"Piplup." Piplup already knew my love for Ash and was very happy seeing all our old friends again.

"Come on. Let's go back to our room." I ran through the corridor when I suddenly hit something hard and fell on my butt.

"Hey watch where you're going!" the voice shouted. Wait a minute...I know that voice and that attitude. I looked up and saw a boy with purple hair and an all too familiar scowl upon his lovely face. Fantastic...the jerk of the year has arrived.

Paul.

When Paul opened his eyes, he looked as shock to see me as I was of seeing him. Here come the insults, I thought, annoyed. What surprised me though was that after Paul got up, he held out his hand for me. I stared at it like an idiot.

"Hey. You gonna get up or what?" I stared at Paul and realized he was waiting for an answer. I took his hand and mumbled a quick 'thank you' while also picking up Piplup. That was weird.

"So...Paul. How have you been? It's been awhile since we have seen each other, hasn't it?" If you remember me, that is.

"Sure has a....," Called it.

"Dawn." I said smiling. Yeah it's a fake smile, so what? I don't think this guy deserves a real one.

"Right, you traveled with Ash and the other guy back then, didn't you." So the guy doesn't have short term memory, other than forgetting people's names, that is.

"Yup that's me and the other guy's name was Brock." Was that a smile I see? Nah, just me thinking the impossible. "So...how have you been?" I don't know why I was conversing with this jerk, like he'd ever tell me his life.

"I've been good. I finally defeated Brandon and was taking on other frontier brains when I got a letter from Ash. I assume you also got one right?" .... This guy was just full of surprises. Not only did he give me a full answer on what he has been doing, but he is also going to Ash's party. Who is he? Surely this isn't the Paul from before, right?

"You seem a bit...different."

"Yeah, well after the Sinnoh League, I took Ash's advice and became nicer to Pokemon. But that doesn't mean I have lost my cruel streak." I stared at him. This is a joke right? I thought. There is no way the King of all Jerks has decided to be nice and became friends with Ash.

"Great."

"So how about you? How has your journey been going?" Okay, that's it, I can't take anymore fakeness.

"Listen Paul. I don't know what kind of game you're playing but I will not work on me." Paul's face held confusion.

"What are you talking-"

"Pu-lease. Do you really expect me to believe that you, Jerk of all jerks, became friends with Ash, who loves his Pokemon and his friends? Yeah right." I said with a smirk. "You're cruel and care about nobody but yourself. It explains why you haven't had a girlfriend or maybe you did but you just threw her away, like you do with all your Pokemon?" The expression on Paul's face went from confused to...hurt? I don't understand. Why would Paul be hurt? He doesn't care, right? What if...what if I was wrong, and he really has changed. I thought. That would be terrible, hurting someone who has tried to change. I looked at Paul, the hurt expression still on his face.

"Um...Paul?"

"Great seeing you again." With that he left. I felt so horrible inside. I walked towards my room and decided to call Ash, to see if what Paul said actually true.

"Hello?"

"Hey Ash. It's Dawn."

"Dawn? No way. It's been awhile. What are you doing. Are you coming to my party?" I smiled. He hasn't changed a bit, I thought with a giggle.

"Of course. Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you, but you remember Paul right?"

"Course I do. I also remembered to invite him as well."

"Why, may I ask, did you invite him? I mean, when we were travelling through Sinnoh he was nothing but a jerk to both you and his Pokemon." I said, with a frown upon my face. Ash's face also held a frown.

"What do you mean, Dawn? The reason I invited Paul was because he is also my friend. Of course I remember how he acted like during our journey, but I met up with him like two or three years later and saw how much he has changed. He still has that cruel streak inside him, but that's what makes him Paul." Ash said with a smile. Now I feel worst than before. I can't believe I had said that too him.

"Hey Ash . Who are you talking to?" said a voice. I was shocked to find said voice belonged to a girl.

"Oh, hey Mist. I'm just talking to Dawn. Wanna met her."

"Sure." Suddenly, a girl with orange hair in a one-side ponytail appeared. I stared at the girl, wondering why she was at Ash's house. Maybe she arrived early to the party? I thought.

"Hello you must be Dawn. It's a pleasure to meet you."

"Yeah, that's me." I smiled. This girl seems very nice.

"My names Misty Waterflower."

"Mist is my girlfriend, Dawn. Bet you thought I would never get one, huh." Ash grinned, but my heart broke into a million pieces. His....what? I felt tears about to pour.

"Hey Dawn. You alright?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. I need to go. I'll see you later." Ash smiled. Damn that smile.

"Seeya Dawn. Say 'hi' to Paul for me." With that, I turned off my phone. I layed on my bed and cried and cried.

"Pip..lup?" I forgot Piplup was with me. I thought Ash loved me. Now I know I'm just one of his...friends.

Kanto/Dawn's POV...

We finally arrived in Kanto. I headed towards Ash's house, still remembering that he has a girlfriend. Maybe if something happened- Stop that Dawn. You cannot ruin Ash's love life, even if he doesn't love you. I thought sadly. I was so deep in thought, that I had bumped into a familiar person. I looked up. Paul...

"I-I-I'm s-s-s-sorry." I said. Paul didn't say anything as he got up. I thought he was going to leave me, but instead he held out his like before and helped me up. As soon as I was up, Paul turned and walked away.

"W-wait! Paul!" He stopped, but didn't turn around. "Do you where Ash's house is? I don't remember." Stupid! Why can't you just say sorry? Why is it so hard?

