Chapter 4: I Missed You
"Yeah May I'm here now. Uh huh, okay see you in a few minutes." Ash hung up the phone and leaned up against a pillar while he and Pikachu waited for their friend to arrive at the train station. "We should probably wait by the entrance. Just in case she can't find us." Pikachu nodded in agreement. Ash quickly turned around the pillar to walk towards the entrance of the station. "AHHH!" "Oh my god I'm so sorry!" pleaded Ash. He had turned the corner so quick that he had bumped into a woman walking with a bunch of blueprints. The prints were scattered everywhere as Ash quickly began to pick them up one by one with the assistance of Pikachu. "I'm so sorry ma'am I didn't mean to." "It's okay you really just caught me off guard." The woman had a blush cross her face. "Well if there's anything I can do just tell me." The woman just smirked. "I might be able to think of something." 'Uh oh this isn't good' Ash thought as he tried to let the woman down easy. "I really can't, I'm sorry." The woman just said "I see" and began to walk away. 'That was weird" Ash thought.
As Ash saw a familiar face come through the entrance tunnel to the train he waved to catch May's attention. "May over here!" Ash caught her attention and May looked at him with a grin of excitement. "I'm ready whenever you are" Ash told her. In fact, May had already prepared and came with ticket in hand. The two stepped onto the magnet train and exhaled with satisfaction. They were riding the magnet train in first class seats; seats that Ash never even knew were a thing. "Well we should probably get to our rooms before we do anything." Ash just nodded in agreement. "Want to meet in about an hour?" Ash suggested to his unbelievably beautiful friend. 'I never noticed how good looking she was' he thought in his head. "Yeah an hour seems fine. I'll see you in a bit." The two headed towards their rooms which were almost on opposite sides of the train.
Ash arrived in his room and set his jacket on the small chair that sat next to the far end of the bed. For some odd reason he couldn't help but think about a certain girl. "Pikachu. Do you think she'll be there when we get home?" asked a concerned Ash. Pikachu looked at his master and nodded more sure than ever. He knew exactly who Ash was talking about and his actions had left a smile on Ash's face. "I sure hope so."
On the opposite side of the train May had just settled in. She lay out on the bed just running her fingers through her hair. May had no idea how she was feeling about reuniting with Ash and traveling with him again. 'I wonder if he feels the same way' was all that came to her mind.
An hour had passed and the two had met where they said they would; however, Ash was just a little late. "Way to keep me waiting." May had a stern look on her face as Ash apologized. "Ash, I'm joking its fine!" Ash felt relieved that his friend wasn't actually mad at him. "So why don't we get something to eat?" Ash asked her. "I could do that." The two sat down to order a fine meal in their first class dining room. The room only had two other occupants and quickly finishing their meal, the other two occupants had left the room. This left Ash and May in the room alone; for the first time in a long time. An awkward silence came through the room as the only sound was that of forks hitting glass plates. "So uh, May what have you been up to? I never got the chance to ask." "The same old thing really. Just travelling around, seeing what the world has to offer me, and a couple contests here and there. How about yourself Ash?" Ash sat trying to think of a short and sweet answer. "Well I've been wandering here and there but finally settled down in a building in Castelia City." "Oh so you're officially living in Unova now?" "Well actually, I have been for the last 2 years." A startled May had a surprised look on her face. "Wow I never thought you would have left Kanto that early." "Ya me either.." Ash had a somewhat sad look cross his face. May tried her best to change the subject, but to no avail as the dinner was over. Ash got up; "I better get going May." May nodded and looked at him. She stood up and grabbed him by his rough shoulders pulling him in to a warm embrace and a more than passionate hug. "I missed you Ash." Ash had a small blush on his face and returned May's action. "I missed you too."