A/N: It took me two years to update this story. So here's my excuse: Two years ago, I was in India. I started this story there. My uncle then got a new house that was just built, so when we set up the computer, internet service wasn't set up yet. I prepared a really good chapter and asked my uncle to e-mail it to me so I could publish it when I got back home, but that never happened. So now, two years later, I'm back, only to find out everything that was saved in my documents was deleted due to a hard drive problem! I'm going to rewrite this chapter and try to remember what I wrote two years ago, but I know it won't be as good as what I wrote then. The only good thing is, I'm using Microsoft Word again, so my typos will be corrected. I hope everyone reads it, but I doubt any of my old fans will, and I don't think I'll gain any new ones. It's my mistake, and I brought it upon myself. I should've just written the chapter again when I was home, and knew what I had written, but I didn't. I hope people read it, but I wouldn't be surprised, or angry, if no one does. Anyway, enough of this. Let's get on with this!
Chapter 10- The Third Harley Again
" So we ended up having a great time in La Rousse the first time we went there. We were heroes!" May said.
May and her friends were sharing a cabin on the boat. Casey and Dave were getting food, and May was telling Drew about her adventures in La Rousse.
"And there was this guy Sid who kept trying to kiss you?" Drew asked.
May nodded. " He had some insane crush on me. He was really weird, and a little scary, but mostly annoying.
Drew laughed. He certainly wasn't jealous of this guy. He was only jealous of Dave because May liked him.
Wait, did he just admit to himself he was jealous of Dave? Then maybe Casey was right. He thought about the talk they had before they boarded the ferry.
Flashback:
" Drew, I've noticed you've been acting weird lately," Casey said.
" Thanks," Drew said sarcastically. " Now the ferry boards in an hour and we have to get our stuff together."
" I'm trying to talk to you about your strange behavior," Casey said irritably.
" Look, if you just brought under the cycling road bridge just to tell me how strange I am, I don't want to hear it."
" Drew, this is serious!" Casey cried, stamping her foot on the ground.
"Now you're starting act just as childish as May, which means you can't be serious about anything, since she never is. Speaking of which, we have to get her and go!"
" We have to talk about May, and Dave as well," Casey insisted.
" I don't want to hear about that guy," Drew said darkly.
" Why is that?"
" Because I don't like him," Drew answered simply.
Casey sighed exasperatedly. " You're not making this any easier for me, or yourself," she warned. " I know you don't like Dave. So does May, and so does he. But the question is why? Why don't you like Dave?"
" I don't know," Drew replied quickly.
" You're lying," Casey said swiftly.
" I don't know," Drew admitted. " There's just something about me that makes me want to hate him."
"I had a teacher in Pokémon School who I hated for no apparent reason," Casey confided.
" It's the same with me and Dave," Drew said, wondering what Casey was trying to get out of him, and when this conversation was going to end.
" No," Casey shook her head. " It's not. You hate Dave for a reason that you can place your finger on. Could it possibly be that your jealous of him?"
" And why would I be jealous of him?"
" Because he's getting a lot of attention and gratitude from May."
" So what if he is? It doesn't matter!"
"It does if you're in love with May, which you are!"
" I am not!"
" Drew, I'm trying to help you! But you have to admit your feelings to yourself first, before you can admit them to anyone else. I know you like May, and you have to tell her before Dave moves in and takes her away!"
" He already has. I heard them saying they were going to start their relationship again," Drew said miserably.
" You were eavesdropping? Never mind. Don't worry about Dave, I can take care of him. Do you, or don't you like May?"
" Maybe," Drew said slowly.
" Think about it," Casey said, leaving him under the bridge.
He sat down. " Yeah," he whispered to himself. " It's something to think about.
