Please excuse the spacing, this is how I got it off from serebii and I'm really too lazy to fix it.

Chapter 8

"And this is the Trainer's park." said Jane, pointing towards a large strip of green land.
"Trainer's park?" repeated May.
"Yeah!" Jane smiled. "This where the first Pokemon Master of Pallet trained his Pokemon so many years ago and went on to win the Kanto, Johto, and Hoen league championship."
"Wow," May gazed over at the park. There were so many trainers there right now. Some of them talking, others playing with their Pokemon, but most were training. The park was filled with benches and hotdog stands. There were water fountains and a pool too. Skitty and Spiral excitedly ran into the park playing a game of tag.

"Well, they've got the right idea!" said Jane, running after the Pokemon. Shortly after May had finished talking with Norman, Jane went to change into jeans and a red t-shirt for their tour. May decided to make the best of it, be happy until Ash came, which was the actual reason for her
coming to Pallet town.

"When did you get Spiral?" asked May as the two of them

rested on a bench.

"When I was traveling through Viridian city back when I was

a beginner. My two older sisters always bragged about their Pokemon, I

wanted to catch something that would impress them, you know? And Spiral

looked like the one, so I caught her."

"So you, Ritchie, and Ash all have Pikachus?"

"Yeah, except Spiral wants to evolve into a Raichu

soon."

"A Raichu?"

Jane nodded, "but I'm going to wait a little more so I

can train her better."

"Oh." May turned her attention to the two small

Pokemon who were playing, chasing each others tails.

"So what's up with you May? You do anything exciting

in your life?"

May looked over at Jane sideways. This girl that she

had just met seemed to be getting on her nerves. Even though Jane was

nice, funny, and energetic, she just seemed too perfect to May. The way she

was always smiling, happy, pretty. The way her hair stayed like that, close to

her ears, it seemed like an impossible hairstyle. Does she even have bad

hair days? thought May.

"So? You do anything?" asked Jane

"Yeah, Pokemon Contests." answered May.

"Really? My older sister Keiko does those! But she's

never actually won a Grand Festival."

"Me neither."

I dreamt… I dreamt that in the deepest of

oceans… deepest of oceans… we would meet.

"Is that yours?" asked Jane pointing towards

May's ringing cell phone.

"Um, yeah." May picked up her cell phone. If this

kept up, she was going to finish her minutes before the month was over.

Please don't be Drew! she pled silently as she opened her cell phone.

Ash Ketchum- (556) 987-4432

May smiled, she didn't know it was possible

for anybody's name to make her so happy. And since he called, that meant he

did care that he left her here in Pallet. "I should take this." said May

standing up.

"Okay."

May walked far away from Jane before pressing

the "talk" button. "Hello?"

"May!" said Ash. "Did you make it okay to Pallet?"

"I did."

"Great!" Ash sounded relieved. "I'll be coming

back by lunch so you'll be sleeping at my house and not Ritchie's"

May gasped. "No WAY!"

"No way what? You wanna stay at Ritchie's?"

"No!" shouted May. And then realizing how bad

it sounded, she quickly added. "I mean I wanted to see you, and it wouldn't

make sense, right?"

"I… guess."

"I just miss you that's all!" May sat down on a

bench. "Um, what happened to Misty?"

"Oh, that." Ash laughed. "She called me

yesterday a little bit after dinner saying that she was annoyed with the

bathroom sink because only cold water came out. Her parents were out for

the evening and she was trying to fix it by herself but she pulled the wrench

the wrong way or something, so the water came out and she was so afraid

that she was going to drown the place. Once I came over, the water in the

bathroom was up to her ankles and she was trying to keep the water in the

bathroom."

"So did you ever fix it?"

"Fix it? No. But when we actually got to the

problem we figured out that when Misty was trying to fix it, she forgot to turn

off the water."

May began to laugh. "If that happened to me,

my house would have been drowned long before I even got the idea to call!"

"And even if you did," added Ash. "Who would

come to help you, you live in a whole other region than the rest of us and

Drew's moving right?"

May's smile disappeared."… Yeah."

"What I mean is!" said Ash quickly. "That

there would be no reason to call because we wouldn't be able to come

anyway, right?"

"…"

"I'm not making this better, am I?"

"No you're not!" said May with a huff. "You

think I don't know that I'm cut off from everyone? That if someone said 'lets

have a party!' I would never be invited because I live so far away?"

"I'm sorry May. I didn't mean it like that." said

Ash. "And if it makes you feel any better, no one has time to have a party

anyway, and if they do, they would always invite you because you're part of

the group now."

"Yeah," said May bitterly. "The Hoen branch."

Ash sighed, "I wasn't going to tell you this

until I got there, but…"

"But what?"

