Okay. So sorry for the wait for chapter four. D;
Alot had happened. From being sick, to painting and redecorating my bedroom. Then having my best friend, who I hadn't seen for almost a year, come stay with me for a few days. Then I had to get back in my routine and catch up with what I missed. On top of all that, I didn't even have this chapter planned out yet. So yeah. Things should definitely move along a little better now though.
I have to say thanks for all the reviews. The support is amazing. I'd be lying if I said I wasn't feeling major pressure now though. x; But that's the motivation I need to keep this up I guess.
Not sure how I feel about this chapter yet. Mostly just girl talk and bringing in a few minor characters from the anime. No Drew, but I figured that would be okay since he'll have a major part coming up. This being a Contestshipping story and all. xD
A young woman in room 416 had expected to wake up to the sound of an alarm clock like she had the day before. What she didn't expect was a phone call at 5am. Two hours before she planned to start her day. With an unpleasant groan to reflect her displeasure to being rudely woken up, she reached over to the nightstand next to her bed and felt for her cellphone. "This better be important.." May mumbled still mostly asleep. Not looking at the number displayed on her phone's screen, she pressed the talk button. "Hello..?"
Girl time. Catching up. That was the plan for the day. The plan that had been arranged by Solidad, who didn't give May a chance to object. Not that the blue-eyed girl in question was planning to object anyways. They had arranged to meet outside the front of the hotel, both of them still having to prepare for the day. Repeating the same routine as the day prior, May made her way down the stairs. Suddenly caught up with a rumble erupting from her stomach, May failed to notice a girl walking up the stairs. She only noticed when she collided with the girl and her view was obstructed by purple hair.
"Oh, I'm so sorry!" The unnamed girl was about to go on with a jumbled and messy apology until she raised her head and looked at who she had ran into. "May!.. I really hoped I'd see you here." Curiosity and recognition in the girl's sweet and light voice caused May to raise her head too and a smile instantly lit up her face. "Kelly! I actually saw you yesterday, but you were talking to some guy.. I didn't want to interrupt." Remembering what had happened between herself and that guy, a blush rose across her cheeks. "Ah that. It was nothing." Standing up and holding out a hand for the girl still on the floor, May gave a look that said she clearly didn't believe her. "Riightt."
Both girls made their way down the stairs, even though Kelly was originally headed to her room on the second floor. Walking outside the two girls were greeted by Solidad, who patiently walked over to them. "Hey Solidad, is it okay if my friend Kelly tags along with us? I met her when I was still competing in Hoenn, and it would be great to catch up." May ordinarily didn't like to ask other people to tag along when somebody invited her somewhere, since she thought it was a bit rude. An exception seemed appropriate here though, and her thoughts were confirmed when Solidad nodded her head with a warm smile. "Of course. As long as she's hungry and likes shopping.."
Solidad's sentence faded off as she began to walk away. Confusion enveloped both girls as the older woman's words hit them. 'Food!' May's stomach was openly agreeing with the idea of breakfast as it grumbled then and there. Ignoring it, both girls yelled "Shopping?!" at the same time. May and Kelly ran to catch up with Solidad, who was already heading in the direction of a cafe.
Each of the three females were seated at a round table located towards the front of the cafe, right next to a big window. A woman in her early twenties with strawberry-blond hair walked over to them and was prepared to take their orders. "My name is Sherry, and I'll be your waitress today. Would you like to order now, or should I come back in a few minutes while you decide?.." May was quick to object to waiting any longer to eat. "No! I mean, I think we're ready to eat now." Noticing the humored looks on her friend's faces, she continued on with her order sheepishly. "I'll just have some chocolate-chip pancakes.. and ooh! A strawberry-banana smoothie." Letting her eyes leave the menu that were in her hands, she looked up at Sherry to see her writing the order down in a small notepad.
Solidad and Kelly had settled for coffee, the former taking hers black and the latter taking hers with two creams. Both also got a blueberry bagel, since they came with their orders of coffee for free in the breakfast hours. The waitress walked back to the kitchen, promising their orders would be ready soon.
"So May. I saw you compete in the Johto Grand Festival on television, congrats on the win by the way, but after that I didn't see you competing anymore." May acknowledged the congratulations from Kelly with a thanks, and decided to make a long story short. "My father, who you'll know as the gym leader of Petalburg, was hospitalized after a heart attack. I was called back home and had to take the gym over while he recovered." A short pause was followed as Kelly didn't really know quite what to say. The same waitress as before came out with the coffee and bagels, and the conversation quickly turned onto Kelly.
"But what about you? Are you still helping your mom out in the Pokeblock shop?" Solidad stayed quiet during this time. May and her were given the chance to catch up the day before, mostly talking about what it was like competing in Sinnoh among other things. She took this chance to listen in and get to know Kelly more, since she only knew that she was a talented Coordinator that competed when a contest came around to a town close by. (Saying that she didn't travel alot.) Also that she favored Physic type Pokemon.
"Actually, I have my own Pokeblock shop now." Glancing at May's face she decided to continue on. "Yeah. I opened it about.. fourteen months ago in Lilycove, only it's a bit farther from the Contest Hall than my mom's shop was. It started out really slow and I almost had to close it down a few times. But things really started to pick up in the last eight months. I was able to hire more workers, so now I even get to enter more contests." The look on Kelly's face showed that she really enjoyed what she was doing and that made both girls around her happy for her.
