The next day, the couple got up bright and early to get to the contest arena…
"Here are your passes, enjoy the contest!" The lady at the desk waved them goodbye before taking the next person in line.
"You ready to go find a seat?" Drew asked May. He couldn't help but noticed that May was awfully tense. He grabbed her hand, bring her attention to him. "Hey, it's going to be ok. I'll be here with you. And if you want to leave, we'll leave."
May relaxed a bit. "Ok"
"May! Drew! Long time no see!" The couple turned their attention to whoever just called their name.
"Solidad! Hi!" May said waving as Solidad walked up to them.
"Hey, what are you guys doing here? I assume not to compete since, if I remember correctly, both of you already have your 5 ribbons." Solidad said
"Oh we're here to watch. We figured we would check out the potential rivals for the Grande Festival." Drew said
"Hmm. That makes sense." Solidad then noticed that May and Drew were still holding hands. "So the tabloid stories are true after all?"
"What?" Drew questioned
"The stories about you two falling for eachother and then eloped a few weeks ago." Solidad said pulling out a tabloid magazine
"Whattt!?" May exclaimed, releasing Drew's hand, grabbing the magazine from Solidad and quickly flipping through to the story
"No. We did not elope." Drew said scratching his head. "Geez these people have way too much time on their hands. We outta have a talk with these editors, they can't keep making up stories like these."
"So you guys aren't married?" Solidad said carefully, afraid of the answer she was going to get
"No. We are not!" May said slamming the magazine shut and handing it back to Solidad
"I can't believe they would make up crazy stories like that! And I can't believe people still read these." May said, getting a bit angry
"Hey, Hey, calm down, it's a tabloid, they're just doing this to sell their magazine. We just have to clear their story." Drew said, calming May down a bit
"Yeah, don't worry; I thought the story was ridiculous when I read it. I just had to make sure." Solidad said
"But you two are together right?" Solidad asked
"Yeah, something like that." Drew said with a proud smile. May just blushed
Before Solidad could comment, Harley popped out of nowhere
"Hey Guys!"
"Hey Harley," Solidad said while Drew shoved a petrified May behind him, using his body as a barrier between her and Harley.
"So you all here to cheer me on? That's so great of you!" Harley said, not really paying attention to any of them. "Wow, I can't believe how supportive you guys are. Don't worry about me though. I'm going to win for sure."
The three of them, just waited for Harley to finish his little rant. The faster he wears himself out, the faster he'll leave them alone.
"Well, I gotta go get ready for the appeals round. Bye Bye!" Harley waved goodbye and pranced away
"Hmm… that Harley sure is something," Solidad said turning to face Drew and May
But Drew didn't hear Solidad's comment; he was too busy focusing on May, who was visibly shaking.
"May? Are you ok?" Drew said holding onto her in case she collapsed.
She didn't, instead, she pushed Drew aside and ran towards the nearest bathroom. Solidad and Drew followed her in, with the latter ignoring the fact that it was a girl's bathroom. May went into a stall and threw up her breakfast.
"May? Are you ok?" Drew asked again, he only got a small moan as a reply.
Solidad opens the stall door that May is in, and helps her stand up.
"May? Are you pregnant?" Solidad asked carefully
Words could not describe the shocked look on May and Drew's face. Instead of answering Solidad's question; May turned around and puked again, too shocked to let the thought process in her mind. Drew wasn't faring much better, the thought that May could've gotten pregnant never crossed his mind. Now he was starting to feel sick as well.
"Is it possible that she's pregnant?" Solidad turned and asked Drew instead
"No." May said before getting red in the face. "It's too early to tell…." She couldn't bring herself to look up
But Drew still had the shocked look on his face. "What about…you know…the incident…" He said worryingly, afraid to bring up the memory that she so painfully wanted to bury.
Solidad looked back and forth from Drew to May, unsure of what they were talking about.
It didn't take long for May to figure out what Drew was talking about. The second she realized this; the room started spinning and she promptly passes out.
Hey guys! Sorry for taking awhile for the update. Finals week killed me. But yeah, I'm done with school and now I have a busy summer ahead of me. So what do ya think of this chapter so far? Now that Solidad has made her appearance and Harley is back! They'll be around quite often from now on.
So yeah, that's all for now. See you in the next update!