REVISED CHAPTER

A/N: First off these are not completely polished, so there will be mistakes as I've said before. Secondly this is my first attempt and a sort of romance and I don't know if I failed miserably or not. Thirdly, I consider this more filler than anything. Yes it's character development but it's not focusing on the main plot. in fact the main plot wont come till chapter 4. Sorry I'm try to skip as little as possible with out rushing through and forgetting stuff.

Oh and motivation will get me writing, so if you guys like it feel free to tell me :D. I accept all criticism as long as it's helpful and not just downright mean. Like I've said, I'm not exactly a writer, I'm just doing this for fun and there will be a lot of mistakes. Seriously feel free to point out any mistakes

I feel like doing this little fun fact thing at the end of chapters just to try and explain where i got some stuff so guess I'll start with this one.

Anyways guys enjoy my attempt at some "romance."

Chapter 2- Unfortunate News

The Next morning, May woke up bright and early. Being as how she was leaving in a week for Bee Cave, May felt like she should go spend a majority of her time left in Portland with Emile, since he was her best friend. She decided to spend all of today with him as sort of a "present" for having to tell him the bad news. She got dressed right away and ran down the street to Emile's house.

May had always been a lucky person to have her best friend live just a few doors down. Most neighbors tended to ignore each other, but in May and Emile's case, it was the complete opposite. For as long as they could remember, they had been best friends.

As she ran down the street, May thought about how she was going to break the news to Emile. She knew he would be devastated because she was his only friend. Emile was in social outcast in the school. He had trouble communicating with anyone that he wasn't familiar with, which unfortunately, happened to be everyone except May and his family. His shyness and habit to stutter, combined with the close minded people in school, caused them to believe that Emile had a mental disorder, when in reality he did not.

May walked up the steps to Emile's front door and lifted her arm up to knock, but hesitated. There was no way of getting out of this, he was going to have to know sooner or later. She knocked on the door and waited for someone to open it. About a minute passed with no answer, but as she began walking away, the door flung open to reveal a teenage boy.

"Sorry...about that...I was just in the middle of a Team Fortress MATCH. There were rockets flying everywhere, it was insane. I was just waiting to die because I wasn't wanting to abandon my team in the middle of a fight. You know how people can be towards idlers. Sorry I didn't answer." he said, panting from the sprint he had just done.

Emile was a tall lanky boy with short black hair that came to just above his shoulders. His messy hair suited him well, or at least that's what May thought. Both Emile and May seemed to dress similar, despite being of the opposite genders. Both liked to dress comfortably, and right now, Emile was dressed in a pair of blue jeans and a baggy black shirt that said, across the chest, 'The cake is a lie.'

The two had become fast friends because of their love of video games. Both obsessed over them and played non stop. They shared favorite games together and tended to get into heated arguments over things such as 'which weapons were better.' Their tastes in music, humor, and movies were so similar, that it was kind of scary. May's parents actually have said that Emile and her were a match made in heaven, to the annoyance of their daughter, but the more she thought about it the more she realized they might be right. Emil and her had so much chemistry between the two. They made each other laugh and could always tell when something was wrong. Leaving Portland, meant leaving him. She would have done anything in order for that not to happen.

May stood there, sadness glaring on her face. Emile knew something was wrong.

"May? What's wrong?"

May hesitated but knew she had to tell him. "...We're moving..."

"What?! Since When?!"

"I don't know. I was told about this last night."

"But you can't! Your my only friend..." his voice trailing off as he thought of life without his best friend.

May couldn't help but feel terrible. She knew it wasn't her fault, but It made her feel guilty. The boy's feelings were being crushed.

"I- I'm sorry it wasn't my choice. My dad got a promotion and were having to move to Texas in a week."

"Great..." Emile sarcastically said.

"But you'll never guess where to."

"Where?" he asked, curious.

"Bee Cave. Sound Familiar?" May said with a smile.

"Wait you mean the hometown of the Engineer?" Emile began to perk up.

"Yeah isn't that neat? least it's somewhere I'm aware of...well kind of. At least I've heard about it before...kinda."

Both were beginning to return to their normal, happy selves as they started conversing about games.

"You know what would be both hilarious and weird? If you meet someone that was the spitting image of the Engineer." Emile said.

"Yeah...that would be more creepy than anything. Besides that could never happen. I mean it's a video game. Yeah there are people that are similar to characters, but not exact. That would be to freaky if they were exact to the characters they looked like. I mean really, what are the chances that there's going to be an engineer living in Bee Town, that looks just like the Engineer, is dressed just like him AND has the same voice? I'd say about zero to none." May said, laughing at the idea.

