"Um... Where are we?" May sweat dropped, causing Cilan to face palm.
"I'm not entirely sure..."
"I hope Gary's alright..." Jayme mumbled barely above a whisper, May gave her a sympathetic smile.
"I'm sure Gary's fine," she reassured, Jayme shrugged and smiled slightly back at the coordinator.
"Hopefully..."
"Alright guys, we're officially lost..." Cilan sweat dropped, tilting his head to look around.
"Well, crap." Drew sighed loudly, rolling his eyes.
"Should we just turn back?" May suggested, playing with the bow of her white and pink bandanna.
"Hm... That's probably best," Cilan agreed, looking behind him.
"Ugh, we've been walking forever!" Drew complained, pouting.
"Why did we split up again? Life would be so much easier if we all stayed together and could continue traveling around!" May complained, hanging her head.
"Uh... But what about Misty and Gary...?" Jayme sweat dropped.
"Oh... Crap, I forgot about those two..."
"They're the only reason we're out here!" Drew hissed at the other coordinator, beginning to feel frustrated.
"Jeez, I'm only saying!" May defended, crossing her arms and sticking her nose in the air.
"Um... Guys..." Cilan sweat dropped, rubbing the back of his neck.
"Whatever," Drew huffed, sticking his own nose in the air. Jayme sighed dramatically, glaring daggers at the two.
"Just shut up and listen to Cilan!" She rolled her eyes, huffing loudly and folding her arms. Cilan fiddled with his bow-tie awkwardly, his eyes shifting between the three aggravated companions.
"Hmp, whatever!" May huffed herself, her nose not leaving the air stubbornly.
"Ugh." Jayme dropped her arms, the scowl not leaving her face. "Lets just go back."
"It would be nice if we knew where we were," Drew mumbled, earning glares from May and Jayme.
"Uh... Anyway..." Cilan cleared his throat, still looking awkward.
"This is going in a complete circle, I mean seriously. Yesterday we went looking for them with no luck, same with today! I don't wanna keep doing this!" May moped, throwing her head back and groaning.
"None of us planned this on happening!" Drew shot, May glared at him again.
"I give up..." Cilan mumbled to himself, face palming. "Alright guys, lets just go..."
"Oh for gods sake!" Jayme groaned when May and Drew payed no attention to Cilan and grabbed them both by their arms. "We're going back!"
Cilan sweat dropped again and quickly followed after Jayme who was rushing forward the way they had just came, dragging May and Drew along with her.
"Ow!"
"Hey, don't attempt to kick me you dumbass!"
"Excuse me May, you just kicked me!"
"SHUT UP!"
"She started it..." Drew mumbled childishly, May gritted her teeth.
"Why didn't I go with Tracey again?" She sighed, Drew shot her another look but didn't say anything when Jayme glared at him.
"I miss being with Iris... And the others..." Cilan moped to himself, wishing the other three would stop bickering.
"I miss being with normal people," May mumbled to Cilan, he nodded his head slightly at her.
"Well, I- Gah!" Drew began with a snark, but was cut off with something- or rather someone, jumping on top of him.
"Did you guys see that?!" May busted into a fit of laughter. "Jeez Ash, you really came out of nowhere! Wait, Ash?!"
"Uh... Hey..." Ash grinned at his friend, brushing himself off and standing up.
"If Ash is here, where are-" Cilan began, stroking his chin but, like Drew, was cut off. This time by Jayme.
"GAREH!" She tackled the young researcher in a hug to the ground, frowning when he didn't hug her bag.
"Hey, what was that for?" He pouted, trying to push her away from him.
"I miss you is what!" Jayme replied, standing up and holding out her hand for him. Gary rolled his eyes and stood up by himself, looking around him.
"I can get up by myself..." He mumbled, still looking around until his eyes lit up. "There she is... Hey, Misty, come over!"
Jayme watched in bewilderment as Misty casually walked next to Gary, his arm slung around her. "Oh, hey Jayme," she greeted somewhat awkwardly, the pink haired girl looked back at Gary with wide eyes.
"Gary, what the hell?!" She hissed, looking back at Misty.
"What?"
"How could you?!"
"I haven't done anything!"
"Ugh! I can't believe you! I should have known better when you said you changed, you're the same as you've always been!" She yelled, angry tears welling in her eyes. Gary just blinked.
