A/N: Hi again everyone! Welcome to part two of the Dear Diary series. I wasn't planning on updating so soon but since I've got most of Part Three already planned out I figured it wouldn't hurt to upload Part Two today. Thanks for all your kind words on Part One! I was glad to see you all liked it :)
Dear Diary, Part Two
by S. Muffin
(Ash and May are 16 years old)
In which your average teenage boy/world-renowned Pokemon Trainer just can't take a hint.
Dear Diary,
Today is my second day in Pallet Town. I just woke up about ten minutes ago, and am waiting for Mrs. Ketchum to call me down for breakfast before I force myself out of bed.
I really don't know if I can look Ash in the face today without becoming totally flustered. Last night, after my failed attempt to confess to him, I could barely form coherent sentences. I couldn't look him in the eye. I couldn't even finish the bowl of chocolate ice cream Mrs. K prepared for me as midnight snack. Of course, Ash didn't really seem to notice any of this at first, but eventually he asked me if I had a stomachache. Then he ate my ice cream for me.
Lesson learned: Subtlety and Ash Ketchum don't mix. At all.
Wow, listen to me...I sound totally depressed over nothing. Okay, so, last night didn't go as planned. Not even remotely close to my plan. No one can deny that. But that doesn't mean that I should throw in the towel. I wasn't able to confess properly my first day here, but I still have six more days in Pallet Town that I shouldn't let go to waste.
Alright! Today will definitely be the day, Diary. This time, when I tell Ash how I feel about him, I'm going to do it right. And I promise that the next time I write in you, I'll be Ash's girlfriend.
xxx
Dear Diary,
Technically I shouldn't be writing right now because I'm not Ash's girlfriend...YET. And I mean yet.
But I couldn't wait any longer and just had to write about how today was a lot worse than yesterday was. Trust me, this is definitely NOT how I wanted to update, but it is what it is I suppose. Anyway, today I had every intention to attempt once again to tell Ash how I felt about him. And this time around I was going to spell EVERYTHING out for him. Ash is just way too oblivious when it comes to romance, a lot more so than I had anticipated, so I realized that this was the only way to go about doing things.
We were playing catch with a frisbee outside while I was going over all of the details of the confession in my head. While doing so, though, I hadn't noticed Ash tossing the frisbee at me. So, the second I opened my mouth to get his attention, the frisbee hit me square in the face.
I'm telling you, Diary, there's no way I can make this stuff up. My nose even has the red scratch to prove it. Between Ash's hysterical laughter and my utter embarrassment, my confession was put on hold.
Well, tomorrow will be a new day. As the saying goes, "fall down seven times, stand up eight." Plus I still have plenty of time to get this right. I'll get it right. I swear I will.
xxx
Dear Diary,
Last night I had another dream that Ash kissed me. Sadly, I can't remember all of the details, but I do remember that, like the last dream I had, it was innocent, sweet, his lips were soft, and...and it was too good to be true.
xxx
Dear Diary,
During breakfast Ash asked me if I wanted to walk to Viridian City to go shopping.
I asked him if he was being serious. Since when was Ash, of all people, actually willing to go shopping? When we travelled together, he would do whatever it took to avoid stepping near a shopping mall.
He laughed at my reaction and said that he remembered how much fun I had in Viridian's giant shopping district the last time I was in Kanto so he figured he'd take me there again. He then proceeded to melt my heart with the following sentence:
"Besides, I want to do something special for my best friend while she's still here."
Today, Diary...today is the day.
xxx
Dear Diary,
Today in Viridian City, I bought a yellow sundress.
Nothing is going bring me down today, Diary. My dreams are finally going to come true.
xxx
Dear Diary,
Ash and I are watching TV right now in the living room while dinner is cooking, and so far everything is still going smoothly. I haven't tried confessing to him yet, but if things keep going the way have been all day I'll have myself a boyfriend and hopefully a kiss by midnight. He actually did jokingly try to steal you away from me a few minutes ago. I hit him over the head with you in retaliation. But now that I think about it more, I should have let him steal you and read all of the things I've been writing lately. That would make my life a lot easier. Maybe he'd actually get it for once.
Anyway, tomorrow Ash, Mrs. Ketchum, and I are all going over to Professor Oak's lab for brunch. When Ash, Pikachu, and I got back from Viridian City earlier today we stopped by the lab to pay the professor a visit, and that's when he invited us. From what I can tell, he's really going all out and planning something nice, so it'll be the perfect occasion for me to wear my new dress.
Before we left the lab, I made sure to call my mom and have her send Beautifly over to me. Just in case.
xxx
Dear Diary,
Boys are stupid. The end.
xxx
Dear Diary,
I looked him dead in the face while we were watching TV and told him that I loved him.
Yeah. I said the L word. I had my original speech all planned out in my head, but then I figured maybe telling him I loved him would REALLY get the point across. I mean, he couldn't be that oblivious, right?
Wrong.
This is how it went. Ash made a really funny joke about the show that was on. I'm horrible at retelling jokes, but it was really funny and I can't remember the last time I laughed that hard. Anyway, I was laughing at the joke, and he was laughing and grinning at me and the timing was perfect. Once I finally calmed down and tears were still in the corner of my eyes from laughing so hard, I said, "Ash, I love you."
His response: "I love you too, May!" More laughter. "You're an awesome friend."
THAT IS MY LEAST FAVORITE SENTENCE IN THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, DIARY. LEAST. FAVORITE. SENTENCE.
xxx
Dear Diary,
Okay, so, I realize now that the context of how I said "I love you" to Ash was not the best. In fact, it was pretty stupid of me to think he'd catch on. Anyone in the same situation could have mistaken my confession as something more lighthearted like "I love your sense of humor" or "I love spending time with you" or something else not nearly as deep as what I was trying to say. Especially someone like Ash.
It's official: I'm starting to lose patience. BUT...I'm not losing hope.
xxx
Dear Diary,
It's 1:24 AM and I just woke up from another Ash kisses May dream and this one felt so real it hurts. This time around we were at the port together, and I was about to get on a boat headed back to the Hoenn region. I distinctly remember the sinking feeling in the bottom of my stomach and how I felt like I would burst out into tears any second. But before I could say goodbye to him, he suddenly pulled me into his arms, gave me the tightest hug I could have ever imagined, and then kissed me deeply on the lips. It wasn't an innocent kiss, like I usually dream about our kisses being, but instead it was passionate and fiery and everything like a real lovers' kiss should be. I'm still getting chills just thinking about it now.
It's official. My subconscious mind is cheesier than all of the romance novels I've ever read put together.
Sigh. I just want him to kiss me, Diary. Is that really too much to ask?