Clemont woke up just in time to see Serena`s coming back to their room in Pokemon Center. She had whole face in tears, but she managed to calm down already. When blonde boy saw her in that state he jumped out of a bed and ran to her.
"Serena, what happened?!" he asked, worried about the girl.
"Nothing, I… I just saw an accident and, well, it was too horrible to me" she lied to her friend. The real reason of her mood was that she saw Ash hugging other girl. That was too much for an enamored Serena. She felt betrayed, angry and very, very jealous. Clemont believed her and went to the shop to buy something to eat. Serena at the same time went to the bathroom and she gasped when she looked at the mirror. She looked like something the cat dragged in. Her eyes were heavily bloodshoted, well, her face was all in red color. Serena washed her face and went to bed to take a nap. At this moment sleep was the best choice for her. Unfortunately, after thirty seconds someone knocked to the door.
"Well, this is here" Ash said as he pointed at some room with is finger. 'They should be here, I think."
"Soo, let`s check it out" the happy brunette said. When Ash told her about his friends, she was very excited to meet them. Ash knocked to the door, but no one answered him. He slowly grabbed a door handle and pulled it down. When he went inside, he saw sleeping Serena in one of the beds. Ash smiled and left the room quickly.
"Serena still sleeps in there, so I won`t wake her up. By the way, am I the only one who is hungry again?" Bonnie sweat dropped at hearing this, while May`s stomach suddenly growled.
"I think that you know the answer now" May said, giggling.
"Thanks God that he just left me here"
Serena was still lying on bed in the same position. Her head was full of thoughts. She cried again not as much as she did earlier, but her pillow was wet anyways.
"What does she have that I don`t have? Why he prefers her?"
She sobbed quietly.
"Wait, it was only a hug, why am I thinking about it like that?"
Another sob.
"But… he never hugged me, besides I saw he was very happy around her. Maybe she`s only a friend to him, but they are really close together."
Eventually she fell asleep out of grogginess.
"Umm, mistress May, are you sure that you can eat it all?" Bonnie said, astonished by the amount of food that the brunette brought with her to the table. She has ordered three bowls of ramen, two packs of French fries and two hamburgers.
"Yes, I`m sure Bonnie, when it goes to food I`m as gluttonous as Ash" she smiled to a little girl. "And by the way, please call me May."
Bonnie nodded. After a while Ash came with his order: four cheeseburgers, two packs of French fries and a chocolate shake. He sat down with the girls; Bonnie sweatdropped at the view on his side of table.
"Are you sure that you aren`t siblings? For me, it looks like you two are the same!"
Ash only laughed at her comment.
"Well, I`m sure about that. I don`t know why people act like we are aliens, or something" he said while he was eating his third burger. Bonnie decided to not say anything from now.
When they left the restaurant, Ash noticed a familiar person walking up the stairs.
"Hey, Clemont, turn around!" he shouted at his blonde-haired friend.
Clemont looked back and smiled as he saw them. But immediately his smile changed into serious look as he walked to them.
"Can you tell me where have you been all the night? I was really worried!"
"Sorry Clemont, but the contest has ended very late, and May offered that we can sleep in her room, By the way, Clemont, this is May. She is my friend from Hoenn" Ash said. "May, this is Clemont. He`s a gym leader here, in Lumiose City."
"Hi, I know you! My sister has two big posters of you in her room. You`re a coordinator, right? Besides, thank you for taking care of Bonnie and Ash" Clemont held out his hand, which May shook.
"Yes, I`m a coordinator, and no problem, I`ve been traveling with Ash for a long time. I know how to take care of him" she winked at the raven-haired trainer, who just rolled his eyes.
"Anyway, where did you go Clemont? I thought that you will stay in our room until we come back" the auburn-eyed boy asked. Clemont put his hand in a plastic bag, which he was holding for all the time and he brought out a box of chocolates.
"I went to the shop. When I woke up Serena came into our room and said that she saw a horrible accident. She was traumatized, so I thought that it could help a bit."
