Part 6:

May and Drew followed Ash to his house, then ate breakfast there.

"So ash, why are you here?" May asked, as she sipped her milk.

"well...i always come home before i set on to a new place." He replied, sounding unsure.

"What made you come to that forest? More detailed, what made you come to that section of the forest?" Drew asked, refuring to the hole that had been cleard off by someone.

"um...well...see...I always walk there." He answerd quickly. "e-every day!"

"yeah." Drew said sarcastically.

"Well, we are lucky he came when he did!" May smiled, and took a bite of her toast.

"Why dont you guys stay the night?" Ash suggested. "I have a guestroom."

"I dont think-" Drew began until he was cut off by May.

"That would be great!" She said, excitingly.

Drew groaned. "Just one night."

Darkness eventually fell over the sky, and Drew and May were lead to the guestroom. It was rather small, and had two twin beds. One bureau, and one mirror.

"This is...plain." Drew noticed.

"Relax." May said. "At least Ash is letting us stay here. Be greateful." She smiled sweetly.

Drew tried not to let his face show warmth by looking away. "Fine."

"Hey." Ash said, walking into the room.

"could've knocked..." Drew said under his breath.

"Wanna go for a walk, May?" Ash asked her.

"Sure!" She exclaimed, walking beside Ash.

"I hope you don't mind." He said to Drew.

"no, no. Go ahead." Drew maintained a calm voice over his anger and jelousy.

"Thanks. We won't be long." Ash said, escorting May out of the guestroom.

"Damnit." Drew whisperd after they left. "May likes him, i know it." He lay back on one of the beda, sadness surrounding him.

"May..." Ash began when they were far from the house.

"yes?"

"Theres a reason i brought you here." His voice was deep and quiet.

May just looked at him, waiting for him to continue.

"I...Love you too much. I came back here to see you." He began. "I...can't do it. I can't be away from you for...for...who knows how long."

May took a deep breath, and kept listening.

"Please...if Drew makes you happy then stay with him. I just...wanted to tell you this."

"Thank you." May chocked, and gave Ash a gentle hug. "I'll...I'll think about it."

"please do." he said, and pulled her against him.

May walked into the guest room after She and Ash had returned.

Drew sat up. "That was a quick walk."

"um...yeah."

"What happened?"

"huh?" May was surprised that Drew could tell something was wrong. "Um...nothing."

"May, I know something happened. You're not yourself."

May sighed and sat next to him. "Ash..." then she stopped. "No...nothing."

His face remained cold at the thought of her leaving him for Ash.

"I guess you don't need to tell me." he told her. "But...If it was about traveling with him or me, just think about which will make you happier."

She looked at him for a moment. "how did you...know?"

"Its the only thing that he would talk about to you in private, really."

May nodded. "You're right. I need to think about this. I mean...i want to stay with you but..."

"But what?" He dug for more information.

"I...don't think i should tell you." She looked down.

"You can tell me." He said, ready to listen.

"He said...he...loves me...and he wants me to be happy...but he can't bear to be away from me for this long. Don't tell him i told you!"

"Oh...well...decide wisely. Do whatever you really want to do. Not what would make someone else happy."

May lay restless, that night, thinking about what she should do. She didn't want to hurt Ash, but she wanted to stay with Drew. Tears dripped form her eyes, and she dug her face into the pillow, trying to stay silent so that she would not wake Drew. Both boys had told her just to be happy, but the decision wasn't as easy as she had initially thought. Drew would definitely make her happiest, but thinking about how badly Ash needed her presence made her cringe.

"May...are you okay?" Drew rose form his bed and fumbled around in the darkness for his shirt.

She lifted her head, "Yes."

"Are you crying?" He asked, listening to her

"n-no!" May sniffed, and began to turn away from Drew.

Drew caught her by the shoulders, and held her firmly, stopping her from turning any more. "What's wrong?"

"Drew!" Tears began to pour from her eyes, and she dug her face into his shirt. He wrapped his arms around her, fighting tears himself.

"what?" He croaked.

She just cried more, then tried to calm herself. "Ash wants me to travel with him...he says that if i don't he'll...he'll be really hurt. But i want to stay with...you." she burst into tears again.

Drew smiled warmly and said, "You don't have to travel with him, he'll be okay."

"I d-don't know w-what to do!" she sobbed, "I d-don't want to h-hurt him...b-but i r-really want to s-stay with you!"

