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"What is it?" Ash asked the minute he stepped in the kitchen. Gary breathed in deep then out.
"Ash, you're going to have to help May for a while," he muttered gravely.
"Why? What's the matter with her?" Ash asked horrified.
"May has always idolized our mother. Wants to grow up to be like her, a lawyer, but now mom has this little drinking problem. No one could ever think of her as having one. I guess she's depressed about some thing. Well, when I tell May she's going to be heart-broken." Gary said sadly. Ash was puzzled. What could he do? Say he's there for her if she needs him?
"What can I do?" Ash asked. Gary suddenly smiled.
"Tell her you like her," he said. Ash gaped at him. How did he know
about that?
"How in the world-"
"Did I find out? Easy. You were stuttering when you talked to May on the phone." Gary said, "If you don't like her, why would you stutter?"
"'Oh, that's nice...everybody is finding out that I like her!' Good point. Um..." Ash was lost for words.
"Let's go tell May."
"Yeah.alright."
When back in the Living Room, Ash sat down next to May, Penny back on
her lap. Gary was still very pale in the face.
"May, I've got to tell you something about mom," Gary said. May looked up at him.
"What?" she asked.
"Mom has a drinking problem, May," he said. Misty shuddered. Ash looked at May, who was looking at the floor.
"How..." May was speechless. Ash noticed she looked like she was going to cry. Penny jumped off her lap and joined Ash's Pikachu in the corner of the room.
Just then May burst out crying. He looked at Gary who shrugged, then to Misty, who was biting her bottom lip.
Ash took May into a hug and started rocking her back and forth, softly whispering that it would be all right. "It's alright, May, you can help you mom and she'll be back to normal," he breathed, 'What am I doing?! Why do I keep acting totally obvious!?"'
After a few minutes she had stopped crying and looked up at Gary. "When did you find that out?" she said quietly. Gary looked shocked at that question and nodded towards Penny, who was pacing by the stairs now. "Penny? What's Penny got to do with it?" she asked.
"She told me. This morning."
"When?"
"Before you left. She looked proud of herself, about beating that Raichu."
"Penny, what did you tell him this morning?" she asked, a bit harder then she meant to. Penny looked at Gary, then Ash and Misty, then May.
"Pika pika, pik, pi...\your mom, and, er..." Penny dropped her gaze and looked at the wall.
"And?" The small pokemon's ears drooped slightly; it looked sad and depressed about it.
"I sorta told him you like Ash...I'm sorry!" it mumbled. May looked deep in thought. Ash was about to say something when Misty stood up. She quickly said that she was going to go back up stairs and hurried up the steps
Ash just looked at May. "I've got a job for you Penny." she said, "Go back to the house, in my bedroom there are three poke' balls on my desk. Get them. Bring them back here. Got that?" Penny made a small "Pika \Yes" and went to the door. May stood up, walked to the door, and opened it. Penny ran out the door, back to her house.
"Er, May? What about your Mom?" Ash asked. May sat back down on the couch and thought about that. She looked at him and smiled.
"Well, you had a point. She can be helped...but how? How does a thirteen year old help a thirty-three year old woman with this?" she asked. Ash looked at Gary, who was whistling to himself.
"Well, ask your dad to help. Does he know?" he suggested. Gary shook his head.
"I guess I should tell him," Gary stated. May nodded in agreement.
"The sooner, the better," she said, rather loudly. Gary went to the door and opened it. Penny was back. It hurried over to the couch and dropped three poke' balls on the floor. "Thank you Penny." She picked them up.
"I'll go to Dad now. See ya,"
"'Bye," they both said. Ash looked at the poke' balls.
"Why'd you have Penny bring them here?" She grinned.
"To show you my pokemon!" she said," Come out Minny." A Raichu appeared in front of them. It had two red bows, one on the tip of each ear. It looked flustered. It just looked around, trying to figure out were it was.
"That's Minny." she sighed. It looked at her, confused.
"Rai rai chu? \What's this place?" it asked.
"It's Ash's house, Minny," she said.
"Rai, \Oh," Minny replied. Minny started walking around, looking at everything.
