A/N: Wow, I have finally finished this chapter! I'm so happy! And I think you too are happy I've finally updated, eh? Lol well… I'll let you read on then! Enjoy!
Chapter 4
"So basically, it's all about the timing and precision of the pressing of the buttons. So now, it's your turn! Have fun in making your own poke blocks!"
Brenda had finally finished her lecture. It had turned out that the Poke-Blending class was short for Poke-Block-Blending. May jumped back suddenly when a blender popped up out of the desk.
"Don't forget to get the berries you want!" added Brenda.
May waited with arms crossed to see whether Drew would get up and do something for a change. A few seconds passed by, and nothing.
"Drew, can you go get the berries that we need?"
He flipped his hair and closed his eyes shut.
"Why should I? Why can't you go get them?"
He opened his eyes again to reveal the sparkle of green. In those eyes she saw nothing but cockiness and an ego.
"Why, because you don't know how to walk?"
May smirked. She had finally made a worthy and clever remark. Drew's smile had become a straight line, but he didn't budge. May rolled her eyes and got up to join the rest of the class at the counter where the berries were. When she got there, there was only one of each berry left. So she quickly put them all into a basket and returned to her desk. Surprisingly, her chair had been put on the opposite side of Drew.
May put down the basket furiously making Drew jump a bit.
"What's the big idea? Now you can't even stand sitting next to me?"
"No May, but see if you've been paying attention to what Brenda had said, you would have known that in order to poke-blend, you have to be on opposite sides of your partner. I would have just done this all by myself, but seeing as I have to do it with you, I had to pay attention."
He finished speaking and smiled wickedly. He wanted to see her fury unleash itself onto him, but to his shock, all May did was sit down in the chair. At least she didn't look happy. Drew then focused his attention at the basket with the berries that May had gathered. He stood up instantly and started to glare at May.
"What do you think I am? Stupid? There is no way that we can make any kind of satisfactory poke-block with these ingredients! You need more than one of a berry to even start! How could you be dumb enough to not know that?"
Drew's breathing was heavy as he tried to calm down. Apparently everyone in the class started to look at him, so he flipped his hair and sat down. His expression was cool; as if nothing just happened.
"It's not my fault that these were the only ones left…" May said quietly. She looked away, and Drew could tell she was somewhat hurt by his comment.
"Well if we hadn't been arguing… I guess we can figure something out…" he said grumpily, but quietly.
May looked up at him and he could tell she felt somewhat better. Why wouldn't she? He had put the blame on the both of them, not only her. For some reason though, Drew set out again to say something mean, he couldn't help it.
"Well, then can we get started, or are you just going to sit there all day?"
May rolled her eyes, and picked a bunch of berries and threw them into the blender.
"HEY! Did you even think for a second which ones you were putting in there?"
"No, I didn't. But since you know everything, why not tell me which ones I did put in there?"
No response to this. Drew just clenched his fist and punched a button on the machine.
"Hey Drew! You could have asked if I was ready!"
"Oh really? You weren't? Because from the looks of it, I thought sitting in your chair was getting ready."
He smirked and flipped his hair, but May's hand caught his attention again. She too pressed a button.
"Hey! I never said we could start!"
"Oh really? Because see, I thought blabbing away like an idiot meant you were ready to start."
He gave her a growl and she did the same. They put their hands above the corresponding buttons on the blender, and glared at each other, not even looking down to see what they were doing.
"Okay, 1, 2, 3, GO!"
They both said this in unison, and without looking down, they began to press the buttons.
Beep.
"You think you're the best at everything!"
Beep.
"Look, the amateur thinks she knows what I think!"
Beep. Beep.
"I can't even begin to say how much air is in that head of yours!"
Beep. Beep. Beep.
"You don't even know what you're doing half of the time!"
Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep…
"You think you're the coolest person ever to walk on the planet, when really you're not!"
Beep. Beep. Beep. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
"You care way too much about yourself! You don't even care about anyone else!"
"OH YEAH? HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?"
BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP. BEEP.
"I can't stand you! I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHY I'M DOING THIS WITH YOU!"
The blender stopped, and both of them put their hands to their sides, still glaring at each other. May could sense that something was different in Drew. His eyes weren't as full of sarcasm as usual. She bit her lip and winced. Had she really meant what she had just said? She knew she hadn't… but Drew got on her case so much… Just then both of them realized that the whole class was surrounding them. Both of them turned a deep shade of red.
DING!
Everyone stood aside as Brenda came forward. She looked at the pair and then crossed her arms.
"What do you two think you are doing? Do you want to break the blender? I have never seen anyone blend berries so vigorously! Honestly… you two need to go take a break or something! I can't handle this!"
One of the kids was brave enough to raise his hand. Brenda looked at him and rolled her eyes, and through gritted teeth she spoke.
"Yes Charlie?"
