May was training with Skitty for the contest. "Blizzard, Skitty!"

"Nyah!" Skitty did a summersault and blew the blizzard in a summersault also.

"Now use it on the ground!"

Skitty obeyed and directed its attack on the ground. Within a matter of seconds, 'icicle spears' emerged...which looked a lot like mirrors.

"Now, use solar beam!"

Skitty gathered in sunlight and then released it, firing at the crystal mirrors. The light reflected on the mirrors and then were sent back at the kitten pokemon. "Nyah..."

"Now use Blizzard!"

Skitty blew the snow storm and froze the light. Due to the reflection, the frozen, glowing ice sparkled. It then descended to the ground.

"Use tackle!"

Skitty ran and charged at the falling crystal, breaking it and releasing sparkles of multicolored light. "Nyah!"

May caught Skitty as it jumped into her arms. "Great job, Skitty!"

"May!" Drew called from afar. He ran up to her and panted.

May looked at him and huffed. "What do you want, Drew?"

"I wanted to see you," he replied wearily.

May seemed to get her hopes up when he heard his answer. "For what?"

"About Ma-"

"Hey there, May!" Marc interrupted as he put his arm around her. He then looked at Drew and made a fake smile. "Hey...May's friend."

Drew frowned and gritted his teeth, hissing through it. "Marc."

May looked at Drew then Marc. "You two met?" she asked innocently. She looked back at Drew. "Drew?"

Marc smiled and declared proudly, "Drew, eh? Well, he knew my name, but he didn't tell me his."

May frowned. "Drew!"

Drew opened his mouth to say his part, but Marc interrupted.

"Don't blame him," he said, "I was in a hurry to train, so he didn't get a chance." He smirked devilishly.

Drew grunted when he found himself trapped. Then, he took May by the wrist and pulled her away from Marc. "May, I've gotta talk to you. Now!" he whispered to her.

"What is it?" May asked irritatedly.

"Stay away from Marc," Drew warned, low-toned enough for Marc not to hear. "Something's wrong about this guy. Trust me on this."

May snatched her wrist away from his grasp and said, "Drew, nothing's wrong with Marc. He's my friend."

"But I don't think he knows that very well," Drew insisted.

"Stop bossing me around!" May shouted, "I'm old enough to take care of myself, you know." She turned to Marc and said, "Lets go do something, Marc."

Marc nodded and they both went back to Pewter City, leaving Drew behind.

Drew fell on his knees and pounded the ground with his fists. "Ugh!" he grunted, "That girl is so hard to get through!" His eyes burned from the body heat inside him that was forming because of his anger. "Marc's gonna try something, but I can't be there to protect her!"

Drew and May were in the pokemon center cafeteria eating their dinner. They ate in silence...until,obviously, May was the first to crack.

"Drew," she started.

Drew looked up at her, more like glared at her.

May gulped and continued. "Lets stop this. The fight I mean."

Drew sat up and folded his arms. "Go on."

"Look, I'm sorry if I drag you into things, okay? I just get excited and do things without even thinking about it. So...do you forgive me?"

Drew thought about it for a while and then nodded.

"Wanna train together tomorrow?" May asked hopefully.

Drew flipped his hair and smirked. "Why? Too scared that you can't get through this contest without my help?"

Getting his joke, May smiled. "I'm confident I'll win. I just wanted to spend some time with you tomorrow."

Drew looked at her with an arched eyebrow. Hope in her eyes...pathetic. He shrugged. "Sure, why not?"

May cheered and the two finished up their food.

The next day...

May came out of her room and decided to go look for Drew. She walked out of the pokemon center and sawhim smelling a rose in is hand. "Hey Drew." She was about to go over to him, but a hand stopped her. "Huh?" She turned around and saw Marc.

Drew saw Marc, too, and clenched the rose he was holding, its thorns digging into the skin of his palm. "Marc."

Marc ignored Drew and asked May, "Wanna go do something together? Like train maybe?"

May shook her head. "I'm sorry," she mumbled, "I'm doing that with Drew today."

Marc shot a glare at Drew and then smiled down at May. "Okay. Maybe some other time, then." He kissed her on the forehead and walked away.

Drew clenched the rose full force and didn't notice blood trickle down his hand. "That guy..."

May turned back to Drew and gasped. "Drew! Your hand!" She ran towards him and inspected his wound.

Drew opened his hand and dropped the rose. "I'm fine," he said, letting himself bleed freely. He then stepped on the rose as he walked inside the pokemon center.

May looked down at the trampled rose and thought, 'Why would Drew do this? He loves roses. Something must be wrong.' She ran inside the pokemon center after Drew.

"There you go," Nurse Joy soothed as she wrapped Drew's bleeding hand with a bandage, "What caused this wound?"

Drew averted her gaze and lied, "I...fell down and scraped it pretty badly."

Nurse Joy looked at him. 'A cut like this can't be caused by a scrape.' She decided to let him slide. "Well, be careful next time, okay?" She attached the last end of the bandage to the others and let Drew have his hand back.

Drew took back his hand and said, "Thank you." He turned around to leave, but only to meet a worried May instead. "May."

"Drew," May started, "We need to talk."

Drew nodded. "Yeah, we do." He took her to his room and closed the door.

May was the first to start. "Drew, why did you walk on the rose? I thought you loved roses."

Drew sat down and sighed. "May...it's Marc."

"What about him?"

"He's trouble."

"W-what makes you say that?"

"I never mentioned this to you before, but..."

"But what?" May was getting nervous.

"Yesterday, after you talked to him at the corner of the street, he came over to me."

"And then what?"

"He said that you wanted him...you were all his. The way he said it... It just wasn't right. Niether were his words."

May looked at Drew suspiciously. "Are you jealous, Drew?"

Drew hid a blush. Though he really hated to admit it, heWAS jealous. But he couldn't say that to May. "No. I'm happy with whoever you want to be with." He looked at her and quickly added, "Except him. He's just not right for you."

"Drew...how do I know that this isn't all a lie?" May asked softly.

"I'd never lie to you in a serious time like this."

May was about to say something, but then stayed silent.

"May, tell me. What reason did I ever give you not to believe me? Remember the Harley incident?"

May looked at him. "Yeah...I do." She thought a lot of things over and then said, "Drew, I..."

Cliffy! What will May say? Will she listen to him? Find out in the next chapter! Haha!