A/N: Okay, so I just randomly got this idea one night when I was trying to go to sleep. I wasn't sure how to go about it, but my ideas are always better when I actually write the story, instead of just thinking about how I should begin or end it. Anyway, as always, REVIEW!!!!

Summary: Drew doesn't know Norman is May's father, but he knows Norman owes him something, and it has to do with May.

Chapter One: Good bye in Johto

' Well… this is it,' May thought. " Good bye lovely, wonderful Johto. Thank you for giving all you have. I hope the Johto spirit will watch my journey through Sinnoh two months from now!"

" You don't really believe in the Johto Spirit, do you?"

May knew that voice was Drew's. She turned around. " I like to believe in things other people don't," she said. Soledad and May met up early in her journey through Johto. Harley and Drew met up with them soon too and Soledad said her friend's dad in Olivine City was a spiritual person, and they should all go there to get a break from training and hear a good story. He told them the story of the spirits of the regions. In every region, a spirit protects the land. If you think highly of the land, the spirit sends a part of itself to the other places where each trainer who shows gratitude toward Johto, or any other region goes. Soledad wasn't sure if she believed in that, Harley and Drew said no, and May said she definitely believed in the story, and the spirits.

" I can't believe what happened to us in Johto!" Drew cried.

" Well, we can have a new beginning in Sinnoh," May said. That's what Drew told her at the beginning of this journey. " Soledad and Harley are going there too."

" Yeah," Drew said. He was still upset though. Soledad and Harley made it into the Grand Festival and they were the last two people in it in the end. Soledad won it again. This time though, both and May and Drew lost their final contests, and only got four ribbons, therefore forbidding their participation in the Grand Festival. May and Drew watched the Festival, and at the end, the four of them compared notes and found they had all decided to go to Sinnoh. May was happy. Soledad was a great friend, Drew was a pretty good one, and Harley didn't try to sabotage her chances of winning anymore. He won against her fair and square, and was getting nicer to her.

" Well, we're done in Johto," May said.

" Looks like it," Drew replied. The sun was setting, and Drew had an emotion running through him. It was love. But he couldn't tell her he loved her because of his stupidity long ago. He loved someone he didn't even know. (A/N: This will make sense later if it doesn't make sense now)

" My flight home leaves in an hour, so I have to get going," May said, interrupting his thoughts. " I'll see you Sinnoh."

" Same here," Drew said, walking away.

" Train hard because I'll beat you again like I did in the contest where I won my third ribbon!" May called after him.

" Sure you will May," Drew replied.

May watched him until he walked so far away she couldn't see him anymore. She sighed. Ever since she saw him first while she was going to Olivine with Soledad and Harley, May realized she loved him. Soledad told her she could tell he loved her too. Nut if that was true, why wouldn't he tell her. Soledad tried to encourage her to make the first move, but she was too scared of getting hurt from rejection to do that. She didn't want to get her first rejection from the guy she actually loved. She wanted not to get hurt too much, so she wanted her first rejection to be from just a guy she had a simple, silly crush on.

When May got home, she was greeted by her parents and Max. Her parents gave her lots of hugs and kisses. Max was very excited to see her again. " May, May!" I'm so glad you're home!" he cried. " I heard you were going to Sinnoh. Guess what? Remember my tenth birthday is in three weeks.? I get my first Pokémon then!"

" That's great Max!" May cried. " Are you going to come to Sinnoh with me then?"

" No. Ash told me he was going to Orre a week after you leave for Sinnoh. Since he's a great trainer, I'm going to Orre with him."

" Cool!" May said. " Mom, I need to talk to you."

May told her Mom her feeling for Drew. She was so happy for her, and told her Soledad gave her good advice, and she should grab Drew while she had the choice. May still refused. Caroline told Norman their fourteen year old daughter was in love, expecting him to be happy. Instead he got a funny look on his face and said, " Maybe she shouldn't rush into love. Maybe we should help her meet someone."

" But I thought you always believed May had good judgement and she should follow the guy she decides she loves," Caroline said. Norman said nothing more.

Two years later, when May had won the Sinnoh Grand Festival, and Ash won the Orre Championships against Max in the final round, Norman remembered his daughter was turning sixteen soon. Norman knew he was coming back to ask for what he wanted. And Norman wouldn't like it, but he had no choice.

Two weeks before May's sixteenth birthday was when May and Max returned home. That was when he came to the gym.

