Hello everyone! QuartzClaw here! And here is a one-shot that just popped into my head and I wrote down.

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Driver's License

"So when is it?" Dawn asked her friend May.

"Two days." May answered, sounding excited. "Two days until I get my driver's license!"

"If you pass the test." Drew corrected, flipping his hair. "Which I doubt, seeing how clumsy you are. Just try not to hit any civilians."

"Or cars." Misty added.

"Or shops." Leaf put in. "Especially not the book store, cuz the same day you're having your driving test, there is a book that I've been waiting for that's coming out. I have to buy it, but I can't if your gonna destroy the book store."

"Don't worry, I won't!" May assured everyone, her spirit still high. "I mean, all of you guys did it. How hard can it be?"

"Technically, not all of us did it. Dawn hasn't done the test yet, and I failed when I tried." Ash pointed out.

"But you're going try again, right? And I've seen Dawn drive with her learners; she does really well."

"Aw, thanks May!"

"I don't know..." Ash rubbed the back of his head. "I still need some more practice."

May placed both of her hands on his shoulders and stared into his eyes determinedly.

"You are going to try again, and you are going to pass!" she said in an hypnotic way, attempting to boost his confidence. "And once you do, you and I are going to tackle every restaurant in town!"

"You know what? You're right!" Ash enthusiastically punched to air. "I'll start getting ready right now! Come on Misty; I'll need your help!"

And off he went, dragging a protesting Misty behind him so she could help him perfect his driving.

"You know," Gary turned to Leaf. "I still don't get how you managed to pass the test of all people. I saw your driving when you had your learners, and you were a complete mess! Didn't you nearly run over an innocent neighbour, namely me?"

"That was on purpose!" Leaf defended. "And you're not so innocent! You stole my wallet and used up all my money that week!"

"Oh... Wait, WHAT?!"

"Just kidding!" Leaf said quickly. When Gary wasn't looking, she gave the rest of her friends a wink, causing them to cautiously step away from her.

"Okay then!" May grinned widely. "Driver's license, here I come!

Two days later

Two days later, it was finally the day May had been waiting for. She wasn't the only one taking the test today either. Ash, after getting scolded (more like yelled at) over and over by Misty every time he did something wrong, had finally managed to perfect his driving, and had scheduled his test to be on the same day as May's.

May was walking to her destination when she spotted Leaf, who was standing in front of the book store, which was about to open soon. There was a long line-up behind her, as many others wanted to buy the same book she did. Of course she, being Leaf, was at the front, guaranteeing that she would be able to grab one of the copies before they ran out. Since May's test was not for a while, she decided that she had enough time to stop by to say hello.

"Hi, Leaf! You going to buy that book you wanted?"

"Of course! What did you expect?"

"Didn't Gary take your wallet and use up all of your money?"

"Yes, he did. Ugh, it was such a pain earning it all back! But now I have enough money to buy that book, and that's all that matters!"

"Um, Leaf? Can you pick up some books for me too? I can pay you back later."

"Sure! I'll get your order as soon as I buy the book I want. Now, I'm pretty sure I have paper and a pen in my purse so I can write down what you want..."

Leaf searched through her purse, but instead of getting out what she needed, her face began to show signs of panic.

"Oh no," she muttered. "Oh no no no no! Where is it?"

"What's wrong?"

"My wallet. It's gone! I'm sure I had it in here!" Leaf rummaged through her purse, her panic becoming more and more evident as she didn't locate her missing possession. If she didn't have her wallet, she didn't have any money, and that meant she couldn't buy her book!

Her face turned thunderous when she pulled out a piece of paper and read what was written on it.

"Gary!" she hissed.

"What?" May asked confusedly.

"Gary took my wallet. Look, he even left a note!"

May took the piece of paper from her to take a look at it.

Hey, Leafy! I kind of ran out of cash, so I'm borrowing your wallet for today. I know you wouldn't mind! Smell ya later! -Gary

May looked up. Uh oh. Gary was in big trouble now! He should really avoid Leaf at the moment.

"That... that little... UGH! He did it on purpose! He knew I needed my wallet today! Oh, I am going to make him PAY! He's gonna regret ever crossing the path of Leaf Green!"

"Um, Leaf?" May got her friend's attention. "How are you going to buy your book now? I mean, I can get my books later, but wouldn't your book be sold out?"

Leaf paled. "You're right! What am I going to do now?! You don't have any extra money on you, do you?"

