Ha, I just noticed that in the last chapter, this top blurb mentioned it was the day before Christmas. That was because I started that chapter Christmas Eve and then my laptop suffered a horrible death. I miss Onyx and at the same time I'm glad that old computer finally put up its charger cord…well for me at least. Well last chapter was a fun write. I'm trying to push out this Halloween dance because well I have a lot planned. There may be no plot and it may just seem like scattered lives of the elite, but this story is becoming such a joy for me. Thanks for reading and enjoy.

~Rolyn~

Chapter Thirteen: Monster

"I wish it were Friday and not Thursday…" May grumbled into the sleeve of her uniform. It was currently sixth period on a cool October day. Due to the fact that it was Thursday, as mentioned on the first day of school, coordinating would be held in the classroom rather than Andrew Arena. When May was cooped up in the classroom, she felt stifled. In the arena, she felt so much more outgoing, not to mention it was ten times more engaging than taking notes.

"I think you can wait until tomorrow." Drew sighed as he slumped down at his desk, relaxing himself as he set down his pencil. When the students had walked into the room the white board was covered with notes ready to be taken. While others were still trying to get through them, Drew found himself finished ten minutes into the forty five minute class.

"No…" May groaned shaking her head slowly as she lifted it from her desk revealing in her notebook that she only had half of the notes copied down. Drew perked a brow at her as she let her head loll backwards, an exasperated sigh passing her lips. "Tomorrow needs to be here now. The weekend needs to be here now!"

"Don't you have to get measured for your costume Saturday with the others and then Sunday you have to go out and find enough decorations for this whole Monster High theme? Marina said you might even have to make some…"

May groaned a second time, letting her head slam down onto the desk. She has never felt so overwhelmed before by so many different things. If it wasn't school it was the Halloween dance, if it wasn't that, it had to be some fangirl causing her more trouble than she needed. Of course some of the pressure was lifted by the aspect of her closest friends, but things just seemed so…different and it was almost like it was finally setting in.

May had been thinking about the changes to her life. Her migration from Petalburg to LaRousse was the first one, her new home was the second, her new friendships were the third. Now she was just realizing how much had changed since she was that rollerblading aspiring coordinator who aided her father in a small town gym…She was so much more now. She was Drew's girlfriend. She was Rolyn's best friend. She was a Dragonite girl and she was an Untouchable. She was an enemy, a confident, an ally and an elite.

It was nothing but overwhelming now that it finally set in.

"You've seemed stressed lately." Drew finally said turning to face her. May blinked once in slight surprise. It was almost like he could read her mind. It still confused her how Drew could see through her so easily when, honestly, there were still some waters to him that she hasn't treaded yet or simply wasn't allowed to.

"I'm not stressed." This was partially a lie. May admits there were certain things that were getting to her, but she has found comfort in the people she held most dear. The burden was eased off of her but she would be reminded of it sooner or later. It's not that this dance or her friendships were a burden, it was everything negative that came along with these aspects that she had a problem with. "Reality is just sinking in."

"What do you mean?" He asked, genuinely curious. May was shocked that he didn't already understand what she was talking about. He seemed to know everything, especially when it came to her. "Too much going on?"

"No! No…I'm just saying that so much has changed and mostly for the better…I mean I left an entire life behind in my hold hometown and I embraced this new one while at the same time I didn't fully comprehend it…I have been here for only a few months." May explained as carefully as she could. Drew stared at her for a moment, his brow furrowing evanescently.

"This isn't necessarily a bad thing, is it?" He asked rather knowingly. May stared at him for a moment before cracking a small smile and shaking her head.

"No…not necessarily." She said lowly as she looked back to her notes.

"Yea because with change came me and we all know I am the highlight of your life." He added with a careless shrug as his classic smirk came to his lips. May slowly looked up at him, her blue eyes darkening as they narrowed into slits. His conceited ego wasn't exactly the most bearable of personality traits.

