Okay guys, I was watching iCarly (yes, I'm just that cool) and I saw the episode with Jake in it and I got sudden inspiration for a fanfic. It was originally going to be Contestshipping, but since I banned myself from writing any more CS until I have at least 2 other ships written in fic form I decided to make this Advanceshipping as a main ship and Contestshiping as a slightly hinted ship. The storyline will be strongly based on the iCarly episode, so I am not taking full credit for it. If you watch iCarly you will definitely see resemblance. If you don't watch iCarly you WILL still enjoy this, so don't think you have to like the show to read it. I just put this here to give credit where credit is due.
Writer's notes:
The 'EC' or 'Emotional Circle' is something that the girls do at my school all the time. They all sit in a circle and talk about a problem or something and are all truthful with each other.
In this story I use 'hot' in the same context as Avril Lavigne's song. Basically, I mean 'Whorney.'
May walked into school that morning to see a circle of girls standing right in the middle of the hallway. This was odd, for usually the girls in her class only had Emotional Circles during lunch or after school. She joined in to see what the commotion was about.
"Ash and Misty broke up! Finally!" One of the girls squealed just in time for May to hear.
"Oh my god, really?" May exclaimed with excitement.
The girls in the circle looked at her. "Oh good, May, you're here! Yes they did! As a matter or fact, he broke up with her so he isn't sad about it or anything!" Annabel, a girl that May wasn't to fond of, informed her.
"This is great!" May screamed.
"Wait!" Dawn yelled. "We're all going to loose our minds just because we all have a tiny chance of dating Ash Ketchum?" Dawn, being May's best friend, stopped herself from liking Ash because May did. Instead, Dawn had a crush on Drew, the second most popular boy in the school.
Dawn's last remark triggered a chorus of delighted screams from the girls in the circle.
"That answer your question?" May asked her, a huge smile plastered across her face.
"Ugh. And shattered my ear drums." She replied.
During lunchtime the girls were having their daily EC (Emotional Circle) as usual. This time they were al talking about rumor they've heard about why Ash dumped Misty. From everyday stuff like "He just wasn't feeling it." To "She cheated on him for Zoey, which ticked him off because Zoey's, well, a girl." May didn't really believe any of it, but she still wanted to know what the reasons were behind the breakup.
"Hello? Anyone in there?" Dawn lightly knocked on May's head when she noticed her staring into space.
"Yeah I'm here."
"Thinking about Ash?"
"Well, duh, I mean, he's only been my crush since three years ago! And this is the first time he's been single since then!" May snapped with a smile, taking a bite of her apple.
"Since you like him so much and he's single now, go talk to him." Dawn suggested. "he's right over there."
May cranked her head to look nearly directly behind her. As stated, Ash was talking to some of his guy friends. "That's coming from you? You haven't talked to Drew in about four months!" May said, glancing from Ash's body to Dawn's face.
"Well you're braver than me. Just go!"
"What do I say?"
"Say 'hi', silly!"
"What if he says 'hi' back? Then what do I say?"
"Say um…uh…sorry for hitting you in the head with an apple!" Dawn grabbed May's apple out of her hands and threw it at Ash with all her strength. It hit him in the head, causing him to whip around. When his eyes settled on the girls, Dawn said rather loudly, "God, May, Why'd you throw your apple at Ash?" May sent her a death look and Dawn quickly ran away to avoid being yelled at. May got up to chase her but stopped when she saw Ash in from of her.
"So you threw your apple at me?" He said to her. He, surprisingly enough, didn't sound angry, but curious, rather.
"Um…I guess, yeah. I'm so sorry! I was uh…aiming for the trash can." She looked down as she blushed.
"Its okay, it's cool."
"Did I hurt you at all?" she asked, eyeing a slight red mark on Ash's forehead.
"No, I'm fine, its no problem." He told her. "So…you're May, right?"
"Yes." She couldn't help smiling on account of him knowing her name.
"I take it you know I'm Ash."
"Most girls do." She agreed.
"So…maybe we could hang out sometime?"
May coughed and stared at him as if he had ten heads. She doubted that he really said that and she ended up coughing up: "Come again?"
"Um…I was just wondering if you wanted to like, come over my house or something sometime. I mean, I have Rock Band and it's super fun."
Still being affected by the shock of the words leaving his mouth, she stiffened and thought deeply about what to say. "Sure! Yes! I mean, that would be fun! Yeah!"
"Okay. Wanna drop by tomorrow at about seven? Tomorrow's Friday, so we can play as late as we want without having to worry about an early curfew." He smiled at her in a way that almost made May think he meant 'play' in other ways than just Video Games. She imminently decided she was imagining it.
