In My Heart

By: TheFifthCharmedOne

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon that belongs to Satoshi Tajiri, Game Freak, Nintendo, and TV Tokyo/Shogakukan Production Co. Ltd. I only own the idea and the plot. If any music shows up along the way, I don't own that either.

Chapter 11: Time To Try Defying Gravity

I'm through accepting limits
'cause someone says they're so
Some things I cannot change
But 'til I try I'll never know

Too long I've been afraid of
Losing love I guess I've lost
Well if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost

I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity
Kiss me goodbye
I'm defying gravity
I think I'll try
Defying gravity
And you won't bring me down...

Defying Gravity, Glee Cast; originally sung by: Idina Menzel from Wicked: The Musical

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A/N: JUST A QUICK WARNING: THIS CHAPTER IS PURELY CONTESTSHIPPING (DREW/MAY) WITH LITTLE TO NO MENTION OF POKESHIPPING (ASH/MISTY) AND THE POINT OF VIEWS WILL BE CHANGING AS THE CHAPTER GOES ON, SWITCHING FROM DREW TO MAY AND BACK AGAIN. NOW THAT THAT'S OUT OF THE WAY, ENJOY!

~Charmed

MAY POV

Misty was released from the hospital and Mom brought us home. She offered to make us some lunch, but I politely declined. This shocked both of them, and the more I thought of shock, the more I remembered what had happened.

Flashback

I walked around to Drew's side of the twin apartment, and I saw Dani, Drew's sister, sitting on the steps.

"Hey May!" she greeted me, smiling.

"Hi Dani," I replied. "Have you seen Drew? I-I wanted to tell him something."

"Nope, haven't seen him. He's probably off with his new girlfriend."

My eyes widened and my stomach felt like it had dropped down to my shoes. Girlfriend?

"W-When did he get a girlfriend?"

"Oh, it's all over the news, seeing as my little bro's a famous coordinator and all," she smiled faintly.

"R-Really? I never saw anything about it." I swallowed thickly, it felt like a full size Pokéball had been lodged in my throat.

"Yeah, he's changed a lot since he lived in La Rousse." Then she noticed how upset I was. "May, are you all right?"

"Fine." I replied, tears clouding my vision. "Thanks for telling me. You stopped me from making a fool of myself." I turned away from her.

"May…oh…I get it. I'm sorry." She walked up behind me, her hand on my shoulder comfortingly.

"I-It's nothing…j-just a stupid crush…" I said, hiccupping from unexpressed sobs.

"I'll talk to him." she told me. "I won't tell him about how you feel, but I will talk to him."

"You don't have too." I told her as the tears rolled down my face. "Just wish him luck for me and wish him happiness with her."

I ran off to the park and found a rose bush. The roses were lilac colored roses, and I plucked one off the bush, tenderly touching its soft petals. I thought back to all of the roses Drew had given me and walked out of the park, the rose tucked safely in my pocket.

End Flashback

I wiped some more tears away and went up to the roof. It was close to sunset, and Misty was in her room, resting. Mom had gone home and left some of the meal she had made in case I got hungry, but I doubt I'll be hungry for a while, my stomach is too busy flipping and my brain is too busy trying to make sense of it all.

The sky was an array of oranges, and reds and other ultraviolet colors. I draped my legs over the side of the building and stared at the colors until it hurt my eyes.

"I don't want to love him. I don't." I whispered. "But I do. Why him?" I wasn't talking to anyone, I was just talking. Venting, I guess. "Why of all the people in the world did I have to fall in love with him?" More tears slid down my face.

"Contrary to popular belief, talking to no one is a sign of insanity." I heard that all too familiar voice say in my ear. I almost fell off the side of the building, but Drew grabbed my arm. "Care to tell me what…or who…has got you so upset?"

"H-Hey Drew," I stammered, looking away. I pulled my arm away from his grasp and moved my legs back up to my chest, staring at the ground many feet below me. You'd think this would scare me, but height had never bothered me much. Admitting something like love to Drew Hayden? That would scare anybody. I looked back at him."Why do you care?"

He shrugged and sat down next to me, so close our shoulders were touching. I tried to stop my heart from hammering in my chest, but it felt like it was going to burst from my rib cage.

"I'm your friend May, you can tell me anything." he said after a few minutes of silence.

"No. I can't." I said. "Not everything."

"You're being vague." he informed me, and our eyes locked. Beautiful emerald with pathetic sapphire.

"Yeah, I know." I replied, breaking eye contact. But before I could look away, his hand caught my chin and he forced me to look back at him.

"You've been keeping more then one secret from me. Why do I get the feeling that when you told me Misty is pregnant that it wasn't what you meant to say?"

The Pokéball had lodged itself in my throat again.

