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May's pov
"So tell me again why we're hiding out poolside?" I questioned as I slipped on my sunglasses and then my ridiculously oversized sun hat. The intense afternoon sun was already baking my skin into a nice tan. I mean killing skin cells shouldn't make you look better since it's bad for you and all, but it did so here we are.
"Because little cousin, I know that Gary knows that I'm not actually missing. He also knows that I planned to "disappear" so I could spend a whole day with you. Plus I mean even if I'm wrong and he doesn't know that I'm not actually missing then whatever, it serves him right to be worried about me. After all he didn't even get me a six month anniversary present."
"No way, he didn't? I mean Gary doesn't really seem like the kind of guy to do that. So like when was your anniversary anyway?"
"Well, it actually hasn't happened yet, it's tomorrow." The why the heck are you messing with the poor guy's head already? He couldn't have even messed up yet.
"Then how do you know he didn't get you anything?"
"Because I turned our room inside out and couldn't find anything!" That I believed.
One time when we were little Leaf thought that I stole her favorite doll, so she tore apart my guest bedroom at her house. It was a horrible sight, and only proved that I didn't steal her doll. Later, Gary stopped by the house and returned her doll, stating that she had left it by the tree in the park and that he thought she might like it back before bed time. She thanked him by punching him in the arm, and then giving him a kiss on the cheek. And if I recall correctly, Gary ran away screaming. It was the funniest thing I ever saw.
"Wow, that's horrible." I wonder how she explained the mess to Gary, or maybe she just called maid service to clean it up after. Those poor maids.
"Yeah I know right. Hey can you pass me the sunscreen?" I reached for my mineral water on the side table next to me, and took a long sip. I twisted the cap back on and set it back down.
"Yeah sure thing, but what I meant was wow you tore apart your room to find your present. Surprises are fun." I tossed her the bottle of sunscreen.
"Thank you very much. And see, that's the difference between you and me May. I hate surprises, although I sure got one when I found nothing in the suite."
"You never know, maybe Gary will pull through with something, I mean come on the guy still has until tomorrow night."
"Let's hope for his sake he remembers before midnight."
I could only imagine what she would do to him at midnight. Probably convince some big scary guy that Gary was creeping on her and to please save her. I'll have to remember to talk to Drew about saving his life before Gary ends up over board.
Drew's pov
"So tell me again why we're out test driving the new go-carts on the track while the girls are missing?" I asked through the intercom in our helmets. Not that I really minded taking the new models out for a spin, it was just that both May and Leaf missing was bad news.
We –and when I say we I mean May- found Leaf yesterday at the ice cream shop. And everything was all good until Gary said something stupid and Leaf stormed out.
"Well you see Mr. Hayden, I know that the Leaf isn't actually missing. She's probably tanning somewhere, and I know that May's with her so chill out and relax. Leaf only wants me to think that she's missing so I feel bad because she thinks that I forgot that it's our six month anniversary tomorrow." I took a sharp left turn and narrowly missed crashing into the back of Gary's cart.
"Oh shit, that was close, and you did forget didn't you?"
"Yeah… that's not the point, but can you please help me out? I need to pull together something by tomorrow night or else Leaf is going to kill me." I'd like to see that happen, and not even in a sarcastic way, I'd seriously like to watch that happen.
"I have an idea, and I was going to use it for May's birthday this year, but I guess you need this more than I do right now. However, you're going to have to do everything I say, no questions asked. And let's not forget that you'll owe me big time and I have the right to cash in that I-owe-you at any time, no blackout dates."
"Yeah, yes fine whatever. Just get it done."
"Oh yeah, one more thing, I'm going to need to get that in writing with a signature."
May's pov
"Okay Drew you better have a really great reason for dragging me out of bed insanely early because otherwise I'm calling of Misty and having her beat the crap out of you with her mallet thing."
We were sitting in one of the many cafes on the ship. I actually wanted to go to the coffee shop since it was this early, but no Drew wanted to go somewhere a little more out of the way and quite. He had some kind of important announcement or something to tell me.
"Only one problem with that plan is that Misty isn't anywhere near the middle of the ocean." Oh I wouldn't count on that if I were you. They didn't call her Misty the mermaid for nothing.
"Arrangements can be made, after all you said it yourself, we are on the water." I mean or I could just have her teleported here, but telling Drew that she could swim here just sounded cooler.
"You really aren't a morning person are you?" Really now, what gave it away? How you literally had to drag me out of bed? How I fell asleep on the elevator ride? No I know what it was, it was that fact that the whole way here I kept saying how I wanted to go back to bed and that I was going to kill you later. And I hold true to my word, most of the time that is.
"So you've finally noticed after almost two weeks? Wow you're just so smart Hayden," I said sarcastically.
"Chill out m&m and give the guy a break," said Gary, who happened to appear out of thin air. "It's technically my fault you're here, but before you start screaming, here is your caramel macchiato with triple the recommended amount of espresso." I snatched the steaming cup of deliciousness from his hand and took a sip.
