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Christmas Eve.

Well, this wasn't going to be a very merry Christmas for May. Her parents and Max left town before May even got done with school, so she was stuck. Luckily, Dawn's parents let her stay with them for vacation.

"I'm really sorry about this." May said for the umpteenth time. Dawn rolled her eyes.

"Stop apologizing!" she hissed. "I'm the one who invited you to stay with us, remember?"

May shrugged. "Well, I wish I could show you how much this means to me…"

Dawn's mother beamed in response. "May, dear, it's our pleasure having you!"

"Yeah!" Dawn added. "And, now you can come with me to the Christmas Eve party down at the Lakefront!"

"What's that?"

"The Lakefront," Dawn replied, "Is a teen-club."

May smiled weakly.

Going there with Dawn wasn't the problem…

Getting ready with her was.


"Go! Change!" Dawn shouted at May, shoving her into the bathroom.

May scowled and changed unwillingly. There was no getting away from Dawn...

Dawn invited Misty and her friend Marina to let them borrow clothes for the night.

May stumbled out of the bathroom, no thanks to her heels.

The girls stared at her.

"Uh, are you sure this isn't too much?" May asked, leaning against the wall for support.

"May, you look…" Dawn started.

"AMAZING!" Misty shouted.

"Alluring? Sexy?" Dawn added, nodding in agreement.

May kept her normally straight hair down and was wearing the silky purple tunic Dawn had picked out for her. Her sister's necklace was around her neck. She had black lacy leggings on, and black heels on her feet.

May glanced at everybody. "Too much?" she asked sheepishly. Dawn shook her head furiously.

"No! We already said you look amazing!" she shrieked, and before May had a chance to change her mind, Dawn dragged her to the door.

"Let's roll!" she said cheerily.


May sat in a booth with Dawn, Ash, Marina, Jimmy, Brock, and Misty. She didn't know Marina or Jimmy very well, but they were close friends of Misty, and as far as she could tell, they were alright.

"Hey!" Dawn shouted, listening in to the song "Forget You" by Cee-Lo Green. "This is one of my favorite songs!"

She jumped up and grabbed Ash's hand. "C'mon," she said boldly.

Ash followed obediently.

May noticed Misty burning holes through Dawn with her eyes. "Jealous much?"

"Huh?" Misty replied, still glaring at them.

"Never mind." It wasn't worth disturbing Misty, May figured, since all she'd do is deny it.

"Uh, Misty?" Marina asked softly. Misty didn't even look at her.

"What?" she spat.

"If you don't mind me asking," she said sweetly, "why are you glaring at Dawn and Ash?"

Misty looked away and blushed, She didn't know they saw…

…although it was quite obvious.

"I'm not!" she said defiantly. May rolled her eyes. (For once, she was right!)

"Mhmm." Marina mused.

"I'm NOT!" Misty said again, only louder. "I'll prove to ALL of you that I'm not jealous!"

She saw an innocent looking guy standing by the water fountain. She smirked and walked up to him.

"Wanna dance?"

His eyes widened in shock at the feisty gym leader's request.

Who in their right mind wouldn't accept THAT request?


Drew walked into the club. Man, was it windy out!

He shook his hair back into place as he went to look for his friends.

"Hey!" he heard Jimmy shout. He casually walked over to them.

"Well, if it isn't Maple…" he mentally mused, smirking to himself.

"C'mon, Marina…" Jimmy said knowingly. Marina gave him a confused look, which he responded to with a 'I'll tell you later' look.

The song "DJ's Got us Fallin in Love" came on as Drew approached the table.

"Hey, January." He teased. "What in the hell are you doing here?"

She scoffed. "I could ask you the same question, Hayden." She replied dryly.

He shrugged, flicking his hair. "Got bored, I guess."

'Man! Why do I always do that?' he thought to himself.

"Aren't you going to sit down?" May asked, patting the seat beside her.

He shrugged as he flashed a suggestive smirk her way. "I was thinking more along the lines of you getting up."