"Hey, that`s so sweet!" May squealed. Clemont just rubbed back of his head in embarrassment.
"Well, I think we should go to her, she`s been staying there alone for a long time."
Everyone nodded and they went upstairs.
Serena was still sleeping when the doors opened. She jumped in shock when she heard a creak and soon in the room were four other people.
"Hey Serena, how do you feel right now?" Ash asked. "We heard about an accident. Just don`t think about it, ok?"
"Ok Ash, I will try" she answered. After that Clemont approached her and gave her a box.
"Here, this is for you, I hope you will like it" he said while rubbing his head again. Serena just sat there in silence.
"But… why have you bought this for me, Clemont?" she asked with disbelief; no one before gave her something to cheer her up when she had a bad time.
"You looked like this accident really touched you. Besides, chocolate calms down and I heard that it improves mood too" he smiled at her.
"Ok, now, I have someone to introduce to you. Serena" Ash spoke and the brunette stepped forward to Serena. There was only two words running through mind of honey-haired girl. "Oh heck".
"Hi, I`m May, nice to meet you" May held out her hand. Serena shook it with uneasy expression.
"Hey, is something wrong?" May frowned. Serena quickly smiled and shrugged.
"No, but I have a feeling that I saw you before" Serena laughed forcefully.
"Well, May is a coordinator, she is known as 'Princess of Hoenn', so you may saw her in TV or something" said Ash. After that he received an embarrassed look from the brunette.
"You know that I don`t feel comfortable when people call me like that" May said and she turned to Serena. "By the way, there`s a festival in Lumiose today, and I think that we should all go there, what do you think Serena?" she asked with a smile.
"I think that`s a great idea, just give me five minutes to get ready" Serena said. She quickly ran to Clemont and hugged him. "And thank you for the chocolates, that was very sweet!"
Clemont blushed slightly but luckily no one noticed this. The group exited the room and Serena went to the bathroom.
"Oh heck" she said under her breath.
May sat on the bench next to Ash. The raven-haired boy was too busy cuddling Pikachu (the Pokemon was angry at his trainer for leaving him alone for the night) and talking to Clemont and Bonnie. May had nothing against it, maybe she wanted to spend time only with Ash, but she knew that in two days she will have him only for her for some time. Now she wanted to think about something else. She spotted that Serena was very uneasy with her, like if May had done something to the honey-haired girl. The brunette was very good at recognizing if someone lied or not, and Serena definitely was hiding something from everyone. A coordinator decided to talk to her about that later.
"Hey May, do you remember what was the name of this boy who was a maniac of shorts back there in Hoenn?"
"I think it was Nikolai" she responded and raised eyebrow.
"Ok, thanks, so Nikolai came in a Zangoose outfit and said that…" it looked like Ash was talking with Clemont about his adventures in Hoenn. As May started to listen to the raven-haired boy, she became amazed of how he remembered nearly all details. Well, maybe beyond names. May also noticed that Ash was talking with some kind of excitement in his voice. She had never heard him to relate his adventures in other regions with that passion. She smiled to herself as she thought about a good time that they had back there.
"Ok, I`m ready now!" Serena shouted as she ran to the group.
"Aww, come on! You`re late for almost half an hour! I think I will never figure out girls..." Ash said with annoyed voice.
"I`m sorry, but after sleeping for a couple of hours my hair was in terrible state! I couldn`t go out like this!" Serena explained with an angry face. She calmed instantly when she saw that Ash was laughing.
"Ok, but you exaggerate a bit. Your hair looks great for me in every state. Now come on, let`s go have some fun!" he turned around. Only May noticed that Serena was blushing like crazy and that she hid her face under her hat.
"Wow, Ash learned how to compliment a girl" thought the brunette. "Well, after what I saw now I have some suspicions, but I must wait and observe more. Now let`s concentrate at the festival." May smiled to herself as they went to a city center.