A/N: Oh wow. I'm back! And I'm actually updating this time, I'm sorry for the long wait and my weird disappearances :/ haha. Well I hope you didn't forget this story! Enjoy. Plus sorry if this chapter is extremely rushed, I just had to write it all before I never came back to it!

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"We made it! We made it! .It!" May burst through the doors and danced around happily into the Azalea Town Pokémon Center, earning a few stares from several trainers and coordinators in the lobby.

"May! This town isn't going to run away. Slow down." Drew managed to say as he finally caught up with May, his breaths hard and shallow. May giggled and ran back to the entrance to grab Drew by his wrist and pull him up to the counter with her, all the while never letting her go of him.

"Well I did say we'd make it before sundown, and oh look at that," May paused to nudge her head to the sun through the glass doors, "the sun's still up" She smiled childishly in triumph. Drew couldn't help but roll his eyes as his lips began to curl upward in a smile. This town was quite small and different from the ones they were used to. It was quaint and quiet, tons of little kids in the towns' streets with little Butterfree and Weedle by their sides. It seemed like a good place.

Nurse Joy turned to the two from the counter and sent them a beaming smile, "A room for two?" She asked them, the smile still on her face ad room key card already in her hands. There was a small silence between the two coordinators before May had to advert her gaze towards the ground as she fished for the right answer.

'I guess I never really asked if we were going to be sharing rooms now…' May thought, unintentionally tightening her hands around Drew's arm.

"You guessed it" Drew answered, not giving May and chance to make a say in the matter, not that she was completely dissatisfied with the answer. May looked up at him, blinking a few times in surprise. Nurse Joy nodded enthusiastically as he then typed up a few things into the computer before handing the two, two room keys.

"Enjoy your stay"

"Chansey!" The pink Pokémon cried from behind the counter as if to say 'thank you!'. May and Drew thanked Nurse Joy and waved bye as they proceeded to head out into town to register for the contest.

They took about three steps outside the Pokémon Center before May spoke up.

"You know you don't have to share a room with me. I mean if I'm really that unbearable as a rival and a roommate-" May started to say, an edge lingering in her voice.

"There's really no point in having two rooms right?" Drew cut in, trying to convince May, under the impression that she didn't want to share a room; even though it was better to have two rooms, "unless you don't want to share a room with your rival" Drew prompted, throwing a glance at May, his hands shoved tight into his pockets. He began to walks towards the main plaza of the small down, absentmindedly touching a well with a Slowpoke carved right above it, a plaque reading 'Slowpoke Well'.

"No thanks" May finally said catching up with him.

Drew smiled, they were finally getting somewhere.

"Alright, let's go register for that contest"

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After registration, the two made it a priority to sight see. Well May did anyways.

The town was small but filled with laughter and people, and a bunch of trainers, since the Gym was nearby. There was also a huge well in the middle of town, one where mothers and their children or couples would gather around to just enjoy the peacefulness of the town. May found it all calming and relaxing. It was easy to stay relaxed in this town, that was great too because May had a contest to worry about.

"May…? May, your Pokenav is doing this weird buzzing thing and making noises" Drew pointed out, bringing May back from her thoughts.

May rolled her eyes and picked up the Pokenav, "It's called 'ringing' Drew" She said as he chuckled before rolling his eyes. She looked at the ID before recognizing it immediately.

"Mom, hey!"

Drew's eyes widened a bit.

He was sure his parents were calling to make sure he stayed the hell off their daughter…which he was! Of course, though a nagging voice encouraged him not to.

"I'm doing fine mom, everything's great. Drew and I just reached Azalea actually, just sight-seeing" May said, her face lighting up while she told her mom of her journey so far. She was happy, genuinely happy, and Drew…felt at ease knowing that.

He paused to watch her listen intently to the Pokenav before he put one hand around her arm and pulled her to his side so that he could press his ear against the device as well, eaves dropping on the other line.

May giggled and swatted him away as she tried to listen to her mother talk, "Y-yes mom…yeah, Drew!" She whispered harshly as his other hand went around her waist so that he could keep his ear firmly pinned against the Pokenav.

