- 7 -
"What do you all want to do?" Anne asked. They were all sitting around in Ash and May's room.
"We don't know," Ash, Cyrus, and May said.
"I want to go swimming," whined Anne, "Do any of you know where I can go swimming?"
"Yes," May said, "There's this beach you can go."
"You all want to come?" Anne asked.
"Sure," the rest of the group said.
"May, why don't we go look at the pretty horsies in the stables?" Anne said, "So those two can get ready." She pointed to Ash and Cyrus.
"Ok, I always like going to see horses. They're my favorite animal..." May said. Anne and her stood up.
"Let's go," Anne said. She walked over to the door and pulled it open and walked out. May hurried to catch up to her.
"I'm going to go to Anne and mine's room to get ready to go to the beach," Cyrus said. Ash shrugged. Cyrus went to the door and turned around to look at Ash, who was looking at him, upside down.
"You are weird," Cyrus muttered, leaving. Ash sighed and sat up-he had been lying on the bed the whole time-and hopped off it. He walked over to his book bag.
**********At the stables********** "These horses are beautiful!" Anne said. May nodded.
"They are indeed. This one's coat is the color of cherry wood," May said. Anne walked over to see.
"May, shouldn't we go back to the palace?" Anne asked.
"Maybe," May said. Anne skipped to the entrance of the stables. May walked behind her.
*******Back at the palace******** "I can't believe it takes so long to look at horses," Ash said bitterly. He sat on the bed waiting for them to return from the stables. It had only taken one minute to get ready to go swimming.
Ash could hear footsteps in the hall. "Ow!" he heard someone say. He walked over to the door and opened it. May had been leaning against the door, trying to hold herself up because Anne had on accident ran into her and knocked her off balance. When he opened the door, May fell right into his arms.
"You all right?" he asked.
"Yes," May said.
"Sorry May..." Anne said.
"Yeah," she sighed.
"Anne, would you know where Cyrus is?" Ash asked.
"Yes, we saw him. He said he was going to the Armory." Anne said.
"Ok. I want to go ask him something," Ash said. May stood up straight. She turned to look at him.
"It's the last door down the hall," she said, "and it should have a sword looking thing next to it."
Ash nodded and walked past. May and Anne walked in and shut the door. May grabbed her bag and looked through it.
"May, you're going to wear a two-piece bathing suit?" Anne yelled, when May had taken every thing out and finally got what she wanted.
"Yes. Is that a problem?" May asked.
"No. No problem." Anne said, " You know what? Ash will be drooling when he sees you in that!"
"So?" May said.
Anne shook her head. She said, "See you in a bit."
"Whatever," May said. Anne sighed and walked over to the door. She opened it, walked out, and shut the door. May sat down on the bed and pulled her shoes and socks off. She looked at the picture on the wall.
She continued to get ready.
Two minutes later. "Give me that blanket," May said. Anne handed it to her.
"What do you need that for?" Anne asked.
" Well, I wrap this around me, he comes, right? When he asks why I have it, I say 'I'm cold'. He'll must likely come over to where I'm going to be and hold me and when you give me the q to do it, I drop the blanket," May said. Anne nodded. Just then they heard Cyrus say something outside.
"Why worry about it? Just think about this very minute, not what's going to happen in that third battle..." and Ash said. "Sure, I guess I should."
Ash turned the doorknob and opened the door slightly. He stuck his head in. May smiled.
"Ash, don't tell me your afraid that I bite," she said. He came in completely.
"What's with the blanket?" he asked.
"I'm cold," May said. As she suspected, Ash came over and got her into a hug.
"Is this any better?" he asked. She nodded. They were in complete silence until Anne started whistling. That was the q. May-little by little- let go of the blanket. It fell limply to the floor.
"Ash?" May said. He looked at her. His eyes went wide. Ash stepped back so she was at arms length away and looked her up and down.
"Uh," Ash said-he was speechless.
"I think I shall be going now," Anne said. She walked out.
"Well?" May said.
"Uh...I, uh..." Ash said. May smiled. She hugged Ash tightly.