"Wow it's such a great morning isn't it Drew? I mean I can just hear the birds singing!" What a great day it is! I mean I bet that something good is going to happen today.
"You have to remember to give May her morning dose of espresso right away if you have to get her up early." Gary stated in a matter of fact tone, to Drew. "Same thing goes for Leaf, or really any of the girls in their family." He slipped into the booth and sat next to Drew. "I unfortunately learned that the hard way."
"That was amazing! She went from stormy to sunny in seconds, I owe you one. Oh, but wait I really don't since this was your fault in the first place."
"Right, so May," I looked up from my drink. "What I had Drew drag you down here for is very important. As you probably already know, Leaf and I will be having our six month anniversary today, and I need you to help me out."
"Okay I'm listening, what's up?" I took another sip of my drink.
"I need you to keep Leaf busy all day. Well at least until seven, that's when you have to have her at the main ballroom and dressed in formal attire. You see, since Leaf really isn't into the whole mushy romantic thing, I was thinking of throwing her an anniversary party instead, with all of our closest friends of course. So, I need you to keep her busy with shopping or the spa or whatever it is girls do."
"Awww! That's just soo adorable of you Gary! I mean Leaf thought that you totally forgot about it since she didn't find a gift or anything, but yeah, no problem, I'll be able to keep her busy all day long. We can go to the spa, and then get manicures and pedicures, and then go shopping for dresses. On second thought, we might need more time…"
"May, you won't even have as much time as you think you do," said Drew.
"And just why is that?"
"Because we have to go to brunch with my mother at eleven and it's already seven."
"Drew, just how long do you really think it's going to take me to get Leaf ready for a party that's not until seven pm?"
"With the way you shop? The entire day. Which reminds me," he reached into his pocket and pulled out his wallet. "This is for you." He handed me a platinum card with his family flower in the middle. In the bottom right hand side it had the letters DHGF. "This card is what you'll use to pay for anything on the ship, and if anyone gives you a hard time just give me a call on your dex."
"Ohmigod it's like a VIP pass for the ship! And wait a second; I get the family flower thing, but what does DHGF stand for?"
"Did you just say DHGF?" questioned Gary, with a smirk.
"Yeah that's what I said, so what does it mean?"
He raised his eyebrows and laughed. "Well May, it means that Drew here-"
"What it means isn't important. What really matters is that we get started right now." I nodded in agreement. I mean there was no way I was going to be able to get Leaf and myself ready for a black tie event by seven! "Gary and I will be getting things ready all day, so please keep Leaf away from the ballroom."
"Okay, will do!"
"One more thing May, bring Leaf with you when you come to the sky deck for brunch. I've just decided that she and Gary will be accompanying us."
"Drew, come on man, you know your mother and I don't mix well."
"Yeah I remember very clearly what happened last time."
"Then why are doing this to me?"
"Because you and my mother are very similar people and it's fun to watch you talk."
"Fine then, you asked for it," he turned towards May. "And you better remember to introduce yourself as Drew's girlfriend to everyone on the ship, because otherwise you're going to get some very strange looks."
Introduce myself as Drew's girlfriend? Well, not too sure why I have too, but I'm not complaining.
Drew's pov
"Now that the ballroom decoration design is done and the staff is starting to bring it to life, next we have to come up with the guest list. You do know Leaf's closest friends right?"
"Are you joking me? She has more 'close friends' than Ash. There's no possible way I remember all of them."
"Okay then, looks like we're going to have to call in the reinforcements." As much as this pains me, I didn't think we could handle this on our own anymore.
"Please don't say it."
"Oh yeah, we have to call in the older sisters."
"Well, can we at least tell them to leave their boyfriends at home? I don't think I can handle having Reggie here."
"Too late for that little brother." I turned around to find Daisy with none other than her latest boy toy. That girl goes through guys like most people go through gum.
"Ditto for us too Drewbie bear!" standing next to each other in a row, were my older sisters and their boyfriends. I hate my life right now. I mean my sisters I can handle, but my sisters with their arm candies? I don't think so.
"Oh yeah, one more thing little bro," said Liza. "We called in mom for a favor too."
May's pov
"Well, it was nice to formally meet you Mrs. Hayden."
We were done with brunch an hour ago and the guys had already left. Everyone was very civil towards each other, but I think that was only because Drew's mom was there. I caught Leaf shooting Gary glares every so often, since she still thinks that he forgot about their anniversary. And I caught Mrs. Hayden throwing disproving glances at Gary and Drew. Now that, I'm not too sure why.
"Oh May, when I hear Mrs. Hayden I look around for my mother-in-law. Please call me mom, or Elizabeth, or just about anything else."
"Okay, well it was nice meeting you Elizabeth. Now if you would please excuse Leaf and me, we have appointments for manicures and pedicures in twenty minutes."
