Chapter 2: Getting Along


Well, this is a longer chapter, It took me awhile to reach a good stopping point. But that's a good thing right? I like long chapters but some people write stories with like... 20,000 words... That's crazy...

Anyways, don't own Pokémon.


Day 2: Thursday

"So why didn't you just tell your parents you got mugged?" Dawn asked after May had told her what happened last night. The two girls sat by themselves in a far off corner, away from their classmates.

"My parents would have never fallen for that!" May said, "Besides, I'm not a very good liar..." a knowing, but sad grin appeared on Dawn's face.

"Well, you'll just have to tutor him in school then..." Dawn said, playing around with her mashed potatoes. May let out another depressing sigh.

"Yeah, but he'll never do it here around his classmates, not even with you around him, his reputation is much more important to him than his grade..." May said, Dawn nodded, pulling her black hair from her face.

"Why don't we just try right now?" Dawn asked, "It probably won't work, but it's worth a shot..."

"I don't want to get him even madder at me than he already is..." May said, Dawn pulled out her report card for the month, and ripped off a corner of it, making May wince, she hated seeing stuff like that being mistreated. Dawn pulled out a pen and began scribbling something down on the paper.

"Okay, while I distract them, you give him the paper..." Dawn said, handing the paper to May. She looked at the paper, finding it read: "Want to study some?" and then there was devious smiley face. May sighed and stood up along with Dawn. As they approached the table that Ash and his friends were at, children glanced at them, wondering what they were doing.

"Well if it isn't Dweeb Girl and her little emo protector friend," Gary said.

"Shut up Gary!" Dawn said, "Unless you want a second dosage of my wrath." Gary just laughed.

"Uh, Gary," Barry said, "You might want to back off... She hurt you pretty badly yesterday."

"Thank you," Dawn said.

"I'm not afraid of no girl..." Gary said.

"Uh, you just used a double negative," May said, "Meaning you are afraid of girls."

"SHUT UP!" Gary shouted, making May back off.

"Haha, Gary has been out smarted!" Dawn said with a chuckle.

"Why I ought to slug you into next week!" Gary said, rolling up his sleeves, Dawn remained unfazed.

"G-Gary... D-don't do it..." Barry said. Gary ignored him and leapt towards Dawn, smacking her across the face, and knocking her to the floor.

"You son of a-" Dawn began as she got to her feet, before Gary kicked her back down.

"Gary, stop it!" May shouted.

"Shut up, worthless," Gary exclaimed, pointing at May. He turned his attention back to Dawn and kicked her several times.

"This. Is. For. Yesterday." Gary said. Suddenly something grabbed him and pulled him back. Gary found himself being held back by Ash and Barry.

"Just let it go man! Or I'll fine you!" Barry exclaimed. Gary struggled and jerked himself out of their grasp.

Gary breathed heavily, glancing around. "Fine..." he said, stomping off.

The entire cafeteria was silent...

"Ugh, I can't believe I touched him and his germs," Berry said, pulling out a bottle of hand sanitizer and cleaned his hands with it. May quickly rush over Dawn, who had curled up into a ball and was breathing heavily.

"Dawn! Are you okay?" May asked, kneeling beside her friend.

"Y-yeah..." Dawn said before coughing up a little blood. "Mom's boyfriend does worse..." she said, smiling weakly.

"Let's get you to the nurse..." May said, helping Dawn up and walking her to the nurse's office, the woman looked up in surprise.

"Back so soon?" She asked.

"Yes, Gary Oak is such a-" Dawn then spoke several inappropriate words, which was followed by several other sentences that had words in them that were never meant to be spoken by a teenager.

"Where do you hear these things?" May asked, not even recognizing half the words Dawn had said.

"I hear Mom's boyfriend say it when he's mad..." Dawn said.

The nurse checked Dawn and found that she was covered in bruises. "Why don't you stay here and take a rest?" the nurse suggested. Dawn nodded and the nurse walked out, leaving May and Dawn sitting quietly in the room.