"What 'cha think, Ashy-boy?" May asked. He shook himself mentally.
"Huh?" he said.
"Let's go sit down. You look like your going to faint standing," May said. Ash nodded. He went over to the bed and collapsed on it. May went over and sat down next to him.
Ash put his hand over his eyes, blocking everything from view. May smiled. "Ash?" she asked.
Ash raised his hand off his eyes a little to look at her. Again, trying not to let her notice this time, he looked her up and down. May smiled again and said, "Ash, I know you're looking at me."
It startled him. May was still smiling. She lied back on the bed like he was. Ash couldn't help but watch as her chest rose and fell with each breath she took in and out. He shook his head to try to get rid of a thought he just had that he didn't want, but without success.
"Ack! Ew! Why did I just think that! It is perverted!" Ash yelled, "Why can't I make this stop!" May's smile grew even bigger.
"What did you say, Ashy?" May asked.
"Er, nothing!" he said quickly.
"What you said had 11 words in it. 'Nothing' is just one," May said.
"Are you going to put me on the spot so I am forced to tell you?" Ash
asked.
"Yes."
"Fine. I said that I just had one of the most perverted thought!" he said. May giggled.
"I knew that."
"You heard it the first time I said it, didn't you?" Ash asked.
"Yes. I wanted to see if you would try to cover it up," May said.
"Did I?" he asked.
"You tried." May said.
"But why is this happening? Why am I thinking like this and looking at you like this?" Ash asked.
"I don't know, but I don't think I want to," May said. Ash frowned. May looked at him. She edged a little closer to him.
"Ashy?" she asked. Ash turned his head to look at her. Right when he did that, May kissed him on the lips. He hugged her.
When they pulled out of the kiss, May giggled. Ash looked at her awkwardly. "Wait a minute! You had your tongue in my mouth! Ew!" he said, faking disgust. May giggled again.
"It's called a French Kiss," she said.
"A French Kiss? You call that a French Kiss?" he asked. May nodded. Ash grinned. "I bet I can do better."
"Prove it," May said. Ash grinned again. He pulled her onto himself and kissed her. May was quite surprised.
Anne pushed Cyrus, him trying to stop her. When she had pushed him all the way into Ash and May's room, she made sure to lock the door so Cyrus could not run out.
Cyrus was looking at the kissing couple. He had a smile that said he was about to say something to them. He walked over to the bed and said. "I got an idea, let's have a little kissing contest, shall we?"
Startled by him, they fell off the bed and looked at him. Cyrus had a big smile now. Anne was watching them. May and Ash blushed. "Now that you two have stopped kissing," Cyrus said, "let's go to the beach."
May and Ash hurried to get up off the floor. Anne unlocked the door and walked out, the rest of the group behind her.
Ash and Cyrus were talking in low voices. "What were you two doing?" Cyrus asked.
"Kissing," Ash said.
"You want her!" Cyrus said, "That is, if you know what I mean."
"I do not want her that way," Ash lied.
"I have a idea...wipe the drool off your chin, look at me and not May when you talk, and then say it!" Cyrus said. Ash glared at him.
"I am a dignified 15-year-old, thank you very much," Ash said.
"Yeah right," Cyrus sneered, "You are horrible at lying." Ash stayed silent.
"Knew it! You can't even respond! Guess what, May!" Cyrus yelled. Ash clamped his hand over Cyrus's mouth. May looked at them.
"What?" she asked.
"Heh heh heh, nothing May, nothing at all," Ash said. May frowned. Ash let go of Cyrus and threatened to hurt him if he said a word to May.
When they got to the beach, Ash looked at Cyrus, took a handful of sand, and threw it at Cyrus's face. Cyrus wiped the sand off his face and stared at Ash, who was laughing uncontrollably.
May pulled Ash down onto the ground. "Ash! Stop squirming!" May said.
"What are you trying to do?" Ash asked.
"Put sun tan lotion on you," May said.
"Oh," Ash said. He lied down on his stomach and stayed still. May rubbed the lotion on his back and shoulders. Her nails scratched against his sides as she rubbed, and she didn't even know that Ash was stifling a laugh because it tickled him. Next, she did his neck, chest, and stomach.
