Hello there readers. Long time no update. LOL, not really but it was for me. So guess what? I started off my second semester with an F in math and now I have a C! I literally almost screamed when I saw it had changed.

So anyway, I thought about finishing my Oak High School first before finishing this one. What do you think? Good or bad idea?

Disclaimer: I do not own the Pokémon characters in any way.

Chapter Ten: Break Up and Vacation

Dawn's POV

She saw the skirt first? Oh no, I'm not going to go easy on her just because she has Paul there to protect her.

I put on a fake smile. "But, I touched it first," I said. I tugged the skirt a little over to my side.

She pulled it back, with more force. "I think you've been mistaken. I touched it first. So, can I have it?" she asked 'kindly.'

"Sorry, I really want this and this so happens to be my size. Don't you think you'll fit a size larger than this?" I asked mentally smirking to myself.

Her face was priceless. I was so close to laughing at her and I might be mistaken, but I think I heard a small chuckle from Paul too. When she finally found her voice again, she spoke again. "No one talks to me like that," she said slowly between her teeth.

"Obviously someone should," I retorted, tired of being nice.

She frowned. "Who do you think you are?"

"Dawn Berlitz, guitarist of the famous band Heartbeat," I answered as if it was the most obvious thing.

"Really, who are you? I don't think you're the person you say you are," she said.

I smirked and pulled the skirt towards myself. "If you don't know who I am, then you should ask around."

She pulled the skirt back with force but I held my place so the skirt didn't go far. "Give me the skirt."

Next thing I knew, we were having a tug-a-war over a skirt. As soon as I heard a rip sound, I gave up. "You know what? You can have it. I think it would look good on you," I said with another fake smile.

She smirked victoriously. "Glad you see things my way. Well, let's go now Paul. I want to wear this out."

When they were gone, I continued shopping looking for a better looking skirt. Have fun with that ripped skirt of yours, Vanessa.

Misty's POV

"That doesn't even make sense, Ash," Melody said.

Wow, she has no sense of humor whatsoever. I mentally sighed to myself. How the hell does Ash deal with her?

"Well, what don't you get?" he asked.

She threw her arms up in frustration. "Everything! Do you ever care for anything aside from food?" she asked.

"I did care for someone important before," he answered.

"What are you implying?"

Ash looked down, almost as if he was afraid to say anything. "Nothing, let's just go."

Soon, they left and I was still sitting there. I admit, eavesdropping was bad but I couldn't resist. Besides, who cannot eavesdrop when you can practically hear her talking from the outside? I decided to go and shop some more and left the place.

I walked out and then I saw something unbelievable. I quickly got my phone out and texted Dawn and Leaf. They had to know about this.

Normal POV

Leaf was enjoying her time when she felt her phone vibrate. She opened her text and read over it: Meet me at the center of the mall, ASAP! –Misty.

Leaf made her way to the fountain and saw Misty motioning her over behind a plant. Then Dawn showed up and joined the two. "What's wrong?" she asked.

Misty pointed to the direction to the fountain. "That's what's wrong."

There sat May's boyfriend, Brendan, making out with beach blond girl. She wore the skimpiest outfit and her face was caked with so much make-up.

"That jerk!" Leaf whispered furiously. "We have to tell May."

"No, she'll be hurt," Dawn argued.

"It's better than finding out later!"

Misty stopped the two from getting further. "We'll take a picture and show it to her, how 'bout that idea?" she suggested.

The two shrugged. "Who's taking it?" Leaf asked.

"I will. It's best to let her know the easy way," Misty offered.

Misty took her phone out and was about to take a picture when they heard a gasp. They diverted their attention to the source and saw May's face. She looked so hurt and was on the verge of crying.

"Looks like we won't need to tell her now," Dawn said.

May's POV

I felt sick to the stomach. I felt like crying my eyes out but I couldn't. I had a heart wrenching feeling inside and it felt terrible. It felt as if someone shot a million arrows straight through my heart, shattering it into pieces again. The pieces that took four years to fix up and now it's ruined, all over again.

I just stood there, doing nothing but watch my boyfriend and some girl suck on each other's mouths. I felt the tears coming up and soon they were at my eyes. I knew that they wanted to leak down my face, but I couldn't let that happen. The last time I ever let it out was when Drew broke my heart and I wasn't going to let that happen again. Sadly, I let my guard down and Brendan betrayed me.