"So, what did Ash say?" Dawn asked May.


"Well if it isn't Dweeb Girl and her little emo protector friend," Gary said.

"Shut up Gary!" Dawn said, "Unless you want a second dosage of my wrath." Gary just laughed.

May nudged Ash's shoulder; he turned and saw her standing by him, holding out the piece of paper.

"Uh, Gary," Barry said, "You might want to back off... She hurt you pretty badly yesterday.

"Thank you," Dawn said.

Ash grabbed the paper and read it.

"I'm not afraid of no girl..." Gary said.

"Uh, you just used a double negative," May commented, turning she attention for a second, "Meaning you are afraid of girls."

"SHUT UP!" Gary shouted, making May turned back to Ash

Ash motioned for her to lean closer, May leaned forward and put her ear by Ash's mouth. "What's wrong with coming to my house?" he asked quietly.

"Uh... You see... I got grounded for doing that..." May said, blushing with embarrassment.

"Haha, Gary has been out smarted!" Dawn said with a chuckle.

"Why I ought to slug you into next week!" Gary said, rolling up his sleeves, Dawn remained unfazed.

"Can I just come over to your house?" Ash asked. May hadn't thought about that before.

"G-Gary... D-don't do it..." Barry said. Gary ignored him and leapt towards Dawn, smacking her across the face, and knocking her to the floor.

May turned to the excitement and quickly said, "Sure, come after school..."

"You son of a-" Dawn began as she got to her feet, before Gary kicked her back down.

"Gary, stop it!" May shouted turning her full attention to what was going on.

"Shut up, worthless," Gary exclaimed, pointing at May. He turned his attention back to Dawn and kicked her several times

"This. Is. For. Yesterday." Gary said. Suddenly Ash stood up and motioned for Barry to do the same. They both grabbed Gary and held him back.

"Just let it go man! Or I'll have to fine you!" Barry exclaimed. Gary struggled and jerked himself out of their grasp.

Gary breathed heavily, glancing around. "Fine..." he said, stomping off.

The entire cafeteria was silent...

"Ugh, I can't believe I touched him and his germs," Berry said, pulling out a bottle of hand sanitizer and cleaning his hands with it.



"Whoa..." Dawn said, "So... They stopped Gary?" May nodded, Dawn gazed at the faded paint on the wall before speaking up again.

"So will your parents let you tutor Ash at home?" Dawn asked, May let out a long sigh.

"Mom won't have a problem with it, it's Dad that I'm worried about." May said.


"Just try to act normal..." May insisted, "My parents don't exactly trust you..."

"Well, that's good to know..." Dawn said. May opened the front door of her house.

"Hey May, want to play a board game?" She heard Max say as she entered the house with Dawn. Max looked over and saw that someone was with his sister.

"Who's that?" Max asked, upon hearing the question, May's mother and father both appeared as well.

"Uh, this is my friend Dawn," May said, gesturing to the emo girl, "The kid I am tutoring will be coming over soon as well..."

May's parents exchanged glances, Norman was about to say something, but was pulled into the kitchen by his wife. "I don't like this..." he told her quietly.

"Honey, think about it. This is what we wanted all along... May to begin interacting with other people..." She said.

Norman list of a sigh, "Yes, but..." he was cut short when she laid a finger on his lips.

"No buts..." she said, he sighed again and nodded.

"Why do you dress like that?" Max asked Dawn.

"Uh, well, I guess to make a statement..." Was Dawn's reply.

"Why are your jeans all torn?"

"They're really old..."

"What are those marks on your wrists from?"

"Okay! Max! Stop asking questions, geez..." May said, not wanting Max to get into too many details about Dawn's dreary life.

*ding* *dong*

"I'll get it..." May called out. She opened the front door and Ash rushed in, quickly closing the door behind him, making sure nobody outside saw him.

"Say, how did you find my house, I don't recall telling you the address..." May said.

"I could ask you the same thing..." Ash said. He had a point; she had never told him how she found her address.

