Hi everyone and welcome back to chapter eleven of this story. Nothing really special happens this chapter as it has gone back to the usual slice of life, Hoennshipping teasing, cute moments of before. As always hope you guys enjoy!
Chapter 11: I Miss You, Kinda
The lack of noise in the house was what surprisingly woke the young brunette girl up. Normally she would already be getting yelled at by her mother for waking up late again on a school day while trying to calm down the crying baby in her arms. If it wasn't her mother bugging her then it was her neighbor obnoxiously trying to wake her up by throwing things at her window. At one point he had even gotten a trumpet and blew it in front of her window when his usual attempts failed. She had immediately fallen off the bed on that day and she understood why he blew it when she saw her clock. They were gonna be late for school again.
Brendan had told her that the next time she made them late for school, he would light fireworks in her room. She of course doubted this, although part of her was afraid that he was serious.
At this point, even with the lack of noise, her body had gotten accustomed to waking up at this time even when there wasn't any school. She stared at the her beige ceiling for a couple minutes recalling the events that occurred in the past couple of days.
Not much had really happened if she was being honest. Just the usual day to day schedule when it came to school. Her mother and neighbor waking her up in the morning, the drive to Petalburg, enduring the boring lectures of her teachers, the godlike lunch time, and visiting the her father's gym with her neighbor after school when Professor Birch didn't need him.
Over the past couple of weeks Brendan always seemed to be needed by his dad. After school he would be picked up by his father and driven to who knows where to do research. The Petalburg residents always looked at the professor's car with caution in case the man crashed into something.
She had spent the last couple of days or rather weeks mainly by herself with the occasional company of her mother and younger baby brother. It's not to say that she didn't enjoy their company, but she didn't have as much fun with them as she normally did with her neighbor. She especially didn't have much fun with Max as he seemed to cry whenever May entered the room. Perhaps there was something about her that he didn't like, or he was just messing with her like younger siblings do. Her mother always seemed to be tired as well.
Well, she decided to not ponder in her thoughts any longer as she crept out of bed then went to the restroom to brush her teeth and wash her face. She had noticed that her front two top teeth had finally grown in and when she spotted Brendan smiling, his teeth had also grown in. Neither of them had that goofy toothless expression that they were so used to seeing and May was partially happy about it. Happy that Brendan wouldn't tease her anymore but sad that she couldn't tease him about it either.
She decided to keep on her usual pink pajamas on, as she wasn't really planning on anywhere today nor was she meeting anyone other than her family. She walked downstairs to be greeted with the heavenly smell of bacon and pancakes. Her mother seemed to have cooked breakfast a while ago as all the dirty pans and dishes were already in the sink. There sat Caroline with a raven haired baby boy feeding him his bottle.
When May entered the room, Caroline looked up from her baby's face to greet May. "Good morning," she spoke in a somber tone. Upon closer inspection May noticed the bags underneath her mom's eyes. She probably hadn't had another decent night of sleep.
"Good morning," she responded with.
She headed to towards a plate that was placed on the counter filled with breakfast foods. May didn't need to be told that this was her plate as the abnormally large serving practically had her name written on it. She had never met another person that ate like she did, well aside from Brendan of course and occasionally Professor Birch.
She poured herself a glass of orange juice then sat on table ready to have her breakfast. She ate at a ravenous pace not caring that her mother would probably scold her again. When she didn't get a scolding she looked up to see her mother slowly closing her eyes, she realized that her mother was probably too tired to scold. She made a mental note to not have a baby when she was older.
"So mom how did you sleep?" she asked while still eating ravenously.
Her mother looked up for moment, staring at the girl before responding with, "not too well, little Max here always seems to time his cries perfectly. Everytime when I was going into deep sleep he would wake me up."
"That's why I don't have a baby when I grow up," she sassily responded.
This caused her mother to raise an eyebrow at her, "May don't say that, I bet the perfect man is out there just waiting for you. If you ask me, I think you've already met him and you would be more than happy to start your own family."
She seemed to take savage delight out of seeing her daughter's embarrassed face.
"Mo-mo-mom don't don't stay stuff like that," stuttering as her face burned even redder. She realized that she had said the wrong thing to her mother as she took the perfect opportunity to embarrass her.
