Lifetime Unchanged
Chapter Three

Ash and May walked out of the door, looking at Misty. She looked dead as she watched her Marill play. Her eyes made her look like she had a rough time sleeping; the dark circles beneath her eyes showed.

Again, Ash remained to pretend he didn't see his friend's feelings. He did want to help her feel better, but he did not want to be rude to Misty and not be nosy. He did not want to get her business. May was the same. Though she did not know Misty as much Ash did, she knew how Misty was feeling.

Suddenly, once the door slammed close, Ash let go of May's hand as quickly as he could. May had a confused face on; she did not know why Ash let go of her hand. Looking at Ash's face, she remembered quickly why Ash had let go of her hand and got her confused face off so she wouldn't embarrass herself in front of her love one.

"So… are we really going to walk?" May inquired. She knew that they weren't really going for a walk, but if she asked, maybe they will actually go for a walk.

When Ash answered, May found out she was right. "I wasn't really planning to, but sure, only if you want to, though."

May smiled. "We've never really went for walk, alone, so I'll be happy too!" She thought for a bit. "Where shall we be walking to, Ash?"

"I don't know. You can pick May, but don't pick places like the mall! I remember when one time Misty really wanted to buy tons of clothes for this one event that meant a lot to her. Forgot what event it was though."

"There aren't a lot of malls around, here. So, maybe we can visit the new park, Ash? I heard it's one the coolest places in Kanto nowadays. They say it's even better than the Elite Four and the Indigo Plateau!" May exclaimed. If she said that the park was better than Elite Four and the Indigo Plateau, Ash would have to want to go there.

A small smiled appeared on Ash's face, liked how a smile was on May's face. "Nothing is better than that, May. You're lying. And I mean nothing is better than training your Pokèmon…"

Ash is rambling again; I guess I shouldn't have said that, May thought.

"… so, anyways, nothing in Kanto is better than the Indigo Plateau and the Elite Four."

"Oh Ash!" Teasingly, May pushed Ash. "Well, let's go to the park then. To the park that isn't better than the Indigo Plateau and the Elite Four…"

They walked towards the park. It was near Ash's house, so it didn't take them long to arrive there. "The park is beautiful; it made Pallet Town so huge and famous. I remember when this place was one of the smallest cities in Kanto - actually, Pallet Town was the smallest city," Ash abruptly said as he looked at the park's entrance gate.

May ignored Ash's words, for she was too busy staring at the park's natural beauty. She had visit Pallet Town before, but she never knew it had such a beauty within it. Her eyes were in awe by just looking at the park. The trees were big - bigger than any tree she had seen before. Grass was everywhere! Pokèmon - ones that wild, ones that already had a trainer - were everywhere.

"This place is beautiful, Ash!" May shouted.

Ash gave her a look. "It sure is. Now, let's go sit at the bench for a moment, ok May? I need to sit down. My legs are really sore!"

"How are the sore? We just got here… We barley even walked anywhere!" She sighed. Ash was giving her his pleading look. "Ah, ok."

Ash and May walked to the bench and sat there, even though May knew for sure that Ash's legs were not sore. But, she knew his legs will get sore eventually, so taking a break now might get them some more time to walk around the park without getting Ash tired. Thinking about that thought, she remembered the things Brock has told her about Ash, she remembered him telling her that Ash was a person who didn't care if his legs were sore from walking, as long as it was exciting, something that was somehow involved with his journey to become a Pokèmon master, and/or something he really cared about, Ash would would not care if his legs were sore.

That most mean I'm someone who's not exciting to him, someone who's not helping or involve with his journey, like I'm a person who is just standing in the way, and it must mean that I'm not something he cares about…, May thought. She suddenly became lost in her thoughts about it, until she heard Ash call her name.

"Oh! Sorry…, guess I was too much lost into my thoughts! Tends to happen a lot…," May replied to him calling her name. She hit head it a semi-childish way, like how most people do when they do something a bit 'stupid' or something along the lines of that.

"OK, May." Ash stood up from the bench and stretched his arms up high in the sky. "From that long-time that we were sitting, my legs aren't really sore anymore. So let's go walking! We'll probably see some awesome Pokèmon along our way, too!" Ash's voice seem to "to perk up" when he mentioned about seeing Pokèmon.

May stood up along with Ash. For some reason, she was somewhat looking and hearing carefully about what Ash said. His legs weren't really sore and they only sat on the bench for about a few moments of time, but May completely tried her best to ignore those little "problems" and direct her attention and thoughts on the good things.

"C'mon May! You were the one who wanted to see the things in the park and want to explore this 'beautiful' park, so hurry up!" Ash shouted at May (though it didn't make quite sense, since he was pretty close to May, and shouting at one who is that close to you would be a waste of effort). He grabbed her hands before she could reply, taking her to the central part of the park.

May blushed deeply when Ash grabbed her hand. He hardly ever did that, but when he did, her stomach would have butterflies. And she loved having that feeling.

Once a small flower got her attention, her feet felt like they dug themselves in a hole so she can be "frozen in her tracks". Since May wasn't moving, Ash was not moving either. He looked behind him to see what was keeping May from not moving. Ash saw that her eyes were beautifully gazing at a flower. "You like that flower, don't you?" he asked.

"Yeah…" May stared at it even more. "It's beautiful…"

"When we first got into the park, I saw this poster somewhere; it had that flower on it. It said 'Go buy this beautiful flower! Delight all the ladies with this flower!' It looks like Brock needs this flower for his lady troubles…"

"Ash, can you please buy me that flower… please?" May gave a small little pout that looked like the "puppy-pound."

"Sure. I might as get one for Misty and Mom as well." Ash put his finger on his chin, trying to remember where the poster said where the location was. "Now where did the poster say the location was? I think it was somewhere in the central part of the park, so it must be near here… May?"

"Ash! I found the shop that sells the flower, come over here!" May waved her hands in the air so Ash could see them. Ash went to the shop-stall to see the flowers. They were cheap, even though they looked absolutely beautiful. "I'll buy three."

The salesman told Ash how much it cost, Ash then gave the money, and received the flowers. The salesman went to May and whispered, "You sure must be some lucky lady. Getting that much flowers from someone. A lot of girls want a man like that." May blushed at the comment.

Ash gave May one batch of the flowers. He held the other two in his arms; one for his mom, while another one for Misty. "We should go home now," Ash said, "it's getting dark now."

"OK, Ash."

The walk to Ash's house, which was close to the park so it took them no time to get back home, and be only a few minutes early for dinner. May enjoyed the dinner, along with everyone else. Once everyone finished their dinner, May headed right towards Misty.

"Um, Misty can I talk to you about something. You know, a girl to girl talk?"

"Oh, sure. What's it about?"

May turned her head around to make sure that no one can hear her. No one was in sight, besides her and Misty. May gave a sigh. "It's about… Ash."

hope you guys like this chapter.. notice some of the things may says/thinks or what she feels. thats a hint. :) well im going to post a chapter each week. so next chapter is gonna be posted out next friday. almost finish the chapter, tho, so it won't be late, if anyone cares. read & review. please & thank you. :) much love! and i just anon. reviews were disable so if your anon. gonna review it, you can now. :) hope that wasn't why hardly anyone reviewed it.