Suspicious happenings
May's POV
The moment I'd done it, I knew it was wrong. Not only had I once again acted from my panic, I'd also dragged Drew back into it. And it was worse. It was our first kiss. Not just the first between Drew and I, it was both of our first kisses, and I'd just taken it. Not even for a good reason. Well, sort of. I would have liked this to happen, but not from panic.
I brought my hands up behind his neck, holding him down so I could have just a few more seconds before the bomb would drop. Why was I so stupid? No, this was wrong. I had to stop now. I broke away, feeling my cheeks heat up furiously. Drew's eyes were wide open, his hand slowly reaching up to carefully touch his lips.
"May," he whispered. And that's what did it.
"I'm sorry," I managed to choke out before I ran. I ran from him before I could make an even bigger mess. Tears poured down my face. Idiot, I yelled at myself in my head, I'm such an idiot. I had no clue where I was going. I just needed to run. Run away from Drew before I could ruin what was left between us. I crumpled to the ground, not caring that I was in the middle of some street and cried.
"May?" a male voice said. Don't be Drew. Please don't say Drew followed me. I looked up. Through the salty watery tears I could make out a blurred figure looking at me. I noticed with relief that his hair wasn't green. It was dark brown. I wiped my eyes, giving me a better look at the person.
"Jaiden?" I asked, "What are you doing here?"
"What do you mean 'what am I doing here'? You're right in front of my house," he said, "Are you ok?" I shook my head. He offered his hand and I took it. He pulled me to my feet.
"Come on inside," he said, "You look like you need to rest." I nodded gratefully and he led me inside. I sat down on the blue, slightly worn out couch that he couldn't seem to get rid of because it was Mina's favourite. Jaiden held a glass of water in front of me and I took it, taking a few gulps. There was a knock at the door and Jaiden stood up. I grabbed his wrist.
"If it's Drew, don't tell him I'm here ok?" I said. He nodded and I let him go again. I listened as the door opened. Before I could ask who it was, someone pounced on me. I groaned and threw them off me. The person fell onto the floor with a thud.
"That's the second time you did that to me today."
"Mina?" I questioned. I thought she was still with Craig. I looked over. Sure enough, Mina was on the floor, her arms crossed as she pouted at me. Jaiden came in and started laughing.
"If you haven't guessed, it wasn't Drew," he said.
"What are you doing here Mina?" I asked, "What about Craig?"
"Well, I saw you run away from Drew all upset so I called it a night," she said, "Craig said he didn't mind." I bit my lip.
"Did Craig see what I did?" I asked. Mina shook her head.
"No, he totally missed it," Mina said, "He couldn't seem to spot you and then by the time he saw Drew, you'd gone and I'd asked to finish up."
"Wait, I'm confused, what happened?" Jaiden asked.
"I went on a date with Drew," I started, "and I told him about the situation with Craig, without giving away Gama of course. Drew didn't freak out and hate me, and so we decided to go get something to eat. But I saw Craig and Mina there and I panicked again and I…I kissed him." I blushed, thinking about it.
"You kissed him," Jaiden repeated. I nodded.
"I just ruined everything," I cried, "not only did I ruin his first date, I took his first kiss and not even for a good reason!"
"But it was a good reason May," Mina said, "You love him so it should be ok." I blushed and shook my head.
"No, it's all wrong," I said, "I can't be with him and he knows it too. I'm just leading him on. I never wanted to do that."
"You have to talk to him," Mina said.
"I can't," I sobbed, "I don't want to destroy what's left between us, if there is anything left between us." Jaiden patted my back reassuringly.
"Oh May, you need to talk to him," Mina said, "You'll only create more tension if you don't."
"But what about Craig?" I asked. Mina bit her lip.
"As much as I hate to say this, it looks like your only option is just to go out with him," Jaiden said, "you can't keep avoiding it, you'll only cause more trouble. The best way to avoid that is just to face it head on."
"But I don't really know him," I protested, "I don't want to date him."
"Oh don't worry May," Mina said, "He's really nice and very gentlemanly. But I do think it would be wrong to just start dating him before you know him. Maybe just hang out as friends first for a couple of days before agreeing to be his girlfriend." I gulped at that word. I couldn't escape it now.
"You're right," I said, putting on a smile, "I'll do it. Thanks guys." I would talk to Drew. At the next contest.
Drew's POV
I threw my Pokégear across my room. I was so frustrated. Nothing. I'd heard nothing from her. You'd think I'd get some sort of explanation, but no. The stack of papers, full of ideas for contest appeals seemed to tease me, siting in plain sight on my desk. I had a contest in two days. I'd see her then, but that was too long. I pushed all the papers off, watching them all flutter down to the ground. I felt like tearing them into shreds. I almost did until I remembered that I actually needed them.
"Why hasn't she said anything!" I yelled to no-one in particular.
"Who hasn't said anything?" I jumped and spun around, seeing my little sister in the doorway, looking at me with eyebrows raised.
"Nothing," I said, "don't worry about it."
"Whatever you say Drew," she said, rolling her eyes, "just don't get too worked up about this girl." I frowned as she left. I picked up my Pokégear, scrolling through and stopping at her contact name, debating on whether or not I should call her. No, I decided, she was the one who made the move, she should be calling me. Still. It had been hours and I'd heard nothing. I threw my Pokégear roughly at my bed and kicked the closest thing to me; a pile of washing. Dirty clothes flew up into the air as my Pokégear bounced off my bed and hit the wall, creating a small hole. I didn't care. As much as anyone would like to think otherwise, I was like every other teenage boy. My room was a complete mess and I couldn't care less.
"Gee Drew," Renae said, coming back, "something really has gotten you frustrated."
"I don't wanna talk about it," I growled, glaring at my Pokégear as if it were all its fault.
