So I think you guys should be glad that I'm updating this ONE week after I updated the last one. The reason is only because I didn't feel like updating my other stories. Anyway, THANK YOU GUYS ALL SO MUCH FOR REVIEWING LAST CHAPTER! I just noticed that I'm 21 reviews away from reaching 200 so thank you all.
Speaking of reviews, I see that you guys put Ash danced with Duplica because he didn't know how. Well…you WERE all right BUT, I came up with something else so…now you guys would have to wait to see why he was really dancing with her! Now, shall we get going to start this new chapter? I reckon so! LOL, I got that from A Walk to Remember. I RECOMMEND THIS BOOK TO YOU GUYS WHO LIKES TO READ ROMANCE!
Disclaimer: I do not own anything. I only own Mandy, Elliott, Danny, Karen, Steve and Megan.
Chapter Nine: Back to Square One
Drew's POV
There she was. The woman I love was standing right in front of me. Her chestnut hair grew and her eyes were the same shining jewels of sapphires. She was beautiful; even after six years, she was still the same woman I fell for. Involuntarily, I spoke her name as she was talking to Elliott, her son. When she said my name, I felt my breathing had stopped and our eyes connected.
"May," I repeated.
Her eyes widened slightly but before she was about to say anything, Mom showed up and volunteered to take Elliott out to celebrate his win. "Are you sure, Mrs. Hayden?" May asked to make sure it was okay. It was painfully obvious she was trying to avoid talking to me.
Mom simply waved her off and dragged Elliott off with her after bidding her goodbyes to us. May was staring down at the ground and I suddenly felt nervous to say something. "I-I'm busy today, I have to…go," she stuttered, trying to get away from me.
No, this isn't happening again. I went through six painful years without her and I'm not going to let her go when I had a chance to stop her. When she turned her back, ready to make a run for it, I held her wrist firmly. "May, before you leave, I need to ask you just one question." She stayed quiet so I took the chance to ask the question that's been haunting my thoughts everyday. "Why did you leave me back then?"
Just as the question left my mouth, she started to struggle from my grip, which didn't do her any good. A small smirk made its way to my face. "There's no point trying to run away, May." I missed taunting her.
She huffed and stopped and I repeated my question. "Why did you leave me, May?"
It was quiet for a while and she continued to study to ground. "…It's complicated, Drew."
I felt a frown form on my face. She was still as stubborn as ever. "What do you mean it's complicated? All I need is a simple answer to why you left me right when we got back together. Can't you just tell me why you left so suddenly?" Suddenly, I remembered the little boy she called her son. "Was it because you had someone waiting on you already? Is that guy Elliott's father?"
Her eyes were now wide full of shock which was soon replaced by anger. "I don't think it's any of your business, Drew," she spat harshly. "I don't have to tell you anything. You don't own me, you know?"
I flinched slightly at the tone of her voice. Never in my life had she ever used that tone on me before. This wasn't the May I knew and loved. Fine, if harsh was what she wanted then I'll play it her way. Before she knew it, I started dragging her away from the river and made my way to the famous sandwich shop. We took a seat on one of the outside tables and even there, I held onto her wrist firmly.
"I'm not letting you go until you tell me the truth," I reminded her, much to her displeasure.
"Why do you want to know so badly?" she finally asked in a mere whisper.
I felt my look soften as I heard her calm voice. "You just left so suddenly, May. When I found out from the girls you moved, I couldn't believe it." Then a sudden realization hit me. "My mom, Dawn and Misty knew that you were here, but they didn't tell me." I felt slight anger rise as I remembered all those times they lied to me about not knowing where she was.
"No, it's not their fault, Drew! I begged them not to tell you the truth."
I think my heart was just struck by an arrow. "Why?" was the only question I could utter.
She suddenly started to focus on the table and silence fell between us. "…If you knew where I was, you would've came looking for me. I didn't want you to look for me, Drew."
I narrowed my eyes at her. "Was it because you didn't want me to meet Elliott's father?"
She glared daggers at me. That was rare. "NO, it wasn't because I didn't want you to meet his father! I never got with any other guy." I noted that her voice was slowly rising.
