Chapter 3: The Newcomer
Another day, another chapter.
I don't own Pokémon.
Day 4: Saturday
May wasn't typically one to sleep in on weekends, she normally woke up early and would study or something. But not today, today she slept for the first time in a long time, to the point that her parents were worried enough to check and see if she was actually there around eight thirty..
Sure enough, May was there, fast asleep, her face written with grief. Her parent's exchanges glances, but decided it would be best just to let her sleep.
When she did finally wake up, she stumbled down to the kitchen and poured herself a bowl of cereal. Why am I so upset about this? May asked herself, things will just go back to normal, right?
But when she had been tutoring Ash, she had felt this spark, a spark of joy. A joy that studying or getting good grades would never give her. She felt it around her friends, Dawn and Ash...
... But now... It was just Dawn...She sighed miserably, taking a bite of her cereal. She blinked away a tear, shaking her head and sniffing. She couldn't believe she was reacting this dramatically, this shouldn't be any big deal.
*knock* *knock* *knock*
...
May's mother appeared in the kitchen, "May, one of your friends is here..." She said. Suddenly, May's sadness disappeared as she began to fill with anger, stomping over to front door.
If it's Ash, she thought, I am going to make him regret even thinking about coming here.She threw open the front door and saw her emo friend before her, making her rage disperse.
"Oh, hey Dawn..." May said. Dawn looked like she had had a sleepless night. Looks like she was just as devastated about this as I was...May thought to herself.
Dawn sniffed sadly, "Do... Do you want to take a walk?" she asked. May looked down at her pajamas before glancing back up at Dawn.
"Sure, uh… Let me change, I'll be back in a few minutes..." May said before going back up into her room to change into real clothes.
"I still can't believe he did that to us..." Dawn said as she and May walked down the sidewalk. "I-I mean... He acted like our friend, even saved you from getting detention, and yet insults us behind our backs..."
May nodded, she had never felt such a shock and sudden depression that she felt when Gary blabbed about Ash laughing at her.
"It's just life..." May mumbled, "stupid... Cruel... Life..."
"I had never felt so happy in my life!" Dawn said, "Not only had I finally made a new friend, but our friendship became stronger." May looked at Dawn and gave her a sad smile.
"Yeah, it did, didn't it?" May asked.
"The boy changed you May..." Dawn said, "Don't think I haven't noticed, but I don't think that this tutoring was just about the Chemistry test."
"What chem-" May began before stopping short, she had completely forgotten about the test.
"See what I mean?" Dawn said, "You didn't even remember that you had a chemistry test. This tutoring turned into a friendship, and... It changed you..." Dawn said. May thought about it, it was true, her life was no longer consumed by school and studying, she began to get a new mind set.
"I'm not the only one who has changed..." May said bumping Dawn, "You've done some changing; you hadn't cut those wrist at all while we were friends with Ash..." Dawn looked at her wrists for a minute, before tears began to swell up in her eyes.
"Dawn?" May asked, "Are you okay?" suddenly, Dawn let out a frustrated scream, falling to her knees.
"Dawn!" May exclaimed, kneeling down beside her friend, "What's wrong?"
"As if it could any worse!" Dawn exclaimed, "Of all the nights!"
"Dawn! What happened?" May asked, suddenly realizing that there was more to those tired eyes than just Ash.
"M-My mom..." She began, "oh Arceus..." she fell to her side, now laying on the sidewalk, crying.
"Dawn? What's wrong?" May tried to ask again.
"M-My Mom's... Pregnant..." Dawn said, "That stupid jerk of a boyfriend of hers got her pregnant, and now he's ditching her!"
"That's horrible!" May exclaimed.
"Yeah... Story of my life..." Dawn said, beginning to cry again, "History is just repeating itself..." May suddenly caught on to what Dawn was saying.
"Well, well, well..."
May turned to the sound of the voice, "Oh man, not now," May whispered, Gary and Barry where approaching May and Dawn, Gary had a smug look on his face.