May was taken aback by this. "Oh really.." she mused, smirking at him.

He gritted his teeth. He wasn't in the mood to take any of her crap. It was already a long day.

"Shut up and dance with me, Maple." He ordered as he grabbed her hand and pulled her up. She gasped as he led her to the dance floor.

So we back in the club
Get that bodies rockin from side to side (side to side)
Thank God the week is done
I feel like a zombie gone back to life (back to life)

He turned to her and put the hand he was holding on his shoulder. She did the same with her other hand as he put his hands on her waist, causing a chill to go up her spine.

She didn't like the fact that it made her pleasantly surprised.

"So," she said, trying to break her nervous tension building up, "How's life?"

He chuckled, rolling his eyes. "No comment."

May quirked a brow, tilting her head in a way that, to Drew's dismay, made her look completely adorable.

It was enough that she was the hottest in the club tonight. He knew that when he walked in and saw her. For some reason though, her eyes shone more brightly than ever…they reminded him of the ocean. He locked eyes with her, swimming in her blue orbs, much different than his emerald ones.

She could see right through him; Drew was alarmingly aware of this, although he wasn't sure if she was. No one had ever gotten through to him like this before…but May was different.

Maybe…

"Uh, Drew?" May asked, causing Drew to snap out of his daze. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Uh," he said, picking his mind to find any logical response to her question.

"You…have something on your face." He said quickly, lifting his hand to brush away an imaginary object.

Hands up, and suddenly we all got our hands up
No control of my body
Ain't I seen you before?
I think I remember those eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes

For a moment she locked eyes with him. Funny how they seemed to shine, like they were made out of emeralds or something. She felt her heartbeat speed up as she looked away, fighting a blush.

She just couldn't figure Drew out.

He was arrogant; there was no denying that, but in the last month, she'd felt that she might have broken past the front he put up.

He was always so guarded-a trait that she found admirable, yet insanely irritating.

Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
Yeah, baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
So dance, dance, like it's the last, last night of your life, life
Gonna get you right
Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again

She gazed into his mysterious jade eyes.

They were so tantalizing…

'No, May!'

She heard her alter-ego going off. 'You can't fall for him…you're leaving and you're just going to get a broken heart.'

Keep downing drinks like this
Not tomorrow that just right now, now, now, now, now, now
Gonna set the roof on fire
Gonna burn this motherf.. down, down, down, down, down, down
Hands up, when the music drops
We both put our hands up
Put your hands on my body
Swear I seen you before
I think I remember those eyes, eyes, eyes, eyes

Shamefully, she looked away, pursing her lips miserably.

"Hey," he said suddenly. "What's wrong?"

Shit.

She put on a poker face, and said, "Nothing."

Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
Yeah, baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
So dance, dance, like it's the last, last night of your life, life
Gonna get you right
Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again

"July," he said, tilting her chin up, looking into her sapphire orbs, "I can see right through that front that you put up."

She looked away uncomfortably, only to have her face tilted back in place.

"But," he added, gazing into her eyes intensely, his voice dropping to just above a whisper, "I can't figure out what you're running from."

She shuddered in response.

Yeah, baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
So dance, dance, like it's the last, last night of your life, life
Gonna get you right
Cause baby tonight, the DJ got us falling in love again
Yeah, thank you DJ

The song ended, leaving May and Drew on the dance floor. May looked down at the floor uncomfortably.

"I-I gotta go." She said, letting him go.

As she ran away from him, the reality of his words sunk in.

"I can't figure out what you're running from."


Next time: Masquerade! :)

I'm going to need time to write a decent chapter, and I have finals coming up. .

(And 7 essays..xPxPxP Please shoot me now…)

So the update will be by ear...I'll post updates on my profile, I suppose.

Anyways-any ideas for romantic songs at the masquerade?

I'm super pumped to write this chapter, and I want to make it super good (:

S'il vous plait examen! (Please review)

Merci! (: