Let's hear it for rewrites! Okay, so only three more chapters to rewrite. And then I promise you all a new chapter, maybe two or even three! But I'll also be working on The Artist and my doujinshi. So no gurantees are ever made, like usual. Please enjoy and maybe review?


Chapter 3 - God's Tears

"Locker buddy!" Ash cried.

"Hey, Ash," May replied to the overly hyper boy.

"May, great luck, we've all got Phys. Ed next!" Misty called, coming from behind her. For some reason, this felt nostalgic to May.

"Nice!" May grinned. "Is your locker near here as well?"

Misty nodded, "Let's go! I wanna beat Ash, and others, down to the ground! I'm pretty sure we're going to be playing dodgeball!"

Dawn came running up to them, panting. "Come on, you guys, you know how Brawley hates people who are late! Where're Paul and Drew?"

May cringed a bit, "Well, Paul left for his locker after AP Calculus, but I'm not sure about Drew…"

Misty had an incredulous look, "You have AP Calc? That's amazing!" Regaining her posture, she added, "So you've met him?"

"Yeah, he seemed to be… angry at me." May deeply contemplated that recent encounter with Drew. "His eyes… they were… terrifyingly…" She stopped; she didn't know how to describe that emotion she had extracted.

Misty and Dawn both threw in suggestions.

"Scary?"

"Proud?"

"Infuriating?"

"Disturbed?"

"Oblivious?"

"Awkward?"

Ash kept flicking his eyes Misty, then Dawn, then back to Misty.

"No, it's none of those," May shook her head. "He just seemed lonely."

Misty and Dawn nodded, understanding; Ash shook his head, confused.


"Ah, my time to relieve stress has finally arrived!" Misty exclaimed.

"Misty, I still don't understand why you prefer this to something like… shopping!" Dawn said giving an impression of horror.

"Dawn, Dawn, Dawn…" Misty shook her head. "Don't you understand? This is the time when I get to beat Ash up and not get a scolding for!"

Dawn sweatdropped, "Yeah, sure…"

May looked between both girls, confusion swept her face.

"How are you two friends?"

"Heheh, hard to believe, right?" Misty chuckled.

"But it was you who kept us together!" Dawn continued. "And when you left, we swore not to let your hard work go to waste."

Misty nodded and was about to say something else when she was cut off by Brawley.

"We're playing dodgeball now, kids. No time for chitchat. Teams today will be simple; boys versus girls. Girls on the left side of the court, guys have the right. On my whistle now! Three…! Two…! One…!"

The loud shrieking of the whistle sounded and some students gave a loud roar. May was timid and only observed others throw and catch while she dodged. Ash was naturally the first out, and then it was Dawn, Paul, and the rest of the students in the class. Drew eventually got Misty out, she was fuming. But that left only Drew and May on the court. You might be wondering why May was still there. She was dodging the entire time, too busy to be distracted and throw a ball.

"Don't just stand there, Maple," Drew called out. Then whispering quietly to May as if she could hear him, "Remember everything I taught you." And apply it now! His thoughts were drown out by the silence. He never noticed if a crowd was chattering nonstop, but he was always perceptive of the dead, haunting silence.

May's instincts took over when Drew threw a ball at her, sparing no mercy. It might've hit her, if Drew was aiming for her.

"Hayden, you better prepare for this!" May vociferated. This time, his thoughts were overpowered by the screech of a Golbat. Taking vigilant aim, she threw the rubbery ball and it struck Drew square in the shoulder before he reacted.

The whistle blew again. "And the girls win!"

Drew smirked. She was getting it back, little by little, but she was getting her memories back.

"No! That's not what's supposed to happen!" Misty shouted.


Currently, May, Misty, and Ash were in Writer's Workshop. They were arguing about the passing events of their collaboration story. This project was half of their grade. Full credit and passing grades were to be given to the story the student body voted on; the winning story would also be featured as the school play.

"But of course friendship ends in romance if they've been together since they were five!" May pointed out. "Duh!"

"Well, look at us!" Ash argued.

"Y-yeah…" Misty said hesitantly.

"I mean," Ash continued. "Misty and I have been together since we were five! We're not together. Both Dawn and Paul were in Sinnoh together before they moved here in kindergarten! And last of all… you and…mmmph!"

Misty quickly clamped her hand over Ash's mouth.

"Hush now…" She said quietly, but venom dripped off her voice, directed at Ash of course. "Not anymore out of you, Ash. We'll… go with May's idea."

"Yes!" The brunette cheered. But how… different, May thought. The first day of school and we're already preparing for a play.

"But Mist!" Ash complained.

Misty was tired of Ash's constant whining. She finally took out her mallet and gave him a good hard thwack in the head. He was sprawled on the floor, unconscious, for the rest of the period.

May looked extremely worried, but Misty reassured, "Don't worry, he's fine. Let's continue our story."

