Tk: Well people here it is the fifth chapter . Just to let anyone know there is only going to a few more chapters left, so that means I'm almost done with the story
Ash: YAY! I can't wait to get out of here sighs as he sits on the floor eating a banana Hey Tk how did you get food in here anyway?
Tk: I got it while you 2 slept away '
May: WHAT!?!? How come you can leave & we can't? Holds mallet threatingly I want out of here this Instant Tk!
Tk: Ummm.... Sorry May ' you can't leave until the end of the story ok? Runs like hell afraid of the almighty mallet Help me!! Someone please stop her!!
May: is chasing Tk screaming at the top of her lungs Pissed off Tk Macintosh Let me out of this room now!!!!
Ash: Uhh since Tk isn't here at the moment I'll say it: Tk Macintosh doesn't own Pokemon & never will unless by some miracle they give the rights to Pokemon to him.
One Step towards Love, Two Steps Back
Day 3 & some Relaxing Fishing
Ketchum Residence
"Hmm, what a good sleep." Ash said as he got up once again from his sleeping bag on the floor & hesitated from entering the bathroom & listened for any signs of life in there. Seeing as there were no signs, he entered & took a deep breath as he hopped into the shower & took a quick shower, then brushed his teeth & went back to his room.
"Hey Ash, looks like your fine this morning." Max said as he got off of Ash's bed & changed into new clothes for the day
"Yeah, I actually checked the bathroom this time & no one was there, thank goodness." Ash said as he changed into new clothes as well "Wonder what mom's making for breakfast."
As Ash & Max went down the stairs & into the kitchen, Ash saw a note on the fridge saying
'Ash, Went out for a while, I'm sure you can make your own breakfast unless you want to go out for breakfast, I left you some money on the counter next to the bread for you & your friends. – Mom'
"Well Max, shall we go & see if May & Misty are up?" Ash said as he picked up the $30.
"Yeah, but Ash you still never answered my question from 2 days ago, do you like my sister?" Max said as he followed Ash up the stairs
"Ok Max, you wanna know the truth?" Ash said as Max nodded his head "I do like your sister, ok?"
"Ha, I knew it " Max said happily, but unbeknownst to them, May was heading towards the bathroom at the exact same moment Ash told Max his secret.
'So he does like me, yay ' May thought to herself happily as she skipped to the bathroom 'but how do I tell him that I like him?'
"Hey Sis, glad to see your awake, we were about to come & get you & Misty for breakfast." Max said happily grinning at both of the young love struck teens
"Oh, well let me go get Misty then I guess." May said as she went back to her & Misty's room & shook Misty softly trying to wake her up "Hey Misty, wake up. Ash wants to take us out to breakfast ok?"
"Hmm, Ash.....Tracey, who do I chose?" Misty said in her sleep "No, Tracey don't go! Ash wait!!" Misty bolted up in a cold drench of sweat & blushed as she looked at May
"Umm, I don't think I'm going to ask, but get up & get dressed ok?" May said as she changed into new clothes for the day & walked downstairs
"Oh god, no May must have heard me in my sleep. Now what do I do?" Misty said as she got up & changed into her yellow jogging suit (well it looks like one ok?)
"Hey Misty, come on we're going to the PokeCoral Buffet house for breakfast" Ash said grinning from ear to ear
"But Ash, why can't we go to someplace nice instead of a buffet house?" May whined
"Well, I don't mind we're we eat as long as I get some food" Misty said grinning at May
"Actually Ash, I'm gonna have to agree with my sister on this one." Max said as he looked up at him "How about we head to Denny's?" (Ok, I know there is no Denny's there, but so what? I like Denny's.)
