Who should I choose? May's version
By: Sheltie
I still don't own Pokémon
A/N: the last chap of this story. Enjoy!
Chapter 6
May hung her head as she watched Drew walk away. He'd just gave her a deadline to join him on his journey. May now had to decided what she was going to do and she had a week to do it. She rushed to find Misty, who was reading a trainer magazine in the Ketchum living room.
"Misty, I need your help" May said
"I thought I was already helping you?" Misty asked confused
May then filled Misty in the new info and Misty got a bit miffed
"That jerk, he's forcing you to decide hoping you pick him" she said
"But what am I going to do?" May asked
"Well my first thought is to tell Drew to go screw himself and go with Ash" Misty said
May made a face
"I know, I know, you wouldn't do that, but that's what I'd do" Misty said
"Okay, but what can I do?" May asked
"Let's get Bianca in on this" Misty suggested
"Okay"
May and Misty headed off and found Bianca sitting with her sketchbook drawing some of the landscapes around her.
"Hey Bianca, you got a sec?" Misty asked
"Sure, what can I do for you?" Bianca asked
May explained what just happened with Drew and Bianca frowned.
"This doesn't give you much time, does it?" Bianca said
"No, and I don't think I can go if he's going to be like that" May said
"Well there you go, pick Ash and that'll be the end of it" Misty said
"But what about my other problem?" May asked
"Oh that, I think that'll clear up when we solve this one" Misty said casually
May didn't hold the same confidence as the other two
Ash sighed as he wandered, he had no place to go and to be frank he was getting a bit bored. He was itching to get going on his new journey, but wanted to wait for May. He sighed again then he bumped into someone he didn't want to meet.
"Watch where you're going"
"Sorry, I was lost in thought" Ash said
"Humph, like that is anything odd"
Ash looked up and saw it was Drew
"Oh, it just you" Ash said
"What's that supposed to mean?" Drew asked
"Nothing, now if you excuse me I'll be going" Ash said as he moved around Drew and went on his way
"What the matter Ketchum, have you finally realized that I'm superior to you" Drew said snottily
Ash snorted, "you wish Drew"
"Oh yeah, then how about a battle then" Drew said
"You're on Drew" Ash said
The two found an open field and faced of against one another. They went to opposite ends and grabbed a Pokéball from their respective places.
"I'm going to beat you Ketchum" Drew sneered
"I'm not the same trainer you faced before Drew, I've learned a lot since then" Ash said
"So have I" Drew said
Before they could throw their Pokéballs they were stopped the three girls.
"What's going on here?" Misty asked
"I was just about to battle Drew here" Ash said
"Ash I don't think that will solve this" Misty said
Ash was about to dispute this when he saw how May was. He saw that she was frazzled and this worried him greatly. He put his Pokéball back and headed towards May.
"Are you alright May, you looked tired?" Ash asked
May heard the genuine concern in his voice and felt like she could melt.
"Hey Ketchum, are we going to battle or what?" Drew shouted
"Not, not when one of my friends looks ill" Ash said then took May by the hand and guided her away from Drew. May went along willingly.
They left the green haired coordinator fuming.
Back at the Ketchum house Ash laid May down and went to get her a glass of water.
"Wow! Ash is very sensitive" Bianca commented
"Yeah, I think traveling with that Dawn girl helped some" Misty said
May just rested and had a small smile on her face
"Here you are May, some water for you" Ash said
May got up and took the water from Ash and drank some
"You feeling any better?" Ash asked
"Some, thanks Ash" May said
"No problem May" Ash said
May laid there thinking of her problem, but it was still murky with no solution in sight. She didn't know why it was so hard for her to make up her mind. She sighed and slowly got up and found a piece of paper and a pen on the coffee table. She decided to make a list of pros and cons.
Traveling with Ash
Pro
Get to see people and places
Have a good support system
I have fun traveling with Ash
Never boring
Able to spend more time with Ash
Cons
Have to work my contests around Ash's gym battles
Traveling with Drew
Pro
Knows how to treat a girl
Cons
Criticizes my style I use in my contest
Won't help me train
Doesn't take time to enjoy the journey
Has a big ego
Rude to me and my friends
Won't be able to travel with Ash
May looked at her lists and saw that she had more cons for traveling with Drew than pros and for Ash she had more pros than cons. These list should've helped her, but she felt more confused.
"Hey May, what's the problem?" Ash asked
"Huh, oh nothing Ash" May said
Ash sensed that May was lying, but decided to stay out of it since she didn't ask for his help.
"Alright May, but just so you know that what ever you choose I will still be your friend" Ash said as he got up
May sighed, how could he be this kind and helpful even when he probably didn't know her full dilemma. But she had to consider that she and Ash traveled with one another for a long time and would probably know how to read one another. She grabbed the two lists and ripped them up.
"Time to choose" May said
Epilogue
May smiled as she sat in the stands cheering Ash on in the final rounds of the tournament. She was happy with her choice. She decided to travel with Ash and along with Misty and then Brock came in later they traveled together. She couldn't have had a better journey. She won the Grand Festival by beating Drew in the final round.
"May wake up" Misty shouted
May blinked
"Yes"
"You've been daydreaming again, and staring at you hand" Misty said
May blinked again and realized she was staring at her hand. On her ring finger was a beautiful ring that Ash got for her. She remembered that day. They were running late for a ferry and barely made it. But once on it Ash took her aside and asked her to be his girlfriend. She had no other answer to this question other than yes, in a very loud way. May smiled at the ring, it was very simply in design, which Ash designed himself. It had a sapphire and ruby on a simply gold band. Nothing very special, but to her she thought it was the most beautiful ring ever made.
"May, Ash is about to finish off this guy" Misty shouted
This jarred May out of her thoughts as she watched her boyfriend claim victory.
End
A/N: That's the end of this one, I can't believe how long it took me to finish this. I'm happy this one is over since it means I can concentrate more on my other stories. I apologize for the shortness and everything. Thank you for reading and please review.