Update July 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.

ATTENTION!
Yeah, I know, I updated all early on Saturday for a change. Cool, huh? But before I let you guys read, you guys have to read this because this is urgent! Starting the upcoming Monday, I'll be going on a month long vacation and I'll be out of the states. With that said, I really don't know if I'll be able to update on time—or even at all—or not. The reason for this is I really don't know how the internet works where I'm going. I'll be staying with family, and they told me that they have internet there, but the thing is, I don't even know if the Fanfiction website will work or not. Also, there is about an eleven-hour time difference, something may be a bit difficult for me to work out.

But, I already have finished writing the rest of the forty chapters. I have them on a flash drive, which I will be bringing with me, so I'll have them handy if I ever do get the chance to update. So, keep your fingers crossed that I will be able to update on vacation; I'm prepared for it. Just please bear with me if I really don't get the chance to update. Just remember that I will be trying my best to update on time and if not, I'll resume the updating right on the day I get back, July 14th. Don't think that just because I don't update in a month that I have forgotten about this story; I haven't.

Now, with that clarified, I hope you all enjoy this chapter. Please and thank you. :)

For all you drama lovers out there, get ready for some major drama at the end of this chapter. It's crazy, I'm telling you right now. Get ready, and don't get mad. :P

Responses toReviews...
Jace'sVampiress97: She will! But not quite yet. There's something else that she needs to tell him first, and it'll happen right at the end of this chapter. :)
FlygonFan: Because I've always thought that they make a cute couple. There is such thing as Brunetteshipping (though they never really met in the anime) and since they're both my favorite brunette characters, I just had to put them together. If you're not happy with the beginning, you'll definitely be angry with the end of this chapter. Get ready. ;D
theasianwonder: Well, I didn't kill him—old age did. :P Haha! That's great because I'm bringing a lot of drama! ;)
PorcelainDollxx: Haha, it's just going to keep coming!
Ruby Romance: You'll see why I didn't make her tell him just yet at the end of this chapter. She will, though, so don't worry. I'm sure we'd all love to snatch Drew away from her. ;D And I update every weekend! Hopefully I'll still be able to do so in the upcoming month since I'll be on vacation!
Just your average dreamer: Thank you so much! I'll try to write more stuff during the summertime, but that's only if I can. I need to get my crazy amount of summer work out of the way after vacation first. _
Claudette14: Ahhh, I'm not going to answer that question. Just stick around for the rest of the story to see. :P I've been considering a sequel, but I'll have to see if I have enough ideas and inspiration to write one!
Pear-Shaped: Thank you so much, sweetie!
Angel-of-Energy: I didn't want him to die either, but unfortunately, it was the only way for me to build up the climax. He was my favorite professor, too. May he rest in peace. :\
chiiee. 28: Haha, that's so cute! I've already PMed you, so I don't think there's anything else to say, huh? :P
Inkorporated: You'll be even more mad at Gary (and maybe someone else, too) at the end of this chapter, trust me. Actually, you might pity him, but that probably won't happen until I get the next chapter up. That is, of course, if I can get it up. You already know what I'm talking about. :P I'm just a terrible person, aren't I?
KittyRin: You're right! It will lead to a turn of events—a drastic one. He will; I'll make sure he does. :)
dorkyreader859: It's okay! Just don't forget to review for the rest of the chapters, okay? ;D You'll see!
Fprmr1: And there's even more to come!
MiladyYukie: She'll be getting a few cameos in the next couple chapters. :)
Liellana: It's okay! Just review for the final chapters, pretty please? :P
UltimateLoveStorys: I know! Dx
Pokemaster: He's in a better place! And I don't hate him—I love him! But his death was necessary in order for me to build up the dramatic climax. :P
DrewXMay: None of us want them to break up, sweetheart, so I'll make sure that they won't! :)
SunshineTails: Haha! Late, early—it doesn't matter just so long as you review! Lol, everyone keeps thinking there's going to be a confrontation between Gary and Drew! xD I totally agree!
Contestshippingfan: It won't be! I just hope that you won't mind the fact that they're only going to have minor cameos, which won't start to appear until after this chapter. :P
Monochrome13: I know!
Blitz: Seriously? No bubblegum? Say what? Dx I have gotten heartbroken before; numerous times actually. And I've had a similar thing happen to me! I'm sorry about your uncle though, sweetheart. :\ I have read the Hunger Games, and I absolutely loved it! What did you think?
LoveLoverGrl: We do! We're like best friends. ;D
DracoBlitzen: I didn't know if you wanted me to reply to you as Blitz, or DracoBlitzen, so I just wrote two responses. :P
shanasakura-scarlet21: You're pretty darn close there!
Sora-May: I understood completely, lol. Thanks! ;D
The Last Poison Apple: LOL! My friend says "me gusta" all the time, but I always forget what it means! Are you having fun in Japan?
xDragonairx: Better late than never! You're fine! As a matter of fact, you're quite right! I was going for that actually! And unfortunately, I didn't end the story in spring! I wrote out the final chapters, and I just couldn't get the timing to end in spring. I actually ended it at the end of winter. Close enough? :\ I just might! Sorry! I like your new word, by the way. ;D
OrangesAreAwesome: Thank you! I couldn't have done it without you all! :)
SpikEarPichi'sTrainer: Aw, how cute. :D