He smiled more deeply, and squeezed May briefly. "May...you really want to be with me?"

"y-yes!"

Before he had time to think it through, he said, "I want to be with you, too...always."

She cried louder, "And you tell me now!?"

"What?"

May wiggled out of his grip, and faced him head-on. Her hands were on his chest, where his shirt was wet from her tears. "Why didn't you tell me...long ago? I've been waiting..." She leaned closer to him, as her hands slipped down to his legs. Her eyes closed, she slowly pressed her lips to Drew's. His eyes widened, then eased closed. She pulled away and wrapped her arms around his neck.

"Have you really," He asked breathlessly, "Been waiting?"

She lay back down, "Yes, Drew. You're so...ignorant."

This caught Drew off-guard. "Ignorant?"

"Yes. I mean, how could you not realize it by now? I'm even trying to be obvious!"

Drew laughed at this. "Oh really?"

"Just forget it...you like me now...thats what matters..." She slowly closed her eyes.

He smiled more deeply. "yeah." When May didn't respond he assumed she was asleep, and went back to his bed. Joy held him from sleep, as he replayed the scene in his head.

"Good morning, Drew!" May chimed, jolting him awake.

"He sat up and said, "Some night last night."

"Huh?" May looked at him, questioningly. "What are you talking about?"

"You don't remember?" He asked her, shocked.

"Remember what?"

"C'mon, you weren't drunk!" Drew was surprised to hear this from his voice, for it wasn't in his personality at all.

"Yeah...well did it happen late at night? Because I don't remember anything that happens late at night."

"Um...never mind, May." Drew said.

"Tell me!"

"It was noting!"

"liar!"

"oh, no. I hate it when you do this."

"liar!"

"May, please!"

"liar"

"I'm just going to ignore you." He turned away from her, and didn't say anything.

May was annoyed by this, and said, "Fine, i won't do that but i really want to know!"

Drew turned back to her and placed his hands on her shoulders. "Look May, if it was something important i would tell you." He said, avoiding looking in her eyes to avoid showing his lie.

"O-okay." May gave in.

Drew kept his hands on her for a little longer then necessary, then withdrew them. "Good."

"Wait a sec..." May starred into space for a few moments, then said. "I still have a decision to make."

Drew knew exactly what she was talking about, but also knew he wasn't supposed to know. "what decision?" He decided to ask.

"Oh my god, Drew, do you need to get into everything in my life?" She cried.

"What? I asked a mere question!" He yelled back.

"Well it doesn't matter to you! This is an important decision, and i don't want you're help with it!"

Before he could stop himself, he screamed, "Does Ash really matter to you that much? I've waited two years for you to travel with me and you're going to throw it away for some immature trainer?"

May said in a quiet, high voice: "How do you know...?"

"You told me, May."

Everything about the night before poured into May's mind. Her confession, the kiss, everything. "Oh my god." She squeaked.

"May?"

She began breathing hard. "Oh...oh my god."

Drew became wildly concerned. "What?"

"I remembered everything." She said, noticing after the words left her mouth that it was very blunt sounding.

Drew closed his eyes and took a deep breath.

May began crying. She just stood there and all of a sudden tears began pouring out of her eyes and streaming down her cheeks to her neck. Drew walked to her and wrapped his arms around her lower back. They stood there for what seemed like an eternity.

"I was so stupid." She said. "So stupid."

"How were you stupid?"

"I just...was. If i was more awake i could have handled that much better. Never mind a better first kiss..."

He just shrugged from lack of finding words.

"Well...well...I don't know." She said, sniffling. "But i guess..i guess i decided to travel with you. You're...you're more important...to me. Damn, that sounds pathetic."

Drew smiled warmly. This time he hoped May would see it. "You're not pathetic. And Ash will be fine."

"I-I don't really like him. He's...He's just some boy."

"What am I?" He was more curious then he wanted to be.

"You're...that awesome guy. The awesome guy that gave me roses everyday he saw me just because he felt like it. Get it?"

"Yeah..." He wasn't sure if he understood, but what he got from it was that she liked him a lot.

"So...am i the girl you love? The girl you were talking about."

"Well..."

"Drew!" May lifted her head and tried to seem angry, but ended up laughing.

He smiled at this. "Yes, May."

"And i guess you know you're the boy i like." She told him.

"I figured that." He wanted to kiss her, but he didn't know if he should or not.

She laughed once, then became serious again.

He softly kissed her forehead, May laughing and smiling.