She gained her composure a second later. She crossed her arms and said, "I don't know what you're talking about."
Her mother merely gave her a wink before little Max decided to cut in the conversation with his loud crying.
"Oh dear, maybe you need a diaper change," Caroline said, standing up heading towards her room to get the boy a new diaper. May let the words her mother said ring her head as she was alone in the room. She knew who her mother meant when she said May had already met her soulmate, but for crying out loud they were too young for that. Besides it seemed like Brendan was too busy helping his dad lately. May had barely even seen him over the past weeks. Part of her yearned for his company yet part of her was afraid of these feelings.
Her mother had come back into the room to interrupt her thoughts, she threw the old diaper away with one hand while the other was carefully holding the boy. "May why don't we see that tv show you like so much, you know the one about the blond twins living in the huge hotel with their mother."
Mays face lit up once again. She absolutely loved that tv show and she was getting to watch it with her mother again. They had seen a couple of episodes together in the past, but with Max around her mother's attention was never solely focused on the show. Sometimes May wished she was still a only child.
They sat down in front of the tv where the show was being aired in the later hours in the morning. This episode featured the hotel manager teaching the daughter of the owner how to drive a car.
Her mother let out a breathy laugh saying, "The PRNDL, I never thought to call the gear shift that." May only smiled seeing her mother's happy face. She had been looking rather glum over the past couple days. Having a baby was sure a chore.
When the show ended, Caroline flipped the channel to show the image of a black haired boy that was maybe a year or two older than May playing the piano. May slightly wrinkled her nose at the sudden change of chanel but her eyes soon widened as the boy continued playing the piano. There was also the fact that there were three pokemon around the boy that were creating brilliant displays by using their abilities to the beat of the song.
From what May could see, there was a small blue bird pokemon with cotton wings. She also noticed a small gray catlike pokemon with large purple eyes as well. But the pokemon that caught her attention the most was a small brown and green hedgehog like pokemon with leaf spikes around the head.
The three pokemon worked together in perfect harmony to the boy's music so they created a brilliant display of grass, psychic and flying attacks.
"Wow May you really seem to like what you're seeing," her mother said once she noticed her daughter caught in a trance at the sight.
"Yeah," she managed. Her eyes were still watching the performance. When the boy ended playing his song, he stood up and walked in front of the piano along with his three pokemon where all four bowed. The auditorium was soon met with loud applause.
"Wow mom that was beautiful," May said. She was also clapping after seeing the performance. "What was that mom?" she asked a moment later.
"I'm not too sure myself May. All I know is that that boy wanted to become a pokemon performer, but due to the Kalos region not hosting contests and the Pokemon Showcase only allowing girls to compete, he began doing his own performances using techniques from contests, showcases and his own music."
"Wow, maybe I can do that when I'm older," May muttered so that only she could hear.
After a moment she asked, "mommy do you think I can see Brendan today, I miss him," she spoke in a soft voice. Her mother stopped her calmed expression as smirk grew on her face. This scared May.
"I don't know May. Professor Birch has been really busy lately and I'm sure Brendan is helping him out as well," seeing her daughters distraught face she added, "well we can stop by their house later on to see how they're doing." May nodded happily and returned to watching the television. She really hoped that he was there.
Around mid afternoon, May was up and ready to go to her neighbor's house. She was wearing jean shorts along with a red blouse and her mother had taught her how to tie her red bandana into a bow. Her mother looked equally ready for the visit as she she was wearing a knee-length white skirt and a red t-shirt. She also carried around the stroller which was carrying Max around.
"Come on May," the mother spoke, already halfway through the door with the stroller. May followed close behind as her mother closed the door and locked it. They walked the short distance to their neighbors house where Lisa was outside tending her to her vegetable garden. She looked up wiping the sweat off her brow when she noticed the three walking towards her.
"Oh, good afternoon you three, what brings you here?" She stood up to dust her hands off giving them all a warm smile.
"May here just wanted to see if Brendan was home," Caroline smirked with a wink towards Lisa.
Lisa gave Caroline a smirk before she spoke again, "sorry May but Brendan is not home at the moment. He did say he would arrive soon. Edward gave him the rest of the day off and he's just running a couple errands for me. You're more than welcome to come inside and have some lemonade."