"Come out Charna," A Charmander came out of one of the poke' balls. Like Ash suspected, it too, had a bow around its neck, a reddish-orange one.
"Char. \Hello." It looked at Ash, curiously. "I'd let Red-flame out, but it's not a very good idea, being in the house." she remarked.
Minny walked over to the couch and jumped up on it. It looked at Ash. "Rai. \Hi." it said.
"Er, hi," he replied. Minny nodded. "Your Raichu is weird," Ash said to May in an under tone.
"Well, duh!" she said back, "Minny. Charna. Return." They disappeared into the poke' balls.
"How can you stay so calm about every thing? Especially your mom..." he asked.
"I can keep my mind off things, even if it was just said or done." May said.
Penny looked up from the floor and looked at Ash's Pikachu, who was now walking around the room. They stared at Penny, who kept a close watch on pikachu. "Is it just me or does Penny look like she likes your pikachu?" Ash shook his head.
"Not you."
"Penny, return." After it was returned, May tossed the poke' balls on the table.
"Want to see Ponyta?"
"Yeah." Outside May sent out the Ponyta. It whinnied and pawed the ground.
"Easy, boy, easy." It whinnied again, but settled down.
"Does it always do that?" Ash asked. May shook her head. Ponyta whinnied and reared onto its hind legs, pawing the air. "HELP!" Ash screamed, purposely falling backwards, to keep from being hit by Ponyta.
"Return, Ponyta!" It got into the poke' ball. Ash stood up and brushed off. May was looking at something behind him. Suddenly she screamed, "ASH! LOOK BEHIND YOU!" Curiously, he looked over his shoulder, to see Articuno.
"Never thought I'd see him again." Articuno got ready to use Ice Beam.
"RUN!" May yelled. The two ran into the house and slammed the door shut.
"Ash, give me Charizard."
"Why?"
"Just do it!"
"Alright! Here's Charizard." She pried the door open.
"Go! Charizard!"
"You listen to her!" Ash barked at Charizard, who just showed up.
"Char. \Fine."
"What is it?" Ash asked the minute he stepped in the kitchen. Gary breathed in deep then out.
"Ash, you're going to have to help May for a while," he muttered gravely.
"Why? What's the matter with her?" Ash asked horrified.
"May has always idolized our mother. Wants to grow up to be like her, a lawyer, but now mom has this little drinking problem. No one could ever think of her as having one. I guess she's depressed about some thing. Well, when I tell May she's going to be heart-broken." Gary said sadly. Ash was puzzled. What could he do? Say he's there for her if she needs him?
"What can I do?" Ash asked. Gary suddenly smiled.
"Tell her you like her," he said. Ash gaped at him. How did he know
about that?
"How in the world-"
"Did I find out? Easy. You were stuttering when you talked to May on the phone." Gary said, "If you don't like her, why would you stutter?"
"'Oh, that's nice...everybody is finding out that I like her!' Good point. Um..." Ash was lost for words.
"Let's go tell May."
"Yeah.alright."
When back in the Living Room, Ash sat down next to May, Penny back on
her lap. Gary was still very pale in the face.
"May, I've got to tell you something about mom," Gary said. May looked up at him.
"What?" she asked.
"Mom has a drinking problem, May," he said. Misty shuddered. Ash looked at May, who was looking at the floor.
"How..." May was speechless. Ash noticed she looked like she was going to cry. Penny jumped off her lap and joined Ash's Pikachu in the corner of the room.
Just then May burst out crying. He looked at Gary who shrugged, then to Misty, who was biting her bottom lip.
Ash took May into a hug and started rocking her back and forth, softly whispering that it would be all right. "It's alright, May, you can help you mom and she'll be back to normal," he breathed, 'What am I doing?! Why do I keep acting totally obvious!?"'
After a few minutes she had stopped crying and looked up at Gary. "When did you find that out?" she said quietly. Gary looked shocked at that question and nodded towards Penny, who was pacing by the stairs now. "Penny? What's Penny got to do with it?" she asked.
"She told me. This morning."
"When?"