"Are you both alright? Having fun? Your father won't stop pacing around, he's still not exactly warmed up to the fact that Drew is with you all the time-"

Then another voice cut into the phone call, "You guys aren't sharing a room are you?"

Drew went stiff at the words and May growled.

"Max!! Get off the phone!! I don't wanna talk to you right now!" She spat out, her cheeks warming up. Drew felt his hands grow hot around her waist.

"Dad! May said yes!" He shouted.

May's mouth fell open, "Mo-om!" She whined, breaking the word into two syllables, "Please don't let dad overreact, I'm not…me and Drew aren't even-!" She struggled to find her words. Drew heard her mom laugh over the phone, waiting to see if it was a good one or bad.

"May sweetie, don't worry about that. As long as you're having fun your dad will understand. And Drew-?'" She called out knowingly. Drew stiffed and removed his hand from around May to hold up the phone to his ear, giving May a chance to hear as well.

"Y-yes Mrs. Maple?" He said politely.

"There's no reason why Norman should be worried about you being with May, is there?"

"Mom!" May whined again, blushing insanely so.

Drew chuckled nervously before speaking, "No, no of course not. Um, May and I are just traveling as friends so I promise you'll have nothing to worry about. Uh-if anything, I'll protect May, so don't worry about a thing" Drew spoke. May glanced up at him, both shocked at the fact he'd protect her but also shocked that her mom would have 'nothing to worry about'. Well what if she wanted her motherto have something to worry about?!

"May…" Her dad's voice broke in.

Oh, who was she kidding?

"Yes daddy?" She asked in her sweetest, voice.

She heard her dad open his mouth to say something but he quickly closed it, "Just have fun alright? Don't forget to call once in a while" Was what he wound up saying. Drew however, had a feeling he was going to say a lot more, but thank Ho-oh he didn't.

"Of course daddy, I will. Love you!" May said into her 'Nav, letting out a small sigh of relief. She pressed the little blue button ending the phone call. Drew blew a strand f hair from his face and sighed, thankful he was off the hook, for now at least.

"That was…um, something'" He said as he jammed his hands into his jeans.

"Yeah, that's an understatement. If I'd known that that would've been so awkward, maybe I just would've traveled by myself" May huffed as stuffed the device back into her bag.

Drew was quick to make a counter statement, "May, don't let your parents tell you what to do, I mean you wanted to travel with me right? And here we are, can't change that now" He said, walking ahead. Did he want May to leave? Uh…no! If I he did he wouldn't have asked her in the first place to go with him. He just had to make sure May didn't want to leave.

"Wouldn't dream of it Drew" She rolled her eyes, sarcastic.

Drew smirked and flicked his hair away, "Of course" He said with all the ego and cockiness you could imagine. Yup, he was back on his game…for now.

After a few argument points Drew wound up being sucked into May's tourist antics, and was dragged all around the small town, taking in the sights, meeting the people, and saying hello to the new Pokemon around these parts. All May wanted to do at the moment was kick back and have fun.

(May's POV)

Yeah well, that was three days ago. Three whole days ago and now where was I? Well freaking out in the backstage coordinator's room. I was convinced that three days worth of training had prepared me enough for this contest, I mean…it didn't look that bad, and I love contests right? And we only took one day sightseeing. So I should be fin…just fine.

"Beau?"

"I'm fine Beautifly" I repeated again. I couldn't let her tell how nervous I was, or else she'd freeze up too. That's something I learned the hard way.

"Hey," Drew came up to me and said, but I kept my eyes on the television displaying the other coordinators' appeals. So far, a girl with huge pink ribbons in her hair just went with a little Clefairy.

I heard him sigh before waving a hand in front of my face, breaking my concentration. I turned my head to look at him hovering over me casually taking a sip of water from a cup.

"So apparently their giving out another prize along with the ribbon" He paused to take another sip , "Some custom made Pokeball from a guy named Kurt in town. From what I've heard… he's pretty famous"

Then a couple of coordinators, some locals I guess came up to us, the girl squealed at Drew's words. She had short bouncy black hair and brown eyes to go with it.

