Update April 2013: This chapter has been updated and revised from its original version. Past errors have been fixed and adjustments have been made but the plot of the chapter, characters, and events have remained the same.

I forgot to ask this last time but did you all make a wish on 11:11am and/or 11:11pm on 11/11/11? I did! Here's chapter 6 (the real chapter 6, no mistakes this time! Lol atLuvAllPokemon, thanks for pointing it out!), review please! Thanks for all you've done so far, happy reading! :D

Responses to Reviews:
ch0c0latehell: I have a habit of apologizing too! Glad you like how I characterized Marina though and yes, he has to work for May's affections! I'll make sure of it because I'm evil. ;) Anyways, are you serious? That's terrible! I've always loved Rolyn, she's one of my favorite Contestshipping authors out there! I didn't flame the story but I left a note up there for everyone! Hopefully that's more effective so that more people can flame it! Hope I helped!
EeveeTransformed: HAHAHAHA! Poor Brendan, run buddy run! ;D Sorry for getting your hopes up though. :3 And I honestly didn't even know what Pokérus was until this summer! My Pokémon's been infected with it so many times but I had no idea what it was! I'll definitely keep writing though :)
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Claudette14: Hah, awh, poor Brendan. :) I'm updating right now though!
Shadow Lillies: Well, you're all going to find out in this chapter. :)
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LuvAllPokemon: Woopsies! I fixed it, thanks for pointing it out! And I've noticed that so I added my own twist! :)
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Love Unexpected chapter 6

Max finally set down his textbook after a consecutive two hours of skimming through the paragraphs of the chapter on Pokérus. He had long ago accumulated more than enough information for the essay that he had to write for one of his classes, but tendency to overachieve led to him reading more than required. Had his mother not announced the start of dinner to him and Drew, he probably would have continued with his reading.

"Finally found the will to set that book down, huh? Guess your mother's cooking works wonders," his father, Norman Maple, joked.

The navy haired man was in his home in Lilycove from Petalburg City for the month, leaving his gym in Petalburg in the care of his assistant. It was a rare event that he would willingly leave his gym unless there was a dire emergency that required his immediate attention.

However, the reason he was in Lilycove for the month was no emergency; he just wished to be there for May on her one and only prom night. Pictures simply would not suffice for him; he needed to see her in person. Plus, he needed to make sure that whoever she was going to go with would be a well behaved young man. If by any unfortunate chance that the guy wasn't, he would have to answer to Norman. No one was to going hurt his daughter or ruin her night.

"Maybe—Mom's cooking is pretty good," Max mused with a shrug and grinned in response to his father as he loaded a mound of each dish on the dining table onto his plate.

Drew mimicked his actions. "I second that—Mrs. Maple's cooking had my mouth watering before it was even set on the table," he inserted.

Caroline smiled at the two graciously. "Thank you, dears," she said. "But less talking and more eating—don't let my cooking go to waste."

All of them obliged with eagerness.

Dinner was a pleasant affair for everyone at the table. Drew and Norman had engaged in a lively conversation about Norman's job as the gym leader at the Petalburg City Gym. Each question from Drew was responded to with an enthusiastic answer from Norman, who also had many questions regarding Drew's short coordinating career before he moved to Lilycove in order to attend Lilycove Univeristy High, and if he was planning on resuming that career after graduation.

The man was quickly taking a liking to Drew. The two had only just met a few hours ago when Drew walked into the house after Caroline and Max, but Drew's charm and wit had managed to win Norman over in no time at all, just like he'd won over his wife and son.

After dinner, Max lead Drew down to the basement, where he took out another textbook to do the homework for another one of his classes. While he did that, Drew powered on the game system connected to the television and chose a game from the Maples' collection. Once he had the disc placed on the tray of the game station, he began to engage Max into conversation. After some clever scheming and skill on his part, Drew managed to land the conversation on the topic of Brendan asking May to prom. He did so successfully without arousing any of Max's suspicion; he did not want the boy to know of his feelings towards the boy's sister.

"Does your sister like him?" he asked before he could stop himself, and he immediately worried that he had given himself away.

However, Max did not seem to have noticed.

"No, not that I know of. I think she just likes Gary. Anyone whose known May for a while would know that. She's been so head over heels for him since she was twelve—heck, you could even say she's in love with him—that I don't think she's looked at another guy in that type of way since," Max told him. "I do know that Brendan likes my sister, though. Apparently, he's had a crush on her since the first time they met back when they were four or five."

Drew discreetly gritted his teeth. Even though Brendan was the one who liked May and not the other way around, he still wasn't thrilled to find out that the girl harbored a crush on this mysterious guy named Gary. The fact that she had liked the guy since she was twelve certainly did not help much.

He did not want to know who his secret competition was, so he didn't ask, yet he still could not help wondering who this Gary person was. If this person was as good-looking or as popular with the girls as he was. If this person was as good with his pokémon or as well known as he was. If this person was as worthy of May's affections as he was...or if the guy liked May as much as he did.

"So, she likes him that much and he hasn't even noticed?" Drew asked skeptically, desperately wanting to know the details.

"Maybe he has, maybe he hasn't—I just know that he hasn't directly addressed it," Max informed with a shrug. "He is older than May by five years after all, and in a different region. Maybe he just didn't want to start anything with her since a relationship between them would most likely not work out between them."

The words comforted Drew a bit—at least the competition wasn't in the same region, so the odds were technically more in his favor.

"What about Brendan then?" he asked. "He's liked her for that long and she still hasn't noticed his feelings for her?"

Max shrugged again without looking up from the notebook he was writing in.

