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Please enjoy the next instalment of Pokémon: True Feelings Will Overcome.....
Chapter Two: First Contact
Ash left the house, Pikachu sitting happily on his shoulder eating ketchup, and began to head towards the dock. It was true that he and May could talk for hours when they could time their journeys right to both be by phones. More than once their conversations had caused one or the other to miss a boat or other form of transport that delayed them on their journey. Ash couldn't help put chuckle at the slurping noise coming from his shoulder. Pikachu, be it deliberate or inadvertent could always make him smile. He was very nervous about the call he was going to make. Ash led the way, through crowds of people patting him on the back or issuing challenges, to the Dock's entrance. He agreed to a battle or two on the boat, but time was not on his side this morning. He signed in at the main desk and checked the time, he had until 11:30 to make the call and it was now 10:15. He took a breath and went over to the booths.
Despite his eagerness to make the call he took nearly ten minutes to dial the number to Petulburg. Pikachu gave a reassuring pat on the shoulder before jumping onto his lap, still sipping the ketchup. He finally dialled the number and it rang several times before a familiar face picked up.
"Ash! Hey! We saw your match yesterday it was awesome! Congratulations!"
"Thanks Max." Ash said, letting a genuine smile flash across his face,
"The way Pikachu stood up to that Monferno was amazing. Next time we're together you have to give me some tips. I might need them when I get to the Hoenn League in a few months."
"No problem Max. Pikachu and I would be happy to." He said, watching a smile spread across Max's face, "That's if there's no ketchup around." Pikachu gave Ash a mock glare before returning his attention to the ketchup bottle, both Ash and Max chuckled at the electric rodent. Ash took a breath before continuing "Max is...urm... I mean..." He tried to say something but the words got stuck in his throat. This caused Max to laugh as he turned around and shouted,
"MAY! PHONE! She'll be right down. She was so nervous during the match. More nervous than she should have been. As if you wining meant more than the trophy to her?" Max shrugged as Ash failed to hide a blush before May pushed her brother out of the chair, across the room and out of it. She closed the door. She smiled conspiratorially at Ash who just looked puzzled. She then flung the door open as Max fell backing. Ash couldn't help but laugh at this. Max scowled and left the room to go outside.
"Sorry about him Ash." May said sitting down and looking at him, "He's always trying to eavesdrop on me."
"I curious about that too." Ash said, his nervousness had gone the moment he looked into her eyes, "Brock and Dawn are nowhere to be seen. Brock is always trying to listen in and Dawn is eager for any kind of gossip."
"I guess you gave them the slip."
"Good, I don't want them here for this. It's hard enough." He said glancing down at his feet. May gave Ash a curious look over the video phone. "May...I..." He stopped. His words had stuck again,
"Ash, well done yesterday. I mean that. I was so proud of you and your Pokemon. You fought and won a good fight." She said, helping him by filling in the silence. He looked into her eyes and smiled. He had no reason to worry. Those eyes were full of admiration and... and something he couldn't put his finger on but it was a good something.
"Thanks May. I'm sorry about the Grand Festival. You'll do much better in your next on I'm sure of it."
"You saw that?" She said quietly, horrified that Ash had seen her poor performance in Johto. She looked down at her feet to avoid looking at him,
"Of course I did. I watched all your matches I could....made me nearly miss a match or two."
"You shouldn't have risked your championship for my pathetic attempts." She said miserably,
"Don't worry about it May. It was only your third Grand Festival. No=one can expect you to be perfect that soon. Get your confidence up with some hard training and you'll do better next time. I Know it." Ash said, give her a supporting smile. He knew that the defeat had hit her hard; it could be seen in the way she acted when the Festival was brought up.
"Thanks Ash." She said, blushing slightly, "You always did know what to say when I was down after a loss."
"That's the job of a friend and confidant, right?"" Ash gave her a smile, which she returned. "Any way the reason I called was...well two reasons. The first is mum is holding a huge party in Pallet and wants you to be there so we'll be swinging by Petulburg on our way back to get you." Ask said to her, hoping she wouldn't mind that they had already planned it.
"I'd love to." She almost squealed, "I can't wait to see you again Ash. I really missed you."
"I missed you to May." There was a minutes silence before May broke it,
"What's your second reason?" she said this without looking Ash in the eye. He could tell she was nervous about asking this,
"I called about a promise." He said, May's head shot up and looked Ash straight in the face, "If you remember?"
