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Chapter 2

"B-but I'm moving."

It took May sometime to register that through her head. Moving, Drew was moving. "No, YOU CAN'T!" She screamed suddenly and she knows what Drew is doing, he's holding the phone away from his ear so she doesn't make him deaf.

"I'm sorry May." He finally says. "It wasn't my idea, it was my parents."

"What am I going to do without you?" May asks, on the verge of tears.

"I… We…." Drew sighs. "I won't be moving for a month, so we can still see each other."

May knows what he means, he's a boy. What kind of boy doesn't think about having sex with his girlfriend? "A month? That's it! But Drew, I need you!"

"I, well, I wish I could stay May but.." Drew sighs again, and May knows she's making it hard for him to explain. "But, May, just give it two years. And I'll be back."

"Two years?"

"Well, yeah. I'll be eighteen by then."

"Oh yeah." May takes in a deep breath. "Um, Drew? C-can I tell you my bad news?"

"Um, sure." Drew lets out a little laugh. "It can't be as bad as my news."

May smiles, sadly. "You be the judge."

"Okay, so what's the news?" he asks.

"Mm, well. I'm… I'm sort of pregnant." There, she said it. She waits to listen for Drew's reaction. But he's far from sad or angry. He's actually surprised.

"Pregnant? Really? When did this happen?"

"I don't know." She admits. "Probably sometime last week."

"Oh…" Now the news was finally sinking in.

"My parents want me to tell you to set up a date to break the news to your parents." She says.

"Tell them no need." says Drew, as if it was normal for sixteen year-old girls to get pregnant. But then again, it probably is. But not for May, no siree. May Maple, daughter of the strong Norman and beautiful Caroline, sister of the smart Max, was expected to be perfect too in her own way. And getting pregnant while being at the age of sixteen was not perfect. "Drew! What if mom and dad are planning to send me away?"

"WHAT!" Drew says. "May, calm down. We'll get through this. Somehow."

"But, Drew. Mom wants to kill the baby and dad doesn't. And they want to discuss it with your parents and what if your parents want to kill it too? And then we'll have to run away together and become the youngest parents ever. And then when our kid becomes old enough, they'll ask why we're not married and why it doesn't have grandparents. And we'll have to tell it the whole story. And they'll get so angry with us that it will run away. And then it will get killed somehow and we'll go to jail because we're the parents and we didn't bother looking after our own child. And…"

"May, listen, deep breaths, okay? I said we'll get through it, didn't I? So we'll get through it. And tell your parents that I'll tell mine about it, okay? No need to make a big fuss over something so small."

May takes in a deep breath. "Okay Drew, I'll listen to you. B-but you're moving."

"I know, but I'll be checking in on you every so often so it'll seem like I never left."

May smiles. "Oh, Drew, you're the best."

Normally Drew would say something like I I know/I But instead he said. "Don't worry May. You're way too important in my life to forget."

"Aw, Drew! Thanks."

"Hm, well, I gotta go train for the contest."

May gasps, how could she forget? "WAIT, DREW!"

"What?"

"I can't go… to the contest, I mean."

"What, your parents said you couldn't or something?"

"No, it's just…" She sighs. "Remember that contest two years ago? The one where this lady was pregnant, but it was just her first week. And they didn't allow her to enter. Well, by the time the contest comes around, I'll be in my second week."

"Oh." And this time May could tell Drew was disappointed. Drew becoming speechless was so rare it barely ever happened. And May wished she could say something more. Comfort him the way he did for her, the way he always did for her. And at times like these, she always found herself wondering why Drew had picked her to be his girlfriend. He had said he loved her, but why? She wasn't any good to him. And there were so many prettier girls out there. She couldn't even do the one thing all girls should know how to do: comfort. "Um, Drew?"

"I have to go." says Drew. "I have to train."

"Oh, okay." He hangs up. And she does too. Holding the phone tightly gripped in her right hand, it felt like it was going to break. And then May placed the phone, gently, back down on her bed, as if it were going to break.

"Life stinks." declared May as she was feeding her evee. It was lunch time and all her other pokemon were knee-deep in their meals. They were too hungry to reply. "You guys are lucky." May hugged her knees tightly. "It's not like you guys have any problems in the romance department."

"You do?" Max appeared from behind the gym with his own Ralts.

"Hey, at least I have a romance. Unlike some people." May eyed Max. And Max in return rolled his eyes. "Oh please, why would I wanna waste my time with that? It seems like its giving you nothing but trouble."

