Author's Note: This Chapter is mostly all about May (hence the title), and a few snippets of Festival, and Drew on his own. So, enjoy. (:


May woke up the next morning, hoping to see Drew and talk contest strategies, but when she noticed that he as gone, she was worried. Everyone was already awake, so she asked them.

"Have you guys seen Drew?" May asked.

"Nope." Harley said. "Not this morning." Solidad said. They were lying.

"Okay.." May said worried, but then she noticed something by her bed. It was a rose. That's how he knew he was okay. He usually left her hints of him still being alive. As long as he had his pokemon he'd be alright. "Nevermind."

When May left to go find food Harley and Solidad giggled at eachother.

"Oh darling May, she couldn't see through our facade!" Harley said still laughing a bit.

"I know! Oh. We still need to think of that plan Drew asked us to do. We better get working on that!" Solidad said hastily.

"Well then, let's get Drew and May together!" Harley said happily. Harley had accidently slipped out that Drew liked May to Solidad right before Drew left. But Drew didn't care, as long as she didn't tell it would've been okay.


At noon, May went on a walk in the park, waiting for her day with Brendan. She didn't know whether to feel something again. She really wanted to, but she didn't want to get hurt again. All they did was fight anways. So she expected the worst.

"May!" Brendan said calling her name from across the park. She stood up from the bench she was sitting on and walked over to him.

They hugged.

"So, how're you doing May?" Brendan asked, putting his hands in his pockets. Pretending to show off his "swag" to May.

"I'm doing okay. Pretty hungry though. You?" May asked

"I'm doing good now that we're together." Brendan said charmingly. May giggled like a little girl at that comment. That made Brendan smile.

"Oh wow. Bringing out the charm in you already? Smooth move." May said jokingly.

"I know. Okay. I have a good idea on what we're going to do today. I have it all planned out!" Brendan said excitedly ready for the day with his ex-girlfriend.

"Oh really? Are you going to tell me about these plans?" May asked really confused.

"Well duh. Sorry May, but how dense can you be?" Brendan remarked.

May didn't reply and ignored that rude comment. She angrily sat down on the bench, "How much fun can we have on a bench?"

Brendan was now the confused one in the situation, "What? On the bench?"

"Yeah. How creative can you be?" May asked trying to be flirtatious.

"Oh. Very!" Brendan said grabbing her hands and letting his pokemon out.

"Guys! You can come out too!" May said happily.


In the Pokemon Center room where Harley, Solidad, May, and Drew stayed were the two older coordinators Harley and Solidad. They were concocting a plan for Drew and May.

"Okay, so...what if Drew laid out rose petals around this room, or wherever he is when he's ready to tell her, and then waits for her to be surprised and he comes and hugs her from behind and says, 'This is all for you'?" Solidad asked.

"Doesn't that sound a bit too...daytime drama to you? It does to me." Harley said.

"Oh really? I would love of some guy would do that to me. So I thought it would work on May." Solidad said disappointed that Harley didn't really like the idea.

"Really? Then that's how I'll do it for you." Harley thought, "How about...he goes and interrupts May and Brendan's date, fight for her honor? If I was a girl, I would love that. Some guys fighting for me. It's like if two girls fought over me, I find that super adorable, except girls fight waaay to dirty, pulling hair, scratching. Scary. How do you handle being a girl?" Harley asked Solidad jokingly.

"Well, I haven't seen an actual girl on girl fight ever since I was back in the Pokemon Coordinator School. But they were so crazy, oh my god. We were in Poke Battle Practice Class when this one girl, Sav, and some other girl Adelade, were practice battling, and when the instructor left the room, it's like they became a wild pack a Zangoose. It got so outta hand they got into the hallway and fell down the stairs fighting. They were suspended for about 2 months." Solidad said gasping at remembering the thought from long ago.

"Oh my god. None of the people from my Coordinator school has ever gotten into that big of a fight. But then again, I went to an all boy school." Harley said jokingly.

Solidad laughed, "and isn't it great that now your best friend is a lady?"

"Too great." Harley said hitting her arm.

"Hey!" Solidad said still laughing.