Love Unexpected chapter 35

May's crazy, initial thought was that it was Gary. That he had done something stupid to himself after their encounter at the New Year's Eve party. She nearly fell to the ground had Drew not rushed to her side and held her to himself.

"Oh my Arceus...no," she breathed out, shaking her head in disbelief. It couldn't be him. It couldn't possibly be him, she thought to herself over and over again. "No, no, no, no, no. Tell me he's not dead."

"He's not dead, May," Drew told her softly. "You're thinking of the wrong man."

A memory of the night of the New Year's Eve party flashed in May's mind. Gary had told her that his grandfather was ill and that his health was deteriorating from his old age. It was Professor Oak (the old one) who had died, not Gary. It was not Gary. The relief that flooded her at that moment was sweet.

But then she began to shake violently at the realization. Grief robbed the relief from her and took its place. Tears welled in her eyes and fell down her cheeks as she realized that Gary had just lost the only family member that he had left. The wonderful Professor Oak was gone, leaving Gary all alone without any family.

She began to clutch onto Drew's arm as she turned to sob into his chest. She sobbed over the loss of one of the greatest men that she had ever known. She sobbed over the loss of one of the greatest pokémon professors in history. But most of all, she sobbed for Gary.

Drew shushed her gently as he stroked her hair.

"Baby, it'll be alright," he soothed, feeling his heart constrict and his throat tighten as she cried. "Don't cry. It's going to be alright."

"No, it's not!" she sobbed in response. "He was his only family left!"

"May, honey, come here," Marina said as she leapt up from couch and bounded over.

She gently hugged May, who flung herself into the her arms. She rubbed soothing circles on the brunette's back as she continued to cry.

Meanwhile, the guys all left the room, save for Drew and Brendan, who both stayed behind with the girls to offer May some emotional support. After her crying ebbed, the guys returned with different plates of food and a bowl of her favorite ramen noodles with the hopes of cheering her up. They figured that food would be their best bet, considering her love for eating.

But May ate little, only nibbling on some of the dishes and eating a small chunk of her ramen noodles. Her appetite was dismal, while the only thing that occupied her mind was the fact that Professor Oak was dead. She couldn't even begin to grasp how Gary must have been feeling at that moment. She needed to see him. Immediately.

"Thanks for everything, guys," she said after placing her chopsticks on her bowl of noodles. She pushed away from the table, causing everyone to look at her with concern. "I think I should go upstairs and pack now. I'm going to set out for Pallet Town tomorrow."

"Tomorrow? Already?" Brianna asked.

May nodded solemnly, her eyes rimmed red, but free of tears. "I need to make sure that he's okay."

Drew did his best to refrain from clenching his fists. May was worried about her best friend; he understood and would respect that. He wasn't going to keep her from going to Pallet Town because he knew that she would refuse to stay behind.

Besides, even if she didn't, he wouldn't do that to her. Or Gary for that matter—it simply wasn't him. So, with his jaw tightened slightly, he pushed away from the dining table as well, making May glance over at him.

"I'll go with you," he told her. "Let's go upstairs and pack. Then we can go get our ferry tickets on the way back home."

"You know what, May? I'll come with you," Dawn said as she stood up from the table as well. "My mom was a good friend of Professor Oak, and Gary's my friend, too."

Paul nodded and pushed away from the wall that he had been leaning on.

"Gary needs as much support as he can get right now," he said. "I'll come, too."

"Same with me," Brendan added. "My dad was one of Professor Oak's closest friends. I'll probably be attending the funeral with him, anyway. I'll meet up with you guys there."