May let him put lotion on her. When May had started laughing when he put lotion on her stomach, he started to tickle her. She was laughing like a lunatic by the time he stopped. Ash let her catch her breath before putting more lotion on her. He did her neck and stopped a little below her collarbone, not wanting to her to get mad.
She sat up and looked over at Cyrus and Anne. "Hey," May said.
They looked at her. "Why don't we play water tag?" she asked.
"All right," they all said. May smiled.
"Ok. The only rule is no splashing," May said. They all agreed to and went in the water.
"Who's it?" Anne asked.
"I say Ash should be," Cyrus said.
Ash went right up to him and said, "Ask the others."
Anne and May agreed. Ash tagged Cyrus on the shoulder before bolting. Cyrus tagged Anne and Anne tagged May, etc., ect. The game went on for 30 minutes.
May was behind a rock that jutted out 10 feet from the water. Ash was on the other side, opposite of May. She decided to play a sneak attack on him, so she sank low enough in the water so you would only be able to see her eyes.
She swam around the rock so she was next to Ash. When she was about to do the attack, Cyrus told Ash to watch out. He turned his head to look, making her go under. When he had finally looked the other way she jumped out of the water and pushed him under.
Ash struggled to the surface and looked at May, who was laughing at how easy it was to do that. He pushed her under the water, but got pulled down also. When they surfaced, Cyrus and Anne were looking at them. "Are you two trying to drown each other?" Anne asked.
"No," they said. Ash and May went over by Cyrus and Anne,
"I told you to watch out, Ash," Cyrus said. Ash splashed him in the face.
"It's getting cold out here...why don't we go back to the palace?" Anne asked. They all nodded.
They climbed up to the shore. Ash, May, Anne, and Cyrus grabbed their things and headed back to the palace.
When they got there and had gotten dressed, May and Ash were in their room. They were lying on their bed. May had her head on his chest, while he had his arms around her. They fell asleep in that position.
"What do you all want to do?" Anne asked. They were all sitting around in Ash and May's room.
"We don't know," Ash, Cyrus, and May said.
"I want to go swimming," whined Anne, "Do any of you know where I can go swimming?"
"Yes," May said, "There's this beach you can go."
"You all want to come?" Anne asked.
"Sure," the rest of the group said.
"May, why don't we go look at the pretty horsies in the stables?" Anne said, "So those two can get ready." She pointed to Ash and Cyrus.
"Ok, I always like going to see horses. They're my favorite animal..." May said. Anne and her stood up.
"Let's go," Anne said. She walked over to the door and pulled it open and walked out. May hurried to catch up to her.
"I'm going to go to Anne and mine's room to get ready to go to the beach," Cyrus said. Ash shrugged. Cyrus went to the door and turned around to look at Ash, who was looking at him, upside down.
"You are weird," Cyrus muttered, leaving. Ash sighed and sat up-he had been lying on the bed the whole time-and hopped off it. He walked over to his book bag.
**********At the stables********** "These horses are beautiful!" Anne said. May nodded.
"They are indeed. This one's coat is the color of cherry wood," May said. Anne walked over to see.
"May, shouldn't we go back to the palace?" Anne asked.
"Maybe," May said. Anne skipped to the entrance of the stables. May walked behind her.
*******Back at the palace******** "I can't believe it takes so long to look at horses," Ash said bitterly. He sat on the bed waiting for them to return from the stables. It had only taken one minute to get ready to go swimming.
Ash could hear footsteps in the hall. "Ow!" he heard someone say. He walked over to the door and opened it. May had been leaning against the door, trying to hold herself up because Anne had on accident ran into her and knocked her off balance. When he opened the door, May fell right into his arms.
"You all right?" he asked.
"Yes," May said.
"Sorry May..." Anne said.
"Yeah," she sighed.
"Anne, would you know where Cyrus is?" Ash asked.
"Yes, we saw him. He said he was going to the Armory." Anne said.