"I'm so happy for you Kelly! You actually accomplished what you said you would do." Saying that made Kelly realize that May also did what she said she would do, winning a Grand Festival and becoming a top Coordinator. Opening her mouth to mention it, she was once again interrupted by Sherry bringing over May's pancakes. Taking this as her cue to forget what she was going to say, she just kept her mouth closed.
All three of them excited the cafe a short time later, and headed towards a few shops that were lined up along farther down the street. "I still need to get a dress before tomorrow. All of my other dresses had long outgrown me. What about you two?" Solidad simply replied to Kelly that she had bought one when she arrived here in Slateport. "I had one delivered from home. But I do need to find some shoes to go with it.." May trailed off. She actually hadn't thought of shoes at all. Probably wouldn't have even realized it until she had her dress on and was about to walk out the door. The pink haired woman winked. "This is why I said you better like shopping."
Hopping from store to store, Kelly had quickly found a dress that all three girls had agreed best suited her. Not wanting to carry the dress around as they continued shopping, she arranged to pick it up before the shop closed that night. The girls were now looking for a store that would carry formal shoes for May and Kelly. Along the way, a comfortable but boring silence overcame them. Wanting to break it, May opened her mouth.
"So Kelly. We never did finish our conversation about that guy you were flirting with." Just as suspected, a small blush once again found its way to her face. Trying to sound innocent Kelly tried to deny the accusations. "I wasn't flirting with him. We were just talking." Rolling her eyes, May continued to try and find out more about this guy. "Okay, whatever you say. So then you surely got his name, right?" Solidad had spotted a shop that seemed to have exactly what they were looking for, and guided her companions in that direction while they talked.
"Yeah, of course. His name is Timmy Grimm." Shrugging, Kelly held the door open for them to enter the shop. "Woah. Woah. Hold on!" Startled by May's outburst, both girls ahead of her halted with questioning faces. "Timmy Grimm? I know a Timmy Grim. But wow, I didn't recognize him.." Muttering the last part to her self, she put a finger to her chin in a thoughtful pose. May only recognized him now that she had a name to the face. Kelly with a shocked, but not displeased, face walked in front of May. "Really? If you didn't recognize him, I take it you met him back when you started your journey?"
Carrying on with this conversation, both girls searched through the displays of shoes. Solidad helping out Kelly, since only May knew what her dress looked like. "Yeah. I met him back in Hoenn. He was competing under the name of 'The Phantom'." Seeing the clearly confused look on her friend's face, she decided to explain. "His mom didn't like Pokemon at all, forbidding he owned any of his own. She wanted him to study hard and be successful in a job that didn't involve Pokemon. But he really wanted to compete, and he even had a Dusclops without his mother knowing. To be able to compete, he wore a mask and used that name.. Anyways. Too make a longer story short; We faced off in the finals of the contest, and after a close battle, I won. But that didn't matter, because him mom saw how happy he was and she accepted his choices."
Both girls smiled at the story. May smiling at the memories of competing in contests and meeting new friends, and Kelly smiling since she now had a better understanding of the handsome young man that she had taken a quick interest in. What she had kept to herself though, was that Timmy had been not only flirting with her, but invited her to go to the ball with him. Seeing no reason to bring that up, since the conversation had faded away and all girls were now looking at shoes, she kept quiet.
Exiting the shop, they all headed back to the hotel. Kelly couldn't decide between two pairs of shoes, so Solidad had picked for her. Neither of them had seen what shoes May had purchased, her having claimed she wanted it all to stay a surprise until the next day. Whether May herself knew it or not, it was obvious to her friends that May had planned to keep it a surprise not from them, but from Drew.
It was only mid afternoon, but each girl decided to split to do her own thing. Solidad had briefly said something about finding Harley and keeping an eye on him. Kelly walked up the stairs with May, leaving for her room once they hit the second floor. Once she found herself on her floor and at her room, she dropped her own bag with her newly purchased shoes in her room, then left to the same clearing she had been in with her Pokemon yesterday.
Releasing her Pokemon from their Pokeballs once again, she decided the best place to start would be going over some appeals they used in the past. Hoping it would all come back to them and they would find their rhythm, she planned to try and come up with some new appeals and combination's before she headed back inside for the night.
So that's it. It's my longest chapter, though it's still not long by many standards. Don't expect me to write longer chapters, because this is the amount I'm comfortable with. c:
As for the Kelly/Timmy? I have no idea. I really liked Kelly's character, and there weren't alot of (single) male Coordinators actually. It could be cute though. If you don't like the idea, oh well. Because it's definitely not going to be a huge part here and shouldn't be in the way of the main idea. I just really needed something to talk about this chapter and stuff. D; I couldn't find anywhere to really bring up Drew, but the Contestshipping will only increase.
Also. I need your opinions on something. Should I add Coordinators from D/P? Like Dawn, Kenny, Zoey, Nando, ect. Does it matter to you, will it bother you if I don't add them? Let me know. c:
Reviews help me, they really do.