"mmmmmf. . ." May mumbled. It was 6:32 o'clock in the morning and she didn't exactly want to get up. She would have slept in like usual, except...this morning something went awry.
Someone was persistantly banging on her door. At 6:32 in the morning. Annoying, right?
"Go away!" May hollered. Reaching for her soft pillow, she held it tight against her ears.
It's a crime that people have to wake up this early...
"MAY!" Her guest spoke a little louder.
"What do you want?" said girl snapped. This early, wouldn't you be cranky?
"You need to get up quick! Hurry!" her visitor said with mock panic.
"Whyyyy...how are you even awake, whoever you are?"
There was a small snicker as someone looked through the peephole to her door, May forgetting to cover it on her way to bed last night.
"But May! Your goldeen escaped! They're on top of the tank!"
The boy dangled a plastic goldeen toy, even though May couldn't see it. If she could, she would recognize it as a prize she had previously won.
"WHAT?" May yelled. Her goldeen were drowning...in AIR? Unacceptable!
May jumped out of her bed, and started charging tword the door. She was half asleep and didn't notice one very important detail, though. When she flew out of bed to stand, her poochyena doll went flying, too. So naturally, she tripped over it on the way there.
Explosive laughter was heard on the other side of the door. Oh, how easy it was to trick her! And it got better and better.
If the heat from May's face could melt things, the floor would be gone. Face down, she got up quickly and dived for the door knob. Her other hand unlocking all of the locks on the door, she swung it open with all the might in her hand...to notice the laughter, and person, gone. May's eye twitched. Must she be pranked this early?
Recalling the voice, it was her favorite coordinator with the infamous smirk. Though he had pranked her...he proved a point May was wishing.
He was keeping an eye on her!
That thought made her smile, dispite her so-far awful morning. It was only enforced when she saw the rose at her feet. She picked it up and absentmindedly twirled it in her hand while she leaned on the door frame. Should she go after him? He had been here a moment ago, he couldn't possibly have gotten too far.
On second thought, maybe he had. She was sure a fully awake Drew could outrun a sleepy May.
With a light sigh, she stood back and closed the door. The brunette still had no idea why Drew wanted her awake this early, but went along with it anyway.
In minutes May had become presentable and had done all of her daily chores.
Closing the door behind her, she read the card on her way to the lobby. She suddenly froze and twitched. He got her up this early for this?
On the card was one simple word: Park.
May gritted her teeth in anger. 'He got me up early, too early for breakfast to even be available yet, to drag me to the park. Well, if he wanted to send me somewhere romantic, he could have atleast went with me!' she thought bitterly.
Storming through the lobby of the pokemon centre, she zipped up her jacket and tied on her scarf. May could see tiny snowflakes falling through the windows and knew what to expect.
As soon as a foot had left the door, May heard a crunch of snow beneath her and felt a strong and cold wind whip at her body. May shivered a bit and tied her scarf a little tighter. Though it was always a bit colder in the mornings, it usually was beautiful.
May saw the faintest line of light on the horizon, but the snow still blanketed in darkness. The very thin line of light was just enough to not make the snow farthest from her blind her, but instead make it gently shimmer. This gave May inspiration for the next contest she entered.
Walking along a path that had been shoveled the previous night, she made her way to the park. The sight was beautiful as a light cushion of snow covered the paths, even the snow on trees shimmering. Light snowflakes had landed on May too, and with the help of the slowly rising sun, gave her a slightly ethereal look.
She didn't expect to see anyone at the park, and expected the card to be illegible at best. There were no real places in a park that you could possibly hide a small slip of paper without getting it dirty or wet in some way.
Following a long and winding path, when May actually reached the middle of the park, she saw a figure. A green figure. It looked like it was playing with the frozen sand. Trying to sneak up on Drew, May crept as quietly as was humanly possible with snow under foot. Positioning herself behind Drew, she yelled his name to surprise him...
...and was very disappointed to see that he didn't even so much as flinch. May expected as much. Drew turned his body to face May, but she soon found it wasn't Drew at all. It was his Roserade in his jacket and hat. The pokemon smiled kindly at her presence, and held out it's red and blue bouqeut of roses. May took the small piece of paper it held between her mitts and put the card in her pocket.
Roserade looked to be freezing. Grass and ice don't mix. A pang of guilt shot through May's chest, and she refused to leave the poor pokemon there.
Unzipping her coat and picking up Roserade, May put it close to her to share heat before zipping her coat back up. The Roserade seemed a bit confused, but came around soon enough. The head of the pokemon sticking out of her coat, May walked in the direction that Roserade nodded twords.
May looked quite satisfied. Not only had she done a kind act for a pokemon, but now she also got to go find out where Drew lived, knowing Roserade wouldn't last very long by herself in the cold.