"We're going, too, if you want us to, May," Jimmy piped, squeezing Marina's hand. "We both knew Professor Oak through Professor Elm. It's only right that we pay our respects."

"Cam and I really aren't in the positions to be heading to Pallet Town since neither of us got the chance to know Professor Oak or Gary personally," Natalie said. She stood up to give May a comforting hug. "But send him our condolences, please. If you ever need us for anything, you know how to reach us."

Brianna nodded sadly. "I'm with Cam and Natalie, but I'll go if you want me to."

May reached up to squeeze Natalie's hand in a gesture of gratitude.

"Thank you," she told the dark-haired girl with a smile, and then turned to the rest of her friends. "Thank all of you for the support. I seriously appreciate it, really."

"We're your friends, May," Brianna said. "It's our job to support you."

May honestly felt as if she could hug the living daylights out of each and every single one of them, but she stuck with a grateful smile instead. She reached to clear her dishes before she would go pack her bags, but Jimmy waved her off and insisted that he would do it. With another smile thrown his way, she headed to the room that she shared with Dawn and Brianna, and went to pack her bags. No one followed her into the room for while, figuring that she probably wanted some time alone, which she did.

The house was eerily silent as everyone went to their respective rooms and packed their bags. The process went by rather smoothly, despite the sadness in the tense atmosphere. Before they all knew it, all of them had their bags packed and were ready to leave the cabin.

May was the first to be ready to leave, though she was by no means eager to leave her friends. She simply wanted to get to Gary as fast as possible, to make sure that he was alright.

Reluctant goodbyes were exchanged between all of the friends and a twinge of sadness still hung in the atmosphere. It was uncertain whether the sadness came from the lingering news of Professor Oak's death, or the fact they none of them knew the next time that they would see each other again. It was just extremely hard to say goodbye and part from friends. May couldn't help but try to imagine how hard it must have been to part with a family member in death, especially when that family member was the only one a person had left.

"Alright, I'll see you soon, May," Brendan said, while hugging the brunette goodbye. He pulled away to pat her on her shoulder with his hand. "It's all going to be alright, okay?"

May mustered the best smile that she could under the circumstances as she nodded. His words had duo meanings, and she understood both.

She just hoped that he was right.

The journey back to Pallet Town took about a good six days, the final day landing right on the date of the funeral. Four of those days, Drew and May spent on a ferry, traveling from the Hoenn region to Kanto. Once the ship docked at the Vermillion City harbor, they spent one single night in the Pokémon Center to rest up.

The next morning, they boarded the earliest bus that would take them directly to Pallet Town with the fewest amount of stops possible. And with each passing hour on the bus ride, May's anxiety grew.

Gary was constantly on her mind, making her worry and fret over his unknown condition. She hadn't spoken to him since the party, mostly due to the fear that he no longer wanted to hear from her. But after her mother informed her of the funeral invitation that they had received in the mail, she was completely convinced that Gary needed her now more than ever. Her impatience to see him was nearly growing as much as her anxiety.

Drew was nearly being driven mad by her current state; he had never seen her in such a way before, so agitated and lost. She hadn't left his side since they received the news of the professor's death, but it was almost as if she weren't there. She barely smiled, or even spoke, things that she usually loved to do. Her appetite was practically nonexistent, and Drew rarely saw her getting even a small sip of water.

It bothered Drew beyond belief. He couldn't—and wouldn't—pretend that seeing his girlfriend in such a state didn't bother him. He simply couldn't kick the feeling of jealousy that probed at him every time he looked over at her. She was grieving over the loss of the professor and for her best friend, that he understood.

But it was still difficult to get over the fact that Gary was that friend that she was grieving for, the very same guy that she had been in love with before him.

He tried very hard to fight the jealousy every day. Besides, he saw no reason to be jealous. May was showing a lot of concern for the brunette, yes—but he knew that she would have displayed the same amount of concern for any of her closet friends. He had no need to be jealous or to feel threatened by Gary because he was the one that she had chosen in the end. Gary was nothing more than a friend, who had lost the only family member he had left. It was only natural that May would express a large amount of solicitude for her friend. He tried to convince himself of those facts.

Pallet Town slowly came into view from the bus windows, causing May's stomach to flutter with nervous anticipation. She could see Professor Oak's old lab, perched on its hilltop. Even from where the bus was, a good mile or so away from it, she could still feel the eerie, vacant vibe surrounding it. Without Professor Oak, it just looked like any other old lab, not the lab belonging to one of the world's most astounding pokémon professors.

