(A/N): Back once again! –Bows head- I AM SO SORRY! Completely forgot to update the story! Well I did have exams and everything… And I was sort of busy… Aww, that's not an excuse. Really sorry guys! So as an apology, I'm doing a double post! The first chapter isn't that good, I guess you could say it's a filler. But please read it.

Oh, I'm skipping the character interviews for these two chapters! I just want to type my heart out!

P.S. Don't hate Roselia, she's just a bit spunky, that's all. And the replies to your comments are at the end of the story.

Off we go!

Chapter 3: Memories

"Ros? Roselia?!" (Oh yeah? Like what?!) The angry rose Pokemon asked, her expression darkening. Drew brushed his hair back and bowed his head in silence. There was nothing he could do; nothing he could say. Ignoring his Pokemon, Drew slowly walked over to May and softly brushed her hair.

Roselia stared at the two, unable to speak. The clumsy look on Drew's face stricken with love immediately showed her that he prized the girl over her. Sadly, she muttered "Roselia ros…?" (What about me?) And walked out of the ward, depressed.

Outside the ward, Roselia let out a deep, solemn sigh and gazed up into the air.

Flashback

LaRousse City, Hoenn.

It is 1992. The sun is shining, birds are singing and…

"Bew! Bew! Bew!!"

A Roserade has just given birth to a Budew. A man with green hair and eyes walked excitedly to pick up the newly born Pokemon. "Here son," the man said, "This is yours." He gave the babbling Pokemon to a young boy looking exactly like he did.

"Gee, thanks dad! I'll take good care of it!" The young boy replied heartily. His name… was Drew Richards.

Three months later…

It was raining heavily in LaRousse. The good weather had gone down the toilet. A young boy ran over to the Richards residence, seeking Drew.

"Hey Drew! Are you coming camping with us or not?" the boy shouted, throwing small rocks at Drew's window. Drew opened the window and quickly replied "Yeah! I'm coming in a minute!" Hurriedly, the excited boy ran downstairs, with umbrella in hand as fast as he could and bolted out of the house. But there was something following him…

"Bew!" Budew shouted, waddling after Drew happily. Her master turned back and scowled angrily. It was obvious what he thought about the young Pokemon.

"Stupid thing, what are you doing here?!" Drew snapped with a sour look on his face. The Budew stood there beaming at its master. "What are you doing trying to follow me? Go back home! Shoo!" Drew continued, spitting on the ground. Yet still, the young Budew continued to follow him steadily.

Hearing Budew's soft plods behind him, Drew turned around and gave it the nastiest look he could ever make out. "WHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE? YOU… YOU… THING! Ugh…! I always tried training you, but you'd never evolve! All you'd do is give me a stupid face! There! You're doing it again! Leave me alone!" Drew shouted, panting after his long rant. Budew laughed cheerfully, still in love with her master. Gradually, Drew's face got redder and redder, then suddenly…

"GET AWAY FROM ME! I HATE YOU! YOU'RE NOTHING TO ME! JUST CRAWL IN A HOLE AND DIE!" he continued to shout, then turned his back on the Pokemon, expecting it to go back. But Budew still persistently followed him, with a positive smile on her face. Drew couldn't take it anymore. Burning with rage, he kicked Budew. Hard. The injured Pokemon fell to the ground, yet somehow managed to stand up again and smile.

Furious he slapped his Pokemon again and again and once more. The young thing fell once more onto the cold, hard ground, muddy water splashing all over him this time, with small cuts and grazes beginning to form. "Bew…" she whispered, attempting to get up. Drew still tried to contain his anger.

"AND NEVER TALK TO ME AGAIN!" he concluded, turning his back onto Budew and smiling at his friend as they went off together. However, the young Budew still had a bit of kick left in her, and in critical condition, slowly rose again and followed the two boys, with a glimmer of hope in her eyes.

At the Camping Trip…

The weather had cleared up now, and the puddles had all disappeared. Drew, along with his friend, was energetically putting firewood into a pile, since it was soon time to eat. "Drew, Matthew, are you ready to eat now?" The boy's mother asked, bringing some food out of her bag. "Yes!" the boys answered hastily, their stomachs growling.

"I'll go pick some berries from the woods!" Drew stated, walking to the woods nearby. Mrs Freeman nodded her head.