"All right then." Ash said as he opened the door & started walking towards Denny's
Walking with the group
As the group continued walking towards Denny's, Ash & Max where talking about Ash's Adventures in Kanto & Johto, while laughing at a few parts, but Misty seemed really quiet along side May
"Umm, May I have a question for you." Misty said as she blushed while looking down
"Ok, shoot." May said as she looked at her friend/rival
"Um, you know this morning when you where trying to wake me, what did I say?" Misty said hoping May didn't hear to much
"Well you said & I quote 'Hmm, Ash.....Tracey, who do I chose?' that was only one part the other was & I quote once again 'No, Tracey don't go! Ash wait!!'" May said as she looked at Misty concern filling her Blue eyes (I want to thank Ice-Phoenix chan for this info on May's eyes)
"May, please promise me this one little thing; don't tell anyone about it ok?" Misty said as fear & hope filled her cerulean blue eyes (I want to thank Ash Ketchum, Pokemon Master for this info on Misty's Eyes)
"All right then Misty, but you have to promise me this one thing too; that no matter what & if Ash chooses one of us at the end of the contest, that we will still be friends, ok?" May said as she stopped & looked into Misty's eyes & stuck out her hand
"May, we will always be friends, but I promise." Misty said as relief flooded into her eyes & shook May's hand happily & continued walking
"That's good Misty." May said as she started walking again "Heh, so what was this morning all about huh?"
"Well it's just that last night, when Tracey asked me to go outside with him, he kissed him & told me that he loves me, but that one kiss he gave me. It felt just right, like that he & I are supposed to be together, but I love Ash too. Now I don't know who to choose: Ash, my love for the longest time, or Tracey, the guy that may have captured my heart as well." Misty said as she looked down blushing
"Well that is quite a predicament Misty, but I don't have a clue what to tell you really. All I have to say is follow your heart ok?" May said as she patted Misty's back softly
"Thanks May, now let's go get some breakfast, right?" Misty said as she started running to catch up to Ash & Max
"Yeah! Let's go get some breakfast, I'm starving." May said as she also started jogging to catch up.
Denny's
"How many in your party sir?" asked the waiter, Walter, as he looked at the group "4?"
"Yeah, non-smoking." Ash said as he followed Walter to the groups table & handed out menus, 3 regulars & a kids Menu for Max (heh, Max getting a kids Menu seems logical to me.) "So what do you guys want to eat? I'm getting the mega-stack buttermilk style, bacon, eggs & toast."
"For me I'm getting the Eggs Benedict with some sausage patties." May said as she scooted closer to Ash
"I think I'm going to get the early morning special, it looks good." Misty said as she put down her menu & looked out the window still trying to sort out her feelings
"I think I'm going to get the pikacakes with the sausage links." Max said as he looked over his menu to try & help the Dodrio out of its' maze.
Soon the waitress arrived smiling cheerfully at the group
"Like Hi, I'm April, your waiter, so like, what can I get you to drink?" April said as she looked at the group
"I'll take a Dr. Pepper please." Ash said as he looked at her with confusion in his eyes as if trying to remember something
"I'll take a cup of hot cocoa if you have any." May said with hope
"Umm like sorry, we just ran out like 10 minutes ago" April said while chewing her gum
"Oh, well then can I have a coke then?" May said sadly while looking down
"I'll just take some Milk please." Misty said as she went back to looking out the window
"Ohh, I'll take some chocolate milk ." Max said happily
"All right then, I'll be back with your drinks shortly & then I'll be ready to take your order" April said as she walked off
As the group went on talking about stuff, April took their orders & brought them their drinks, but Ash could sense downiness coming from one of his friends and saw May's sad face
"May, what's wrong?" Ash said as he looked at her with concern in his eyes
"Oh, it's nothing really, but it's just that its' been a while since I had some hot cocoa and I was really looking forward to it, but I guess I'll have to wait a while for some." May said as she took a sip of her drink
"May, I'm not sure about this, but I think my mom keeps some hot cocoa mix somewhere in the kitchen or pantry." Ash said while trying to remember
"Really?" May said as she looked at Ash happily
"I think so, it's been a while since I've seen some, but I think she still keeps it there." Ash said as he looked at May
"Yay, thank you Ash." May said as she leaned over & kissed him on the cheek, but soon blushed as she got up and ran to the bathroom.
"Umm, Max can I get through please?" Misty said urgently
"Sure Misty." Max said as he got up and let Misty pass him
The girl's bathroom
As Misty entered the bathroom, she could hear sobbing coming from one of the stalls, knowing it's probably May; she knocked on the door where the sounds were coming from.
