Why Can't I

By: esmtz

"What was Paul doing at the Pokemon center anyway?" Ash asked as he sat down and started eating.

It was the next day and the group decided to go have lunch at a park where they found a table with chairs to sit on as Brock just finished making them their food.

"Who knows it probably was just a coincidence" Brock replied as he took a seat next to May, who Dawn refused to sit next to, and started eating as well.

"You guys don't think he probably signed up for the contest do you?" May asked looking at her friends barely touching her food.

"Oh please I seriously doubt that was the case" Dawn replied as she swallowed her food "I really can't see him in a contest let alone training his Pokemon" she sighed and shook her head.

May just looked at Dawn and nodded then looked back at her food.

"Something wrong May? You haven't touched your food yet" Ash asked as he looked at her slightly worried.

May shook her head.

"No sorry I was just thinking" May started to eat her food not noticing that Dawn was giving her a look, obviously knowing what she was thinking about.

Brock looked from Dawn to May but didn't say anything as he took another bite of his food.

"So May did your mom send you something to wear for the contest in a few days?" Dawn asked trying to at least be friendly with May and not act as if she hated her.

"Yeah actually she did yesterday while we were registering for the contest. I have my outfit back in our room" May said smiling at her happy to know that Dawn was talking to her again.

"Well that's good. That means the both of you are pretty much ready for this contest" Brock said as he smiled at them.

"I know I am. I'm totally psyched!" Dawn said as she stood up and punched the air "What about you May? This isn't going to be any fun if you aren't ready" Dawn said as she looked at May.

"Don't worry about me I know what I'm doing" May said as she finished her food and stood up and threw away what was left of it "Oh Ash I talked to Misty yesterday. She said she might show up tomorrow and enter the contest as well. Apparently she's been training" May giggled as she saw Ash's face turn bright red as he spit out his food.

"Who's Misty?" Dawn asked looking at Ash, Brock and May.

"Oh nothing just an old friend of ours right Ash?" Brock said as he looked at Ash grinning.

Ash didn't reply as he quickly got up and went to the nearest trash and tried to cough up the rest of his food. May and Brock laughed leaving Dawn to look at them still confused. As they got up and threw away their trash, they decided that they all wanted to go do some more training on their own so Ash and Brock left one way, Dawn left back towards the Pokemon center and May stayed where she was at as she looked around for a bigger spot to train. As she was looking she heard voices coming from behind some trees so she went closer to see who it was. The minute she heard their voices, she stopped and blushed hard red.

"...I warn you stay away from her!" Drew growled as he had his hands grabbing at Paul's jacket glaring angrily at him.

Paul just snorted.

"You can't tell me what to do besides…now that I know you're interested in her too I'm not going to just stay away"

Drew blushed furiously.

"What makes you say I'm interested in her she's just a friend of mine and I know how you guys are I want you to stay away from her or else!"

"Fine if that's how you feel about her but trust me you can't scare me off that easily especially now since I'm going to be in the contest too" Paul said glaring at Drew.

May blushed even more as she tried to not make any noise as she was about to just then.

'H-He likes me?!' May said silently to herself.

Drew gritted his teeth and growled a little louder.

"Do you really think that she's going to fall in love with someone like you?!" Drew spat "you're nothing but trash!"

Paul looked at him very angry.

"You don't know me so if I were you I'd back off!" Paul pushed Drew off of him.

May looked from Drew to Paul and couldn't believe what she was seeing.

'They're fighting over me? I can't be that special…' May told herself as she kept looking on at the scene in front of her.

"You know what how about we settle this at the contest. If we end up fighting each other I'm going to demolish you!" Drew said as he turned and walked off.

"Fine by me" Paul said as he walked the other way.

May just sat where she was at sweat dropping.

"Are all boys like this when it comes to girls?" May asked herself as she shook her head and stood up and went back to looking for a place to train.

As she was walking she ended up finding herself face to face with Paul. She started blushing hard as Paul walked up to her.

"Hey there May what are you doing out here? Training I assume?" Paul asked as he put his hands in his pockets who was also blushing.

"Yeah im just trying to find a bigger place to train though" May said as she averted her eyes not being able to look at him in the eyes without turning even more red.

Paul nodded.

"I thought so….to be honest I'm also looking for a place to train. Do you want to train with me?" Paul asked her as he too lowered his gaze blushing harder.

"Um…yeah sure"

May's heart was beating so fast that she could hear it as she put her hands over her heart. Paul nodded as he and May started walking together.

"May can I tell you something?" Paul asked as he looked at her.

"Yeah go ahead you can tell me anything" May smiled at him, but when she saw his face she started to get worried.

Paul looked at her sadly.

"I've never told anyone about why I act the way I do….it's just I don't really know how to open up to other people"

May nodded as she and Paul kept walking, until they decided to sit down where they could be alone.

"It's about my past" Paul said looking at her seriously.

May looked at him and just sat and listened to what he had to say.