Then he finally saw me and stood up, leaving the girl there, and ran to me. "M-May?" he reached for my hand but I pulled away.

"H-how could you? I trusted you and you did was betray me!"

I was attracting attention but I could careless right now, my anger and my hurt were mixed together. "I was told that you weren't good, but I brushed it off because I trusted you! This is what I get in return?" I asked pointing to the girl.

She walked up next to him with the nastiest look she had to offer. "You expect him to still like you? Look how you're dressed," she said looking at my outfit.

I opened my mouth and was about to say something until I felt my friends beside me. "Who do you think you are talking to May like that?" Leaf asked.

The girl instantly regretted what she had said before. "You mean, you're the May Maple from Heartbeat?" she asked.

"Yeah, and we're the rest of Heartbeat," Misty added.

Then the girl was in front of us with a picture and pen in hand, "Would you please autograph my picture? I am a big fan!"

"Sorry, but the girls' have to leave now. Let's go," Roxanne said, saving us.

Before she could say anything, we were out the mall and in the car ready to go. I sat by the window, staring out at the passing objects we went by while the rest talked and having a good time. No matter what, I just couldn't get the image of Brendan and the girl kissing out of my head. I felt so betrayed, so stupid, so insecure. I guess the more I trust the greater betrayal. There go the tears again. They started to flow at my eyes but I wasn't going to let the tears fall. No, I was going to fight it from coming down.

Normal POV

By the time May was finished fighting back the tears, they got back home and went inside with Roxanne following in, "What happened today?" she asked.

"What do you mean?" Dawn asked.

Roxanne raised an eyebrow. "I'm talking about Brendan. May, what happened?"

May tensed up but answered anyway. "I don't know what happened. I just caught him cheating on me, that's all."

"Well, what are you going to do about it?" she asked.

"Break up with him, of course. I trusted him!" May answered. She felt the hurt come up again. "I'm going to the greenhouse," she said before heading out.

Brendan was at the flower shop picking up a bouquet of roses. When he headed out, he bumped into Drew.

Drew flicked his hair and smirked when he saw the roses. "Kissing up to her with roses isn't going to make her forgive you."

Brendan gritted his teeth. "You told her, didn't you?"

Drew's smirk remained on his mouth. "More like warned her but she didn't want to listen to me," he answered coolly. "But either way, she would have known you were a bad guy anyway."

"You think you're better just because you were with her before? Well now she hates you so stop trying to get in between us," Brendan growled.

Drew flicked his hair again. "She hates you too after what happened today. And just so you know, I am better than you," he said before walking off.

"I feel so bad for May. She must be hurting really badly right now," Leaf said, breaking the silence.

Misty gave her a sad smile. "You must know how that feels like, don't you Leaf?" she asked.

Leaf looked down. "Yeah, it doesn't feel good. In fact, it feels horrible. It feels like someone's ripped your heart out and stomped over it millions of times."

"What do you think is going to happen now?" Dawn asked.

Roxanne stood up with a confident look. "She's going to break up with him. Whoever hurts one of my girls will pay," she said.

"Wow, you must be furious at him," Misty said in amazement.

Roxanne shrugged. "Hey, May is part of this band and she's one of the reason you're all successful now. All four of you are the reason why you're famous and you need May for this."

The girls smiled. "Perfect, so now we need to let the media know," Dawn suggested.

Leaf smirked. "Well, what if, oh I don't know, one of us contact the media to meet them there?"

Each of them smirked. "Leaf, you're brilliant."

May's POV

Everything seems so…hazy now. It looks like the roses aren't even blooming anymore. It looks like they lost some color on the petals and they looked like they were going to die any second. Look's like they feel like how I feel. Oh well, guess it's time to water them now.

When I was finished, the roses looked so much more alive. I liked that and if the roses were perfect and in color, then I'm happy. I don't need that jerk face anyway. Maybe I should be like Leaf and just stop dating.

"May?"

I turned to the voice and scowled. "What do you want, Drew? If you're here to say 'I-told-you-so' then I don't want to hear it. I know I was wrong."

He smirked and flicked his hair. "Well, since you admitted it, I guess I won't say it."

"Jeez, thanks," I said sarcastically. Then I remembered something. "Wait, how did you know he was a bad guy?"

"Am I supposed to tell you?" he asked.

I frowned. "Well, yeah. I want to know how you knew he would hurt me."

He shrugged. "I just had a feeling."

"Liar, you're lying." Then I realized something and my eyes widened. "You knew him before, didn't you?"

