Chapter nine
I wanted to die. I wanted to close my eyes and when I wake up I would be in a place call heaven. I felt me eyes still have water in them and I felt me pillow wet. I know that I was crying in my sleep. I turned onto my back the faced the ceiling. I really wanted to die. I was in love with someone that wasn't in love with me. It hurt so much. I promised myself that I would leave as soon the Sinnoh championships finished. I couldn't see Ash anymore. Especially if he was in love with Misty and not me. I sat up from the bed and took off the sheets on top of me and stood up and went into the bathroom.
When I finished I went out of my room. I didn't know how to approached the day. Not what happened yesterday and that kiss. Why did Ash kiss me? Was the words that seem not to leave my mind. I really wanted to know but I could tell that Ash didn't knew the answer to that either. I walked out of the hall way and head to the cafeteria and walked to the table where all my friends were. They all were talking even Ash. Soon Ash looked at me. We were looking at each other's eyes. He wasn't the same anymore. Then I decided to sit next to Dawn.
"Good morning May!" Dawn said as she greeted me with a smile.
"Good morning to you too Dawn" I said as I tried to smile back at her.
"You look a bite pale May. Are you okay?" Dawn asked as she put her hand on my shoulder. "You nearly look like Ash. He hasn't been himself lately"
"I'm fine Dawn" I said as I looked at my best friend. "Really"
"Okay then" Dawn said ending with a smile and she looked at Ash. "So when is the next battle Ash?"
"In a hour" Ash replied in a low tone of voice without looking at Dawn directly.
"You know Ash you and May are not acting yourselves lately" Misty said. "Did anything happen between you two?"
"Nothing happened!" Ash and I called out at the same time.
The whole group looked at Ash and I with curious eyes. They were wondering why we both raised our voices and called out at the same time.
"I…just didn't have enough sleep that's all" Ash said as he put his hand on his forehead. "May and I had I long conversation last night"
"Well I see" Dawn said as she put her finger under her chin.
"Well I better get my pokemon ready" Ash said as he got sat up from the chair.
We all watched Ash go to nurse joy to get his pokemon. Soon I decided to follow him. I saw him at the counter waiting for nurse joy to return with his pokemon.
"Hey Ash" I greeted. "About yesterday…"
"Forget about that" Ash said as he put his finger on my mouth. "Forget about the kiss we had and about me liking Misty okay? Let's keep it as our little secret" Ash said as he winked at me.
"But you do like her right?"
"I'm really confused right now May. If I liked Misty then why did I kiss you?" Ash asked as he looked into my eyes. "My head hurts with so many questions unanswered"
"Ash here is your pokemon" Nurse Joy said as she handed over Ash's pokemon.
"Thanks" Ash replied as he gladly accepted the pokemon nurse joy gave him.
A hour had just past and we were sitting in the crowd. We watched many battles before Ash getting in. we watched Ash's battle and he went fine. Ash past the quarter finals and was now in the semi finals. Just when things went fine something was in the way. When Ash got into the finals he was against his new rival Paul.
"So that is Paul" I said.
"Yes he is" Brock said. "He has been though all the regions Ash has been. He is more of a rival to Ash than Gary"
"Gary?" I asked curiously
"Gary was Ash's first rival but I think he is a Professor like his grandfather Professor Oak"
"Wait Ash's first rival was the grandson of Professor Oak?"
"Yes but Paul is much more challenging than Gary. Not the fact that he treats his pokemon much differently than Ash does"
I just nodded as I sign that I understand what Brock meant. Soon I focused my attention back at the field where Ash and Paul were having their pokemon battle. It was a great battle and it was hard to decided who was going to win. It was the longest battle I have ever seen. It was the first time I have ever seen Ash battle so hard in his life. But after a long battle there was one winner. And that winner wasn't Ash. It was Ash's new rival Paul.
"Ash that was one of your great battles" Paul said as he walked over to Ash.
"Thanks Paul" Ash said as he offer his hand for a hand shake. "But next time I promise you I will win"
"Now that is a battle I am looking forward for" Paul said as he accepted Ash's hand shake.