"Oh, is this your friend?" May's mother asked, stepping into the hall while wiping a plate with a cloth.

"Friend?" Ash asked, "Nah, I'm only here because I have to be tutored..."

"Well, would you like to stay for dinner?" May's mother asked, making May's eyes widen and jaw dropped.

"Uh, let's see, my mom was going to make some gross vegetable dish... So sure!" Ash replied. May's jaw dropped even more when she heard him accept.

"A-alright, let's go u-up to my room..." May said. Ash nodded and followed her into the living room. Were they found Dawn and Max.

"Hey! Who's that?" Max asked.

"My name is Ash Ketchum," Ash said, sticking out his hand.

"Ash Ketchup?" Max asked, "What kind of name is that?"

"KetchUM." Ash said, emphasizing the 'um', Max realized his mistake and quickly apologize.

"Hey, you want to play a board game?" Max asked. Ash shook his head.

"Sorry, but I have to tutor with your sister..." Ash said, Max's head drooped.

"Oh, good luck..." Max said. With that, May, Dawn, and Ash headed upstairs. May closed the door behind her, and Ash unzipped his backpack, and a little yellow head popped out.

"I hope you don't mind that I brought Pikachu..." Ash said as the electric mouse jumped out of his backpack and ran around the room to stretch his legs.

"Just don't let mom see it, she has this strange fear..." May said. Ash and Dawn then examined May's room, noting the cleanness and how it was so tidy.

"Wow, your room is really clean..." Dawn said.

"Yeah, this makes my room seem like it's upside-down." Ash said. May just nodded and put her books down and set up her desk, but Ash had other plans.

"Why don't we do this on the floor?" he said, plopping himself on the carpet. Dawn took a seat on May's perfectly made bed. May glanced at Dawn, who just shrugged as Ash waited for an answer, she let out a sigh.

"Okay..." She said, moving her books from her desk and placing them on the floor, sitting down next to Ash as she laid out the books. Pikachu continued to run around, either hopping into Ash or Dawn's lap, occasionally attempting to get May's attention before being pushed away.

May and Ash sat on the floor leaning over chemistry books, hoping to make more progress than they did the previous day. Several hours passed by, and Ash slowly began to understand things better.

"So that's all the number is? It's number of electrons..." Ash said.

"Yeah, it's basically-"

"Dinner!" May heard her mother call; May closed the book, taking note of what page they were on. Dawn and Ash raced down stairs towards the dining room, while May followed closely behind. Ash had told Pikachu to stay in May's room, and that he would bring him some food after dinner. May noticed that the table had been set up for two extra people, Ash and Dawn of course. They sat themselves down at the table, and Dawn looked down at the food.

"Whoa, this is fancy..." Dawn said, Ash looked at her plate and then at his.

"Um... That's the average homemade dish..." Ash said. Dawn just gazed at her meal, as if she wasn't worthy of eating it.

"What do you normally eat, Dawn?" May's mother asked.

"Um... School cafeteria food, fast-food, and cheap frozen meals," Dawn said. "Mom can't really cook, so I'm kinda on my own..."

"Well, you can come over here and I can teach you how to cook..." May mother said. Dawn's face brightened a little bit.

"That would be cool," She said.

"So Ash," May's father asked suddenly changing the subject "How's my daughter doing tutoring you?"

Uh oh... May thought to herself.

"Heh, I can now honestly say I understand the peredoofic table," Ash said, both of May's parents looked at him as if they didn't know what he was talking about.

"Periodic Table," May corrected, her parents realized his mistake and let out a long "oooh" together.

"I mean... Like, I suck at science in general..." Ash said. "But May took me back and showed me things so that what I'm supposed to be learning now makes sense."

Both May and Dawn exchanged glances, Ash was complementing May?

"I didn't even know that chemistry was the identification of substances and different things about them until May told me. Goes to show how much attention I have during that class."

May couldn't believe it, she couldn't remember the last time anyone had praised anything she had done. It felt... Good.