He was very happy when it was May who brought him his stuff and told him it was time to board the ferry, and he was very, very happy when Casey and Dave volunteered to get them food, and May said she'd rather stay in the cabin with Drew. Then she started telling her tales about the first time she was in La Rousse to Drew. About how she and her friends faced solving a conflict between Rayquaza and Deoxys, while trying to get a young boy named Tory to get over his fear of Pokémon, and take a two stray Pokémon, Plusle and Minun, as his own. Drew was glad she was finally spending time with him instead of Dave. That's when he knew he was jealous.
End Flashback
Drew knew he was jealous, but why was he feeling that way? Was he jealous because May had never talked to another boy so much before, and he thought if she was so friendly to a nice boy, that she wouldn't even talk to Drew anymore? Was he afraid of losing her friendship? But then, why wasn't he jealous of Brendan and Wally as well? That couldn't be it. Was Casey right? Did he really have feelings for May? If he did, he couldn't admit it to himself yet.
" Drew? Hello?" May's voice snapped him out of his thoughts, and brought him back to reality.
" Huh? What?"
" I asked if you knew Sid."
" I don't know. There are a few kids with that name in La Rousse. There was one bully named Sid, one guy who thought he was my friend named Sid, and a bunch of others. There's only one Sid I actually liked. What was his last name?"
"I don't know," May responded. " But I can tell you how he looks. Will that help?" Without waiting for his answer, she started describing him, his Pokémon, his battling skills, and his friend, the trainer with the Blaziken that Ash had a rivalry with.
" Ohhhhhh. That Sid." Drew grinned wickedly, which went unnoticed by May.
" What Sid?" May asked.
Drew, knowing May didn't see his evil grin, decided to play a trick on her. " That was just another Sid I went to school with. I barely know him at all."
" Oh. Okay." May shrugged. The door opened and Casey and Dave came in with trays of food.
" Oh goody! I
M starving!" May cried, grabbing a tray and stuffing herself with food. The other three sweatdropped, and then they too dug in, though they had better table manners than May did when she was hungry. But she was only a little hungry, she really cared about table manners.
Finally, the four got to La Rousse. " It feels great to be able to walk again," May said, stretching her arms.
" And it feels great to be next to a beautiful girl like you," Dave said to May.
May giggled and blushed. He really knew how to get a girl.
Casey noticed Drew's discomfort, but before he had a chance to get that sick feeling again, they saw a green blur move in front of them. They looked around while slinging their backpacks on their shoulders. When they were secure, they finally saw him. On a roof of a building was the speed of sound Harley. It had to be the fast one to go by them and get on the roof like that.
" So we meet again, do we?" he said in a voice that sounded just lie Harley's. However, they could easily tell it was not him. The real Harley couldn't move at the speed of sound.
" Well…what shall we do?" Casey whispered.
" What do you propose?" May asked just as quietly.
" Should we go after him?" Dave asked.
" Why not?" Drew asked. " Let's wait for him to move and then…" he didn't have to finish because everyone knew what he was going to say.
At that very moment, the speed of sound Harley started jumping from rooftop to rooftop, at-what else- the speed of sound!
" NOW!" Drew yelled.
" We're not stupid Dew, we know!" Dave cried as they ran after Harley as fast as they could. Drew didn't even bother to correct Dave this time. There was some things that were more important right now. They were getting tired and knew they couldn't go on for much longer. They could still see the Harley clone, but he was far ahead of them. With all the strength they could muster, they surged forward, trying to catch up to him. Would they catch him, or would they loose him again?
A/N: Like it? LOVE IT? Hate it? Dislike it? How much do you hate Dave? How much do you love Casey? What is Drew's trick? Will they loose the speed of sound Harley another time? Who will they meet up with? What will happen? Will people review, or am I talking to no one? If people are reading this, I hope to get this up soon, but I don't think I can today, because the internet's acting haywire. If I do get some reviews, I'll stop working on my other stories until I finish this, and try to update ASAP to make up for my two year absence. Anyway, if you are reading, please, please forgive me and REVIEW!! If you're new to this story, REVIEW anyway, and note that this kind of absence will never happen again!!