A/N: Hi everyone! I'm back! Welcome to this series of one shots for contestshipping week. I tried to make the characters as close to the anime as possible so I apologize if anyone is OOC. Anyway as always, constructive criticism is welcome, but flames will be used in a campfire with my friends to roast s'mores since it's perfect weather for that right now! I hope you all enjoy the stories!

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Contestshipping day 1: Firsts

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"And the winner of this year's grand festival is… MAY!" Vivian brightly exclaimed as the stadium erupted into cheers.

May stood in the middle of the contest stadium watching as everyone was clapping and cheering and for her. The girl would have been smiling widely had she not been in a state of shock from what had just happened.

She stood there with her mouth gaping wide open and probably would have stayed that way had Drew not come over to shake her hand.

After what seemed like forever, she had finally beat Drew again, but for the first time, she had won the Grand festival along with it. Her very first Grand Festival win and she almost couldn't believe it.

As she let that sink in, she couldn't help the broad smile that made its way onto her face as she made her way up to Mr. Contesta to receive the ribbon cup. She smiled and waved to the audience and stood there for pictures before finally bowing to the crowd and making her way backstage.

Finally after carefully maneuvering her way through the crowd, May made it back to the back room and decided to go on a search for Drew, Solidad, and Harley as they were all temporarily travelling together and had all participated in the grand festival.

Harley had made it to the quarter finals, but ended up getting beat by Drew. Needless to say, he was not happy and stormed backstage to throw a fit as he had yet to win a grand festival. Last year after finally being able to beat Solidad, Drew had been able to win.

Solidad had been defeated by May in the semi finals which officially made it May's first time beating Solidad. Luckily, the pink haired coordinator took her loss with grace and ease.

"May! We're over here!" Speaking of the coordinator, she had found may and was waving her over to them.

"Congratulations May! You've won your very first Grand Festival!" Solidad said excitedly while pulling the brunette into a thought hug. "We're so proud of you right Harley?"

Said coordinator rolled his eyes and just looked at his nails. "Big deal… Whatever" he grumbled clearly still mad about his loss. "I could have won if that annoying, short, moss-haired, rose tossing boyfriend of May's didn't beat me." He rambled on angrily.

"Oh Harley, you'll get your win one day." Solidad said while patting the man's shoulder. While distracted, they didn't notice the red blush strewn across May's face at the words boyfriend of May's.

"Well where is Drew?" May asked.

"Awww… So you do care about him!" Solidad gushed.

"Huh? What? N-no! I was just asking!" May said quickly and trying to fight back a blush.

"Relax I'm just kidding, but honestly, I'm not sure. He was here a while ago but then decided to leave. To where? Who knows?"

May thought about where Drew might be and remembered that he tended to go out to a beach or somewhere to watch the sunset and skip the afterparty. Since they were in Slateport city, she decided to head to beach and try to find him.

"Maybe I'll go down to the beach and see if he's there?" May suggested.

"But May, you're the winner and your presence is needed at the afterparty." Solidad reminded her. "But maybe Drew's there. I know he usually skips these things but you're important to him, he'll probably show." She said hoping to offer May some reassurance.

"Let's just go…" Harley grumbled and got up from his seat.

The trio of coordinators made their way out to the park for the afterparty while at the same time deciding to see if there was any sign of Drew. They didn't get very long to look for him though because as soon as May stepped into the park, she was mobbed by people who wanted to congratulate her or get an autograph and a picture.

Being the nice girl that May was, she decided to give the fans what they wanted and posed with them and signed papers. There was no denying that she was happy, oh she was very happy, but she couldn't help but feel something was missing.

Moments later, May was ushered onto the small stage at the front so that people could see her. With all the people taking pictures, she kind of wished she had decided to deck out of the party like Drew had somehow managed to do last year.

After what seemed like forever, Vivian finally let May off the stage and sensing her discomfort of the attention, asked the crowd to settle down and let May enjoy herself.

Seeing her chance, May quickly got out of the party and made her way towards Slateport Beach hoping to find Drew there just cause…well, it felt right to her. It's always been like that for the past few years they've known each other. If they were in a contest together, they would see each other afterwards. It was almost like an unspoken promise between them.

Making her way to the shore, may could start to see the figure of someone sitting there on the beach and looking out towards the sunset. Upon closer inspection, she could see that the figure had a slightly messy mop of green hair which unmistakably had to belong to Drew. Releasing a breath of relief, May made her way over to him and quietly Sat down in the sand next to him.

"Congratulations on your win May." Drew finally said while turning to look at the girl. "You finally did it you know."

"Yeah, I almost can't believe it." May said while shaking her head slightly.

"Seemed like it was just yesterday we were standing here after our first Grand Festival, but so much has changed since then." Drew said reminiscing on the old times.

"Heh, remember how much you used to tease me. Every time we saw each other, you would find a way to say something that would infuriate me!" May said while laughing at how silly they used to be.

"Who said I was ever going to stop teasing you?" Drew said with a smirk. "I just like finding the right time to do it."

"Hmp." May crossed her arms and pouted. "Well it seemed like you stopped for a while anyway. But to be honest, if you did stop, I would seriously think you hit your head or something. It just wouldn't be the same you know?" May admitted shyly.

"Yeah I know what you mean…" Drew said while turning back to the water.

The two of them sat there on the beach in the quiet with the faded noise of the party behind them. Then seemingly out of thin air, Drew pulled out a perfect thornless red rose, but this one larger than all the rest May had ever seen.

Drew turned around and looked at May putting the rose in front of her. "This one is special." He started to say while sticking the rose out to May with his hand instead of just tossing it to her. "It's special because… It's for you." He said while looking down and trying to hide his blush.

"I…" May slightly turned away while blushing as red as the rose itself. "But why?" She asked.

"I just… Well I wanted to tell you that even though most of the time you're clumsy and silly and also easily riled up, you're someone special to me bandanahead, so here." Drew said looking up and trusting the rose in May's face.

At this point, May didn't even care that Drew had said she was clumsy or called her a name, he was giving her a rose, not her beautifly or some other Pokemon, but her. For the first time, she actually got a rose from Drew that he had admitted was for her.

May looked up and at that moment, clear blue meet bright green. They stayed with their eyes locked on each other for a while seemingly communicating without the need for words.

After what seemed like forever, May carefully took the rose and quietly said "You're special to me too…"

Behind the bushes there was suddenly a load rustling sound and Harley jumped out exclaiming "Ahhh!! My gingerbread cookies you're so cute!! I knew you two loved each other since the first day!"

The said people suddenly jumped up and started tripping over their words. Well mostly May was tripping over her words. Drew, well… kind of just stood there staring at Harley with one eyebrow raised.

There was another rustling sound from the bushes but this time it was Solidad who had jumped out and had took hold of Harley's ear and was slowly dragging him away. "Way to ruin the moment Harley. Sorry you two, continue on!" She yelled and then disappeared into the trees.

The two of them looked at each other with faint blushes still dusting their cheeks. With one ounce of bravery left, Drew took hold of May's hand and they watched the sun dip into the horizon together.

Today was certainly a day to remember. A day of many firsts and something special to remember.

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A/N: yes I know my line breaks look weird, but the formatting messed up so I'll try to fix it as soon as I can.Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed reading this story for day 1 of contestshipping week. More to come soon!HAPPY CONTESTSHIPPING DAY!