"Oh wait. Back to Drew and his situation. What are we gonna do?" Harley asked all serious all of a sudden.

"How about he just does the rose thing?" Solidad asked.

"But that's still so..daytime drama." Harley says exasperated.

"Okay, you think of something." Solidad said hitting him on the arm like her hit her.

"Okay. I know just the thing. No fighting or anything, but it's good. Drew just asks her on a date. But frames Brendan for doing something bad so he can be her knight in shining armour!" Harley said happily.

"That does actually sound good. Except framing people. Let's keep it pure in here. Wait for Brendan to mess up, considering what May told me earlier about him, he'll probably mess it up today." Solidad said laughing. Harley laughed too. And so..they waited for Drew to get home.


Drew was still in the woods practicing until 5:30 when he got hungry and noticed. He hadn't eaten since about a whole 12 hours ago.

"Roserade! Let's go get some food! You must be hungry." Drew said petting the top of Roserade's head.

"Rose Rose!" Roserade said in delight for the food. They were so hungry, and when they finally found a place to eat, Drew would let his Pokemon out to get food too.

When Drew and Roserade finally got out of the woods, he saw Brendan and May walking along the sidewalk.

"Roserade...fall back.." Drew whispered putting his hand in front of the flowerey pokemon. He was watching and trying to hear Brendan and May. He got as close to them as he could without them noticing.

"Brendan..thanks for the day.." May said quietly.

"It was nice. You know, bench day." Brendan said jokingly.

"At least I know you're much more creative than you were before. You won't get me bored." May said.

"I used to bore you? Well. You certainly are too much fun." Brendan said.

"Too much fun? How can you be too much fun? Is that too much for you?" May asked rudely now.

"No. I'm just saying, that you're just a big ball of energy and I'm just a dark kid." Brendan said.

"You're not dark. You're wonderful." May said happily smiling at him.

"Thank you. Now, let's go eat." Brendan said grabbing her hand.

Drew watched as they held hands all the way down the street, laughing and smiling having a good time. It made his heart hurt so much, he couldn't stand seeing them together, so he just went back to his room, planning to get food there.


Brendan walked May to the room at 7:45 at night.

"Did you have fun on our little bench party May?" Brendan asked hugging her goodbye.

"I guess. We still fight a lot." May said unaware of her answer.

"Tomorrow, I promise. No fighting! Hopefully." Brendan said, as he whispered the last part.

"Hope so." May said wishfully opening the door to her room and leaving him.

When May got inside she saw Drew and the rest of the gang.

"Oh Drew! You're here! That's great!" May said cheerfully seeing her green haired friend.

"Yeah..Where have you been all day? Out with your boyfriend?" Drew said angrily. Harley and Solidad shot eachother a look of, "WHAT IS HE DOING?!"

"Uh. No. He's my ex-bofriend. And where were you? Going on a date with one of your Sinnoh fangirls?" May snapped back.

"Maybe I was. Maybe I wasn't. Now is that any of your business?" Drew replied in an angry manner.

"Why are you so mad at me?" May asked yellingly.

"Well, why do you think?" Drew asked like it was obvious. Harley and Solidad hid in their beds worried about what was going to happen next.
"Are you jealous?! Jealous of a guy that I don't even know if I like?! Me and him and COMPLETE STRANGERS NOW. What would you have to be jealous over?" May asked. Now wondering if Drew had developed feelings for her or not.

"I'm not jealous. It's just that I feel that hes taking you away from where you belong. I'm doing this for your own good." Drew said like her father would say to her whenever she told him that she and Brendan would get in fights.

"You don't know me! You don't know what's good for me! You're not my father." May yelled rushing to her bed.

"Well, when he asks you to go on a journey with him instead of us, giving you the ultimatum, remember where your roots are." Drew said as calmly as he could.


Another Author's Note: OH SNAP. Drew. What are you doing man?! Hah. Don't worry. Things will happen, then it'll be all good in the hood. And back on what Solidad said about the fights, that's like a true story of what happened at my school, except they didn't fall down some stairs, then fell down a hill. It was pretty intense. o; Just thought you might've thought was some intense fighting too so I added it. I hope you keep reading. ^.^