Oh gosh, this chapter. I will fight off the urge to delete all cousin scenes. 8th edit!

Some people just want to read books and get all nerdified for the next semester. Some people just want to look their best every single day of their lives. But some people, including May, just want to have fun. And a small handful, like Ash, just want to sit back and watch.

Today was a lovely Sunday morning, with the sun, as usual, showing off its…rays or whatever it likes to show off so much that it blinds us all and causes the Earth to get heat stroke or something…. Most people today would frolic in the sun, like May, but some people just want to be emo. Like Ash.

"URF! DAD, THIS DARN COKE BOTTLE IS GETTING STUBBORN!!" Max, May's annoying, smart, little brother yelled. He pushed up his glasses and wiped the sweat off his forehead.

"Um, Max, you said 'dibs on the Coke'. So there you go. Your Coke's all yours, son…and May, we're not going out for a fashion party or whatever." Norman pointed out to May.

"But, DAADDDDD!"

"No 'buts', darling."

"AWWWW!"

May was wearing a floral pink dress with an enormous hat that could shelter her from any sun. She was wearing a pair of shades, but since they were indoors, she positioned it on her hat.

"Fine…" She stormed up back into the room, then she came out with a white shirt saying "If you're reading this shirt, thank a teacher!", and floral pants.

"Ok, kids, let's MOVE OUT!" Caroline yelled. "I JUST HAD MY COFFEE WITH 5 CUPS, yes, CUPS OF SUGAR AGAIN, AND I NEED TO BURN MY CAFFEINE, BABEHH!"

Norman sweatdropped. "Sometimes I wonder if marrying her was even a good choice…" he muttered.

MEANWHILE AT THE KETCHUM RESIDENCE

"NOOOOO!! Mum, you can't make me!!"

Ash was screaming as his mother violently dragged him down the stairs. THUD! THUD! THUD!

He looked at the demon before him: his little cousin Charis (it's an OC…I apologies for putting an OC…for those who don't really like 'em). The one that scarred him for life once. The one that he was due to babysit for a mere fee of 5 dollars.

A scream (yes, it's SOUNDS like a girl's voice) pierced the silence of the neighbourhood. Basically, the entire world.

"Hiccup."

"GAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!" Ash screamed and hid behind his mum for protection.

"Mum, please, please, you can torture me, make me do some math, make me watch your Korean dramas, make me watch Hannah Montana for 10 hours straight, kick me in my happy place, but, oh gosh, NOT THIS!"

"Ashy, shut up, or I'll ask your other cousin Evelyn to come play with little Charis. And if you don't shut up by then, I'll invite another cousin, like Drake (A/N: if I didn't ask you for permission on MSN, SORRY!) or what's-that-name-the-one-that-Charis-plays-with-the-most. Charis likes people. Don't make me invite-"

"OK, OK, I'LL BEHAVE!!" Ash frowned and whimpered as Charis tottered gingerly to her victim…of kisses.

"Oh, darling, how sweet, gottogobyehoney!" Delia quickly said and she slammed the door, leaving Ash to his doom.

Charis looked innocently at Ash, who was trying to act neutral and grab a towel but apparently he was shaking so heavily that he couldn't really breathe. His face was…purple.

Then the TV mysteriously switched on. Charis grinned cheekily. "HANNAH MONTANA!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

BACK TO THE MAPLES…

"Are we there yet?" May asked.

"Honey, this is the 9th time you're asking me."

"…you bothered to count?"

"Darling, when you're stuck in a jam with your-" he looked at Caroline singing Barney songs to the pedestrian walking past (she guessed he was sick; he cupped his ears, screamed and fainted) and continued, "-insane mother, a little boy who apparently had his ego inflated after I lost to him in soccer trivia by 10 points…you have a tendency to do weird stuff, so, May, PLEASE DON'T RUB IN!"

"…Fine…"

(A few seconds later of Barney songs…)

"Are we there yet?"

"GAHHHHHHH!!"

The same scream was echoed at the Ketchum residence.

