XD I am basing Ash and his house off of this guy that goes to my school and his house. He has Rock Band. Have Fun with chapter 2! I stayed up til midnight to do it.


May took a deep breath and knocked on Ash's door. She could barely believe that she was standing on his front porch and had just knocked on his door. A shiver went up her back at the thought.

The door opened to reveal Ash he was wearing the same clothes he had worn to school, and May almost regretted the time she had put into her outfit choosing. "Hey, May." A smile formed on his face. "Come on in!"

He closed the door for her once she stepped inside. "Rock Band is on the third floor."

"You have a third floor?" She blurted out.

"Yes, It's not too special."

"May's here?" Ash's mother called. She rushed into the room. "Oh, hi, May! How are you?"

"Good."

"Mom, May and I are going to play Rock Band upstairs now."

His mother's face changed from happiness to suspicion. "You two are going up there alone?"

"Mom!" He hissed.

"Okay, fine, but no scream music. You know that drives me off the walls."

"Okay." He agreed, and led me up three flights of stairs. He stopped at a room with a rather large TV and two couches. "Well, here we are."

"Awesome!"
"Have you ever played before?"

"Come again?"

"Have you ever played Rock Band before? Or Guitar Hero?"

"No, I don't have any video games, actually." She admitted.

"Okay, I'll set you up on base. That's the easiest to play." He walked up to the TV and turned it on. Rock Band was already on the screen. He picked up a black plastic guitar and handed it to me. "That is…unless you want to sing."

"You can sing?"

"Well, yeah, this is Rock Band. You wanna sing?"

May had no idea if she had a good singing voice or not, so she rejected the offer. "Naw, base sounds good."

"Okay you hold it like a normal guitar. Keep your fingers on the colored buttons. Since you'll be on easy, you'll only need Green, Red, and Yellow. You press the correct colored button then the colored note goes over the line. You also have to strum while you press." He explained.

"Um…okay."

He sat at the plastic drums and set the game on 'I Think I'm Paranoid.' May sat at the edge of a couch and stared at the screen. She tried her best, but ended up getting kicked out of the song by the game.

"Here." Ash restarted the song and climbed onto the couch and sat behind May. He held the guitar over her hand and reached his arm over her shoulder and set it at the strum button. "I'll help you." May tried to concentrate on the game, but was too engrossed in the fact that she was practically in Ash's lap. She could feel his chest against her back, rising and falling with every breath. His hand pulling down on hers with every note that the game required her to strum. She never wanted the song to stop. But of course, it did. "Got the hang of it now, May?" he asked her.

"Um…yeah, I think so." She replied. "Thank you for teaching me."

"No problem, I want you to have fun wile you're over here." He said, returning to the drums.

May blushed all over again as he smiled at her.

After an hour and a half had passed, both their fingers were numb so they decided to take a break.

"I like Rock band." May said. She was lying down on one of the couches and he was lying on the other one.

"I'm really glad." He laughed slightly and smiled warmly. "I do want you to sing, though, before you leave."

"I don't even know if I'm good or not." She admitted, slightly red in the face.

"Aw, I don't care if you're good or not."

May decided not to question the peculiar answer. She thought about what to say. When she was quiet for long enough, Ash said, "You don't have to if you really don't want to."

She laughed at this, "No, no, I'll try it. I wanna sing that song that we played first. Paranoid…something?"

"'I Think I'm Paranoid'?"

"Yeah, that one. I like that one."

"It is popular with the girls."

'What does that mean? Has he had a lot of girls over here?' May thought, suddenly doubting her new relationship with Ash.

He must've noticed her concern, because he began to explain. "Misty used to like to sing it, and a lot of my guy friend's girlfriends like it."

"Ah." She replied, perking up.

"Okay, I'll play guitar and you'll sing." He got up and connected the microphone and set the game on the appropriate song. "Have you ever played Karaoke Revolution before?"

"Yes, Dawn has it."

"Rock Band singing is exactly like Karaoke Revolution. Actually," He stepped closer to May and answered in a quieter tone, "I borrowed Karaoke Revolution from my friend…and we can do some duets if you want."

May laughed at this. "Sure! Let me at least sing this, first, though, okay?"

"Yeah, yeah, of course." He started the song.

"you can look but you can't touch. I don't think I like you much. Heaven knows what a girl what a girl can do. Heaven knows what you've got to prove. I think I'm paranoid!" May sang, picking it up quickly and having every bit of fun with it.

"You've got it! You're scoring big!"

May blushed as she continued to sing. "Bend me, break me, any way you need me, all I want is you."

When the song was over, May began laughing and smiling as if she had won the lottery. "That was so much fun!" she exclaimed.

"You were really good, too!" Ash stood up. "Well, wanna do Karaoke Revolution now?"

"Yes!"

"Okay, let me put it in, hang on a sec." He walked over to the Playstation and turned it off. He took the Karaoke Revolution disc out of its case. "May?"

"Yes?"

He paused, then said, "Never mind, it's nothing." He put the disc in the slot and turned back on the gaming console.

By time another hour and a half had passed, their voices were nearly hoarse. "I'll get us some water. You hungry for anything wile I'm down there?"

"Yeah, a little, what do you have?"

"Goldfish."

"Goldfish?"

"You know, the cheddar basked snack crackers?"

"Oh, yeah, I like Goldfish."

"Alrighty. I'll bring some of that up. Be right back." He went down the stairs. May quickly took out her cell phone to go on Instant Message to see if Dawn was online. She was.

MayFlower: I'm in his house! Sry I didn't txt u b4, but we were busy playin games. Hes a gud singer! Hes getting snaks.

KissMeAtDawn: omg, May, txt me sooner nxt time! Singer? Dus he rly hav Karaoke Rev.?

MayFlower: yeh, he sed he borrowed it from a friend. We sang a luv song duet! It was awesome!

KissMeAtDawn: o, u guyz! I bet u will be datin by Friday next week. I'm bettin 10 on it. I swear.

MayFlower: I hav 2 say, I agree wit u, it seems like he likes me. Well, here he cums, so I gg. Ttyl! Byee!

KissMeAtDawn: hav fun! Ttfn! Byee!

May closed her cell phone just as Ash was walking into the room. He carried a bag of Goldfish and two water bottles. "Who were you texting?"

"Just Dawn." She replied. "Thanks for getting the snacks!"

"No problem, you're the guest, anyway." He pulled up a table and set down the crackers and bottles. May sat next to him on the couch and took a water bottle. She opened it and drank from it. "So, you havin' fun with all this singing?"

"Yeah." She closed the bottle and took a handful of Goldfish. She held them in her hand and ate them one at a time. "Its super fun."

"I'm glad you like it. I'm having a lot of fun, too." He stole a Goldfish from her hand and ate it.

"You know, there is a whole bag of Goldfish, you don't need to take mine." May said playfully.

"I know." He said. "But I wanted one of yours."

A blush spread across her face again, and she looked down, attempting to hide it.

They talked for another half hour, until Ash glanced at the clock. "Hey, how did you get here?"

"I walked."

"Then you should probably get going, it's eleven thirty."

"Oh, yeah."

"I'll walk you. I mean, its Dark, you don't want to get lost or hit by a car or something."

"Thanks." May stood up and smiled as Ash led her down the stairs, not even bothering to turn off the Playstation.


I had alot of fun doing the IM part. I will prolly do more IM in chapter 3. Keep checking back!