A/N: New chapter up! Thanks everyone for the reviews! It really means a lot to me! And I appreciate it! I hope you like the next part of Blending Emotions!

CHAPTER 2

May woke up the next morning completely groggy and drowsy. Everything had seemed like a dream, but it had happened. With the thoughts of having to face Drew again, she got up out of bed, and changed, and whenever she passed by her bunk, she longed to just flop down onto it and sleep away all of her problems. Ash, Max, and Brock were still sleeping when she returned from the bathroom, so she rolled her eyes, and went to go get her bag. Immediately Skitty came out of its poke ball and jumped onto Ash's bunk, which was right across from hers.

"Wahh?… May! Get Skitty off of me!"

May chuckled and took out her poke ball.

"Skitty return!"

The beam of red light recalled the pokemon, and as that happened, both Max and Brock started to wake up. Deciding to leave the boys so that they could get ready, she headed out of the room, and up to the front desk.

"Good morning! I hope that you had a nice night!"

"Thanks Nurse Joy. I guess I did, even with all of the stress I've had…" muttered May.

"Oh, what was that you said?"

"Huh? Oh nothing, nothing at all. Um, Nurse Joy, we came here so suddenly, we didn't even get the chance to find out what town this was."

"Oh, this is Runzeia Town."

Both of them looked at the girl who had just appeared out of nowhere. She looked like she was as old as Max, and she had on a light pink dress. Her hair was a light shade of turquoise and it was up in a ponytail. May thought that this was the cutest little girl she had ever seen.

"Oh really? So this is Runzeia Town…"

"Yup, I'm here visiting my aunt and uncle."

"That's nice. What's your name?"

"My name is Sarah. What's yours?"

"Oh my name is May…"

"And my name is Max!"

Both of the girls were shocked at the sudden arrival of May's brother, who jumped in front of his sister so that he could shake Sarah's hands.

"Hi Max! Nice to meet you!" said Sarah cheerfully.

Max seemed really excited to meet her for some reason. May just rolled her eyes, and turned around to see Ash and Brock finally coming into the lobby.

"Hey you guys! We're in Runzeia Town, and this is our new friend, Sarah."

"Nice to meet you Sarah. My name is Ash."

"And I'm Brock. Any reason for you to be at the Pokemon Center so early?"

"Yes, actually I'm here to meet someone. Oh, there he is!"

May turned around, and when she saw who Sarah meant, her jaw dropped. Sarah ran up to him, and hugged the green haired boy, who hugged her back reluctantly.

"Everyone! I want you to meet my big brother, Drew!"

Everyone's jaw's dropped in amazement at hearing the news that Drew had a sibling, just like May did.

"No need Sarah, I we've already met each other," responded Drew without any care.

May saw this, and immediately the storm inside of her began to brew.

"Yeah Sarah, your brother and I are both coordinators."

Her eyes got wide and she rushed to May's side.

"So you're a pokemon coordinator? Oh wow! I've never met one before!"

"Sarah, hello, what about me?"

"You're my brother, but May is way cool!"

At this, May smiled smugly, while Drew frowned and folded his hands. Sarah started to ask a bunch of questions to May, and Max answered most of them. This brought Sarah's attention more towards Max than May.

"So you see, it's not really the fact that the pokemon is only strong, but it also has to be good at making appeals in order for it to be well rounded in a contest," stated Max knowingly.

"Wow… I never knew that! You know so much Max! You're even cooler than May!"

After she said this, Max blushed furiously, and then tried to hide it. May was paying more attention to Drew, than to the two kids, and soon she saw that Drew rolled his eyes, and then was going to walk out of the door. She ran up to meet him outside, and then stopped in front of his path.

"Drew… Drew!… DREW!"

"Yes?" he responded when she finally was in front of him.

"Didn't you hear me calling your name?"

"Oh really? That was you? I thought it was the wind."

He flipped his hair, and May became infuriated by the comment.

"No, that was not the wind! And don't pretend like you didn't know it!"

He didn't respond, so she just responded through grinded teeth.

"Where are you going?"

"Why should I tell someone like you?"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Never mind."

He started to walk away, but she put her hand on his shoulder and made him turn around. Drew looked at May with a smile, but behind his eyes, she could see the sarcasm.

"Just tell me where you are going!"

"Fine, if you insist. But I guess I have to tell you, otherwise, you wouldn't find out until it was too late. I'm going to register for the Pokemon Contest."

"What? There's a contest here in Runzeia Town?"

"See, I knew you wouldn't have known," said Drew, chuckling.

"I would have known! I just didn't know that this was Runzeia Town!"

"Well now you know, don't you?"

May froze, and became speechless, as she thought she saw a hint of sincerity in his smile, but then she relaxed, knowing that he didn't mean anything special by that comment. They could see the contest hall in the distance, so May decided to follow Drew in silence. She was so deep in thought, that she didn't even realize that Drew had stopped walking. May came back to earth when she bumped into Drew's back.

"Can you watch where you're going?"

"Well I'm sorry if a big and dumb someone looks like a sad attempt at a camouflaged tree!" she snapped back.

At first, Drew was angry, but then he cooled down, and snickered.

"I'm sorry May, but I seem to not understand what you're saying. Oh wait, it's not my fault is it, that you don't know how to speak correctly? Well I guess it shows in your coordinating skills."

May couldn't believe he had just said that. She grinded her teeth and curled her wrists, and still she couldn't think of anything to say. Drew ignored her, and smiled as he walked away.

"We'll see who has a lack of coordinating skills…" May muttered behind her back.

From a few feet away, Drew turned around again, this time of his free will.

"Did you say something May?"

"Why no Drew. Not a word."