"Before you left. She looked proud of herself, about beating that Raichu."
"Penny, what did you tell him this morning?" she asked, a bit harder then she meant to. Penny looked at Gary, then Ash and Misty, then May.
"Pika pika, pik, pi...\your mom, and, er..." Penny dropped her gaze and looked at the wall.
"And?" The small pokemon's ears drooped slightly; it looked sad and depressed about it.
"I sorta told him you like Ash...I'm sorry!" it mumbled. May looked deep in thought. Ash was about to say something when Misty stood up. She quickly said that she was going to go back up stairs and hurried up the steps
Ash just looked at May. "I've got a job for you Penny." she said, "Go back to the house, in my bedroom there are three poke' balls on my desk. Get them. Bring them back here. Got that?" Penny made a small "Pika \Yes" and went to the door. May stood up, walked to the door, and opened it. Penny ran out the door, back to her house.
"Er, May? What about your Mom?" Ash asked. May sat back down on the couch and thought about that. She looked at him and smiled.
"Well, you had a point. She can be helped...but how? How does a thirteen year old help a thirty-three year old woman with this?" she asked. Ash looked at Gary, who was whistling to himself.
"Well, ask your dad to help. Does he know?" he suggested. Gary shook his head.
"I guess I should tell him," Gary stated. May nodded in agreement.
"The sooner, the better," she said, rather loudly. Gary went to the door and opened it. Penny was back. It hurried over to the couch and dropped three poke' balls on the floor. "Thank you Penny." She picked them up.
"I'll go to Dad now. See ya,"
"'Bye," they both said. Ash looked at the poke' balls.
"Why'd you have Penny bring them here?" She grinned.
"To show you my pokemon!" she said," Come out Minny." A Raichu appeared in front of them. It had two red bows, one on the tip of each ear. It looked flustered. It just looked around, trying to figure out were it was.
"That's Minny." she sighed. It looked at her, confused.
"Rai rai chu? \What's this place?" it asked.
"It's Ash's house, Minny," she said.
"Rai, \Oh," Minny replied. Minny started walking around, looking at everything.
"Come out Charna," A Charmander came out of one of the poke' balls. Like Ash suspected, it too, had a bow around its neck, a reddish-orange one.
"Char. \Hello." It looked at Ash, curiously. "I'd let Red-flame out, but it's not a very good idea, being in the house." she remarked.
Minny walked over to the couch and jumped up on it. It looked at Ash. "Rai. \Hi." it said.
"Er, hi," he replied. Minny nodded. "Your Raichu is weird," Ash said to May in an under tone.
"Well, duh!" she said back, "Minny. Charna. Return." They disappeared into the poke' balls.
"How can you stay so calm about every thing? Especially your mom..." he asked.
"I can keep my mind off things, even if it was just said or done." May said.
Penny looked up from the floor and looked at Ash's Pikachu, who was now walking around the room. They stared at Penny, who kept a close watch on pikachu. "Is it just me or does Penny look like she likes your pikachu?" Ash shook his head.
"Not you."
"Penny, return." After it was returned, May tossed the poke' balls on the table.
"Want to see Ponyta?"
"Yeah." Outside May sent out the Ponyta. It whinnied and pawed the ground.
"Easy, boy, easy." It whinnied again, but settled down.
"Does it always do that?" Ash asked. May shook her head. Ponyta whinnied and reared onto its hind legs, pawing the air. "HELP!" Ash screamed, purposely falling backwards, to keep from being hit by Ponyta.
"Return, Ponyta!" It got into the poke' ball. Ash stood up and brushed off. May was looking at something behind him. Suddenly she screamed, "ASH! LOOK BEHIND YOU!" Curiously, he looked over his shoulder, to see Articuno.
"Never thought I'd see him again." Articuno got ready to use Ice Beam.
"RUN!" May yelled. The two ran into the house and slammed the door shut.
"Ash, give me Charizard."
"Why?"
"Just do it!"
"Alright! Here's Charizard." She pried the door open.
"Go! Charizard!"
"You listen to her!" Ash barked at Charizard, who just showed up.
"Char. \Fine."