"Pretty famous?! Kurt's amazing! He makes the best Pokeballs in town!" She clutched onto the boy next to her, presumably her boyfriend by the way he was holding her. Drew and I looked at the couple questioningly.

"Anyone would be lucky to get one made for them" The boy with the sandy blonde hair commented, "that's why when I win, I'm gonna request a Love Ball and give it to Lucy here for our anniversary" He smiled cheesily and leaned over to give his girlfriend a kiss on the nose.

"Oh, isn't Stan the cutest?" She gushed in an incredibly high tone of voice nuzzling her nose against his.

I swear I just died in my head form laughing too hard.

"It's a Pokeball for Mew's sake; it catches Pokemon, not a girl's heart" Drew said skeptically at the happy couple.

The 'Lucy' turned to us keeping her hand around her boyfriend's waist, "Oh I see, are you and your boyfriend going through a rough patch?" My mouth fell open and my eyebrows shot up, while Drew choked on his water, hacking up a cough.

I guess Lucy took that cough as a 'oh darn, you found us out'.

"It's okay, I understand, me and Stan have been there done that!" She squealed.

Then Stan went up to Drew and nudged him lightly, "Don't worry buddy. I know how it is, how bout I go easy on you?" He said with a huge smile stretched across his face.

Drew struggled to hold in his laughter, "Oh, thanks man, I completely appreciate it that would help me and my girl so, so much" He gushed in an insanely sarcastic tone, even I had to bit my lip and prevent myself from laughing, "It's just been so hard lately" He held his hand over his mouth as he cracked his voice in fake sadness.

Stan gave him a huge pat on the shoulder, and leaned down to give him some serious words, "Don't worry, Kurt's Pokeballs do wonders for the heart" He said; firmly believe in every word of bull he just said.

"You two take care now. I promise your man will come around, they always do" Lucy whispered to me and gave me wink.

I nodded and attempted to thank her but it came out as more of a, "Oh yeah, I'm sure me and Drewy here will work it out, won't we sweet-cakes?"

"Of course pumpkin" He retorted right back at me, his face completely straight. I snorted in laughter as the two walked off wishing us the best of luck in the contest and our bumpy relationship. The two finally flitted away gushing hearts and love wherever they went; I watched them go tilting my head in confusion.

"So pumpkin, you still nervous about the competition?" He asked me, cracking up at the end of his question, "They sure look intimidating huh?" He laughed again, wiping the corner of his eye.

I let out a giggle, covering my mouth, "I'm sure I'll do fine actually" I laughed once again. Beautifly resting atop my head, looking at me like I was crazy.

"Atta girl!" Drew called out.

"Will contestant number 23 please take the stage? A Mr. Drew Hayden?" The loudspeakers called out, interrupting our laughing craze.

"Guess that's me" He unhooked a Pokeball and threw it up in the air, caching it with ease.

I smiled at him as he ran a hand through his hair, preparing to walk out on stage and woo all of Azalea Town. He was really good at that…the whole 'woo-ing' thing. Then he caught my eye looking at him and chuckled.

"What? no good luck kiss?" He suddenly asked with a smirk.

I…uh…

Where did that come from? Did he really jus-, I mean was I-? Did he want me too…?

"Um, Mr. Drew Hayden?" The announcer called again on the speakers.

I opened my mouth to speak but all that came out of it was my face growing a nice hot pink, effecting my speaking abilities.

Drew chuckled and then turned away on his heel, "Just kidding May, wouldn't think you'd kiss me anyways" He said as he walked onto the stage, to be greeted by the screaming audience.

I don't' know why, but the way he said that…it made me kind of, guilty. Maybe I should have just kissed him, just on the cheek right? No big deal, it was just a small peck on the cheek. Just the cheek. He just wanted the cheek.

I repeated that in my head over and over, before I could calm down and remove the Butterfree from my stomach.

But then why did I feel so disappointed?

'Just the cheek'

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(Normal POV)

Stage one of the contest went by fairly well.

