A/N: Yup, another chapter! Let's read…
Chapter 3May sighed. Being paired with Drew was such an unexpected turn of events. She should have expected it though, when she ran into town during a storm. Nothing is omen like that is. She found herself walking around the town, looking at all of the gizmos and gadget's this place had for contests. They had everything from sprays and perfumes, to little hats, so that your pokemon could become better. May knew better though, she knew the only thing that could help her pokemon were poke blocks. And she was horrible at making them. She cringed from the thought of her last attempt, and of how most of her pokemon hated them.
"Attention! Attention! All pokemon coordinator's, please report to the main contest building for your first lesson!"
May rolled her eyes at the speakers on the corner on the street. She was going to go have her first lesson with Drew. How fun.
And then again, it could be somewhat fun. Wait, what was she thinking? Have fun with Drew? Not possible. She was passing by a store with mirrors in the front display, and when she looked at herself, she saw that her cheeks were flushed. But why was that? Did her thinking about Drew make her… blush? No way was that even an option! It couldn't be…
"Umph… Oh I'm sorry…"
"It's okay."
Thinking about Drew had made May bump right into this girl that she had not seen before.
"Hi, I'm Ashley. What's your name?"
"Oh, I'm May, and I'm on my way to the pokemon contest hall for the lesson."
"Really? Me too! So you're a coordinator too then?"
"Yeah… I wish we were having the contest though…"
"Well it really doesn't matter to me. I couldn't care less," said Ashley with a slight tone of snootiness.
May looked her over. She realized what a real… um, "looker" she was. Ashley was about an inch shorter than May. Her blonde hair was highlighted with even more blonde highlights, and it was gathered up into a ponytail, so that whenever she took a step, it would sway from side to side. She was wearing a bright red tank top, with short black jeans. Her face was perfect, with what looked like no make up, but really, there was tons of it. From the looks of it, it seemed that she didn't even care about pokemon at all… then what did she care about?
"Well, here it is."
"Huh? Oh."
May snapped back into reality, as she realized they had already arrived at the contest hall, where many people were already starting to find their partners. She should probably be doing that too. May was going to say goodbye to her new friend, but when she turned around, she was already gone. So she shrugged her shoulders and went on in.
She found Drew quick enough. You couldn't miss him; he was showing off his already won ribbons to a crowd of adoring people. May rolled her eyes, and grabbed his arm, then dragged him away.
"Hey! What do you think you're doing? I was starting my fan club over there!" He said, ending with a flip of his hair.
"Your fan club? You don't need a fan club! You need to get to class!"
"Oh, May, why so eager to get to class with me?" he replied sarcastically.
She blushed. But then yelled back.
"Eager to go to class with you? I could puke first, before I became eager! But since you are my partner, I have to deal with it somehow though, don't I?"
"Sure, or you could just find a different one," Drew said slowly, while looking at her reaction through one eye.
At this May became speechless. She hadn't even thought about asking to be switched. It was a great idea! And she was going to do it…
"Hey cutie!"
As Drew turned around, May's eyes widened to see who was coming up to greet Drew. It was her new friend Ashley. She reached Drew, and instantly, she hugged him. When she finally pulled away, May wanted to leap on her like a tiger, and pull all that blonde hair off of her puny little head. May looked to see Drew, who was speechless, just like her, but his cheeks were also a faint shade of pink. May grinded her teeth in a forced smile, while clenching her fists behind her back.
"So cutie, I hear your one of the best coordinator's here! What's your name?"
"Uhm… I'm Drew…"
"What a cool name! My name's…"
"Ashley," said May, finishing her sentence. She was now standing right next to Drew, so that both of them were facing the girl.
"Oh… May! Nice to see you again…" replied Ashley, unenthusiastically.
She took a hold of Drew's arm, and was walking away from May.
"SO, Drew, I don't have a partner! You should be mine. We could make a great team…"
"Um, excuse me!"
May caught up to them, and butted in between the two, so that their arms weren't together anymore. Ashley looked at her crossly, while Drew just smiled.
"Excuse you what?"
"If you didn't know, Drew is my partner! So you can't have him!"
"Oh really? Well I don't see anything in the rules that says you can't switch partners!"
At this, May's jaw opened, but nothing came out of it. She looked from Ashley, to Drew, back to Ashley, who was glaring at her, awaiting an answer. May was stuck. If she said that she wanted Drew as a partner, then Drew would start thinking of something that wasn't true… But if she didn't, then she wouldn't have a partner, and she would have to watch Ashley be with Drew…
"Actually, it does say that you can't switch partners."
