May was in her first contest. She battled well but lost against her rival Drew. She got down offthe stage and saw Ash, Brock and Max.
"Hey May, tough break" Ash says.
"Yeah I suppose but I can't believe I lost to Drew" May replied.
"It's okay, everyone loses once" Brock says.
"I know but I should've been able to beat him" May replied.
"Don't beat yourself up about it, sis" Max said.
"I'm not. I need to go get my stuff. Meet you guys back at the Pokemon Centre" May said.
"But..." Ash was about to say something but Brock stopped him. "Come on let's go. We'll see you back at the Pokemon centre" Brock said.
"Okay" May said then walked back to the room and sits down on a chair.
At the Pokemon centre
"So why'd you stop me before, Brock?" Ash asked.
"May needs some time Ash, she just lost her first contest and to Drew" Brock replied.
"Oh,I get it" Ash said.
"She'll come back when she's ready" Brock said.
At the contest hall
May was still sat in the back room, everyone had left by now. She didn't even know how she felt at that moment in time.
"Hey" she heard a familiar voice call from behind her and turned to look and it was none other than Drew.
"What do you want? Come to show off your shiny new ribbon?" May said.
"No. Actually I came to see if you were okay" Drew replied.
"Why?" May questioned.
"Because you're my rival and you looked really down when...after the battle" Drew replied.
He came over and sat next to her. She moved away from him.
"Hey come on, you don't have to move,I came to talk to you" Drew said. He moved up closer to her and she looked down at the floor.
"You know, when I lost my first contest. I felt exactly the same as you do right now and I had no one there to comfort me or talk to me. You know what I did?" He asked.
She looked up at him. "What?" She asked.
"I cried. I was really upset and honestly I didn't know what to do. But I'm here to help you decide what you want todo" he said.
"Really? You cried" May said.
"Go on laugh" Drew replied.
"No. No. I'm not gonna laugh. I was just... Surprised that you'd tell me something like that" She said.
"Why wouldn't I? We're friends, aren't we?" Drew asked.
"Yeah, I suppose" May answered.
"You were really good, May. I just had the edge today but honestly if you'd got that last attack in before the time ran out, you would've been the winner" Drew said placing a hand on her shoulder.
"You thought I was good?" May asked.
"Yeah, really good especially for your first contest. I would've never thought that was your first contest, if I didn't know. Don't beat yourself up about it" Drew said and smiled.
"You know, you're right. Thanks Drew. You're a great friend" May replied.
"It's okay. If you need to talk, you know where I am" Drew said.
"That's not entirely true. I don't always know where you are, but thanks" May replied then smiled.
"Well, I'll see you at another contest then" he answered and then got up off the chair.
"Yeah you will for sure and I'll beat you next time" she said and then got up.
"Okay whatever you say" Drew replied.
She hugged him. He hugged her back.
"Thanks again. It really helped" May said.
"Anytime. You want me to walk back to the Pokemon centre with you?" Drew said.
"Sure but why?" May asked.
"Well I'm headed back there, so we might as well go together" Drew answered.
"Okay then" She replied.
They walk back to the Pokemon Centre together.
The end.
I know it's a bit short but I hope you like it. Tell me if I should write another one!
