Update August 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'm finally home, guys! :D Haha. And what a terrible flight I had...I'm definitely not a flying person. And saying goodbye to family is just about the hardest things I'll ever have to do.

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Love Unexpected chapter 40

The number of people in the lobby of the Contest Hall gradually dwindled away. The sun was setting outside, and they were all either eager to get to their appointments, or to get home to change for the Contest After Party.

Drew and May, however, remained standing in place in absolute silence.

May could feel her anxiety building as she stared into Drew's emerald green eyes. Arceus, how she had missed them—and him. But his silence was making her uneasy. It was stressing her out, making her fret over whether or not he could forgive her. If he didn't answer her soon, she would spontaneously combust.

Meanwhile, Drew was still awestruck; completely spellbound as he stared into May's sapphire blue eyes. He searched them very intensely with his own, trying to detect even the slightest trace of anything that wasn't absolute sincerity.

"You made your choice?" he asked solemnly, slightly skeptic of her.

May nodded firmly, resisting the urge to breathe out in relief.

"Yes, I made it," she told him, the expression on her face as valid as it was relieved to get the words out. "And it's you. I choose you, Drew."

"Are you sure?"

"Absolutely."

Drew refused to believe a word that she said unless she managed to completely convince him. He had already exposed himself to so much hurt from her; he wasn't about to do it again. While he didn't blame her for any of her actions, he wasn't going to make himself vulnerable anymore.

"What made you reach your decision?" he asked.

May dwelled on the explanation that she could possibly give him. While it needed to be accurate, it also needed to be convincing for Drew obviously didn't seem too convinced. But she couldn't blame him; she could honestly say herself that she would have been just as skeptic had she been in his shoes.

Ultimately, she decided that the shortest explanation was the most appropriate one.

"I realized, that while I most likely had feelings for Gary, they didn't compare to the feelings I have for you," she declared, her tone honest and strong. "I love you—not him."

Drew tried to ignore the joyful flop in his stomach as he took notice of her use of past tense.

"And you realized that on your own?" he asked.

"No, I did with the help of some of my friends. They supported me and assured me that I would make the right decision. Brendan, Ash, Brianna, Misty, Leaf—they all helped to put me in the right direction."

"And it took two months?"

May flinched slightly at the brusqueness in his voice, but kept in mind that she deserved it, just like he deserved the truth. After taking a deep breath, she began to fill him in on the past two months.

How she spent the past two months rekindling her friendship with Gary. How it had remained platonic the entire time and was destined to remain that way forever. How she spent the past two months torn over her feelings for the two of them.

How often she thought about him. How she had read his letter so many times that the paper practically folded over by itself. How Leaf had helped her the most by enlightening her with her thoughts. How she had missed him so much in their time apart. How her feelings for him completely overpowered the ones she had for Gary and turned them into nothing.

How she didn't love Gary, only him. She filled him in on everything.

By the end, Drew was once again in disbelief. It was a protective wall that his mind set up in order to prevent any more damage to be done to him. He hadn't spent the past two months preparing himself in case of her rejection, only to make himself vulnerable to it again.

It had been a dreadful experience for him, because it was painful and unknown. Once again, May had led him to experience something new, and at first, he didn't know how to cope. He didn't know what he was to do. He had never been cheated on before.

And so, he occupied his time by intensely training his pokémon, something that was both unhealthy for them and for him. It was absolutely dreadful, and he was not going to let her back into his life unless he could be sure that it wouldn't happen to him again.

"What guarantee do I have that this won't happen again?" he demanded coldly. "How do I know that you're not going to suddenly decide a week or so from now that you made the wrong decision? How do you expect for me to believe you, if I don't even know if I can trust you anymore?"

Though May couldn't pretend that his words hadn't vexed her, she certainly wasn't phased. Taking one more step closer to him, she met him firmly in the eyes. She wasn't going to falter, for one sign of hesitation was more than enough for him to doubt her.

She wouldn't let that happen, especially when she was so sure of herself. She had made her choice, and no amounts of anything would change it.