"Last night on my way in to Cerulian, I saw

these shells. Well, a shell necklace. Each of them had this really nice shade of

blue and was so soft, they were held together by beads. It looked so

beautiful that I thought you'd want it and I had it gift wrapped for you."

"No WAY?" May felt like jumping up and

down. The way Ash had described the shell, it sounded so beautiful.

"Well, you ruined the surprise…"

"Oh, I'm sorry Ash." May smiled. "I swear,

I'll be the best maid ever!"

"…Maid? You mean you still want to do

that?"

"Well, I thought that…"

"You mean after all that trouble I went

to, to buy you the airplane tickets and train passes, you're still going to clean

my house?"

"What are you talking about?" asked

May. "I thought that was why I came to Pallet."

"You came to Pallet so you could see

everyone." replied Ash. "I bought you tickets so you can come with me when

I leave Pallet. You know, when I have to go to Pokemon Tournaments and

Montgame Island."

"You're going to take me?"

"Unless you don't want to."

"Wait, you mean it's just going to be

us?"

"And Pikachu."

May squealed. "Oh my gosh Ash!

You're the best!"

Ash sounded pleased. "Yeah well, I

figured you wanted us to spend time together instead of seeing me just once

a week. And it won't be like traveling."

"Oh, I don't care!" Now May was

jumping up and down. "I never thought you'd do something like this for me

Ash! I love you!"

"… Love?"

May blushed, "you know, u-um. I like

you! Yes, I like you because you're my best friend!"

"Um, thanks. I like you too May.

Anyway, I have to go, see you in a bit."

"Okay! See you!" May hung up the

phone and stared at it. She was feeling so depressed before, and now, she

was so happy! She smiled as she pushed the cell phone back into her pocket,

Thank you, Ash

Drew reached for his cell phone, but decided not to pick it up. He had been

calling May ever since they broke up. It was bothering him, the way she had

looked when she said it. The way he had felt when she had said it. Why

couldn't she have just listened to me? He thought, if she hadn't come into

his house like that, she wouldn't have known.

"Drewy?"

Drew sat up and looked over at Amy, his current girlfriend. "Yeah?"

"Are you sick?" she asked, resting her hand on his forehead.

"Not sick." He replied, looking away.

"Then what's wrong? If you weren't planning to do it, why did

you drag me up to your room?"

"I don't know." he replied.

Amy sat down on his bed with a sigh. She looked hot today, no

doubt about it. When she came over, Drew practically fell onto the floor. Amy

had on tight jeans, so tight they stuck onto her butt and thighs. And her

shirt, equally tight, made her C-sized breast seem bigger. She wanted it,

today she wanted Drew to climb into bed with her, but he couldn't. He

couldn't do much of anything to her anymore, because he always pictured

May, standing at his door; with those same hurtful eyes.

Amy, who knew nothing about what was going on, insisted on

Drew for forgetting May. "She broke up with you." She had told him. "And I

stayed, right?"

And on that note, he had "forgotten" May. But really, he was

always thinking of her. What was she doing over there in Pallet? Had she

already forgotten Drew and hooked up with Ash? What were they doing over

there together? And that's why he called, constantly. To see what they were

doing, to see what she was doing.

Amy lied down beside Drew with another sigh. "Come on Drew,

I'm bored."

"No Amy." Drew moved to his side and reached for a picture

of him and May. She was giggling as he was trying to sneak in a quick kiss.

His arms were around her and she was fighting to get out before the picture

was taken. He had framed it and put it on his nightstand.

Amy noticed Drew staring at May's picture and frowned.

He's my boyfriend she thought, Not yours Amy draped her

arms over Drew's chest and made her way to his shirt. She was starting to

unbutton it when Drew stood up. "What, what's wrong Drewy?" She asked as

she quickly sat up.

"This!" said Drew, glaring over at Amy. "Aren't you afraid

that I'll get you pregnant?"

"Why should I be?" asked Amy as she twirled a strand of

hair with her finger. "If I do, I'll get an abortion."

"You know," said Drew looking down at the picture.

"You're not at all like May."

"And I don't want to be." Amy giggled as she made her

way towards Drew. She leaned on him and reached for his fly. "May dumped

you remember, so you should be happy I'm not like May."

Drew angrily pushed Amy away. "I liked May, not you."

Amy, who stumbled onto the floor, looked up at Drew.

"Wh-what?"

"All that time I dated you was just to waste time until I

got to go out with May again."

"I-I don't understand."

"I never liked you for you Amy. I never even liked

you."

Amy gulped and sat up. "Wh-what are you going to

do?"

Drew smirked. "I'm going to dump you."

Amy had tears in her eyes now, "no Drew. But I love

you. I really, really love you."

"So did May." said Drew quietly. "And I loved her."

Amy stood up and ran towards Drew, this time she

didn't reach for his fly or buttons, this time she wrapped her arms around him

and sobbed into his chest. "I love you." She said over and over again.

