Disclaimer: I don't own ANYTHING (a little late with this but tbh this goes for the whole story and everything else)

Anyways I need to stop stalling. Let's gooooo...


May instantly knew what she was looking for and rushed through the aisles multiple times picking out dresses and clothes. Bonnie followed her around giving her advice. Serena was a bit hesitant at first but quickly got into the same speed as May. They both met to go the changing rooms. It was a bunch of walls with curtains dropping from the top to the floor covering everything so that not even the shoes were visible. Opposite the changing rooms were mirrors and seats. Ash happily sighed once seeing them and didn't hesistate to plop down in one. Max, Bonnie and Clemont gladly followed his lead.

After what seemed like hours of Serena and May trying on flattering dresses. May is down dress Serena had just finished. Ash asked, "May? Are you done, yet?"

A voice responded from the changing room, "I'm in my last one."

Max groaned, "That's what you said last time."

"I'm serious this time, okay?" She replied.

May then came out with a long strapless purple dress that had a slit on one side. She checked out herself in the mirror by putting one arm on her hip and checking her angles.

Bonnie smiled, "That looks great, May."

"Ya sure? Does the purple make me look a bit too mature? I feel it's too old Hollywood or something.

Clemont moaned, "You look fine. Just like 20 dresses ago."

May scowled and then headed back into the changing room. Clemont asked, "Did I offend her?"

Max shook his head, "Nah. She does that with any dress that she doubts but she ends up buying it anyway."

May quickly got changed and left with her choice of dress. The cashier from the front desk came around and said, "Darling. It looks amazing. With those legs it's perfect for you. Even that purple dress."

May blushed, "Thank you. I'll take them."

"That'll be-" The cashier stopped and took a closer look at May, "Wait...aren't you.."

"Er...who am I?" May nervously asked.

"You're May Maple!" The cashier shouted alarming everyone else and a bit of attention from other customers.

May awkwardly smiled, "Yup. That's me..."

"Take what you want. Consider it on the house."

"A-Are you sure you won't get fired or something? I-I have the money and-" May tried to persuade but the cashier insists claiming it was an honor she was even in the store.

The cashier gleefully scanned all of the dresses May had chosen and started rambling to May about how much of a fan the owner of the store was. When they were done May gave most of the boxes for Ash to carry while she shared out the rest with Serena.

Once they walked out of the shop Ash asked from behind the pile, "Where are you going?"

"More like where are we going." May casually said making Serena hold in her breath and Ash almost drop the boxes.

"Be careful, Ash. Those clothes are expensive" May warned.

"What do you mean, we?" Ash asked catching up to May as she continued to lead everyone through the streets.

"Yeah what do you mean?" Serena suspiciously asked.

May gasped covering her mouth, "Don't tell me you didn't know Ash? The competition. Tonight it's holding some kind of welcome ball for the competitors."

"Phew." Serena said wiping her brow, "I thought you were going to ask him on a-"

"Anyways. Max has got something. Do you?" May asked.

"Nope. I'll just wing it." Ash said. May stopped abruptly in her tracks and Ash bumps into her almost dropping the bags again.

Serena warned as well, "Careful, Ash."

"Sorry," Ash mutters regaining his balance.

May asked incredulously, "You're going to wing it?"

Ash nodded slowly and she face palmed herself, "Oh my Arceus, Ketchum. You are so lucky you have me."

"What?" Ash asked not liking where it was going.

"We're getting you a suit right now." May exclaimed grabbing Ash's arm and dragging him down the road leaving Clemont and Max to carry the shopping.

"No more shopping, please!" Max groans. May shouted back at him, "Oh calm down. I already have something in mind."

May lead them all into a different boutique where there were plenty of mannequins all modelling suits. She saw a sleek black one capture her eye and she took one from the rack and shoved it into Ash's chest before pushing him into a changing room. Ash barely had time to process what had just happened, May was whizzing around the store.

It didn't that much time for him to dress. He looked taller and more polished in his suit despite his messy hair which just seemed to make him look good looking than he already was. May walked up to him and started to tug on his sleeves and fix his shirt up.

"I'm sure I look fine, May." Ash groaned letting May adjust his tie.

