Author's Note: This is in no way related to my other story. This is just one I've been working on for a while. Anyway, enjoy it!

"MAY!" Dad called from the back of the gym. It sounded a little louder than he would usually yell, so I jogged through the five doors to get to him.

"What, dad?"

"I need you to fill in for me for a little bit. I have to run to the League. So I'll be back in, I don't know, a few hours, a couple days?" He spoke as he was hastily gathering clothes and supplies in his backpack. Dad never did like flying pokemon, he believed in exercise. I began to pick up all the stuff that he was knocking off the shevles when he threw a belt of pokeballs at me.

"In case anyone comes for a challenge, use them. Be sure to do it just like we practiced."

"I know, dad. I know." He ran me through the gym leader drill about a million times. It's been 8 months since I defeated Wallace. But, I never did move on to the Elite Four. So, dad took that opportunity to mold me into a gym leader. I guess it was always his dream.

"Okay, okay. I have everything..." He fumbled his bag onto his back and threw a set of keys at me. "Be sure to lock up everything before you go to sleep. Don't let anyone guilt you into a win, fight hard. Um, the TMs are over there... I think that's it. Good-bye honey, have fun!" He kissed my forehead and ran out of the door. I shook my head and laughed at my over active father.

But, on the bright side, I had the whole gym to myself. I got to be a leader!

"Maybe I should get ready," I said to myself looking around the room. The back room was just the bedroom really, so it really didn't need any attention. I walked out into the main room, expecting to get something done. However, the arena was spotless...

I checked my watch, it was only noon.

"Looks like this is going to be a long stay..."

To cure my bordom, I let out my pokemon. My current party was my Swampert, Alakazam, Sableye, Flygon, Sandslash and Psyduck. So we proceeded to hang out when there was a gentle knock on the door, followed by another.

"Are you supposed to knock on a gym's door...?" I asked myself, I never did... But I answered the door anyway.

I couldn't believe my eyes, and apparantly my mouth couldn't believe it either because I let out a huge gasp. The spiky, silver hair, the red eyes that were full of happiness, that stupid little grin he always wore. It was my traveling partner, my competitor, and mostly, my best friend.

It was Brendan.

I tried to open my mouth to say something, but I ended up just standing there looking like an idiot.

"Hi, May," he said with a little dorky smile.

"Hi... Brendan... What are you doing here?"

"I was going to ask you the same thing. Only four months and you're already a gym leader?"

I laughed a little and my heart slowed down a bit. "Yeah, for the moment I'm a leader. Dad went out somewhere."

"Well I thought I would find you here. Can I come in?"

"I don't know, I believe you already have your badge. You can't be greedy..." I tried teasing him, but he just walked right in and sat down on the floor. I began to return my pokemon to their balls while Brendan got situated. My mind was swirling with all the reasons why Brendan could be here. We haven't seen each other for two months. He couldn't even spare a phone call then he just shows up here...

"So I have a pressing issue," he said suddenly, snapping me out of my angry thoughts.

"Does that issue have to do with you not talking to me for the past two months then suddenly showing up here to bother me?"

"Oh, come on. I'm here now cause of how much I missed you."

I scoffed at him. Then he stood up and walked over to me. I forgot that he was a whole head taller than me. The sudden closeness between us gave me incredible butterflies, but I tried not to show it. It was an awkward silence for a long time, until he finally spoke.

"So, about my problem?"

"I don't know what you want from me Brendan. You're here now, and I'm here. Doesn't that solve your issue?"

"Well, I'm afraid it's deeper than that."

"Brendan!" I was really getting annoyed now. "If you're just going to dance around the subject then why should I bother listening to you? And you wonder why I haven't seen you in so long!" I distanced myself from him by sitting in a chair in the corner and crossing my arms and legs.

Brendan laughed, which only made me angrier. "You always had such a temper! If you would just chill out. Can I see your badge case?"

I always had it with me, so I took it out of my bag and threw it at him. It would hurt him more than itself. But he caught it.

"Okay," he laughed. "Now we're making some progress. Do you remember when we both beat Wallace?"

"Of course." I could see that he was actually going somewhere now, so I cooperated.

"Well, it's been tearing me up inside that we never got to challenge the Elite Four."

My heart fluttered a little. "Brendan... We decided not to. Remember? You wanted to go on and help your dad, and I wanted to help mine."

"I know, May, but just think about it. You're going to be a Gym Leader, you would have way more respect if you were a Pokemon Champion."

"What's wrong with being a Gym Leader?"

"That's not the point! And you still can be, all I'm asking is for you to try this with me. I want to become the next Professor Birch. I would love to be able to aspire every trainer that comes into that lab to do what I did."

He crossed the room and came over to me. But then he did something I never expected.

"May," he got down on one knee before me and held up my badge case. "Will you go to Ever Grande City with me?"

I rolled my eyes and stood up. "Fine, I'll go to Ever Grande City with you."

Brendan stood up, scooped me up in a hug and spun around. Now he was just over doing his weird little act.

"But," I said while he was still holding me up. "I can't leave until Dad gets back."

"That's fine," he put me down. "I've waited this long haven't I?"