Drew: Yawn…
Brendan: Same to you.
Drew: I need some sleep…
Brendan: Why ? Didn't you sleep last night ?
Drew: Nope… Evil said we'd meet again today, but she didn't tell me what time, so I was waiting ever since 12am… Yawn…
Brendan: But why didn't you just come at 12noon, like we always do ?
Drew: Coz if we were supposed to meet earlier and I wasn't there, then she'd… she'd…
Ash: Hit you with Misty's mallet.
Drew: Yeah… great idea Ash… Yawn… (falls asleep)
Ash: Great. How are we gonna get him to wake up ?
Brendan: I know ! If that guy kissed Sleeping Beauty and she woke up, then why don't we try it the opposite way with Evil ?
Me: BRENDAN !! I HATE YOU !!
Brendan: Aaaaaah !! (runs away)
Me: Come back here you little rascal !! (chases after him)
Ash: Oh for goodness sake, kiss him, May !
May: Eeeeek ! You've gotta be kidding me !
Ash: Please ?
Misty: She'll do it.
May: What ?!
Ash: GO MISTY !!
Misty: IF you promise not to eat buffets for a whole month.
Ash: FINE.
May: O-okay fine. I'll do it. But just this once. (kisses Drew on the cheek)
Drew: Wha-what just happened ?! (wakes up)
May: (blushing) Um… uh… Xdrewmay74X does not own anything in this story except for Drew's parents, Eva, the teachers, the other royal adults and the old couple who took care of Drew for a few years.
Chapter 8: A New Home
Dawn and May were suffering from stress a great deal more than expected. Dawn was having intermittent fever which could go very high sometimes and the treatment she needed could not be found at the orphanage.
So she had to stay at school for two nights and attended lessons via the computer. She slept through some because she needed her rest.
And those were the times that Paul always came in to bring her her homework or just accompany her when she was sleeping. Dawn didn't know all this, and Paul didn't intend for her to find out.
At one point Nurse Jill allowed Drew into the room. Paul was there.
"How is she doing ?" Drew whispered.
"Okay I guess. Her fever is going down, thankfully," Paul responded, "Why are you here ?"
"My grandparents got the idea that May and Dawn didn't have any family left, so…they said that I should let them live with me. I mean, in my house, of course."
Paul couldn't believe what he was hearing. But then again, the orphanage had been complaining that they had too many children and needed people to take care of them… and May can't handle everything on her own… especially since her parents' wills stated that she was not to be sent to an orphanage.
Dawn made a sudden movement. "Oh oh. She's waking up. Gotta go. Tell her when she's fully awake."
Dawn opened her eyes. Drew was standing above her. "Hey."
"Do I need to hand in my maths homework now ?" she asked.
Drew shook his head. "Um, well my grandparents said that they'd take in you and May to come and live with us… so they asked me to tell you…" he said.
Dawn stared at him. She and May were going to live with Drew ?
After school, May walked to her new 'home', along with Drew and Dawn. Dawn shifted uneasily every few seconds… this was her first time walking towards a place that was of utter importance…
They reached the house, and May looked across the street to see her old house. The one that she had shared so many memories with her family… she wiped away the tears that were forming and gave a soft sniffle. It was so painfull to sell the house you've been living in all your life…
"Welcome, dear girls, settle down. I am Drew's grandmother. And now that you will be staying here, I am your grandmother as well. Just call me…" she said, but was cut off by her grandson.
"Grandma !!"
She chuckled. May and Dawn took to her immediately. Drew's grandparents weren't a problem. Actually, nothing was a problem. Except for the maths homework, of course.
After a few nights of staying there, May knew what it was like to be poor. Drew had to help his grandparents with the chores and at the same time juggle homework and school. It seemed as though he had no free time at all.
But now that May and Dawn were here, there were two extra pairs of hands to help out.
One night, while May was sleeping on the top bunk bed, she woke up with a start. Something wasn't right.
She peered down to see if Drew was sleeping in his lower bunk bed. Empty.
May stealthily crept towards the study room, where she had just spotted a faint light. There, she saw Drew, asleep on the wooden desk.
She smiled. "Poor thing. He must have worked himself out, and fell asleep while doing his homework," she thought.
She tiptoed towards him and slowly shook him awake. "Drew. Drew, wake up."
He groaned and opened his eyes sleepily. "May ?"
"You fell asleep here. Come on. It's 1am in the morning. You better get some proper rest in bed," she assured him.
"Thanks." He said with a sincere smile, and walked slowly off to bed.
As May was leaving to get to her own bed, she noticed a piece of paper on the desk where Drew had fallen asleep. It wasn't homework. It was…a letter.
Too sleepy to read it, May took it and shoved it under her pillow. She'd read it the next morning and then question Drew about it. Her eyelids weren't going to stay open much longer…
Misty: Nice.
Me: You've turned into a quiet one.
May: Yup.
Misty: Aw, come on guys, can't we talk about this later ?
Me: Nope.
May: Actually, we can. REVIEW !!
Me: No we can't ! And I was supposed to say that !!