A/N: Sorry it took so long to update, but my computer broke down. Guess what? I'm having a lot of jealousy going on in this chapter. By the way, I changed my profile, so read it now. Oh and, both May and Drew have been to the Grand Festival once and have both lost. Look out for my new stories: The Grandest Grand Festival, and The Chronicles of The Ultimate Pokemon Journey. Enjoy!
" Its time for the Cerulean City Contest. We are going to hold it for two days. One day of appeals and another day of battles. And now lets give it up for contestant number 1, May!' Viviane announced. The crowd cheered. May was working really hard, but the hardest effort was to choose which pokemon to use for which part of the contests. Finally she choose Beautifly for the appeals, and Altaria for battles. Beautifly's appeal got it a score of 29.8. (May used a silver wind tornado. If you ever watched the episode "Come What May!" You'd know what I'm talking about). Next, it was Misty's turn to appeal. She used Togatic. Togatic kept on using metronome. The crowd loved to see all the different attacks.
Meanwhile, Drew was waiting for his turn. He was next. He looked out into the audience and saw Ash. To his left were Brock, Max, and a guy holding a sign that said Go May on it. Drew saw that the guy had snowy white hair. He looked familiar, like someone who had been on T.V. next to him was another guy with the same sign. This guy was thin and had light green colored hair. But Drew didn't get a better look at these guys because Misty's turn was over and it was his turn. Misty got a 29.9. Drew used water attacks to have Masquerin (is that how you spell it?) make a huge wave, and had it use silver wind to destroy the wave. That earned him a perfect score of 30.0! When Drew went backstage, he looked out into the audience again. He was surprised to see that Max and Brock were holding the Go May signs now. The other two were gone!
Harley had his turn after Drew. Even though they couldn't trust each other anymore, May and Harley were still acquaintances. Drew didn't like Harley all that much at first, and after what he did to May at the Grand Festival, he hated Harley. But why should he care? He didn't even like May. Harley got a 26.9. After that, Grace had her turn. Drew remembered Grace to be the only person to have ever defeated him other than the guy who beat him in the Grand Festival. Grace got a 26.8. Harley actually beat her in the appeals!
"Alright, now its time for pair appeals when two trainers come up and work together to make both their pokemon do an appeal together. The pairs are counted as one person if they make it to the second rounds. Now give it up for our first pair of contestants, Wally and Brendan!" Viviane said
Drew saw the two people holding up the Go May signs! 'Of course, that's it! That kid with snowy white hair is Brendan Birch!' Drew thought. Out of the corner of his eye, he was sure he saw May's eyes light up when they were introduced. "I can't believe they're actually here!' he heard her squeal. May was telling Grace about knowing them ever since she was a little girl. How could May possibly know these two? Brendan and Wally were done. They got a 27.8. May rushed over to greet them, and introduce them to Grace. She actually hugged both of them! Drew couldn't help but notice that May looked at Brendan whenever she got the chance, and that any time their eyes met they both blushed. 'Why do I care?' Drew thought. 'Wait a minute, why do I care? I mean, I'm not jealous or anything am I? No, that can't be right. That would mean love between me and May, and that's not true.' For the rest of the time, Drew just sat quietly waiting for the announcement of the winners.
Meanwhile, even though Brendan, Wally, and Grace were keeping her busy, May couldn't help but think something was missing. That's when she caught sight of Drew and realized that she had gotten a rose in every contest she had been to if Drew was competing in the same one. Why hadn't he done that yet? Wasn't she using Beautifly every time he was competing in the same contest as he was? But why should she care? The rose was for Beautifly anyway. But still, it didn't fell quite right. It felt like a part of her was missing. Could Misty have been right about her having feelings for Drew? No way! It couldn't be!
Finally, finally the final eight that were going on to the second round showed up on the screen. They were: May, Drew, Grace, Harley, Jess (yes, from Team Rocket), Misty, and Jaden for single appeals, and Brendan and Wally for pair appeals.
"So there you have it folks. The final eight. Come back tomorrow afternoon for the battles to see the winner of the Cerulean City Contest!" Viviane concluded as people started to leave. May went to greet her friends. She couldn't wait to tell them what Misty had said.
A/N: Hope you liked that chapter. In most contestshipping stories, May usually gets jealous first. I really don't like that so I made Drew get jealous first. For all of you AAML supporters out there, you'll like the next chapter. Oh, and if you know, could you e-mail me or send me a review telling me how Brendan and Wally look? Thanks!