"No, no, Charis, put that down…wait, what's Evelyn doing here And Shan Leong and Daryl…? AHHHHHHHHH!!" (More OCs…ugh, I can't help it!) Ash cowered in a corner, while the 2 girls Evelyn and Charis threatened him with their plushies. Shan Leong was mapling, Daryl was drinking tea and watching soccer, and both of them were watching their little sisters, a year younger than them torturing a 15-year-old boy. They were 7, so they understood.

"GUYS!! HELP MEEEE!!" Ash yelled at his male cousins as the 2 girls approached him slowly, like a tiger who wants the poor bunny to suffer terrifyingly.

Shan Leong was screaming at the top of his lungs at the monster he can't seem to kill in Maplestory. Daryl was sipping tea and looking at the TV screen (surprisingly, he managed to convince his sister and cousin Charis and Evelyn that 'torturing the stupid spiky' was better than Hannah Montana)

"Big boys SHOULD know how to protect themselves from GIRLS." Daryl noted, his eyes leaving to snicker at Ash's cowardice. Then he continued minding his own business. The girls would be bored and he will have to watch Hannah Montana or something else with them. Shan Leong laughed.

Charis was armed with a lipstick ('cause she seriously hated make-up, and lipsticks could be utilized to hit people) and Evelyn was armed with her Kingdom Hearts keyblade (if Ash tries to escape) and her 2 make-up kits. That would make 2.00001 with Charis' lipstick.

"OKAY, OKAY, JUST DON'T KILL ME! I'LL BRING YOU ALL TO THE PLAYGROUND! SHAN LEONG, STOP LOOKING AT MY HISTORY OF CONVERSATIONS WITH-"

"Shan Leong grinned. "May. SHE'S YOUR GIRLFRIEND!" Then everyone started chanting "Ash and May sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

Ash gathered his courage to drag the four kids (Shan Leong was screaming 'cause he was killed by a Golem in Maplestory after he was dragged by Ash, Daryl was sulking 'cause Manchester United scored a goal after he was dragged by Ash and his lil' sister was happy, Charis was squealing 'cause she found out that being dragged by Ash by her leg was fun, and Evelyn was giggling 'cause she managed to smear lipstick all over Ash's face)

Then he set off to the park.

May was hanging upside down on a branch, with her mother who was drinking Coke (with more sugar) upside down. "OO, a random piece of Mentos!" Caroline grinned. She dropped it in her Coke.

"NONO MUMMM!!"

BOOM!

And at that time Ash and the sulking boys and the smiling girls saw the explosion from a corner. "Can we do that to Ash later?" Charis asked her brother innocently.

"If you want to." Daryl smiled as he chortled at his sister's innocent evilness. "Just remember to use the video camera."

Ash chortled at poor May from afar, soaked with Coke and hanging upside down on a branch.

"OOOO, that your GURL FWEN?" Evelyn asked.

"W-What, no, no." Ash quickly retorted, blushing at her remark.

"Well, I don't care. HEY, YOOHOOOOO, GURL FWENNNNN!!" Evelyn yelled, before Ash quickly covered her mouth.

"HEY DON'T TOUCH MY SISTAAAAA!! HIYAAAAHHHHH!!" Shan Leong kicked Ash in his…yeah, you know…

Ash accidentally let go of all the kids. Charis dropped down on her head, and she got so mad she kicked him in the same place Shan Leong kicked him. Then she quickly ran off in pursuit of her cousins, who were distracted by a lone swing. They were all squirming to get it.

"N-note to self…learn karate…UGHH…" And then Ash quickly shook off his pain (it took him a minute) and then, behind the bushes, he ran to the playground.

Max saw the 4 kids fighting for the swing, and he decided to bully them.

"Hi, kids, hey, if you can't answer my question, I get the swing." He grinned.

Charis looked up. "Okay."

"What is the evolution of Combuske-"

"It evolves to Blaziken. And it evolved from Torchic. NOW SHUDDAP OR I'LL KILL YA LIKE WHAT I DID TO THAT MEANIE ASH!" Charis, the ultimate pokemon fan yelled.