"Well, it's good to hear May's doing a fine job." May's father said approvingly. "Is it only chemistry you struggle in?"

Ash wiped his face with a napkin; May had noticed how Ash would occasionally take a piece of food off his plate and hide it under the table, most likely for Pikachu. "Yeah, I do fine in all my other classes, science just bores me to death." Norman nodded understandingly.

"What about you Dawn? Do you not like science either?" Norman asked. Dawn had too much food shoved into her mouth to speak though, so it took her a while to finally respond.

"I don't like it, but I'm not horrible at it, typically if I have a question I just ask May about it." Dawn said. Her reply surprised May's parents quite a bit.

Ash devoured his food like there was no tomorrow, and Dawn thought the food was so good she virtually inhaled her it, nobody in the Maple family had seen anyone eat as fast as the two guest did that night. When the two finished they both let out an obnoxious belch and patted their stomachs.

"That was pretty good Mrs. Maple..." Ash said.

"Oh my Arceus it was the most amazing thing I've ever tasted!" Dawn said.

May's mother smiled before taking both their dishes and taking them to the kitchen "I'm glad you enjoyed it," she said. May also finished her food and the three teens went back up the steps to May's room, where Pikachu was anxiously waiting for them.

"I brought some grub," Ash said he pulled out some of the food he hadn't eaten and gave it to Pikachu, who happily ate it. The two teens sat back down now joined by Dawn has May reopened the book they had been studying.

Of course, there was only so much studying Ash could take. After a few more hours he began to get antsy.

"Ugh, can we stop?" Ash asked, lying down on the floor, his movement copied by Pikachu, "I feel like my brain is going to explode..."

"But we have less than a week to study this chapter," May said, flipping through the pages.

"Well we can do it another day..." Ash said, suddenly, an idea popped into his head, "Hey! Let's play a board game with Max!" He leapt to his feet, and before May could blink, he was out the door along with Pikachu.

"Ash, wait!" May shouted, suddenly, she heard a high pitched scream. She and Dawn both dashed out of the room and found Ash standing in the living room with Pikachu hiding behind his leg, while May's mother hid behind the couch.

"Cool! A Pikachu!" Max exclaimed as he walked into the living room to inspect the Pokémon.

"Careful, Max! It could electrocute you!" May's mother said.

"Mom, cool your jets, it's Ash's Pikachu..." May said as she walked down the stairs.

"Yeah, Pikachu won't hurt you as long as you don't hurt him," Ash said, May's mother got out from behind the couch, watching the Pokémon cautiously.

"Just, don't let it come near me..." she said, Ash nodded and bent down to Pikachu.

"You heard her Pikachu, don't get to close..." Ash said. Pikachu stood up straight and saluted, with that, May's mother hurried out of the room.

Ash turned to Max, who was petting Pikachu. "So Max, want to play a board game?" Max looked up at Ash in disbelief.

"Really? You would?" Max asked excitedly.

"Yeah, why don't we play Risk or something," Ash said, without a second to lose, Max dashed out of the room and up the stairs.

"Ash, we still have a lot of studying to do..." May insisted.

"Well I came straight here after school, I haven't had any free time to rest my poor brain..." Ash said, patting his head. Max came back with Risk and set it down on the long coffee table. Ash sat on the opposite side of Max helping him set up the board as Pikachu played with some of the little pieces.

"Say, you guys should play with us..." Ash said, gesturing to May and Dawn, who had been watching them set up.

"Yeah!" Max exclaimed, "The game is more fun with more people."

"Well, I've never played before, but I can learn..." Dawn said, sitting down on the same side of the table as Max.

"Come on, play with us, May," Ash said.

"Nah... I mean... I can't really..." May tried to say but they kept insisting.

"Come on May, play!" Max said.

"Yeah, I don't want to lose by myself," Dawn said.

"What's the matter with having a little fun?" Ash asked, May finally caved in.

"Okay, okay, I'll play..." May said, sitting down next to Ash, opposite of Max.