May's face lit up at her statement, after not seeing her good friend for days she was finally getting to see him again. "Yes, thanks Mrs. Birch," she responded with. Mrs. Birch led them to their door where they all took their shoes off and she motioned for them to take a seat on the living room couch.
Caroline and May took their seats on opposite sides of couch while Caroline pulled the stroller to her side and pulled Max into her arms. Lisa came in a couple moments later, carrying a tray with glasses of lemonades and some chocolate chip cookies.
May eyed the cookies like a mandibuzz eyeing prey. She adored Mrs. Birch chocolate chip cookies to the point she claimed they were the best in the world.
Lisa placed a tall glass in front of each guest and set the large plate of cookies in the center for them to eat. She then sat down with her glass on the recliner as the two mothers began to discuss while May stuffed her face with the chocolaty goodness.
"How's little Max treating you Caroline?" Lisa asked taking a cookie from the tray.
"Well you know as baby would. Sometimes I wish they would grow up, but when they do grow up you wish they didn't," Caroline responded with, laughing slightly as she held Max closer.
"I know what you mean Caroline. Sometimes I see that Brendan is growing maybe a bit too fast, and I wish I could stop time to spend more time with my little boy," looking down at her glass.
Caroline let out a soft laugh before commenting, "sometimes I see that May grows up a bit too slow, I sometimes wish she took lessons from Brendan on how to grow up faster."
May stopped eating her cookie at her mother's remark. She fired back a loud, "Mom!"
Caroline's smile grew wider and she said, "I'm just kidding May, I love you just the way you are."
May calmed down before she said, "I really love your cookies Mrs. Birch, they're the best in the world."
"Oh stop it May, you're making this little housewife blush," holding her hand to her cheek to cover her blushing cheeks.
They kept discussing for a couple more minutes before Lisa suggested to May that she head up to Brendan's room. She said she could read some of his books or play some of his games if she wanted to. She also said that he would be arriving soon so she didn't have to worry about being up there alone for too long.
May accepted the offer and headed upstairs to his room. She had noticed that his room was slightly different than the other times she had been in it. His bookshelves were still crammed with books with an abundance of pokemon knowledge. His large snorlax bean bag still lay on the blue rug. His bed still had the same blue and white colored sheets and comforter on it, but when she looked around she saw that there was an abundance of pokedolls present all over the room. She guessed that perhaps the boy was no longer embarrassed of them and began displaying them in his room.
The Kanto starters lay on top of his small bookshelf while the Johto starters laid on the tv stand not obstructing the view of the television. When she walked over to his desk, she noticed that the Hoenn starters were lined up in one of the shelves on his desk. She wrinkled her nose at the mudkip she had given him two years ago obviously reminding her of Skipper. She noticed the small orange chick pokemon in the middle and the green wood gecko pokemon placed to the right. She took her attention away from the plushies to spot, in clear sight, the form of an egg placed inside its incubator which was placed on top of the desk.
She noticed the light blue color and gray layer near the top. She also noticed the open book on the table that was opened on a page of a Pokemon called "Bagon". She thought to herself that perhaps that was the pokemon inside the egg.
I really hope it's not another mudkip, I don't think I can handle two water guns, she thought with a small feeling of dread.
Downstairs the front door opened revealing a brown hair boy wearing his usual research clothes, but this time he was wearing a black necktie. His father had told him it would of make him look more professional. His water type was laying on his usual spot.
"I'm home," he said, taking his shoes off and carrying a white shopping bag to the living room where his mother was.
"Oh Brendan welcome back. Did you find everything on the list?" Lisa asked as Brendan was giving her the bag.
"Yeah mom," he said. He noticed the plate of chocolate chip cookies and quickly grabbed some. He noticed a second later that their neighbor was there. He stopped for a second and said, "Hi Mrs. Maple good to see you, and you too Max," waving at the pair enthusiastically.
"Hi Brendan," Caroline waved back. She noticed his attire and said, "my don't you look dashing wearing that. You look like a little scientist."
"Thanks Mrs. Maple," he responded with, his hand rubbing the back of his head while lightly blushing.
"Brendan, May is in your room, why don't you go up and give her a little scare?" his mother teased.
A sly grin grew on face and so did on Skipper's face. "Sure thing mom, just let me get a couple more of these. You make the best cookies," taking a handful a cookies with him and handing one to his pokemon.
