Hello, sweeties. :)
I watch too much Doctor Who...
PPS Interrogation Room. 11:00 AM
"All right, I'll make this simple," Ash said. "You tell us who your dealer is, we fine you $120 and you walk. Easy."
Jonathan smirked. "Like I'd ever tell you guys."
May rushed at Jonathan, her fist outstretched. "Why you little-"
Ash grabbed her arm. "May, easy. We only do that when I say so, and it's too early for that."
May crossed her arms, pretending to pout. "Fine..."
"One last time, Elm. Who sold you those berries?" Ash asked forcefully.
"I ain't telling ya'll squat," Jonathan said, crossing his arms.
May sighed. Something about the man really irritated her, and she wanted nothing more than to punch him in the face and knock out one of his discolored teeth.
30 minutes of polite asking later...
"AARRGGH! That's it! You've forced my hand!" Ash said, panting. "Pikachu! You know the drill!"
Pikachu nodded. "Pika!" it said, jumping up onto the chrome table.
Jonathan barely had time to raise an eyebrow before Pikachu sent 2,000 volts of electricity streaming through his body.
"AAAAAAAARRRRRHHHH!" Jonathan screamed, convulsing in his chair. Pikachu stopped the electrocution, coldly observing the streams of smoke trailing off of Elm's body,.
May's eyes widened. Ash had changed a lot since they had traveled together in Hoenn, becoming more cold and calculating than the sweet, innocent 10-year old that she had once known.
Ash noticed May's expression and an almost shameful look crossed his face. "Sorry May, but in this job, you see these things all the time."
May shook her head. "It's fine. I understand. In fact..." She tossed a Pokeball into the air. "Wartortle, Water Gun until he talks."
Her blue, feathered turtle nodded and sprayed a jet of water into Jonathan's face, preventing from breathing. After a few more seconds of this, he screamed, "OK! OK! I'll talk!"
Ash and May sighed. "FINALLY!"
Elm shivered in fear of more torture but continued. "N-now, I don't know who the head honcho is, b-but I know where the next deal is. His crony told me a guy named Marley was getting some berries."
Ash and May exchanged a look. "Harley?!"
PPS. 12:35 PM.
"Well, seeing as the next deal isn't until next week, you two can have the next few days off," Brock said with a grin.
Ash sighed in relief. "Thank Arceus!"
May looked at her watch and jumped. "Gah! I've got a meeting with the Contest board now! Gotta go!" she said, giving ash a quick hug before dashign out of the building.
Ash just stared after her, blushing.
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"You like her, don't you?" Brock asked with a sly grin.
Ash blushed and stuttered, "W-w-wha? O-of course n-not! Th-that's just r-ridiculous!"
Brock just sighed. "No, it's not. I know you have feelings for her and she does too."
Ash perked up at that. "Really?"
Brock nodded in confirmation. "Yeah really!" A brilliant stroke of inspiration suddenly came to him. "Say... how about you ask her out to dinner? You know, just to 'catch up' and whatnot?"
Ash considered this and nodded. "Sounds good... but that might be awkward..."
"True. How about this? You and May meet up with me and Lucy at the restaurant?" Brock said, referring to his current girlfriend.
Ash grinned. "Sure. Saturday sound good?"
"Saturday's good," Brock said with a smile.
Ketchum residence. 2:40 PM.
Ash nervously looked at the phone, as if it was a rabid Pokemon that would attack him if he made a wrong move. He had been practicing calling May for the past hour, and he now thought he was ready.
In truth, he had had a crush on May ever since they were kids, and he was delighted they were now partners. Hopefully, things would be better this time.
With a deep breath, he picked up the phone and dialed May's number.
Maple residence. 2:41 PM.
Just as May was about to add the finishing touch to her painting, the phone rang, startling her and causing her paintbrush to skid wildly across the canvas. May sighed, knowing that she wasn't that great at art anyway.
"Yyyy-ello?" she said, picking up the phone.
"H-hi May, it's Ash," a sweet voice said through the speaker.
May blushed at hearing her longtime crush. "Hi, what's up?"
"Well, there's this new restaurant in town, and I was wondering if we could, I don't know, go there to catch up and talk or something?" Ash rushed.
May nearly dropped the phone in excitement. Here was the boy of her dreams asking her out to dinner!
"Sure! I'd love to! Um... is Saturday OK with you?" she said.
"Yeah, I was actually going to ask you that! So, Saturday at, say, 6:30 PM at Cafe de Fromage?"
"Sounds great!" May exclaimed, hanging up at the same time as Ash. May sighed. What with getting the info from Elm and a dinner date with Ash, May felt like her day couldn't get any better.
I have no idea where I got the name of the restaurant from, but as always, REVIEW AND REVIEW! And review again!
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