Hello, my good readers! This is off of a prompt from the amazing Contestshipper16! Thank you so much!

In this story, they are several years older, and so May and Drew are traveling together. May knows Misty from those episodes in Hoenn, and we'll assume that they know each other well through Ash.

"Hey, May," Drew greeted his brunette rival, who was eating lunch with an unfamiliar red-headed girl who looked around the same age as he.

"Hi, Drew! This is Misty, a friend of mine," she explained. Misty smiled, a sparkle in her eyes that Drew - unfortunately for him - missed.

"Nice to meet you," she greeted. Drew turned to May and smirked. "Why can't you act like your friends, May? Misty seems like the kind of girl who would never yell at anyone," he shot. May reached under the table and the next thing Drew knew, his head really, really hurt, and May was swinging a mallet around in her hand with a slightly pompous look on her face, nose tipped into the air haughtily.

"That's not very nice of you to say, Drew!"

Drew shook the dizziness away. "Wow, that was harsh, even for you."

"What'd you say about me?!" May appeared to loom in front of Drew, who found himself shying away like any normal person.

"Nothing."

"That's better." And suddenly May was back to normal, smiling at her friend with a very sweet, innocent look. "Bye, Misty! I'll see you tomorrow, right?"

"Right! I'll meet you, same time and place, 'kay?"

May nodded and smiled. "It was nice talking to you!" Misty waved goodbye to her and Drew and left, shouldering her red pack. May smiled at Drew. "Aren't you coming?" Drew, dumbfounded, nodded dumbly and followed her out silently. On the way the passed a street filled with boutiques that May gasped at, eyes sparkling.

"What are you lookin' at, May?"

May pointed toward the stores. "We have to go in there!"

"What?" They looked much too girly and pointless to Drew, who made a face. "Why me too?"

"Be-cause!" she whined. "It's customary for boys to go with girls when girl want to blow out their allowances!" Drew groaned inside at the thought of carrying bags for her. "But I have stuff to do-" He was cut off. "No, you are going to be nice, and you are going to accompany me!" May grabbed her mallet and brandished it at Drew, who sighed and nodded.

He regretted it soon enough. May went on a mini-shopping spree, fawning over accessories and clothes. And she had that same crazy attitude as before! One moment he would try to escape while she was looking at the cute Pokémon trinkets, the next she bashed him over the head for trying to leave.

Drew was astonished by this violent May. What happened to the sweet girl he had grown to love? Wait, love? He blushed at the thought.

Then a gasp filled his ears, a very familiar gasp. Drew groaned out loud, but that didn't change the owner of the voice. "Oh my goodness! Is that Drew?!" Harley. It had to be Harley. Drew turned his head, pretending not to hear the flamboyant coordinator. True, Harley had gotten honestly straightened out by Solidad, but Drew still hated him.

"It is Drew! Oh, Drew~!" Drew face-palmed and turned.

"Hi there, Harley," he muttered darkly.

"Well, well, well~! This sure is a surprise! What are you doing here?" Harley asked. Drew was debating on either shoving Harley and making a run for it or just answering with an excuse, but May interrupted before he could choose the first option.

"Hi, Harley!"

He gasped again, hands flying up to his face. "It's May-darling~! How are ya, hun?"

"I'm fine, thanks! How are you?"

"Oh, I'm just fine, honey-bunch! But the real question is, why is Drew here?" Drew opened his mouth to tell Harley that May had threatened him, but May very sweetly said, "Excuse us for a minute, would you?" before grabbing Drew by the ear and dragging him away.

"What was that about?" he complained. But May whacked him on the head with a paper fan. To his surprise, it hurt more than the mallet. Upon seeing his expression, May smiled and put both weapons away, deciding to just use the fan. "...Ouch..."

Without further explanation, May dragged Drew back and rescued the creeped-out store clerk by asking Harley to join them. Without the use of her dangerous weapons, Drew noticed bitterly. He would be lying if he said he wouldn't want to see May whack Harley over the head a couple good times.

As they were walking back to the Pokémon Center, Drew lagged behind both May and Harley. When they both finally noticed, Harley tilted his head and clasped his hands together. "Oh, Drew! Why don't you walk next to us?"

"...I'll pass, thanks."

-POW!-

"...Coming." Drew glared at May but went to walk on her left, away from the other male coordinator.

"So, Harley," May said amiably. "Where are you going after this?"

"Well, that's the surprise, hun!"

"Surprise?" Drew scowled. He didn't care for surprises, especially from Harley.

"Yup! It's back at the Pokémon Center. Aww, turn your frown-y upside-down-y!"

Drew refused, and May said, "Go ahead, Harley! We'll be along in a minute." Harley conceded to do so, and May dragged Drew by the ear off into the side of the path. "What's your problem?"

"My problem? What's yours?"

-POW!-

"See?! Why so violent, May?"

-POW! POW!-

"...Ouch..." May smiled in success and nodded, leaving Drew to catch up. She and Harley chatted aimlessly the whole way back. And all the way back he continued to wrack his mind on WHAT IN THE WORLD HAPPENED TO MAY?!

Somewhere, Misty is laughing.

:D What do you think? And who wants to know what the surprise is? I kind of do, so I hope a bunch of people say so~! Remember: requests or suggestions? Review them in!

Have you read Happy Birthday to the Dex Holders! ? It's Sapphire's birthday, and does she have a surprise coming!

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