Who should I choose? May's version
By: Sheltie
I still don't own Pokémon
Chapter 5
It's been a few weeks and May still was in a conundrum of what she should do. That's when she decided to give Drew a chance and go on a date with him. The date was okay. Drew met her at the Ketchum's house and gave her a rose bouquet. The green haired coordinator then took her to the most romantic and expensive restaurant in Pallet. He wined and dined her, but she couldn't feel any kind of spark. During the meal he went over what was her flaws in contests and told her she still acted like a trainer rather than a coordinator. This didn't bother her that much since she remember what Solidad told her one time after one of her losses. Solidad told her that she was unique because she battled like a trainer, but convert it some to fit as a coordinator and told her to work on it to make it feel right.
May did that in her time training and she always used Ash as her reference point. Her motto was 'what would Ash do?'
But Drew still criticized her skills and told her that she'd have to work harder.
"Drew, I'm not like you and I like the way I handle contests" May said
"But you're never going to be the best, unless you do it as a full coordinator" Drew argued
"I may be mistaken, but didn't beat you the last two contests and I also beat you in the Grand Festival" May said slightly smug
"Yeah, well that was luck, anyway how's your meal?" Drew asked
"It's quite good" May said
"Good" Drew said
After the dinner she and Drew walked around at a leisurely pace. Neither talked to one another and this made May uncomfortable. She couldn't think of a thing to talk about. This wasn't a problem when she was with Ash. With Ash she could talk about anything. But with Drew she didn't feel this freedom. The date ended and Drew walked her back to the Ketchum's. He kissed her on the cheek and left.
"How was the date?" Bianca asked looking up from the couch
Misty, who was watching TV also looked up
"It was fine, he took me to the fanciest restaurant I've ever been to" May said as she plopped down on to the couch
"It doesn't sound that it went fine to me" Misty said
"Well practically the whole meal he questioned my skills as a coordinator" May said
"What does that idiot know" Bianca said
"Well he is a very good coordinator, but he kept telling me that I was using methods used by a trainer and I shouldn't do that" May said
"Well you traveled with Ash, so you're bound to battle like him" Misty said
"I know, but I made it my own and adapted to make it work in contests, but Drew kept putting it down" May said with a sigh
"That jerk, want me to challenge him to a battle" Misty said
"No thanks Misty, but I appreciate the offer" May said giggling
"Yeah well, the guy sounds like a stuck up jerk" Misty said
"I'll have to agree with you on that Misty" Bianca said
May sighed, "where's Ash?"
"He's up at Prof. Oak's lab, he wanted to sleep with his Pokémon tonight" Misty said
"Oh, okay, so I guess I'll see you all tomorrow morning" May said heading off to bed
The two girls said goodnight and then went back watching TV
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In the morning May awoke and went downstairs to find Delia making breakfast
"Morning Mrs. Ketchum" May greeted
"Oh good morning May" Delia said smiling
May sat down and began to pile her plate with the food Delia had out
"So how was your date with that boy, Drew I think that was his name, right?" Delia asked
"That's right, it didn't go as well as I thought it would. He took me to a very lavish restaurant then he criticized my training and how I battle in contests" May said
"It doesn't sound like you'll have another date with him" Delia said now sitting down with a cup of coffee
"No, but knowing him, he thinks it was a successful night" May said
"You know May, a girl can get enthralled with all the attention given to her, and I'm amazed how you haven't" Delia said
"What do you mean?" May asked curiously
"Well, from what Ash has told me about this Drew guy, he always gave you a rose practically whenever you guys met. Now a girl would usually think that the guy liked her because of this. But he seemed to be critical of your style of battling, which isn't a good way to earn points mind you. He thinks it is and thinks that you'll still like him with his style of tough love" Delia said
May was amazed at this, but she shouldn't be surprised because Delia did have experience
"What should I do?" May asked
"That I can't help you with May. You have to figure that out for yourself, but I think you should follow your heart. I taught Ash the same thing" Delia said as she got up and back to the stove
May sat in thought totally forgetting the food on her plate
Misty and Bianca came down and began to dig in too
"May, are you alright?" Bianca asked noticing the far off look in the young coordinator's eyes
"Huh, yeah, when did you guys come down?" May asked looking at the two girls and wondering when they suddenly appeared
"We've be here for a few minutes May, you've been daydreaming or something" Misty said
"Oh, okay" May said
The three girls ate as Delia continued to cook that's when Ash came in with Pikachu on his shoulder
"Hey mom" Ash greeted
"Hello Ash, have a good time with your Pokémon?" Delia asked
"You bet" Ash said as he sat down and served himself some breakfast
Pikachu jumped down off of Ash's shoulder and went to his dish, which was full of food for him.
"So, what do you guys want to do today?" Ash asked
"Well, I was thinking of going swimming, you know any place that's good" Misty said
Ash thought for a moment
"There's a creek near by that is a good place" he said
"Good, let's all go swimming" Misty said
"I'm in" Bianca said
Ash nodded then they turned to May who smiled and nodded
"So that's settle let's get changed and then head to the creek" Ash said
"I'll make you guys a lunch" Delia said
"Thanks mom" Ash said
After they were changed and Ash grabbed the picnic basket from his mom they left. When they got to the creek Pikachu who was with them jumped into the shallow end and splashed about.
"Hey Pikachu, wait for me" Ash called
With that Ash and Pikachu played in the water, a little later Bianca joined him. May and Misty sat on the edge and watched.
"So there will definitely not a second date, huh?" Misty asked
"Yeah, we have no spark and that isn't the half of it. I don't like the way he criticizes my training style when I've beaten him with it a few time already" May said
"So we say that you've chosen Ash" Misty said
"I don't know, Ash is great and all, but his he ready for that?" May asked more to herself
"Don't count Ash out, he's a lot more mature. I've seen it, yes he's still annoying sometimes, but that's part of him I guess" Misty said
"Yeah, but what does he want?" May asked
"He wants you two to get in the water and stop wasting time" Ash shouted
May's head shot up and saw the trainer smiling at her
"Come on May, get in" Ash said
May was about to say something when Ash swam over and pulled her in by her legs, which were dangling off the edge.
"Ash Ketchum, you are so dead!" May shouted and chased after the boy
Ash laughed all the way as he avoid each time May tried to grab him
"Come on May, you can do better than that" Ash taunted
"Grr, you're going to get it Ketchum" May said lunging at Ash, who moved out of the way
"You're such a Slowpoke May" Ash taunted
May lunged at the trainer again only to splash in the water.
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Bianca and Misty watched this from the shore.
"This is an odd mating dance" Bianca commented
"I knew we shouldn't have watched the discovery Channel last night" Misty mumbled
End of Chapter
A/N: Sorry for another short chap. This is going to be the second to the last chap of this story. I'm sorry if it isn't as good as the Ash version. Thanks for reading and Please review.