The whole crowd stood up and clapped as the two rivals waved towards the crowd and cheering audients. Even Misty, Brock, Dawn and I stood up and clapped at them. I waved my hands in the air to make sure Ash could see it. Lucky he did and he waved his arms in the air and smiled at me. I couldn't help but to smile back at him. I felt great for some reason. Well I did because I have now admitted to myself that I liked Ash. Maybe what I feel for him is some kind of puppy love or a crush. I mean I'm not ready for a real relationship. As I look at Ash I can't imagine Ash actually having a girlfriend. He is the most dense person I have ever met on this planet. Soon Ash left the battle field while Paul went to get his Sinnoh championships Cup. We all followed Ash to the back stage.
I couldn't help to run to Ash to be the first one to greet him. When we got there we saw Ash on a table with his head on the table with Pikachu by his side. I knew what this meant. He wasn't very happy. I ran to him and took a seat next to him.
"Ash?" I asked in a concerning way. "Are you okay?"
"I'm fine" Ash replied as he looked at me. "Just a little disappointed"
"Don't worry Ash" Brock said. "There is always a new region to become a pokemon champion"
"Yeah" Ash nodded.
"You did great Ash" Misty said as she walked over to Ash and put her hand on top of Ash's.
"T-T-Thanks Misty" Ash said with a slight blush on his face.
I was the only person that knew that Ash liked Misty but I can tell that Misty doesn't like him back. As I look at Dawn I can tell she doesn't like any girl near Ash. Even me. I could easily tell. For me one the other hand. I had a crush on Ash. But for Ash. He feels really confused of his feelings for me and why the other night.
"Why don't we get some rest" Misty said. "May has her grand festival coming up soon"
"I do to!" I said. "I early forgot about that. I'm having to much fun here" I said ending with a smile.
It was only sun setting and everyone was having a rest in their rooms. Brock and Ash were in their rooms while Misty and Dawn where having a chat about their lives. I was in the food section of the poke centre. I was too hungry to talk with Misty and Dawn. I was having a smooth thick chocolate milk shake. After drinking half the bottle I was feeling like I needed some fresh air. I walked out of the food section of the poke centre and walked out of the poke centre. I was in the area where pokemon trainers were having pokemon battles and young trainers that wanted to become pokemon coordinators. I was watching one of the battles and was telling the young trainer strategies on how to improve their moves. After that I decided to walked back inside. I was walking to my room when I saw Ash on his bed laying on his side looking sad. Brock and Pikachu was already asleep. I walked to the next room which was the room I was sharing with Dawn and Misty and I saw they were also in a deep slumber. I thought for awhile if I should go see Ash. My answer was yes and I walked into his room.
"Hey Ash" I whispered in a low tone of voice trying not to wake up anyone in the room.
Ash turned around to face my direction.
"Oh" Ash said in a tired voice. "Hi May"
"Your sad aren't you?" I said.
"What makes you say that?" Ash asked.
"I can tell in your face" I replied. "You know each time you lose you act depress. I think you should come into town with me to take the depression out of you" I suggested.
"I should?" Ash asked.
"Just come with me" I said as I grabbed his hand. "We will be back before the rest will know" I winked.
"Umm okay then" Ash replied as he got off the bed holding my hand.
We walked out of the poke centre holding hands. When we got out we watched young pokemon trainer battle and young coordinators practicing moves. We all so went into the town park filled with many common Sinnoh pokemon. We even ordered ice cream to get all the problems out of our heads. To be honest I couldn't remember a time where we parted hands. When the sun sunk behind the hills of Sinnoh we both decided to head back. We thought that the others would be awake now and was wondering where we were. When we where walking back to the poke centre Ash tighten my hand and made me stop.
"What was that for?" I asked.
"I just want to say something to you" Ash told me.
"What is it?" I asked as I walked closer to his body.
"This" Ash said as on the cheek which I was not expecting from someone who was super dense at love. I immediately blushed red as a slugma. "Thanks for a great day" Ash smiled at me. "You really made me forgot all my problems today"
"That's okay" I replied as I gave Ash a kiss on the cheek back and made my best friend blush. "I had a great day as well" I smiled. "Now lets head back and see the others okay?"
"S-S-Sure thing May" Ash replied with a huge red blush across his face. Ash found it hard when a kisses him.
When we were at the doors we separated ours hands before anyone could judge us. When we got in we saw all our friends in one group. When they heard the automatic doors slide open they turned that way and was surprise to face us. Dawn got up straight away and quickly hugged Ash. While the rest followed at the same time shocked to find Dawn hugging Ash.