Max was stunned. He had never been outsmarted by anyone.

"Ok, big boy, you don't wanna go away, I ask you THIS question!" Charis announced. Then she bit her lip for awhile, before saying, "WHAT'S DA CUBE ROOT OF 125?! CAN'T ANSWER, I GIVE YA 1 SECOND! NO, YOU DON'T KNOW? HA LOSER NOW LEMME KICK YOUR ARSE!" and she proceeded to kick him.

"PSSSTTTTT, hey…come here, will ya…" Then Ash saw May fall down the branch with a resounding thud on her bum, and he ran away.

Evelyn looked at Ash. "Hehe…his face ish as red as a POTATO!"

Daryl rolled his eyes. "It's TOMATO!!"

"WHO CARES ASH IS POTATO!!" Evelyn cackled. "LET'S COOK HIM!! AND I GET DA BIGGESHT PORTION!!" And she started laughing evilly. Charis soon joined her.

"I GET TO PUT SALT!!"

"YAY!"

A creak sound stops their evil cackling.

Everyone turned to look around.

"Uh, hehe, hi." Shan Leong sheepishly smiled as he held the swing tighter. The 2 girls attacked him, while Daryl smartly ran off to avoid getting punched by a girl…and to look for Ash.

Ash was texting May behind a tree, when Daryl found him. Being the mature one within the group, he managed to decipher all those funny shorts like 'lol'. He snickered as he watched Ash from behind. Then he realized that he had to get back to his sister and his cousins, and he ran off quickly.

"!! WHEN HE COMES BACK, I'M GONNA, I'm GONNAAAAAAA…WAHHHHHHH!!" Charis was screaming like a lunatic. Evelyn decided to play 'Follow the leader" and she started screaming as well. Shan Leong was…looking very bruised.

Suddenly, Daryl appeared from the bushes, saw his sister lock eyes with him, and he yelped. Charis screamed a war cry before tackling him to the ground, something an avid and talented soccer player like Daryl could foresee, but he just covered his eyes and awaited his doom.

Instead, she started bawling. "DAMN YOU, DAMN YOU, DAMN YOUUUUUUU!!" Then, when Daryl saw his sister crying and had officially let his guard down, she tackled him once more and did scary stuff to him. May saw the commotion and quickly pulled the rabid girl away.

Evelyn noticed her instantly. "HEY YOU'RE ASH'S GURL FWEEENNNNN!! HEY HEY YOU YOU I LIKE ASH'S GURL FWEENNN NO WAY NO WAY HE BETTER NOT TRY TO DUMP HER!!" she sang.

May blushed. Evelyn noticed this too, and she said, "HEYYY TOMATO BOY AND TOMATO GURRLLLL!!"

Charis giggled and Daryl quickly took his sister away from the 'girlfriend of the meanie'. Then he gingerly set her down before running off to Shan Leong's side.

May sighed. "Okay, I'll tell you a secret. I…I…um… kinda…I'm not Ash's girlfriend but… I…"

Ash cut her off by running towards her. Then he looked at her. "Um, hey."

"Yeah…hey." And they both blushed more.

"Charis, are there any other words to describe red?" Evelyn asked.

"Ketchup."

"…COOL."

Then Ash rented a bicycle with 5 seats, set everyone in their baby seats, and then he smiled at May. "Well, I'll, um, see you."

"Yeah. 'Kay." May smiled, and Ash blushed.

"Ketchup." Charis muttered, and Evelyn yelled "CONFESS, CONFESS, AHHHHHH!!" Then she looked at May. "What were you gonna say before Meanie interrupted?"

"Uh, um, nothing, I just thought, well…uh, NOTHING." May stuttered. She shuffled her feet.

Ash shrugged. "Evelyn, you're reading WAY too many Kingdom Hearts fanfiction…"

Evelyn screamed, "CONFESSS!!"

Then they parted ways.

Back at the Ketchum residence, Ash texted her for the last time that day.

"hey, u look cute upside down and soaked with coke. Give ur mum less sugar."

Gooosh, I know the word 'cowardice'?! Woah.

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