"You mean, other than the fact that I traveled here all the way from Pallet Town just to find you?" she challenged. "I wouldn't be here in front of you right now if I had even the slightest room for any wavering thoughts. I wouldn't have traveled across a couple regions to find you so that I could tell you all of this unless I were absolutely certain that I only want you. And I definitely wouldn't be saying all these things to win your trust back.

"I know that I haven't exactly given you any reason to believe me after what I did, but I can give you my word that nothing like that will be happening again. I was confused then, because my feelings for Gary were still in the picture. But they're not anymore—they're gone for good, and that's why I'm here.

"I'm here, because you're my choice. I'm here, because I only want you. I'm here, because because I love you, and only you. I promise you that."

Drew could feel the wall come crashing down then. The force that had been knocking on it on the inside had prevailed, and he was completely ready to take her back, to throw all cautions to the wind.

He loved her, and believed her entirely. And now, that she had traveled all the way to LaRousse for him, he wanted nothing more than for them to go on as if the past two months hadn't happened. He wanted to go back to the way things used to be. He wanted to be with her again.

He had missed her so much that just the mere sight of her before him made his heart swell with glee. The past two months weren't made unbearable because of his inability to cope with being cheated on; it was the longing he had to see her. He had missed her so much that the time they spent apart seemed a lot longer than it really was. He loved her, and since now that she had finally reached her decision and returned to him, he was never going to let her go again. He just needed the confirmation one more time.

"May, are you completely sure about this?" he asked.

May smiled involuntarily at the sound of her name on his lips; it had been so long since she heard it fresh out of his mouth. She took another step closer to him and met his eyes with nothing but sincerity in hers.

"Like I said, I'm here, aren't I? Would I be if I wasn't?" she offered lightheartedly, and then her tone went serious. "I never stopped thinking about you, Drew. You were on my mind the entire time that you were gone. Two months was too long a time without you, and I don't ever want a repetition." She met his eyes then with the utmost passion. "I love you, and I don't ever want to be without you again. Please believe me."

That was all Drew needed.

Without another word, he wrapped his arms around her waist and yanked her into him, attaching his lips to hers in a bruising kiss. May didn't even have to think before she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him back feverishly, making up for all the time lost in the past two months.

Drew responded eagerly, desperate to feed the longing for her that he had had for the entire time they spent apart.

There were a few memorable kisses in his lifetime, but May's kisses outshone them all. Every kiss just got better than the last.

He still remembered when they kissed for the first time, in a way that was so accidental that it didn't even count. Their first kiss together, that had surpassed every single kiss that he had ever shared with any girl who wasn't her. The amazing kiss she gave him on his first birthday that they spent together, that made his head spin. The brief kisses at any random time of day to show affection. The first time he kissed her in front of the public after she beat him in the contest before Christmas. The kiss after they first confessed their love to one another. Every kiss they had shared during their most intimate of moments. The kisses that made her moan into his mouth and got him more aroused than ever before in his life. Their first New Year's Kiss together.

And then there was the kiss that they were currently sharing, full of sweetness, caring, and meaning. It made up for the time they spent apart. It spoke of a promise to never go that long without one another again. It said more than any words possibly could. It caused their heads to spin and pulses to race. It was all passionate love and fervor. It was all they needed.

When they finally pulled away, they remained in one another's arms and pressed their foreheads together.

"I'm so sorry it took so long for me to decide," May whispered to him.

"I would have waited even longer if this was the same outcome that I would get," Drew responded breathlessly. He kissed her nose. "I love you, May."

"I love you, too, Drew. So much."

Drew smiled at the words and moved his lips to plant a kiss on her forehead. Then, he moved them over to her eyebrow, kissed it, and then trailed them down to her cheek, and then even lower. They glided across her face and jawline, pressing sweet kisses against her skin that made her heart flutter.

"You're really laying it on heavy with the PDA there, Andrew," May joked while he continued to pepper her face with kisses. "People are watching, you know."

