October 14th (Lilycove City, Hoenn)
(May's POV)
It was 5:30 AM and I couldn't fall asleep because I was depressed. After school yesterday, I went to the Canalave City Library in Sinnoh. I spent hours looking at everything that tied to my prophecy and the story that Arceus told me. I found little which didn't help. The only vital thing I discovered was that every time that I sing, it helps my enemies locate me easier so I can't even do that anymore.
I came back to school where everyone pretty much yelled at me for leaving without a trace. Afterwards, I held up in my room and just listened to music while I pet Skitty on my lap. I finally fell asleep but kept suffering nightmares so I was up for most of the night.
I decided to get up since I couldn't sleep anyways. I changed and quietly crept out of my room with my backpack and pokemon to make some chamomile tea. Once it was done, I took it out to the balcony and shut the clothe shades and glass door before sitting down.
Suddenly Shinx came out of his pokeball, "Shinx shinx shinx," he said sadly while looking up at me with sad eyes.
"I know Shinx and I'm sorry, I just can't help but feel depressed from what I've learned in the past few days and it hurts," I said sadly.
"Shinx shinx shinx."
"I hope this mood disappears soon too. Come sit on my lap," I said as I made room for him.
He leapt up and sat on my lap as I began to pet him. While petting him, I looked out at the beach ahead in the early morning as I sat in thought. How could this happen to me? Why did it have to be me? After what seemed to be a short period, I saw that it was 7:20 meaning I should head to homeroom.
I gently shook Shinx awake who fell asleep on my lap, "Thanks for the company Shinx," I said gratefully while returning him to his pokeball.
I grabbed my backpack and mug before going inside to find that everyone had already left. I put my mug in the sink and left for homeroom. When I got there, everyone was in their seats, "Lin, where were you, you scared us half to death," Misty said angrily with concern.
"I'm sorry, I couldn't sleep all night and I was tired of waking up constantly so at 5:30 I decided to change and hang out on the balcony," I said quietly.
"Lin, what's wrong? You have been acting more moody than we've ever seen you," Dawn said sadly.
I gave her a smile, "Sorry, right now I've been swept into one of the worst depressed moods ever and I can't seem to snap out of it."
"So what, is it that time of the month or something that gets you girls depressed?" Gary asked.
Leaf then clobbered him with her Chem book, "Not every girl is like that and if you say any comment related of the sort again with any of us girls around, I will kill you," she said through clenched teeth.
Seeing everyone's crazy antics made me smile a tad bit. I loved seeing how all of them had close relationships with each other.
"Well if it isn't the loser. What's with the goth get-up? Trying to dress more like a dork than you already are," Brandi said snootily.
I snorted in laughter since she called a simple black lace top and a few black accessories goth, "I'm sorry, you want to insult my get-up? At least I'm not dressed like a desperate tramp," I retorted while looking at her outfit.
She wore a tight low neckline pale pink top with light ripped denim shorts, ridiculous high heels, her hair in a really high ponytail, and way too much make-up.
"Why you…," she started to say but got cut off by the teacher.
"Miss Hartwood, is there a problem?" Mr. Thornton asked.
"No Mr. Thornton," she said sweetly and sent me an evil glare before finding a seat.
"Nice one Lin," Dawn whispered happily as she gave me a high five.
"Well that was a change over," Gary said. "Are you sure it…." he started to say but Leaf gave him an evil glare while starting to pick up her Chem book.
"Never mind," he quickly said while shielding his head causing Leaf to grin in victory.
After that, the bell rang signaling the end of homeroom. We split up for our classes and I got stuck with grasshead following me who then handed me a rose.
"What's this for?" I asked puzzled.
"That's for turning back into your old self Lilac," he said and continued to walk to math while I stood behind fingering the rose.
I quickly put the rose in my hair and made my way down the hall to math class. For once, I was actually able to focus on class today. I don't know what did it. Maybe my friends, my pokemon, or Drew that snapped me out of my mood. Don't get me wrong, I'm still upset over the recent news but I was getting out of the dark mental pit slowly.
I just finished my history test as the bell rang signaling lunch, "Come on Lin," Dawn whined.
