May, Max and Ash walked out of the elevator. Ash saw Misty and Dawn waiting. He went over to his hotel room and let May and Max in. He quickly excused himself. Then he walked over to Dawn with his head held down in shame.
"I am so sorry Dawn. I know we agreed to meet at 8:00pm. I was on my way back, but May asked me to help her with her term paper." Ash said honesty.
"I waited for you a whole hour. I was ready to just leave, until I saw Misty. She waited here with me." Dawn said angry.
"Yeah, it wasn't easy calming her down. She was looking forward to hanging out with you." Misty scolded him.
"You know how I am, when someone asks me for help. I just have to do what ever I can to help them." Ash reminded them.
"More like you wanted to help May." Dawn said venomously.
"That's not true, I would do the same for you and Misty." Ash responded
"Are you sure you just weren't trying to squeeze in more May time, instead of hanging out with your best friend?" Misty asked darkly
"Look we can all, go back to my hotel room and hang out. It will be fun." Ash said smiling.
The smile was reassuring, Dawn and Misty looked at each other then followed Ash. Ash opened his hotel door and escorted Dawn and Misty in. As Misty walked past Max he glared at her. May did her best to avoid Misty. She was still shocked about her relationship to Ash. Ash was oblivious to all the tension in the room. He hoped everyone's good natures would win out in the end.
Dawn sat next to Ash and was chatting up a storm with everyone. Her and May talked a bit back and forth about random things. Ash noticed Max wasn't being very social. He seemed to be upset about something. However Misty knew what Max's problem was. She was fully aware that Max was sending her dirty glares. Misty was upset, she didn't deserve this type of treatment. Though out of respect to Ash she said nothing in front of May or Max. After about an hour, May and Max got up and said bye to Ash. Ash walked them to the Elevator and said goodbye to them.
"Ash can I come see you tomorrow?" May asked him.
"Of course you can." Ash agreed
After the goodbyes Ash headed back to his hotel room. As he walked in he felt a cold wind pass him by. Misty glared at him, and without having to say a word Ash knew he was going to hear a mouthful. Dawn stared at Ash with her arms folded over her chest.
"Did you see the way Max was looking at me?" Misty asked Ash
"No, why?" Ash asked back.
"He was totally glaring at Misty the whole time he was here." Dawn explained.
"Yeah, what's with the little jerk?" Misty wondered.
"Come on, he was glaring at Misty?" Ash asked laughing.
"He was being very disrespectful to me." Misty said upset.
"Maybe he was just upset that Misty stole Ash away from his sister." Dawn suggested.
"Don't be silly, girls." Ash said.
"I know May is your friend Ash. Just be careful, we don't want to see you get hurt again." Dawn stated
Ash decided it was a good idea not to tell them, that he would be meeting May tomorrow. Dawn and Misty were upset enough. It would only infuriate them more. Luckily Misty asked Ash if they could play her favorite Wii game. She had brought her American Idol Karaoke game. Ash smiled at her and put on the game. Ash was amazed at how good Misty sang. She sounded like an angel. Every time she sang Ash smiled brightly. Who would have guessed his friend could sing with such a great voice.
"Man she is really good Ash." Dawn expressed.
"I never knew, this is all a big surprise to me." Ash said
"Your up next Ash." Misty called to him
Ash was embarrassed to say the least. He hadn't sung in front of anyone before. He hoped he would be slightly good at least. Ash was a decent singer, he caught Misty and Dawn by surprise. Of all things they Ash was good at. They didn't think to add singing to the list. Both girls listened to Ash sing with great interest. When he was done he looked over to Dawn.
"All right Dawn, show me how its done?" Ash asked her.
"Just stand back and let me work." Dawn said smiling.
Dawn wasn't anywhere near as good as Misty or Ash. Dawn believed she was the best singer there. Misty and Ash smiled at her, they wondered if perhaps she couldn't hear herself sing. Still the three of them had a great time. They sang until their voices could no longer hold a note. Soon after Misty and Dawn decided to get going.
"I got to get up early tomorrow buddy." Dawn told him
"I should get going too." Misty said
"Thanks for understanding girls. And thanks for sticking around." Ash said genuinely.
Ash was happy and felt he was very lucky. He had two really great friends that truly cared for him. He decided to take what they said under consideration. After all what reasons would his two good friends have for lying to him. With that he went off to sleep. Ash had slept in pretty late. The only thing that woke him up was the sound of his cell phone.
"Hello? Who is this?" Ash said sleepily
"Ash! Its me May. Don't you remember I asked if I could come over?" May asked him
"Oh yeah, when do you come over?" He asked back.
"Um I'm all ready here Ash." May giggled.
Ash quickly got dressed and ran to answer his door. He flung the door open, and saw May's smiling face. Standing right beside her was her boyfriend Drew. He shook Ash's hand and walked into Ash's hotel room with May.
"What brings you guys by?" Ash asked.
"Drew and I were hanging out, and I wanted to stop by to tell you something." May said
"Go ahead and tell him the bad news babe." Drew told her.
"What bad news?" Ask questioned.
"I'm going to be leaving for a few months. I'm leaving tomorrow with my family. I wanted to let you know in person. " May told him sadly
"A few months?" Ash said weakly.
"Don't worry dork I'll be back. Don't be sad, you know I don't like to see you sad." May said trying to make Ash smile.
"I was upset when she told me too." Drew said
"Big baby, you know that you and I are going to spend all our time together until I leave." May told Drew.
"Lets get going babe you still need to pack." Drew said to May.
May ran over to Ash and gave him a big bear hug. She said she was going to call and text him as much as possible. Ash smiled at the considerate thought. He gave a handshake back to Drew. Drew said his goodbye and the two of them walked off. Ash watched them sadly as they disappeared into the elevator. He looked down at the floor, it was bad news. And despite what May told him. He was going to be sad regardless. He closed the door behind him, and leaned against it.
"A few months." Ash said to himself.
To be continued.