"Uh, Gary... I don't think this is a good idea..." Barry said.
"The great emo girl Dawn has been brought down to a crying lump on the sidewalk..." Gary said. May's rage was brought right back again, nobody talked to her only friend like that, especially right now.
"Shut up Gary! Dawn's going through a hard time!" May said. Gary was completely unfazed.
"Shut your mouth, Worthless!" Gary said, "Don't speak unless spoken to!" he had such authority, something May couldn't overcome, causing her to back off.
"Gary... Let's just go," Barry said, Gary completely ignored him.
"Come on emo girl," Gary teased, "What's the matter? Mommy pregnant again?"
"Gary..." Barry began.
"How would you know?" May asked, Gary laughed.
"That's another story for another time..." Gary sneered, turning back to Dawn. "You know Dawn… I still haven't gotten over that kicking you gave me the other day, maybe a little more revenge will help." Gary lifted his foot and kicked Dawn in the face. May couldn't take that, she ran at Gary and trying to tackle him to the ground, but he didn't fall over.
"Get, off me!" Gary shouted, shoving May to the ground and preparing the kick her as well.
"Gary!"
Everyone turned and saw Ash running towards them.
"Ash!" Barry exclaimed.
"Hey, Ash, watch me make a punching bag out of this girl..." Gary said, he kicked May a few times, causing her to cry out in pain.
"Gary! Stop!" Ash exclaimed, Gary looked at him oddly.
"Why?" he asked. May and Dawn were now both curled up, May was silently crying and dawn had been knocked out as Gary stood tall and threatening between them.
"It's not right, you're hurting them!" Ash said.
"I'm going to agree with Ash on this one," Barry said.
"Oh, so you don't like it when I do this?" Gary said, kicking Dawn and then kicking May. Ash ran at him and successfully tackled him to the ground, at first Gary struggled, but once Barry helped Ash pin him down, Gary knew he had lost.
"Don't. Touch. Them. Again." Ash told him, Gary grimaced at his menacing tone and nodded.
"I-I thought you were just joking..." He explained.
Ash and Barry got off him, allowing him to get up, before he quickly walking away.
"Remind me to fine him..." Barry said to Ash. Ash turned over to May and Dawn, who were still laying on the ground.
"Are you guys hurt?" he asked.
"WHAT DO YOU THINK?" May exclaimed. Ash knelt down by her, sliding his arms under her and heaving her over his shoulder.
"Gary, get Dawn," Ash said.
"But-" Barry began.
"But what?"
"G-germs..."
Ash rolled his eyes and huffed, "Forget a about the germs! The girl is hurt!" Barry sighed, and knelt down by the emo girl. Barry closed his eyes as he slid his arms under her and, with a lot of self control, heaved her over his shoulder like Ash had to May.
"Let's take them to my house, it's right down here..." Ash said. As they made their way to Ash's house, Barry began to get tired. Dawn let out a moan as she came to.
"Geez you're heavy..." he said, "When this is over, I'm going to have to fine you..."
"If you don't walk more steadily, I'm going to have to kill you!" Dawn said, frustrated with the rough ride.
"Y-yes ma'am..." Barry said, still afraid of Dawn. May on the other hand wasn't doing very well, she began to lose consciousness and everything went black.
Ash and Barry finally managed to get the two girls to Ash's house, surprising Ash's mother.
"My goodness, what happened?" She asked, rushing over to the boys.
"We found them on the sidewalk," Ash said, keeping out the part about Gary.
"Lay them down on the couches," Mrs. Ketchum said. Ash layed down May, who was now unconscious, while Barry laid down Dawn, who was beginning to fall into unconsciousness.
"Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to wash my hands..." Barry said.
May woke up feeling rather sore, she groaned and adjust herself.
Wait...
"Dawn!" May exclaimed, suddenly sitting up, eyes wide open. She looked around noticing Dawn asleep on the other couch.