I laughed at her antics, "I'm coming Dawn, calm down," I said as I dropped off my test and met her at the door. She suddenly grabbed my hand and started to pull me down the hallway.
"Any particular reason why you are dragging me down the hallway?" I asked quickly while trying to focus on not tripping.
"For once they brought in Sinnoh cuisine for lunch today and I don't want to miss out," she said happily as she continued to drag me down the hall to the cafeteria.
After she got a good spot in line, I opted out and choose a sandwich instead. After getting our food, we went to the table to find everyone there.
"How do you think you did on the history test Lin?" Dawn asked as she started to eat her food.
"It was alright. It was easy enough, didn't even need to study to pass it," I said before continuing to eat.
I then noticed that everyone was staring at me as if I was crazy, "What?" I asked confused.
"How can you say Ms. William's test was easy, I almost died and I studied for hours," Gary complained.
I shrugged, "History just comes easy to me, it's not that hard."
"Here comes trouble," Leaf sing-songed while rolling her eyes before continuing to eat.
"Listen here you slut," Brandi started to say but I held my hand up to stop her while standing up.
"No, no, no, I'm tired of receiving old insults. Unless you can come up with a good one in ten seconds, you get to leave," I said tiredly.
She just stood there shocked and couldn't stop blinking in surprise, "Sorry your ten seconds have been used up and I don't hear an insult. I'm sorry but you're gonna have to leave," I said sweetly as I guided her away from the table.
I then walked away and sat down while everyone around the table just starred.
"What the heck just happened?" Misty asked.
"She didn't follow my instructions so she had to leave," I explained as I took a bit of my sandwich.
For the rest of lunch, everyone talked quietly amongst themselves and I felt Drew stare at me a few times. The bell then rang signaling Chem for me, Drew, Misty, and Ash. Today, Chem was actually interesting because Ash and Drew caused a small explosion that got the teacher hounding on them while Misty and I snickered. Once Chem was done, I went back to the dorm to grab my guitar so I could play freely on the beach. I heard the bell ring, but I was lost in the music and didn't hear it so I had to rush to coordinating arena with my guitar.
"What's with the guitar loser?" Brandi asked in a bored tone.
I shrugged, "What's it to you?" I said bored in return.
"Miss Hartwood would you please come give your appeal?" Solidad asked.
"I guess," Brandi said flustered as she made her way to the stage and got out a pokeball.
"Mismagius sweetheart, let's go!" Brandi said happily.
"Mismagius," she said and stood by ready for orders.
"Use Shadow Ball in the air followed by Thunder Wave and finish up with Lucky Chant," Brandi commanded.
"Mismagius," she said and did what she was told. She used Shadow Ball and reinforced it with Thunder Wave making a fusion move. She then used Lucky Chant to break it up causing sparkles to fall everywhere.
I sat on the bleachers bored. In my opinion, the sparkles bit is getting a little bit old.
"Lin, can you do an appeal with your guitar?" Solidad asked me snapping me out of my train of thought.
I became flustered, "I beg your pardon," I stuttered.
"I would like you do an appeal while you play your guitar," she repeated.
"I guess," I finally said as Drew gave me an arrogant smirk with flicking his hair while Dawn gave me a smile of encouragement.
I grabbed my guitar along with the pokemon I wanted to use and walked up to the stage, "Let's go!" I shouted as I threw the pokeball and began to play "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen".
"Altaria," she said and flew through the air.
"Altaria, use Mist gently."
"Altaria," she sang and did a light mist to cover the stage.
"Now fly up while using Refresh and Sing."
"Altaria," she sang again while flying up using Refresh to look shiny and then used sing to fill the arena with different colors all around bouncing about in the mist.
"Now finish with Perish Song," I commanded.
"Altaria," she said while landing next to me and started to sing along with the melody I was playing.
I strummed the last chord as Altaria sang the last note and we then took a bow. The whole arena then applauded and I noticed that the battle class watched my performance as well. I wonder why they are here.
"That was wonderfully done Lin. Beautiful in appearance and in song," Solidad praised as I went back to my seat and the battle class joined everyone on the bleachers.
"Before I make an announcement, I would like to compliment that you did a wonderful job with your contest appeal Miss Mason," Mr. Stone said causing everyone to stare at me and I blushed slightly from all the attention while Brandi looked ready to murder me.
