. the sunday list of dreams .

Chapter 15: The Spaces In Between

/ / all the lights go down as I crawl into the spaces / /

/ /they'll get through / /

/ / they'll get you / /

in the place that you feel the most

Here you are, the next chapter in The Sunday List of Dreams! It's been pretty hard writing for this story, only because the mentality I had when I first started this story has changed a lot since then. I've been into writing the darker fics as of lately, but The Sunday List of Dreams, being a very bright and slice-of-life story (I guess? Lol) is very different from that haha. But I definitely still love this story so I'll do my best to bring you the rest of the chapters! Although I have to say, this story is slowly coming to a close as well. Another few chapters, maybe, and I'll be wrapping this up.

As for how often I'll be updating this story, it's hard to say really. Updates will continue to be sporadic, (which is why it'll stay on 'hiatus') mostly because I'm… I don't know, busy and a little confused I guess? I know where I want to go with this story and how to end it, it's just uh the process of getting there is holding me up.

This chapter is uh, I don't know? I don't… I just… what the hell happened, I don't even know lol. I was writing the individual scenes and I was like "okay, let's be a little silly." So, yeah…you get… silly scenes? LOL.

Well anyways, here you are! The next chapter!

Dawn curled up in Paul's lap watching the night sky. They stayed like that for a while, and a comfortable silence had fallen upon them. Out of all the people Dawn would have imagined herself ending up here, Paul had not been one of them. She smiled slightly to herself, considering that when they first met she hadn't liked the guy at all. She thought he was a stubborn, cold-hearted piece of crap but clearly she'd been wrong. His body was warm against hers and she reveled in the cool of the night air and the feeling of his body beside hers. Paul caught sight of her grin and raised an eyebrow.

"What are you smiling about?" Dawn blinked before looking up at Paul and smiling even wider. Paul couldn't help but note that Dawn's smile was a little creepy.

"Oh, nothing!" Dawn responded quietly, in a light singsong voice. Paul rolled his eyes and rests his chin on the top of Dawn's head. Dawn pouted at him using her as a headrest, but nonetheless felt her body relax further into his, if that was even possible really.

Dawn watched the stars and the moon as they slowly shifted across the sky. She could hear the lapping of the sea against the boat, as it teetered there, back and forth, back and forth, lulling her in slowly. A million and one questions flew through her head at once and she knew it was about time she, May and Misty had a talk. She tried to push the thoughts aside and let herself become a blissful blank as the world revolved all around him. Here she was, a center of gravity, completely at peace.

And she wondered if maybe she'd finally be able to cross off the last item on her list.

"It's getting late." Dawn murmured quietly, still staring up at the sky. Paul chuckled and Dawn blinked, looking down before turning her head slightly towards his.

"What are you saying, that we should go to bed now?" Paul questioned, and Dawn quirked an eyebrow at his response.

"Well I –" Dawn started, before Paul cut her off with a kiss. When he pulled back Dawn was breathing lightly, her cheeks flushed.

"Hmm, well, maybe the bed wouldn't be a bad idea after all…?" Paul murmured, his lips grazing hers. Dawn felt her breath catch in her throat as he pulled her close once more.

May was panting slightly as Drew pulled away. He smirked at her reaction and May could practically feel the satisfaction rolling off of him in waves. She also half suspected him to say something about it – some usual cocky statement of his that would ultimately make her blush, or laugh, or hit him, or all three and then they'd more than likely just go back to making out. She wondered for a moment where Dawn and Misty were and if they were about to walk into the room.

If they did barge in on the two of them... well, May would have one hell of a fun time explaining this one.

Noticing her momentary lapse of attention towards him, Drew couldn't help but growl slightly. He easily found it easy to capture her attention once again, however. Drew soon began lightly kissing May's neck, causing her to squeal lightly at the ticklish sensation. Drew moved back and laughed at her reaction, liking the way he was able to get her attention. May glared at him, before poking him in the side. Drew badly masked his laughter behind a cough and May paused, before looking at him devilishly. If he thought he'd found her weaknesses, May would be damned to hell if she didn't find out any of his. And she was pretty sure she'd just found his. The look of the devil quickly wiped off of May's face as she smiled as sweetly as possible, sugar and spice and everything nice rolling off of her in waves.