"Ok. I want to go ask him something," Ash said. May stood up straight. She turned to look at him.
"It's the last door down the hall," she said, "and it should have a sword looking thing next to it."
Ash nodded and walked past. May and Anne walked in and shut the door. May grabbed her bag and looked through it.
"May, you're going to wear a two-piece bathing suit?" Anne yelled, when May had taken every thing out and finally got what she wanted.
"Yes. Is that a problem?" May asked.
"No. No problem." Anne said, " You know what? Ash will be drooling when he sees you in that!"
"So?" May said.
Anne shook her head. She said, "See you in a bit."
"Whatever," May said. Anne sighed and walked over to the door. She opened it, walked out, and shut the door. May sat down on the bed and pulled her shoes and socks off. She looked at the picture on the wall.
She continued to get ready.
Two minutes later. "Give me that blanket," May said. Anne handed it to her.
"What do you need that for?" Anne asked.
" Well, I wrap this around me, he comes, right? When he asks why I have it, I say 'I'm cold'. He'll must likely come over to where I'm going to be and hold me and when you give me the q to do it, I drop the blanket," May said. Anne nodded. Just then they heard Cyrus say something outside.
"Why worry about it? Just think about this very minute, not what's going to happen in that third battle..." and Ash said. "Sure, I guess I should."
Ash turned the doorknob and opened the door slightly. He stuck his head in. May smiled.
"Ash, don't tell me your afraid that I bite," she said. He came in completely.
"What's with the blanket?" he asked.
"I'm cold," May said. As she suspected, Ash came over and got her into a hug.
"Is this any better?" he asked. She nodded. They were in complete silence until Anne started whistling. That was the q. May-little by little- let go of the blanket. It fell limply to the floor.
"Ash?" May said. He looked at her. His eyes went wide. Ash stepped back so she was at arms length away and looked her up and down.
"Uh," Ash said-he was speechless.
"I think I shall be going now," Anne said. She walked out.
"Well?" May said.
"Uh...I, uh..." Ash said. May smiled. She hugged Ash tightly.
"What 'cha think, Ashy-boy?" May asked. He shook himself mentally.
"Huh?" he said.
"Let's go sit down. You look like your going to faint standing," May said. Ash nodded. He went over to the bed and collapsed on it. May went over and sat down next to him.
Ash put his hand over his eyes, blocking everything from view. May smiled. "Ash?" she asked.
Ash raised his hand off his eyes a little to look at her. Again, trying not to let her notice this time, he looked her up and down. May smiled again and said, "Ash, I know you're looking at me."
It startled him. May was still smiling. She lied back on the bed like he was. Ash couldn't help but watch as her chest rose and fell with each breath she took in and out. He shook his head to try to get rid of a thought he just had that he didn't want, but without success.
"Ack! Ew! Why did I just think that! It is perverted!" Ash yelled, "Why can't I make this stop!" May's smile grew even bigger.
"What did you say, Ashy?" May asked.
"Er, nothing!" he said quickly.
"What you said had 11 words in it. 'Nothing' is just one," May said.
"Are you going to put me on the spot so I am forced to tell you?" Ash
asked.
"Yes."
"Fine. I said that I just had one of the most perverted thought!" he said. May giggled.
"I knew that."
"You heard it the first time I said it, didn't you?" Ash asked.
"Yes. I wanted to see if you would try to cover it up," May said.
"Did I?" he asked.
"You tried." May said.
"But why is this happening? Why am I thinking like this and looking at you like this?" Ash asked.
"I don't know, but I don't think I want to," May said. Ash frowned. May looked at him. She edged a little closer to him.
"Ashy?" she asked. Ash turned his head to look at her. Right when he did that, May kissed him on the lips. He hugged her.
When they pulled out of the kiss, May giggled. Ash looked at her awkwardly. "Wait a minute! You had your tongue in my mouth! Ew!" he said, faking disgust. May giggled again.
"It's called a French Kiss," she said.
"A French Kiss? You call that a French Kiss?" he asked. May nodded. Ash grinned. "I bet I can do better."