"The reason the battle class has come here is because I have an announcement to make," he said. "In less than two weeks, we will be doing a new tradition called a 'camping challenge'."
Everyone started to murmur to each other as to what he was talking about, "The challenge is that you will be in groups of four and you will be placed at a random location and it is your job to find your way back to the school," he explained.
Everyone groaned and started to complain, "Why do we have to do this, we did all of this on our pokemon journeys," they said.
Mr. Stone frowned causing everyone to shut up, "I wasn't done yet," he said sternly. "The way this challenge works is that you have to find your way back to the school without use of any technology. You will also have to stay out in the wilderness and you can't stay in any towns. You also will have a limited supply of food, water, and medicine. The rest you have to find on your own," he said with sly grin.
"That is the challenge. It's to help you build a better relationship with your pokemon, your group, and make you learn how to survive on limited means," he explained. "Oh, one more small detail, you will collect something and have to guard it along the way."
Everyone started to mumble in confusion while I yawned. This is gonna be a piece of cake since I've done missions like this before.
"That is all," he said. "You are dismissed."
Everyone gathered there stuff and left the arena, "That was random," Dawn said after we left.
"I'll agree to that. By the way Lin, awesome appeal. It was cool to have you play during it," Leaf complimented.
"Thanks, but I wouldn't have if Solidad didn't ask me to," I said.
"It still was really cool. Since when did you get an Altaria? It's super hard to evolve up to that," Ash asked in puzzlement.
"I was able to obtain a piece of candy from someone and that helped evolve Swablu into Altaria," I explained.
"You want to come train with us?" Misty asked.
"I would but I have to bring my guitar back to my room and I might have to work in the Pokemon Center later."
"Alright, we'll see you later then," Leaf said as everyone left to go practice.
I headed back to my dorm to put away my guitar. When I got there, I set my guitar in my room and was about to make some tea when someone knocked on the door. I wonder who's here? I went to the door and opened it revealing one of the best surprises ever.
"Max?!" I said in disbelief as I opened the door.
"It's great to see ya Lin," he said as I let him inside.
I gave him a hug, "What are you doing here?"
"It's family visiting weekend this weekend doofus and I'd thought I'd visit you with an extra day," he said smartly.
I smiled at his attitude, I missed it so much and then Max looked concerned, "Lin, did something happen, you never wear this much black anymore and you look so pale and tired. What's wrong?" he asked concerned.
I sighed, I should tell at least someone, "I'll explain in a minute. Let me get something really quick and my pokemon. And for the record, this isn't a lot of black," I protested while going to my room to grab the folder and my pokemon.
After I came back out, I led Max to the beach reserved to the school and let my pokemon out to play. He followed suit by letting out his Kirlia, Treeko, and Poochyena.
"Now May, what is all of this about?" he asked.
I sighed before telling him what happened the past few days. As I figured, he didn't believe me so I gave him the folder of what I learned yesterday. He looked over it and then gave me a hug with tears running down his face causing me to silently cry as I held him tight. We soon broke apart and I was surrounded by our pokemon. Max's pokemon looked sorrowful as they were told the sad news by my pokemon.
I gave them a sad smile while Max face's lit up, "Oh yeah, I almost forgot, when you left for school, she got incredibly lonely and so I asked if she wanted to be caught so I could give her to you," he said as he handed me a pokeball.
I smiled softly, "I missed her too, thanks Max," I said. "I'll use her in the Wallace Cup this weekend."
"It's a pity you can't sing anymore without being at risk," Max said sadly.
I smiled, "Do you think you can help me record the music for a song?" I asked with a smile.
Max looked extremely happy, "You got back into song writing," he said excitedly making our pokemon cheer in happiness.
I smiled at their antics, "I guess I had the inspiration to write something."
"You know I'll help you May, but what about singing since you can't do?" he asked.
"We'll work around that small detail," I said. "Come on, we have to change our appearance."
We returned our pokemon and went back to the dorm to change out of our disguises before we walked to a recording study downtown and borrowed a recording booth. As I and a few musicians played multiple instruments and sounds, Max recorded it and tweaked it so that it sounded clear. After a few hours, we got the song nailed down and it sounded awesome.