Drew quickly jumped up and was slowly walking backwards when May sat up and began walking towards him slowly, resisting with every ounce of her body to not completely pounce on Drew. She let her body move sensually, walking closer and closer towards Drew's body. He raised an eyebrow at her antics, but appreciated nonetheless the soft sway of her hips and her long legs as she came closer. He was too busy staring at her legs when she suddenly flung herself at Drew, pouncing like a cat on a mouse. She continuously poked at his sides as Drew burst out laughing, and she completely enjoyed every minute of it. She enjoyed the control of the situation, even if it was brief. Drew, on the other hand, did not like this turn of events and quickly flipped May over before proceeding to tickle the life out of her.

"W-wha – stop it, Drew!" She shrieked with laughter, quite sure that she was going to die or come apart at the seams if this kept going on.

"You started it!" Drew responded, childishly almost, and May laughed even harder at his response.

It was strange to be in this place, with Drew of all people. Although May didn't really mind it, because she enjoyed the way she could bring the child out of the cool, levelheaded flirt.

Misty was quite sure her lips were very swollen and that she most definitely appeared that she'd been making out for a good amount of time now. Her face was flushed and if this had been a normal situation (aka, not in the water) she was quite sure that her clothes would have been completely fussed up and her hair a total mess. She would have been embarrassed if she weren't so thoroughly enjoying making out with Ash. He pulled her close as the water shifted all around them. She moved away from him, before slipping out of his arms to slip under the water. He quickly followed suit, catching her under the water and pressing his lips to hers again. It was like a moth to fire, and she was the fire luring the moth wherever she went.

Misty burst out from under the water laughing lightly before jumping on Ash, who made a sort of gurgled yelp as she pushed his body under the water. He gripped onto her waist suddenly and pulled her down beneath the rippling surface with him. He pulled her closer, wrapping one arm around her waist easily and with his other hand pulling her head down to meet his. Misty didn't know bliss could exist so easily with one person. They kissed for what seemed to be forever before they finally broke the surface once again, gasping for air. She laughed at the way Ash's hair flopped over his eyes, and he brushed them away with his hand, annoyed. She pulled her arms around his neck and he buried his face into the crook of her neck and shoulder. Misty glanced around before she looked up, noticing that the moon had already moved far across the sky. The sun would be coming up soon.

"We should probably get back to the boat." She murmured, causing Ash to pout.

"Aw, do we have to?"

"Yes, we do!" Misty attempted to pull her tangled limbs away from Ash, and laughed as his arms tightened around her waist, completely intent on keeping her in the water with him.

"Oh, really? Are you sure I can't convince you otherwise?" Ash waggled his brows suggestively, causing Misty to turn as bright as the color of her hair. Ash snickered at the look on Misty's face, causing her to smack him over the head. Ash yelped at the abuse, his arms instinctively going up to rub the sore spot on the back of his head. Misty smirked as she pushed away from him, causing him to go under for only a minute. When he came back up, she was already swimming lightly away from him, as if teasing him to try and catch her. Ash smirked at this, always up for the challenge.

Ash caught up to Misty easily, and for a moment swam along side her before picking up speed, causing Misty to look at him completely aghast before her face set in determination.

So he wanted to race, now, did he?

May had managed to get Drew out of her room before the other girls came back. He'd made a few suggestions as to how his friends were either not coming back or going to be late and that she shouldn't be worried about being caught in bed with him. He'd glanced back at her, smirking as he said these things, while she pushed him out of her room. May had promptly turned bright red before pushing him out the door and slamming it closed, only to open it a second later to quickly peck him on the lips before shutting the door once again. Drew had left somewhat dumbfounded, but snickering with a smug look on his face regardless.

Misty and Dawn had come back to the room looking completely different and at the same time very similar. Both of them were flushed and hair mussed, although Misty came back soaking wet while Dawn was completely dry. May simply raised an eyebrow at this. Dawn rolled her eyes, grinning. Misty simply turned a slight shade of red, before looking away, unable to face the look that May had on her face.