May's mouth gaped wide when she saw just how big the mansion he lived in was. When May thought it was big, she actually meant huge. She couldn't help but wonder what Drew's parents could possibly do for a living. She was torn from her thoughts by feeling Roserade squirm.
Sheepishly unzipping her coat and lightly assisting Roserade to her feet, May rested her hand on the door to open it for the pokemon, but stopped. She had an idea.
"Roserade," May cooed. "Do you happen to know where Drew goes swimming?" Drew's Roserade chirped happily at her sweet voice, and pointed her the directions in the house to the mansion's pool through the window. May opened the door widely for Roserade, and whispered a few words to it. The pokemon grinned widely and nodded before closing the door with it's foot. May couldn't scramble to the pokemon centre fast enough.
Rushing through the doors of the pokemon centre, May ignored the stares of the other visitors and jumped the steps to her room, two at a time. She was tripping over the carpet just to get to her room.
Running through her door, she stumbled to put on a green material under her cloths before charging out of the door seconds later.
Ten minutes later, May jumped up the stairs to Drew's porch. Roserade had managed to get the door open and led her to the vacant pool. Throwing her cloths outside the nearby sauna Drew had around, May smelt the cholorine in the air before she jumped in the pool. She was wearing a light green, one-piece bathing suit.
Roserade was doing her job by attracting Drew's attention. She kicked his swim trunks at him, suddenly blinding him, if only momentarily. Drew nodded quickly and bounced the trunks off of his face to land in his hand before glancing at the digital clock to his left. He turned back to Roserade. "You're right, it's just about time I went swimming." Roserade tried her best at a smile.
Following her master through countless corridor's and down multiple flights of stairs, Drew was soon in his small changing room and saw a pile of cloths outside a thick wooden door. Raising an eyebrow at it, he quickly managed to guess who they belonged to. It also wasn't hard from the laughs and splashes coming from the pool.
Opening the door to the pool room, Drew stood there for a few minutes before May caught on that he was watching her. Brushing her soaked strands of chocolate hair from her face, she looked to Drew with eyes deeper than the water itself. As much as Drew longed to stare into her eyes, he simply turned and walked off.
Seeing Drew begin to walk away, May left small puddles on the floor as she ran after him.
Hearing heavy footfalls, as planned, Drew quickly made his way up to his room. He tried to make his footsteps heavier and tried to laugh louder than a chuckle, all to throw her off. It worked when he realized that by the time he reached his room, May was no longer trailing after him. Revenge was sweet.
After awhile, all the walls seemed to look the same to May. She was lost in but one of many hallways. It was a labyrinth to someone who didn't know where they were going. The only way May could possibly remember where she was was by checking all of the rooms, which were thankfully empty. She had no bread crumbs to follow, so this was all she had.
Seconds turned to minutes as May was engaged in a chase scene you would find in Scooby-Doo. May wouldn't be surprised if she was running in squares around the estate.
Roserade had no trouble locating May with the slamming of doors. Stomping her foot in the carpet was how she decided to catch May's attention. The girl couldn't have looked happier. "Roserade! Do you know where Drew is?" May was practically begging. She didn't think she even cared anymore, she just didn't want to be lost. She thankfully followed the nodding pokemon.
Instead to Drew's room, May was led back to the sauna, back to where her cloths were. All the same, May dried her hair and changed back into her cloths, thankful to be somewhere she remembered. Once Roserade found May dressed, she handed her a folded note before she left.
May opened the piece of lined paper and was surpised when she saw some money fall out. Confused in the blink of an eye, she read the note over. Not once, but twice. She couldn't believe the words she was reading.
Most would say her face was tinged red from the cold, but it was far from it. With one mitt in her pocket, May wandered around the town and walked into a simple establishment for something warm.
It's funny how much time you could spend lost in a mansion. Doors everywhere and the same wallpaper. May had given up as easily as anyone if they were in her shoes, but she couldn't just stay there. Things would be too awkward having to explain to your crush's parents why you were lost, and why you were there in the first place.
May was starving, and rightfully so. The sky was already beginning to darken when she had left. However, she had something to show for it. The note Drew had given to her depicted an apology, albeit a smug one. She had wanted to prank him first, so it was only fair. Her wild plan of soaking him and having the classic splash game and running away wasn't exactly going to work with cold weather.
Not only did the note say an apology anyway, but he had left a bit of money because he wasn't completely heartless. Not to someone he loved, anyway. He knew that the reason she would be ravenous was his fault for dragging her out of bed so early and keeping her occupied, so he gave her the money to pay for whatever she planned on getting to eat. His kindness did not go unnoticed, to say the least. The content squeel from the girl proved that.