"Um, Brenda… it looks like the poke-blocks are ready…"
When this was said, she looked right at the blender. Indeed there was a pile of dark red poke blocks on a tray that emerged from the blender. May and Drew shifted in their places as Brenda reached for a poke block. She took one of the smaller ones, and examined it up close. She took a whiff of it, and then decided to be a bit daring. Brenda took a bite out of it.
Everyone gasped. Humans weren't supposed to eat poke-blocks. They were only meant for pokemon. Brenda's face became completely elated and it seemed as if she were on another world.
"Brenda?… Brenda? Hello?"
"Huh? Oh!"
She quickly came back to a normal state of mind, and put the poke-block back on the tray. She looked at Drew and May, who were still in a state of shock. Instead of being full of rage, Brenda looked thrilled.
"You two! The two of you! I don't even know how to say it! The two of you, have somehow created a poke block that has the effects of the move "Attract", and it can make anyone who tries it delusional and happy… Although, for humans, it will most likely have short term effects."
"Like on you?" asked Charlie snickering.
Brenda snapped back at him, and gave him a mean glance. She took a deep breath, and then put her attention back to Drew and May. They had turned as happy as Brenda had been a few minutes ago. Making a new poke-block was huge! It was monumental… it was…
"The two of you will now be excused from the rest of class for your reckless behavior, lack of discipline, and most of all, for not being able to control your own tempers!"
Drew and May stared at her open-mouthed as she walked back to her desk. Everyone in the crowd turned to look at them, and quickly began whispering. Drew and May were surrounded, and the group was enclosing in on them. Drew and May were now back to back, trying to push away the kids.
"That's enough! All of you get back to your seats!"
Everyone did as they were told, and finally Drew and May were free again. They looked at each other, without saying anything. May quietly walked to the door, and Drew followed suit. Brenda closed the door, and right when she did the bell rang, and the door opened again, with everyone pouring out of their classes. Even through all of the noise, one was most recognizable.
"DREW!"
May's skin immediately tightened, and her eyes became alert. Drew on the other hand took a hooded sweater off of the wall, and he put it on. He put his back to May, and waited while Ashley came up to May.
"Hey! Did you see where Drew went? I swear I just saw him a second ago."
"Why no Ashley, I haven't seen him! And for all I care, I don't want to see him again!"
"Wow May! Suddenly changed your mind? Why is that?" Ashley asked curiously.
"Well he's gotten me into too much trouble! That's why!" May exclaimed, crossing her arms.
"Oh, well I wouldn't be blaming Drew for that. It was probably your fault you two got in trouble. But see, if I had been Drew's partner, then there would have been no trouble at all! Why I bet we would even be the best in the class!"
Ashley smirked wickedly as she finished taunting May. Her strategy worked. May was now really riled up, and she could think of nothing but sewing her mouth shut. Then it hit her. May began to smile broadly, and Ashley's smirk turned into a grimace.
"Well Ashley, I'll have you know, that Drew and I got in trouble for making a brand new poke-block! So how's that for best in class?"
"What? I don't believe you!"
"Why yes we did! Brenda says it gives off the affects of the move 'Attract'. And both Drew and I made the poke-blocks, together!"
Ashley couldn't believe it. This was not good. Everything she was trying to do was backfiring. But wait… the thought hit her almost immediately, and now she knew that nothing could go wrong for her now.
"Okay then, well if you see Drew around anywhere, tell him to see me."
"Ha, I wouldn't even say another word to that slime ball!"
"Now May, I wouldn't call him that, why, he's your partner of course!"
May opened her mouth, but nothing came out of it. Instead she just closed it, and squinted at Ashley, who was now running off with some of her friends. The crowds were dispersing and soon she thought she was alone.
"Thanks."
"What?"
She jumped and turned around to see none other than Drew standing in front of her wearing a hooded sweater. She rolled her eyes, and crossed her arms, as Drew pulled off the sweater.
"I said thanks. I can't believe you had to make me repeat that again," he replied with his casual tone of arrogance.
"Thanks for what?"
"You know…"
He flicked his hair, and began to stride along past May. She couldn't believe this! How stupid he was, he was going to thank her, but yet, not even say why. May turned around and was about to yell something to him, but rolled her eyes, and began to walk away in the other direction.
On the other end of the hall, Drew stopped and walked to the window. Then he casually tilted his head to see what May was doing. He saw her walk through the doors with an unusually hard shove. His eyes followed her and through the window, he saw her kick at the pile of leaves that were on the ground. When he saw May's mouth mumble some words after doing that, he smirked and even chuckled a bit to himself.
She walked through the park that was near the building, in which mostly all of the students were at, taking their break in between classes. May was looking down, and decided to sit down on the bench that was near her. As she did, she crossed her arms, sighed heavily and tilted her head back. Suddenly, Drew saw her jerk up from her position.
Drew's happy expression suddenly turned serious and concentrated. His eyes focused in on the guy sitting right next to May. He pushed his hands against the window and his eyes never left the two people sitting on the bench.