Where am I? May asked herself, she looked around a recognized that she was at Ash's house. She began to recall what had happened.
May blinked away a few tears as she sat up on the couch, when she heard voices.
"So... You've been hanging out with them?" she heard Barry say from the dining room.
"Yeah, originally May was tutoring me, and Dawn was there to make sure I was doing my job," She heard Ash say, "But it kinda turned into a friendship... Until..."
"Until what?"
...
"Well, when you and Gary came over yesterday and where talking about how I was laughing at Gary's jokes..."
...
"Oh..."
"Yeah, and then she kicked me in the nuts..."
"Dawn?"
"No, May..."
...
"Whoa..."
"Yeah, she packs a punch when she's angry..."
"So when Gary said that joke, was your laughing genuine?" Barry asked, "Or where you just covering up."
"I was just covering up," Ash said, May's heart skipped a beat, "But they wouldn't believe me if I told them... They would think I was lying..."
"I know what you mean..."Barry said. By this point, May had gotten off the couch and was standing in the doorway watching the two males talk, but neither seemed to notice her.
"I feel really bad..." Ash said, "I couldn't even sleep last night, and not just because my balls hurt..." Ash let out a sigh. "I should have never treated them like I did; I should have just told you guys that I was hanging out with them..."
"Hey man, it's cool, I mean, you did the same thing to me in kindergarden..." Barry said.
"Yeah, but that didn't result with you lying on the sidewalk unconscious. What the heck is wrong with Gary? He can't just kick whoever he wants..."
"Yeah, I guess something's will never change," Barry said, he looked towards then door way and noticed May, Ash also turned and saw her standing there.
"Uh... I'm gonna go to the bathroom..." Barry said, getting up from the table.
"While you're at it, clean it all up. Mom loves it when you do that..." Ash joked.
"Whatever man, I don't know what goes on in there..." With that, Barry left. May walked over to the table and sat down by Ash.
"Ash, is what you said true?" She asked a hoping expression.
"How much did you hear? Because that part about Pikachu drinking from the toilet was just a joke to tease Barry..." Ash said.
"It was?" Barry raced into the dining room, Ash sighed.
"Barry, I thought you were going to the bathroom," Ash said.
"Oh, right..." Barry said, disappearing again, May turned back to Ash, waiting for a serious answer.
"... I... I was telling the truth..." Ash said, "I'm really sorry, I should have been a better friend..." May smiled before wrapping her arms around Ash and hugging him tightly.
"I forgive you..." May said, surprisingly, Ash returned the embrace. All of May sadness and worries melted away as she began to feel those sparks of joy she had been longing for all day. They let of each other and smiled.
"Well, it's good to get that off my chest..." Ash said.
"Well that was sweet..."
Ash and May turned and saw Dawn standing in the doorway of the dining room. She joined Ash and May at the dining room table, a smile on her face.
"I'm glad that was all sorted out..." Dawn said, sitting down.
May suddenly remembered what Dawn had told her that morning, she pulled her away from the dining room and into the living room.
"So, will your mother keep the baby?" May asked quietly.
Dawn twiddled with her thumbs before answering "I don't know... she never has before... Except... For me..." Dawn sighed and shoulders slumped.
"I was the first... And most likely the last..." Dawn said, "I swear I'm going to kill that idiot..."
"Don't do anything stupid..." May said, Dawn nodded. The two then made their way back to the dining room, seeing Barry had returned, the two girls sat back down at the table, creating an awkward silence.
"So... Why are you emo?" Barry asked Dawn.
Dawn looked at him for minute, thinking about her answer, "To make a statement..." she replied.
"What statement?"
"That life sucks..." Dawn said, Barry made a weird face.
"Well, there are lots of germs and all, but that doesn't mean that it sucks..." Barry said.
Dawn face-palmed "Well that's because you have it good, you wouldn't last two seconds in my life..." Barry blinked a few times.
