A/N: Guess what? I just found out I have Internet access in India, so I can keep updating after all. Forget what I said in my author's note last chapter. This story will get more updates as long as it gets more reviews. So here's a chapter you can enjoy, but after, you can also REVIEW it.
May talked to Melody. It wasn't easy, but she did it. When she first came up to her, Melody ran away, hoping she wouldn't notice. But of course May knew what was happening, so she coaxed Melody to come out and talk to her with sweet talk, something that she's either good at, or bad at, depending on her mood.
May admitted that she was jealous, although she didn't want to. But she still wasn't sure why, and she didn't want to talk about it with someone she just met, especially Melody. She wished Misty was part of the scheme, but she was one f the victims. ' After all this is over,' May thought to herself, ' it'll be my turn to spend the day with Misty, so that I can sort out my feelings. I can talk to her about anything!'
So Melody, who wanted to be friends with May, and also wanted to get Ash and Misty together (although at one point she had a major crush on Ash, but soon found out it could never be because of Misty) agreed to help with the plan. She was slightly mad at Misty, but more sad than mad when she had her crush on Ash. But now she was getting over it.
Finally, as the last details were worked out, nightfall arose, and Max, who was at Prof. Oak's lab for the day came back and was filled in on what happened. So it was time to put the plan into action.
(A/N: Yay, the plan! Now you will know what it is!)
" Its almost time for dinner," Misty called.
" Why don't we go out for dinner tonight Misty?" May said
" Why? Don't you like my cooking?" asked Misty, who surprisingly cooks almost as well as Ash's mom does now, since she's been taking lessons from her.
" Yea, of course we do. Except now…"
Brendan interrupted May. He said, " May found this new Spaghetti place just around the corner and wanted to try it out." May realized she had almost blown their cover. She was going to say that she got them reservations to the new Spaghetti restaurant that morning. But it was supposed to sound like she just remembered seeing that place and wanted to check it out.
That was Melody's cue. " Spaghetti is sooooo romantic!" she cried. " I love romantic things.
" Mmmmm, Spaghetti sounds great to me! Its my favorite," Gary said.
" You know, I like romantic things too," Rudy said to Misty, with a glint in his eye.
" Yeah so what? What are you getting at?" Ash said angrily. Then he said, " I love Spaghetti too."
Even Ash agreed and he didn't know walking right into a trap! This was getting better and better.
So Misty finally gave in and they went to the restaurant. May saw the reserved sign on a table for two, and knew it was the one Ash and Misty were supposed to sit at. She quickly took away the sign before anyone else can see.
She, Brendan, Wally, Brock, and Max were at one table and Rudy, Gary, Melody, Tracey sat in another table. Rudy thought Misty would sit with him, but May ushered Ash and Misty into the table for two. " Only table left," she said.
" But there's room there next to Rudy," Misty said, not wanting to crowd the place up. She also didn't want only Ash as company. Ever since their big kiss, she's been a little uneasy and got an awkward feeling when it was just the two of them.
She probably wanted Ash to kiss her again and wanted him to admit that he liked her. If he liked her. Maybe it was just a friendly kiss like the one he shared with Melody. Or atleast, that's what Melody called it.
" But we'd probably be squished, and we don't want to crowd up the table," Ash said. He wanted to talk to Misty about his feelings for a long time, in fact ever since she left for Cerulean City. But he didn't feel ready. He didn't really want to sit with Misty alone, especially because she's been acting weird lately when it was just the two of them ever since the kiss, but he didn't want to sit next to Rudy. And he especially didn't want Misty to sit next to him. He even admit that he was jealous of Rudy to himself, and Brock and Gary and Max, although Max acted weird towards him too, ever since they got to Cerulean City.
So Ash and Misty sat in the table for two, alone. May whispered the plan to everyone who didn't know, and surprisingly Rudy agreed! But he had a mischievous glint in his eye that no one, not even May or Melody noticed.
Their next step was to leave quietly with their spaghetti packaged so they could eat in the gym, and Ash and Misty could really be alone. There would be no costumers. Brendan and Wally knew the guy who owned the place and made him a deal. If they let him meet Prof. Birch, Norman and his family, and show him the ropes of pokemon so that he could get pokemon working alongside him and his chefs, he would make sure the restaurant would be closed except for Ash and Misty.
They even knew how to explain why the sign says closed if they noticed that they could read the open part, although it was kind of a lame excuse. They made up a lame excuse if people asked why Ash and Misty are still in there if the restaurant is closed. The same one.
So the restaurant was piled up with an overexcited May, a jealous Rudy, and lots of other people, but no one that wasn't with Brendan or Wally. And then, everyone except Ash and Misty left, but since they were deep in conversation, surprisingly, they didn't notice.
But what no one noticed was that Rudy was still there. With someone else.
A/N: Everything seems to be a surprise these days. So what evil scheme is Rudy plotting? And who else is in the restaurant? Find out in Chapter 17,a total AAML chapter dedicated to Pokeshippers everywhere.