"Or the biggest mistake." She retorted smartly giving him a coy look. Drew stared at her blankly, his lips pressing together in a hard line, his eyes slowly narrowing like hers had when he had made his comment. May beamed at him upon noticing this.

"Drew Hayden is no mistake." He said firmly.

"I didn't know we could speak in third person, but okay; May knows that Drew is not a mistake because he is in fact a highlight to her life." May said, laughing lightly. Drew's smirk returned as he nodded. "But Drew shouldn't let that go to his head because if his ego gets any bigger, there will be no room for a relationship."

"You wouldn't break up with me." Drew chuckled with a shake of his head.

"What makes you so sure?" She retorted perking a brow.

"Well if you like me as much as I like you then there is absolutely no chance of us ever breaking up. Simple logic." He said with a nonchalant wave of his hand. May's cheeks began to burn at the underlying meaning of his statement. He must have cared about her a lot. It was actually cute how nonchalant he was about his feelings and how he made them appear so blatantly obvious.

"Can't argue with that logic…" May laughed lightly.

"Ms. Maple, would you care to share with us what is so important about your conversation with Mr. Hayden that you couldn't wait until after your notes were recorded to have it?" Ms. Turner said crossing her arms over her chest as she perked a brow at May. The brunette opened her mouth only to snap it shut again and shake her head vigorously, almost everyone in the room giving her their attention.

May lowered her head but not before taking in the malicious smirk that pulled at Vanessa's lips. She was turned around in her seat, blatantly staring at the brunette with narrowed steel colored eyes. May stared back, her jaw setting and her brow furrowing. She still couldn't understand why underlying beneath the sweet girl she met on the first day of school was a horrid person out to destroy her relationship with her boyfriend.

May was tore from her staring contest with the fangirl when Ms. Turner spoke another time in a scolding tone, but this time not at her. "Mr. Mellenian, have you even started on these notes? You have been sitting there staring at the back of Ms. Hayden's head for a while now." May's brow shot up as she whipped around to look towards the jade eyed boy who had absolutely nothing on his desk, arms folded over his chest as he lounged in his seat, just tearing his eyes away from Rolyn's direction.

The ebony haired Hayden who had been innocently taking her notes next to May slowly lifted her head, a red tint coming to her cheeks at the fact that Ms. Turner had not only called out Bryant, but technically her as well. It wasn't exactly necessary and people were now snickering at her expense. Rolyn slowly turned to May, her expression looking rather desperate before she quickly looked over her shoulder just in time to lock eyes with Bryant.

The jade eyed boy gave her that same wolfish smile that he had offered her upon their first meeting that fateful Monday as he nodded at her before winking. Rolyn immediately faced forward, her blush deepening as she bit into her bottom lip. Drew narrowed his eyes, discreetly looking back at Bryant through the corner of his eye.

"We need to focus people!" Ms. Turn exclaimed clapping for emphasis. "These notes need to be done by the end of the period; let's prove that teenage attention spans last for more than three minutes."

A few chuckles floated through the air at that last comment and May would have laughed as well, but she was more preoccupied with looking from Rolyn to Bryant. This new boy was blatantly flirting with her, just as Dawn had said and May didn't exactly enjoy when people had no respect for the relationships that had already been established. Maybe it was her bitterness from every obsessive fangirl that tried to pry her and Drew apart but she didn't enjoy Bryant's motives.

May looked towards Drew and saw his expression to be a little less than approving as well. He probably felt the same way she did. It was strange how they were always on the same wavelength although they were two completely different people.

"I knew he was flirting…" Dawn muttered from her seat on Drew's right. Attention was turned on her; a pair of glares from the Hayden siblings and passive yet disapproving looks coming from Patou and May. Ian simply laughed a silent laugh while shaking his head.

"I'd like to see him try anything with Jason around. If anyone attempted to even contemplate talking to May…" Drew began, for once showing just how frustrated he was. Jason was his best friend after all.

"Possessive much?" Patou offered quirking a brow.

