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Chapter 6

May took in a deep breath before heading down the hall.
It's been exactly a week since Drew and she broke up. At first, all May wanted to do was run to her room and cry. And then she remembered Max, how he had helped her slip out. She knew she couldn't allow herself to make him worry more. It would have killed her to see Max worrying about her when he was supposed to worry about the upcoming Pokemon League. So she pretended nothing was wrong. For his sake.
It helped though, the fact that she was banned from seeing Drew. It helped, but not a whole lot; because despite her parents' ban, she felt as if she could see Drew everyday. Every time she woke up, it was a picture of Drew with his arms around her that greeted her. Every time she reached for her clothes, it was the skirt Drew had bought her last Christmas that stuck out. Every time she got ready to go someplace, it was the ring Drew had bought her for her birthday that jumped out at her. Over the years that they had dated, Drew had given May so many things. And in return, she had given him so much of her time.
The gifts that she had received used to bring her joy, used to make her feel loved. But now, now these objects that were always so bright seemed to bring coldness into her bedroom. Now these objects made her feel sad, unwanted, rejected. She wanted to throw them away. She hated those pictures staring at her, the skirt asking for her to wear it, the ring begging for attention. She wanted to throw them away but she didn't want her parents to know what happened.
"May, you all set?" asked Norman standing up.
May pulled her suitcase and smiled. "As ready as I'll ever be." Today, after waiting for a week, May would finally be able to go see Ash.
Carolyn rushed in from the kitchen. "What about breakfast, May?"
"I'll eat once I get to the ferry. I promise."
Max put down the magazine he was reading. "Whoa, May skipping food, I never thought the day would come."
May grinned. "I'm not skipping, just delaying."
"May, I thought you were leaving next month." Carolyn turned her attention to her husband. "Norman, I thought we were all leaving next month."
"Oh Carolyn, it's alright." Norman reached over for May's suitcase. "Life isn't how we always plan it to be."
"Apparently not." answered Carolyn, entering the kitchen.
"You should say something to her." whispered Norman to May. "She's just sad and doesn't want to see you leave."
"Okay." May dropped her suitcase and followed her mother inside the kitchen. "Mom?"
"I can't believe you're going again." said Carolyn sadly as she looked over at her stove.
"It's just for a month mom. It's no big deal. And you're leaving too." May sat down on a stool.
"Not for a couple of weeks." answered Carolyn. She sighed and took one more look at May. "I guess I thought that since you were pregnant, that you would stay home. You know no more contests."
May smiled. "Although contests play a big part of my life, they don't take up my whole life mom. My friends are do, and that's why I want to go to Pallet town. And today's tickets were the only ones that were open." Which was partly true. She always intended to go find a ticket for May 1st, but when she broke up with Drew, she took Gary's ticket because she didn't want to be here when Drew moved.
"Oh May, you and your brother are growing up so fast." Carolyn gave her daughter a small smile. "Look at me, I sound as if you two are already married and I'm close to death."
May stared hard into Carolyn's eyes; she knew her mother was just fighting back tears with a small joke. And suddenly May wanted to be here, to stay with Carolyn and Norman and Max. She remembered sitting here so many years ago, talking to her mother excitedly about what to pack for when she left on her Pokemon journey. Back when she was ten. May suddenly felt the need to just be little again, to hear Carolyn whisper into her ear my little girl. She wanted to play with her dolls for hours and show Carolyn what she made in her toy oven. She wanted to tell Carolyn that she had broken up with Drew, that she wished she had never gotten stupid enough to get pregnant.
"May?" Carolyn's blue eyes filled with worry. "Are you okay honey?"
May shook her head as she felt tears coming to her eyes. "Y-you don't sound old mom."
Carolyn wrapped her arms around May and smiled. "No, I don't."
This is it. thought May as she boarded the ferry. It was time for her to get the freedom she had wanted for a long time. She handed her ticket to the Captain and walked to the side of the ship to wave.
Norman, Carolyn, and Max stood below waving their hands at her madly. She smiled at them and blew them all kisses.
"Adoring fans?" asked the lady beside her.
"More like family." answered May with a wink.
The lady laughed. "My name's Sara, you?"
"May."
"Is this your first time?" asked Sara.
May turned over to the lady beside her. Sara was tall and full of curves. She had long blond hair with green eyes with a beautiful smile. Sara looked down at May expectantly while her long green skirt and blue buttoned shirt blew with the ocean air as she tried to keep her straw hat from flying off of her head. "Yeah, you?"
Sara smiled. "No, second or third. I'm going to Pewter to see my husband, Sam."
"Really?"
"Yeah." Sara sighed happily. "You see, I got pregnant when I was sixteen and I didn't know if I could take care of it, so Sam thankfully took care of the baby until I could get ready for it. And then we got married and moved to Pewter. I just had to go to Petalburg to take care of my aunt. But, man, I can't wait to see Sam and Eliza again!"
"Yeah, wow."
"Where are you going?"
May shrugged. "Pallet to help a friend of mine."
"Wow, that's really nice of you!" Sara looked off towards the sea. "When I was a kid, I never crossed oceans to help my friends. I'm pretty sure your friend respects that."
