"Whew! Glad that's all done! Now we can relax!" Exclaimed May, as falling back on a comfortable chair in front of the fire place. They had checked into the Pokémon Academy, went through a bit of trouble confirming that Professor Oak sent them there, gotten their room, and unpacked. Their room was the size of a large apartment, which makes sense because this was a VERY high quality and expensive school. There was a kitchen, a living room, two bedrooms with three beds each, a bathroom, and a study room. Ash, Brock, and Max shared one bedroom, while May, Misty, and Dawn shared the other.
"So now that we're all settled in, what do you guys want to do?" Brock asked everyone.
"Well Brock, I wouldn't mind some of your delicious cooking!" Misty exclaimed.
"I'd be happy to make us some lunch, but I need to go to the store down the block to get some supplies first. Ash, will you help me carry some stuff back?" Brock asked Ash.
"Can't." Ash plainly replied, while texting someone on his cell phone.
"Oh? And why cant you? You say it as if your BUSY." Misty questioned ash, with a bit of a joking tone.
"Well maybe that's because I am. I'm suppose to meet my friend in five minutes to sign up for swim team try outs."
"You know someone else that goes here?" Dawn asked, while tilting her head. Not many other people could get admitted to a place like this.
"Yeah, I met him like thirty minutes ago. Well see ya guys later." Ash said while getting out of his seat. He slipped his backpack on, grabbed Pikachu, and walked out of the door.
"Making friends already I see." May chuckled.
"Alright, so tryouts are two days from now at 4:00pm. This'll be fun!" Ash said, turning to his companion. "Pika pika!" Pikachu agreed. "We should practice together before tryouts! Do you want to meet up again around 6:00pm so we can train together tonight?" Questioned the boy standing next to Ash, which was also his new friend. The boy was about Ash's height, Ash's age also, and had red spiky hair, slightly tanned skin, and a black t-shirt and khaki pants. "I'd love to Sam, but my friends and I just got here, and they'll probably want me to go back to our room for the rest of the night. Thanks for the offer though!" Ash said with the kind tone he always had. "Awh that sucks. I'll text you though! You seem really cool!" Sam said to Ash, with a look of admiration. "Thanks, you too! I've got to go now, see ya later!" Ash smiled, and started running back to his and his friend's room.
"Hey guys, I'm back!" Ash rushed through the door, with Pikachu perched on his shoulder. "Hi! We never got to ask, who's your new friend?" May came up to Ash, giving him a warm smile. "Sam." Ash said, returning May's smile. "Pika pika! Pikachuuuuuu!" Pikachu added.
Dawn froze. "Sam as in Samuel, right? Not Sam as in Samantha?" Dawn nervously questioned Ash, while blushing at the same time. "Uh, yeah... What's got you so worked up?" Ash asked. "Oh good, I mean... Nothing." Dawn said hesitantly. May took a big sigh of relief also. Ash looked at them, extremely confused. 'Ugh, good thing he's so dense, or else he'd know exactly how they feel about him. May and Dawn don't know how to hide their feelings, like I do.' Misty thought, also thinking back to the fact that she's always had a bit of a problem with her, May, and Dawn all sharing the same crush.
Brock on the other hand was smiling, for he new exactly what was going on. He found it funny that Ash had no idea what the hell was going on, but he was also happy for his young friend, seeing as he was finally entering the world of love.
Max was equally confused as Ash was about the whole situation, though he did notice Brock's understanding smile, so he decided to ask Brock what was going on.
"Hey Brock? Could I talk to you for a sec?" Max asked Brock, as the two of them walked elver to their bedroom.
"What is it Max?" Brock asked Max.
"Well, I've been noticing that May acts really weird around Ash."
Brock smiled, knowing where this conversation was going.
"Like whenever she talks to him, her face gets all red. And whenever she's with him, she gets all happy and hyper and stuff, and once or twice she's said his name in her sleep. What's up with that? Are all 12 year old girls like that? Because I've noticed Dawn's a lot like that too. Misty is sometimes, but not as much. And now there's this whole thing that's going on. I don't get it. Do you know what's happening?" Max asked, extremely confused.
"Well Max, I can't be sure, but I think May liked Ash. I think Dawn might also. Misty might, but I'm not as sure about her as I am about May and Dawn." Brock explained to max, trying to make things as simple as possible for the young 9 year old.
"Of course she likes Ash! And Dawn and Misty also! We're all good friends. You and I like him also, but we don't act the way the girls do around him." Max said, reconsidering that Brock could be any help to him figuring out why his big sister was acting so weird.
"That's not what I mean Max, when I say like, I mean like like. Like crush kind of like." Brock said, laughing at the naiveness of the young boy.
"Ohhhhhhh okay. And May, having a crush on Ash!? Wow! Do you think he likes her back? Wow, my big sister and Ash as a couple. That would be so cool! I've always wished Ash was like my older brother or something rather than just a friend. He's the coolest guy ever!" Max said, now getting very excited.
"Slow down Max, I don't think Ash has a crush on anyone YET. That's just not the kind of thing Ash focuses on." Brock said to Max, knowing Ash all to well to ever think he'd have a CRUSH on ANYONE.
"I guess your right." Max said, now very disappointed. "Well, I want to go talk to May now. Thanks Brock!" Max ran out of the room to grab his sister, to begin discussing this new discovery he made. 'Ash will need my help with this issue. Max is right, Ash is a pretty awesome guy, and not that bad looking, and now being at this school with a ton of other girls, I think Ash will have a lot more than just May, Dawn, and possibly Misty chasing after him. He'll need all the help he can get.' Brock thought, while getting up to go find his friend.