"Why? What's your life like?"
Wrong question.
Dawn's eyes began to get watery, sniffing a few times.
"Ah! I-I'm sorry! I didn't mean-" Barry tried to explain. May just rubbed her cry friend's back and motioned him not to say anything.
"Dawn's going through a hard time..." May said, continuing to rub Dawn's back. Ash and Barry just watched sadly as Dawn cried.
Suddenly, Pikachu hopped into the room, and up on the table, and patted Dawn on the head with his little paws. She looked up and slightly smiled through the tears, grabbing the Pokémon and hugging him.
When she finally calmed down, Barry finally apologized, "Uh, sorry about that, I didn't know that the question would have such an effect." Dawn nodded to him, accepting his apology, still hugging Pikachu tightly.
"Say, why don't we go to the ice cream parlor?" Ash asked, "They have sales on Saturdays..."
"I could go for an ice cream," Barry agreed.
"Yeah, let's go," Dawn said, May on the other hand, wasn't too open to the idea.
"Uh, no thanks..." she said, twiddling her thumbs.
"What?" Ash asked, "Why not?"
May scratched her head and said, "Uh, It's just fattening, that's all..."
Ash's jaw dropped, "Are you kidding? Ice cream is totally worth getting fat..."
"I wouldn't know..." May said.
"Why not?"
"I've never had ice cream before." May said, not daring to look any of her friends in the eyes.
"Really?" Dawn asked in disbelief.
"That's crazy!" Barry said.
Ash stood there for a second, still processing the fact that May had never had ice cream before. "Well, you should at least try it..." Ash said, May looked at him before shaking her head.
"I'd hate to spend money on something that I may not like," was May's reply.
"Well, I'll buy it for you; you haven't lived until you've had ice cream..." Ash said.
May shook her head again, "No you're not gonna spend money on me."
"If you say so... But you can still come with us, and just not have anything," Ash asked, winking at
May looked each of the three, "okay, sure."
"Ugh, look at these seats!"
Barry was bending over examining the tables and chairs of the ice cream parlor.
"I swear they get dirtier everyday!" Barry said, huffing and putting his hands on his hips.
"Uh, maybe that's because their outside..." Dawn said.
"I mean, look at the location! It's outside!" Barry said. Dawn let out a huff.
May gazed at the ice cream cone in her hand, still debating whether or not to eat it. Ash had somehow convinced her let him buy her a cone.
"Barry, are you going to sit-down or just stand there..." Ash asked.
"Stand of course! I can't afford to get my pants dirty!" Barry said.
"Since when has a boy ever cared about his cloths?" Dawn asked, giving Barry a quizzed look.
"Dawn, meet Barry," Ash said.
"Hey man, don't tease, this table happens to be right under a tree! Do you know what that means? Bird Pokémon sit in the tree and poop on the table!" Barry said, trying to defend himself.
"But... Your still under the tree, a bird can still poop on you..." Dawn said. Barry looked up and gasped.
"Holy sanitizer! You're right!" Barry said, running away and out from under the tree.
Ash sighed, "Barry! Get back over here!" he shouted, Barry shook his head and licked his ice cream.
"Not unless you brought an umbrella!" Barry shouted to them.
"Oh, let paranoid boy eat his ice cream alone!" Dawn said, as if on cue, a white glob fell on the table. Everyone looked up and saw a Pidgey perched in the tree above them.
"On second thought, I think I'll go join Barry..." Dawn said getting up and hurrying out from under the tree, leaving Ash and May by themselves. He watched May as she examined her ice cream.
"May, you haven't even touched you ice cream, it's gonna melt if you don't hurry up..." Ash said, licking his own ice cream. May let out a sigh.
"I mean come on; one ice cream won't kill you..." Ash said.
"My grandpa died choking on ice cream..." May said flatly, making Ash's cough on his ice cream.