"That sounded really good May, I can't wait to hear you sing to it if you get the chance," he said.
"Well, we better head to the dorm and change back before my roommates come back from training," I said knowingly as I picked up the pace.
"I'm surprised you've been able to still keep you identity a secret," he said amazed.
I nodded in agreement as we finally reached the school entrance. We quickly ran inside the dorm and changed back into our disguises.
"When will your friends come back?" Max asked.
"They should be coming back in an hour," I said as I looked at my poketch seeing that it was 6:30 PM.
"Wow, your friends train late," he said.
"Well, classes are cut short tomorrow due to it being family visiting weekend," I explained. "You wanna help me with dinner?"
"Sure," Max said excitedly. "What are we making?"
"I'd thought I'd let you pick," I said with a smile.
"Sweet," he said and raced off to the kitchen.
For the next hour it was a ton of fun to make dinner with Max, it was just the right kind of medicine I needed for my depressed mood. Soon it was 7:30 and dinner was done with the pie in the oven as I heard a key in the door unlocking it.
"That training was tiring, I'm glad classes are shortened tomorrow," Dawn said before everyone stopped talking and smelled the food.
"Lin, if you made dinner, I will love you forever!" Ash yelled.
I laughed and stepped out of the kitchen with my blue apron covered with roses on, "I did with some help. Come on, it's done," I said with a smile gesturing them to follow me.
"Oh my Mew Lin, what did you make?!" Leaf asked.
"Chicken Parmesan, garlic bread, and a veggie salad," I said.
"What is Chicken Parmesan?" Gary asked.
"It's breaded chicken in tomato sauce covered with cheese eaten with noodles," I explained. "Matt, you got the garlic bread?"
"Got it right here Lin," he said as he carried it to the table.
"Awesome, thanks Matt. Everyone, my younger brother Matt. Matt, these are my roommates," I introduced as I took a seat.
Everyone soon followed my lead and Ash was about to dig in but I stopped him, "Everyone goes before you Ash," I teased. "Otherwise there won't be any left."
He pouted while everyone else got some. He relented though after everyone else got what they wanted and he was finally able to grab some.
"Oh my Mew Lin, this tastes the best," Dawn cried happily.
"Same," Misty said.
"Ditto," Leaf agreed.
"I'll give you credit this time Holly, this does taste good," Drew said with the other guys nodding in agreement.
"Alright," I said as I gave Matt a high five before we continued to eat.
"So Matt, you here for family visiting weekend?" Leaf asked.
"Yea, I decided to stop by a day early and see how sis was doing here," he said before eating a bit of salad.
"So Math, hav ou competed in any tournamens?" Ash asked with his mouth full.
Misty hit him with her mallet, "How many times do I tell you, don't talk with your mouth full," she scolded for what seemed to be the umpteenth time.
"Does this happen often?" Matt asked.
"Oh yea, but it wouldn't be them if they didn't," I explained with a grin.
"Wow," was all Max said before finishing his food along with everyone else. Then I heard the timer for the pie.
"I'll get that," I said as I stood up and checked on the pie.
"You have any embarrassing stories in your arsenal about your sister?" Drew asked.
"If you say anything Matt, you won't get dessert but a death wish instead!" I hollered from the kitchen.
What I didn't know was that he mouthed 'later' making everyone have a sly grin on their face, "All right, who wants apple pie?" I asked causing everyone's faces to light up.
"You are the best person on the planet!" Leaf cried.
"You're attitude sure did a 180 Azalea," Drew teased.
I rolled my eyes as I smiled and distributed the pie around. Good thing I made two of them since Ash had seconds.
"Matt, you play any video games?" Gary asked.
Max just grinned evilly, "You just asked for your worst nightmare," I sighed as I started to clean up.
"I'll help ya Dahlia since you lost your kitchen aid," Drew said with a smirk while flicking his hair as he stood up and started to help me.
As I started to do dishes, I heard NNNOOOO coming from Gary and Ash while I assumed that Paul was shocked to bits causing me to snicker.
"How many cheat codes did you use this time Matt?" I hollered from the kitchen.
