May, Ash and co. had found a nice place just a little way from the femieday fountain in a small green to train.
The sun was still shining vigorously out of a harsh blue sky. The grass was green and healthy, and the trees standing round the green were baring leaves of beautiful colours, from auburn to lemon yellow.
Since she had already told her rival she was using beautifly in the upcoming contest, May had no choice but to stick to her word. Before letting the pokemon out of its ball, she inhaled the clean air deeply and let it out slowly, controlling the anger only Drew could make her feel. She was now even more determined to win Ambarona's contest, and even more importantly, beat Drew.
Forget him now, she thought to herself, its time to work on my presentation for the contest.
'Beautifly, its show time,' May cried as she threw the small ball into the air. The big butterfly sprung out of it in a shower of sparkling dust.
Standing back from the group, camouflaged by the trees, Drew spied on May, being careful not to be seen. Not bad, he thought. Maybe she is getting quite good.
He stood and watched for a while. However, he had not come to see the pokemons display, more for the trainers.
He sighed. 'Forget it,' said a voice in his head, 'she hates you, you've made sure of that.'
Drew knew the voice was right. He had tried so hard to cover up his true feelings, that he'd gone over the top, making out he was a complete jerk and pushing May away. He hadn't meant to make her hate him, or to show himself up as an arrogant prick. And, truth be told, he wasn't actually like that. He was sweet and friendly, and just a little bit lonely, most of the time. But something about May brought out the bad side in him. Maybe he was just scared of what might happen if May were ever to find out the truth. But the result could be good, Drew reasoned with himself. He sighed again, as he stared out to where May was practising. He loved her girlishness, and eagerness, and the way she was always so innocent and cute. He loved everything about her.
He dropped the arms that had been folded at his chest, and got off the tree he had been leaning against. He took one last look towards May, then turned and walked away.
May and her friends had become hot and hungry after practising in the midday sun. They needed to get to the shade of a café, to cool off and refuel.
They found a nice, welcoming place down the towns little High Street. They walked in to see it was bigger and much more spread out than it looked from the outside. Everything was bright and lively inside. They ordered burgers and fries, and went to sit round one of the red tables.
The food came swiftly, and the group were enjoying it and chatting happily, when May looked to the door and saw a certain green haired co-ordinator walk in. he didn't seem to notice her, in fact he didn't seem to notice anything, walking as if in a dream. He looked strangely out of place one his own, in the active and high spirited hangout.
He seemed to be deep in thought and looked somewhat down and unhappy. He sat at a small table in an alcove away from the light. May wondered why there was no one with him, and realised Drew always seemed to be on his own. She had never seen him chat to others, or even try to make friends. Come to think of it, May hadn't even seen Drew's parents attend the Grand Festival to watch him. He was a loner. And yet he was so conceited, vein, snobbish. He always tried his best to show up May. But then, what about those flowers?
May sighed. Drew was a mystery.
'What do you think May?' said Ash turning to the thoughtful brunette.
May started, and realised her friends had been speaking to her. 'Uh, oh yeah, sure,' she replied, not knowing, or caring, for what she was agreeing to.
From the corner May saw Drew get up and leave, yet May couldn't remember seeing him order any food.
'Hey come on, lets go check out the town, then you can train some more May,' said Max. 'But how come you haven't touched your burger?'
May saw he was right, but she found she was no longer hungry. Then to her friend's surprise, she stood up. 'Aren't we going to see the town then?'
They left together to look round the beautiful town of Ambarona, and May soon forgot all about Drew and his odd ways. Little did she know that she was about to find out a lot more about him.