"Well, would you like me to stop?" he inquired against her skin.

"Not really, but I'm sure everyone else might."

Drew chuckled and pulled away from her, only to take her hand in his to lead her out of the building.

"Let's go take a walk in the city," he suggested. "I want to spend some time alone with you before we go back to my house for dinner."

May furrowed her eyebrows. "Aren't you going to the Contest After Party?"

"No. I'd much rather spend time with you to make up for the time we lost."

May smiled in agreement as she and Drew stepped onto a moving sidewalk. She stood silently beside him, all the while holding onto his hand. She watched him as he practically glowed with happiness, which made her swell with affection for him.

She had made the right decision—every part of her body said so, but she still couldn't kick the guilt. She had still hurt him, and she promised herself that she would do everything in her power to make up for the pain she caused.

For the time being, though, she just wanted to forget that there was anything ever wrong in their relationship. She just wanted to enjoy her time with him.

"I used to take Alta to that bakery all the time when we were still kids," Drew informed, pointing to a quaint little bakery that the sidewalk took them past. "Against my will, of course."

"You know you loved spending time with your sister," May insisted with a laugh. "She's so awesome, how could you've not?"

"I guess, but I'm more awesome, right?"

May pretended to struggle as she threaded her arm through his. She rested her chin on his shoulder while she whined, "Don't make me choose."

Drew laughed at her and craned his neck to kiss the top of her head.

Smiling, she lifted her head in time to steal a quick peck.

To that, he laughed and stole one from her as well.

While feeling rather giddy, May let her eyes wander around the city as her tour guide gave her a brief tour of the area that he had grown up in. They must have made a lap around the Contest Hall before they began to head back to Drew's house.

On the way, something in a shop caught May's eye, and she tugged on his arm to get his attention.

"Can we go into that bookstore? I want to get that book," she said, while pointing at the novel that she recognized to be the one she was reading at the café in Pallet.

"Sure. Have you read it before?" Drew inquired. He led her off the sidewalk and in the direction of the store.

"Some of it, but I didn't finish. I still remember where I left off though."

Drew simply nodded as they reached the door of the store. Inside the store, he waited patiently for her to purchase her book after she convinced him to let her pay. Afterward, they decided to go back to Drew's house, seeing that the sun had already begun to set.

There, Gloria greeted them warmly and excitedly to find that they had gotten back together. She instantly set about cooking dinner, which she set out for the two immediately. It was almost as if she were rushing to get them out of her presence so that they could have some time to themselves. May smiled at the thought.

"So, what are we doing now?" Drew asked after he and May went up to his room. He closed the door behind himself.

May sat down on the soft bed and gave it a few bounces to get herself comfortable.

"Just so long as I'm with you, I'm willing to do anything," she answered.

Drew saw an opening to tease her, and waggled his brows. "Anything?"

"Are you back to your perverted self again?" she asked, trying to sound solemn, but came out amused instead. She had missed his innocent innuendoes.

"Babe, I've been my same ol' perverted self since day one."

May chuckled at his joke while he came closer to her. When he knelt down low enough before her at the end of the bed to kiss her, she responded eagerly. Her legs hooked around his thighs and her arms wrapped around his neck, pulling him closer to her as he did she to him.

He leaned forward, guiding her down with her back against his navy blue comforter. His hands stroked her body, while he sucked and tugged on her lips.

She moaned, feeling quite content as a warmth in her belly began to spread out throughout her body.

"Arceus, I missed you," she murmured against his lips.

Drew pulled away, only to trail them down her neck.

"You won't believe how much I missed you, too," he muttered back. "And this—you feel incredible." He stopped when his lips encountered something around her neck, and he pulled back briefly to see what it was.

"You're wearing my necklace?" he asked with a growing smile.

She nodded with a smile of her own. "Of course. 'My love for you, always and forever', right?" she responded cheekily, and then reached up to cup his neck to recapture his lips.