"About ten, actually eleven since I found one a few days ago," he hollered back as they started another round.
I shook my head at his antics while washing dishes as Drew dried them, "You have a close relationship with your brother don't you?" Drew asked.
I smiled a bit, "Yea, I kinda acted like a second mom to him along with Nurse Joy. We actually learned this recipe from her," I explained.
"I'm really curious about your mood change, seriously what happened?" he asked looking at me with his emerald eyes.
I stopped what I was doing and starred back at him with a small smile, "I suppose it's good company, music, and good food that makes a person feel better," I said thoughtfully.
Instead of smirking he actually gave me a genuine smile which I returned. I then heard snickering behind me and sighed, "This performance is over, sorry to disappoint you," I said as I turned back to the sink and continued to do dishes with a smile on my face while Drew shook his head amusement.
"I'm guessing it's all the more funny because you recorded that Matt," I guessed.
"Maybe," he said mysteriously causing me to sigh.
"You know what Matt, I don't care. Go upload it on some website, Ho-oh knows I can't stop ya," I said smirking knowing what would happen.
"Well it's no fun if you put it that way," he complained.
I then heard a pokeball pop open from my pocket, "Ruh," he said happily.
"Oh yea, Matt, this is Riolu. He's the pokemon that hatched from the egg I brought with me," I said as I finished cleaning the last dish and drained the sink water.
"Cool, the people who gave him to you were sure right about him being a good addition to your team," he said.
"Can you please show us those cheat codes?" Gary begged Max.
"He shrugged, "I don't see why not," he said and the guys left for the TV while the girls and I decided to take our gathering to the balcony as I returned Riolu after giving him some milk.
"How was training?" I asked.
Suddenly Misty blushed slightly causing Leaf and Dawn to snicker making me grin slyly, "Spill," I ordered.
"So we were practicing in the park near school when Rudy came up and asked Misty if she wanted to train their water pokemon together," Leaf said.
"Oh course she said no but he was persistent causing Ash to join the fray and boy was he red in the face," Dawn laughed.
"Then the two boys started battling over Misty making her mad and flustered all at the same time because she wanted to knock some sense into Ash but she couldn't bring herself to hit her crush wanting to train with her," Leaf said sweetly.
"Eventually Ash won out with Pikachu obviously, then he and Misty actually split off from the group and went elsewhere," Dawn said slyly.
I raised my eyebrow and smirked, "So what happened after that Misty?" I asked.
"Nothing," she said a little bit too quickly making her blush a little more causing the rest of us to snicker.
We stopped and waited for her to continue, "We went to another part of the park to train. Afterwards, he invited me to go to a nearby coffee shop for a small snack, that's all," she said but we didn't believe her.
We continued to stare at her until she finally cracked, "Then he kissed me on the cheek as we left the shop," she said while burying her face in her legs in embarrassment.
Dawn quietly squealed while Leaf grinned and I smirked, "So now he made a move. Seriously though, the boys learned of your crushes a few weeks ago, at least someone made a move. Or did they all make a move?" I asked slyly.
This caused Leaf and Dawn to blush while I smirked again and Misty looked relieved that the attention got off her, "Spill," I ordered.
They didn't say anything, "Dawn, did yours happen the day you got back from that one event a few weeks ago?" I asked with an eyebrow raised.
She blushed again causing me to smirk in success, "Yeah," she said quietly while fiddling with her pink braided bracelet that was on her left arm.
We waited for her to continue, "Leaf, Misty, Ash, and Gary already left the room while it was just me and Paul. I was about to leave when he gave me an actually hug and a small smile while saying night Dawn," she said as she had a lovesick look on her face.
"Normally I wouldn't count that, but since this is Paul we are talking about, I would consider that a move. Has he done anything else since then?" I asked.
She shook her head looking a little sad, "No, but I'll willing to wait since he is the kind of person that doesn't like to display emotion very much," she said with a small smile.
I then looked at Leaf who had a frown on her face since she was hoping I would forget her, "We couldn't forget you Leaf, so what happened to you?" I asked.
She blushed, "It was after Gary got back from that science convention that he went to with his grandpa. We went on a walk after he got back down by the park where we trained so I could give him his birthday present."
"Was it that new computer software or something?" Dawn asked.