"Okay Drew, but let Matt go with you! And don't get lost!" she replied, chuckling to herself. And with that, the two boys went to the woods to pick some berries.

The woods…

"One… Another one… Another one…" Drew counted to himself, his hands filled with big juicy berries. He put them in Matt's rucksack and a big smile grew on his face. He was happy to be of help. Walking back to the camp he felt like he was on cloud nine. In a peaceful place, surrounded by nature, and no loud noises of the city to disturb them. But then…

"B… Bew…" A faint noise sounded, behind Drew. Drew and Matt turned around, and when they did, their faces went pale from shock. There lied the young Budew, one eye scratched and bleeding badly, the other eye just barely open, caked in mud, scratches and bruises. She was breathing very heavily. Matt prodded Drew on the shoulder.

"Hey Drew, is that your…?" He got cut off by the scared look on Drew's face. Never had he been so worried over anything, let alone a Pokemon. Frantically, he grabbed his Pokemon in his arms and ran straight towards the camp, ignoring his surroundings.

"Mrs Freeman! Mrs Freeman!" Drew cried, tears rolling down his face. Mrs Freeman rushed over to the tearful child.

"My dear, what's wrong… Oh goodness, look at that Pokemon! It's on the verge of death!" Mrs Freeman announced worriedly, then realized she shouldn't have. Drew cried even more, filled with sadness. "Don't worry Drew, I'll call the nearest Pokemon center. They'll be here in three days, give or take a week." Unable to hear Mrs Freeman, Drew bounced up and down panic-stricken.

"There's not enough time!" he bellowed, unaware of how loud he was shouting, due to his panicked state. Ignoring Mrs Freeman's words of comfort, he ran away from the camp and continued to run, out of sight.

On and on he went for hours on end, unaware of his body conditions. He was scratched all over, with torn clothing, very muddy legs and trainers, and scruffy hair. Yet he didn't care what he looked like, all he cared for was his dying Budew.

3 days later…

Drew was still running at top speed, and was getting closer to the PokeCenter. He began to speak to his Pokemon for the first time in days. "Hey Budew…" he started, "I just want to apologize for what I did to you… I didn't mean any of it… I was just so upset that I wasn't a good enough trainer to make you evolve. Please accept my apology, please Budew, you're my best friend! Budew…? Bu…" He gasped. There Budew lay, motionless.

Tears flowed down the young boy's face rapidly. There was no time left… Budew had gone. Yet he still felt that there was a small amount of energy left in her. Rain began to pour, and in no less than a few seconds, the rain was pouring heavily, and wasn't showing signs of stopping. "Come on… Come on…!" Drew coaxed himself. Time was almost up and he couldn't see the center.

He was exceeding how fast he could normally run by far. And luckily, after time, he could see the PokeCenter in the horizon. He got closer… and closer… when suddenly; he hit the floor with a loud THUD! He had ran out of strength, and the PokeCenter was just a few feet away and on the verge of closing. Yet something continued to spur him on. It was Budew's faint breathing onto Drew's face.

It was cool and refreshing. It was Budew's newly found move – healing. Using the last of her power, she fell unconscious. Gradually, Drew began to twitch, and then attempted to move. With all the strength he could gather, he stumbled back up and ran to the door. He knocked as hard as he could trying to gather attention. But sadly…

The center had already closed and the lights were off. Drew began to yell. "PLEASE HELP ME; MY BUDEW IS IN CRITICAL CONDITION!" But there was no answer. Drew continued. "HELP MY BUDEW PLEASE!" No answer. Drew was getting desperate. He fell on his knees and yelled a final "PLEASE!"

The rain was pouring down hard now. It began to strike Drew's back continuously. Drew tried his best to protect Budew from the hard rain. A tear rolled down his face. Luckily for them, before Drew was able to stand up and walk away, a nurse was in the center about to lock up, when she saw the crying boy. Looking at what was in his arms, she went pale.

She opened the door as fast as she could, and reassured the forlorn boy by saying "We'll help you as best as we can!" and carefully got the young Budew and ran as fast as she could to the operating room. Drew tried to follow Nurse Joy, but was told to wait in the waiting room. So he did.

He waited, and waited, and waited, tapping his foot nervously. Time went on and on, and soon, the young boy was fast asleep.

