Sorry for not posting in a looooooong time, school is taking in so much time. But here's the next chap!

Chapter 9

"May."
May smiled as she walked towards Ash. It was the night she had been waiting for all her life. She walked towards Ash with a new pink dress on. It hugged her chest and showed her back but it fit beautifully on her. "Yes?"
Ash smiled and took May's hands between his own. "Can I have this dance?"
"Of course." May rested her head on Ash's shoulder as they swayed to her favorite song.
"I've been meaning to tell you something for sometime." said Ash.
"What is it?" May looked up at Ash.
"That I love you May."
May blushed, "I-I love you too Ash. I always have and always will."
Ash grinned. "Wake up."
"What?"
"Wake up. May, you're going to make us late!"
May blinked and the music disappeared. She looked around to notice that she wasn't dancing with Ash anymore or wearing the beautiful dress either. "Where am I?" she muttered.
"You're asleep." said a very annoyed Ash. "On my bed, remember? Yesterday after we had dinner at Ritchie's we came here and you said you wanted to sleep on my bed so I slept on my mom's."
May sat up and rubbed her eyes. "Oh yeah."
"Now come on May, we're going to miss our flight!"
"What flight?" asked May falling back onto the bed.
"Ask later!" shouted Ash, tugging on May's arm. "Get ready, NOW!"
"Alright, alright." May sat up again and reached for her slippers. "Sheesh, no one knows how to sleep here."
"Just get ready." said Ash, leaving the room.
May rolled her eyes and headed towards the bathroom. Day one She thought, And so many more early waking up days to come

"You have a minute to get a quick snack." said Ash as May made her way down to the kitchen. He was looking over a schedule of where they were going that day. May sleepily pulled out orange juice and a glass. She looked over at the table Ash was studying on, not to far from him lay a sleeping Pikachu.
"Where are going first?" asked May, pulling out a chair besides Ash's.
"Ritchie's coming over to pick us up and take us to the airport. There we're going to take the eight o' clock flight to Goldenrod and then the ten o' clock flight to Montgame island. After training there for two days, we'll have to take another flight back to Goldenrod and we'll then we'll take a train to Safforon town."
"Wow." May took a sip of her juice. "Why are we going to Safforon?"
Ash shrugged. "Some dinner? I don't know. But we have to go."
"And Pikachu?"
Ash smiled and looked over at Pikachu, resting peacefully. "He needs to get his rest before we start to train at Montgame."
"Will I be able to see you train?"
"Actually no." Ash stood up. "You'll have to check out the island and stuff."
"Oh."
"Come on May." said Ash. "Go get your baggage; we have to wait outside for Ritchie to show."
"Okay." May finished her orange juice, and placed the cup lightly onto Ash's table.