May continued to adjust his tie, "Yeah, I know. But I'm just making some small touches. You might not notice them but they will."

She took a step back and looked up at Ash smiling down at her. He asked her, "How do I look, then?"

May began to feel a little hot and it slowly sunk into her mind how attractive Ash could look. She looked him up and down and struggled to keep eye contact. May hoped that nobody would notice that she wasn't just looking at him but admiring him. She tucked a strand behind her hair, "Um...yeah...you look good-..you look great."

Ash teased, "Yeah I know. I'm so good looking I make pretty girls speechless."

May hit him on the arm,, "Shut up."

Ash just flashed her his lopsided smile before going back to change. After they bought the suit, they collectively made their way for a late lunch at a cafe. The group took a picnic table outside where Ash sat between May and Serena on one side with Bonnie sitting between Max and Clemont on the other. As they ate their food and chattered in peace May noticed something in the distance.

She stopped eating and squinted her eyes, "No way..."

Ash asked with a mouthful of food, "What?"

May turned back, "Swallow your food first."

Ash did as he was told and repeated, "What?"

May didn't answer his question and continued to look at the figure in the distance. Her eyes quickly widened and she muttered, "Nononononono."

Soon the rest of the group began to look at her in confusion. May got up and leant against the table using her hands to support herself. She cocked her head to the side and questioned, "Wait. What's he doing with him?"

Clemont asked, "What are you talking about?"

Max added, "Yeah May stop playing the pronoun game and just tell us."

May let out a small gasp and she squeaked. She hastily sat down and stuck the restaurant menu in front of her at a certain angle. She hissed at them, "Whatever you do. Do not let him know I'm here."

Everyone exchanged glances and noticed May sliding down underneath the picnic table. Max asked, "May, isn't that a bit over the top?"

Ash looked to where she was looking and the figures became clearer. A green haired boy was walking along the path with another boy with dark hair by his side. Ash muttered, "Oh, it's Drew."

Max rolled his eyes, "Figured as much."

"Who's Drew?" Serena asked.

Drew marched smugly up to their table, "That would be me. Why do you want an autograph?"

"Oh. Are you famous? What do you do?" Bonnie asked with innocent wide eyes.

Drew flicked his hair, "I'm a world class coordinator."

Serena pricked up in interest and she smiled, "What Grand Festivals did you win this year then?"

Drew's face heated up, "None so far but I did win the Kanto Grand Festival last year."

"So you won't be going to the ball tonight then?" Bonnie asked.

Drew completely evaded her question and demanded, "So where's May?"

Clemont asked, "Why would she be here?"

Drew pointed to Max, "Because that little brainiac brat's here."

"Hey! I'm not a brat. And I can travel on my own," Max complained.

As soon as May heard that she resisted the urge to kick Drew in the shin. Only she was allowed to call her brother a brat. Who did he think he was?

Drew scoffed, "Whatever. May has to be here otherwise her Glaceon wouldn't be here."

Glaceon circled his legs and pounced onto his shoulders. Drew took it as a friendly gesture but Glaceon evaded his hand and quickly began to freeze his hair making the group snickered. Drew swore under his breath but didn't bother to move the Pokemon.

"How do you know it's hers?" Ash asked.

"Because otherwise it wouldn't do that. Besides it's colouring is a lot brighter than normal Glaceon. Almost shiny like." Drew commented as Glaceon dismounted from him and curiously circled his legs.

Max rolled his eyes, "Just go away, Drew. May clearly isn't here"

"Don't tell me what to do," Drew snapped.

Ash muttered, "Don't think May would appreciate what you're saying."

Drew threw his head back laughing, "Well apparently May isn't here right now. So I can say what I want."

Drew flicked his hair as the others look at at him with conflicting looks. They had stopped eating and Glaceon slyly walked behind him. Drew's eyes followed Glaceon to who was now next to a furious May.

"M-May." Drew stuttered, "How long have you been here?"

"The whole time," She answered passive aggressively.

May then turned her attention onto the boy with dark hair, "Calem. Nice to see you're hanging out with good company."

Calem fumbled his words, "I-It's not like that...I'm just-"

"Calem?" Serena asked getting up as well slightly pushing her hat up.