"I hope you guys are ready to get dominated!" Max said, "I practice playing this game by myself all the time!"

"That doesn't even make sense..." Dawn said, "How could you tell if you've actually improved..."

"Well... Um..." Max muttered.

"I pick Madagascar!" Ash exclaimed, putting some men down.

"Hey! No fair!" Max said, "I want Madagascar! It's part of my strategy!"

"What's going on?" Dawn asked, completely confused.

In spite of all the commotion, May couldn't but let out a laugh, something she hadn't done for a long time. After explaining the rules to Dawn and Ash eventually surrendering Madagascar to Max. They were able to begin.

After some playing, Dawn was completely wiped out.

"What?" Dawn exclaimed, "how did you guys take me down so easily?"

"Well for starters, you set your home base right in the middle of Africa, where I put most my men..." Max said.

"Yeah, you were a little too scattered..." May told Dawn, Who let out a huff and pouted.

A little more into the game... Ash began getting uneasy.

"Hey May," he whispered, while Max was thinking about his turn.

"Hm?" May replied.

"Max is getting too powerful, he has Dawn's base, Africa, and Australia..." Ash said, "Let's gang up on him and conquer him..." May nodded with a smirk.

Before he knew it, Max was out of the game as well.

"What the heck? You two ganged up on me!" Max exclaimed, Ash let out a playful scoff.

"What could you possibly be talking about?" Ash asked, secretly giving May a high five under the coffee table. The rest of the game consisted of Ash and May continually attacked each other until Ash got lucky with the dice and May realized she couldn't win.

"Alright, I surrender..." May said. Ash threw hands in the air in victory.

"Pikachu!" He Pokémon exclaimed.

"Congratulations, Ash..." Max said, "Thanks for playing a board game with me."

"Yeah, it was fun; we should do it again sometime." Ash said.

"Except, let's not play this game..." Dawn said.

Ash laughed and turned to May, "See? Wasn't it fun?" he asked her. She had to admit, even though she had lost, she had really enjoyed herself.

"Mhm..." May responded, smiling and nodding her head, Ash looked at his watch and eyes widened upon seeing the time.

"Whoa! It's getting late!" Ash exclaimed leaping to his feet, "I really got to go!"

He grabbed his backpack and swiped up Pikachu. "Thanks for dinner Mrs. Maple!" Ash exclaimed before dashing out of the house. Dawn sighed and stood up as well.

"I should probably get going too, but it was fun, I should come over to your house more often..." Dawn said.

"Yeah..." May said, "I had... fun," With that, Dawn got up and left. May yawned and stretched her arms, beginning to feel a little drowsy.

"I think I'll be going to bed now..." She said with a yawn.

"Okay," Max said, "Thanks for playing a board game with me... Finally..."

May didn't notice that her father had been watching her the entire night. As she went up into her room and crawled into bed, Norman came into her room, sitting down beside her.

"Hey Dad," May said, wondering what her father had come up to talk about, "What's up?"

Her father let out a weary sigh and ran his fingers through his hair, "May..." he began, "I just wanted to tell you... That I'm proud of you..."

At first May didn't know what he was talking about, but he continued, "Your mother and I had decided that it was time for you to come out from your hiding place in your room and stretch your legs, that's why I had you help me to clean the gym a few days before. But when I saw you in the living room, playing with your little brother and two friends, it made me happy. It felt good to see a genuine smile on your face, to hear you... Laugh..." her father took a deep breath before continuing, "I guess what I'm trying to say is, I'm happy you came out of your shell by yourself, and weren't forced by your mother and I... And I wanted to tell you that you're not grounded anymore."

May put on a small grin, earning a smile from her father, he leaned down and kissed her goodnight, before leaving and closing the bedroom door behind him.


Day Three: Friday

May had finally thought she had made a second friend, someone she could hang out with during school, and maybe talk about this and that, other than just Dawn.

She was actually quite wrong.

Ash avoided both her and Dawn the entire day at school, still not wanting to ruin his reputation.

