A is for Almond

Diiiiiiing!

"Come on in!" May yelled from the kitchen.

"Whoa, are you baking a cake or something?" greeted a chartreuse hair teen with emerald green eyes, chuckling at the flour covered May.

"Yup! An almond cake!" she chirped happily, taking off the oven mitts she was using as to put the cake in the oven.

He sniffed at her hair. "You certainly smell like almonds..." he mumbled, giving her a small smirk.

"What are you doing here?" she asked suddenly as she walked towards the bathroom.

He followed her, replying, "I heard you were entering a cake contest." He flicked his hair, then smirked. "Dawn and Misty are entering the contest too."

She turned on the faucet, adjusting the warm and cold knobs until the water was warm, but not too hot or too cold. She looked up from what she was doing, watching the laid-back Drew from the reflection in the mirror. "Oh, really? What kind of cakes are they making?"

"Jello cake for Dawn, a lemon Greek cake for Misty." he answered.

"A Greek cake?" she frowned, thinking about how she should have thought of making one.

"Yeah... some lemon flavor cake I forgot the name of. She found the recipe on some Greek website." He flicked his hair again. "So when is that almond cake going to be done? It smells good."

She frowned, replying sharply, "The cake is for a contest I'm entering Drew, and not for you!"

"Can I have a slice if there's any more after the contest?"

She sighed, "I'll think about it." she mumbled.

She turned off the faucet, reaching for the pink towel to dry her hands.

"Do you think I have a chance of winning?" the brunette questioned nervously.

"You mean the cake contest?"

She nodded, biting her lips nervously. She really wanted to win this contest. The grand prize would be a free trip around Sinnoh, starting at Snowpoint City, ending at Sunyshore City. The whole trip would be paid for along with the fancy hotels she'll be staying in, not to mention the delicious Italian food that was also part of the grand prize. Going to Sinnoh while staying in fancy hotels and eating delicious food has always been her dream. Of course, after becoming the greatest female coordinator the world will ever know.

"Well, I don't think there's much of a chance somebody else will bake an almond cake. So I guess there's a chance your almond cake will win the contest."

She smiled, walking out of her small bathroom.

"And the winner of the Annual Cake Baking Contest will be... May Maple!" announced the host of the contest with a cheery red face.

"Congratulations, Miss Maple!" congratulated Mr. Smiths, the host, clapping his gloved hands. "Not only have you won the contest, but you've also won a month long vacation to travel all of Sinnoh while staying in showy hotels and eating most luscious food there are! Such as Italian, Chinese, Japanese, you name it!"

"Thank you so much Mr. Smith!" she squaled, shaking the plump man's hand exuberantly.

"Oh ho ho! No, thank you May! For letting me taste that scrumptious cake!"

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"I heard you won the cake contest."

"Huh?" She turned around, spotting her arrogant friend, Drew Rosalind.

"You weren't there?"

He shook his head, indicating no. "I was busy."

"Busy? Doing what?"

"Nothing important, I just decided I may just bake an almond cake of my own." He smirked, his face towards the ground though.

"Err... how did it turn out?" she asked, shifting uncomfortably from holding the rest of her cake.

He sweat dropped. "Well... inedible." May sweat dropped too. "I burnt it." he admitted, rubbing his neck awkwardly.

The brunette sighed. "Why are blocking my front door, Drew?"

"I'm not blocking your door."

"Well, why are you even at my house then?"

"To see if any of your almond cake was left." he replied coolly.

"Oh." she said. "Well, come on in then." She unlocked the front door, and gestured for Drew to come in. She furrowed her eyebrow when he didn't move.

"Actually... there's another reason why I'm here, too."

"What's that?" He stepped into her house finally.

She sniffed the air. "Are you wearing almond cologne?!"

He smiled guiltily, showing his white teeth. "Caught me."

"But why?"

"Well, for one, it has a nice fragnance. For two, I decided to wear it since I figured you liked almonds." he replied, shrugging his shoulders.

She furrowed her eyebrow deeper, scowling now.

He sighed, "May, you do not get why I'm here don't you?"

"In fact, no, I don't." she replied tartly. "Why are you here then if you aren't here for my almond cake?"

"I guess actions would speak louder than words." he muttered to himself.

May was about to ask him what he meant but was interupted by a pair of lips on her own lips. At first she was surprised, but then she relaxed, closing her eyes, and kissed him back. As she wrapped her arms around his neck, he wrapped his own around her waist. After almost a minute of kissing, the two slowly pulled away.

"Were you wearing almond chapstick?" Drew asked, tasting his lips.

Hopefully they weren't OOC, or at least too OOC. I tried my best on this chapter, but I think I failed.

Review, if ya want. I don't mind if you don't.