"S-Sorry..." he said, "is that the real reason you don't want to try it?"
May nodded.
"I won't make you eat it if you really don't want to..." Ash said, having a sudden change of heart.
"Well, we all have fears… High places, bugs, fire..." she took another deep breath, "Mine is ice cream..."
Ash forced himself to hold back a laugh, "That's an interesting fear..." at this point the ice cream had begun to drip down the cone to May's fingers.
I should at least try it, May thought, after all Ash did buy it for me...
May leaned forward and slowly, and carefully took a lick of her vanilla ice cream. It was cold, soft, sweet, and melted in her mouth. May looked at her ice cream while Ash looked surprised that she had tried it and was waiting for her reaction.
Her mouth curled into a smile.
"Wow..." May said.
"Wow?" Ash asked.
"T-This is amazing!" May said, taking another lick of her ice cream, "I can't believe it! T-this is great!" she continued to lick it several times. Ash watched as May began to rapidly lick the ice cream away. "All my life... I've been missing out on something so incredible!"
Ash smiled and licked his ice cream, "Yeah, it's amazing the things you can find once you're willing to try them..." he said, he looked over at Dawn and Barry, who were talking about who-knows-what.
"Barry is okay with Dawn, right?" Ash asked. May looked at him with confusion written on her face.
"What?"
"Barry won't get hurt or anything, right?"
"Oh, no, not unless he is really is asking for it..." May said nonchalantly, licking away at her ice cream.
"Oh, just checking..." Ash said, now biting his cone.
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...
May hated awkward silences, it wasn't something she experienced often, due to the fact she didn't talk too much to people anyways. But she knew she needed to strike up a conversation because she couldn't bare the silence.
"So do you want some tutoring after we're done eating ice cream?" May asked, Ash glanced at her.
"On a Saturday? It's the weekend!" Ash protested.
"We have until Tuesday, less than three days," May told him.
"Yeah, but there has to be some fun in life!" Ash said.
"You can have fun after Tuesday..." May said.
"May," Ash said, "I'm programmed not to work on weekends, like, I go brain dead, once Monday comes around, I can fire it back up again..."
"Can you not fire it up now?"
"Not without killing a Rattata..."
…
"You're kidding..."
"Of course I'm kidding, but I still won't do any school on the weekends."
"I'll go get Dawn..." May said, knowing she had him there.
...
"Still no..." Ash said, throwing the rest of his cone in his mouth. "Do you not know the meaning of fun?"
"Yes..."
"Of course you do, you're a walking dictionary..." Ash sighed, "How do you have fun?"
"Uh. I study..." May said, Ash almost broke his jaw as it dropped; his eyes almost were bulging out of his head.
"W-WHAT?" He exclaimed, not believing what he was hearing.
"You know, sit down at my desk with a few books and study..." May said, enjoying Ash's reaction. "What do you do for fun?" she asked him.
"I don't know! Go to the movies! Video games! Riding bikes! Pulling pranks on teachers!" Ash said, still in disbelief.
"Hm, that's odd," May said, finishing off her ice cream and brushing her hands on her shorts, Ash just looked at her in completely awe.
"What has happened to you? S-studying- for... For fun?" Ash exclaimed.
"Yeah," May said, finding the situation to be amusing, Ash grabbed her wrist and pulled her off her seat and over to Barry and Dawn.
"Barry!" Ash exclaimed frantically, "We need fun! NOW!" Ash's eyes lit up with passion. Barry looked baffled.
"What's the rush? Is the world going to end? Ha! And you thought I was crazy all these years!" Barry said.
"No! May. Has never. Had. Fun." Ash said, May just playfully waved and giggled.
"What are you talking about?" Dawn asked.
"She studies for fun!" Ash said.
"Oh, that's all? I don't see- WAIT WHAT?" Barry exclaimed.
"May studies..." Ash began, throwing a dramatic pause and shaking his fist, "For fun..." he barely said above a whisper.