"Of course I remember. I was so happy when you told me how you felt. I could... I did cry in the boat because I wouldn't get to see you for a while." A lone tear ran down her face as she said this.
"I guess you don't wanna..." He trailed off as her eyes met his,
"You're keeping it?"
"Don't be surprised. I always keep my promises. I just wasn't sure if you..." Again he trailed off. He began to stroke Pikachu behind the ear as his stared at the floor.
"Are you kidding Ash!?" His eyes shot to the screen. She had a smile on her face so wide it almost took up the whole screen. "Ash I would love you to. I've been waiting over a year for you to ask me. Why would you think I would say no?"
"It's been a long time that we've been apart and you were travelling with Drew and..."
"Drew's a waste of space." May spat, interrupting what he was saying,
"I thought you two got on?"
"We did. Until a week before the Grand Festival he told me he liked me and I said..." She blushed as she spoke the last words, "That I already had a boyfriend." This made Ash blush as well, "Over the next few days he pestered me for information, tried many romantic gestures. No need to scowl." She laughed at the look on Ash's face. He had never felt this before. He was angry that Drew was pushing in on his May.
'My May??' Ash thought for a second, 'I only just asked her out. She's not my May.'
"I'm not. It's just he was acting like an idiot."
"That's why I said I was travelling alone. He tried to argue and beg but Blaziken put a stop to that."
Ash laughed hard at the thought. The two of them spoke for a bit longer before May got called to do chores. Groaning they said goodbye but just as may was about to turn and leave, Ash had a romance flash. He kissed the tip of two fingers and placed them on the monitor, right over May's lips. Blushing slightly she smiled and blew a kiss back to him before the screen went dead. Smiling more than he had done in weeks Ash placed a now snoozing Pikachu on his head and the bottle of ketchup in his pocket. They had planned to leave after Ash finished his phone call but he had taken far longer than planned. It was now 11:45.
He made his way over to the departure area and sure enough Brock, Dawn and Misty were waiting, bags on their backs. Without thinking Dawn grabbed Ash to hurry him u and in the process Pikachu fell off his head, land head first on the floor. Sparks began to fly from Pikachu's cheek and he was all ready to shock the room before Ash quickly got the bottle of ketchup out of his pocket,
"You can have this is you don't shock us." He said, laughing nervously,
"Pika!" Pikachu jumped, grabbed the bottle and sat on the floor licking the red sauce, his back to everyone.
"Ash the boat leaves in fifteen minutes, where have you been?" Dawn said accusingly, Brock and Misty exchanged knowing looks as the youngest member of the trio gave Ash the third degree.
"Mimble Mimble" He muttered something which none of them caught,
"Sorry?" Misty asked almost laughing at him. She knew exactly where he had been and who he had been talking to. By the smile on Brock face she could tell he knew as well.
"I called May." He almost whispered this as Brock and Misty smiled, Dawn just looked confused,
"Hello? New to the group. Who's May?" She asked everyone. It was Ash who spoke first a glint in his eye gave away his fondness for May.
"May travelled with me and Brock when I entered the Hoenn League. She was also a Pokemon coordinator. We travelled all through Hoenn and then when I got invited back to the Battle Frontier she came with us then. We spend a lot of time together and got quite close..." He trailed off. He didn't know why but he was uncomfortable talking this over with people before he knew where his and May's relationship stood.
"Well Ash." Brock said, "You wasted enough time trying to get you leg over grab your bag and we can go." He was quickly slapped on the head by Misty, Dawn and then Poison Jabbed by Toxicroak.
"Brock!" The girls shouted,
"CROAK!"
Ash used this confusion to grab his bag. They had already arranged for Prof. Oak to take the trophy back to Pallet with him. 'He musta popped by while I was on the phone.' The memory of that phone brought a smile on his face as he dashed downstairs, scooped Pikachu, ketchup bottle and all, headed towards the gate of the boat.
"Hurry Guys! The boat is about to leave!" He ran towards the gate. Smiling gleefully at the prospect of seeing May again. The words came back to him, "I said I had a boyfriend." This had caused both of them to blush. 'Is she my girlfriend?' he thought as we waited a minute for the others to catch up, 'I'd like it if she became my girlfriend. I'd like it a lot.'
Before he could process anymore thoughts he had run straight into the gate door. He slid down to the ground and saw out the window the boat pulling away.
"Damn."
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