Six o'clock in the morning…

"Excuse me young man… Wake up…!" Nurse Joy spoke, softly patting Drew on the shoulder. Drew opened one eye and scanned his surroundings. Then he remembered what happened, about how he rudely treated his Budew, and yet she continued to smile at him. Remembering everything, he began to cry again. Nurse Joy smiled.

"Rest assured young man… Your Budew has been nursed to perfect health!" she announced ruffling the boy's hair. Drew got up and looked around to find Budew so he could apologize, but she was nowhere to be found. He fell on his knees and put his hands over his eyes to stop his tears from flowing. She probably hated him after what he said. And now she has finally left him – for good. "Budew…!" he mumbled, sniffling.

"Bew?" Budew replied. Drew turned around completely amazed. She came back! And in the picture of health! He ran towards his Pokemon and hugged her tightly.

"BUDEW! YOU CAME BACK! I just wanted to say I'm really sorry… I never should have treated my best friend like that. You are the best Pokemon I could ever have. I love you Budew!" Suddenly Budew began to glow. The light was flickering… On, then back to normal, on, then back to normal… She was evolving. "Wha… What's going on? Are you…?" Drew asked, so amazed, he was unable to finish his sentence.

He stared in awe as the young Budew turned into a beautiful Roselia, with petals sparkling beautifully and bright. "Ros." She spoke, confidently. Before, she was just a cute little baby, but now, she was better, faster, and stronger.

"My Budew just evolved into a Roselia!" Drew shouted.

"Ros!" Roselia replied happily.

End Flashback

"Roselia…? Ros…" (But now…? Nothing.) Without thinking anymore, she walked back into the ward silently and returned herself into the PokeBall, without talking to her master who was busy watching over the sleeping May.

(A/N): And the chapter is OVER! Hehe, did you like my filler? I didn't really explain why Roselia's so bitter towards May, so let's just say that she has a Drew complex, since he did such a nice thing for her.

Oh! And I'll be going to Germany for an exchange trip next week, so I can't update my other part of the double post yet because I haven't done it! Hehe…

Hope your decision against Roselia has changed!

Read and review please! And here are my replies to your wonderful reviews!

Dramatic Melody: Sadly, Roselia doesn't want Drew to get together with May because she feels that he wont have enough time and like her anymore.

Lady Rosses: Thanks for the compliment! If you have any ideas, feel free to mail me. That goes to everyone.

MunkieMango: LOL! Thanks for telling me about Drew's eyes, guess I made a bonehead move, huh? Thanks for reviewing.

Sunkissed42594: Sorry if I was rushing it, but I kinda wanted to do the love at first sight feelings, so they may rush their relationship a bit more than the average couple. Heh!

Contestshipper: I was waiting for this comment to appear. But I am not telling you who did it! Hehehe… The suspense…

Prettygirl17: That's what this fanfiction is supposed to do, make you think. Glad you are taking up the facts and I hope the story isn't boring!

Lil-Priestess: Aww, my bad, my bad. Basically she just had a nightmare of when she re-saw what happened to her. Don't know why though, but she did. Then she "went back into the past" and saw what her family was like in the good old days. Not my best chapter, I agree with you, but I hope that you still continue reading my story!

Confessions-of-a-secret-love: Hehe, LOVE your reviews, they just make me LAUGH! I wasn't very proud of Chapter 2, but I'm glad you could pick out some remotely good parts in it. Hehe, you've seen that my cliffhangers have improved, haven't they?

May5000: Read on and you may find out! The story is far from over!

PokemonFanatic: Thanks for the review, but if you want May to recover, read on, read on! That might be my new slogan… Hope you enjoyed the story so far! Oh, and I did update! Twice!

Shygirldee: SORRY! I DIDN'T UPDATE SOON! And Chapter 3 isn't perfect is it? You waited all that long for a filler… I promise that I will update quicker than I normally do! Or my name isn't (blank). Haha.

Poet-of-broken-dreams: You CRIED?! SORRY! Does that mean I have to tone down the story a bit? Didn't mean to get you worked up about it, forgive me! Please continue reading!

xSapphirexRosesxFanx: Luckily for you, I did update soon! Well 3 months isn't very soon, but compared to the other readers, its pretty short! Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed it, after all, I aim to please!

Ta-ta for now!