A Radcliffe Family Holiday

Chapter One: Late Wake-Up Call

Caroline woke up to a loud buzzing in her ear. She got up. Then she noticed the time.

"9:00? WE WERE MEANT TO LEAVE AT 7:00! NORMAN WAKE UP!" Norman opened his sleepy eyes.

"What's wrong?" he asked.

"We're late, AGAIN!" Norman got himself up and got dressed quickly.

"You better wake Max up" he warned. They both knew Max was terror to get out of bed. Caroline put some clothes on and ran into her son's room. She lifted the bed sheet off the bed.

"MAX, WAKE UP, WE'RE LATE!" she screamed.

"Just five more minutes, please mom." Max said, pulling the covers back.

"NO MAX, WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW" Max sprung out of bed, he knew that voice. He put his clothes and glasses and sped downstairs for breakfast.

"My god, where the hell is May and Ash?" Caroline asked herself.

"UHHH, don't tell me he's coming" Max complained.

"Who, Ash? He's a lovely boy. You shouldn't be so rude Max!" she replied.

"Have you seen the things he does to her? It's disgusting!"

"Oh, come on Max, their only young curious teenagers."

Max huffed, he was still cross that Ash was invading their family holiday. Norman, at last came down.

"What's he complaining about now?" Norman asked, he had overheard their conversation.

"He doesn't want Ash to come"

"Yeah, cause he put his hands where they don't belong" Max justified

"Well, he's better than that Drew boy." Norman observed. "and besides, she loves him" Max kept quiet, still cross. Finally the two lovebirds arrived.

"Sorry we're late mom, we…woke up… late, yeah!" May apologised. Ash was confused, that wasn't why they were late, May had been tickling him all morning and she just wouldn't stop. Ash noticed that Max was looking at him.

"Alright Max?" he asked. Max nodded.

"Can you two take this stuff to the car?" Caroline asked to the couple. She gave them both a heavy suitcase each.

"God, what's in here? A bomb?" Ash cried as he picked up the suitcase. May laughed and they made their way to Norman's car. They threw the luggage in the trunk, as well as their own stuff. "Um… May, why is Max always looking at me weirdly?" he asked finally. It had been plaguing his mind ever since May's nineteenth birthday, a couple of months ago.

"Oh god" May began. "He's cross at you for being my boyfriend" Ash was still confused. "Basically, he gets creeped out whenever we touch each other". Ash sighed.

"I hope I can change his mind." he said.

"I doubt it" May replied. She opened the car door and hopped in, Ash took the seat next to her. It was not long until Norman, Caroline and Max arrived, with the extra luggage. Max placed himself at the back, next to his sister. Caroline took the passenger seat, while Norman took the driver's seat.

"Right, are we finally ready?" Caroline sighed. "Ok then, let's go!" Norman started the car and they headed for the road. Ash looked out the window at his beautiful surroundings. They were heading to Hau'oli City in Alola. May ran her hands through her boyfriend's dark, messy hair, however much she brushed it, it never seemed to look neat. But she liked it that way. His hair was quite long and there was a lot of it. May's fingers almost got lost as they travelled across his scalp. Trees, houses and cars passed by. Max looked up for a moment, and then continued to focus on his Gameboy.

"Oh cool, a Gameboy!" Ash said, noticing what Max was holding. "What game are you playing?"

"Um…Mario Bros." Max replied. Ash smiled.

"Cool." Ash said awkwardly as Max stared at him. May laughed and snuggled up next to him. Ash blushed and looked out the window. He had to admit Alola was a beautiful region and the girl next to him was even more beautiful. Ash began to nod off, he hadn't got much sleep last night, due to May making him watch a 'romantic' movie, and the fact that she had been tickling him all morning. In addition, May's warm body leaning on him made him feel drowsy and, after a few minutes, he drifted off asleep.