"Then what was the reason? You loved me, I know you did. May, please, why did you leave me six years ago?" I was practically begging for the answer now. Why couldn't she just tell me the reason why she left?
She bit her bottom lip and pursed them together before looking up at me. Her eyes were apologetic. "…I'm sorry, Drew. I can't tell you. I just can't tell you."
"Why can't you, May? All I need is a simple answer. Was it because you had some other guy waiting for you already?"
She shook her head. "Stop saying that, Drew! No guy was waiting on me! Elliott is your son!" She immediately clamped her hands over her mouth and her eyes widened right when the words left her mouth and I'm pretty sure my expression reflected hers.
Elliott, the boy I was pretending to be a father for, was mine and May's son. Our son. Then when I remembered what we were talking about again, I felt angry. "Why did you keep that from me? Do you know that I can fight for his custody?"
Her brows furrowed together and she searched my eyes, practically telling me that she was sorry with them. "Drew, I was only seventeen back then. If I told you I was pregnant with your child, you would've proposed and I didn't want you to do anything like that." Tears started to form in her eyes. "I didn't know how to face you or my parents, Drew. That's why when Leaf was leaving, I asked to go with her and begged the others not to tell you. Please, don't take Elliott away from me. I love him, Drew." By now, she was sobbing and I felt guilty. She was crying because of me.
My grip on her wrist slowly loosened and she noticed. She looked up at me with tears glistening in her eyes, curious of why I released my grip. "Do you think we can ever be how we were years ago?" I inquired.
She sighed and shrugged. "I honestly don't know. Elliott grew up without a dad and it's not easy telling a five year old that his mother walked out on his father because she was afraid to face him. He's too young to understand all this."
"Can we try to be what we were before?"
May heard the sincerity in my voice, and I hoped she knew I really wanted to be with her again. Her eyes bored into mine as she searched for any lies. A small, beautiful smile graced her lips. "We can try. But, we need to somehow explain the situation to Elliott. How do you suggest we do that?"
I smirked. Typical May; it was a no brainer that she would ask such a simple question. "Move in with me at one of my houses. We'll tell him once he's there."
Normal POV
"You saw him doing what?" Dawn gasped.
Misty had decided to leave early after seeing Ash, having the school find a substitute for the class. She went straight home and called Dawn to immediately get back to their house and so the bluenette did just that.
"I know it can mean anything, but I was just upset. I mean, he's been hiding things from me and I just couldn't help but think he was cheating on me." Misty sighed as she grabbed another tissue to wipe her tear stained face.
Dawn, feeling sympathy for her friend, pulled her into a hug and rubbed her back, trying to console her. "Its okay, Misty. I'm sure Ash had a perfectly good reason why he was dancing with Duplica. For all we know, he could've been learning to dance for you."
She shook her head. "No, Dawn, I taught him a few moves before so he doesn't need to learn how to dance. Something at the back of my mind is telling me that Duplica isn't the person everyone thinks she is but that's just assuming things."
"Let him explain, Misty," Dawn finally said. The orange haired woman looked up at the bluenette. "If you want to really know what happened then you have to let him explain. I know it's not going to be easy for you to sit through it but I think you can let him explain without hurting him." She eyed Misty suspiciously who had a mallet behind her back.
She sighed. "…I don't know if I can handle it, Dawn. I'm scared that he might actually want to break up with me after today's events."
The bluenette smiled sadly at her friend and then got an idea. She got off Misty's bed and headed for her desk. After a few minutes of rummaging through her desk, she went back to Misty with a notebook and pencil in hand and handed them to Misty. "Then why don't you do what we did best and write your feelings out. That'll make you feel so much better."
Misty smiled as she got the accepted the notebook gratefully. "I have the perfect line thought out already. 'In another life, I would be your girl. We keep all these promises, the us against world. In another life, I would make you stay. So I don't have to say you were the one that got away. The one that got away.' What do you think, Dawn?"
The bluenette gave her two thumbs up and winked at her. "It was great, Mist. Continue writing because we've been nominated by the Teen Choice Awards for best all-time pop band. The awards night is next week and I still have to tell May and Leaf." She giggled. "They are going to be so surprised when they find out we've been nominated. Oh yeah, and we've been asked to play a few songs and I was thinking that we can write a few new songs and play those along with some of our older songs."