"May, what's wrong? Why are you crying?" Misty said with concern rising in her voice
"Misty sob I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to do that." May said as she continued to cry in the bathroom
"Ohh May, is that what's it's all about?" Misty said with a slight chuckle in her voice
"Yeah sniff it is. I didn't mean to do that." May said as she wiped away her tears
"May, its okay. I'm not mad ok?" Misty said as she leaned against the sink "So why don't you come out & let's go see if our breakfast is here yet."
"Okay Misty." May said as she come out of the stall with red puffy eyes
5 Minutes earlier with the guys
"So Max, what was that all about huh?" Ash asked Max confused as always
"Well, it's probably cause of when my sister kissed you on the cheek. She ran away crying. The reason: Dunno why." Max said as he finished the crossword puzzle.
"Well all right then." Ash said as he took a drink of his soda as April brought them their food
"Ash, what did you feel when my sister kissed you?" Max said as he started digging into his food
"I felt like I was on cloud nine. That kiss sent sparks through me. It was wonderful." Ash said happily as he started eating is bacon
"Wow, you must really like May then." Max said as he looked at Ash
Unbeknownst to them, the girls were walking out of the bathroom & happened to listen to just about everything
"Guess Ash likes you May huh?" Misty said as she smiled for her friend, not her rival any longer.
"Guess so, but I don't know how to tell him, that I like him back." May said as she blushed & looked down
"Well that's something I can help you with ok?" Misty said as she grinned at May "If Ash suggests that we do something together as a group, I'll try to take Max off of your hands for a while ok?"
"Really Misty? That's great ." May said as she hugged her friend happily
"Your welcome, but do I still have to pay for the date?" Misty said as she chuckled lightly
"No, cause you taking Max off my hands is better anyway." May said as she started walking towards the table & took her seat next to Ash
After Breakfast on the way back to Ash's House
"Hey guys, I got a idea." Ash said while Max rolled his eyes
"What is it Ash?" Max said as he looked at him
"Why don't we go fishing? We haven't gone fishing in a while, since Dewford I think." Ash said
"Great Idea Ash." May said happily hoping that Misty will keep her promise to her
"Yeah, that's a good one Ash, but I think I'll take Max to the arcade instead." Misty said as she grabbed Max's hand, but he jerked his hand away from Misty
"No, I wanna see the pokemon." Max said as he crossed his arms
"Umm, Max can I speak to you for a minute. Alone." Misty said as she dragged Max away from the group
"What did you want Misty?" Max said as he looked at Misty who squatted down to his level
"Listen Max, you know May likes Ash right?" Misty said as Max nodded his head "Well I heard you Ash talking about him liking May, so I'm trying to help May get with Ash"
"Ohh, okay then Misty, gotcha." Max said as he winked at her & they rejoined the group
"Actually May, I think I'm gonna go with Misty to the arcade ok?" Max said as he & Misty started to walk off to the Pallet Town Mall
"So May you ready?" Ash said as he smiled & blushed lightly at the thought of him & May being alone at the Lake
"Yep." May said cheerfully as she & Ash went to get fishing poles from his house
The Lake
"So May, what do you think of this lake?" Ash said as he let May walk toward the lake
"Oh, Ash it's beautiful." May said as her eyes sparkled at the lake 'Like you Ash.'
"That's good, so let's fish ok?" Ash said as he went to a ledge of grass & dirt
As May & Ash got situated & threw out their lines & waited patiently, May was starting to get nervous about her feelings
"Umm...Ash can I tell you something?" May said as she blushed
"Sure May, you can tell me anything." Ash said as he smiled at her
"Well, Ash what I wanted to tell you is that I....." May said as she felt a tug at her line & started reeling it in, and soon the pokemon appeared roaring loudly
"It's a Gyarados!" Ash said in a panic, but looked down at where May was. Seeing she was gone, he noticed that the Gyarados had started moving dragging May alone with him
"MAY!!" Ash said as he watched his friend being dragged by it. As he started to reach for his pokeballs, he realized that he didn't have any of his pokemon for they were still at Prof. Oak's Place 'what to do??? I left all my pokemon back at Oaks, so I can't do anything'
"Ash help me, please!!" May said through her tears of fearAs Ash looked around to try & find something that will help him, he heard a all familiar cry and saw a flying Mass moving to fast for his eyes, but saw it strike the Gyarados
"Huh?" Ash said as he saw the pokemon's shape coming closer to him "Pidgeot is that you?"