"You know him?" Clement looked at her.

She nodded, "Calem was the smartest kid in my class. We were lab partners and he sat behind me in most classes."

Calem quietly said giving her a small smile, "I can't believe you still remember."

Serena slightly laughs, "Well yeah. I almost ruined every single experiment at school. You saved me from failing most of my practicals."

"And how do you know him?" Ash asked May and Max.

Max answered, "When May and I were on holiday in Unova we ran into him. We had a Pokemon Battle."

"Which I won." Calem added.

"You might have beat Max but you lost against me," May smirked with Glaceon mirroring her actions.

Calem agreed, "Yeah she did. By the way your Blaziken was, and I'm sure still is, in outstanding shape."

May thanked him with a nod and Drew got everyone's attention. Drew said, "Anyway. I'm here for a reason. I'm taking part in the Kalos Inter-Competition."

"Your point?" Max sassed.

Drew gave him a scowl and turned to May, "I'm looking for a date since every competitor is giving a spare ticket. Would you like to go with me, May?"

May uncrossed her arms and avoided looking him in the eye. All eyes were intensely locked onto May. Drew looked eager and before May could give a reply he said, "I knew you'd agree. No girls can resist me."

May gave him a sarcastic slow blink and said, "No."

"What do you mean 'no'?"

"No."

"You can't tell me no. You're coming with me. You have to. We would look so good together," Drew whined.

May scoffed, "You can't force me to come with you."

"Fine. Good luck finding a date," Drew sneered strutting off flicking his hair again.

May simply shook her head and uttered inaudible phrases under her breath. Calem says awkwardly put his hands in his pockets, "Well I'll be going then. See you guys tonight."

He soon quickly walked off leaving the group to dig into their food again.

May asked her brother, "So Max. Have you already used your spare ticket?"

"Yeah," He nodded.

May almost dropped her fork, "Already? Wow. How come?"

"I forced him to," Bonnie smiled making Max frown yet blush slightly at the same time.

Clemont said, "Lucky. Now you can get in to the welcoming thing. You could meet Diantha."

Now's my chance, Serena thought. She sweetly said, "I'd really love to go as well."

Max piped up, "May. You can give your spare to Serena."

"Sure." May replied and Serena tried hard to suppress her disappointment. She wanted to go but she didn't expect May to volunteer to take her. At least she got to go; beggers can't be choosers.

"Clemont. You can have my spare ticket, then." Ash said.

Clemont pumped his fist in the air, "Diantha, here I come!"

The group spent their time talking and eating until the sun began to set. May checked Max's watch and her eyes widened. She quickly got up from her seat and shocked a ticket into Serena's hand.

Ash asked, "Whoa, May. What's the rush?"

"It's 6:30pm and the ball starts at 8!" May frantically replied picking up her bag. Serena then jumped out of her seat and started to gather her belongings.

"So what's the big deal?" Max added.

"I can't ready in an hour and half!" Serena shouted.

May agreed, "Thank you. Someone who understands."

The others looked at each other with perplexed expressions as May and Serena got ready to leave. May picked up Glaceon and propped her onto her shoulder.

She turned to the group, "I'm going back to the hotel. I'll see you guys at the ball. BYE!"

Without turning back May quickly ran off and before the dust even cleared she was almost out of sight. Serena had also bid farewell and sprinted in the opposite direction.

Ash and Clemont look on impressed. Clement commented, "Wow. I have never seen two people run so fast."

Ash nodded, "You should have been around whenever Brock finished preparing food. May was always there in 0.2 seconds."

"Or if you just say the word food you'd get her full attention," Max joked.

The boys cleared up while Bonnie waited aside playing with Pikachu and Dedenne. Bonnie and Clemont said their goodbyes and made their way down the road Serena had left on whilst Ash and Max strolled down the road to the elegant hotel with the purple-pink sky as their backdrop.


Ok I'm aware this chapter is really short BUT that's because I have a really REALLY big chapter, like humongous, coming up next that's like 8000 words so do not fret or complain to me about it getting shorter and shorter each time, okay?

Hope you guys enjoy this little filler I guess. Sorry but this is the only way to transition to the next chapter. Anyways...

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