Hey everyone! First of all, extremely sorry for the late update, but the last couple of weeks were extremely hectic for me, and I almost thought that I won't be able to update this month too. But, thanks to God, I did it. And please forgive me for the short chapter. I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: don't own Pokémon.

-IndianKnight

Warm.

The hug felt warm. All the love, all the affection, all the…regrets, were making it warmer. The friendship they had, the friendship they have, the memories, the attachment. Everything was colliding at the same time, making the hug warmer and warmer every second. This felt right. Even though his mind was numb, his heart was beating fast. This person was his first enemy, rival, friend and most of all… brother.

Neither of them spoke a word, they were lost in their own worlds, but they came back to reality when Leaf joined the hug. Their eyes opened, a feeling of hesitation came, but the warm feeling was much more dominant over hesitation. The trio remained in the same position till they heard a knock on the door.

They broke the hug, turned their heads towards the slightly opened door. A boy in his late teens stood with a confused look. "You guys not coming to the party?"

"Hey Max!" Leaf greeted. "Of course we're coming I was just waiting for these Dumbos," she said. She did not want to talk about the big fight and forced reunion. At least not right now, "C'mon guys, I'm going with Max. I hope that you'll be ready in…" She checked time in her wristwatch, "Fifteen minutes."

"Well I wanted to style my hair differently, but… fine!" Gary said dramatically, while Ash just stood there dumbly, recovering from the overloaded of joy he had just experienced.

Leaf left the room with Max, leaving the boys alone.

"Don't think this erases anything you did," Gary said still looking at the door.

Ash nodded dumbly.

"But maybe I can forgive you."

"Ladies and gentlemen! Good evening! I hope that you're enjoying the evening. I'll try my best to make this event memorable! I, Dawn Berlitz, will be DJing this event and I'll be your companion till Dawn!" The blunette announced with her typical enthusiasm. She was given the opportunity to DJ the event, even though it was totally unwanted, but an unwanted DJ was better than an angry Dawn, wasn't it?

They were in the nightclub for May's bachelor party. It was like any other nightclub, with dim lights, and numerous colorful beams of light illuminating the whole area, some disco lights at random corners,and the typical disco ball. Dawn was standing beside the DJ, some steps above the floor. The crowd cheered after Dawn, whilst sipping on their drinks and dancing on the floor. May, however, was a different case.

"You know what? I'm getting married to Drew."

"Tell me something I don't know. Let's go dance!" Misty insisted. She was sitting beside May, at the round shaped table, reluctantly sipping on the drink that had May ordered for the both of them.

"But, I'm not-"

"Sure that you should marry him? It's okay. Let's go dance!" The redhead interrupted.

"Shut up. I'm not-"

"Willing to drink this stupid drink? Then let's leave it. Can we go to the floor?"

"Misty!"

"Sorry."

"I was saying that, I'm getting married to Drew, but I'm not even allowed to see him till marriage," She finally completed her sentence. That was right. She was totally excited about her wedding, until her parents, along with Drew's dad, decided to follow the stupid tradition. According to which, the Bride and groom are not allowed to see each other before the wedding. And being the dumbo she was, she had agreed for it.

"C'mon, it's a tradition. You said you wanna marry Drew according to every family tradition and ritual That's why I say, think before you act," Misty smirked at her friend. "By the way, this ritual is pretty good."

"And how's that?" She asked, piqued by her friend's amusement towards her annoyance.

"It increases the anxiety," she said, winking at the bride while May splurted her drink and broke into laughter, joined by Misty.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Are you enjoying the evening?!" Dawn cheered loudly, and the crowd responded with a loud roar.

"Sometimes I think her mother drank a can of Red Bull before she was born," a new voice joined them, loud enough to hear, even with the loud music.

"I almost thought you weren't gonna come, Leafy. Now I finally got someone to dance with. "

"I was busy….Anyways, why's she shouting? You gave her sugar?"

"Nope, she's just excited," Misty said giggling at Dawn's enthusiasm.

"Hey May!" Another new voice whispered near May's ear.