May was wandering outside the gym when Drew came to Petalburg.

" May? What are you doing here? I thought you weren't into gym battles."

" I'm not," May said, surprised that Drew would come to Petalburg. " What are you doing here?"

" I'm here to collect a long owed prize, if you will," Drew said mysteriously.

" O-kay then," May said, puzzled.

" So what are you doing here?" Drew asked.

" I live here. Didn't you know Norman and Caroline were my parents?" May asked.

Drew started at her for minute, shocked. ' No wonder her mother looked so familiar when she came to the Hoenn Grand Festival! Wait, May is Norman's daughter? That's great! Now I can tell her I love her! She is her! (A/N: Still not making sense? It'll come together soon)!

" How long are you staying?" May asked.

" Um, not long," Drew said. " Just for the day."

" Oh," May said sadly. Both wanted to tell the other how they felt, but neither wanted to make the first move.

" Well, Soledad, Harley, you and I are all going to the Contestie region in a few weeks. We'll see each other then" Drew said.

" Yeah," May agreed. " Well, I'm going to go in for lunch now." May went inside the gym. This complicated his visit a little bit, but not too much.

A young man of sixteen with green hair and emerald eyes was waiting at the back entrance of the Petalburg gym. Suddenly, the front door could be heard opening up. Norman's daughter May was going into the woods to train. The man checked his watch. Two o' clock. ' Perfect the man thought. He waited five minutes and then entered the gym.

" Norman!" he called.

" Hello," Norman smiled. " How can I help you?"

" You should know," the young man barked.

" Oh, you're a challenger then?" Norman asked.

" Don't play dumb with me Norman. You know why I'm here."

Norman's smile disappeared. " I anticipated your visit Andrew," he sighed.

" Good. Now how's your current financial status?" Andrew asked.

" Not so good," Norman admitted. Andrew raised his eyebrows and his emerald green eyes bored into Norman's coal black ones. " Well, it's okay," Norman rephrased, " but it could be a lot better. And I still don't have enough money to pay back my dept to you."

" You know our agreement. When my father lent you money, I said if you couldn't pay it back by the time I was sixteen then I would like the hand of your daughter in marriage."

" My daughter is already in love with someone else Andrew. I won't let you have her!"

" You have no choice, and you know it," Andrew said. He tried not to show his feelings, but he was very sad this girl loved someone else. ( A/N: But why? He doesn't know who May is, right? Hmmm…right?)

" Alright Andrew, I must stay true to my promise. But you cannot have her until she is 25. And if I have enough money to pay you back by then, I want you to make me a promise."

" What's that?"

" If I pay you back and my daughter May says she doesn't want to marry you, you'll let her be with the man she loves."

Andrew thought this over. " Fair enough," he agreed and walked out of the gym.

Nine years had passed since Andrew's visit to the gym, and May was going to turn 25 in a few weeks. She was still unaware of this Andrew. So were Max and Caroline. May and Drew had stopped competing in contests. Max had completed his training to become a gym leader after his dad. When his dad was busy, he had license to battle challengers. Someday, he'd be the full time gym leader. May and Drew both had many Ribbon Cups. Drew was already 25, Harley was 27, and Soledad was 28. She would soon be 29. The four of them always travelled to the same regions, and had managed to stay good friends, and were always rivals just the same. Drew and May still loved each other, but sadly, still hadn't gotten together. ( A/N: What's wrong with them? Why is it taking so long?) Neither ever liked anyone else.

May was now giving classes on how to become a co-ordinator. She was teaching for kids at all levels. Harley was an actor. He performed in movies that involved Pokémon, and made sure his Cacturne always had a role too. Sometimes, some of his other Pokémon such as Ariados had a chance in the spotlight too. Soledad ran a day care center for Pokémon, taking over for her parents. Drew was working as a contest judge and got to travel now too because of his career. They were currently in Sinnoh, he and his team of other judges. Drew was going to miss the next contest because he had some business to take care of elsewhere, in Hoenn. He would be gone for the next two, maybe three contests.

Once again, May and Drew saw each other again.

" Hey Drew!" May cried when she saw him. " Now what are you doing here?"

" Um, um, same thing… same thing as last time," Drew stammered, running up to May.

" Staying for the day again," May asked.

" Maybe for longer. If…um nevermind."

" So what were you doing last time?"

" Nothing," Drew said.