"It was nice seeing you again Aunt Liz." Earlier I found out that Leaf and the Haydens go way back. Turns out that her mom (my aunt) and Elizabeth go way back, turns they were roommates in college, and that was why Leaf called her Aunt. It was a wonder that I never met Drew earlier in life considering how our families were so intertwined.
"Oh, well you two ladies have fun now," She looked somewhat sad. "And when you go request that you have Alex and Alexis do your nails. They're simply marvelous!"
"Actually Aunt Liz, would you want to come with May and me?" inquired Leaf. I caught her eye and could tell that she saw how Drew's mom looked sad to see us go.
"Oh no darlings, I couldn't possibly intrude, you wouldn't want an old woman like me hang out with you." Her words said that she didn't want to, but her eyes twinkled at the thought.
"Oh come on Elizabeth," I said. "It'll be fun! And if you don't mind I'd love to learn more about Love and Patience." And that was so not a lie. I mean how did a nineteen year old build up such an empire, and then just have it keep building up every year. I mean all of the top coordinators and Pokémon champions are always seen in Love and Patience.
"Well, if you girls really don't mind, then I can do a whole lot better than just tell you about Love and Patience, how would you girls like to have full head to toe makeovers?" I looked over at Leaf and smiled. Besides that being just plain totally awesome, now Leaf will be ready for tonight without me having to awkwardly have to say that we're going to a black tie event.
"We would love to!" we said in unison.
Drew's pov
"You had mom do what now?"
"All we did was tell her to give the girls makeovers so that: One, they'll both be ready for the party. Two, May won't have to randomly drop the bomb that Leaf has to attend a black tie event tonight because let's face it, your girlfriend sucks at lying and we both know that Leaf is gonna be suspicious." Retorted Katrina.
"Alright, you have me there."
"Plus Auntie Liz just texted me saying that Leaf and May fell for her act and that they're going to the salon right now." Interjected Daisy.
"Ugh, whatever fine then, just don't do anything too stupid okay?"
"Deal!" shouted the girls.
"So where did you send your boy toys off to anyways? I haven't seen them in awhile," asked Gary.
"Oh you know, they're around doing stuff." Replied Sunrisa.
"Actually, what she means is that as much as we love them, they have no party planning capabilities in their bones, so we sent them off to play in the sports arenas."
"You better not have given them passes."
"Oh don't worry silly, they already have their own passes. We had them made last week because we were planning on going on a cruise through the Orange Islands, but since you called us, we all decided that it'd be fine to let the guys have a little fun on the ship."
"Plus you can't talk Drew, a little birdie told me that you gave May a pass, and it just so happens to have the letters DHGF on it."
"Wait, so he finally asked her out then?"
"No!"
"Then why does it have your initials plus GF? We all know that that means Drew Hayden's girlfriend!"
"Wait, so then he did ask her out?"
"Well I guess he kind of not really did."
"It's a yes or no question sister dearest."
"Well then no."
"Why haven't you asked her out yet?"
"Yeah Drew why not? It's only been like a zillion years."
"Plus you better make your move before somebody else does."
"Yep, word in the gossip world says that Ash likes her."
"Really, I heard that too!"
"Omg no way me too!"
"You guys are so stupid! Ash is dating Misty."
"Wait what?"
"No way!"
"Since when?"
"When's the wedding?"
"I better be invited."
"They'll have the cutest kids ever!"
"Ugh! All of you shut up! It's already two and that means you all have to start teleporting to pick up the guests."
"Drew, I think that we would have been better off not calling our sisters."
"I didn't even call them, I merely suggested the thought and then they appeared out of nowhere! I swear they have my dex bugged or something."
May's pov
"So, what do you think about this dress?" I asked.
"Ugh, I don't even care anymore just pick one! We've been at this for hours and I think I'm going to die from shopping overload. I'm not a girly girl last time I checked." I groaned and walked back into the dressing room. Leaf was no help when shopping.
"And that's why you were so easy to find a dress for sweetie," said Elizabeth. "Plus you are my niece and all so I know your style. May on the other hand, I've known for about five hours and have only seen her in her travel attire."
"Okay, this is the last one, and if you guys aren't wowed by it then I'll give up and call Drew."
"May darling, why are you going to call my son?"
"Well because for some reason he has a sense of style and could probably find me something faster than I can say contests."
"Just get your butt out here already."
"Ta-dah! Well, whatcha think?"
"Sweetie, that's the one."
"I second that!"
"Sweet pea, when my son see's you in that dress he's going to propose to you right on the spot!"
"I wouldn't go that far, but she's right May, that is defiantly the dress."
"Now May, I really like you, so if my son doesn't tell you that you look beautiful the second he sees you, just slap him right across his face. And don't worry; just say it was from one of his sisters or something of that matter. He won't question it." My jaw dropped.
"You go Aunt Liz!"
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