Chapter 6

Drew sat on the drop-off looking up at the sky; he hadn't thought of his mother or his sister for a long time…in fact, he hadn't thought of them since…it happened.

He heard Roselia first…

"Rosel? Rosa! Rose!" May walked over to see what Roselia was excited about.

"Drew? Drew!" May and Roselia ran up to him. Roselia seemed so excited, May was surprised she didn't explode. At first May was relieved and happy at the same time, but then she was furious.

"For your information, Drew, we've been looking for you for almost two hours and a half! And what's the big idea, Roselia getting lost and you not looking for her? Well ya wanna know what? It's a wonder I even came looking! You're a very lucky-Drew?"

Drew took out a red and white ball, and pointed it at Roselia. Red light surrounded her, and still jumping, she disappeared.

"I did look for her…I just didn't find her. So I figured to go to an open area so she could find me." He answered quietly. May was taken aback. His voice sounded choked. She'd never heard Drew that way before.

Both Co-ordinaters were silent for a long time. May finally figured she should break the never-ending silence.

"Wow, you know, you can really see the stars in the forest." She said.

"Yah…" Drew answered quietly. She's going to find it, and then…Will I cry again? I can't afford that, especially in front of May…

"I love the night sky…It has a way of calming people down. Sorry I was mad." May continued.

"That's ok…" Drew answered.

"Drew?"

"Hmm"

"What were you doing? Didn't look like practicing to me." May teased.

Drew was silent for a while; he didn't want to tell May that after he had practiced he had come here so he could think about his family. He guessed he wasn't strong enough to tell her without tears.

"Nothing really…" he finally answered.

"Then why didn't you come back to the camp?" May asked.

"Well, like I said, I was waiting for Roselia…and before that I really was practicing for the contest." He answered. Which was partly true, he just didn't tell her everything.

"Oh, well now that she's back, do you think we could go back? I don't know if Max is awake or not…and I don't want to leave him alone too long." May said.

"I guess…" Drew looked at the star one last time. It was the brightest in the sky, and the closest to the moon.

May wondered what Drew was looking at, but decided not to ask. She wondered if it had something to do with why he had been acting weird today. And he had just calmed down; she didn't think it smart to get him angry. Especially because when Drew got angry…well, it was scary!

Max was the first up. He found the note May had forgotten to put back in her bag, and figured that since both May and Drew were here, She had been successful in finding him.

"Wake up May!" Max yelled in his sister's ear. May jumped about 10 feet.

"Ow! What the? Max! I'll get you for that!" she shrieked.

"Calm down, I was just trying to get you up!" Max complained.

"Oh, fine," May grumbled "If you need me, I'll be over there." She pointed to an area in the woods; she wanted to practice a bit before they hit the road again.

"All right, but we're leaving soon so we can actually get to the contest you and Drew want to enter." Max called as May ran over to the spot she had pointed out.

"Good morning Max." Drew mumbled to May's little brother, still half asleep.

"Huh? What did you say?" Max asked, he hadn't heard what Drew was saying.

"Oh, I said good morning" Drew answered, fully awake.

'There's a new one.' Max thought.