May shook her head.

Leaf let out a moan, before beginning to tap her foot frantically, trying to figure out what to do. "Think, Green, think!"

A movement across the street caught her eye. In an instant, she shoved May into the spot she was standing in.

"Wha-" The bandana-wearing girl stumbled, nearly losing her footing. But Leaf was already half-way across the crosswalk, on her way to the other side of the road.

"Save my spot for me!" she yelled out as she ran. In the next second, she tackled her victim.

"PAUL! I need your help!" She grabbed his arm, and attempted to drag him back across the street with her. Of course, this attempt was unsuccessful. The purple-haired teenager, who was holding a cup of coffee, slowly turned to face her with a raised eyebrow.

"Hn?"

"I need your help! Hurry, or we'll be too late!" She was now using all her strength to try to push him in the direction she wanted. But Paul was like a wall.

"For what?"

"For the opening of the book store! You have your wallet with you, don't you? Of course you do; you always do! Come on, let's go!"

"What makes you think I will let you use my money? Go get your own."

"I CAN'T! Gary stole my wallet and now I have no money and the book might get sold out and the store's about to open and I'll pay you back, I promise! Just PLEASE! Just this ONCE!" Talking a mile a second, Leaf desperately continued trying to steer him towards the crosswalk, but he held his ground.

"What are you babbling about?"

"IT DOESN'T MATTER! THE MAIN POINT IS YOU ARE COMING WITH ME, WHETHER YOU LIKE IT OR NOT!" With that, she somehow miraculously managed to haul him to where May was standing, although she made him drop his coffee cup on the road. A car zoomed by at that moment, making sure to crush the cup as it drove over it.

"What in the world is wrong with you?" Paul stared at his 'captor' in bewilderment. "You owe me a new coffee!"

"You know, it's the Leaf-books thing." May explained. "Don't question it."

Paul directed his attention to May. "Aren't you supposed to be at your driving test or something?"

May's eyes widened in horror. "You're right! I completely forgot! Later!" She sped off as fast as she could, hoping she wasn't late.

"You're late." a woman with a stern look on her face snarled as May arrived, huffing and puffing.

"S-sorry!" she gasped. "S-something came up, and..."

"Yes yes, it doesn't matter! Since I am feeling generous today, I'll allow you to take the test anyways!"

"Thank you." May straightened out. "My name is May Maple. Nice to meet you!" she greeted, hoping it wasn't too late to try to make a good impression.

"Charming." the woman replied sarcastically, obviously not charmed. "I am Mrs. Harris, and, unfortunately, I have to be your examiner for today."

The two of them made their way to a shiny, grey car. May could see Ash a short distance away, getting into another car with a kind-looking man. She caught his eye, and he flashed her a friendly grin with a double thumbs-up, which she responded to with a wave.

"Well? What are you waiting for? Get in!" Mrs. Harris, who was already in the passenger seat, snapped.

May got into her seat and fastened her seat belt. Suddenly, being behind the steering wheel, with the examiner watching her intently, impatiently tapping the clipboard she was holding with her pen, May began to feel nervous. Her hands began shaking slightly as she gripped the steering wheel.

"What are you doing?" Mrs. Harris asked sharply.

"I-I'm trying to start, b-b-but it's not working!" May stammered, trying to figure out what she was doing wrong. "Don't worry, I think I almost got it..."

Mrs. Harris rolled her eyes irritatedly. "Did you consider starting the ignition?"

"Oh ya!" May hoped she wasn't blushing too noticeably as she turned the key. The hum of the engine let her relax a bit, as it was a sign she was slowly getting back on track.

"Okay..." May took a deep breath and closed her eyes for a second to refresh her memory. "Shoulder check and mirror-checks... go into reverse..."

Slowly, May got the car out of parking. She felt a jolt of accomplishment as she succeeded in getting onto the road smoothly, and began driving at a slow, steady pace.

It was all going dainty and fine, when suddenly, an Electrike, which seemingly came out of nowhere, decided to jump in front of the car. May, who was not expecting this sudden turn of events, panicked, and slammed her foot onto the brakes. However, the Electrike, which had unfortunately frozen in place because of fear, was way too close, and May knew she wouldn't be able to stop without hitting the Pokemon.