Drew broke out his signature Roselia, and she performed and appealed with ease, showering over the audience with a delicate Petal Dance and some fancy footwork. May appealed with Beautifly, amazing the crowds with a Morning sun and Gust combination. Some of them have never even seen these types of Pokemon before.

Stage two was a bit more of a challenge.

May versus Lucy and Drew versus Stan at one point. Who'd have thought?

"Wow, you must really want that custom made Pokeball" Lucy said as she returned her Yanma to the Pokeball; her points on the big screen dropping indicating she was out of the contest.

"Yeah, that's it" May agreed with a small laugh, holding out her hand to praise the coordinator for a good battle.

Drew on the other hand, really took Stan down.

"How did-? Your girlfriend means a lot huh?" He asked stupidly, calling back his Granbull.

Drew just laughed and shook his hand showing true sportsmanship, "Good battle Stan" Drew said as he cleared the stage for the next set of battles, chuckling as he left the dumbfounded coordinator up on stage.

And stage three…well…

"-the winner of Azalea Town's Contest is…."Drew from LaRousse City!" The crowd erupted in cheers; confetti fell from the ceiling, Roselia bowed gracefully, now with a big purple ribbon on her front.

"Rrrose-lia!" She chirped.

'Drew won…the first contest, I can't believe it!' May groaned in her head, but her body showed a bit more appreciation. She caught his gaze when he glanced off stage towards her and flicked his hair perfectly before bowing gracefully as if to rub it in her face.

She rolled her eyes with a smirk before clapping with the rest of the audience.

. . .

"I still can't believe you won" May said as she stuck the key into their room and pushed the door open; Drew followed closely behind as he held his ribbon case in one hand, and his new custom made Pokeball in the other.

"C'mon May, you have to admit I was good" He smirked as she huffed and turned on the lights in the room.

"Good or not, I was still this close" She held her fingers barely an inch apart to stress the point. In fact, it had come down to the two of them for the final two; Drew's Roselia against Beautifly, their Pokemon quite aquatinted with the other. But in the end, Drew managed to prevail, May convinced herself that this contest was just a warm-up.

He plopped himself on the couch before he sat up, alert and looked at May who walked into the mini-kitchen and popped open a bag of chips, "Hey wait-" Drew began, smirking as he spoke.

"Oh, what?" May asked, eyeing him carefully.

"So I didn't get good luck kiss…but now, what're the chances of me getting a victory kiss?" He grinned. Getting a kiss from May would be his new challenge, far more complicated than any other contest by far.

She opened her mouth and threw a chip at him from the kitchen counter. Her eyebrows furrowed together and her face warming up once more.

'Again with the kiss?' She thought.

"In your dreams, sweet-cakes" She puckered her lips out as she enunciated the newly found pet name for the top coordinator. She rounded the counter before sticking out her tongue at him playfully before grabbing her stuff and heading straight for the bathroom.

"Alright, what about next contest?" Drew asked, feeling bold. He loved pulling her strings and getting her riled up, and if he would get a kiss out of that, he wouldn't complain. He waited with a smirk on his face for May's response and then as if on cue…

She let out a giggle that could be heard through the bathroom door before speaking, "Dream on Drew!"

Drew smirked as he took that as a definitely maybe.

Yup, today was a good day.

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A/N: Wow! Okay done! Believe it or not, I wrote this all in like an hour! That's probably why it's so rushed and I know what you're thinking. Why the heck did I skip over the whole contest? Lol well, as long as you get the point then that's fine with me :P I'll definitely put more effort and detail into the contests but for this chapter, I just had to get it done!

Oh and as for other facts. . . I know Slowpoke Well isn't exactly a well in Azalea Town but whatever, fits with the story (: Kinda haha. And Kurt is a real guy and he does make custom Pokeballs that are kinda a big deal so yay for me on being right on that :) This is all I've got for now so I hope you guys liked it! :)

R & R

P.S: LUV YOU REVIEWERS! YOU GUYS MAKE MY DAY! And sorry if there are grammer or spelling errors…stupid spell check isn't working :(

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