"Ash!" May gasped at the sight of her friend. It had

been only a couple of months since she had last seen him, and yet he seemed

so much different.

Ash smiled, and dropped his backpack. He looked so

much older, his hair, if it were possible, was darker and his chocolate eyes

seemed, well, they were the same. Pikachu hopped off of Ash's shoulder and

into May's arms.

"Pikachu!" May laughed as she hugged the yellow

rodent.

"Pika!"

"He's missed you." said Ash, petting Pikachu's head.

"I've missed him too."

"Oh my gosh Ash!" Jane ran over to the young

Pokemon Master and squeezed him.

"Oh, hey Jane." said Ash. "I didn't know you were in

town."

"I'm going back home tonight." Jane pulled herself

away from Ash. "Casey told me that when you get back to Montgame islands,
you owe her a dinner and movie."

Ash felt himself shrink. "But I told her I would pay

her back."

"Admit it," said Ritchie giving Ash a handshake.

"Casey's crazy about you."

"Who's Casey?" asked May.

"Another Pokemon Master," answered Ash. "I

met her in Johto."

"And she has a crush on you." said Jane. "Didn't

you just break up with Misty, Ash? Why don't you just give Casey a try?"

"Because he's not into her." said Ritchie. "Ash

likes Casey, but not in that way."

"Just give her a chance." pled Jane. "Maybe

Casey is The One, Ash."

Ash sighed. "Come on you guys, I'm tired

and I just want to get home."

"Why don't we all go out for lunch then?"

asked Jane. "There's this new restaurant that they have, Chantito."

"If it's fancy," said Ash. "I don't want to

go."

"Okay then, Ritchie and I will go and you

and May can go to whatever restaurant you want to go to."

Ash looked over at May and sighed. "Okay,

let's go to that restaurant. Whatever it is."

Jane smiled, "okay! Let's go!"

Ritchie grinned and held up his keys.

"Come on, I brought my car."

"Thank God." said Ash and Jane and

Ritchie laughed. May followed the three in disappointment. She had thought

that she was going to have Ash all to herself. But now, it seemed like he was

going to be with Ritchie and Jane the whole time. And after the way he had

smiled at her, she had at least expected a hug.

"Pika?"

"Hm?" May looked down at Pikachu who

was looking up at her. "I'm alright, Pikachu."

"Chu."

"Pika pi!" Sparky and Spiral rushed over to May's

side, hoping to see Pikachu.

"You can go." said May, dropping Pikachu and

allowing him to run with Spiral and Sparky. While ahead they're trainers

laughed and talked. May sighed and walked on forward. This wasn't how the

vacation was supposed to go.

"You two go into the back." said Ritchie as he

opened the doors to his rusted red five passenger car. "And Jane and I will sit

in the front."

"Okay." Ash and Pikachu slipped into the back

and looked up at May expectantly. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing." said May sitting down beside Ash.

Up in front Jane fiddled with the radio until

arriving to a song May had never heard of, but everyone else knew. "Ooh this

is my favorite!" said Jane before beginning to sing along. Ritchie sang a few

verses and Ash sang along with Jane. They both sounded so beautiful and as

May just noticed, this was the first time she heard Ash sing. She snuck a

glance at him, he was happy, she knew that much. Happy and tired, she

could see Ash was struggling to stay awake. May smiled and looked away.

Maybe she would forgive him, just today.

End of Chapter 8

Okay, great done… Now to reply to the reviews!

Hunter001: Glad you like the fic so much, but I'm in school right now so…D I'll try to post the chapters up as quick as I can.

AshK: Hey, thanks for the several reviews! Ash being older than May? That's what some ppl say, but I don't like there being a huge age gap between Ash and May, so I like keeping them the same size.

Lyra Lynx: You read this off of serebii? Cool, did you review there? And, yeah, put a link on your site, I'd really like that actually. Thanks for asking! Oh, and can tell me what your site is? Thanks if you can!

sharpiequeen666: Thanks and I will! Actuslly, like I said before, I already wrote and finished this fic(YAY!) And have already started on the sequel, sad thing is that you won't be seeing the sequel until the summer if not later.

Angel6530: thanks for the review and May shall get better, eventually….

ravengal: Oh, didn't I say it before? I'm a contestshipper, well, I support most Pokemon ships really, contest, poke, and advance, the list goes on….

Awe, don't slap Drew, it's not his fault I made him into such a bad character.

May answering her phone, I dunno, well I do, but you'll have to see in the following chapters, huh?

AmyMay, I know! laughs to self Another reader of mine on serebii actually pointed that out, I actually used the name Amy because I really like it(well I used to anyway, now the name reminds me of this character I created, ack!) I never actually noticed the way the two names were alike until a day later and I posted it on serebii, freaky huh?