"Turn! Turn!" Mrs. Harris ordered firmly. May's hands stumbled, and the second she registered what the woman had said, she turned the steering wheel. Only problem was she turned it the wrong way, and ended up driving partially on the sidewalk, which was fortunately empty at the moment.

"Oh no! Wait, I'll fix this!" the bandana-wearing girl cried frantically, turning the steering wheel to get back on the road.

The Electrike, thinking it was still in danger of being hit, chose that moment to try to fight back by slamming into May's side of the car with the move Spark. May screamed in surprise, although she wasn't hurt in the least. The impact caused her foot to move, and accidentally slam onto the accelerator pedal.

Before she knew it, May was speeding way above the speed limit. Everything was passing by in a blur, making her panic even more and giving her barely any time to think as she swerved left and right, trying to avoid hitting any objects or people coming in her way.

"BRAKE! BRAKE!" Mrs. Harris shrieked wildly, when the brakes on her side failed to work for some strange reason.

"I CAN'T!" May screamed in response. "It's not working, and I think the accelerator got jammed like this, cuz it won't budge! Maybe that electric attack did something to it; I don't know!" May narrowly avoided crashing into a pole. "What do I do; how do I stop this?!"

"LOOK OUT!" Mrs. Harris warned May just in time, and she succeeded in moving the car around a man who was getting in the way, who screamed and dove head-first into a dumpster in the alley beside him to avoid getting run over.

Because she was in panic-mode at the time, and pretty much everything was looking like a blur, May wasn't really sure how it happened. But somehow, the car became airborne, and went flying, heading straight for a small store. A book store, in fact. People screamed, jumping out of the way, May desperately tried to think of something, anything, in that split second, but it was Mrs. Harris who actually managed to do something.

"ALAKAZAM, PSYCHIC!"

Immediately, everything was still. The car was frozen in mid-air, about three meters away from the door of the book store. The Pokemon that had come out of the examiner's pokeball appeared to have the vehicle in its complete control.

Both May and Mrs. Harris sat quietly for a moment, shaking from the experience.

"I-it was lucky you had Alakazam with you." May finally spoke in a tiny voice.

"Lucky my foot!" Mrs. Harris said, panting. "I specifically have Alakazam with me for these sorts of situations, since this isn't the first time I've found myself in this position. You'd be surprised how many terrible drivers are out there. Especially teenagers..."

At that moment, a certain book-loving girl with shining green eyes emerged from the book store, holding a brand new book in the air victoriously.

"I did it!" she announced to the world. "I got the... Whoa! What happened here?!"

She observed her surroundings, taking in everything, from the car floating in mid-air to the damage that had been caused in the area. There were scuff marks all over the road, and dents in poles and signs, and in the sidewalk. Miraculously, no one had been hurt in any way (except for the man who had jumped into the dumpster's bruised dignity), and even more amazingly, no other cars, not even the parked ones, had been hit.

A grumpy, but mostly bored, looking purple-head walked out of the book store after Leaf, carrying two bags, one in each hand, which were filled with an insanely large number of books. He lazily glanced around before directing his attention to his friend, who was still in the driver's seat in the floating car.

"I take it that your driving test didn't go so well?" he noted calmly.

"Not really." May answered in a shaky voice, as she was still trembling. She slowly turned to face Mrs. Harris, who had her eyes closed, and her hand over her heart as she breathed deeply.

"So, um, I guess this means I don't get my license?"

The next day

"Wait, seriously? Seriously?" Drew questioned his friend. "You seriously did that badly?"

It was the next day, and the eight friends were hanging out at the ice cream parlour. May had just explained to everyone what exactly had happened during her driving test.

"Aw, lay off, Drew!" Ash said. "She's already feeling bad for not getting her license; you don't have to rub it in her face."

"I'm not!" Drew protested. "I just can't believe she messed up that badly!"

"Gee, thanks, Mr. I'm-better-than-everyone-because-I'm-a-grasshead." May's sarcastic voice sounded as she gloomily rested her chin on the counter.

"It's alright, May." Dawn assured her. "Everyone makes mistakes sometimes."

"Except never that bad." Gary added, smirking. "How are you gonna pay for all that damage?"

"I can't so my dad has to." May explained miserably. "Now I'm not even going to get an allowance, so I have to save what little money I have left in my wallet until I get a job or something."

"Wait, so that's why you only bought a small-sized one-scoop ice cream cone instead of your usual order today?" Dawn suddenly realized. "That's too bad..."