"Yeah." May turned back towards the sea.
When the boat finally began to move and May felt herself being cut from her family, her stomach growled its long overdue growl. May took in one long breath of the sea air before locating her room along with Sara's. For some reason, the sea always calmed her. She didn't, of course, like it as much as Misty. But it calmed her, and that's why she liked it.
"Are you as hungry as me?" Sara asked May after both of their luggages were moved to their rooms.
May smiled. "Lets find out."
"Well." said Sara as they made their way downstairs. "I know that the best dish these chefs have is spaghetti and meatballs."
"What about their cheeseburgers?" asked May, opening the doors to the ferry's cafeteria.
"Its okay." answered Sara, "but I think I'm going to go for spaghetti today."
"Okay, you do that and I'll eat the cheeseburger." May smiled. "Besides, I skipped breakfast this morning."
"Me too!" Sara laughed. And suddenly, she was laughing hard, so hard her ribs shook and you could see that there were tears trying to come out. And May laughed too, because Sara was. And although they had just met, May knew she was going to like Sara, she was just one of those people everyone likes to be around.
"Wow May." said Sara pulling herself a chair. "You sound a lot like me."
"I do?"
"Yup!" Sara smiled. "If you answer one last question, I swear, you'll be just like me then."
"Okay!" May smiled as well. Since she liked Sara so much, maybe being like her wasn't bad. "What's the question?"
"Are you pregnant?"
May's smile disappeared, and for a moment, she pretended not to hear it. She was about to ask Sara how she knew, but Sara didn't know. Sara was just asking to see if May was like her.
Sara sensed May's mood change and quickly said. "Oh, are you not sixteen?"
"I… am." May turned to her menu and sighed.
"Then, you're not pregnant?"
"I'm…I'm…" May stared across at Sara who was trying to figure out May. "I'm not."
Sara smiled and reached for May's hand across the table. "Wow May, you are like the model child. You go over oceans to help your friends and you're not pregnant, I mean, wow. I bet your parents are glad to have you."
"Thanks…"
Soon after finishing lunch, Sara complained about a headache and needed to go down to her room. May decided to go back up and watch the ocean. She felt so bad to lie to Sara, but she didn't want anyone to be hovering over her because she was pregnant. She almost wished everyone was like Drew, not caring whether the baby lived or not. Wait, no! May shook her head; she wasn't supposed to think about Drew. She was supposed to think about Ash and what she would do to help him, other than being his maid.
She was starting to think about it when her cell phone rang.
I dreamt… I dreamt that in the deepest of oceans… deepest of oceans… we would meet.
May sighed and reached down for her cell phone. "Hello?"
"May? Is this May?" asked a voice that sounded like a boy's.
"Yes." answered May. "Who's this?"
"Ritchie." said the boy. "Hey listen May, Ash won't be able to take you to his house tonight. Turns out that Misty wanted him last minute."
May frowned. "I know Misty is his girlfriend but I've been waiting a long time to see him and that doesn't mean he can just leave me because Misty wanted him. Do you know how unfair that is?"
"Misty? His girlfriend?" Ritchie laughed. "Are you kidding? They just broke up on Saturday."
"Really? Then why does she want him over there?"
"Ash doesn't always go over there to take Misty out, he helps her a lot. You know, with the gym and stuff. And apparently this time, she was trying to fix the bathroom sink and pulled something the wrong way. Now the water will never come off and she's afraid she'll drown the whole house."
"Oh, makes sense, I guess."
"Yeah, so anyway, you're gonna stay at my place tonight."
May sighed. "Do you know that if my dad knew that I was staying at a boy's house who I-"
"It's either this or the street." said Ritchie. "You choose."
"Oh my gosh! I would love to stay at your house Ritchie! We're going to have soooo much fun!"
Ritchie chuckled, "thought so. Anyway, I'll have a sign that-"
"Relax." said May. "Gary sent me a photo of you."
"Gary?" repeated Ritchie. "No way!"
"Uh-huh." May smiled. "And don't you look cute with your little green hat."
"No!" shouted Ritchie. "He didn't give you the picture of when I was ten!"
"Ten?" May giggled, she was having so much fun playing with Ritchie's head. "Aww, no wonder you look so cute. Do you still wear the green?"
Ritchie groaned. "He sent you that picture. Out of all the pictures he has of me, that one was sent."
"That one was cute." said May. "I'd hate to see what you look like now."
"…what?"
"Kidding! Kidding!" May laughed. "I bet you look very cute now Ritchie."
"Um… thanks?"
"No, don't just say 'thanks'." said May. "Say 'Oh my gosh May. I can't believe I got such a complement from you out of all people!'"
Ritchie laughed. "How about 'Oh my gosh May. I can't believe I got a complement from a witch like you. I can't be-'"
"A witch?" exclaimed May.
Ritchie laughed again. "Kidding! Kidding!"
"Yeah well..!" May heard a beep on her cell.
"What's wrong?" asked Ritchie.
"Someone's trying to call me." answered May. "Can you wait on the line for a little bit?"
"Um, sure."
May pulled her cell away from her ear to see who was calling her.

Drew Almond- (556) 812-4459

May stared at her cell phone long and hard, as if Drew were going to come out of the phone. They had broken up. She had told him they had broke up. He knew they had broke up. She was trying so hard to forget him, so why was he calling her. May took a deep breath before bringing the phone back to her ear.
"May?" came Ritchie's voice. "Who was that?"
May gulped before saying. "No one."

End of Chapter 6