"Excuse me?"
"Oh, I'm sorry, I should introduce myself. My name is Charlie."
"Charlie… oh wait, aren't you the one who told Brenda about our poke-blocks?"
"Yeah… that was I… um… I thought you should have this."
Charlie was an okay looking guy. Not that much different from anyone else. He had short black hair and some freckles on his face. May saw his hand move behind his back, and out from it, he pulled a dazzling red long stemmed rose.
Both May's and Drew's eyes bulged.
May took the rose from him, and slightly blushed.
"Is this… is this for me?"
"Yeah… you're a really cool person."
"Oh, thanks…"
May's eyes didn't look up from the rose. As she fingered it, Drew suddenly appeared in her eyes, smirking like always. She smiled slightly, and then shook her head. Charlie saw this, and smiled as well. He took her other hand and helped her stand up.
As Drew was watching this, he couldn't help it. His fists tightened, and his heart began to race madly. How could that guy do that? Giving roses to May was his and only his job! Drew couldn't stand it. He looked up and down the hall to try and find something to get his mind off of May. But he couldn't. What was wrong with him?
"So shall we go get something to eat?"
"Umm… Charlie, I can't accept this rose. I'm so sorry."
Charlie's smile turned into a frown as he took the rose back from her.
"Oh."
"No, it's nothing like that. It's just, someone else always gives me a rose, and well I couldn't think of anyone but that person, do you understand?"
Charlie finally smiled.
"That's okay. It was nice to meet you May."
May sighed with relief and smiled.
"It was nice to meet you too! See you in class!"
May watched Charlie cross the park, and then looked at a group of little kids playing in the pile of leaves she had previously kicked. She smiled and walked up to them.
"Hi! Do you guys mind if I join you?"
The kids looked at each other, and then one of them stood up, barely reaching May's hips.
"Why do you want to play with us? You're a big girl! Big girl's don't like to play with us."
"Well, this big girl likes playing with you. So can I?" she asked sweetly.
The kids huddled up, and then the same one stood apart from the rest. He gave out his hand to her, and they shook each other's.
"Yes! You can play with us!"
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Drew walked out of the building, still furious at himself. The fury he had felt towards that guy had now worn off and now he was angrier with himself. Why was he thinking about May so much?
And there she was. The anger completely washed away and he smiled. She was sitting in a pile of leaves, and she was laughing. A bunch of kids were running around her and throwing leaves up into the air, so that they would fall on top of her. Something was happening to Drew as he saw this. And when he noticed it, he bit his lip and decided to go do something about it.
"You guys! I'm covered in leaves!" May said while laughing with them.
She was still laughing, but the kids stopped. Hearing this, she opened her eyes, and saw why they had stopped laughing with her. May didn't know what to think. But she would wait to see what he said.
Drew looked at the kids, and the same one that had asked May, was now standing in front of the group.
"What do you want?"
"Umm…"
He thought for a second about how to reply.
"I need to get May. We have to go to a class soon."
He peered over to May, and she smiled. The little kid stepped aside, and Drew walked up to May. He outstretched his hand, and May grabbed it. Drew pulled her up, and while she got up, some of the leaves fell off of her. May and Drew were standing an inch apart and their eyes were locked into each others. Then suddenly one of the kids tugged on May's hand, separating both of their hands, and the feeling between the two ended.
"May! Are you still going to play with us?"
"No I'm sorry! I have to go now with my friend."
With that, she looked at Drew and smiled weakly. He just looked at her, wanting to smile, but he didn't. Instead…
"You know May, if we are going to go back to class, you might want to get rid of your costume."
May huffed at him. Grumpily, she reached her hands up towards her head, and felt the leaves that were stuck in her hair. May laughed and began to pull them out, but when she finished she saw that Drew had already began walking back towards the building. She rolled her eyes, and began to run after him.
"Drew! Wait a minute!"
This time, at the sound of his name, Drew didn't go and hide. Instead he stopped, turned around, and waited for her. When May finally reached him, she was practically out of breath. But that didn't matter. What Drew had done had completely shocked her.
"Why… did… you… stop?" she finally said.
Drew smiled slightly and shrugged.
"You said to wait; so I waited."
She looked at him to make sure it was in fact Drew. After a couple of seconds of this, Drew realized what he had done. So he did what was most natural. He flipped his hair, and May sighed.
"Well aren't we going then?"
"Yes. Yes we are," said May cheerfully.
The two of them started to head back. As they did, Ashley appeared in the empty hallway. She closed the door behind her, and smiled wickedly. She held up a bag and examined what was inside of it. It seemed to please her, so she made sure the coast was clear, and then slipped away.
A/N: (insert smiley face) What did you think? I personally really liked this chapter! I really enjoyed writing it! And what's gonna happen next… is a mystery…. Well… all mysteries have clues lol
CHAPTER 5:
Something big happens!