"Don't even give me that look, May, I know you've been doing the exact same thing as we have all night." Dawn snickered as May turned fire engine red.

"And how, pray tell, do you know that?" May scoffed, face still crimson.

"Oh, come on! You totally look like you've been making out all night." Misty laughed, and May turned to stick her tongue out at her, cheekily. Misty giggled, before grabbing a glass of water to sip on. She was tired after all the making out and swimming.

"I could say the same to you, 'Mist'!" Dawn responded, in her singsong voice and Misty spat her water out at the sound of the nickname.

"Don't tell me…" Misty started, mouth open at Dawn who just smiled innocently and shrugged.

"Don't tell you what, Misty dearest?"

Misty growled at this.

"Okay, okay! I followed you, and when you jumped off that boat I thought you'd gone completely mental!" Dawn waved her hands in front of her, laughing uncomfortably.

"And… that's it, right?"

"Oh hell no, I totally saw you make out with him." Dawn spoke easily in response to Misty's sigh. Misty nearly dropped her glass at Dawn's blunt response, her mouth wide open.

"You… You were… w-watch…ing…? You… saw… everything...?" Misty's sentence came out broken and Dawn paused to look at her suspiciously.

"What do you mean by, 'everything'?" Dawn squinted at Misty, causing Misty to stare back with a look that clearly said she'd spoken too much.

"Ohh, Misty did scandalous things with Ash." May whistled and Dawn made a noise that sounded similar to a pig snorting.

"May!"

"Don't worry too much Misty, we all know May was doing 'scandalous' things with Drew this entire time in this bedroom. Please tell me you did it on your bed and didn't accidentally stumble into one of ours?" Dawn remarked, and May turned to stare at her, completely mortified.

Misty turned to stare at May.

"For your sake, you'd better have done it in your bed. Or else." Misty responded, and both May and Dawn began to laugh at the look on Misty's face.

Dawn collapsed on her bed, wiping the tears from her eyes. The laughter quieted down and they were all silent for a moment. Misty moved from her spot by the small mini fridge, to the bathroom where she pulled off her suit and her pajamas on. She pulled the tower underneath her hair and began to rub at it gently. May jumped into her bed, pulling a pillow into her lap as Dawn stared up at the ceiling.

"You know, I've been thinking… What are we going to do after this trip?"

May and Misty turned to look at Dawn curiously.

"What do you mean?" Misty asked, drying her hair.

"I mean, what are we doing after this trip? I mean we're going now to these ports but after Snowpointe what are we going to do?" Dawn repeated, but she knew Misty and May understood what she was asking. May looked down at the bed, sighing. Misty continued to stare in the mirror as she dried her hair.

"To be honest I have no idea what you're asking still." May responded, leaning against her headboard.

"What I'm saying is, are we gonna keep going with the guys? Or…?" Dawn glanced at May, the question hanging. Misty sat on the edge of her bed, biting her lip.

"Or…" May repeated, but it wasn't a question or a request to continue what Dawn was going to say. It was a heavy statement, left hanging.

They all looked at each other for a minute, before Misty shrugged and began to crawl towards the edge of her covers. She ripped them off the bed before cocooning herself and curling up to face towards May and Dawn.

"You know what? I say we just roll with the punches. We'll figure it out when we've gotten closer to Snowpointe; what do you say?" Misty asked, and both May and Dawn grinned at her.

"You always have the answers, you know that Misty?" Dawn giggled, and Misty just smirked.

"Oh, you flatter me, Dawn!" Misty waved her hand with a regal tone that made May burst out laughing.

The lights turned out and the room was dark. A few moments passed and Misty could feel herself growing tired. The room was quiet, save for the soft breathing of the three girls. The water outside pushed and pulled against the boat, and the slow teeter-totter of the boat was comforting to Misty. Only a round circle of moon and starlight filtered into the room, and from the open window the sound of the ocean floated in. Misty felt her eyelids begin to shut and her breathing begin to slow.

"So, are you ever going to tell us what happened between you and Ash, Misty?"

"Dawn!"