"Cheer up!" Ash tried to turn her mood positive. "We can still go to every restaurant if you want. I'll drive."

"You know," Misty turned to face Ash. "I still don't get how you managed to pass the test. I mean, pretty much all we did during practice was have me yell at you for doing something wrong."

Ash sheepishly rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, well, that was the thing. I think you sort of nailed it all into me, so it kind of made sure I didn't forget anything when taking the actual test."

Misty shrugged. "Whatever floats your boat, I guess."

"Oh ya!" Gary suddenly remembered something. He reached into his pocket, pulling out a green wallet, and tossed it to Leaf. "I kind of borrowed your wallet, Leafy."

Leaf looked up from the brand-new book she was reading to catch it. A look of fury dawned on her face.

"Borrowed it?! You stole it, even though you knew I needed it that day!" She quickly opened it up to scan through the contents. Her eyes narrowed.

"Wait a minute, everything's still in here! You didn't use any money or anything!"

"To be honest, I didn't need any money; I had my own. I just wanted to see what your reaction would be if you couldn't buy that book you wanted." Gary frowned. "But from the looks of it, you managed to buy it anyways. Who did you get the money from?"

"From ol' Paulie of course!" Leaf pointed to her purple-haired friend who had a coffee cup in his hand instead of an ice cream cone. "He even bought me a ton of other extra books I wanted!"

"'Ol' Paulie'?" Gary muttered, snickering.

"Mind saying that out loud?" Paul snarled dangerously.

Gary paled slightly and turned away, having enough sense to keep his mouth shut while he pondered how Leaf always got away with giving Paul nicknames without putting herself in danger of facing his wrath.

Paul turned to Leaf. "You got me the coffee you owed me, but you still have to pay me back. Now that you have your wallet again, I'd say the time for that would be right about now."

Leaf, who understood this as his way of warning her that if she didn't return his money right now, she would regret it, smiled, not intimidated in the least.

"Okey-dokey!" she agreed cheerfully, taking Paul's wallet from him when he handed it to her. She immediately began filling it with her own money.

"Hey, how about we all go have lunch somewhere?" Ash suggested. "We can all go to that awesome noodle restaurant that opened last month."

"Yeah!" Dawn chimed in. "Come on, May, it'll be great!"

"I'm not hungry." She halfheartedly licked the side of her ice cream before putting it down. "I don't feel like having any more. Besides, it's not like I afford to buy a plate of noodles, with my current lack of cash."

Drew raised his eyebrow. "Wow, you must be really down if you don't even feel like having some of your favourite food."

"No money, no worries!" Gary puffed up his chest arrogantly. "Let the men pay for today!" He wasn't quite used to this depressed May, and it bothered him to the point where he offered to buy her lunch.

Misty glared at him, and was about to open her mouth to tell him that she and the girls were not helpless, and were perfectly capable of paying for their own lunch, but was stopped when Leaf covered her mouth with her hand.

"Why thank you, Gary!" The green-eyed girl smiled at her friend sweetly. "That's so gentleman-y of you!"

Gary, his ego boosted by ten times, strutted out the door to prepare his car. Misty gave Leaf a 'Seriously?' look, to which she responded to with a shrug.

"Hey, the guys are buying us lunch from an expensive restaurant. I wouldn't mind saying yes to a free gourmet meal."

She tossed Paul's wallet back to him. "There you go! All $270 and 95 cents!"

"You took $270 from Paul?!" Dawn exclaimed disbelievingly. "Hold on, let me rephrase that. Paul actually let you borrow $270 from him? How?! And how many books did you even buy?!"

Leaf winked at the blue-haired girl. "Come on, it doesn't matter! I paid him back, right? Now let's go for some noodles!" She marched enthusiastically out the door.

"I should go get the car ready and check the map for the restaurant's location again." Ash said. "Meet you guys outside!"

"I should go too, to make sure he doesn't accidentally run over someone or something." Misty sighed and went out after him.

"Come on, May!" Dawn urged. "You'll get your appetite back once you see your noodle-filled plate!"

"Maybe..." May muttered. But she didn't budge.

"Ah, you go, Dawn." Drew said. "We'll catch up. You guys can head out right now, if you want. I'll drive Ms. December here over in a bit."

"That's really nice of you, Drew!" Dawn squealed. But then she frowned. "Are you sure you two aren't going to start bickering and get poor May feeling worse?"