May felt her chest constrict and she suddenly felt as if she were choking. Seeing this, Drew immediately reached out from where he sat beside her on the bus and squeezed her hand. It was meant to comfort her, but somehow, it just wound up making her hurt more. She barely managed to stop her face before it contorted into an expression of pain. Remarkably, though, she was able to keep the tears at bay.

The bus continued to drive through Pallet Town, which was unusually desolate and quiet. The death of the town's professor hit all of the local residents hard. Most of them had grown up with the professor living just a couple of blocks away from them, some of them even having gotten their first pokémon from him.

She herself had even received her Squirtle, who was now Wartortle, from him—that she wouldn't forget. His accomplishments and contributions to society were not exclusive to just Pallet Town; they extended and expanded out to every region in the world. His death didn't just make an impact on the people of Pallet; it made an impact on everyone throughout the entire world. Everyone honored his legacy and mourned his death in their own way.

The location of the funeral was finally reached about seven minutes after driving past Professor Oak's lab. The bus was nearly empty by the time they reached the town's cemetery, save for a few passengers, Drew, May, and the bus driver.

Drew stood up first in order to let May out from her seat by the window. Taking her hand in his, he towed her down the aisle of bus, looking over his shoulder at her every few seconds to see if she was okay. Every time he did so, he saw her staring out the window with a vacant expression on her face. The sight made his chest ache.

"Please send the young Professor Oak my condolences," the bus driver requested just as Drew and May reached the front of the bus.

He was a middle-aged man, with a receding hairline and dark brown beard, who wore the same, mournful expression that so many people had been wearing for the past few days. He was upset about the professor's death, too.

Drew nodded on both he and May's behalf.

"I will be sure to. Thank you," he said, and then led May off the bus.

Drew chose to remain quiet as he walked with May to the site of Professor Oak's funeral, but he had a feeling that she wouldn't even have noticed if he spoke to her or not. Her emotionless eyes were fixed straight ahead, each step that she took looking like that of a robot's. Again, Drew felt as if she wasn't really there. It was almost like her mind and soul left her body, making her nothing but an empty shell.

A mournful tune eventually reached the ears of Drew and May as they got nearer to the site of Professor Oak's funeral. May seemed to come alive at the sound and, as she and Drew stepped closer to the site, gradually released Drew's hand. Her action stung him a bit, causing his jaw to tighten, but they proceeded without interruption. They found a place beside May's family to stand and listened as the preacher spoke the prayers.

Despite being a world figure, Professor Oak had asked for a small funeral, a simple gathering of his closest friends. They were all gathered at the Pallet Town Cemetery that day, dressed in all black with a rose in each of their hands. They waited, most trying desperately not to cry, while others were already crying.

Delia Ketchum, May could see, was already dabbing at her eyes with a handkerchief, while Ash and Misty hugged her in an effort to comfort her. But it was obvious that both of them were trying to keep themselves from crying. Misty eventually failed, and Ash had to comfort her as well.

May recognized every person who was present at the funeral. Famous figures of the world like Lance, a renowned dragon-type pokémon master, and his cousin, Claire, the dragon-type gym leader of Blackthorn City; a couple other famous pokémon professors such as Professor Elm and Professor Carolina, who was also there with her granddaughter and the champion of the Sinnoh region's Elite Four, Cynthia; Professor Oak's last disciple, Leaf; and May's own friends.

Brock and his family made up the middle of the group, though Solidad was absent, so May assumed that she was probably at home with the twins. Brendan stood near the back with his parents, his father, Professor Birch, wearing an expression of anguish like the majority of the people were.

Jimmy and Marina were there as well, just as they promised, and were standing beside Professor Elm. Dawn, her mother, and Paul stood beside them. May was surprised to see the slightest bit of anguish in his normally emotionless eyes. The death of Samuel Oak hit people even harder than she had thought.

And then she brought her eyes up all the way to the front, where Gary stood. He was standing with his back facing her, dressed in an entirely black suit. His hands were crossed in front of him. He didn't speak, didn't move, just watched with a broken heart as his grandfather's coffin was gradually lowered into the ground, six feet below the surface.

When the dirt was finished being thrown back into the hole, each of the guests took their turns placing their rose on top of the grave. Gary added the last to add a rose to the top of the pile.

Everyone began to leave after that. Gary thanked them all for coming and they offered him their condolences before taking their leave. Leaf lingered behind after a majority of attendees left, but after Gary's insistence of wanting to be alone, she eventually took her leave as well. She walked past Drew and May as she left, and May could see that her eyes were rimmed red and that fresh tears were welling up.

