Chapter 10

Drew was working at his tavern later that day but for some reason there was a bigger crowd tonight.

That's when he realised that there was a drinking contest going on at a table surrounded by people betting on who would win "What's going on over there?" he asked one of the waitresses who had just served a round of drinks "A bunch of guys started a game to see who could drink more but then this teenage girl joined in and she is kicking ass" she said happily.

Drew was surprised that a teenage girl could drink a group of full grown men under the table.

Suddenly his eyes widened "No it couldn't be… could it" he mumbled as May flashed in his mind.

He tried to convince himself that even she wouldn't do something like that but then he remembered her saying she acted nothing like you would expect a princess too. He shook his head before making his way over to the group of people.

After he made his way through the crowd he slapped his hand to his forehead before looking back to the scene.

There was May, sixteen empty mugs next to her and one almost finished in her hands. The men who were on the same amount had fainted and she was laughing her head off as they ran out to vomit.

Drew waked up to her "M-Haruka I think it's time for you to go home" he said quietly to her "What? No way! I can still drink! Right guys?!" she yelled as all the men cheered.

Drew sighed before slinging her over his shoulder "Come on" he said as he started for the door. His manager looked at him as he headed for the door "You know her?" he asked with an eyebrow raised "Yea" Drew mumbled. The manager looked at May and back at Drew "Take her home… god only knows what these drunk bastards would do if she were alone like that" he said as he gave Drew his pay and opened the door for him "Bye mister! The bear was great!" she yelled while waving "How does he manage to score a girl like her with a dull personality like his?" he asked himself "Probably his looks" one of the waitresses said as she walked past.

Drew continued down the road with drunk May saying random crap in his ears "Your hair is so pretty" she said as she played with a lock of his hair "it looks like grass" she said before clicking "I know I'll call you grass head from now on!" she said happily as she pointed to the sky.

Drew simply grumbled "This wasn't part of my job" he mumbled as he reached his house.

May had fallen unconscious almost as soon as Drew reached the door to his house.

Drew irritably kicked his door over and over until a tired Kenny answered "What the hell Drew I was trying to sleep" he said as he rubbed his eyes before they widened upon seeing someone on Drew's shoulder "who's that?" he asked as Drew walked past him "Not important" Drew mumbled as he headed for the stairs.

Kenny stared for a few seconds before following "I beg to differ" he said before gasping "is this the second princess?" he asked as he recognised the girl on his brothers shoulder "I thought you hated royalty… and why does she smell like booze?" he asked.

Drew reached his room and placed May in the bed before turning to his brother "The king asked me to take care of her for a while after something that happened at the ball… and the reason she smells of booze is because she just beat four men in a drinking contest" he said as Kenny just stared "She drank that much?" was all he asked "Yea but I got to wonder why she was there in the first place" Drew said as he pulled the blanket over her sleeping figure.

Kenny mumbled something before leaving and closing the door. Drew looked down at May as she stirred awake "Drew?" she asked sleepily "Yea it's me" he said.

She smiled up at him before sitting up "Where am I?" she asked "My house" he said before tears appeared in her eyes "what's wrong?" he asked worried.

May sniffed "Father… he… he's sick and dying… he was going to announce it tomorrow… but I can't lose him" she cried. Drew just started at her 'How can that guy be dying? I saw him last week and he looked healthier than me' he thought.

He hugged May and tried to comfort her until she fell asleep again.

Drew gently lied her down and fixed the blanket "So that's why you were there" he mumbled as he gently whipped away one of her tears. He smiled down at her sleeping figure "You really need to learn to talk about what's bothering you" he said before lightly kissing her forehead.

His eyes widened as he stumbled back "Why did I just do that?" he mumbled as he stared at her and covered his mouth before looking down at the hand that whipped away her tear. He stared at it, completely frozen before he clenched his fist 'No bad Drew you are not to think of her in that way!' his mind scolded.

He walked out of his room and down to the bathroom and set up a bed in the tub "Can't believe I'm sleeping here" he grumbled before trying to go to sleep.

May sat up in bed and lightly touched her forehead "Why did he do that?" she asked herself with a small blush spread across her cheeks.

Her hand went around her face to her cheek and smiled.

The next morning wasn't too pleasant for May.

Drew had decided that his revenge was to burst into the room banging two pots together as he opened the blinds nice and wide "Wake up princess! And get out of my bed!" he yelled right next to her head "Grass head shut up and close the curtains" she whined as she felt the after effect to a night of alcohol, the dreaded hangover.

Drew decided to be nice and closed the curtains "Breakfast is soon so I suggest you compose yourself a little and take a bath" he said as he threw a towel at her "I can't my head hurts too much" she mumbled as she held her arms over her head and rolled over.

Drew sighed before leaving the room quickly. He came back with Roselia "Use a stun spore sweet scent combo" he mumbled and the pokemon agreed.

The pink and yellow powder gently fell over May before she slowly sat up "What the? My headache is gone" she mumbled "I learned a few months back that by mixing those two they counteract and end up curing hangovers" Drew said as Roselia smiled at her work "How'd you find that out?" May asked as she stood up "A regular at the bar learned it from a traveling merchant so he told me in case I needed it" Drew said.

He noticed May staring at Roselia "May this is Roselia and Roselia this is May make sure you take care of her" he said and Roselia nodded happy to do so.

May made her way down to the bathroom noticing there were already clothes there for her to change into because her current ones stank of liquor.

After bathing May walked out to see Anthony, Drew and his brothers all waiting for her at the table "Ah so the clothes do fit, I'm glad" Anthony said as he gestured for her to sit next to Kenny "So your May right? I'm Kenny" Kenny said with a happy smile and his hand out stretched "Umm yea it's nice to meet you too" he said as she shook his hand and smiled back.

Anthony put their breakfast on the table. It was bacon he got yesterday from the markets, some bread Ash and Kenny bought *cough* stole *cough* and some eggs from their chicken coop.

They all began to dig in but May wasn't sure what to do, at home she was given the least amount of food and when they had feasts she wasn't allowed to get anything until everyone else had gotten their fill, so right now she just sat there unsure as what to do.

Ash noticed she hadn't gotten anything yet "Hey Princess why aren't you eating?" he asked as May looked at him than down "Sorry I'm just use to eating either after everyone or after everyone has gotten what they want" she said a little sadly but tried to make it not sound so bad by laughing a little.

That's when it hit Drew, the reason she was so thin wasn't just because she did athletic things but because she probably didn't get any chances to eat as much as everyone else.

The others seemed to have caught on to the same thing and just stopped getting their things "What are you doing?" she asked "We are dining with a princess… we think she should have first pick of food" Ash said kindly.

May looked at them "Please don't act differently because I'm royalty" she said hoping it wasn't the case. Drew sighed "He's trying to say that you should get to pick first despite the fact we've already started eating" he said a little rudely "What he means is that you shouldn't feel obligated to go by the queens rules here" Anthony said with a smile before May hesitantly took some bacon and two eggs "And I don't want to see you stop eating until you can't have another bite" Anthony said with a smile 'He reminds me of dad' May thought with a smile as she began to eat.

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