Misty let the new information sink in and nodded in agreement. "I agree with that, Dawn. But maybe we shouldn't write too many new songs. It has been a while since we last touched our instruments, you know."
Dawn giggled sheepishly. "Oh, right, but I figured it wouldn't take us that long to learn how to play again. I mean, we were the number one pop band group six years ago," she stated in a matter-of-fact tone. "And come on, it'll be so fun writing songs again!" she exclaimed happily.
Misty couldn't help but giggle at the bluenette. One thing she loved about Dawn was that she would always be optimistic during any situation. She could always cheer the saddest people up, no matter what and that was the second thing that she loved about Dawn.
Misty smiled and shook her head. "Okay Dawn, let's not get carried away with the songs. We have to see how May and Leaf are going to react to this whole thing first."
"I'll call them!" the bluenette announced before rushing out of the room to inform the other girls about being nominated, leaving Misty to stay in her room by herself to work on her song. Her song writing session was interrupted when her phone rang and she picked it up, too distracted with her song to look at the caller I.D. "Hello," she said mindlessly.
"Mist, is that you? Please, let me explain everything that happened today."
Misty thought back to what Dawn had said some time ago and took a deep breath. "Okay Ash, I'll meet you at the coffee shop in half an hour."
"Whoa, you're not kidding Dawn? We're actually nominated after this long?" Leaf was in her living room watching Mandy and Gary play soccer outside the yard until Dawn called to inform her on the upcoming award. "Alright, thanks for telling me about it, bye."
They hung up and Leaf let out a loud sigh before placing her phone on the coffee table. Mandy and Gary walked in and heard her sigh. "Are you okay, Mommy?" Mandy inquired.
The brunette smiled down at her daughter. "Mommy's fine, Mandy. Are you hungry now?"
The little girl nodded and Gary let out a low chuckle, catching Leaf's attention. "She said she couldn't continue to play soccer until she ate something so we decided to take a break." Leaf giggled lightly and started to head for the kitchen. "I can help you," he offered.
Leaf didn't say anything and allowed him to help her make something. "So why the loud sigh earlier?" he inquired.
"Dawn just called me and told me about something I have to attend to. The problem though, no one can watch Mandy for me." She looked over at the little girl who was currently coloring in her book at the dinner table. "Maybe Danny can watch over her…" she suggested to herself.
"I can do it," Gary offered.
Leaf diverted her attention to him, wide eyed. "Are you sure? I don't want to bother you or anything. I can really just find someone else to help me watch over Mandy." Leaf didn't want him and Mandy growing too close because if they did grow closer, then she would have a hard time when he's done with his research.
He smiled and gave her a thumb up. "Don't worry about it, Leaf. We're friends, remember? And friends help friends when they're in need, so let me watch her. I assure you, it's no problem whatsoever."
The brunette pursed her lips together and thought about it. Gary did say he could do it and she couldn't just reject his offer like that. "Okay, I'll give you her schedule on that day then. It's next week so you can change your mind over the week if you want."
He chuckled. "I'm not changing my mind," he reminded.
Leaf shrugged. "Fine, it'll be your own funeral."
Probably not one of my favorite chapters, probably going to be re-written next week or so. Sorry it wasn't so good. But I'm kind of stressed right now. I still have tons of homework to do and I have a math AND chem quiz on Monday and a report due next week which I'm planning to finish by tomorrow so it would explain the crappiness of this chapter.
Ugh, I hate how I made Drew here. It was so OOC, but you guys can manage right? I'M REALLY SORRY. PLEASE DON'T HATE ME! :c
OH, and the title was soo hard to come up with and I came up with thsi because it means starting at the beginning again and since May and Drew are trying to make up, I got that! I DO NOT OWN KATY PERRY'S SONG! It was supposed to be used to Oldrival but it fitted Poke so I just used it! ^_^
Anyway, review please! I would love to see what you thought of this chapter. Now, I have to go watch some Durarara. LOL. WATCH IT, IT'S REALLY GOOD AND DON'T FORGET TO REVIEW, BYEE. c:
