With Ash and Brock

"What do you think is up with May and Drew?" a concered Ash asked Brock.

"I'm not sure..." Brock looked down knowing Ash's crush on May and his haterd towards Drew since he felt it was unfair.

Ash felt that it was unfair that even though Drew acted like a compelete 'asshole' as Ash put it, May forgives him because of the roses he gave her. Yet if he did something wrong, it would take him a huge apology to even get May to look at him.

"What do you mean you don't know? How could you not?" Ash asked wanting to know if there was anything between Drew and May.

"I don't know. Drew is too cocky and too arogant to admitt or show he has feelings for anyone. So if he did, I doubt I'd be able to tell." Brock looked down knowing Ash wanted an anwser.

"OK fine. But what about May? She's pretty easy to read. I mean isn't she? Can you at least tell me that?" Ash pleaded with hope in his eyes.

"Sorry Ash. May is easy to read, but she's too dense to notice if anyone likes her. So if knowing her, she'd act like she doesn't like anyone so she won't have to deal with the pain of rejetion."

"True but if she likes that arrogant, cocky, self-centered, cold, heartless bastard, and he didn't like her back, it'd be his loss and I would be there for her." Ash hated the thought of she even liking him.

Brock saw this and decided to reasure him, even though what he was about to say may not be true. "Umm....... Ash?"

"Yeah?" Ash looked up wondering what his friend would say.

"Well.... Now remember this might not be true, but maybe it's the other way around. Just maybe she likes you, but doesn't think you like her back." He pauseed snd decied to say something that had more truth to it. "Or it could possibly be she doesn't like anyone period."

"Yeah! You're right!" Ash got pumped up.

"OK now that you have your anwser, sorta, can you please just go to sleep? It's 8:30pm but you can at least go to your room."

"Fine...." Ash mumbled.

Back with Drew and Paul

"Looks like you got competion." Paul smirked.

"What do you mean?" Drew asked wondering what the hell he meant.

"Drew likes May." Paul simply stated, saying it as if Drew was a complete moron.

"Whatever. Even if I did like May, Ash would be no competion. I would win May's heart easy." Drew smirked with his usual confindent smirk.

"Yeah, whatever."

"What you don't believe me?"

"Eh."

"I can!" Drew defened.

"Really? Care to place a wager?"

"Hmm. OK what's the bet?"

"Simple."

"As in?"

"As in, you have to win May over before Ashy-boy does."

"My prize for victory?"

"Something that you'd like alot."

"Hmm? Specific please."

"Let's just say you'll thank me after you win."

"OK. But one more thing....."

"Yeah? What is it?"

"If I lose what?"

"If you lose, you'll not only be humilated because Ash got the girl and you didn't but you will also have been turned down by someone you look down to. Also knowing Ash, if you get on his nerves, he might spill it to a magizine or something."

"Damn. I do NOT wanna lose this bet."

"Nope. I sure as hell wouldn't wanna either."

"Thanks for your support." Drew said sarcasticly as he stood up and went back into the room. "Hey. I just thougbh of something."

"What?" Paul asked not really caring.

"You have to be with us if I wanna win, because you have to know, don't you?" Drew simply stated jumping on the bed.

"Yeah I guess but how are you suppose to convice May and Misty?"

"Easy I have an easy plan."

"Which would be?" Paul asked hoping it wouldn't be something stupid.

"Jeez Paul. It's not something stupid. You always give Dawn that look whenever she says something dumb. But don't give me that look!"

"Whatever just tell me the plan." Paul said smirking inside his head at all the times Dawn yelled at him when he gave her that look.

"OK. The deal was if Dawn stays you stay. So all I have to do is to get Dawn to stay. Not that hard is it?"

"Not when it comes to those girls......." Paul smirked.

Both guys turned to see Max asleep. Both smirked at the sleepy boy for no reason whatsoever.

With the Girls:

"Hmm. That was nice. The fresh air, the beautiful city lights, and the soothing night's peace." Dawn breathed as all three girls snuck back in the room.

"Yeah. Really nice. I wish I could stay threre all night. Good thing I live here. I can go out there every so often." May looked back at the window. She couldn't see the balcony but she could see the veiw.

"Yeah. You are so lucky to have that there. Too bad you're leaving for your journey tomorrow." Dawn sighed. She thought of her journey alone. She was only sleeping over than she was off on her journey. She thought of going with them, but it was already too many people. Her mom had told her not to ask unless she was invited to go.

"Hey speaking of journeies, where are you going? You haven't said anything about yours. Oh! And who are you going to travel with?" May shouted in excitment. She didn' know about Dawn's journey and she knew Misty would be with her.

"Umm... I'm traveling around Hoenn like you guys. And for who I'm traveling with, no one. I thought since Kenny was traveling here too, if I saw him I'd travel with him." Dawn explained knowing hey'd go crazy if they knew she'd be traveling alone. And because they would she added the Kenny part. She wasn't planning that, but now she thought, okay I can do that.

"NO! You are not traveling alone! You are coming with us. And as for Kenny, if he shows up too, he can come as well." May said not wanting her friend to travel alone. She knew Hoenn like the back of her hand, it was a nice place. But it also had its creeps.

"But there is waaay too many people with you already." Dawn protested.

"So then what's one more?" Misty countered wanting her friend to come with them.

"OK fine. But if Kenny does show and you don't like him, he doesn't have to come OK?" Dawn said referring to May's offer.

"Alright. That I'll give you." May and Misty chirped glad that her friend finally caved.

"But-" Dawn started but didn't get to finish thanks to May.

"But what? Your mom knows your going on the journey. When we get to Littleroot, you can call her from there telling her you're safe and with us." May said furstrated that her friend might change her mind.

"No not that." Dawn sighed. "But what about the guys? You said yourself, I come Paul does too." Dawn thought about when May and Misty told her that.

"So? I'll get Drew to agree to it and Misty will get Ash to." May smiled as if it were gonna be so easy.

"Then I'll ask Ash to be nice. And while I'm doing that, you and May will convice Paul to stay." Misty continued to explain at her doutful friend.

May saw Dawn doubting it will work, but she continued anyways. "If Paul doesn't hear us out, there are two ways we can deal with it. One is I can ask Drew to convice him since they seem to be friends. Two, is if one doesn't work." May said with an evil grin plastered on her face. Then she continued with number two which intrigued Misty and Dawn both. "Two is we handle it in our own hands." She smirked evilly as she pounded her fist into her hand.

"Hahaha! I like number two better! Can we do that instead of number one?" Misty asked playfully.

"HA! I wish we could. But what about May's parents?" Dawn laughed then turned kinda serious at the end, but playful.

"I never said they had to know!" May joked then held back a laugh at the thought of Paul having a black eye then lieing it was him hitting the door that caused it.

Then as if Misty read her mind she burst out laughing and said between laughs exactly what May thought. "Imagine-- Paul coming downstairs -- with a black-- eye-- and telling May's-- parents he-- hit the-- door-- or something?"

"Wow it's like you read my mind or something!" Dawn laughed uncontrollably.

"Omg same with me!" May giggled but shocked that they all thought the same thing.

The three girls laughed at Paul's black eye for 3 minutes striaght before stopping.

"We can go and ask now. I doubt they'll be asleep at this time." May suggested after the laughing died out.

"Oh, OK. Sure. Let's go. MIght as well since we can't think of anythng else." Dawn thought.

"Yeah that way if they say no, we can plan to jump Paul in the morning." Misty joked.

"Hahahaha! Yeah come on!" Dawn yelled exiting the room.

With Paul and Drew

The two boys turned on the T.V. in hope of escaping their boredom since they couldn't mess with the girls because they needed to get them to let Paul stay.

"Agh! There is nothing on!" Drew complained flipping through the channels.

"Nothing about you." Paul countered, since he was so bored.

"Whatever. There is nothing about you either." Drew snapped.

"Yeah there is. On the channel all about the Pokemon and their trainers. I was interveiwed and they were doing some kind of 'great trainer prize'. Bogus shit if you ask me. Nobody cantell if your good or great, it's all about stupid opinions, nothing important." Paul sighed thinking it was a waste of time. "And there was a whole segment on you too, but you changed it thinking it was only about trainers." Paul added.

"Oh wow. How could I miss that?" Drew continued flipping through the channels. Then there was a knock at the door. "Who comes to waste our time?" Drew smirked at Paul. Paul smirked back.

"We do not come to waste your time!" shouted a female voice from behind the door. Then May opened the door followed by Misty and Dawn.

Drew didn't even look at them, neither did Paul. Paul kept his eyes glued on the TV and so did Drew. Drew continued flipping through the channels. Then he finally replied. "Well don't shout May. Or your obnoxious voice will wake up Max." Drew scolded.

"Hmph!" May pouted.

"Well we didn't come to 'waste your time'! We came to ask you guys something." Dawn started.

Drew looked over to Paul and smirked. Paul smirked back. They exchanged looks that said something like 'ha I bet they want her to stay. They're making this too easy'. Then they looked back at the girls, Drew and Paul both giving them bored looks. "Well what is it?" Drew asked bored.

"We came to ask Drew if it would be OK if Dawn came on the journey with us. And we came to ask Paul if he'd like to come with us too." Misty asked looking at May giving her the singal they made. The singal was so May knew to get ready to give Drew the puppy-dog face.

"Whatever I really don't care. But if you can't find me one of these days it means got bored and ditched you losers." Paul said simply.

"OK then Dawn can come." Drew said shoving the three girls out of the room. Once they were out Drew smirked at Paul. "Looks like the first part is done. It seems this will be easier than I thought."

"Yeah." Paul said smirking back. "Well now I'm going to sleep, you?"

"Yupp. Might as well, nothing else to do." Drew stood up and turned off the light and climbed onto bed. Both Paul and Drew fell asleep within minutes.

Outside the Door With the Girls:

"Did he just kick us out?" May questioned.

"Yeah I think he did." Misty said not sure since both guys acted so bored, and pretty much ignored them. "At least we got them to agree." Misty offered shaking her head and getting over what just happened.

"Yeah I guess." Dawn said not sure. "Well can we get some rest? It's already nine, and I kinda want to get up early."

"Sure let's go to sleep. Anyways tomorrow we have to clean up our stuff and get ready to leave." May yawned as they entered the room.

"OK. let's get some rest." Misty fell onto her guest bed and closed her eyes causing her to fall asleep.

"Misty? Misty?" Dawn whispered. She got no response. Dawn and May giggled. "I guess she's asleep. Maybe we should follow her example."

"Yeah guess so." May giggled before falling asleep.

"Hmm. Night May, night Misty." Dawn whispered before falling asleep too.