"May I check your tickets sir?"
Ash placed his tickets onto the table. The woman behind it checked it through the computers before saying, "go to gate 5."
Ash nodded and started towards the gates. May, followed him as she checked around the airport. There were so many people there, waiting for their planes to come in or sleeping until they knew if their flight was actually going to come in. Some people were checking their watches, others were looking up at the big screens to see whether their plane was delayed or cancelled. May could see little kids running around the airport with their parents running after them with annoyed looks on their faces. "Ash?"
"Yeah?"
"Do you… do you ever think about how hard it is on your parents, to take care of you I mean?"
Ash shook his head. "I don't have time to think about stuff like that. But if there's something that's bothering you…"
"Its nothing." said May, and then she spotted a group of people all huddling around a door. The door had the number 5 written on it. "Ash? Isn't that where we're supposed to go?"
Ash looked up from his schedule. "Oh, hey, that's right."
The two of them walked to the gate, had their tickets checked, and found their seats on the plane. "Finally." said Ash as he sank into the chair and let out a happy sigh. "And now, I can sleep."
"Oh no you're not." said May, sitting down beside him. "I'm going to get bored."
"They play movies and stuff." said Ash with a yawn.
"Come on Ash, this is the first time I rode on a plane and you're going to fall asleep on me. Some vacation this turned out to be."
Ash quickly sat up and had a serious look on his face. "I'm sorry."
"For what?"
"For this." said Ash. He sighed. "I know we already planned this trip and all. And I knew what we were going to do even after Gary decided to send you those tickets. But truth is…" Ash slumped into his chair. "It's Misty, just recently, she dumped me. And, I don't know, I didn't think it would hurt this bad, but it does. At first, it just seemed like words, as if I was going to wake up the next day and she'd say she was sorry. Like she always does after we have an argument, but she never called after that. And it drove me crazy, and then you were coming over, and I was tempted to call the whole thing off but I remembered how excited you sounded. And I remembered how excited I sounded, and I just didn't think it was fair to call it off. And then Misty called me yesterday and I thought she was going to say sorry." Ash laughed a little. "Turns out she just needed my help. Not much of an excuse, is it?"
"It is!" May grabbed onto Ash's hand and held it tight between her own. Ash looked up at her surprised. And then, just like that, May started to cry.
"Hey, no May." said Ash, his eyes full of worry. "Don't cry, I'll be okay."
May shook her head, they were the same. Ash and she were exactly the same. Both being girlfriend/boyfriend-less. Both feeling the same hollow feeling inside of them, the hollow feeling that existed after breaking up with their loved one, their special one. As if the intense sadness they felt from breaking up made them immune to any other feeling. That deep down sinking feeling they felt, they shared it. They shared the feeling of rejection together, the sadness, the tears. They shared it all. May bit her lower lip. "We're the same."
"What?"
May blinked away the tears and held tightly onto Ash's hand. "Just last week, Drew and I, w-we b-b-broke up."
"Oh my God, no way." Ash gave May's hand a squeeze. "I'm so sorry."
"I-I have to tell you something else." said May, pulling her hand away from Ash's. She looked down at her lap as her tears dripped down, splattering onto her new khakis.
"What is it?"
"I-I-I'm p-pregnant."
Ash stared, he stared at May, at her stomach, at her eyes. His own eyes, widened. And then finally, he digested the news. "You're pregnant?"
May nodded, sobbing silently to herself.
Ash looked away and then back at May. He gave her a small smile and took both of her hands between his own. "We're both alone now, huh?"
"Yeah."
"I don't know about you, but we both sound pretty pathetic."
May smiled and looked into Ash's chocolate eyes. "Yeah."