"Ash" Dawn said as she stopped hugging Ash. "I was so worried about you"
"Umm okay…" Ash said in confusion finding Dawn hugged him.
"Where did you two go?" Misty asked.
"We explored the town" I told the Cerulean gym leader.
"You could of told us" Misty replied with her hands on her waist.
"We didn't want to wake you guys up" Ash explained. "Anyway May and I had a great time"
"Pika pika pi?" Pikachu said as he released him self from Misty's arms.
"I'm fine" Ash said as he knelt down to Pikachu's height and patted him on the head.
"So May when is you grand festival?" Brock asked.
"I'm leaving tomorrow" I replied to Brock. "I need to practice when I get there"
"Hey can we come?" Ash asked as he got up with Pikachu in his arms. "You did come here so I should repay you by coming with you at Johto"
"Why not?" I replied with a smile. "I would love you to come with me"
"That's great. I haven't been in Johto for a long time" Ash said as he faced at Dawn. "Do you want to come Dawn?"
"Sure" Dawn replied. "I would love to see Johto"
"Then what about you Brock and Misty?" Ash asked the two gym leaders.
"I would love to come and visit Johto again but I have to look after my brothers and sister back home" Brock replied.
"And I have to get back to the gym" Misty replied with a sigh. "If I don't my sisters might give out free gym badges again"
"Well I guess it's us three" I said.
"Well let's sleep early so we can get on the boat early" Ash suggested.
"Good idea" Dawn replied.
So we all went to our rooms. While Misty and Brock were going to head back home Dawn, Ash and I where all going to the grand festival in Johto.
"May get up!"
"What?" I replied as I rubbed my eyes. When my vision was restored I saw it was Dawn.
"Get up!" She told me. "We are going to be late!"
"Why didn't you wake me up earlier?" I said as I got up from bed and rushed to the closet.
"I just woke up as well" Dawn sweat dropped.
"Oh that's just convenient isn't it?" I said sarcastically. I said as I started to dress up behind the closet.
"Stop complaining and dress up" Dawn said as she looked at her watch. "Ash is waiting for us"
"I know that already" I said as I rushed into the bathroom to brush and tie my green bandana on.
"Come on May hurry up" Dawn asked with a inpatient tone of voice.
"Give me a break Dawn" I said as I rushed out of the bathroom as I looked for my shoes. "I just woke up" I said as I finally found my shoes and slipped them on.
"Now let's go!" Dawn said as she grabbed my hand and we both ran out of the room. Before we were out of the room completely I got my bag which was near the door.
Dawn and I ran out of the room and ran down stairs. We saw Ash was waiting near the door.
"Ready to go?" Asked Dawn and I.
"No time to talk Ash" I said as I grabbed his hand while running behind Dawn. "We are going to be late"
Now Ash and I where running behind Dawn while holding hands to the port. I couldn't be late. I trained nearly a year at Johto for this. There was no way in the world I was going to miss this. No way. The we saw the boat that was leaving to Johto was about to leave. The three if us was running like we never run in our lives.
"WAIT!" we all called out praying that the boat won't leave. "Wait for us!"
Then one of the passengers saw us running to the boat calling out wait. The passenger told the man in charged to tell them not to leave yet. Lucky he listened and the boat didn't leave. When we all got there we both fell on each other puffing out air. When we got oxygen back into our lungs we got our bags and got on bored the ship. Then we saw the passenger that saved us from buying another ticket.
"Thanks a lot" Ash said.
"That's okay Ashy boy" the passenger replied as he took off his cap.
"Gary?!" Ash asked in shock. "I thought you were at Pallet with Professor Oak?"
"Yeah I was but I decided to watch you at the Sinnoh championships" Gary replied. "To bad you didn't win. I could of have done much better"
"Please Gary stop mocking me in front of my friends" Ash asked.
"So this is your friends hey?" Gary asked. "Nice to meet you again Dawn and May"
"Nice to see you too Gary" Dawn greeted.
"You two have already met?" I asked.
"Yeah here in Sinnoh"
"Well Gary us three have to go into our rooms and put our bags there" Ash said. "Talk to you later"
"Talk to you later as well Ash" Gary said.
Soon be waved goodbye to Gary as we went into our rooms to put our belongings in them. As I looked around in my room I knew this was going to be a long trip to Johto bumps along the way.
