Hi there! Emichii here! THIS IS WINNING ASH- my ultimate AAML! And guess what? There's gonna be so much songfic here, but don't worry, I won't overdo it. And I can't tell you the song, but, heh heh… I am listening to it right now! Thankyou so much for all the review! I love you all! Hi Rika 195! Yo SAZ! Hmm and someone said that it was weird that Misty was so eager to help May when she liked him herself… well, duh, we can all tell that but the point is she may have fallen in love with him, but doesn't realize until later on. Got that, peeps?
Okay… now Emichii is happy to bring you…
Chapter 2- Something called love
"Drew?"
May and Ash thundered over to Drew and Misty.
"Hello," Drew said to them, but kept looking at May.
"I didn't know you were here," May said.
Misty smiled. "He comes here often to train, I know him well."
"You do?" May squeaked.
"Yeah," Misty smiled again.
Ash shuffled his feet nervously and looked out a window, "Wow, the time sure has flown, it's almost dark…" He pushed his cap onto his head and said, "I think I'll go work on Snorunt's ice beam some more."
He walked out quickly and Misty sighed then tried to cover it up with a nervous cough.
May said, "Well, I might go get ready… for dinner…"
She went off to her room and left Misty and Drew by themselves again.
"What's with them? Is May alright?" Drew wondered.
"I'd tell you, but I promised May," Misty said truthfully.
"That's okay."
"Here's your pokemon."
Misty gave the pokemon back to Drew and left the desk from the side door.
"My shift's over now, and dinner's just about to start, we better go."
"Okay."
Dinner:
"I love this place!" Brock said dreamily. "Not only is there a Nurse Joy, there are also pretty girls in every corner!"
Max sighed and pushed his glasses up his nose.
May giggled.
Drew and Ash were both looking at her.
Before, they both had a very 'polite' argument about who should sit next to May.
Misty was sitting at May's left so Drew and Ash both wanted to sit on May's other side.
"Hi, May." Ash went casually up to May as if he sat next to her everyday, but Drew was sitting there and Ash said, very nicely, but with his teeth gritted, "Drew, I think you're sitting in my seat."
Drew looked up and said coolly, "Well, I'm sorry, but it seems like I'm already sitting here."
"But that's my spot."
"We just got here, how can you already have assigned seats?"
Ash gave up and sat down next to Max, glaring at Drew.
Misty tried not to laugh. (Well, that was funny!)
After dinner:
Misty was really taking the whole 'Winning Ash' project very seriously.
She had headphones on, with a little speaker, so that she could hear and talk to May.
May also had the same set and she was really nervous.
"Okay, May, here's the plan." Misty said, "This was your idea, but I'll be here to make sure everything goes right."
She pulled the speaker down for a moment and looked around. May was waiting at a window, leaning against the wall. Ash was walking down the hall towards her.
Misty pulled the speaker up again and said, "Okay, let's go. He's coming now. Good luck!"
"Thanks, Misty."
May pushed away the speaker and watched Ash come towards her.
"Oh hi Ash!"
"Hey May," Ash looked genuinely happy to see her.
"This place is really cool, isn't it?" May commented.
Misty frowned. May, just get on with it! Before he gets bored! She thought hard, trying to send the message to her. She wouldn't dare saying it to her through the headphones because then Ash could hear (he was standing pretty close to May!)
"Um, Ash… I just wanted to know…"
"Yeah…"
"Will-you-go-out-with-me?" she said quickly and watched his face.
Please don't reject me!
"I don't know." Ash said. He was dying to say yes, he just wanted to play hard-to-get!
"Will you go out with me? I was thinking we could just… hang out… go for a walk… or something?" May said hopefully.
"Sounds good to me!" Ash said.
May wanted to jump for joy!
Later:
"Hi Misty."
"Hey Drew."
"Um…" Drew stammered, something you don't see often.
Misty wondered what was going on. "Do you want me to look after your pokemon?"
"No…" Drew said seriously. "I…I… can I tell you something?"
"What is it?"
"Well, um, I just really like May but I don't know what to do so can you help me please!" Drew said really really quickly.
Oh no… What now?
"You could ask her out…" Misty said weakly.
"Cool. Where is she?"
"Um… she just went out on a date with Ash." Misty said.
Drew's expression didn't even change. "I'll go look for her. Where'd they go?"
"Um," Misty said panicked, "I think you should wait for her to come back first… May doesn't like people who… rush things."
"Okay…"
Drew sat down in a nearby armchair, and then said, kinda offhand, "Why did Ash have to ask her out?"
Ash didn't ask her out! May asked him out! Misty thought.
"May, we need to talk."
"Eh?"
Misty and May sat on May's bed.
Misty said, "How'd it go?"
May smiled and blushed. "Aw, it was so… wonderful! Ash is the sweetest guy in the whole universe."
Misty decided May was about to swoon or something so she quickly said, "Well, you've got a problem."
"What?"
"You know Drew likes you, don't you?" Misty said.
May didn't answer. She sighed. "What am I supposed to do? I might be really pretty and everybody likes me but Ash doesn't. Well, not the way I do."
Yes he does like you! He's crazy about you! Misty looked away from May and said, "Well, I'm going to my room now. I think I'll turn in early."
"Goodnight."
"Night."
Misty lay on her bed, hands behind her head and stared at the ceiling.
She closed her eyes for a moment, trying to think through everything that was happening.
May loves Ash. Der!