"May doesn't mind." Drew retorted.

May scoffed. "Do not speak for me!" She scorned rather loudly.

"Ms. Maple…" Ms. Turner began warningly. May snapped her mouth shut and brought her gaze down to her notes. She scribbled down a few things before glancing up to check if Ms. Turner was still paying her any mind. Finding herself in the clear, May snapped around to glare harshly at Drew.

"You do not speak for me nor do you get to act like I am your property, got it?" May said lowly pointing at him almost threateningly, if that was even possible. Drew looked between her stern expression and her finger before smirking and nodding.

"Sure babe," He said before leaning over and placing a peck on her cheek. May's entire face flushed as Dawn giggled, Rolyn perked a brow and Patou smiled almost fondly.

Class progressed from there with notes being scribbled down, some of them pertaining to class and some of them not in many cases. It was mostly silent and the basic form of communication was exchanged looks, this one anxious and this one blank. It wasn't until the bell rang signaling the end of class did the noise level suddenly pick up as students gathered their belongings to head to their next class. Next period was gym, a class the entirety of the opposing groups shared.

"Well we all know Drew has been set in his place but what about Jason? The guy has been possessive of Rolyn since the day I met you guys." Ian inserted smartly. Patou nodded in agreement having seen firsthand how quick to anger Jason was when it involved Rolyn and another guy. He set a perfect example when they went to Alakazam last.

"Just don't say anything," Rolyn said quickly, shooting the golden eyed boy a specific look. Sure, Rolyn found Jason's possessiveness of her sweet; it meant that he really cared about her and was afraid of losing her, but she didn't want to make him worry when there was nothing to be worried about.

"You sure that's the best idea sister dearest?" Drew questioned flatly, crossing his arms over his chest. Rolyn would never admit it out loud, but Drew always seemed better at making the proper decisions and right now he obviously didn't agree with the one she had made.

"I think Jason may have a right to know." May added, supporting her boyfriend with a nod.

"There is no reason to tell him." Rolyn said shaking her head as she tucked her notebook into her backpack prior to getting up from her seat. In all honesty she was worried about how Jason would react because other times it was never like this.

"Aw, tryin' to keep me a secret sweetie?" Bryant suddenly inserted coming up behind Rolyn. The ebony haired Hayden blinked before turning a narrowed eyed look on the boy.

"I was saying don't tell Jason because there is absolutely no reason for him to be worried." She said through clenched teeth, blatantly dismissing him. Bryant perked a brow at her before giving an amused chuckle. Rolyn didn't like his over confidence.

"I like a challenge." He said lowly.

"And I'd like it if you'd fall off the face of the earth." Rolyn said before turning to pull her backpack on. Drew gave a small nod of approval at her statement and Bryant locked eyes with him for a mere moment before a smirk came to his lips.

"See! I told ya they would still be in here!" Alex's voice caught everyone's attention. She along with Jason and Paul were the only ones who took a Battle course that wasn't too far off from the coordinating classroom so they would usually meet up, but obviously Alex had gone on a search for them and found them in the near empty classroom with Jason and Paul with her.

"Hi Paul!" Dawn said with an enthusiastic wave. He simply nodded in recognition of the greeting. That had to have been the fifth time she had said hello to him today. If he didn't know any better, he would say that she was expecting something from him.

"Whoa," Alex said upon noticing Bryant. "What's going on?" A smirk came to her lips as she looked towards Jason who had a perked brow.

"Nothing." Rolyn said quickly before bounding over to Jason, a sudden smile on her face as she took his hand. Jason's other brow shot up before she went on her toes and placed a kiss on his cheek. "Time for gym." She laughed pulling him towards the door. Yea, something was off; Rolyn was never this eager to head to gym.

"What's the matter?" Jason asked slowly tearing his gaze off of the smirking Bryant to look towards Rolyn. The ebony haired Hayden mentally cursed, wishing he wouldn't ask questions, although she could never forget how unconsciously nosy her boyfriend could be.