" Okay, so you don't want to talk about it," May said, sounding like she understood. " So why are you so nervous Drew? Are you here to come to my class, and don't want to ask because you think you'll have to admit I'm superior to you? Which by the way, you have to do anyway." May teased, smiling.

" Yeah right," Drew retorted. " You're not even my equal yet."

" Sure," May said sarcastically.

" Anyway, are you still running those classes I heard about? They seem popular."

" They are. I get new student every day wanting to learn from me!" May cried happily. " All of my students are a delight. They listen well and try their best every day. I don't even have to tell them to study. I can tell they do because most of them always get great scores on the pop quizzes I give out."

" Wow. Nice," was all Drew said.

" Yeah, it is," May replied. They started at each other for a minute, and then Drew broke the silence.

" So," he said, " How's you father's financial business doing?"

" Okay I guess. Actually, great! Why?"

" No reason in particular. Now I have to go," Drew said. " Hope you don't mind."

" No, it's okay. Anyway, I'm visiting Ash today. He's in Rustboro today. See you!"

" Yeah. Bye," Drew called, but May didn't hear. He sighed. On to his task.

That was a week before May's twenty fifth birthday. Something else interesting happened on that day too.

A week before May's twenty fifth birthday, Andrew was back at the gym. " Norman!" he called.

" My how you've grown Andrew," Norman said as pleasantly as he could.

" Hmm, yes. Now, where is that lovely daughter of yours?"

" She's out visiting a friend. She'll be back soon," Norman said.

" Okay then," Andrew said. " I'll wait here for her."

" Andrew, do you really have to do this. My daughter will hate me forever!"

"How sad. DO you have my money? Only then can I accept her rejection," Andrew told him.

" Yea," Norman replied. " I have lots and lots of money now. I can afford to buy anything I want. What if I pay you double what I owe you? Will you then agree to forget about the deal with my daughter May?"

" No," Andrew said immediately, not even thinking about it. " I don't want double."

So Norman gave him what he owed him and then they waited. Half an hour later, Caroline and Max came in the gym.

" Oh! Who is this, a challenger?" Caroline asked.

" He looks tough. Can I battle him Dad?" Max asked.

" He's not a challenger," Norman said uncomfortably.

" Oh. So what are you here for dear? And what's your name?" Caroline asked.

" Andrew," Andrew said, surprised when he got no recognition from her or Max.

" So how can we help you?" she asked.

" You didn't tell them?" Andrew asked, raising his eyebrows at Norman. Norman didn't say anything, just stared up at the ceiling.

" Guess not," Andrew answered himself.

" Told us what?" Max asked.

" Didn't you know? My dad lent money to your dad when I was eight. Yes, that was, let's see, 17 years ago. My dad let me tell Norman what the deal was if he couldn't pay me back by the time I was 16."

" What? But Norman, you never…did you…did he pay you back in time?" Caroline asked, shocked.

" No. So now, I'm marrying you're daughter," Andrew said, obviously enjoying this whole torturing Norman thing.

" What? No way! My sister won't marry you!" Max cried.

" But she has no choice. Even if she loves someone else," Andrew said calmly and simply. Both Max and Caroline looked very mad.

Max let out an angry yell and ran from the gym.

" I'll come back in a couple of hours then," Andrew said, noticing danger.

When he had left, Caroline started yelling so loudly and angrily at Norman that even people outside of Petalburg could hear her. " How could you? How could you!" she cried. " You KNOW May loves SOMEONE ELSE! And now you're going to make her marry someone she doesn't even know. How horrible of a father are you? Can you even call yourself a father? Can you? Answer me! I can't believe it! An ARRANGED MARRIGE??!!"

" Caroline, please calm down," Norman started to say.

" I will not! You're forcing our daughter into an arranged marriage and you're asking me to calm down? What kind of a horrible person are you? How much did you 'borrow' from him anyway?"

" Caroline, please let me explain the situation to you," Norman pleaded. After he was done, Caroline calmed down a little bit. She had stopped yelling anyway. But she was still angry. She let out a huge, mad, almost violent sigh and exited the room.

True to his word, Andrew returned in exactly two hours form when he left. Another half an hour passed, and May was finally back.

" M M May," Norman called, his voice shaking. " Come in here, there's someone I'd like you to meet."

" Okay Daddy. Who is it?"

This is it. Both Norman and Andrew were nervous at how she would react towards the news. " Yeah Dad? I'm here," May said as she entered the room.

Once again they both thought, 'This is it.'

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