"What makes you think that?" he asked. He didn't show it, but I knew that he was hiding something.

I crossed my arms. "No one knew that Brendan was a bad guy. They thought he was the teen heartthrob that had every girl fall for him. Then you come around and say he's a bad guy and you were right. Now let me ask again, how did you know?"

He sighed and turned around, tossing a rose my way, which I caught skillfully. "Ask you little boyfriend about it. That is, if you're still willing to talk to him," he suggested before walking off.

I stood there, frozen in place. I was snapped from my thoughts when I heard my phone ring. I looked at the caller I.D. Brendan. "Hello…?... I'm on my way home, why?... Right now…? Fine, I'll be there," I locked my phone and went to the café he told me to go. Why was I even going there?

Fifteen minutes later

So here I was, sitting and waiting for him. People were asking for autographs and being the kindhearted person I am, I signed it. Of course, it felt weird since the girls weren't with me.

"Hey there, May."

I sighed out of frustration and turned to him. "Brendan."

"Look, before you start yelling, I want to explain," he pleaded.

I shook my head. "No, I don't want to hear an explanation. I saw what I had to and guess what, I felt stupid. Stupid for ever putting my trust to you and stupid for ever letting you into my life!" I felt the hot tears rise up to my eyes again and I was about to choke on my tears. No, it wasn't going to happen. I'm going to be strong. I'm not going to be the weak girl who trusts easily anymore.

I saw him flinch from the coldness of my voice. "But she forced herself onto me," he said.

"Then why did you just let her kiss you? You looked like you enjoyed it," I retorted back.

"But I-"

"Just stop, I'm tired of the lies. Can you please tell me something though?" I asked.

"W-what is it?"

I sighed. "Did you and Drew meet before?"

He sighed as well and looked to my eye level. "He told you, didn't he?"

I shook my head. "No, I asked him if you two knew each other and he said to ask you."

"Well, if you want the answer, then its yes we knew each other. I was jealous that he had you and when you two broke up, I found it as an opportunity. Do you want to know why he broke up with you?" he asked.

I was curious. "He found another love."

"Well, that was part of it. It was also because he and Brianna were dating while you two were still together. I told him to break up with one of you two and I guess he chose you."

I sat there, unable to control my emotions now. Everything that I was holding in, sadness, hurt, anger, everything was uncontrollable. I couldn't hold in anything anymore. I let the pleading tears fall free down my face and sat there like that. How come I never knew that? Why did I know that now?

When I finally found my voice again, a sad smile was plastered on my lips. "Thanks for letting me know, Brendan," I said before wiping my eyes and standing up and walking to the door.

"Wait, May. A-are we still together?" he asked, hesitantly.

I let one last tear slide down my face. "No, we're over. Goodbye, Brendan."

Normal POV

"So, are you feeling any better now?" Dawn asked.

May grinned. "Yep, I feel a lot better actually," she chirped.

The girls each had a sincere smile on their faces. The media had gotten a picture of them breaking up and now everyone knows. "Well good because we're each paying a visit to our family back at home," Misty informed.

"Huh, what do you mean?"

"Since it's been forever since we last seen our family, we decided to take a small vacation and visit our family again. What do you think, May?" Leaf asked.

May thought for a while. "Yeah, I think it'll be fun."

With that, the girls each went to their respective rooms and started packing for their trip. Misty contacted Roxanne to help them buy their tickets and told the girls Roxanne was going to deliver them to their house later in the day. When it struck six p.m., they were all done packing and dressed, ready for their trip back home.

"So, looks like we'll be seeing our family again after four years," Dawn piped.

Each of them nodded. "Yeah, it's going to be a pretty exciting trip," May added.

Soon, they were off in Roxanne's car to the airport and each went to their flights. Dawn to the Sinnoh region May to the Hoenn region, and Misty and Leaf to the Kanto region.

Ah, finished chapter. So, it was supposed to be updated last night but the problem was I fell asleep and couldn't finish typing the chapter. Today, I went with my mom to her work to sell some snacks my teacher made the class sell and finished in like half an hour and I brought my laptop with me just so I can finish typing the chapter. See how much I love my readers?

So again, what do you think about me finishing Oak High School before completing this series? Yay or nay? Oh and good news! I finally have an idea for Boarding School but I need YOUR help. Should May say yes to Brendan or not? Leave them in the reviews please!

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Question!

What do you think will happen on their trip back home?