The two didn't say anything after that until after they ran out of breath. But it was a while before that happened, a result of the two months they spent without one another. They had both missed the intimacy, and so wouldn't let go until they had enough of one another. Every kiss and caress was sweet, and they didn't want them to stop unless absolutely necessary.

Drew fell down on the bed beside her after they eventually did to catch his breath.

"I'm so sorry for making you wait so long," May suddenly whispered after regaining her breath.

"For what? For making out?" Drew joked, even though he knew what she was referring to. "It's okay, if that's what you mean. You could always start making up for it now."

May chuckled softly and lightly smacked his bicep. "You know what I mean."

"I do—I was just yanking your chain," he insisted. "You didn't make me wait long at all."

"But Gloria told me that you trained your pokémon a lot as if it were your business or something."

"I'll admit—I did, but that was just me trying to get my mind off of the situation," he admitted. "It was a new thing for me, and I had difficulty coping. Training my pokémon was what helped me cope."

May felt her heart wrench and she turned to look at him. "I'm so sorry for that, Drew."

He immediately turned over and cupped her face in his.

"Hey, hey, hey," he hurried to say. "Don't blame yourself for that. I forgive you."

May turned to look into his eyes with an apologetic look in hers, but after receiving a warning glare from him, she sighed and scooted over to wiggle into his chest. She pressed her cheek against it, and he wrapped his arms around her.

"I'm never letting you go again," she declared.

His chuckles reverberated off of his chest, making May look up at him in bemusement. He met her eyes briefly before he kissed her forehead and chuckled again.

"I feel like, if our lives were one of those clichéd romance movies, I would have been the one telling you that," he joked.

"Well, they're not a clichéd romance movie," May laughed, and snuggled further into him. "I love you."

"I love you, too," he replied instantly as he hugged her closer.

They lay together into each other's arms for a good amount of time, just enjoying each other's company. They didn't speak, for they didn't want to ruin the moment with words when it was already so perfect in its silence.

Sometime as they held one another, they even fell asleep, too. And just like May had remembered, the sleep was blissful and full of the most wonderful dreams ever, every one involving a certain green-haired guy she knew and loved.

Drew was the first to stir awake out of the two of them. He tried to stretch, but then he remembered the girl in his arms. Smiling to himself, he gave her a gentle jostle in his arms to wake her up.

"May, time to get up," he whispered. "Come on. I want to show you something."

May groaned in her sleep and turned to bury her face into his chest. With a contented sigh, she mumbled a question into his chest.

"What was that?"

"What time is it?" she repeated, more loudly. "It's so dark."

"Oh. It's like..." He checked his watch. "It's almost midnight."

May yawned, her mouth forming an endearing little circle.

"Why'd you wake me up?" she asked groggily. "I was going to sleep 'til morning."

Drew chuckled and slowly pulled the both of them up into a sitting position. She frowned at him as he took her hand and pulled her off the bed as well.

He ignored her as she whined, continuing to drag her out of his room. To her dismay, the journey didn't stop until they were down the hallway and in front of a door. He opened it, and then led her up the staircase that it revealed.

"Where are you taking me?" May asked.

"To the roof," Drew answered.

May furrowed her eyebrows. "The roof? Why?"

Drew didn't answer immediately. Instead, he continued to lead her up the staircase until he reached another door. Pushing it open, he led her all the way to the rooftop, where he waved his hand in the air as if presenting the sky to her.

"Because I wanted to share the stars with you," he said to her with a smile.

May laughed out loud, while taking in the beauty of night sky as she walked along the rooftop. "You're extremely corny, you know that?"

"I know, but it's in my nature," Drew answer simply as he wrapped a muscular arm around her midsection from behind. With his other hand, he presented her with a bright red rose. "Besides, this is kind of like the first time we slept together out in the rose field. I wanted to relive the memory."

May gave another laugh as she accepted his rose. "How sweet," she smiled, and then leaned up to kiss his cheek. "You'd be even sweeter if you brought us some snacks."

"You always have to eat, don't you?" he asked jokingly. "I think Gloria left some cut-up berries in the kitchen. Let me go get them."

