"May… May. May!" The brunette jumped in her seat frantically, before she sent a glare directed towards her brother.
"What?" She said in an annoyed tone.
"Sorry. You zoned out. Thinking again?" Max asked, concern evident on his face.
May nodded forcefully, seemingly frustrated. "I can't stop thinking about him!" She exclaimed.
Max got a suddenly cheeky expression, one that made May gulp. "Oh, really? No one wants you having kids at your age, sis."
May's face got as red as a tomato, partially from embarrassment, but mostly in anger at the younger boy. "Shut up, Max!" She raged, only serving to make him laugh. "Also, for your information, the reason being is not because I like him, in fact, it's the opposite! But he's on my mind because I can't stop thinking about how much of a liar he really is!" She stated firmly, using assurance that hadn't convinced her brother, nor herself. What her dad had said still rang true in her ears. 'What if…he hadn't been lying about his parents? Then what? You know what, why do I even care?!' May asked herself.
Before she could get too caught up in her inner turmoil, her brother informed her that she had to get going or she'd miss the bus. That, of course, snapped her out of her thoughts and she started to panic.
"Oh my God, Mac! Why didn't you tell me sooner?!" She exclaimed as she rushed to get her belongings.
"Because you were– hey, wait! Did you just call me 'Mac'?!"
"Sorry, no time, gotta go!"
As May rushed out the door, Max huffed in annoyance. "She did call me 'Mac', I know it…" He muttered under his breath.
May waved her friends over to the seats. "Misty, Dawn, Gary! Over here!" As the three strode over to the teenager, she smiled brightly at them and started to giggle. "Hey, guess what, Misty?"
"Hm?" She asked.
"When I was running out the door, I called my brother Mac! On purpose too, because I wanted to know what his reaction would be. He screamed, and it was so funny!"
At this, Dawn burst out laughing. She was in tears before she finally got calm again. Everyone was looking at her strangely, even more so when she asked why they were staring at her.
As the bus pulled into the school, May instinctively edged away from Ash as he approached. He noticed, but didn't seem to care, as he kept coming closer to the girl. May adopted an irritated look and attempted to shove him back, but he sidestepped with surprising agility and grace. As he advanced even more, her friends started to surround her and May was backing away. Finally, Ash sighed.
"I'll just give up trying to ask you something if that's how you're going to act." He said in a level tone.
"Oh, really? That's all it is, huh? A question? You really are a liar! If that's what you want, then ask away!" May exclaimed with newfound confidence. By now, a crowd had formed.
Ash stood his ground and replied, "I was trying to be nice and give you some privacy, but alright. How come Harley tried to rape you?"
A/N: Sorry for this being shorter than usual, but I felt this was the best place to stop. You gotta go with the flow sometimes.
At least it's not the shortest chapter, but it's close.
Oh, and Mac. Yeah. That was a typo that I made on accident, and I immediately noticed it, but I'm too lazy to press the backspace twice. So, I incorporated it into the story as something that's at least remotely funny. Hopefully, anyway.
Thanks for reading and please review!