Barry's jaw fell to the ground, "Holy Kleenex! That's almost as bad as germs!"
"We- We gotta think of something!" Ash said.
"Oh! I know! 3-2-1 NOT IT!" Barry exclaimed.
"Not it!" Ash said.
"Wait what?" May asked.
"Not it!" Dawn said quickly, catching onto what was going on.
"MAY'S IT! RUN!" Ash exclaimed. The three teens disappeared in the dust that rose as they dashed away, leaving May standing there baffled.
"What just happened?" She asked herself, everything happened too fast, even for her brain.
"Wait, are we playing tag!" she exclaimed, but got no reply, assuming that meant yes, she took a deep breath. May wasn't much of a runner, so she knew she'd have to find a different approach, to catch them all.
Stealth...
She figured Barry would be easy to kind considering he was so afraid of germs. She scratched her head and looked around, but figured she'd have to actually walk around to find them.
As she walked, she noticed Ash behind a tree, but she pretended not to see him. She disappeared and went around hiding behind a tree a bit away. She quietly crept from tree to tree, slowly making her way towards him. Just when she was on the final stretch, creeping up behind him, Barry gave her away.
"ASH LOOK OUT!"
Ash spun around and jumped, startled to see May there. "Oh snaps!" He said before trying to escape, May trailing behind him. She knew that she wouldn't be able to catch him by run, with all her might she sprang forward and tackled him.
"OOF!" Ash grunted, falling over with May on top of him. Ash groaned as May laid on him.
"Hello Ash..." May said.
"Hi May..."
"I believe I just tagged you."
"Yeah, I don't believe it."
"That means you're it."
"I know, I know..."
"No tag backs!" May said as she quickly got off him and dashed away. He sighed and got up, brushing himself off and looking around.
"It's on..." he said with a smirk.
Ash tagged Dawn, Dawn tagged Barry, Barry retagged Dawn.
"Hey! No tag backs!" Dawn exclaimed.
"You have to say it before you're tagged again..." Barry argued.
"I've never heard something so ridicules!" Dawn said, stamping a foot.
"It's a rule..." Barry confirmed.
"Rrrrrrr, fine! Tag!" Dawn said, poking Barry, making him jump.
"Keep your germy hands off me! And no tag backs!"
"You didn't say 'no tag backs'!" Dawn said, crossing her arms.
"That's ridicules! Tag backs are a cheap away to play tag!"
"You tag backed me first!"
"Oh give me a break!"
"I show you a break!" With that, Dawn tackled Barry to the ground. Barry let out a yelp.
"GAH! Germs! Get away, Get away!" Barry exclaimed.
Ash and May watched the whole scene unfold before them from the hiding spot they were sharing.
"Should we help him?" Ash asked.
"Nah, Dawn won't hurt him... too badly..." May said, just making Ash even more uncomfortable than before.
"Err... Maybe I should," Ash said.
"ASH! HEEEEEEEEELP!" Barry exclaimed.
Ash stood up, "That's my cue," He told May before running out from behind their hiding spot, and over to where Barry and Dawn where struggling.
"Alright! Cut it out! Both of you!" Ash said, pulling Dawn away and standing between the two teens, May also walked up in case Dawn did something she shouldn't.
"YUCK!" Barry exclaimed, a shiver running down his spine, "I'm gonna need a shower! Fast!"
"You started it!" Dawn said, crossing her arms again.
"I started it?" Barry exclaimed, pointing at himself.
"Yeah! You and your stupid tag backs!" Dawn spat.
"Enough!" Ash exclaimed, both teens grew silent.
"I think we've played enough tag for the day..." May said, hoping to end the dispute.
"Yeah, let's do something else..." Ash suggested, Barry folded his arms and turned away.
"Fine, but I'm not talking to Dawn for the rest of the day..." he said.
"You're giving me the silent treatment?" Dawn asked.
Barry chuckled, "That's right, I am!" everyone sweat-dropped.