May waited for Drew as he hurried down to the kitchen to grab the snack from the kitchen, along with two bottles of water. Afterward, he went back up to his bedroom, where he grabbed two thick blankets for he and May to share.

He found her sitting on the rooftop when he went back up.

"Here you go," he said as he presented the berries to her.

May smiled her thanks and took off the plastic lid of the container. Taking one toothpick from the stack, she pierced a pecha berry and stuck it in her mouth.

"Where are we headed next?" Drew suddenly asked after eating a few berries. "To travel to, I mean."

"I was thinking Goldenrod City. The Grand Festival's coming up there soon, so we might as well head there for you."

"Do you have enough ribbons?"

May shook her head. "No, so I'll sit out to cheer for you. I could always kick your butt at next year's festival."

Drew smirked at her while he set up the blankets. "So confident, huh?"

"Uh huh."

"Is that a promise, then?"

"Yep," May confirmed with a smirk of her own. They chuckled and then she turned to gaze up at stars while he worked. "The stars are pretty."

Drew settled down on his side on the blankets and patted the spot on the blanket beside him.

Once May situated herself against his chest, he wrapped an arm around her midsection and asked, "Would you like one?"

May furrowed her eyebrows at him, confused by what he meant.

With a chuckle, he pushed away from her to grab five toothpicks from the pile beside the berries. Demonstrating what he meant, he snapped five toothpicks in half, he placed them all into the shape of a five-pointed asterisk on the rooftop beside the blanket. Then, he took his bottle of water and very, very carefully tipped it over above the center of the asterisk.

A few drops of water fell onto the center, seeping through the thin cracks between the broken toothpicks. May watched in amazement as the water slowly pushed the toothpicks apart, steadily pushing the asterisk open to create a star.

"Where in the world did you come up with an idea like that?" she asked him as she smiled in disbelief.

"My dad used to do it for my mom all the time," he answered, crossing his legs as he sat up. "He loves her, so he did it. I love you, so I'm doing it."

"You're so incredibly corny," May laughed and kissed his lips once. She sat up to snuggle into him.

Drew caught the trace of remorse when she sighed against his chest. He looked down at her in question, and she pouted as she met his eyes.

"I'm sorry I missed your birthday," she murmured.

Drew gave her a forgiving smile before kissing her head. "It's okay," he insisted. "I don't mind."

"But I do. I wanted to be with you..."

"I have one every year—you can be with me next year. It's not like I'm not going to force you to spend it with me, anyways."

May let out a laugh as she tilted her head back to rest on his shoulder.

"You won't have to force me if I willingly spend it with you," she pointed out, and then her eyes wandered down to his hands, which were hanging idly on his knees.

She eyed the water bottle in one of them with slight dismay.

"Is there anything we can drink besides water?" she asked.

An idea dawned in Drew's head, which brought along an extremely exciting memory. "We could have some hot chocolate," he offered with a suggestive smirk.

May caught his drift, and the memory filled her mind as well. Grinning, she asked, "Could you grab some whipped cream, too?"

"For the rawst berries?"

"Of course."

Drew didn't need to be asked twice. He instantly hurried down to the kitchen to make some hot chocolate and grabbed some whipped cream. When added with the rawst berries, the three things were the formula for one heck of a teasing session, that commenced immediately when Drew returned.

Of course, the makeout session that followed wasn't shabby either.

And as they kissed one another on top of the blanket beneath the stars, they couldn't help but think about how perfectly happy they were with how everything turned out for them. Each kiss, each caress, and each sigh expressed their feelings for one another.

As he held her to him, all he could feel was contentment and love, while she felt nothing but security and love in his arms. She never wanted him to let her go. If it were possible, she would have been completely fine with remaining in his arms for the rest of their lives. But of course, they had to let go eventually.

By the time they actually pulled apart, their hot chocolates were ice cold.

Author's Note: Not over yet, guys! Two more to go! Hope you enjoyed this! See you next week! :D