Drew looked up from his laptop to see Amy, standing before him. "Amy…"
The girl was desperate now, she wanted Drew THAT badly. Threatening to do suicide if he didn't say he loved her. She arrived at his door everyday as soon as his parents left for their afternoon "alone time." She knew Drew's house now. She knew that he always forgot to lock the door after his parents left now. "I'm here!" She said with a smile.
Drew nodded and went back to his e-mail.
"Drew!" said Amy moving onto his lap, "don't you think I'm cute?"
He didn't reply, that was the game, to not reply. Amy would eventually get bored and leave him alone. So he chose not to speak around her, it was for the best. He didn't want this girl to throw herself over because of him. He didn't want her life, her coffin, sitting on his shoulders, adding on to his guilt. It was for the best, she got what she wanted and he did too.
"Aren't I cute?" she asked again, kissing him on the cheek.
Drew ignored her and went on back to his laptop, on days like this; he wished he never met Amy. He wished he had never done what he did to May. If he hadn't, maybe she would have been the one, sitting on his lap, asking him if she were cute. But he did meet Amy, and he did cheat on May, and it was Amy who was on his lap.
Amy smiled now, slipping her hands under Drew's shirt, onto his chest.
"Stop it." said Drew pushing her hands away.
"But I'm bored!" she said in a whiny voice.
"Go watch TV then."
"I'd rather watch you." said Amy, licking her lips. "Come on Drew, don't you love me?"
Drew sighed and continued checking his e-mail.
"We've done this before." said Amy, kissing Drew's neck. "Don't act as if we didn't just because May dumped you. It was just a mistake that you met her, that's all."
Drew stood up and placed his laptop on his desk. "I admit I made a mistake." He said, opening his door. "But it wasn't that. My mistake was meeting you, my mistake was allowing you to talk me into cheating on May."
Amy laughed and sat down on Drew's bed. "Oh please, you don't have to lie to me, sweetie. I know you just wanted to get rid of May."
"No, I didn't." Drew sighed. "Listen Amy, I don't exactly know what your problem is, but you need to see a doctor."
"Why do you think that?" asked Amy. "Do I look sick?"
"You are sick, sick in your mind." Drew frowned. "Amy, I already told you we're done okay? Stop stalking me, stop coming to my house, we've already been through this."
Amy's face became red with anger. "I know we've already been through this Drew. And I told you, if you don't love me, I'll throw myself into the ocean."
"And that's not my problem Amy." replied Drew. "None of that is my problem. We're through, okay? And why don't you just take it like a normal human being and get on with your life. And stop bothering mine."
Amy laughed. "What life? Drew you and I know that your life was May's and I'm not going to say it belonged to me, because I'm not blind. But May's gone, she ditched you, why can't you just get on with your life, no wait, you don't have one." Amy stood up and linked arms with Drew. "Don't tell me not to jump into the ocean when you know you were going to do the same thing with May."
"Okay, I admit that we are the same in one light, I was depressed after May dumped me. And I still am." Drew pulled his arm away from Amy's "But unlike you, I'm not about to throw myself into the ocean because of it."
"And I'm not going to either." said Amy. "Just tell me you love me and I won't do it."
"That isn't always going to work Amy. You can't build a relationship on lies. One day you'll wake up and notice that all I'm saying is words that are meaningless to me."
"They won't be meaningless, because one day, you will love me."
"No I won't, I never did love you Amy, and I never will."
Amy's eyes widened with fear. "S-so you're saying that you don't care if I drown myself?"
"I'm saying that I'm done beating myself up because of you. I'm done blaming myself, go jump in the ocean for all I care. Your blood isn't going to stain my hands anymore, your life isn't going to weigh on my conscience either. So do what you want Amy, I don't care anymore."
Amy stared at Drew for sometime before bolting out the door.

Drew sat down for dinner a week after he had spoken to Amy. He hadn't heard anything from her since. She hadn't come to his door anymore, she hadn't called him, and she hadn't even e-mailed him. And Drew was happy, for the most part. There was always this nagging feeling at the back of his brain. He had a bad feeling in his gut that Amy had thrown herself overboard but then he reminded himself of his little speech, that he was sick of it. But that is still not an excuse , he heard May say to him. And it was true, it wasn't an excuse. And that night as Mrs. Almond, Helen, set down a plate of mashed potatoes, chicken, corn, and a muffin before Drew and Mr. Almond, Mark.
"Turn on the TV," grumbled Mark before Helen had a chance to sit down. She reached for the mini-TV they kept in the kitchen and changed it to the news.
A lady with short black hair and no eyebrows appeared on the screen. "Hello, my name is Holly Cinderson, and I'm here with breaking news. Apparently the police have found a body floating into Little Root by the ocean currents… oh wait! Wait, we are getting more information. Kari, can you tell us what's going on?"
The screen focused onto the mini screen beside Holly. It showed a tall brunette with a huge poncho draping over her eyes. She was standing in Little Root where at the time it was raining. The woman stared into the TV before saying. "Yes Holly, the Little Root police have just told us that the body is of a girl. With short black hair and a blue highlight."
"What about the clothes Kari? Did you get any information on the clothes?" asked Holly.
Again, Kari froze before saying. "They have found the girl naked when she got brought up. This girl is skinny and short with black hair and a blue highlight. Again, black hair and a blue highlight."
Holly nodded. "Thank you Kari." And then she turned back to the screen and fixed up her papers. "If you know who this girl might be, please call the Jenny's in Little Root. If you could even tell us what city she's from, that would be a lot of help, thank you."
Drew slowly pushed his food away.
"What's wrong dear?" asked Helen, staring over at her son. It wasn't like him to refuse to his favorite meal. Even Mark looked over at Drew.
"I'm just… not as hungry as I thought."

End of Chapter 9