"Whatever, just leave me and Mist alone."
Misty looked up when she heard her nickname, but in stead of looking at Gary, her head snapped towards Ash. "What's wrong, babe?" Gary whispered, trying to avoid Jayme who was still yelling at him.
"Gary Oak! Are you listening to me?!"
"Ash usually calls me Misty..." She blinked a few times and shook her head, smiling at Gary. "I dunno what happened there, heh... Sorry about that..."
He smiled back at her, but it quickly fell when he felt a sharp pain in his shin. "What the hell Jayme?!"
"How can you act like this is nothing!" She bellowed, her hands still in fists. "I freaking loved you Gary!"
"I love Misty, not you!"
"Just leave me alone!"
"You're the one bothering me!"
"Uh... Guys..." Misty interrupted awkwardly. "I'm gonna go..."
"Good!"
"Don't talk to her like that!"
Misty sweat dropped and walked over beside May, looking down nervously. "Hey, May...?"
"Yeah?" The perky girl looked over at her and grinned, Misty bit her lip.
"Is Gary cheating on me...?"
"Uh... What...?" May laughed, frowning when she saw Misty's serious face. "Um Misty, you and Gary aren't together..."
"Yes we are, we got together earlier," Misty explained, glancing over at Jayme who was still yelling at Gary. "What about her though? Why's she telling Gary that she loves him...?"
May's eyes were as wide as they could get, glancing over at the arguing pair herself. "Misty, Gary and Jayme were going out before you two... Wait, how are you and Gary even together?" She could barely get the words out, she was so certain Misty liked Ash, vise-versa!
"Because we love each other." Misty rolled her eyes, as if the news was obvious. "But what do you mean they were going out?"
"Technically, Gary's cheating on Jayme with you..." May mumbled, still trying to get over the shock. "Woah..."
"What?" Misty screeched, placing her hand over her heart. "But... But he loves me!"
"Wow this is confusing..."
"What should I do?" Misty nibbled her lip again, but for some reason she couldn't meet the coordinators eye. "I love him..."
"Love who?"
Misty jumped and turned to her left to see Ash sitting there, May took this as an opportunity and jumped up and ran. "Gary, dumbass. You were there with us the whole time," Misty replied with a shrug.
"Oh yeah." Ash laughed a husky laugh, Misty found herself looking at the ground.
"So... How's Iris?"
"She's amazing!"
Misty took notice of how Ash's chocolate brown eyes widened, sparkling slightly in the sunlight. His wide grin and slight blush making him look perfect... Misty's head snapped up. She liked Gary, not Ash! She stuck her tongue out in disgust, turning back to her best friend.
"That's cool."
"What about Gary?"
"He's the best!" Misty smiled, her shoulders slumping slightly. "Although apparently he has another girlfriend..."
"Aw, I'm sorry to hear that Mist." He smiled sympathetically, meeting her eyes with his wide brown ones. She felt her cheeks grow hot when he called her Mist, like it had when Gary had said it and she looked over at him...
Get it together, Misty! She thought, shaking her head. I'm in love with Gary. But the way he smiles is so cute... No!
"Well, anyway, I'm gonna go find Iris." He said, the sympathetic smile not leaving his face. "Do you... Wanna come with me...?"
Misty nodded slowly, taking his gloved hand when he held it out to her. "Maybe this'll take your mind off of Gary," he whispered to her, peering over his shoulder at the spiky haired boy.
"I don't wanna forget about him, I love him." Misty rolled her eyes, snatching her hand back. "Besides, he told Jayme he doesn't love her. He loves me."
"Heh, yeah..." Ash shrugged, barely listening to her. He just wanted to find Iris.
"Look out!"
"Gah! Iris!" Ash yelped when Iris came jumping off a vine, almost knocking straight into Misty. He jumped in front of the redhead to save her from getting hit by Iris, but instead he got hit in the back, causing the two to go crashing to the ground.
"Oh my god!" Iris gasped, rushing to Ash's side. "Ash! Are you alright?!" When she got no response from either of them, she began to panic. She didn't mean to jump off the vine like that, she especially didn't want to hit her boyfriend! "It was the fall..." She told herself, not knowing what to do. "Hey, Brock! Cilan! Help us!"