"....you can follow me if you want." With that Paul continued to walk. I followed. We eventually found Ash's house and went in. It was beautiful. The lights and everything around us. I looked at Paul and noticed he made his way towards Ash, Gary and a green haired boy who I think is May's boyfriend, Drew.

"Dawn!" I looked up just in time to see May come out of nowhere and hug the living daylights out of me.

"Hey May, it's been so long." I hugged her back. When we let go, I saw Leaf, Gary's girlfriend, and...Misty.

"Hey Dawn. How have you been?"

"Good. I won many Grand Festivals and made many dresses. How about you guys?"

"You know the usual. Fighting with the guys making up and continuing on our dreams." I smiled at them sadly.

"Is something wrong?" Their faces held concern. Should I? Might as well, maybe they could help me with apologizing to Paul. So I told them everything from my crush on Ash to how I had hurt Paul.

"Oh Dawn, I never knew you also loved Ash." Misty seemed devastated.

"No, I thought I was in love with him. But seeing him with you and seeing how happy he is, I know you are the best choice for him." Misty smiled.

"Now about Paul. I can see why you said those things to him. He was really harsh but you must know that people can change, you should explain your reasoning. That way he can know you didn't mean it." May said.

"Okay. I'll tell him."

I looked through the crowd for the purple haired boy. How hard can it be to find him?! I thought, frustratedly. Finally, for what seemed like hours, I spotted Paul near the food place, talking to Ash.

"Hey Paul, Ash."

"Hey Dawn, glad you made it. How is the party so far?"

"It's wonderful Ash. You really know how to throw a party." I smiled "Hey....can Paul and I talk alone?"

"Sure. I going to find Misty. Later Dawn, Paul we'll have that battle next time."

"I'll be waiting Ash." There, that smile has appeared again. To be honest, Paul looks adorable when he smiles. I realize this has been the first time I actually had a good look of him since we met during the ferry. He has become more toned. He was currently wearing a dark blue button down with the top few unbutton. He was wearing black denim jeans and black and red shoes. I looked at his face. He has changed. Not only in his attitude, but his body as well. He's so...hot. KAA- Bad Dawn. That sounded perverted. I realized that Paul was staring at me, waiting for me to speak. I blushed, forgetting that I needed to apologize.

"Hey...Paul. What do you think of the party so far."

"...It's good." I sighed.

"Look I wanna apologize for what I had said to you during the boat ride. It wasn't fair to you. I shouldn't have judged you because of the past. I am really, really sorry Paul. Can you forgive me?" For a while, Paul didn't speak, and I was beginning to think he wasn't gonna forgive me.

"......Why would you say something like that? I thought you were as nice as Ash." I frowned.

"I'm sorry. I guess it was because of how you acted before. I know people are allowed to change and that includes you, I guess I was the one who never changed. I was just stuck in the past." I looked at Paul. He seemed to be processing what I had said. He looked very cute when he was thinking.

"....Guess I could forgive you." Those words brought a smile to my face.

"Thank you." I said, letting the tears fall out.

"W-why are you crying?" Paul stuttered.

"Because I thought you would be mad at me and hate me for what I said." I wiped away my tears.

"I could never hate you." That caught me off guard.

"Why?"

"Why, what?" I stared at him when he said that then sighed.

"Why would you not hate me? I mean I had said cruel things to you and I hurt you. So why would you not hate me for that?" I looked at Paul, his head was down. I walked towards him. For every step I took forward, Paul took a step back until he was cornered. I lifted up his face. His face was bright red and he looked so adorable. I mentally squealed. I have never seen Paul like this before.

"Why Paul?" I whispered.

"B-b-be-because....," Awww he was stuttering, how cute.

"Because why?" I said moving my face closer to his.

"I love you." he whispered. My heart was beating fast when he said it. Did I hear him right?

"What?"

"I said I love you." He said, bit louder than before. I stared at him. Before I thought I was in love with Ash, but now, I realized my heart belonged to someone else.

"Hey you guys." May came over. "Did you know, you guys are under a mistletoe?" She smirked. Paul and I both looked up to see that there was, in fact, a mistletoe hanging above us.

"I'll just give you guys some privacy." With that she walked away. I looked back at Paul. He looked back at me shyly, his face the color of a Tomato berry.

"Y-you know, y-you don't-" I silenced him with a kiss, feeling his blush turn brighter than before. We stopped for air. I looked at Paul, he was hot when he was out of breath. I wonder how he would be like in bed. I mentally kicked myself for thinking that.

"What did you think Paul? Did you like your gift." I smiled as Paul nodded, shyly. "Can I have mine now?" He looked at me confused. I whispered to him what I wanted, making his blush deepen.

"Come on say it."

"D-d-d-do y-y-you wanna b-b-b-be m-m-my girlfriend, D-Dawn?" I smiled and kissed him, making it last longer than the first one. Paul kissed back with force I didn't think he had.

"You know Paul," I whispered in his ear. "All I want for Christmas is you." Then I bit his ear, making him yelp. I laughed. "Merry Christmas, Paul. I love you." Paul smiled a big beautiful smile. His face still red.

"Merry Christmas Dawn. I love you too." With that we shared a Christmas Kiss before heading back to our friends and enjoying the rest of the night.

Like they always say, Christmas miracles do come true.  

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Merry Christmas to all and please comment and vote.

Love you all

~Blaze