"What are you up to?" asked Brock.
"Oh nothing." said Max.
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May stopped in her tracks.
"Oh shoot!" cried May.
"What?" asked Dawn.
"Ash's birthday is tomorrow!"
"WHAT!"
"I totally forgot!" cried May. May fell to her knees. "What am I suppose to do? I mean what kind of girlfriend would I be with no present for my boyfriend."
"Its ok May, I'm sure we could find something." said Dawn, helping May up. "Hey isnt that Trainers World!"
"Yeah! Maybe we could find something in there!" The two girls ran to the store.
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"Ok ok so where are they?" asked Max to himself. He dugged through his bookpack. "Ahh ha!"
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"Found anything yet?"
"Nope."
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Max pulled out a pink ribbon.
"Theres one half but wheres the other?"
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"How bout that?"
"Nope he already has that."
"Darnit."
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Max kept on digging through his bookpack. "Uh oh."
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"Theres nothing here!" complained May.
"Its ok! I'm, sure we can both come up with something. Lets go home." said Dawn. May nodded.
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"Where is it!" cried Max.
"Wheres what?" asked Ash coming to the door. Max quickly hid the ribbon behind his back.
"Uhh a sock! Yeah a sock!"
"But your wearing two socks." pointed out Ash.
"Uhh yeah but there dirty!"
"Hey whats behind your back?"
"Uhh nothing!" lied Max.
"Come on let me see." said Ash, walking over to Ash.
"Theres nothing!" said Max, putting his foot out making Ash trip.
"AGHH!" said Ash. "Ow- hey!" 'uh oh." thoguht Max.
"This is my sock!" said Ash picking up a sock. Ash looked at Max's hand.
"Whats in your hand?"
"NOTHING!" said Max. Ash crawled over Max and opened his hand.
"MAX? What the?" said Ash. "What are you doing with the ribbon!"
"I can ex-" Ash pulled it out of Max's hand.
"You are so de-"
"WERE HOME!" called out Dawn from the front door.
"May?" said Ash. "MAY?" Ash ran down the stairs.
"Hey Ash?"
"Listen I have a question?" said Ash.
"Okay."
"Do you still have the ribbon?" asked Ash.
"Uhh umm yeah! Of course. Why wouldnt I? Why do you ask?"
"Umm nothing. Just wondering, making sure, well gotta go, love ya." Ash kissed May on the lips and ran upstairs.
"MAX?" called out Ash.
"Hmm I wonder whats wrong?" said May.
"Hey May?" asked Dawn who was standing there the whole time.
"Yeah?"
"Why didnt you tell Ash?"
"I umm, well I uhh,"
"May? Were you afraid? Were you afraid of what Ash might think?" asked Dawn.
"Umm well sorta, and I mean its the day before his his, his..."
"Birthday?" finished Dawn.
"Yeah, and I still dont have a present for him." said May.
"Are you to looking for a present for Ash?" asked Delia, coming in by the front door. Dawn and May both nodded.
"Well I have a cake that still needs to baKed. Would you two like to help and say its his birthday present?"
Dawn looked at May. "I guess. It would be fun."
"But wait. A cake? For a birthday present?" asked May.
"Dont worry May, homemade gifts are much better. and its cake we're talking about." said Delia.
"Yeah." laughed May. "Ok why not? This should be fun."
"But wait." said Dawn. "While we're baking what if Ash comes downs?"
"Good point, wait I have an idea." said May. "BROCK!"
"YEAH?" asked Brock coming down the stairs.
"Can you do us a favor?"
"Sure. Name anything."
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"Ok so tell me why did ya do it?" asked Ash. Max sat in a chair.
"It was just a joke!" said Max.
"Just a joke? Do you know how important this is to me? Do ya? Do ya? HUh? Huh?" asked Ash.
"I'm sorry!" Max got a little teary.
"I'm just playing with ya." said Ash. Brock caem into the room.
"Ash my man! There you are." said Brock.
"Here I am!" said Ash.
"Hey Brock!" said Max.
"Hey Max. So uhh Ash?? What do ya wanna do?" asked Brock.
"I wanna play cards!" said Max.
"Ok then how bout we play cards then?" said Brock.
"Cards are fine with me." said Ash.
"Ok then so where are the cards?" asked Brock.
"Downstairs in the kitchen, here I'll go and get them." said Ash.
"NO! nononono!" said Brock. "Max will do it."
"But I dont wanna!" said Max. Brock dragged Max to a corner.
"Listen May and Dawn are bakibng a cake downstairs and its for Ash, so then Ash cant go downstairs." explainded Brock.
"Ok." said Max. "Well I'm going to get the cards now!" Max left for dowstairs.
"So, uhh any luck on the ribbon." asked Brock. Ash nodded.
"Max had it." said Ash.
"Max? Why would he have it?" asked Brock. Ash shook his head.
"Thats what get me, why?"
"Maybe some scheme, or maybe some thing to do with your birthday?" suggested Brock.
"Birthday?" asked Ash.
"Yeah its tomorrow. Remember?" said Brock.
"Birthday..." Ash plopped down onto a chair. "Tomorrow is my birthday. I totally forgot!"
"I'm back with the cards!" said Max coming through the door. He looked at Ash. "Whats wrong with him?"
"Nothing." replied Brock.
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So whad ya think?? Ash is suprised that his birthday is coming up, dont you ever get that feeling?? So they found where one half is, but wheres the other?
You can guess if ya want to. yep and a cake as a b-day present. I couldnt come up with anything better, but then I just got an idea! and it evolves with ??????? You know who! GUESS! and then find out next time!