Me: PLEASE DON'T HATE ME!! I AM SO VERY SORRY!!
Izzy: Don't worry… I'm sure the readers don't hate you for not updating
Drew: I wouldn't be so sure
Me: …
May: Oh no
Rachael: Not again…
Drew: What?
Rachael: She's been watching a lot of Fruits Basket lately…
Drew: OK
Izzy: And Ritsu seems to have left an impression
Drew: Who?
May: You're about to see in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…Me: I'M SORRY WORLD!!! I'M SORRY FOR NOT UPDATING!!! I'M SORRY FOR HAVING TOO MANY STORIES AND NOT UPDATING SOME!!! I'M SORRY FOR WRITING THIS FIC BECAUSE I'M SURE PEOPLE DON'T LIKE IT!!
Drew: …Oh… Ummm… A Rose for me-A Rose for you doesn't own Pokemon…
Me: I'M SORRY EVERYONE WHO THOUGHT I OWNED IT!! I'M SORRY I LET YOU DOWN!! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!!!
Rachael: Oh boy…
Chapter 14 A New Mark?
This was… awkward. No. Scratch that. We've passes that point. This was… uncomfortably awkward to say the least. Dinner without Drew… and with Mark.
"So… Mark. You're a TV judge?" May asked.
"Yes. I judge singers over all regions," he replied.
The conversation stopped there. Almost everyone had left, except for May, Mark, Laurie and Laurietta. Laurietta judged the piece of meat on her plate.
"Did you cook this?" Laurietta asked.
Mark glowered.
"Of course I did. Why wouldn't I?"
"Gee. Maybe it's because you gave her food poisoning last time, because you neglected to cook the chicken," Laurie suggested.
May looked uncertainly at the food Mark had prepared. Mark sighed.
"Why can't you believe I've changed? I know I can be a royal pain and I know Drew will always be your favorite big brother… but can't you give me a chance? Please?" he pleaded.
May looked sympathetically up at him. She shot the girls a 'please try' look. They sighed.
"Fine. I'll eat it. But I feel sick later, I'm going to have to kill you," Laurietta said.
The girls were upstairs. May and ark were scrubbing away at the plates.
"You know we have a dishwasher, right?" Mark asked.
"Yeah… but Drew always hand-washed them, May replied.
"Yeah, and Drew knows best!" Mark sneered.
May glared.
"Drew tends to, yes!" she growled.
Mark sound once more and continued to wash.
"I don't hate him. Everyone thinks I do. But how could I? He's my little brother and I love him. But Drew's always been distant. But I guess that's my fault."
"…How?"
"Mom always said I was perfect. She said I was the smart one, the handsome one, the athletic one, the funny one… and I guess I was. But at that point, all Drew could do was… well… sit and plays with his toys. But as we grew up, I kept being the best. And… Drew could never do half the things I could. He can't draw, or surf or anything! Drew was cast in a pretty big shadow. He had to prove himself and he hated me for it."
"Drew doesn't need to prove anything. He's funny and amazing and kind and gentle and sweet and…" she lead off blushing.
"I wouldn't know… he won't let me in," Mark said.
There was a silence where the only sound was the sound of plates hitting off each other. Just then Dougie ran in.
"Casey's been sick!" he reported.
He ran back up the stairs. Mark groaned.
"Great! They'll love me for that!" he said, exasperated.
"Who will?"
"The kids! They all hate me! And… I don't want them to. I want to like me like they like Drew. Is that too much to ask for?" he asked.
May shook her head.
"Maybe… you could do something nice for them!" May said.
Mark smiled.
"Yeah! They've always liked the beach," he said thoughtfully.
"Yeah! So… we'll take them tomorrow!"
May left to mop up the puke that Casey had so thoughtfully spread everywhere. Mark smirked at May's retreating body.
"Heh… poor, gullible May. I love my brother. Tch. Don't worry though. You'll be mine soon. And poor Drew will be pushed out the picture. I hear there's no greater pain than a lost love. We'll see," Mark said.
Me: Were you expecting more? I'M SORRY!!
Drew: No! They weren't!!
Me: Oh… OK!
May: Aww! Maybe Mark isn't so bad…
Drew: ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!!
May: (happily) Yeah!
Rachael: So anyway… REVIEW!!
Izzy: Please!
Me: Oh! And Damion (That guy next door) wants me to advertise his new fic: Takaya Academy! BYE!!!