"Yeah, well when one falls in love, one must expect trouble."

"Where'd you get that off? A cereal box?"

"Okay, so I did." May stood up angrily. "You didn't come all the way here just to argue with me, did you?"

"No, I didn't." Max picked up his Ralts. It wasn't the same one he had befriended years ago, but these two had gone a long way. May almost smile looking at her younger brother now, he had changed so much. Max had traded in his glasses for contacts to show off his eyes. That or he was sick of always pushing his glasses back into place. He no longer wore shorts but khakis and instead of the green t-shirt he wore before, he changed it to a jungle green short sleeve jacket with a white Tee under that. May remembered when Max had first gone out on his journey. He wanted to do Kanto first, then Johto, and last Hoen. He had started his journey when he was twelve instead of ten. He wanted to work more with pokemon before being sure he was ready for traveling together with them. And now he was currently in the Kanto league, waiting at home until the pokemon league. But he was not alone; he was traveling with another boy and girl. The boy, Timmy from Little Root, had met up with Max as he was getting his own first pokemon. Timmy was a blond with blue eyes and was slightly taller than Max. They met up with Cindy, the girl, when they both decided to challenge the Pewter city gym. She was a brunette with black eyes. She was older than the two by a year but was the smallest one there. Her dream was a bit different than Max and Timmy. She wanted to get strong enough to one day challenge her older brother. She wasn't interested in badges or pokemon ribbons. She was more into getting her pokemon stronger so she could beat her older brother and show her parents she was worthy enough to be called their daughter. So she traveled with Max and Timmy to see the scenery while she trained, and just to have an excuse to travel. Although Max had never admitted it, he had a crush on Cindy. The way he seemed so interested in whatever she said, even if it was something like 'I'm going to sleep.' But Timmy and Cindy were currently at their own houses, resting at home until they would once again meet and go to the pokemon league with Max at the Indigo Plateau together. "I want you to battle me."

"Battle you?" repeated May. "Max, I'm a little busy."

"You're too scared, huh?" Max put down Ralts with a smug look on his face. "You think you'll lose because I'm way stronger than you are now."

"Puh-lease!" May reached down for her eevee. "You are not stronger than me."

"I'm not? Okay then, let's see how the battle ends."

"Okay then," said May. "Let's battle in the gym. It'll be better than here."

"Wait," Max held up his hand. "Why don't we make things interesting?"

"Interesting? Max, you can't be suggesting betting on our match, can you?"

Max grinned. "Not money though." He shrugged, "I'm broke."

May heaved out a big sigh. "Me too. So what do you want to bet?"

"Mm, if I win, you…" Max tapped his chin. "If I win, you stop saying I like Cindy."

"Aw come on Max!" May smiled. "You two look so cute together."

"That's what I'm going to place on the bet." Max fixed his stare on May. "Wait, you don't honestly think I'm going to win do you?"

"Huh? What? Of course you're not going to win. I am!" May felt as if she were already losing to Max, even though their battle hadn't even started. "Um, if I win. I want you to confess to Cindy your everlasting love."

"Everlasting love? Are you kidding?"

"Should I be?" May smiled. "Aw, wittle Maxy doesn't tink he will win?"

"Of course I'm going to win!" he barked. "Come on, let's go!"

"Whatever you say." May followed Max to the Petalburg gym. The gym was on its way for a makeover as Carolyn had put it. It was scheduled to be knocked down in two months so they could make room for a bigger gym. Norman hardly ever trained in this one so May and Max were free to use it.

Max reached for a pokeball from his backpack. "I'm not going to let you win May. Believe me; I'm not going to let you win. Go, Volpix! I choose you!"

Max's Volpix stood proudly before him awaiting her opponent. Volpix looked somewhat like a little red fox with more tails than it was supposed to have; six. May often found herself thinking that if Max had entered Volpix in a pokemon contest, he could probably win. But as Max had told her a million times before, he wasn't interested in pokemon contests.

May reached down to her own backpack, who should she send in to battle Vulpix? Vulpix was a fire pokemon, so May would choose her Warturtle. Who not to long ago was just a baby squirtle. May smiled. "I can't believe I'm taking this seriously. Go Warturtle!" Warturtle jumped out of his pokeball and glared down at Volpix. Being at the second stage of his evolution and having the element that Volpix was weak against, wartortle had an advantage. He was bigger than Volpix and resembled his first stage of evolution. The only difference was that the shade of blue on his skin was darker and he had two feather-like ears popping out from both sides of his head.