"I can't believe this!" Dawn exclaimed as she and May sat in their normal spot in the cafeteria, "He looked right at me before taking off!" Dawn said.

"Well, don't get mad now..." May said, "You can blow your steam when I tutor him..." Dawn huffed and crossed her arms.

"I'll give him a piece of my mind..." Dawn mumbled. May looked over at the table Ash and his friends sat, he, Barry, and Gary all seemed to be in a debate about something.

"So are we going to your house again tonight?" Dawn asked, May shrugged.

"I don't know yet, I'm not grounded anymore, so we can do it were ever we want..." May said.

"Yeah? But how are we going to tell him that? I don't feel like getting beaten up by Gary again..." Dawn said.

"I... Don't know..." May said. They sat in silence, thinking about how they could talk to Ash.

"Let's go to his house..." Dawn said, "I want to see how well his mother cooks..." May sweat-dropped.

"Dawn," May began, "We are not doing this to take advantage of people." Dawn sighed before letting out a small chuckle.


"Okay, here they all come," Dawn said, quickly disappearing behind the corner she and May where hiding.

"Are you sure this will work?" May asked, Dawn nodded confidently.

"Sure, I do it all the time, now get ready..." Dawn said.

Ash, Gary, and Barry all were walking down the hallway, talking about this and that, as they approached the corner the girls were hidden behind, Dawn tripped Barry and he fell to the floor.

"AAAH! Gross! I can't believe I just touched the disgusting floor! I'm gonna fine whoever did that!" Barry exclaimed trying to get up without using his hands. While they were distracted, May grabbed Ash by the hand and pulled him behind the corner, she covered his mouth and dragged him into an empty classroom.

"Was that necessary?" He asked as May removed her hand from his mouth.

"Well, we have to talk to you somehow..." May said. Dawn was standing in front of the classroom door, guarding the door to make sure no one came in.

"Well... What's your number..." Ash asked, pulling out his cell phone, May blushed with embarrassment.

"I-I don't have a cell phone..." May said, Ash dropped his phone and gave May the oddest look.

"Why on earth would you not have a cell phone?" Ash asked, picking up his phone. May sighed, now wasn't the time for this.

"Why would I use one? Think about it!" May said, Ash thought for a moment before nodding his head.

"I guess you're right..." Ash said, May sweat-dropped at the unintended insult.

"Anyways..." May began, "Let's meet up at your house today for tutoring."

"I thought you were grounded..." Ash said, May shook her head and smiled.

"Not anymore..." she said.

"Hello Ms. Jessie... What can I do for you?" Ash and May turned their attention to the door and saw Dawn standing in front of the door, blocking a teacher from entering.

"Well for starters, I'd like you to move so I can get into my classroom." Ms. Jessie said.

"Um... This isn't your class room..." Dawn said.

"Yes it is! This is definitely the right one, see the number!"

"But it's the school's classroom, not yours..."

Ms. Jessie was one of the most dreaded teachers in the whole school, if anyone was put in her class, there was a 101% chance it would be a horrible school year. She had a temper like a Fearow and was devious like a Gengar. She was able to make one's life miserable.

"Oh no!" Ash exclaimed, "If Ms. Jessie sees us in here, we're screwed!" May also began to panic, she never got in trouble at school before.

"What do we do?" May asked.

"Don't play your stupid games with me runt! Out of my way!" Ms Jessie pushed Dawn aside, stepping into the room, scanning it thoroughly before sitting down at her desk. She missed two teenagers who had pushed a bookshelf away from the wall and were standing behind it.

May glanced at Ash who signaled her to be completely silent. Unfortunately, a lot of dust had built up behind that bookshelf. May felt a tingle in her nose. She closed her eyes and breathed deeply through her nose. Ash could tell that she was about to sneeze. He quickly put his right index finger beneath May's nose, momentarily stopping the sneeze.

Did you notice the word, "momentarily"?

