Chapter 3 first date
Ash blushed at her question. He played with his fingers meekly trying to find an answer; she smiled at his shyness
"You know you don't have to be embarrassed if you want it to be a date" she said kindly to which seemed to calm him down a little bit
After a while he found his voice
"Yes… it's a date…" he said softly and she smiled
"That's so sweet of you" she said and pecked him on the cheek which made blush harder. They got up and headed for a local ice cream parlor. They walked in a slightly awkward silence trying to decide whether or not they should hold hands again. Given the fact that last time was a little embarrassing they decided to take it easy for now…
Ash offered to pay for the ice cream and May graciously agreed. He got himself a chocolate flavored ice cream cone and May had a strawberry flavored one. They sat together on the bench and didn't know what to say. Feeling the tension getting thicker Ash decided to break the ice
"So, how's your ice cream?" he asked just as she was licking her ice cream ball. She jumped
"Oh! It's great. Yeah great" she said nervously
"How's yours?" she asked
"It's good" he said and the tension was slightly relieved but only by a hair. Trying to look for something to say May spoke
"Tell me Ash why do you want to become a Pokémon master?"
Slightly surprised by her question he said
"Because of the sense of accomplishment. I want to feel that I did it"
"What will you do after you accomplish that goal?"
Ash shrugged
"I don't know. Maybe I'll battle trainers for a while. Maybe after that I'll travel around the world and see new Pokémon and try to capture them. What about you? Why do you want to be a coordinator?"
May blushed slightly at the question and squirmed slightly in her seat
"If I tell you, you promise not to laugh?"
"Okay"
"I want to be a coordinator because I like cute Pokémon. I want to show people what my Pokémon can do. It makes me happy" she said nervously and looked at him. To her surprise he was smiling warmly at her
"What?"
"I identify a lot with what you said. I also like showing people what my Pokémon can do too"
"Yeah but you do it for badges not for impressing people"
"True. But I still think it's kinda cute that you want to show people the tricks you can do with your Pokémon…"
Touched by his words, she smiled sweetly at him as her eyes sparkled
"Thanks Ash. That means a lot coming from you…"
"You're welcome May" he said happily as they finished their ice cream in silence. Once they were done Ash spoke
"Hey do you want to get some soda? All that ice cream made me thirsty…"
"Sure. But this time I'll pay for my drink"
"Okay. Let's go find something to drink" Ash said as they got up and returned to the cashier's desk where the vending machines were. Ash got himself a cola and May got herself some orange juice. They left the parlor and started heading back for the park. Once they finished drinking they threw the empty cans in a local trash bin and walked back in silence. This time they found the courage to hold hands and they kept them together. May gave Ash's hand a little squeeze and he squeezed back. When they returned Max was sitting on the grass rubbing Pikachu's chin as he enjoyed it with pleasure. He turned to face them
"Hey guys. How was your date?"
"We didn't have a date" they automatically said
"You're holding hands" said Max
Looking down at their hands and seeing he was right they let each other go and looked a little embarrassed.
"You don't have to worry so much about it guys. I'm cool with it" he said and they nodded softly and went back to sit beside each other on the grass…
To be continued…
Well this one was a little longer. I hope you like it. Reviews are most welcome…
P.S. I'm sorry about the extra letters in the end of the first chapter. I had a little bit of technical problems
