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Chapter 3- Reaching out for him

May was on her way to the Pokeblock machines when she saw Misty and Drew sitting together and totally into their conversation.

For some reason, her heart had an odd twang.

Misty, are you and Drew really, really, really, really good friends?

"Hi May!" Ash bounced up to May and grinned. "Need any help with all those berries?"

"Er… no thanks… I'll be alright!" May smiled.

"Okay…" Ash frowned.

Then he seemed to remember something. "Oh yeah! I have to do something! Almost forgot! Later!"

May watched Ash tear away from her and disappearing out the door then she shook her head.

Misty had been watching Ash and May, only half listening to Drew.

Then she turned back to Drew, who was talking about his Pokemon Contests. Just as she turned back to Drew, May looked back over at Misty and Drew.

Misty's words came back to May. 'You know, Drew likes you, don't you?'

Well, if he does like me then why is he so tied up with you?

Pikachu was in his own spot of trouble. Now, everybody knows that Pikachu absolutely adores Misty. In the original manga, Den Geki Pikachu, Pikachu has a little love heart in his speech bubble whenever he talks. Probably because Misty keeps stuffing him with onigiri!

Anyway, Pikachu was following Ash around.

"Pika pi?" What are you doing for her?

Ash grinned. "I've got this great idea for this huge birthday party!"

"Pika pi chu kachu?" Where's it gonna be?

Ash said, "I think it should be a beach party! You know Misty absolutely loves the water!"

"Pika pi chu pi pi kachu." Of course it has to be big! She's practically the most important person in your life.

"Yeah…" Ash looked at his yellow buddy. "If it wasn't for her, I wouldn't be here right now. I really wanna find a way to thank her… anyway, everybody's gonna be there! I've already phoned Mum and Prof. Oak. And then there's Tracy, her sisters- Daisy, Rose and Violet, Prof. Birch, May's parents, and probably even Gary… I might even get Nurse Joy to come because I feel sorry for Brock."

"Pika piii…" I feel sorry for Misty.

"What did you say?"

"Pi." Never mind.

Ash looked around him. They were outside the UTC, sitting on the steps, planning Misty's birthday bash. The area outside the UTC was extremely beautiful, all bright and green with the cool breeze blowing past them.

"You know what, Pikachu?"

"Pi ka chu!" What?

"Sometimes I really miss Misty." He sighed. "When she had to go back to the gym, all of a sudden, it was like a part of me was gone. She was like my best friend. And I really missed her. I was so happy to see her again but we're so… different… and when May joined us, I think I kinda wanted her to replace Misty and it just didn't work… do you like May?"

"Pi…" Yeah…

"She's not that bad, Pikachu! She's way cool! And she's nice… and she's cute… and oh… yeah, you don't like her anywhere as much as Misty. I like her though!"

"Pi…" Yeah I know.

Pikachu thought, and that's the reason why Misty is so heartbroken.

Ash said, "Hey, Misty's B'day is in 3 days! We really have to work hard!"

Pikachu brightened up, "Pika pi! Kachu pi chu chuuuuu!" Let's make this the best birthday party ever!

Exactly three days later- Misty's birthday:

Misty groaned as she got out of bed. "Argh, I'm tired… but I still got work today…"

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MISTY!"

"WWAAAHHHHH!" she cried.

Nurse Joy, May, Drew, Ash, Brock, Pikachu and Max jumped out, cheering.

"Wow…" Misty cried. "This is so great, guys!"

"Ash planned it," May said happily.

"Wow, that's so great, Ash! I love you!" Misty jumped on Ash and they all laughed. May laughed too because she thought that Misty was just saying that because of how happy she was.

But Misty probably did mean it.

Everybody was at the beach. It was sunny and they were all there. Professor Oak, Professor Birch, Delia, Gary, Misty's sisters, Nurse Joy, and everybody.

Misty was way happy.

"This is so wonderful! Thanks, Ash!" Misty said.

Ash blushed.

May watched.

Brock said, "Why don't you guys go hit the surf? We've got all day!"

And that's how the day began.

"Misty's really good at surfing," May said, watching Misty.

"Can you surf?" asked Drew.

"No, I've never tried." she replied.

"Want me to teach you?" asked Drew.

May looked at her hands, which were clasped together tightly in front of her, "Okay."

Misty dragged her surfboard in and sat under the umbrella with Ash and the others. She looked out towards the surf, where Drew and May were crashing over and over. May kept falling over and Drew kept laughing, as he reached over to grab her before she got dunked.

Misty smiled and looked over at Ash, "Aren't they having fun?"

"Yeah…" Ash said. He looked over at May.

Misty felt sad. He's thinking about May again.

May and Drew came back in and then Pikachu said, "Pika kachu chu pi pika!" Let's smash watermelons!

Apparently the Japanese like to blindfold people, give them a stick and a watermelon and try to smash the watermelon. Hey, it sounds like fun!

Delia got the watermelons out and said, "Have fun, everybody!"

Misty smashed the watermelon beautifully. Everybody cheered.

May tried smashing the watermelon and ended up smashing Drew's head.

"Ow… that hurts!"

"Oh, I'm sorry Drew!" May cried. She pulled off the blindfold and said, "Are you okay?"

Drew grinned despite the bump growing on his head and said, "Yeah, I'll be fine."

Pikachu watched Ash. He wasn't very happy. And Misty wasn't very happy either. So well, Pikachu wasn't happy. At least everybody else was having fun, he said to himself.

In the afternoon, they went swimming again and then sat in the sun to dry off.

"Hey May, can I take you out?" Drew asked.

May blushed. "Um, okay…"

Drew got up and pulled May to her feet. May giggled and followed Drew, their bare feet padding off into the sand.

Misty knew Ash wasn't happy with things and once again, felt sad.

The others had gone back to the UTC except for Max, who had fallen asleep under the umbrella.

It was late afternoon and the sky was really beautiful.

"Wow, it's so pretty." Misty said.

"Yeah," breathed Ash.

Misty smiled at Ash and was about to say something but Ash went on, "It's been ages since we've sat down to watch the sky. I've really missed having you around ever since you went back to Cerulean City."

"I've really missed you too…" Misty said.

Ash looked into the distance and said, "Um, I think I should go get May now. She'd really like to see this,"

"Oh…"

Misty watched Ash get up and start to head off towards where Drew and May had gone.

Misty felt immensely sad. She knew, of course she knew, how crazy Ash was about May but she couldn't do anything about the way she felt about him herself. It was odd, the way love worked, she had never realized it before, but now it just seemed so obvious.

And then she just couldn't hold it in anymore.

"Ash!" she called after him.

"What is it?" he asked impatiently. I just wanna find May now! Before Drew does something drastic!

Misty's voice wavered, "Why…?"

"Huh?" Ash looked back at Misty, sitting on the sand, looking at the ground.

"Why did it have to be May?" she cried. "You love May, don't you?"

"Yeah… I-"he started.

"It's so obvious!" she cried. "I can tell it by the way you talk to her, look at her, act around her… but why did you have to do all that in front of me?"

Ash stared at Misty.

Her shoulders shook now, unable to bear the pain and teardrops started to fall onto the sand.

"Ash," she looked up at him, blue-green eyes full of tears. "Can't you see that I've fallen in love with you?"

"I've loved you all along! I just didn't realize until now! I don't know why it took so long for me to figure it out!" she cried, tears rolling down her cheeks. "I do love you, Ash! But why? Why did it have to be May?"

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