He came a few steps closer to her, and flipped his hair, while smiling at her.

"Must have been the wind then I suppose?"

"Yeah, must have," she said slightly lightheaded.

She didn't know why she suddenly felt less angry with Drew, but she didn't want to question her thoughts right now, so instead she just followed Drew until they finally reached the crowd in front of the contest hall.

"What are all of these people shouting for?" asked May curiously.

"I don't know…"

Suddenly the doors opened and the announcer came out with a worried look on her face. This must have been because right when she came out, all of the people in the crowd started shouting questions at her.

"Please… Please… Well yes… um no… uh I'm not sure… could everyone just please…"

The announcer tried to answer everyone's questions, but it wasn't working.

"Will everyone just be quiet!"

Drew yelled this to everyone in the crowd, and instantly they all became hushed and their faces turned towards the coordinator. Drew smirked at how commanding he could be. May just stood there with her arms crossed, and her eyebrows furrowed.

"She will answer all of your questions, just let the woman speak!"

"Thank you dear, and yes, I would be glad to explain everything, but you all have to let me speak. All right, now I know all of you are angry because we have cancelled the contest for this year…"

"WHAT?"

May and Drew both yelled in unison. This time, everyone looked at the two, as angry as Drew had been just a minute before. Both of them blushed, but then the announcer began to speak again.

"As I was saying, I know that this is very sudden and unexpected, but we have just learned that the judges have gone on vacation, and they won't be back to visit Runzeia Town until next year. We are very sorry for the inconvenience, so to try and accommodate you all, we are hosting the first ever Poke-Blending Class! All of the coordinators will be able to attend, free of charge!"

Immediately there were whispers from everyone in the crowd, and then suddenly, someone yelled out.

"Who cares about a dumb old class? How would it benefit us?"

From the crowd came cheers of agreement. When everyone settled down again, the announcer spoke.

"Oh, did I mention that there will be a prize for the best students?"

Everyone started to cheer happily, apparently forgetting about the contest that was cancelled.

"We have paired each of you with a partner. You may come inside and see who it is!"

The whole crowd ran past the announcer and into the building. May and Drew were one of the few who weren't fanatically running to find out about the partner situation. When they got inside, the crowd was mostly off to the side, chatting with their partners about what the class might be like. When May and Drew reached the front desk, they looked feverishly on the board to see who their partners were. But they couldn't find their pictures.

"Um, excuse me, but why am I not listed on there?" asked Drew impatiently.

"Yeah, I don't see me either," May added.

"Did you register?"

Drew's face reddened as May looked at him slyly through one eye.

"Uh…no."

"Well, then, that would be the explanation. What are your names?"

"I'm May, and he's Drew."

The lady at the desk typed in the information to the computer, and soon both of their faces were up on the screen board.

"So how do we know who are partner is?" asked May curiously.

"That's simple. If there is a blue line connecting the person's picture that is next to yours, then you have found your partner."

The lady left just as May and Drew became stricken with shock. There on the screen was May and Drew's pictures, connected with a blue line. She turned towards Drew, who seemed to be taking this rather well.

"How could I be paired up with you? This is just not right! I can't be your partner! I'm going to have a say about this!"

"May, stop complaining, it's your own fault that this has happened. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have been late, and I would have registered much earlier."

"My fault? MY FAULT? I was the one who got to this town first, and then you came along! You're always where I am! So it's your fault for following me!" May yelled.

"Following you? I'd never do that in a million years!" replied Drew with laughter.

"What? Am I now not good enough for you to follow?"

They were getting closer and closer to one another, but Drew didn't have time to respond, because in came bounding Sarah, along with everyone else.

"May! Drew! I thought I'd find you guys here! Sorry about the contest being cancelled, but are you going to be staying a while Drew?"

"Yeah, there's this class that they are going to be holding for us," he replied curtly.

"Oh really? What kind of class is it May?" This time, it was Max doing the questioning.

"I don't know… some kind of Poke-Blending Class."

"Ahhh… I see…"

Sarah was looking at Max for an explanation, but he twiddled his thumbs while his cheeks became flushed.

"Yeah, but I'm not happy about it."

"Why not May? I think classes are a bunch of fun! You get to learn a lot of stuff!" said Sarah brightly.

May smiled and chuckled, but then her gaze met Drew's, and then she turned away swiftly, crossing her arms and closing her eyes.

"It's because I have to have your brother as a partner!"

Drew snickered. Anything to annoy May was worth it. Sarah on the other hand, put a hand on her chin, and began to think. Suddenly, she figured it out, and took her brother aside.

"Hey Drew… do you like May?"

He blushed, and then started to yell at her.

"No way! There's no way I like May! And don't even go spreading something like that around!"

He shoved her away, but she didn't mind. As soon as she found May, she took her aside too.

"Hey May… do you like Drew?"

Automatically, as if on cue, she blushed, and then yelled even louder than Drew did.

"What? No way! There's no way I like Drew! Why would you even think something like that?"

May pushed her away too, but that wasn't a problem. Not at all. Everything was perfect, it couldn't be any clearer.

"Hey Sarah! What are you up to?" asked Max.

"Max! Just the person I wanted to see!"

"Oh! Really? Uh… well I'm here…" he replied while blushing slightly.

"Yeah! I've got this great plan and I need your help."

"A plan?" Max relaxed a bit, "what do you need me to do?"

Sarah smiled schemingly, and began to tell him everything.

A/N: Sooo? Do you like it so far? Any suggestions? I'd love to know! Anyway, thanks for reading and have a great day! Oh and sorry for any mistakes in here! Tell me if there are any please!

UP NEXT: another new character! And things start to get confusing… for May that is lol (I know… not that much… or so it seems hehehe lol)