May didn't need a mirror to know that her own eyes probably weren't any different.

Gary swallowed hard as he stuffed his hands into the pocket of his blazer. He looked around the cemetery, taking in the multitudinous amount of gravestones scattered about the vast piece of land. It was difficult to accept the grim fact that the cemetery would be his grandfather's permanent residence for eternity, right beside his mother and father, who had both died when he was very young in a devastating accident.

After a moment of mindless staring, his eyes eventually flickered back to the dismembering group of people who had come to pay their respects to his grandfather. He felt his heart stop when he met a pair of sapphire blue eyes.

May was suddenly taken over by an overwhelming urge to run into Gary's arms at that moment when their eyes met. Her breathing became uneven and her heart sped up in her chest.

Drew could feel the sudden shift in her mood and turned to look at her with a strained expression. She didn't even look at him; her eyes were locked with Gary's. Attempting to ignore the painful throbbing in his chest, he cleared his throat.

"I'll leave you alone with him," he told her.

May actually turned to look at him, pulling her eyes away from Gary's as Drew's words snapped her out of her state of awe.

"What?" she asked him.

"You do want some time to speak to him in private, don't you?" he asked her back, sadness lacing around the edges of his words.

May could only stare at him in disbelief; his generosity shocked her into momentary silence. Never in a million years would she have expected for Drew to be offering to give her alone time with Gary. Especially when Drew was her boyfriend.

To her sudden loss of words, Drew simply gave her the tiniest hint of a smile.

"I'll meet you out in the parking lot," he said, and then pulled her into him.

Gary turned away right as Drew pulled May in to kiss her forehead. He couldn't bring himself to watch, feeling that his heart was enduring enough pain for one day. Instead, he turned his attention to his grandfather's grave. His eyes scanned the gravestone, reading the words inscribed into the rock.

A few moments later, he heard the grass crunching beneath a pair of feet, which eventually came up to his side. He didn't bother to glance over; he knew who the person was.

"I didn't think you would come," he admitted.

"Of course I would," May said. "How could I leave you at a time like this?"

The brunette seemed to ignore her question.

"I should have stayed with him," he expressed before taking in a deep breath to keep his voice from breaking. "I should have spent every moment of the last few days of his life with him. I should never have left his side."

"Don't blame yourself for that."

"How could I not? He was my only family left, and I left him when he needed me most. I only just managed to get back home in time before he died."

May bit down on her bottom lip, which had begun to quiver.

"Did he get to see you before he...before he went?" she asked hesitantly.

Gary nodded once, his face slowly contorting dolefully. "Miraculously, yes."

"Then he went in peace and without any regrets."

"Yes, but he left me behind, all alone."

May's heart went out for him at that moment when his mask finally crumbled and he truly let the pain take over. He began to shake violently and tears began to well in his eyes despite his best efforts to keep them from doing so. The death of his grandfather obviously struck him harder than anything ever had in his entire life.

"He was the only one in my family left, and he's gone," he said mournfully. "I have no one now."

"Yes, you do," May insisted, her eyes glossing over. "You still have me."

"No, I don't."

May was taken aback. "Wh-what?"

The brunette turned to meet her eyes with his sad ones. He looked absolutely miserable as he said, "I don't have you anymore. I lost you months ago when I let you go. What I told you at the party was a lie—my insecurities weren't what kept me from trying to convince you to stay, it was my arrogance. I thought too highly of myself and didn't try to get you to stay because I honestly thought that you would decide to stay on your own—for me. I never thought that you would actually go through with traveling with Drew.

"I took you for granted. I thought too highly of myself and overestimated my significance in your life. I loved you so much, but I took you for granted and thought that I didn't need to tell you about my feelings to have you. I thought that you would be the one to pursue me, because all my life, I was the one being pursued, not the one doing the pursuing."

Again, May got that same feeling of déjà vu. She had heard words similar to the ones that Gary had just spoken before, and ironically, Drew had been the one to say them. And she was once again dumbfounded by Gary's confession—his second one in the past two weeks. It was a new year, but why was she learning about the past?

Gary seemed to take her silence as a sign to go on, to confess something else to her.

"The worst part is, I wanted to tell you about my feelings so badly, too," he confessed. "I even got close to it at your prom, but I didn't—I held back when I found you dancing with Drew. And when you told me about the wager between you two and when you actually left with him, I was stunned. Completely stunned and completely heartbroken—I just couldn't believe that you actually left with him.