May uncertainly nodded and brought pencil to paper.

"The story of the peasant girl, Alicia, and her childhood friend, the Prince, unravels in this mysterious tale. Following our heroine, she wandered deep into the forest with no Pokemon aiding her… then a knight in shining armor comes and saves her from the steaming Beedrill. Twelve years later, they remained distant friends, since one was royalty and the other only a lonely farmer's daughter, but their undying love for each other made it impossible to marry anyone else…"

"Girls, that was certainly a beautiful beginning. Please continue on with the good work, although, Misty? Don't knock Ash unconscious next time. I'm sure he had some great suggestions."

"Yes, ma'am!" The girls replied enthusiastically.

As it does at the end of every period, the bell sounded for the fourth time that day.

"Ash, wake up." May tried poking him.

"Here, let me." Misty pulled May aside and crouched next to Ash's ear. "Ash, the cafeteria's serving tacos."

"Where!" Ash immediately sat up straight, quickly getting to his feet. "Misty! Don't do that…!"

"Only to wake you up," Misty said simply. "Come on, May."

"'Kay," May replied, skipping beside her friend.


The next few hours went by uneventful. There were more tests and work to be done in classes, they had a lunch break, but silence crowded everyone except Dawn, who was more than energized enough to talk about her entire day. They finally had to silence her by stuffing a chocolate Twizzler down her throat.

The afternoon class ended at three o'clock and they were as dull as the past classes. When the bell rang for the last time of the day, people rushed and pushed to get to the school bus or their own cars, once in awhile someone went on foot.

"May, you wanna hang out this afternoon?" Dawn chirped.

"Sure, why not?" May was glad she wasn't going to be alone today either.

"Shall we invite the boys along?" Misty questioned.

"I don't see a reason not to!" Dawn replied.

"Someone called?" Drew walked up to the girls. Flipping his hair casually, his nose was pretty high in the clouds.

"Yes, Your Highness," Misty mockingly bowed. Dawn giggled. "You finally decided to show your sorry excuse of a face."

Drew snorted as Ash and Paul came behind. "Oh, please, last time I checked, I was the one with the billions of fangirls."

"Last time we checked, May was top coordinator and the one with the billions of fanboys and fangirls." Misty fought back.

"Last time I checked she forgot her damned memories." Drew spat, but immediately slapped his hands over his own big mouth.

"Well, we could stand here and talk all day, but it looks like it's going to rain!" Dawn cut the awkward silence. Thunder boomed seven seconds after the flash of lightning.

"Seven miles away…" May said. Misty and Dawn brought out their hands to feel the rain. It was nice and cool, but another rumble of thunder and Dawn jumped straight into Paul's arms.

"Tsk, still afraid of a small thunderstorm, aren't we, Troublesome?" Paul said, but did not let go of the girl or push her away. You could see the tears in her eyes and maybe, by pure miracle, Paul would have understood and been a little sympathetic. At least Paul offered to take her home. Then there were four.

"Sooo…" Misty tried to start a conversation since the group had fallen into an awkward silence. "Hey, Ash, weren't you going to battle me today?"

"Huh? Battle? Anytime, you're on, Misty!" Ash pumped his fist. The two ran off into the rain, probably racing one another to the gym.

"And that leaves the two of us…" May and Drew simultaneously said. They gave each other a glance and May broke into a fit of giggles while Drew tried to conceal his chuckle.

"Let's take a walk," May suggested.

"But it's raining." Drew simple stated.

"I meant let's take a walk because it's raining!"

"You honestly want to walk through God's pee?" Drew said.

"You've still got a ten year old boy's mind, don't you, Drew?" May teased, but she was actually a bit grossed out.

"You know me." Drew grinned.

"No, I actually… don't." May looked down. "But let's go!"

Her lonely expression quickly vanished and turned into a lopsided beam, which reminded him a bit of Ash. Dragging Drew into the rain, they meandered through the people and finally into the park.

"Maaayyy…" Drew whined. "I'm all wet now."

"Wimp," she replied while childishly sticking out her tongue. "But I think the rain is beautiful."

Loud thunder boomed. Drew winced at the ear-piercing noise, but May continued to stare at the sky entranced at its beauty.

"I certainly don't." Drew said with a look of disgust. He also looked up at the smoggy, bland, gloomy sky.

"But it's so refreshing and new." May continued. "Although it brings the pollution down, it cleans and clears stress away. Its gentle and steady beat just makes me want to sleep and rest for the day. Some people say they represent God crying, but those tears, if tears at all, I think they are tears of joy."

"May, May, May," Drew shook his head and sighed. "Let's get back before you catch pneumonia. Or suffer neck pains from staring at the sky for so long.

This time he took her hand and brought her to a small cafe near the park.

"We'll stay here until the rain calms a little, alright?" Drew said.

May nodded. Even though they were inside, she still stared out the window, looking at the tears from the heavens.


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