She nodded, "After he opened it, he was really excited and started shouting in happiness all over the place. The program hasn't even been released yet, but I have a few connections that allowed me to get a copy," she paused for a second making us lean in to make sure we heard what she would say next.
"He then kissed me on the cheek as he gave me a hug before continuing to freak out and run back to the dorm to use it," she said as she blushed again. "Normally I would be mad at the idiot for leaving me but I was too shocked at the moment and he was really excited about that program for months so I made an exception," she said quietly with a small smile.
"At least the guys made a small move, now to make sure you get into couples," I said deviously with a smirk.
"Good luck with that, but they know how we feel due to slip ups made by our friend May. So I'm waiting for them to make the next move because we don't even know if they reciprocate our feelings," Misty said.
I was closest to the door and I heard the faint sound of squealing that was almost non-existent from a listening device that Max had placed by the door. I mentally shook my head and silently sighed in disappointment.
"So what's up with you Lin, it's time to put the spotlight on you," Dawn said.
"What do you mean, what's up with me?" I asked raising an eyebrow.
The girls all grinned evilly, "You made us confess, now it's your turn, spill," Leaf ordered.
I put on a confused face, "I still don't know what you're talking about," I said puzzled.
"Lin, cut the crap, do you have a crush on Drew?" Misty asked.
"Why would I have a crush on the guy who can't remember my name, insults me, and gives me roses," I said with a straight face, but I felt a slight blush appear.
"You do like him!" Dawn squealed.
"Excuse me, but I didn't say anything," I huffed.
"Your blush says otherwise and don't think we're stupid, we know you love the roses he gives you," Misty teased.
I rolled my eyes, "Think what you want, this conversation is gonna give Drew reason to tease me."
"Why would he tease you, he doesn't know?" Dawn asked confused.
I shook my head sadly while standing up to go by the door to find the bug I heard earlier and picked it up, "This listening session is over and you are so busted!" I shouted making it squeal with feedback to where the boys were and then stepped on it to crush it.
"Are you kidding me, the guys overheard us again?! I hope they had fun listening on our feelings, this stinks," Leaf complained.
The guys then came out onto to the balcony, "I hope your ears are bleeding," I scolded. "Matt, you are so busted. I could care less if anyone heard me, but you hurt my friend's feelings because you bugged us."
He looked a little upset before I turned the guys, "If what you heard doesn't give you proof, I don't know what will," I said in a tiredly before standing up and went to my room to check and see if Lizzy emailed me back.
I saw that she did saying that she finally calmed down and was actually feeling confident about the contest causing me to smile. At least someone is doing better. I replied back saying that I was happy she was doing better and not to be too confident.
I sent the email and heard a knock on the door, "Come in," I said as I closed my laptop.
"It's me," Max called as he walked in. "I'm sorry about the whole bugging thing, but I was extremely curious with what you were talking about and the guys soon listened because they were interested as well."
I sighed, "I'm not mad, I'm just a tad bit frustrated. The girls and guys have had crushes on each other for the longest of time and the girls spilled but the guys haven't really made a move yet," I said tiredly.
"So you're trying to play matchmaker," Max clarified.
"Pretty much," I agreed.
"So what was that about the whole deal with Drew?" Max asked as he sat in my desk chair causing me to blush slightly.
"I hate being interrogated, but I suppose I had it coming since I interrogated them," I muttered.
"You still didn't answer my question so I'll take that as a yes."
I blushed, "I guess, he has handed me red roses from time to time, but Matt, I'm not in the position to be in a relationship," I whined while falling back on my bed.
"You know that you were the one who wanted to have a double life instead of being just May," he said in a hushed tone.
"I wanted to try to be normal without the attention of being May and it's hard since Lance's agents live here," I whispered back.
He sighed while shaking his head, "You could just tell them," he suggested.
I sighed, "I would, but I don't want to get them in trouble with Lance or put them in danger."
"I guess I do see your point," he said while nodding in agreement. "Come on, I want to play 10 Phases. It's been too long since we've played that."
"You have the cards?" I asked.
"Nope," he said as he tossed me a brand new deck. "But I did buy some for ya."