"AAAHCHUUUU!" May sneezed loudly. Ms. Jessie's head snapped up and looked directly at the bookshelf Ash and May where behind. The two teens held their breath as they heard the high heel shoes tapping against the floor as she approached the bookshelf. Just as May thought they would be caught, Ash shoved her as hard as he could to the floor, out of Ms. Jessie's sight she saw Ash standing between the shelves and against the wall.

May laid on the floor, watching they scenic unfold, now hiding on the side of the bookshelf opposite to Ms. Jessie, thanks to Ash pushing her.

"What are you doing here twerp?" The angry teacher said, completely oblivious of May's presence.

"I came looking for some erasers..." Ash said, Jessie huffed, unconvinced.

"And I grade papers as a hobby! Get out of here! We're heading straight to the principal's office!" Ms. Jessie grabbed Ash by his sleeve and dragged him out of the room, leaving May by herself on the floor.

May quickly got up and tiptoed to the door, peeking through to make sure nobody was there. She stepped out of the room as Dawn appeared from behind the corner.

"What happened?" She asked, "I just saw an angry Ms. Jessie drag Ash down the hall.

May let out a deep breath and leaned against the wall, sliding down to the ground. "He just saved my sorry butt..."

May told Dawn everything that had happened in the classroom, ending with "We dragged him in there, I was the one who sneezed, he was the one who got in trouble..." she said sadly, burying her face in her hands.

"So he pushed you out of the way so Ms. Jessie wouldn't see you, and he got in trouble..." Dawn concluded. May nodded, still hiding her face in her hands. Dawn sadly patted her shoulder and sat there for a few minutes.

"Let's go and see what happened..." Dawn said, standing up and help May to her feet. The two girls stood up and walked down the hall to the principal's office, they sat down on the benches by the door. All they could hear from the other side of the door was Ms. Jessie non-stop blabbing.

"Remind me to put a thumbtack on her office chair..." Dawn said, May nodded and smirked.

After listening to Ms. Jessie's ear piercing vice for a while, she finally shut her mouth and the principle said a few things before Ash and Ms. Jesse left the office.

"You got off easy this time twerp!" Jessie said, "I'll get you next time! Looking for erasers… My eyeballs!" Ash watched her leave with a smirk, before looking down at May and Dawn, who were still sitting on the benches.

"You guys have been waiting here?" Ash asked, pointing at the ground. May stood up and approached Ash.

"I know this isn't good for your reputation, but..." May embraced Ash tightly, "Thank you..." she let go of Ash and smiled at him sadly.

"I'm really sorry about getting you in all this trouble..." May apologized, Ash just shrugged.

"Eh, I guess that's what I get for avoiding you guys..." Ash said, Dawn let out a laugh.

"So wait, did you get in trouble or anything?" Dawn asked him, also standing up.

"An hour of detention... Not that big of a deal..." Ash said. May sighed and looked down at the floor guiltily.

"We'll be waiting for you," May said as she watched Ash disappear down the hallway.


"Gosh, detention is long!" May complained. She and Dawn were waiting outside the detention room for Ash.

"Eh, you get used to it..." Dawn, who had been put in detention before, said.

"What do you do in there?" May asked, now getting curious.

"Nothing... You sit at a desk and wait for detention to be over, the end." Dawn said.

"That doesn't sound too bad..." May said.

"Unless you make plans with your friends... Or have lots of homework…" Dawn said, she had a point there. May and Dawn had been sitting there for a little less than an hour, in which May managed to complete both hers and Dawn's homework, before Ash came out of the detention room.

"Well, how did it go?" May asked, standing up.

Ash stretched and rubbed his eyes, "Eh, I got an extra hour of sleep." Before letting out a laugh. With that, May, Dawn, and Ash all left the school and went down the road towards Ash's house.

"So..." May began, clutching her books a little tighter, "I still don't understand why you shoved me out from behind that bookshelf so that Ms. Jessie wouldn't see me, I mean, the entire situation was my fault," May looked Ash straight in the eye, "Why would you do that?"

Ash turned his head and looked at her, thoroughly think of an answer.