"Yeah your right. Hey wanna go play some games? I haven't maxed out my item limit for the week yet. I wanna see if I get anything of use. I swear if i get another Diamondback I'm going to scream. I already have 5 and I don't need another."

"Well why don't you craft them into scrap metal? Oh right you like to hoard your weapons. You know your going to run out of space at some point. Besides you can't complain. I once managed to get 3 Brass Beasts in a row which gave me a total of 9 Brass Beasts! You wouldn't believe how hard I screamed when I got that third one. After that whole situation I just said screw it and melted them all down into scrap. It wasn't like I need them anyway. You know Heavy is my least played and besides I managed to get ANOTHER Brass Beats when I got back on...I swear those things haunt my nightmares." May said, throwing her hands up in frustration of the story.

"Yeah I remember you telling me about that." he said, imagining May screaming at the top of her lungs, while the game notified her that she had just found a Brass Beast.

They stood there for a few awkward seconds with nothing to talk about until May spoke up.

"So, why don't we get going with the reason I came here?"

"Oh yeah...you having to move..." Emil sadly said, remembering the topic

"Well...I had to tell you that, but I came here to just hang out and play some games. I think it'll cheer both of us up."

"Ok sure! Whatcha want to do? Think with Portals, Catch Them All, RED vs. BLU, Fate of Two Worlds, or Your Princess is in Another Castle?" Emile said with a grin.

"Haha how bout we do some RED vs. BLU? Lets see if the Item System likes you today and decides to give you something good. We can think with portals later...if your Still Alive." May said with a smirk on her face.

"OK, OK lets stop with the puns and get going."

Emile and May ran inside and spent the rest of the day playing games till their hearts content. May won some games and lost some, but they had a fantastic time together. As May sat there, watching Emile Play Team Fortress, she laughed at the way he played. His favorite character being the Sniper, he tended to be a troll to the other team. Unlike May, Emile was insanely good at TF2, especially with the Sniper. Combining his still with tendency to shout into the microphone, mimicking the Sniper's lines in a bad Australian accent, caused other players to hate him. He would often get kicked because people would think he was hacking with all the head shots he would accomplish.

The item system was actually nice to Emile that day. He manage to get Ol' Snaggletooth, which cause him to fall out of his seat in shock. May remembered that he had been trying to finish the Croc-o-style Kit for months, but didn't have the money to buy It and was not in favor of trading for it. Seeing him this happy made May positive feelings rush through her. She was always glad to see him happy. When he was happy she was happy.

Unfortunately she knew her time at his house wouldn't last forever.

"Oh man, I gotta go home and start packing." she said

"Oh yeah...I forgot..." Emile sadly replied, remembering that within a week, she would be gone.

"Don't worry you know we will always keep in touch. I'll always be your best friend." May said, smiling sweetly.

"I know...just don't forget to call or text or whatever, OK?"

"You know I won't. Besides I doubt there would be interesting people in Bee Cave anyway. If it's anything like it's described in the Engineer's profile, then it's a calm, quaint town that probably doesn't even have anyone except old people and country folk."

"You know you're probably right. Sucks for you though." Emile laughed.

"..."

"Come on I was joking. Look just have a good night, OK?"

"I will. You to."

With that, they waved goodbye to each other as May headed back home. On her way home, she was pulled deep into thought.

'No feelings please don't come out now...why must you pick the worst times...'

She stepped through the front door and was greeted by her mother, who was cleaning up around the kitchen. Hands in sink, she looked up and addressed her daughter.

"Hey Sweetie, how was your day? Have fun?"

"Yeah mom I did. To bad I won't ever again..." May said, still pouting over the move.

"Oh now don't be like that. You never know what will happen. Maybe something exciting will happen in Bee Cave. You never know."

"Yeah, OK. Hey do you mind if i go to bed? I'm really tired. I promise to get up early tomorrow to pack."

"Only if you promise to." her mother said in a disappointed tone.

"I promise."

May ran up to her room, shut the door and jumped into bed.

'Maybe this day will get better. No wait maybe this week will. I don't want to say goodbye to everyone. I don't want to leave my friends...especially Emil...why now...'

Fun Fact:

The Name Emile actually can from me being a fan of the YouTube Let's Player, Chugaaconroy. He's seriously a great LPer, go check him out if you already haven't. You'll be promised to great video recordings, great commentary, and hard work that was put into his videos.