"When did you get so perceptive?" I muttered, pushing his hand away from my chin and sitting it on my arms, which were folded tightly across my legs.

"Always have been." he whispered in my ear, sending a shiver down my spine.

"Don't do that!" I yelled. I stood up and walked over toward the fire escape that would take me to where things made sense, AKA my room. Drew followed me and grabbed my arm, stopping me from going down the stairs. "Let go of me." I said, not looking at him.

"May, come on. Tell me what's wrong."

"Why should I? It's not like it matters to you anyway." I said.

He used the grip he had on my arm to pull me back and made me stumble into his chest.

"You matter to me May." he said into my hair. "You can tell me."

I thought back to the rose I had found. Pulling myself out of his embrace, I reached into my pocket and took out the lilac colored rose. I remembered my mom telling me once that lilac roses meant the beginning of true feelings for someone. Well, this seems like the best way to tell him without saying anything.

"Here." I said, giving him the rose. "Maybe that will give you some answers."

I went back over to the front of the apartment. The sun was nearly gone now, but there were still tinges of the colors that been in the sunset.

DREW POV

She gave me a lilac colored rose. What do those mean again? Something about…..then it dawned on me. I looked back at her. She was sitting on the edge of the roof again, looking at the dim remnants of the sunset. The wind picked up and washed against her, blowing her hair away from her face to reveal her beautiful sapphire eyes.

Then I realized. She likes me. As more then a friend or rival. And…I like her too. I think I always have. I mean, I used to give her roses, red roses. That symbolizes love, or affection. It made sense, but when we were ten and eleven it was almost like a joke, but now that we're both sixteen, it means more. A lot more.

But what am I going to do about it? Stand here like an idiot? No, I'm going to make sure she knows I feel the same way.

MAY POV

I. Am. A. Moron.

Why did I give him that rose? That's his thing, for me! I don't know what came over me. I wasn't thinking. I really wasn't. Maybe I can get out of this somehow. I doubt he knows what a lilac rose means, or at least I hope he doesn't….

I felt strong arms wrap around my waist from behind, and I knew it was Drew. I felt his warm breath on my neck and goosebumps exploded on my skin. He kissed from the top of my neck to my shoulder when I finally had the courage to ask him what he was doing.

"Nothing you don't want me too," he said arrogantly. I blushed. "So, that guy you're in love with is me, huh?"

"W-What makes you think that?" I could almost see him rolling his eyes.

"Lilac roses mean the beginnings of true feelings for someone." he said, pressing his chin into my shoulder. "I'm not an idiot May."

"I never said you were."

"But you implied it."

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not."

"Did too."

"Did not!"

"We sound like a couple of ten year olds." said Drew with a laugh.

"Yeah," I said, laughing myself. Then I realized something. "Hey, Drew? Do you think you could let me go?"

"No." he said, teasingly.

"Drew. I'm serious, let me go."

"If I let you go, you'll go right over the edge of the building."

"Will not." I said. Drew sighed.

"Do you really want me to let you go?" he teased me again, holding me tighter. I swallowed but managed to tell him I did. "Fine." He let me go before I was ready, and he was right. I lost my footing and nearly fell off of the side of the building. And I probably would have fallen to my death right then and there if Drew hadn't caught my hand. "See? Told you."

He pulled me back up onto the roof and stepped back so we were further from the edge. His arm dropped to his side, and he was still holding my hand. He brought his other hand up to flick some hair out of my eyes, his fingers lingering on my face. My cheeks burned intensely.

"I love you," I whispered. It slipped out, but I didn't regret saying. My skin was still buzzing where he had kissed me. He smiled at me, not a smirk, but a true smile and leaned in. My brain went fuzzy as his lips connected with mine. It was only a brief kiss; but it made both of us blush.

"I love you too." he told me. I smiled and hugged him.

Then I remembered something.

"But wait. Dani said you had a girlfriend."

"She did?" Drew said, smirking. "She's a liar. Unless she was talking about you." My face burned yet again.

"But Misty said she saw a newspaper article with you kissing a girl."

"That was a fangirl who got in over her head, and the press just got the wrong idea."

"Really?"

"Would I lie to you?" he smiled. That was so sappy, but so sweet all the same.

"I don't know. Would you?"

"Not about this." he leaned closer to me, so close our noses were brushing. "That fangirl meant nothing to me. I love you May. Only you." he assured me.

"You sure?" I teased. He smirked.

"Definitely."

Then his lips met mine in a passionate kiss that sent my heart racing and my head spinning.

Guess you can't defy gravity, because it pulled me right to Drew.

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A/N: Weeeeeee they're finally together! Just in time, because I just got over my Contestshipping high! I hated that last line though….blah….

Anyway, review please!

~Charmed