"Yeah, my curfew on Friday nights is midnight." She said truthfully.
"Perfect! That's when my Mom kicks everyone out anyway."
May laughed. "Okay. Seven it is tomorrow night."
"Yeah, my address is in the address book."
"Under Ketchum." She nodded. "Got it."
He smiled at her as the bell rang intensely. Millions of teenagers began flooding the lunchroom floor. "Well, time for my next class. See you 'round, May!"
"See you!"
He walked towards the lockers. When he was out of hearing range, Dawn scrambled to May. She had been watching the entire thing. "OH MY GOD!!" She burst.
"I KNOW!" May agreed. "I'm so happy!"
"You should be! I bet any girl, well except me, would DIE to be in your position right now!" Dawn took her best friend's hands, which were shaking from excitement.
"I know!!" May began slightly hopping up and down.
"Go ahead and scream for joy, no one will care." Dawn prompted. "You know you want to!"
May opened her mouth and let out an ear piercing scream, wildly jumping up and down wile doing it. Dawn laughed and smiled for her friend. "I haven't seen you this happy since…actually I've never seen you this happy ever."
Drew then walked up to the spastic May. "What happened to her?" He asked Dawn.
"Eh. Normal girl stuff." She replied. She turned to see who it was that asked the question. She froze when she saw who the possessor of the question was.
"Whoa, what's with that stare?" He joked.
"What? What stare?"
"You looked at me like I was a king or something. Well, I mean, not that I'm not fabulous, but…"
"You are not fabulous." She said, intending to cover up her crush.
"Wow, feisty little one."
"Little one?" Dawn was getting angry as she stared at Drew with fire in her eyes.
"Of course." He rubbed her head, greatly messing up her hair and walked away.
May, who had stopped jumping awhile ago to watch the conversation, said, "What was that about?"
"What?" Dawn spat, still aggravated.
"Why were you so mean to him? I thought you wanted to be nice. I mean, you do like him."
"He was irking me."
"You mean making you hot?" May laughed at this, but Dawn didn't find the remark amusing.
"I'm not hot when I'm around him, May."
She giggled. "I know, I was just foolin' with you. C'mon, lets get to class."
The next day couldn't have gone by slower for May as she anxiously awaited school to be over. When it finally was, she dragged Dawn to her house.
"Why did you bring me here anyway?" Dawn said, sitting on May's bed with a phone. She was going to call her mother and inform her of her location.
"I need fashion, hair, and behavior advice!" May screamed. She was incredibly nervous even though it was four hours before she had to leave.
"What's wrong with what you're wearing now?" She asked, putting the phone to her ear.
"Are you crazy! I was wearing this all day at school! He'll think I'm too lazy to change into decent clothing!"
"Hi, Mom? I'm at May's. She dragged me here." May shot her another death look. "Yes, I will be back by six for dinner. Okay." She hung up the phone. "Sorry May, as you heard, I haveta be home by six."
"It's fine, as long as we get me an outfit and do my hair by then."
"Well if your really unsatisfied with what you're wearing, then get out some stuff you would be willing to wear and I'll help you choose from those."
"Okay." May opened her drawer and pulled out five shirts. "These are my favorite shirts."
"Lay them out on the bed."
May did as she was told.
"I like that one." Dawn pointed to an aqua tee shirt that said "Hollister" across the chest and had the outline of a beach and palm trees on it.
"A tee? I don't know…"
"You chose it, May, and I don't think it would be a good idea to go too fancy. You don't want to look desperate. This technically isn't even a date."
"Thanks for pointing that out." May said sarcastically, sadness in her voice, as she looked down.
"I think that tee is fine. Plus it draws attention where that text is."
May giggled. "Yeah, your right." She agreed. "So this tee and jeans, right?"
"Yes. As for hair, I would go with a ponytail. I've played Rock Band before and you may just end up jumping around and dancing. You don't want to get sweaty. Keep your hair off your neck."
"Thank you for the advice, Dawn!" May jumped on her bed and pulled Dawn into a huge hug. "I love you!"
"Okay, Okay, well, get changed and I will do your hair."
Dawn had just finished decorating May's head with the appropriate barrettes when her mother called screaming at her to get home that very minute.
"Thank you so much, Dawn! I'll eat a little then go, I don't want my stomach to be grumbling!" May hugged Dawn one more time.
"No problem, yes, eat. Bye for now! See you on Monday!"
"Bye!"
I am writing more! There's going to be more! please review!