"Prove it," May said. Ash grinned again. He pulled her onto himself and kissed her. May was quite surprised.
Anne pushed Cyrus, him trying to stop her. When she had pushed him all the way into Ash and May's room, she made sure to lock the door so Cyrus could not run out.
Cyrus was looking at the kissing couple. He had a smile that said he was about to say something to them. He walked over to the bed and said. "I got an idea, let's have a little kissing contest, shall we?"
Startled by him, they fell off the bed and looked at him. Cyrus had a big smile now. Anne was watching them. May and Ash blushed. "Now that you two have stopped kissing," Cyrus said, "let's go to the beach."
May and Ash hurried to get up off the floor. Anne unlocked the door and walked out, the rest of the group behind her.
Ash and Cyrus were talking in low voices. "What were you two doing?" Cyrus asked.
"Kissing," Ash said.
"You want her!" Cyrus said, "That is, if you know what I mean."
"I do not want her that way," Ash lied.
"I have a idea...wipe the drool off your chin, look at me and not May when you talk, and then say it!" Cyrus said. Ash glared at him.
"I am a dignified 15-year-old, thank you very much," Ash said.
"Yeah right," Cyrus sneered, "You are horrible at lying." Ash stayed silent.
"Knew it! You can't even respond! Guess what, May!" Cyrus yelled. Ash clamped his hand over Cyrus's mouth. May looked at them.
"What?" she asked.
"Heh heh heh, nothing May, nothing at all," Ash said. May frowned. Ash let go of Cyrus and threatened to hurt him if he said a word to May.
When they got to the beach, Ash looked at Cyrus, took a handful of sand, and threw it at Cyrus's face. Cyrus wiped the sand off his face and stared at Ash, who was laughing uncontrollably.
May pulled Ash down onto the ground. "Ash! Stop squirming!" May said.
"What are you trying to do?" Ash asked.
"Put sun tan lotion on you," May said.
"Oh," Ash said. He lied down on his stomach and stayed still. May rubbed the lotion on his back and shoulders. Her nails scratched against his sides as she rubbed, and she didn't even know that Ash was stifling a laugh because it tickled him. Next, she did his neck, chest, and stomach.
May let him put lotion on her. When May had started laughing when he put lotion on her stomach, he started to tickle her. She was laughing like a lunatic by the time he stopped. Ash let her catch her breath before putting more lotion on her. He did her neck and stopped a little below her collarbone, not wanting to her to get mad.
She sat up and looked over at Cyrus and Anne. "Hey," May said.
They looked at her. "Why don't we play water tag?" she asked.
"All right," they all said. May smiled.
"Ok. The only rule is no splashing," May said. They all agreed to and went in the water.
"Who's it?" Anne asked.
"I say Ash should be," Cyrus said.
Ash went right up to him and said, "Ask the others."
Anne and May agreed. Ash tagged Cyrus on the shoulder before bolting. Cyrus tagged Anne and Anne tagged May, etc., ect. The game went on for 30 minutes.
May was behind a rock that jutted out 10 feet from the water. Ash was on the other side, opposite of May. She decided to play a sneak attack on him, so she sank low enough in the water so you would only be able to see her eyes.
She swam around the rock so she was next to Ash. When she was about to do the attack, Cyrus told Ash to watch out. He turned his head to look, making her go under. When he had finally looked the other way she jumped out of the water and pushed him under.
Ash struggled to the surface and looked at May, who was laughing at how easy it was to do that. He pushed her under the water, but got pulled down also. When they surfaced, Cyrus and Anne were looking at them. "Are you two trying to drown each other?" Anne asked.
"No," they said. Ash and May went over by Cyrus and Anne,
"I told you to watch out, Ash," Cyrus said. Ash splashed him in the face.
"It's getting cold out here...why don't we go back to the palace?" Anne asked. They all nodded.
They climbed up to the shore. Ash, May, Anne, and Cyrus grabbed their things and headed back to the palace.
When they got there and had gotten dressed, May and Ash were in their room. They were lying on their bed. May had her head on his chest, while he had his arms around her. They fell asleep in that position.