"Well then you could at least not make so much noise while taking out your frustration on everything in the room," Renae suggested, "Some of us enjoy peace and quiet."
"Sure, cause you're not loud at all," I snorted sarcastically.
"I was talking about mum," Renae said, "She's got a headache." Oh.
"Maybe I'll go outside," I said.
"Good idea," Renae said.
I kicked a stone as I walked along. I'd only taken Roserade and right now, she was listening to me rant.
"Seriously," I said, "she can't do that. Leave me like that."
'Calm down Drew,' Roserade said.
"I can't," I said, "She's got me so confused with all her mixed signals."
'You still haven't told me what happened,' Roserade pointed out. I stopped. I'd been so busy ranting that I had completely forgotten about it. I hadn't even told her about going on a date with May in the first place.
"Ok, well May kinda asked me on a date," I said, blushing a little bit, "And I accepted because she looked desperate."
'You would have accepted regardless Drew,' Roserade said. I blushed a little more.
"Anyway, she told me it was to avoid being forced to date someone else," I said, "and then she said she'd have to date him anyway so it was kinda useless."
'Crushed,' Roserade said. I growled.
"Shut up Roserade," I said, "I don't need those types of comments."
'Sorry, continue.'
"So I decided not to get worked up about it," I said, "I mean, I feel like there's something she isn't telling me. Something doesn't add up. So I let it slid and I offered to get her something to eat right? Cause you know, I wanted to leave on a good note."
'Naturally.'
"Ok, but then we start walking back to the café when she tells me to kiss her."
'What?'
"That's what I thought, and I was gonna ask when she just dragged me down and kissed me!"
'And you're upset by this?' Roserade asked, giving me a look. I blushed slightly.
"It's not that!" I exclaimed, "It's just she pulled away before I could do anything and then before I could say anything other than her name she said 'sorry' and ran away." I bent down, picked up a large rock and threw it as hard as I could.
'Well now I can see where your frustration is coming from,' Roserade said. The rock slammed into a tree and that's when I noticed that I'd walked off the track and into the forest. I frowned. It wasn't like me to not be paying attention to where I was going. Roserade saw my frown.
'That bad huh? This girl can really throw you off your game can't she?' Roserade teased, 'lucky for you, I know where we are.'
"Why didn't you tell me I was going off track?" I hissed.
'I wanted to see how long it would take for you to notice,' Roserade said, shrugging. I groaned.
"Well the point is now I haven't heard a single thing back from her," I said, sitting down on the ground, not caring I was in the middle of a forest.
'And you haven't called her?'
"No. She's the one who kissed me. It was her fault. She should be the one to talk to me."
'Stubborn much?'
"Drew." My eyes widened as I recognised the voice that had called my name.
"May?" I asked, looking around, trying to spot the familiar bandana.
"Drew," she called again, "come find me." I got up.
"Where are you? What do you want?" I asked.
"I want to play a game," she said, followed by a giggle, "You have to find me." I groaned.
"If I find you, can you tell me what I want to know?" I asked.
"Yes," she said, following it with another giggle, "Come find me Drew. I'll tell you everything you want to know." I took a few steps forwards.
'I think this is a bad idea Drew,' Roserade said, 'Something doesn't seem quite right.'
"It'll be fine," I said, "Besides, if anything happens, I got you right?"
"Drew," May cooed, "come and find me." It sounded closer.
"I'm coming," I grumbled. Trust May to do it the difficult way. I stepped over a few branches, avoiding getting tangled in vines.
"Hurry up Drew," she said.
"I'm coming," I said. She sounded like she was just up ahead. She started laughing.
"I found you!" I exclaimed, pushing out into a clearing. I stopped. She wasn't here. I tilted my head in confusion.
"Drew," May called. I turned to my right.
"Drew." No, left.
"Drew."
"Drew."
"Drew." Her voice repeatedly said my name, all from different directions. I held my hands over my ears. This had to be some sort of crazy nightmare. The was no way May could move that fast.
"Drew, Drew, Drew, Drew."
"STOP!" I yelled, "Stop it!" I heard rustling.
"I was wondering when you'd be pushed to the edge," a voice said. It sounded like a male.
"Who are you?" I asked, spinning around, Roserade beside me tensed, ready for battle. Laughter rang out, seemingly moving all around the edge of the clearing before it was silent.
"Where are you? What do you want? Come out!" I yelled. I froze as I felt someone's cold hand grab the back of my neck, squeezing it slightly too tight. There was no answer. I felt something prick my skin. I moved my eyes just slightly to look down at the stinging in my arm. There was a hand, holding a needle, squeezing some sort of liquid into me.
"Roserade, get help," I whispered. I felt giddy as the foreign liquid entered my bloodstream. Was I going to die? I collapsed to the ground, seeing Roserade throwing a remorseful look at me before disappearing back into the forest.
"Finally," I heard someone whisper, just before it all went black.
A/N: Ok. I have officially creeped myself out with the ending to this chapter. And I know what's going on. Yikes. I don't think I've ever written something quite like this before. Well, the action has picked up. And i think i found he right name for my Mina x Jaiden. Caffeineshipping. Yay! You know, cause Mina goes crazy on coffee and all and Jaiden always has to be the one to look after her? Ha, ha, so not funny. Thank you to maycontestdrew for suggesting it. Thanks to all the other suggestions. They were good. Caffeineshipping just stuck though and so I went with it. Anyway, if you notice, I also included Renae in this, just for a brief moment. She is my OC character for Drew's little sister. I also mentioned her in 'paper aeroplane' if you read that. So she had a brief mention. I'm not sure if I'll include much more of her in this story, but tell me what you think of her. Tell me if you'd like to see her a little bit more. Review guys :) Thank you.