Today I will reunite with Ash and Brock, so we can begin our journey. Max and I will begin another journey with them.

"My packing is done, May! Can we please go now?" Max yelled with his energetic voice across the house.

"Max, you know when Ash and Brock come, we have to wait until mom and dad come home." I said while putting the last of my items in my pack. Max just sighed with an annoying tone. And then he repeated what he always repeated every other minute of the day.

"Can we go now?? We've been waiting forever and mom & dad are taking a super-long time getting here!!"

And I said what I always said for him to stop whining,"Just watch some TV or something before we leave. I mean it shouldn't be that long before Ash and Brock come, so then we'll be able to leave as soon as we advise mom & dad we're leaving."

"Fine!! I'll watch Squirtle Show."

I looked at him wondering if he had actually listened this time. So I decided to just to hope he finally gave up and went to do something not annoying.

About 40 minutes later mom and dad came home. Mom said "We're home!" as they entered the house.

"I just won two battles that I had with a couple of travelers from Pallet Town. And awarded one badge to that girl Brianna that you've told me about. Oh and by the way she says hi. I had ask her to come over but she said her mom was waiting for her at the dock," my dad said cheerfully. My dad is a gym leader here in my hometown.

"Yes, I saw her too. And all of the battles were invigorating!" my mom squealed in delight.

" Umm...okay mom," I said hesitantly not knowing what to reply,"Mom & dad remember that Ash and Brock will be here soon. Max and I are starting our journey with them again." I said.

"Oh right. That young fellow, who promised me a gym battle by the way. And that good cook, Brock. Isn't he a gym leader too? Well I can't wait to see them again. Will they stay long?" my dad rambled on. I wasn't gonna tell him that I wanted them not to see them because my dad can be a bit nosy when it comes to my friends. And my mom,well what can I say she's my mom. Plus after what happened last time when I was talking to Drew at the beach after the grand festival, I didn't want her near Ash or Brock.

"Well I'm not sure. We wanted to get a quick start on our journey." I said with hope that he wouldn't pursue his wish for them to stay.

"Nonsense! Most trainers won't even start to think about their journey until next week."

"Yeah, but we want to be ahead of everybody else. So that way I can be the best and Max can learn from Ash about what he knows about pokemon." I said with the hope he would let us go without anymore questions.

"Let's wait until they arrive, so we can see if they want to rest after their long trip over here. Plus I don't believe a word your saying."

"BUT DAD!" I yelled, knowing that my 'kiss-up' strategy wouldn't work.

"No buts May, just be patient and hold on, you can't make their decisions you know."

"Yea May. Anyways it'll be cool. It'll be like having two older brothers" Max replied in a snooty tone. I shot a death glare at Max. Max backed away behind my mom and stayed there for a while.

"Fine." I replied with a sigh of defeat. Looking away from Max, so he finally came out from behind my mom.

"Well now that this dispute is over, let's watch some TV before they arrive," my mom said with the sigh of relief that the arguing was over.

My dad sat on his chair and laid back in it. Max grabbed the remote and changed the channel to something called Pokemon Training Channel I groaned quietly not wanting them to hear me. But my dad took the remote from Max and changed the channel, I thought for a moment that he might change it to something good, but he didn't. He had flipped through the channels to find a show about pokemon studies. I was bored but thought to myself they'll be here soon. I kept reassuring my self that, but I knew it was gonna be a while.

About 45 minutes later, there was a knock at the door. I, bored to death by having to watch the "educational" show about pokemon study, declared," I'll get it!". As I opened the door, I was surprised by what I was witnessing.