"I guess that's what friends do..." was his reply.

Friends...

May couldn't remember that last time she made a friend other than Dawn, whose friendship really hadn't bloomed until May began tutoring Ash.

"May?"

May shook her head and snapped herself out of her thoughts, "Hm? Yeah?" she asked.

"You spaced out," Dawn said.

May blinked a few times and gazed at the ground, "S-sorry, I was just... Thinking..."


"So this is the atomic number..."

"Yes..."

"And... Uh..."

"What is atomic number?"

"Um... It's... The atomic number?"

"Well, duh, be more specific."

...

"Well?"

"Is it... Er... The number of... Protons in an atom?"

May's face brightened as she slapped her hands down on the table. "YES!" she said excitedly, she sat back down and pointed to another number, "Okay, now what is the Mass number?"

...

"I have no idea..." Ash said, causing May to sweat-drop. The three teens where sitting at the dining room table, Pikachu in Dawn's lap.

Suddenly, they heard voices outside.

"Dude, just grab the doorknob and open the door."

"Are you kidding? Do you know how many germs are on that thing?"

"It's not that big of a deal!"

"Then you open it!"

"Oh shoot!" Ash exclaimed, "I forgot! I invited Gary and Berry to hang out after school. What do I do?"

"The door is locked right?" Dawn asked.

*Click*

"See it's not that hard to open a front door," They heard Gary say.

"Ew... You don't know what unwashed hands have touched that thing." Barry said.

"I don't wash my hands..." Gary said.

"AAAACCK!" Barry exclaimed.

Ash shoved Dawn and May under the table, just as Barry and Gary walked in.

"S'up?" Ash asked. Gary and Barry eyed all the books scattered on the table.

""What's up with all the books?" Barry asked.

"Yeah, did that nerd girl that's been stalking you decide to trash the place like the garbage she is?" Gary asked.

Ash winced, Dawn was just about ready to jump out from under the table and rip Gary apart limb by limb.

"What's the matter Ash-y boy? Typically you laugh at those jokes," Gary said, May gasped.

"I..." Ash began, "I don't know what you're talking about..." Barry glanced at Ash with a confused look.

"But Ash, when Gary was cracking jokes about May and Dawn, you laughed... And that was just this morning," Barry said, May's heart sunk.

"Yeah, I said, May was so retarded that-," Gary began.

"You guys..." Ash interrupted, "I'm really busy studying... Could we hang out later?"

Barry and Gary exchanges glances "Uh, sure I guess, but if you back down again, I'm gonna have to fine you..." Barry said. With that, Ash's two friends left.

May and Dawn crawled out from under the table, Dawn was enraged while May's mouth was open in disbelief and sadness. Ash gulped again.

"You two faced, hypocrite!" Dawn said, grabbing Ash out of his chair by his shirt.

"I should chop you to pieces and feed you to the Poochyena!" Dawn exclaimed in his face, May freed Ash from Dawn's grip.

"Dawn..." May said calmly, "Allow me..." with that she slapped him in the face and kicked him in his unspoken area. She grabbed all her books and stormed out of the house.

Dawn quickly said goodbye to a confused Pikachu, kissing him on his forehead before and storming out of the house, while Ash laid on the ground, groaning in pain.


May didn't wait for Dawn, she just ran as fast as she could back home, she dashed through the door, ignoring her brother's request to play a board game, and into her room, slammed her door shut. She threw her books on the ground and screamed in frustration, throwing herself on the bed.

Just when I thought he was honestly a true friend! May thought to herself, That stupid jerk! Arceus, he's worse than Gary!

*knock* *knock* *knock*

Of course this story wouldn't have a happy ending, they never end happily!May thought, ignoring the knocking.

*knock* *knock* *knock*

"May, Honey? Are you okay?"She heard her mother ask.

"Just leave me alone!" May shouted.

Worse day ever.


I think one of my main focuses to practice in this story will be character development, something I should work on.

Otherwise... not much to say here.