"Clue... I haven't played this for years..." Dawn said. The four teens all sat down at the Ketchum residence around the dining room table, a game of Clue laid out.
"I've never played it before, you'll have to explain the rules..." May said. After Ash's failed attempt to try to clearly explain the rules, she turned to Barry for help, who was a bit more successful.
"Max is gonna be so ticked when I tell him we played a board game without him," May said, Ash and Dawn let out a laugh, Barry, though, didn't get it.
"Oh! I call the yellow guy!" Barry said.
"I want the blue one!" Dawn said.
"I want red!" May called out, grabbing the red player.
Ash shook his head and laughed, "You all may think those colors are great, but you'll think differently after I conquer you all as Professor Plum!"
And after Barry cleaned off all the pieces with a wipe, they began to play their game.
"How the heck did you figure it out so fast?" Ash exclaimed, May now had made an accusation and held the cards she had just called before her.
"I only went to half the rooms!" Barry exclaimed.
"Well, When You asked Dawn about the Mr. Green with the wrench in the dining room, I had Mr. Green, and Barry had showed me the dining room, so I knew she showed you the wrench, and this other time..." May then began to explain to them her several strategies to winning, Ash just sat there with his jaw slack.
"What you just said made no sense," Barry said, "But it sounded smart!" Dawn shook her head and rolled her eyes.
"Don't roll your eyes at me!" Barry exclaimed, Dawn just sighed and shrugged her shoulders.
"See May?" Ash said, hoping to change the subject, "Isn't doing things like this so much more fun than studying?" May thought for a minute, while Ash waited expectantly, Barry and Dawn where too busy arguing to pay attention.
May smiled and nodded, "So far..." she said, Ash put on a goofy grin, satisfied with his job well done.
"AAAAAAHHHHHH!"
They looked and saw Dawn rubbing a pillow from off the couch in Barry's face.
"I'VE BEEN CONTAMINATED!" Barry said, frantically trying to brush off his tongue with his fingers. He jumped up and dashed out of the dining room as fast as he could, but instead slammed his face into rim of the doorway and fell on his back.
"Barry!" Dawn exclaimed, everyone got up and crouched down by their friend.
"Ooooh, I hope you cleaned this floor recently..." Barry groaned, making everyone sweat-drop.
"You're such a retard..." Dawn said, playfully bonking Barry's head, earning a whimper.
"I have has much of a right be a germaphobic retard as you have being emo..." Barry groaned, still lying on the floor, Dawn was about to protest, but fell silent.
He had a point.
"Now could you help me up, I don't want to touch the floor with my hands..."
After having "fun" with Ash and Barry, May and Dawn walked home, stopping in front of May's house before parting.
"It was fun," Dawn said, smiling a little.
"It was?" May asked, "All you did was argue with Barry."
Dawn sighed and shrugged her shoulders "It's hard to explain, it was... 'fun arguing' I guess." May also shrugged before waving good bye.
"Well, I guess I'll see you tomorrow and see if I can give Ash some tutoring..." May said, Dawn nodded and turned to leave, May did the same.
"You know... I didn't want today to end..."
May stopped in her tracks and looked back at Dawn, "What?" she asked, Dawn slowly turned around, her fist clenched.
"I had fun today... But... Now I just get to return to my problems, I swear I'm going to teach that stupid jerk who mistreated my mom a lesson," Dawn sighed, May walked up to Dawn, they looked at each other for a minute before hugging each other.
"It'll be okay Dawn... I'll help you through this..." May said, rubbing her friend's back. The two separated and backed up.
"That Ash really has changed you..." Dawn said quietly, but turning to leave again, leaving May by herself.
Changed me?
May thought for a minute, she had definitely lightened up since she had begun to tutor Ash. It was a good change.
She liked it...
She laughed to herself and smiled before heading into her house.
Almost posted the last chapter twice, that would have been embarrassing.