"Positive!" Drew flipped his hair. Seeing the look on Dawn's face, he knew she was still in doubt.

"Like you say, no need to worry!" he assured her. "Trust me, I've known her since kindergarten! I can brighten her up a bit."

"I'm still here, you know." May mumbled, not really caring anyways.

"Okay..." Dawn hesitated a bit, before leaving to get a ride from one of her friends outside.

It was silent for a bit, and Paul (whom everyone had forgotten about) just stood up and left, saying something about wanting more coffee.

"So, bad day?" Drew commented.

"Congratulations." May said sarcastically in a dull voice. "It only took you a whole day to notice."

"Aw, come on April. You failed your driving test; so what? So did Ash the first time, and he's all set with his license now. Besides, it's not like it's the first time you failed a test."

"Is that supposed to make me feel better?"

"No, but this is." May looked up, coming face to face with a red rose.

"What, another rose for Beautifly again?" May sat up straight, lifting her chin from the counter, frowning in puzzlement. "Why are you always giving my Pokemon flowers? If you want to give someone a rose, shouldn't you give it to a person, since they could probably take better care of it?"

Drew resisted the temptation of face-palming.

"I do give roses to people. In fact, I've been giving the same person roses since kindergarten."

"I don't really see why you're telling me this. Why should I care about whom you give roses to?" May really didn't remember that day in kindergarten, did she?

"Just take the rose, June."

"Fine." May pocketed the flower, rolling her eyes. "I'll keep in mind to give it to Beautifly for you."

It was times like these when Drew was glad he could keep a perfectly cool and calm exterior, because on the inside, he was very close to losing it and banging his head on the counter. Instead, he just smirked the way he usually did and rapped the counter with his hand to get the ice cream man's attention.

"Jumbo-sized ice cream sundae, please."

May eyed him suspiciously. "Since when do you eat so much ice cream?"

"I don't, but you do."

"That still doesn't explain why you're ordering-"

"Oh, come on, March! I thought it was pretty obvious; I'm ordering for you."

"For me?" May stared at him, stunned. "Are you feeling okay? Did you have too much ice cream or something?"

"I'm fine, September. Can't you just accept a little gift from me without questioning it for once?"

"But why would you...?" May's eyes widened as she seemed to realize something. "I get it!" She faced Drew accusingly. "You're trying to get me to waste my remaining money by forcing me to purchase a high-price dessert!"

"What?" Drew blinked confusedly.

At that moment, his order arrived, and he pushed the sundae so it ended up right in front of May. "Enjoy."

May stared at it reluctantly. "I don't want to pay for it!"

"Nah, don't worry; it's on me." Drew leaned against the counter and flipped his hair. "I just figure you didn't have your usual over-dose of sugar today, and Dawn would kill me if I didn't brighten you up before I brought you over to the restaurant."

Sighing, May used a spoon to take a small bite of the ice cream.

"That's it? Usually you'd be stuffing yourself by now! Come on, finish up before we leave. We need to put something in that empty head of yours, don't we? GAH!"

Drew let out a small yelp as a spoonful of the cold dessert got flicked onto his face. He turned to May, who tossed her nose into the air.

"Oh sorry!" she said mockingly. "There wasn't any room in your head, since it was so full of your ego, so I had to flick the ice cream onto your face instead!"

"Real mature, August." Drew rolled his eyes, wiping his cheek with a tissue.

"A bit rich coming from someone as reckless as you!"

"How am I reckless?" Drew raised an eyebrow. "I think you're mistaking me for Ash or Gary. Besides, you have some nerve to call me reckless when you nearly tore down the whole city with your terrible driving."

"At least I can drive! You only have a license to show off! Otherwise you're always being driven around in a fancy shmansy limousine by that butler of yours!"

"What are you talking about? He hasn't driven me in a long time. And I've been actually using my license since the day I got it; you've seen me! Didn't you notice me drive here earlier?"

"I must have been hallucinating. There is no way you can drive better than me!"

"Excuse me, but am I not the one who is going to be driving you to the restaurant in a short while?"

"Great, I should start making my will right now!"

The two playfully teased each other back and forth while May shoveled large spoonfuls of ice cream into her mouth. Her previous ice cream cone, which she had abandoned, lay melting on the counter, forgotten.

Poor May, but everyone has bad days sometimes, right? It all ended okay though. It's times like these May really appreciates her friends!

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Bye bye! And have a smiling day! :)