"Pidgeot!" the pokemon said as it landed near Ash
"It is you. Glad to see you, but we need to help my friend out right now ok?" Ash said as Pidgeot nodded his head & took flight
"Pidgeot, Use your quick attack on Gyarados now!" Ash said as Pidgeot moved with blinding speed & striked it "Now uses your wing attack"
As Pidgeot followed Ash's commands he soon knocked the other pokemon out.
"Good job Pidgeot, now get May & bring her here now!" Ash said happily being able to battle with his first flying pokemon again
"Pidgeot, pid, geot, Pidgeot." Pidgeot said as he landed near Ash with a fainted May on his back
"Thanks Pidgeot, you're a life saver." Ash said as he picked May up in his arms "So do you have to go back to your nest?"
Pidgeot just shook his head as it started flying above Ash hooting happily
"That's great, so do you want to go see the others again?" Ash said as Pidgeot nodded, but landed & gestured for Ash to get on him "Thanks Pidgeot, but can you drop me off at my house please?"
To answer his question, Pidgeot took off at top speed as Ash yelled & held onto both Pidgeot & May, so she didn't fly off. Soon the trio landed outside Ash's house & Ash hopped off & stroked Pidgeot's head softly
"Thanks Buddy. You can head off to Professors Oak's lab now if you want to." Ash said as he took off towards Oak's Lab while Ash went inside & took May upstairs to her & Misty's room & laid her down on the bed.
About an Hour later at the Ketchum Residence
As Ash went downstairs & waited for May to wake up, Misty & Max took the opportunity to walk in
"Hey Ash, so how was fishing?" Max said happily hoping Ash caught some new pokemon
"It wasn't too bad. First May caught a Gyarados, but it dragged her away. That was the bad part, but the good news is that Pidgeot came & helped out to defeat it. He's up at Oak's lab if you're wondering Max." Ash said, but instead of running to Oak's Lab, he ran upstairs to check up on his sister.
"May, are you okay?" Max said as he practically burst into the room, but sighed seeing his sister sitting upwards, perfectly fine.
"I'm good Max, thanks for wondering, but where's Ash?" May said as she looked around for him
"He's down stairs, hold on I'll get him. ASH!!!" Max said/yelled. Soon Ash & Misty were up in the room smiling.
"Hey May, you gave me quite a scare back there. But I'm glad you're okay now." Ash said as he sat next to May on the bed smiling
"Thanks Ash." May said happily "Umm Max, Ash can you leave so I can talk to Misty alone please?"
"Sure, come on Max, let's go watch TV ok?" Ash said as he & Max left the room to go watch TV
"So May, did you tell him?" Misty said hopefully, but sighed when May shook her head "Why?"
"Well the Gyarados got to me before I could tell him." May said as she started pouting, but looked up & smiled at Misty happily "Thanks for being a friend Misty; you are one of my greatest, next to Ash that is."
"You welcome May, but let's see how can we get you & Ash both to spill the beans? We have to find someway to get you & him alone with no interruptions." Misty said as she took a seat on the bed and put on a thinking face
As Misty and May were thinking, Ash and Max were still down stairs watching TV, but Max couldn't help but wonder if Ash would tell May.
"Ash, are you gonna tell May how you feel? Because it's driving me nuts to know, ok?" Max said a little antsy about this
"I will, but I was hoping to tell her when we were fishing, but we had that unfortunate accident, so I couldn't." Ash with a bit of a sigh, but went back to watching the show, Father of the Pride, grinning from ear to ear happily while watching it (I love that show , but me no own it though ')
"Well, how about we get May and you together for the night huh?" Max said while grinning as well about the thought of spying on Ash and May's date
"I don't know Max, but it does seem like a good idea though." Ash said while smiling softly, thinking it was a truly original idea, but he was wrong.