"Nothing," Rolyn sighed in exasperation.

"Yea, the girl is just fine. No need to worry…" Bryant sighed shoving his hands into his pockets before lazily shrugging. Jason returned his attention towards him, his green eyes narrowing slowly. Rolyn bit into her bottom lip anxiously.

"And who are you?" Jason asked slowly.

"A friend of Rolyn's; no need to worry…" Bryant said as he moved past him, smirking towards Rolyn. The brown eyed girl glared in response, her face flushing in frustration. "Then again…you might want to worry. Never know who could be around to snatch up such a pretty girl."

Rolyn scoffed while shaking her head. May's eyes narrowed a bit as she watched Bryant stride lazily out the room, leaving Jason with an expression torn between confusion and anger. It was a look he immediately turned on Rolyn once the other boy was out of sight.

"Rolyn?" He said simply, his arms crossing over his chest. Rolyn mentally cursed Bryant to an early grave. May gazed upon her best friend with sympathy and almost moved to intervene, but Drew's hand came down on her shoulder, silently telling her otherwise.

"Let's just go," Drew sighed nudging May's shoulder. The brunette gave Rolyn and Jason one last look before finally submitting and turning to follow. There was something about that Bryant boy that sent off warning bells in her head and the trouble he had just caused affirmed her feelings. Normally she would look more into this but her gut feeling felt like enough.

"You don't have to push me." May said as Drew took her by the shoulders and guided her towards the door where Paul, Dawn and Alex had exited through leaving Rolyn and Jason behind. Patou and Ian were close behind. "I can walk on my own."

"Yea, at a Snorlax's pace," Drew chuckled as a crooked smile came to his lips. May's brow furrowed as she removed his hands from her shoulders and began to walk on her own at much faster pace that left him behind before she went to join Alex. "Oh come on, I was kidding!"

May spent most of the beginning of gym looking out for Rolyn. She wasn't in the locker room by the time all of them had exited and the other's shared their concern for Rolyn's tardiness, considering there was no sign of Jason as well. Although, Bryant seemed completely at ease, deciding not to participate in warm ups and leaning against the wall of the gym. May had been discreetly looking in his direction for a while wondering why he found it necessary to cause her friend problems.

"I know I'm paranoid but I have such a horrible feeling right now." Dawn admitted being the first to speak up since they left Rolyn back at the classroom. Her blue eyes darted from person to person, looking for signs of agreement.

"Well I've always had a bad feeling when it came to Jason." Alex said with a roll of her eyes. "He needs to accept the fact that boys will find interest in Rolyn and after everything he has put her through that she may not stick with him for long."

"Alex will you just drop your spitefulness." Aden snapped catching everyone off guard. Alex shot him an incredulous look and he glared right back in response. "Now I may not have been there but you have been whining and complaining about Jason so damn much. Rolyn likes him…a lot and he likes her just as much, maybe even more. You need to stop acting like a childish stubborn ass and accept the fact that they make each other happy and everything wrong with their relationship isn't always his fault."

All Alex could do was blink. She had no idea how to respond to that…especially since it came from Aden. If someone else were to have said it, like Drew perhaps, she may have had a retaliation, but coming from the tallest of the Flygon boys…it just had more truth to it, if you will. Biting into her bottom lip, Alex turned away, pretending to be more preoccupied with stretch rather than the conversation.

"I respect you a little more." Jimmy said with a small nod and a smile. Aden turned to his best friend and cracked a fleeting smile. He didn't exactly enjoy speaking so unkindly to Alex…he never enjoyed being uncouth with anyone…especially her. He felt like she needed to be treated with never ending kindness, but her attitude needed some checking…especially pertaining to matters that hardly involved her, plus Jason was still his friend and he was sure Alex would have done the same.

May sighed. Looking towards the doors to the girl's locker room just as Rolyn was pushing through them dressed in the school gym uniform. May almost smiled, but when she noticed the distraught look on her friend's face, she immediately frowned. Not bothering to mention Rolyn's arrival, May pulled away from her friends to approach the ebony haired Hayden.