I got off my bed and gave him a hug, "You're the best, sure I'll play," I said as we left the room to play at the kitchen table.
I noticed that Drew was the only one in the common area while everyone else was gone, "Uh….where did everyone go?" I asked.
"Due to your statement, the guys took the girls the girls out somewhere, probably to confess," he said in a bored tone.
"Finally!" I shouted.
"You coming Lin?" Max asked.
"Yea, I'm a comin' I'm a comin'," I huffed.
"What are you guys doing?" Drew asked.
"We're gonna play 10 Phases, wanna join?" I asked.
"Got nothing better to do, you'll have to teach me though," he said while shrugging.
"Cool," I said grinning. "Matt, we got another player."
"Fine, I'll deal," he said as we sat around the table.
(Misty's POV)
After Lin left, it got a little bit too quiet for me so I left with Ash following me, "Mist, can I talk to you?" he asked.
"Sure Ash," I said.
"Can we do it elsewhere?" he asked.
I looked a little puzzled, "I guess."
"Wanna head down to the beach," he asked with a goofy smile.
I smiled while rolling my eyes, "You know me better than that Ash. If it's the beach, you don't even need to ask," I teased.
He laughed and we went to the beach in an awkward silence, "What did you want to tell me Ash?" I asked after we finally got there.
He put his hand behind his head and looked nervous, "Does this have to do with us girls talking from earlier?" I asked.
He blushed slightly causing me to sigh, "Ash, I'm sorry if I embarrassed you with saying that. I guess I've developed feelings for you in the past few years and you've been one of my best friends, I'm sorry if this…," I said but didn't finish because Ash kissed me causing me to blush and become flustered after we broke apart.
This caused Ash to laugh, "Calm down Mist, I've felt the same way for a while though I didn't really have the guts to tell you til now. I guess when Rudy showed up I became jealous," he said as we held hands and continued to walk along the beach.
We stopped and I turned to smile at him causing him to smile in return, "At you least you still got me," I said before we kissed again.
(Dawn's POV)
After Misty left with Ash following her, Leaf and I decided to leave as well. I wound up going to the area where we trained earlier to think and Piplup let himself out of his pokeball.
"Piplup?" he asked concerned.
"Well the guys overheard us girls talking about them again and I'm sick of stepping on egg shells with Paul," I said with a sigh.
"Pip piplup pip piplup lup," he said in a matter-of-fact-tone.
I shook my head sadly, "That's easier said than done, he already knows of my feelings. Besides, he probably finds it annoying. Why do you think he calls me troublesome?"
"Because you are troublesome," Paul said as he slipped out of the shadows.
"Piplup return," I said returning him before turning to Paul. "Why are you here?"
He shrugged, "I see, as if spying on me while I talk about my feelings twice isn't enough, you came back for more," I said with a twinge of anger and sadness. "You know what, never mind."
I started to leave when Paul grabbed my arm to pull me around and kiss me, "You talk too much troublesome," he said as we broke apart.
"Why couldn't you have just told me?" I asked.
He rolled his eyes, "You should me by now troublesome. I'm the one who isn't comfortable with displaying emotions very much. Even though I don't show them, doesn't mean they don't exist," he said quietly.
I nodded my head in knowing, "I'm sorry," I said quietly while staring at the ground.
"Dawn, you don't need to feel sorry," he said while lifting my chin up before kissing me again.
I gave him a hug after we broke apart which he returned. We then held hands and walked back to the dorm in wonderful silence as I smiled happily.
(Leaf's POV)
After Misty left with Ash following her, Dawn and I decided to leave as well since it was getting awkward. I left for a park that contained a small forest that was nearby because I needed to think. After a while, I got a tad bit lonely so I called out Espeon.
"Esp?" she asked concerned as I sat down on a nearby bench.
I groaned, "I'm having love life issues," I said depressed while leaning back on the bench.
"Esp Espeon on?" she asked again.
"I don't know if he likes me, I'm actually kind of scared if he does," I said sadly.
"Espeon?" she said confused.
I sighed, "How do I know if I'm gonna be one of those girls that doesn't get dumped after a few days like he did with the others the last two years. I know he hasn't dated anyone since the end of school last year, but still….I guess that's the thing that scares me the most. I like him, but I'm scared to be in a relationship."