"It's either she hasn't noticed or just doesn't want to confront his feelings," he said, the pen in his hand dancing along the line of the notebook as words in blue ink trailed out from under its tip. "My guess is she might be slightly suspicious about them, but she just doesn't want to ruin the friendship or make it awkward since she doesn't return the feelings. Maybe he'll confess to her after prom or something."

Drew scowled up at the television screen, where he was controlling a car via the game station remote he held in his hands. If Brendan really did confess to May after their prom, then what would her response be? Even if she didn't reciprocate his feelings, would she accept him just for the sake of their friendship? Or what if she did return his feelings, but was just good at hiding them? If that were the case, then what would happen? What would it mean for him?

Up on the television screen, the black car he was controlling was sent flying into a burning building when the thoughts in his head made his hands freeze. Two words appeared on the screen in large font, eerily suitable as an answer to the question that was just asked seconds ago in his head.

Game over.

"Brendan, give me back my books!" May demanded with a laugh as she dashed down the hall after Brendan, who had stolen her books from her.

The herd of people, who were all making their transition from their third period class to their fourth, stepped out of the way as she and the black haired boy zipped past them. While most of them appeared aggravated, many of the girls had looks of envy on their faces as they watched May chasing after one of the most good looking guys in the senior class, rivaling Drew in popularity.

Brendan was laughing happily as he finally came to a stop at the end of the hallway. He stood with an amused smile on his face as he waited for May to reach him. When she did, he handed her the books, which she used to whack him on the arm.

"Ouch, May! The violent girl persona doesn't suit you," he joked while rubbing the spot where May had whacked him.

Said girl stuck her tongue out in response. "You were going to make me late for my next class!" she offered in her own defense.

Brendan laughed aloud and brushed a strand of May's hair out of her face before tucking it behind her ear affectionately.

"You're such a nerd," he teased as she huffed, but the smile on her face showed that she wasn't actually offended.

"I swear you make me want to beat you to death sometimes," she muttered.

"I'd like to see all five-foot-nothing of you try to do that," Brendan shot back.

The comment earned him another swift whack on the check, one actually painful enough to cause him to wince.

"I was kidding!" he exclaimed, while jogging away to avoid the proceeding hits that May was trying to inflict on him as she followed him, giggling along the way.

From up the hallway came a scowling Drew, who had witnessed the whole exchange after he had walked out of his classroom. It bugged him to see the two of them so close even if he wasn't positive that May returned Brendan's supposed feelings for her. The two of them were still a lot closer than he could have hoped to be with May, and it bugged him, bugged him big time. It also did not help that they would be each other's dates to prom while he had yet to get one.

But then again, it wasn't that there were no girls willing to be his date; it was just that he hadn't asked any girl. He'd originally intended to ask May, but it was far too late for that now. In fact, it was getting too late for him to ask any girl to go with him; he had to act fast if he wanted a date.

He found himself in a sudden panic as he went through the faces of the girls he had met in school in his head, trying to find one that appealed to him enough for him to be able to ask her to invite her to prom.

In the process of it, a girl walking a few paces up ahead of him that he recognized from his next class caught his eye. He called to her.

"Skyler!"

Skyler, a girl with lovely looks that rivaled those of Marina's (though they were less serene) and blonde waves that could almost compete with the glossy chestnut waves of May's, paused in her tracks halfway down the hallway and turned to face the mysterious guy who had called her name. An aggravated expression was plastered on her face, but once her eyes landed on the green haired heartthrob of the school, her expression brightened instantly while her silver eyes shone with excitement.

"Hey, Drew!" she greeted.

"I have a question for you," Drew asked her when he walked up to her side with his signature smirk lighting up his face for good measure. If he was going to ask this girl to prom, he needed to be as charming as possible.

"You do? What is it?" she asked him as she resumed her walking.

Drew kept pace with her and she thoroughly enjoyed the envious looks she received from girls as they passed. She even enjoyed the ones that bordered on murderous, which she discreetly returned with a smug look of her own.

"I was wondering, if you'd like to be my date for prom?" she heard him ask from beside her, and she felt her heart skip a beat.

The words tasted like vinegar on Drew's tongue; he wanted them to be directed at May, not Skyler. Skyler, however, nearly jumped up in excitement. Truth was, she was actually waiting for Drew to ask her to prom. She even went so far as to decline all the date invitations she had received from other guys in the school. She had had many guys come up to her, asking her to be their date, but she had turned every one of them down. They simply could not compete with the green haired heartthrob beside her in her opinion.

He was clever, smart, witty, amazing with appealing and battling with his pokémon (at least from what she had heard), respectful, and most importantly, respected. She had had her eyes on him since the moment he walked into her Pokémon Studies class a little over a month ago. He had won her over in a second with the ease of flashing her his signature smirk. It was something about the confidence that radiated off of him that made him so irresistible, and she was sure that many girls would agree.

But those girls didn't matter anymore, not now that she was just a single word away from being his date to prom, a position many girls coveted but no longer had a hope for attaining. Because as of the next second, the position would be hers.

"Yes," she said, with a brilliant smile and much eagerness. "I'll be your date for prom."

Drew quickly exchanged his smirk for a smile that exceeded the smirk's charm as he nodded. Yet, on the inside, he was still glum. Sure, he found a date and sure, she was one of the prettiest girls in the entire school, but he still couldn't ignore that nagging voice in his head.

Sure, many guys will be jealous of you when you're walking around and dancing with her at prom, it said. But it'll never compare to how happy you'd be if May was in her place instead.

Author's Note: Well, there it was! Hope you guys enjoyed, please review! Since I won't be updating until next Saturday, I'm just going to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving in this chapter! Thanks so much for all you've been doing for me, I'm thankful for every single one of you. :D