"Oh stop it Brendan, you're making me blush," she said, again gushing at the compliment. Caroline lightly laughed behind them.
Brendan headed upstairs where he noticed his door was slightly ajar. He motioned to Skipper to quiet down by placing a finger over his mouth. He slowly opened the door and saw a familiar brunette girl staring near the egg he had gotten from a mother salamence a week prior. A pain rose to his chest as he remembered the scene, but he soon replaced it with a sly smirk as he quietly and skillfully(might he add) walked over to the girl. The girl didn't seem to notice his presence as she was looking at the egg and the open book, silently hoping that it wasn't another mudkip.
He reached his hands out to swiftly grab her shoulders and yelled a loud "BOO!" This of course caused the girl to jump up in fright letting a loud scream escape her lips.
"GYAA DON'T HURT ME!" she cried out. When she noticed a certain brown haired boy on the floor clutching his stomach in laughter she knew there was nothing wrong. She also noticed that a certain nightmare of hers was also laughing at her couldn't decide if she felt angry or relieved.
"Brendan why must you always do that?" she asked once the boy calmed down and her breathing returned to normal.
"Because it's so funny seeing your reaction May, you always know how to make me laugh," wiping away a tear from his eye. He stood up shortly after leaving Skipper on the floor. Apparently he had decided that May had enough teasing as he didn't spray her this time even though May already had her arms protectively in front of her face in preparation of the attack.
She noticed that she wasn't going to sprayed, so she let her arms down while letting out a relieved sigh. She looked at the boy who had now calmed down and asked him, "So how's working with your dad?"
He stopped for a second then said, "well it's been really busy. We've had six trainers this week come in for their starters. Dad was busy at the moment so he let me and Joshua to take care of the pokemon and their trainers. But other than the mass organization I do for my dad it's been fun." He offerred her a bright smile.
"I see that's good. By the way when did you get the egg on your desk?" pointing over to the blue egg. Skipper had made his way over to the bed where he jumped up and appeared to be taking a nap.
Brendan looked hesitant for a minute, before he finally spoke up. "Dad and I took a fieldwork trip last week where we found the egg." He didn't want to reveal the full details of the mother salamence as he thought that would scare May. He also didn't like to bring up the thought.
She looked at him for a moment as if she was analyzing if he was lying. He didn't seem to be so she continued, "so do you know what pokemon is inside. I hope it's not another stupid mudkip-". She never got to finish her sentence as a torrent of water struck in her face. At this point she should of known that Skipper doesn't like it when May calls him stupid, although his actions only strengthened May's negative views of the mudkip line.
Again she found Brendan on the floor laughing at her misery. She glared daggers at the water type while he looked pleased with himself. She already knew where to go when this happened, so she headed towards the bathroom where she pulled out a white towel and began drying her hair and face. Brendan had calmed down enough by the time she entered the room again.
He said with laughter still coating his voice, "don't worry May, it's not another mudkip. Although I would avoid calling the pokemon inside stupid or you might get a dragonbreath to the face."
Oh thank Arceus. I'll make sure that the Pokemon inside doesn't hate me. I don't think I can take more attacks to the face.
"Hey May," she heard. She turned her face to face the boy who was already holding two video game controllers. "Bet you can't beat me," he said giving her his smirk.
"You're on Brendan. Even though I've lost every time since the first, this time will be different," moving to take a controller from his hands.
"You said that last time, and the time before that," he drily responded. She stuck her tongue out at him not wanting to fall for his bait. He laughed for a second then sat next to her on the large Snorlax bean bag in front of the television set.
I finally get to spend some time with him. I'm so happy, she thought as the two played for the next couple of hours.
Downstairs, their mothers were looking through a catalog of traditional wedding kimonos while giggling at each other.
An: Mothers are just the world's biggest shippers huh. Just so you guys know, Lisa and Caroline are both partially based off my own mom. When I was growing up, my mom always had the bad habit of shipping me with any girl my age.
I think it will be a good idea for me to start putting the age of our main pair at the end of the chapter since there will be more time skips in future chapters and remembering their ages can be a bit confusing at times.
Brendan-8
May-8
Anyway I hope you guys enjoyed and I hope to see you again in the next update!