Suddenly Espeon heard a noise coming from the bushes to see it was an Umbreon. She went over to him and licked his nose, "Huh…," I said and then it dawned on me. "You can come out Gary."
He came out of the bushes with his hands in his pockets and a small grin on his face, "So what's the matter Leafy?" he asked as he sat on the bench next to me.
"You know, you overheard me," I said shortly. "Go ahead laugh, make fun of me. I really don't care at this point."
"I'm not gonna make fun of you," he said in a caring tone. "I'm not that heartless."
I forced a laugh, "Says the guy who dates a girl for a few days, breaks up with her, and finds another to repeat the cycle," I said sarcastically.
He put his hands up, "Fine you have a point, but I wouldn't do that to my best friend," he said honestly.
"How would I know that? I said sadly while staring at the ground.
"I care about you too much to do that," he said before lifting my head up and kissing me.
I broke out of the kiss by standing up and took a few steps away from the bench while hugging myself, "How do I know that you won't drop me like everyone else," I said sadly before I felt tears running down my face.
He stood up and walked to me slowly, "You said I haven't dated anyone since the end of last year, why do you think that is," he asked as he got behind me and turned me around giving me a hug which I returned.
"I'm sorry Gary, I'm just scared because I haven't been in a relationship before and I don't want get my heart broken," I said honestly as we walked back to sit on the bench and I put on head on his shoulder while he put an arm around my waist.
"Don't worry Leafy, I won't hurt you, I promise," he said caringly while kissing the top of my head.
I then heard snickers coming from our pokemon as they watched us, "I don't see how this is amusing," I said to Espeon. "You're the one to get in a relationship before me."
"Espe Espeon, Esp Esp," she said.
"Excuse me, a minor technicality?" I scoffed at my pokemon. "That is the last time I let you watch my romantic drama with me, Espeon return."
Umbreon looked upset causing me to roll my eyes, "I'll let her back out once she stops snarking me with romantic advice," I said while looking at my watch before turning to Gary. "It's getting late, we should be getting back," I said as I kissed his cheek and stood up.
Gary just smiled in amusement, "Umbreon return," he said before he took my hand and we walked back to school.
(May's POV)
With everyone gone, it was really funny to play with Drew and Max. While we were playing, I was contemplating whether I should tell everyone or not and eventually I decided to tell everyone when they got back. While thinking, Drew kept kicking my butt and winning. I tried hard to catch up to Drew but the ending stats were that Max was at Phase 7, I was on Phase 9, and Drew won out at Phase 10.
"Good game you guys," I said as the door opened with everyone in pairs holding hands.
"FINALLY!" I shouted in relief causing them to snap out of their love-struck gazes with panic.
"Sweet Arceus Lin," Misty said spooked. "Don't do that."
"Sorry, but you guys finally got together, took ya forever though," I teased.
"I'd keep your mouth shut Lin. You're going be getting the attention of all of us soon enough," Dawn retorted.
I smiled sadly, "I don't know about that," I said while getting up for some water. I was feeling a headache coming on which I didn't need right now.
"Lin, are you okay?" Misty asked concerned.
"Not really," I said as I clutched my head as the pain from my headache increased.
"Lin what's wrong?" Dawn asked concerned.
"You must accept your destiny despite the pain, be strong," Arceus said in my head.
"I'm getting sick of all these headaches, stupid telepathy," I groaned as I rubbed my temples.
"What are you talking about Lin?" Leaf asked in puzzlement.
"Okay, question. Do you guys feel you truly know me?" I asked.
Everyone looked confused, "Why ask a question like that?" Misty asked confused.
"Just answer the question," I said tiredly.
"If you want us to answer honestly, then I'd have to say no," Dawn said sadly.
I smiled sadly, "You have good judgment Dawn along with good coordinating skills. No wonder Lance had you join PHPA," I said honestly.
Everyone starred at me in shock, "How in Ho-oh's name did you know that?" Drew asked me.
I smiled sadly, "Everyone has their secrets including me," I said sadly as I took off the contacts and wig letting my brown hair loose leaving everyone more shocked.
"I'm sorry," I said as I hung my head in shame while everyone stared at me.