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Chapter 7

May saw the screen go black and saw Ash turn on his side. Before she turned to go back to the bedroom, May saw Ash's lips move. However, she wasn't able to hear what he said.

'I wish he wouldn't have mumbled.'

Hoping to not get caught eavesdropping in their conversation, she quickly and quietly ran to their bedroom. She quickly closed the door, slipped through the covers, and pretended to be asleep. A minute later, she heard Ash coming up the stairs. May tried to relax but couldn't quite manage it. Ash quietly opened the door and leaned towards it, looking at May's figure.

"What am I going to do? What am I suppose to do?" he said quietly to himself.

Sighing, he headed to the bathroom and turned on the shower. Once May heard him step into the shower, she stood up and went downstairs.

"I have a couple of days to make my decision. It's either Ash or Drew? What am I going to do? " May told herself.

She went to the kitchen and began to cook breakfast for both to distract herself. By the time she finished setting the table, Ash was heading towards the kitchen. He was also in deep thought, not noticing the table was set. His nose then registered a delicious scent and saw the table ready for breakfast.

"Mmm, something smells really good May," he said, with a shine in his eyes.

"Then come and sit down with me," May replied, while serving food in two plates. "I doubt that I'll finish all this food by myself."

"Alright," Ash said rather cutely.

He sat down in front of her and both began to eat silently. For May, it felt like déjà vu. Only this time, she was eating breakfast with Ash and not with Drew, and she was the one that cooked. She didn't mind though, it was their first breakfast together they had since two weeks. She became more distracted when she began to think who she would want to eat breakfast with, Drew or Ash.

'Not this again…'

"This is really good May," Ash said in a happy tone.

"Oh, thanks," May said, smiling as she pulled herself from her thoughts.

They began eating in silence once more, until Ash decided to speak again.

"Hey May?"

"Yeah?"

"I been thinking…since I'm a Pokémon Master now, why don't you become a coordinator again?" Ash asked rather innocently, as if the conversation in the morning never happened.

"Uh, well…ummm" she began, taken aback by his question. Remembering the conversation he had with Brock, she knew she had to find a fast and believable excuse. "There's too much work at the lab. I don't want to quit my job or take many days off for a dream."

"I'll support you. And you don't have to quit your job, well not yet. I know you'll make it far and achieve it. I also know that Professor Oak will be ok with you having some days off. You've been working really hard. Gary will even let you have days off to practice, and you know he'll support you to become the strong coordinator you were two years ago" said Ash, a little guiltily in the end.

"I know," May said quietly.

"Alright then!" screamed Ash, rising up from his seat. He had the same determined look on his face once more.

"Huh?"

"We'll start training first thing tomorrow."

"But-"

"No buts," interrupted Ash. "First thing you'll do is talk to Gary and Professor Oak. I'm pretty positive they'll let you have a few days off. When they do, we'll get your fired up for contests and when I mean we, it's me and your Pokémon."

'He's really trying to make up for what happened two years ago.'

"Fine, I'll talk to both of them today."

"That's the spirit May."

When she was done eating and getting herself ready, she headed to the lab to talk to Professor Oak and Gary. She arrived to the lab, but was standing in front of the door, deciding whether she should knock or head back and think of an excuse why she didn't tell them.

"What should I say!?" May told herself. "I can imaging in the headlines now: 'May rebounds back after two years' or 'The Hoenn Princess comes back to regain her throne'. The only people who know about my secret are Drew, Lilian, and Soledad. Probably Ash and Brock know too."

She turned her back to the door and said, "I can't do this! I'll just say that they were too busy and couldn't let me off. Yeah, that's it! Problem solved. Oh, who am I kidding? Ash would probably come and tell them to let me take a few days. If he does, he'll find out I lied to him."

She kept on rambling to herself for five more minutes, and didn't notice someone opened the door.

"Are you going to come in or stand outside all day talking to yourself?"

"Ahh!"

"Typical May," Gary said, with a smirk on his face.

"Don't scare me like that!"

"Whatever. Are you going to come in or not?" Gary asked again.

"Yeah," she responded nervously.

She stepped inside and felt as if her problems came crashing down on her.

"Gary, I need to talk to you about something."

"Sure May. What is it?"

"Can we talk somewhere private?" she asked, her voice breaking.

Sensing something bad was going to happen, Gary led May into his private office. Gary and May had become close friends, their trust growing between each other every day. It was Ash's idea for May to work in the lab, in order for her to be close by her new home and to work close with her Pokémon. Ash was happy to know that his girlfriend and best friend were getting along pretty well.

"Ok May. What is it that you want to talk about?"

She spilled everything from her secret coordinating persona to what has happened between herself and Drew. May also told him about the conversation she heard between Ash and Brock. She spoke for about an hour and a half, tears running down her face.

"- and he told me to talk to you guys today. That's how I ended up here," she finished, wiping her tears.

Gary had no expression on his face. He didn't say anything since she began telling her story. Ash had told him about Drew, but the only thing he said about him was that was that he was May's rival. Ash was either really thick to not have noticed any romance going on between them or he didn't want to tell Gary in fear that he might have the same reaction as Max. Even though his face had no expression, Gary's emerald eyes showed anger, hurt, pity, and a bit of empathy.

"Here," Gary finally said, extending a box of tissues.

"Thanks," May sniffled, reaching for the box.

"I'll go make some tea. Just try to relax."

May nodded as she stared at the floor. Gary's voice sounded a little harsh, but she couldn't blame him, they were best friends after all. She sighed and wiped her tears. May patiently waited for Gary to bring the tea, wondering what he would tell her. Five minutes later, Gary walked in with a tea-tray.

"Does Ash know?" Gary asked as he handed her a cup of tea.

"Well, he suspects along with Brock that I'm the 'new' coor-"

"Not that," Gary interrupted, trying to keep his voice down. "About you and Drew. Does he know what happened between you two?"

She shook her head but said, "Please don't tell him," in a small voice.

"I'm not. He has to find out from you, not me."

"I know," she responded quietly.

They quietly drank their tea, each consumed in their own thoughts. After a moment of silence, Gary spoke.

"What are you going to do now? I mean about you becoming a coordinator again," he added seeing May's confused face.

"Oh well… I don't know. You think it's time I go back performing as myself?"

"Yeah. I had a talk with Ashy-boy a long time ago about how unfair it was that you had to quit coordinating for his dream. I think two years is long enough."

"Yea, I guess it is."

"Well?"

"Ok I'll tell-" She was interrupted once more when the door was opened and someone spoke.

"Hey Gary. I need to talk to you about-" he stopped when he saw that May was there. "Oh, hi May."


Kinda makes me wonder what will happen if this happens in real life... which will not ever happen to me... just to others.

Who interrupted their conversation?... pretty obvious... but still guess ;)