Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon

Author: Pokiwar AKA Dylan A. CJ.

Breaking the Night 31 Days a Year

Chapter 2 – A Synonymous Sunrise

Norman, Caroline, Mum and Dad were sat at our small dining table in the dining room; in an open plan with our living room – where May, Max and I sat.

May was surprisingly close to me despite her distinct reluctance to talk to me. Our sofa was quite small – it was more of a love-seat – and May and I sat on that whilst Max was to our right on the chair… I just thought of something. May and I are sitting on the love-seat… no, it must just be phrasing of the words. Yeah… that's it!

Our parents were having a discussion about work and jobs for Mr and possibly even Mrs. Maple. It turns out that, unfortunately, my assumptions where correct. Was my school seriously that good for people wanting to quit their job as the Gym Leader in another Region to come here? I mean, the good thing is house prices went up so we technically have more money… but that's economics.

"That was so cool the way your Lunargon dodged out of the way of Blaziken's High-Jump-Kick! It was so fast! It was… uh… like Ash's Pikachu!" Max exclaimed. He seemed to be recounting the battle with an amount of detail that didn't even exist. He was almost like a judge. However, I did notice that at the mention of a Pikachu, May's grasp on her fork tightened for a moment.

"Max… just shh…" May said quietly, continuing to eat after a brief pause. Max looked a bit insulted but waved it off to something I believe he shouldn't have been old enough to learn about yet. May got angry about his comment. "Max!" she hissed, "Shut the fuck up!"

Max recoiled at her harsh words. And went back to eating in silence. I turned to May in the meantime.

"Are you okay May?" I asked warmly, gently laying a hand on her shoulder.

With the sudden contact she quickly recoiled, spilling the bow of sticky food over both of our laps.

"Oh! May… Sorry… we should get cleaned up." I said as Max looked up glumly from his food. I guess that comment hit surprisingly hard. Mum had noticed the food spillage and so helped to get it off the floor whilst ushering us upstairs to clean ourselves down.

"You should take a shower, you've got some down your legs," I told May as I went towards my room, "the bathroom's the door at the end of the hall.

"Um… Okay Alex…" she said quietly walking off to the wooden door. I entered my room to acquire a new set of shorts. In truthfulness, I probably had more

food one my skin… but she's a guest… I'll just use a flannel or something from the kitchen, which I was about to do when…

"Alex! How does… the um… your shower work?" May called from the bathroom. I wandered down the hall to the door.

"It's a bit difficult to explain… let me in and I'll show you…" I proposed, tapping my feet casually on the carpet.

I could hear a gasp from her side of the door. "I'm kind of… you know… um…" I could practically feel her blushing.

"Just throw a towel on or something." I simply said, without thinking about the thoughts that could be running through my peer's head.

"O-O-Okay…" she stuttered. Damn repercussions.

I heard the lock turn and 'clank' so I grabbed the door handle and pushed it open. I didn't look at her, for fear of being perverted or something like that. Nonetheless, the heat from her red face still radiated like a kettle. I turned towards the shower dial to the right whilst I pushed down on it. I then pulled it out again, letting the water flow.

However, as I was about to turn and leave, a heard a very quiet scream from May so I instinctively turned to see her towel dropping. I covered my eyes with my arm, trying to find the door handle blind whilst my cheeks where a flushed pink.

I could feel the awkwardness in the air, like a thick smog, as I managed to find my way out.

I exited from the Kitchen after washing myself down and went back upstairs to put my shorts in the washing machine yet I heard the shower still going. Against my better judgement, I went to knock on the door. Surely it wouldn't that long to clean your legs? As I approached however, I heard a faint sigh.

"May? Are you okay?" I asked nervously. I heard a faint spell of curses and the sound of May scrabbling to stand up.

"Yeah… I'm… coming in sec…" I could tell May was mentally punching herself based off her poor choice of words considering her recent 'activity' I had yet to learn she was doing.

School's starting up again and thankfully I have good lessons today… unusually. Let's see, Battle Strategies – double period, Pokemon Culture and Legends then the rest of the day dedicated to the preliminary round of the school bi-annual Pokemon Tournament. Let's hope this one will be a tad more exciting.

Turns out I share Pokemon C&L with May, she is my age then (14).

I walked up to school with May and Max. They're nice people, May seems to be a bit more talkative around me despite the events a few days prior.

As we were walking up though, May had got a call.

"One minute guys," she turned away to answer the call, "Hello – Really?! – Wow… cool – yeah – yeah, Max and a neighbour – shut up! – fine, yes…" she looked over to me and turned back to her phone blushing, "anyway… guess we'll see you there… see ya!" May ended the call. "Max, when we get to school, you go straight to Homeroom, yeah? Alex, we're gonna wait by the outside battle zones – I'm sure you can lead me there – to wait for one of my friends. She came over all the way from Sinnoh! I'm sure you'll love her, she's great!" she instructed. I was confused, she was very talkative now… what spurred her on?

"Cool… okay then…" I said, hands in pockets. I had my three Pokemon with me: Lunargon, Inink and Averock. Couldn't wait to own my opponents in the tournament.

8:50… May said her friend would meet here ate quarter too. I am a very punctual person so this pissed me of a bit. "May… your friend, are they usually this late?" I asked, trying to sound as little of a dick as possible.

"Not really, but she did say she was staying in Lodgale town so… give her a little of an opportunity," May asked, almost pleadingly.

I sighed. The bassey sound of heavy running on grass could be heard, so I turned my head to see a bluey-black haired girl rush towards us, black beanie almost falling off. I tried with all my might to not look down at the incredibly short blue miniskirt that was having a fun time with no self-respect, flashing glimpses of what male perverts would certainly call a jackpot. Other than that, the girl was wearing a black jacket with white shirt underneath, imprinted with a blue Pokeball like her hat.

May looked to me then followed my eyes to this peculiar figure. Her eyes widened before the figure tackled her with a hug. I just watched bemused.

"MAY!" the girl shouted, as she finally got up of her happy but slightly unconscious friend.

I simply waved with a very puzzled expression on my face. The girl turned to face me and looked me up and down, before smiling wickedly.

"This isn't your little brother, so you weren't lying.!" she giggled.

May had managed to get up and gain her wits before blushing deeply, I could see it in the corner of my eye. She grabbed the top of her arm gently rubbing it and looking down. "Yeah… this is Alex."

I waved again.

She spoke with immense enthusiasm. "Hi! I'm Dawn!"

Author's Note: Thank's for reading this new chapter and sorry for giving you expectations for how quickly these will be out. My schedule is to try and get at least one out every weekend, and since we had a bank holiday here I managed to right and extra.

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