Ash is crazy about May.
But they won't tell each other.
And Drew…
Drew likes May. Obviously.
And I'm supposed to help May win Ash, but also Drew to win May.
Where do I fit in?
Why do I have to be caught in between all of this?
Misty blinked open her eyes and studied the ceiling. Suddenly she just felt tired. So she fell asleep and didn't wake up until 7 the next day.
"It's almost Misty's birthday!" Ash told Brock.
"Are you planning anything?" Brock asked.
Ash said, "Well, it has to be big! I've known her for so long- and she was one of my first friends."
"How long have you known her?"
Ash looked sheepish. "I met her a little while before I met you at Pewter City. It was really funny because I was getting chased by Spearow and me and Pikachu fell into a river or something and then Misty was fishing and she fished us up."
"You really remember that clearly, don't you?"
"Hey, it's important! Very important!"
"What are you going to do for her birthday then?"
Ash paused then snapped his fingers. "You gotta help me with this, Brock, if this is gonna work…"
"What is?"
"Hey guys!" Max pushed open and sat down on the couch next to Brock, and looked at Ash, who was pacing back and forth in front of them. "What's up?"
"It's almost Misty's birthday," said Brock.
"And I'm gonna throw a huge party for her!" cried Ash.
"Keep it down!" Brock hissed, "her room's right next to this one."
"Right…"
Ash smiled smugly. "This is gonna be so cool!"
"Have you got everything sorted out?" Brock asked.
"Huh?"
"Who's invited?"
"…um…"
"Where is it?"
"…"
"Is Nurse Joy there?"
"When will it be on?"
"What are you gonna give her?"
"Blah blabla blah!"
"SHUT UP!" Max and Ash shouted at the same time.
Just then, the door creaked open, and Misty poked her head in. "Is everything all right? It's awfully noisy in here."
Brock noticed Ash blushing really hard and saved his arse, "Oh, no, Misty, everything's fine… I just told one of my horrible jokes."
"Right." Misty smiled and ducked back out.
Ash and Max sighed.
Ash looked at the closed door where Misty had been before and said, "I know just what we're gonna do for her birthday!"
The day after the day after the next day:
"Where's Ash?" May wondered.
"I don't know." Misty replied. "He's been disappearing a lot these days."
"Hmmm…" May murmured thoughtfully.
Misty noticed Drew walking towards May from behind her. She pretended not to see.
Then Drew walked over to May and cupped his hands over May's eyes.
"Guess who?"
"WWAHH!" May cried.
Misty started laughing.
"Hi May." Drew lifted his hands and looked at May from over the top of her head.
"Drew!" May cried surprised.
Drew stuffed his hands into his pockets uncomfortably.
Misty looked on, interested.
"May…"
"Yeah?"
"Can you go out with me?" he said coolly.
"Ah…" May said, "Um… okay."
Drew brightened. "Let's go!"
Misty watched Drew drag May away by the wrist.
She shrugged but what is Ash doing, anyway?
"Pikachu!" Hiya!
"Oh, Pikachu!" she said, seeing the little yellow pokemon. Pikachu hopped onto Misty's shoulder and asked, "Pika pi?" Why are you so confused?
Misty plopped down onto the front steps of the UTC and said, "I don't know… everything's just so confusing. Everything's just weird… and I guess I'm a bit worried about Ash, too…"
"Pika pi chu pi?" What else?
"May likes Ash, did you know that?"
"Pi. Pikachu pi pi chu pika pi." I knew that! And Ash is crazy about her too!
"Exactly my point! But there's Drew and I guess there's me… I haven't really figured anything out yet, but Ash makes me worry a lot. And he never tells me anything! All he's said since he's seen me again was 'hi' and 'goodnight' and something like that. I don't even know about what he's done since he went to Hoenn!"
"Pi Pi kachu chuu?" Do you like Ash?
"n-no! I mean, yeah, of course I like him! Why do you think I went with him so far? It wasn't just because of the bicycle! Anyway, he's already given the bike back so, does that mean, like, that's all? He doesn't want anything else to do with me? Is that all he thinks of me? Am I just that girl he owed something too? What does he think of me?"
"Does he like May more than me? Is he trying to avoid him because he doesn't like me? Does he just want to forget about me? Am I just someone that reminds him of bad memories? Does he even realize I'm here? I've been here all along! I want to know him even better than I already do! I just sit here waiting for him to come back for me like some stupid idiot! Why doesn't he tell me anything?"
Pikachu paused, a little surprised by Misty's outburst. It patted Misty's back affectionately and sadly. "Pi kachu…" That's so sad.
Misty's buried her face in her hands and there was a silence for a while.
Then she propped up her head, looked at Pikachu and smiled. "What about you, Pikachu? Is there another Pikachu you like?"
"Pikachu! There you are!"
Pikachu and Misty jumped.
Ash and Snorunt ran up to them and Ash said, "I was looking for you, Pikachu!"
He grinned at Misty. "Was he keeping you company?"
"Oh yeah," Misty said.
"Okay, well, um…" Ash said, "I'm off now. I'm really busy… so, um, later!"
"Bye."
Misty watched as Ash and his pokemon disappeared again.
Ash, just what are you planning?
YEEAHHH! Hi everybody! That was the 2nd chapter! And Misty's B'day is in the next few chapters! It's gonna rock! But be patient! It'll be worth it when I write about it. Hi Rika 195! How's your mission trip? Read and review everybody!