May turned her head to answer but came face to face with that last person she was expecting to be there. The sight left a bewildered look on her face.

"It's me, Max."

"Really? I thought that you were an Ursaring dressed like my brother, idiot!" May said sarcastically. "How'd you get in here?" She hissed.

"C'mon let me enjoy this too."

"First of all, you are not allowed in my bachelor party, and how'd you get in here? I mean how did you get passed the bouncers?" she asked raising a brow.

Max smiled evilly and signaled towards his artificial mustache, everyone sweatdropped.

"Looks like the bouncers are pretty easy to fool," Leaf said with a chuckle, finally taking a seat next to May.

"Yup. Plus I had to talk like I'm May's elder brother," he laughed. "And don't think I'm here for free. I have a gift for you."

"Puh-lease. Last time you gave me a gift, I had to go to doctor."

"Nuh-uh. You don't have to go to the Doctor this time," he said smirking, "But someone else might.."

"Well last time you tried to introduce me to someone, we had to clean the whole backyard," she said recalling.

"Are all your surprises this destructive?" Leaf asked with a sweatdrop. Max just chuckled rubbing the back of his head.

"She's not appreciating you, idiot, just tell me already!" May shrilled in annoyance.

"He-asked-you-to-meet-him-at-the-lake-side," the boy said in a single breath.

This got everyone's attention. They were staring at him suspiciously, he was smiling proudly for what he was going to say.

"He? Who Max?" Misty finally spoke.

He just stood there smiling. "Drew."

"What?" Everyone asked in unison, but each of them had a different expression. May's face lit up, Misty's features had a shocked expression, Leaf's excitement level reached to the top, while the waiter who was serving them had an impressed look. Wait what? Waiter?

"Excuse me?" May asked the waiter who just smiled at her, when she saw his face her eyes nearly popped out. She dropped the glass from her loose grip as her hands were not longer working, neither her face, which was void of any expression humanly possible.

"Yes ma'am? May I help you?" Everyone in the table looked at the waiter in shock while May just wanted to hug him tightly. It was Drew.

"Oh. My. Goodness! Drew!" She shrieked and stood up to hug him, but Drew and Max immediately sealed her mouth by covering it with their palms.

"Shush, May! Don't shout! It's almost illegal for you two to meet before wedding, so please shut your mouth," Max whispered and pushed her back to her seat.

"Oh okay. But Drew how did you got this uniform? When did you plan this?"

"Doesn't matter. You wanna come or not?" he asked.

"Go sis! I'm done with my gift," Max said with a wink. May was still in shock, but came back to reality when Misty shook her.

"Are you going or not?" the redhead asked her.

"Uhh… what if my parents catch us?" May asked sounding reasonable.

"We'll handle them, just go!" Leaf squealed, "this is so exciting!"

"You coming?" Drew asked. May, without saying a word, stood up with a smile, and took a step to head back to exit gate.

"Waiter, come here," She ordered him with a grin, and they both exited the club.

The group watched them until they totally disappeared. Max who was standing the whole time, sat between the two girls on the chair left empty by May.

"So ladies, how was my plan?" He asked in a typical gentleman's tone.

"Max you nailed it! I never knew that there could be some excitement in May's traditional wedding," Leaf giggled waving her hand.

"And I never knew that you, out of so many people, will arrange their secret date," Misty added.

"What secret?" Another unexpected voice came over the noise of their conversation

"Did we missed something?" Another voice joined men in formal outfits appeared.

"Nothing much. Just everything," Misty said and the three of them, the only people who witnessed the bride's escape, broke into laugh. men just stood there with confused looks.

"Sometimes I'm convinced everyone is hiding something," Ash said to no one in particular and took a seat beside Misty. Gary smirked at this.

"Well Ashy boy, there was a seat near Leaf too but, that's okay," He said snickering and taking seat himself, leaving no chair for any other human. Ash looked at him dumbfounded but blushed when he realised what he meant. Misty who was busy talking to Max didn't notice. But Leaf noticed. Not just the blush on Ash's face but also Gary's teasing to Ash. Maybe things are getting better between them.