"Who's going first, May?" asked Max.

May grinned. "Why don't you? You are, after all, my little brother."

Max snorted. "You're going to regret that. Go Vulpix, use swift!"

"Swift?" May pointed towards wartortle. "Go Warturtle, dodge it and use water gun."

Vulpix opened her mouth to let out tiny stars heading for Warturtle. Warturtle jumped into the air just as May had told him to and once he was safe, he opened his own mouth and let out water.

When May looked up to see if Max was at all scared of how the battle was going, he was smiling. "You know what to do Volpix!"

Vulpix immediately began to dig. And when watergun finally reached her, Volpix was already down underneath the ground. Max was still smiling. "Am I still weak May? Am I still wittle Maxy?"

He was just trying to rub it in May's face, and it was working.

"You see," continued Max. "I picked Volpix because she's one of my best pokemon. It didn't matter if I chose first or second, Volpix was my best choice. May, don't you remember Ash telling you that weaknesses don't matter? Choosing your pokemon just because its element is your opponent's weakness doesn't always secure a win for you. Let this be a lesson."

"Well you're not Ash." huffed May. "I just let you get away with that. I, of course, don't want to beat you too badly."

"Right." Max smiled. "Okay Volpix, time for part two of our plan!"

"Keep an eye out for it Warturtle!"

"War… turtle."

"Voolll pix!"

Wartortle scanned the area awaiting Volpix to jump out and attack him. Volpix, of course knew what Max was talking about. It was the same move they used against Surge and won. Volpix was told to sit under until the pokemon and trainer were going crazy from waiting. And then, in the last minute, it would attack from beneath.

"Wartortle!" called May. "Follow Volpix down underneath!"

"Wartortle!" Wartortle jumped into the whole Volpix had recently dug.

"What are you doing?" asked Max. "Wartortle is not supposed to do that. He doesn't even know how to use dig."

"Oh, you know what Ash always says. A pokemon battle is all about the ways you use your pokemon's attacks. Don't try to be too boring and call out normal attacks, you have to be creative. And I'm just trying to end the battle early." May winked. "Let this be a lesson."

Max glared over at her. This wasn't supposed to happen, Wartortle wasn't supposed to come down with Volpix. This wasn't part of the plan.

May smiled to see Max's anger, hesitation, and confused face. He was certainly not expecting this from May. "Serves you right!" She said. "Next time, you'll think twice before you challenge you're big sister."

Max rolled his eyes and turned his attention to the pokemon underneath. They had been quiet for some time and it worried Max. "Volpix, are you alright!"

May turned her attention back to the hole as well. Although she sounded pretty confident, she didn't know if she should be celebrating or mourning.

And then suddenly, before their eyes; the hole spat out water like a geyser. The water shot straight up startling Max and May; they both practically fell backwards on their behinds. The water reached the ceiling of the gym, and on top of it sat Volpix, smiling. Immediately she jumped off when she saw Max, and almost to prove she was okay, Volpix jumped into Max's arms. "Alright Volpix! You're okay!"

"Volpix!"

May looked worriedly at the hole. Where was her wartortle? "Wartortle? Are you okay?"

"War…turtle." The turtle like pokemon climbed its way out of the hole and began walking towards May. "Wartortle! You're okay?"

"War… tur-" Warturtle fainted on his way towards May.

"Alright! We won Volpix! WE WON!"

"VOLPIX!"

Max began to spin around with Volpix in his arms. "I can't believe it! I didn't think we were going to win! But we did! We WON!"

May slumped her shoulders as she called Wartortle back into his pokeball. "You did great Wartortle. Take a nice long break."

"I won May! I BEAT you!"

"Yes Max, I know."

"No more talking about me liking Cindy, right?"

"That was part of the deal, right?"

Max smiled, and began to spin around again. May was getting annoyed with him and began to chase him around the gym.

Carolyn entered the gym just as Max and May were running around it. "Um, May?"

"Yeah?" May stopped running and Max collapsed onto the floor from exhaustion.

"Telephone, from Pallet."

May suddenly felt excitement surge through her body, it felt like every bone in her body was celebrating. "A-Ash from Pallet?"

Carolyn smiled. "The one and only."

okay, review time, but before you do review, I'm already aware that I spelled vulpix and warturtle wrong. I'm just too lazy to correct it.