"Rolyn…" She began gently. Rolyn looked up and forced a smile through her troubled expression. May didn't like the look of that smile. It was all the more discouraging. "What happened?" She asked carefully. Rolyn shrugged.

"Well…Jason was obviously upset." She breathed shakily. "I couldn't exactly keep things under wraps like I initially planned and…Jason and I got into an argument." She said with a shake of her head. May's brow furrowed knowing that in comparison to every other argument Jason and Rolyn ever had and there were quite a few, this one actually mattered.

"So…you argued?" May asked rather stupidly. Of course they argued, Rolyn had just said they did, although the brown eyed girl nodded slowly nonetheless.

"Jason is pretty upset. He gets jealous so easily…You know how we always argue then make up minutes later?" Rolyn questioned finally meeting May's eyes. That was when May noticed that those eyes were glazed over with unshed tears. "Well…I don't think he'll be so quick to forgive this time."

"But you didn't…" May began but Rolyn shook her head before cutting her off.

"Yea May, I did…I told him how I wasn't going to mention it when I should have and I was basically protecting Bryant when I told him not to make a big deal out of it." Rolyn said with a shrug. "And we both said some things that shouldn't have been said…"

"Rolyn…" May began lowly but paused upon seeing Jason enter the gym through the boy's locker room entrance. The green eyed boy looked far less than happy, obviously still rather angry. Rolyn followed her gaze before releasing a shaky sigh.

Rolyn forced a smile once again. "Don't worry about me, alright?" She said quietly. May turned her gaze on her and gave her a sad look. "It'll be fine. It doesn't always have to be about me. You just focus on the perfect relationship you have with my brother…it's one to be envied."

"Are you sure you're alright?" May asked placing her hand on Rolyn's shoulders.

"I'm fine…"

"Rolyn!" Dawn called out bounding over towards where Rolyn and May were. May took a step back as the navy haired girl stepped between them and began to question her. Patou, Marina, and Alex were quick to follow, although Alex remained rather silent, still basking in what Aden had said.

"Is she okay?" Drew asked lowly coming up next to the brunette. May turned towards her boyfriend and shrugged, honestly unaware of just how well Rolyn was at the moment. She was forcing herself to smile…heading straight back to square one where she hid her emotions.

"She'll be okay…hopefully." May breathed.

"What about you?" Drew asked. May turned towards him, her brow furrowing in confusion at the question. She wasn't the one who got into an argument with her boyfriend. Hopefully she never will. "You seem troubled."

"Stop reading me." May said shooting him a fleeting look.

"I can't help it." Drew said his mouth quirking up at the corner in a ghost of a smirk. "There are just some things about you that I can't ignore…like how you make the strangest faces when you're focusing or how you love to skip down long hallways when you think no one is in the hall with you."

May quirked a brow.

"Or like how you care so much and just want to see everyone happy…" He added locking eyes with her. May simply shrugged, her lips pulling into a weak smile. "Did I ever mention these are some of the many things I love about you?"

May smiled. "You could always stand to mention it again."

Drew chuckled before wrapping an arm around her shoulders, pulling her into him. "Don't worry so much, alright?" May simply nodded in response, not knowing how well she could avoid being worrisome, especially with the steel colored gaze of Vanessa locked on her in an intense glare.

"All in due time May," Vanessa sighed as her gaze trailed over towards Bryant. "The snow ball is rolling so it's all in due time…"

Hmm, another reason to hate and wonder about Vanessa. It's these major events that always have something looming in the horizon. Who knows what's going on or whose in on it, I don't even know! Well anyways, thank you all for your kind and encouraging reviews. I look forward to them so I can't wait to see how you respond to this next chapter. I really had fun with that small bit of May and Drew fluff at the end. It was my favorite part. Well let me stop commenting and leave you to review.

~Rolyn~