"I eventually became too full of myself again, though, after the few times that you called me. I sought comfort in the fact that you seemed reluctant and unsatisfied the few times that you called me on your journey, as if the bet between the two of you was the only thing that forced you to go. I know you, and I know that you never go back on your word, so I actually believed that I had nothing to worry about because you were simply forced to travel with him. I thought that he couldn't possibly replace me and that you would always love me. So, when I received the invitation for Ash and Misty's wedding, I told myself that I would tell you that I love you and then, you would finally have the push that you needed to break away from him.

"But I overestimated myself again. I really thought that I was that important to you that no one would pose a threat to me—not even a guy who was by your side for every minute of every hour of every day for weeks. And in the end, reality proved me wrong. I saw you two together at the wedding and immediately realized that I was too late. I let my arrogance get the best of me, I waited too long, and I lost you. I love you so much, and I lost you."

Tears were leaving wet trails down May's cheeks by the time he was finished talking. It was all so overwhelming, just too damn overwhelming. The truth was was just too crippling, making it hard for her to breathe. Her breathing became labored and she felt like falling down with the way that her head was spinning. She wanted to smack him and yell at him at that moment for being so arrogant and for waiting so long.

But she also wanted to throw her arms around him, too. She wanted to throw her arms around him and have him embrace her. She wanted to go back in history and redo the past couple months of their life. She wanted to go back and do everything differently.

Unfortunately, history was already set in stone—unchangeable, immutable. And quite frankly, as she thought about it further, she wasn't even sure if she wanted it to change anymore.

If she changed the past couple months in their lives then what would that mean for her and Drew? Didn't she still love him? Why did she even want to change the past if she still loved him?

And why was she suddenly feeling so confused about him, about Gary?

Unable to think of any suitable answers for her questions, she pushed the thoughts aside for the moment. She had to focus on the task at hand—comforting Gary. After swallowing hard and choking back a sob, she told him, "No, you didn'tI'm still here. You didn't lose me."

"Yes, I did," Gary insisted, his voice breaking slightly as his hands clenched into fists at his side. "I lost my grandfather, and I lost you, too." The tears in his eyes began to fall, and his voice dropped down to a whisper. "Why is it that everyone I love has to leave me?"

May reached out to grip his arm as his pain reached out and gripped her. His pain was her pain; she felt it like it was a tangible object. For every tear that he shed, she matched it with her own.

"No, you didn't," she told him, her voice breaking as well. "You never lost me—I'm still here, I'm still with you. You still have me." She took a deep breath. "You'll always have me."

Gary turned to her completely then, and her hand trailed down his arm to his hand. She took it in hers as their eyes met, sapphire locking with black. They were both crying softly as she opened her mouth to reassure him once again.

"You'll never lose me."

The next thing happened without warning.

Gary suddenly wrapped his arms around May's waist, pulling her into him before desperately pressing his lips to hers. She didn't even yelp or push away. Instead, she slid her hands up his back to grip his shoulders, pulling him closer to her as he kissed her.

Then, she was kissing him back. Both of them kissed one another with a sense of desperation, pouring all of their emotions instead one kiss. They held onto each other as if their lives depended on it. Tears continued to fall down May's cheeks as she kissed him back.

Something in the back of their minds told them that they needed to stop, immediately. But neither of them were able to do so. They just couldn't pull away. An invisible force pulled them in and bound them together, rendering it impossible to separate until every emotion in their bodies was drained.

And both of them were completely oblivious to the guy who was watching them from afar, his mouth slightly agape as he took in the scene.

Author's Note: Uh oh, May and Gary kissed—and a guy saw them! Who was watching them? It's probably a lot more unexpected than you think, but you'll find out who next chapter. Hopefully, I'll be able to update next weekend on time, because I'll be leaving you guys with one heck of a cliffhanger for a long time. I can't make any promises, though, because I don't know if I'll be able to update at all in the next month, but I swear that I will try my absolute hardest to do so! If everything works out and I actually end up being able to update on time every weekend, then the day I get back will be the day that I post the final chapter. Please bear with me until then. I really swear that I will do all that I can to update. Thank you for reading so far; please review! I love you all my readers! :)

Oh, don't think this is the end of Drew and May. It's going to cause a lot of damage, yes, but just keep in mind that this is a Contestshipping fic. You'll see what I'm going to do in the last five chapters. Also, May will be telling Drew everything that has happened between her and Gary in the next chapter, for those of you who have been wanting her to. Just getting that out there!