The three of them turned around, to see Max and Sarah standing there. It was as if they waiting for this to happen.
"What do you know, brat?" asked Ashley snottily.
"Hey, watch who you're calling brat!" yelled Sarah.
Max shifted in his place, but agreed with her.
"Yeah! I'm not a brat! I'm May's brother!"
This information seemed really funny to Ashley.
"Hahaha, well now I see why he's such a brat."
At that point, May knew that Ashley had never been her friend. And most importantly, she knew exactly what Ashley actually cared about most.
"Well, there's no way what you're saying is true," she went on to continue.
"Yeah it is! Show them Max!" replied Sarah in an angry tone.
Max handed May the "official book" that he had been holding in his hands. As May and Ashley leaned in to read the underlined sentences, Ashley's face became beet red with fury, while secretly May was rejoicing because she had found herself a way out of that sticky situation. Ashley cooled down, and then thrusted the book back into Max's hands. Then she walked up to Drew. She put her arms around him, and gave him another hug.
"Well Drew… it looks like we can't be that great team I was talking about, but I will see you later…"
While she pulled away, she quickly gave Drew a kiss on the cheek and then she ruffled his hair. Drew began to blush, but quickly hid the fact, and flipped his hair the way he liked it. May became furious. As Ashley walked past May, she could see her smirking at her. May grinded her teeth again, and muttered something under her breath.
"Stupid, fake, wannabe, partner stealing…""What was that May?"
She turned around on her heels to face Drew, who finally looked completely normal again. And he was acting it too.
"It was nothing Drew. Nothing at all. Can we just get to class and get this over with?"
He flipped his hair and smirked.
"After you."
"Gee, thanks," May responded sarcastically.
And as they walked away, Max and Sarah began to smile and talk.
"That went perfectly Max! Your fake contest book idea was great! And it worked out so well!"
"Really? Thanks! But was that girl a part of the plan too?"
"Well, no, but it makes everything even better! Did you see how your sister reacted? It was great!"
"Yeah, but what about Drew? He seemed awfully quiet, for once."
Sarah shot Max a mean look, but then the expression on her face softened, because of course, Max was right. She hadn't even thought about that.
"Hmm… well we'll have to think of something else then to get Drew started off too."
"Just like with May?"
"Maybe… or something else…" Sarah replied, a thought suddenly coming to her.
..:-:..
May sat down, and Drew sat right next to her. She rolled her eyes, and sighed. What had just happened? Was she actually defending her right to be Drew's partner? How in the world could that have happened? She had no idea why that happened. Maybe because she just hated Ashley so much? Or maybe because she actually… no, no there was no way in the world she liked Drew.
May looked at him out of the corner of her eye, and saw that he staring out of the window, to where there was a trainer training his pokemon. She stared at him for a while. He looked so concentrated and focused. Like there was nothing else in the world but that feeling of being outside training. Something stirred in May's heart, but she immediately threw it away.
"May, could you get that weird look off of your face?"
She came back down to earth, and saw Drew pretending to inch away from her.
There was definitely no way she liked Drew.
This was getting way too boring. The teacher hadn't come yet, and there was nothing to do but sit and wait. Finally, after what seemed like an hour, she walked in the door.
"Sorry I'm late everyone! My name is Brenda, but you can call me Blenda if you want!"
She started to laugh at her own joke, but no one besides her was laughing. Seeing this, Brenda shrugged her shoulders, and stopped laughing. She was walking to go close the door, when…
"DREW!" Ashley yelled happily, while waving her hand wildly.
At the sound of that voice, the hairs on May's body pricked up, and she bolted upright. Although she didn't see it, Drew was trying to slump down in his chair and hide behind May. What happened next, both May and Drew were grateful of.
"I'm sorry miss, but this class is full. You will have to go to the class across the hall."
"What? No! I want to be in this class!"
"I'm sorry, but you can't."
Ashley gave Brenda a mean look, and then marched away. The door closed, and both May and Drew sighed with relief. They looked at each other, but when they're eyes met, they both looked away. Each of their cheeks became the same shade of pink.
A/N: Awww! lol, sooo? Comments, reviews, suggestions, concerns? Please tell all! I want to thank those of you who will, and who did review! I want to also thank you for reading this fic of mine! And I want you to most of all, HAVE A GREAT DAY!
UP NEXT: things get much better… and Drew is now the one who doesn't know what to think… stay tuned for the next exciting installment of Blending Emotions!