For Misty had come up with the same idea as Max did, having Ash and May go out for a night on the town, but was having trouble of getting Ash to ask May, seeing as how dense he was & wouldn't know a good hint if it came up to him & slapped him in the face with a rock nude.
"Well May, what do you think of the idea?"
"It's good, but how are we going to get Ash to ask me?"
"Don't know really, but I'm sure I can find a way to do it. What about asking your brother Max for help?"
"He'll just make fun of me for having the date, Misty, but it does seem like a good idea though."
As the two girls continued talking, Max was coming up stairs to talk to them while Ash just stared at the TV mindlessly.
"Misty, May can I talk to you please?" Max said as he knocked on the door softly
"Sure Max, come on in." Misty said as she saw the young boy walk in grinning "Let me guess Max, you had an idea?"
"Yep, how about we get Ash to ask May out...." Max started saying, but was interrupted by Misty
"For a night out on the town, we thought of that already, but we are having trouble trying to find a way to have Ash ask May out." Misty said as she looked down sadly
"Don't worry, guys, I talked to Ash about & he said he'll ask her when she's alone, but I don't think he'll notice right now because he's become a TV zombie." Max said while shaking his head.
"I know what'll take him out of that trance. Food, but it needs to be warm & sending a good scent." Misty said
"Don't worry about that part you guys, I got it covered." May said while grinning as she pulled out her pink cell phone with a Torchic on it & ordered a large pizza with just about everything on it and soon the pizza came and Misty paid for it and took it up stairs and opened the box, while she and Max left the room with May all alone with the pizza.
As Ash continued watching TV, he sniffed lightly and was instantly attracted to the smell of pizza. As he went up stairs grinning, he saw that May was alone in her room & blushed while remembering his promise to Max
"Hey May, how are you feeling?" Ash said as he slowly entered the room with a light pink blush spread over his face
"Oh, I'm fine Ash. Do you want some pizza?" May said as she got a slice & took a bite smiling softly.
"Sure May, thanks." Ash said as he grabbed a slice too, but didn't take a bite just yet. "Umm, May can I ask you a question?"
"Sure Ash, anything."
"Well I was wondering if you wanted to go out tonight? As friends, ok? This isn't like a date or anything ok?"
"Well all right then Ash, sure."
"Great so how about we leave at, oh say 8 pm?"
"That's fine with me, Ash. See ya tonight." May said with a bit of enthusiasm in her voice as Ash nodded and left the room. Soon Misty came in grinning
"I just heard everything, so let's get you ready for tonight girl." Misty said as she grabbed May's hand and dragged her out of bed and straight out of the house to the mall
As Misty treated May to her hair, make up, & nails, Ash was pacing around on the floor blushing wondering what to do. He needed a guys advice for this. So he decided to call Brock. (Which we all know is not a good thing to do for date advice)
Pewter City
As Brock sat on the couch sighing, he heard the vid-phone going off saying it's usual 'ring-ring, ring, Phone call, ring, ring, ring...'. Brock sighed as he answered his phone, but smiled when he saw Ash's face
"Hey Ash, what's up?"
"Not much Brock, but I was wondering if you could help me with something."
"Sure what is it?"
"I need advice for a date, I have ok?"
"Ok then Ash, the first thing you do is try to impress her with chocolates & Flowers. Then while on the date, you need try and be kind, like by paying for the things, opening the door for her, that sort of thing, but the most important detail is that: Be yourself" Brock said as he finished
"Thanks for the advice Brock." Ash said as he waved bye to him & Brock did the same as he hung up & left the house to go buy Flowers for May
End of Chapter 5
Tk: Well there you go people, chapter 5 is done yay .
Ash: Yeah, yeah, yeah. What happens next chapter?
Tk: That my friend is something I don't even know 'actually I do, but I'm not telling you'
May: Please Tk?
Tk: all right all right, I'll only give you hints though. Next chapter will be the big 'date' between Ash and May.
The night of fun & love
PS. I won't be able to update as much as I used to ok? I'm back in school, plus I'm running out of idea's ". If you could give some idea's I'll take them into consideration for my next chapter.