Morning comes

May's POV

I woke to something brushing against my lips. Startled, I opened my eyes. It took a moment for them to focus to the bright light. When they finally did, I blinked twice in shock. Drew's face was centimetres from my own and his hot breath was brushing over my face. I looked for Manaphy, but saw he wasn't between us anymore.

Somehow last night, Drew and I had ended up facing each other. One of my hands was entwined with his, the other resting gently on his chest. He had his other arm around my body. Any closer and I would be kissing him. Bad thought May! I told myself, you shouldn't be thinking about what his lips would feel like against your own. Bad May.

I studied his sleeping face. His eyes were closed softly, looking peaceful as he slept. I ran my eyes over his strongly defined cheek and jaw bones. He had a well-defined face. It was actually very attractive.

His nose. It wasn't small, but it wasn't large either. Just the perfect size in the middle of his face. I wondered what it would be like to rub my nose with his. I shook the thought from my head and brought my eyes up again, looking at his eyebrows. Thick, but not bushy. Two lines of green arching neatly over his eyes. Green, like his hair. Thick and luscious. His hair was hanging down to where his green eyes would normally be looking back out at me. Was it soft like I had thought it was? I reached up to push it away. It was really thick and slightly rough, As much as I imagined smooth hair to feel wonderful, somehow this felt better. I rubbed a lock of green in-between my fingers. How was that so addicting. I dropped it quickly and returned my hand back to its original position on his chest. What would Drew think if he woke up to find you playing with his hair, I scolded myself. I looked away from his hair, lest I start fingering it again. I could understand now why fan girls went nuts over him. He was really handsome.

I decided to just continue looking at him. No more touching, I told myself, just looking. His ears. Again, not too small, not too big. One was squished against the side of the hammock, but I could see the other. I thought about how my lips would be able to press a small gently kiss behind it. A perfect place. Stop May! I screamed at myself in my head. Where did this come from. I blinked and my gaze lowered again to the one place that I didn't want to look at. The one feature I had purposely left out.

His mouth.

It was slight ajar as he breathed in and out. His lips were pale pinkish and slightly dry. I reached up and brushed my thumb carefully along his bottom lip. It sent a shiver down my spine. No stop! I told myself, yanking my hand away, I told myself no touching and I mean it. But his lips had me in some sort of trance. I snuggled myself a little closer to him. He was really warm and I was surprised he hadn't woken up yet with all my movements. I found myself staring at his lips again. It wouldn't be hard to cover them with my own. Just lean forward and tilt my head a little. I found myself leaning forwards. Where did all these thoughts of kissing him come from? I didn't…like him did I? Ok I give up. I like Drew a lot. More than just like even. Maybe I actually loved him.

I was surprised when he leaned forwards and his lips were gently pressed against mine. He wasn't awake was he? He sighed and moved away. I blinked in shock. His eyes were still closed and he was still sleeping like nothing had happened. I blushed severely. What do I do now? Do I go back to sleep? Do I wake him up? Should I try and get up without waking him? Oh no, he's waking up. Quick May, I told myself, just close your eyes and pretend to be asleep.

Drew's POV

I had the most interesting dream ever. May and I were dancing on what seemed like the ocean. I don't know how but we were somehow twirling around the ocean. It was quiet and the moon was shining down on us. I held one of her hands and wrapped the other around her waist. She gently rested her hand on my chest and I held her closely. We were so close, we were within kissing distance.

I found her then looking up into my eyes with her bright blue eyes. I stopped dancing and just watched as she studied my features, feeling a strange sensation under her gaze. She first looked at my eyes, then my face, my nose and then my hair. I shivered slightly when she reached up and brushed my fringe out of the way. She took my hair between her fingers and smiled fondly as she played with my hair. Then she stopped and settled her hand back down again.

I thought that was the end, but her gaze focussed on my ears and finally I watched as her eyes went down to my lips. She reached up again and brushed her thumb along my bottom lip, sending a chill down my spine. She jerked her hand away, but was still staring intently at my mouth. She moved a little closer into me and I watched as she leaned forwards, almost looking hesitant. What was she waiting for? I leaned forwards and closed the gap between us. Her lips were so soft, so real, but I knew I had to wake up now. It was only a dream after all. I sighed reluctantly and moved away.

I woke up and opened my eyes for real this time, taking a second to adjust to the light. I blinked in shock, finding myself face to face with the sleeping form of May. Manaphy was gone. I had her tucked against me with one of my arms around her. One of her hands was crushed against my chest between us and the other was being held by mine. I sucked in a deep breath. When had this happened. Our position was so similar to the one in my dream. Had I done this? I looked down at her lips for a moment; they were very close to mine, but thankfully they looked untouched. I was worried that I could have kissed her as well. That could've been bad, especially if she had woken up. I moved myself away, releasing the hold I had on her and nudged her. She sleepily opened her eyes.

"Drew?" she questioned sleepily.

"Yeah," I mumbled, "looks like Manaphy left us alone."

"Oh." I saw that her face had turned slightly pink. I frowned in confusion. I think she was embarrassed. I got up quickly.

"C'mon," I said, "Don't you want any breakfast?"

"Oh right breakfast," she said with a dreamy tone in her voice, "I'm coming."

May's POV

All through breakfast Drew kept shooting me curious glances. I think it was because I wasn't really eating. I was too distracted. I couldn't stop thinking about what happened. Drew's lips had been dry and slightly cracked and well, not as soft as I would have liked, but it was so much more amazing than I imagined. If only he hadn't been asleep. My first kiss. It wasn't what I had expected. I had thought that it would awkward, not really knowing what to do, how long to kiss for, what I should do with my hands, but this was nothing like that. It was him who had taken control of it. I didn't have to do anything. If only he hadn't been sleeping. If only he'd known what he was doing. I smiled slightly as I thought of the feel that had travelled up my spine and burst in my brain. I was sure now that I loved him.

"Hey May," Ash called waving his hand in front of my face, "are you ok? You've hardly touched your food."

"Yeah," I sighed, "I'm just not that hungry." I pushed my plate away. Misty looked at me and then my plate.

"You can't be serious May," Max exclaimed, "You didn't eat anything last night and now you're not eating breakfast. Are you sick?"

"Maybe," I sighed, earning another strange glance from Drew. I giggled and blushed and everyone looked at me funny.

"You know," I said, "I think I'm going to take a breath of air." I stood up and made my way up to the deck. I sighed as I looked out over the edge. I saw Manaphy and smiled. He was ok after all. He was riding on the head of a Lapras. I closed my eyes, feeling the cool breeze brush over me like Drew's breath had done this morning. I smiled. I think I'd keep it my secret. No-one else had to know, not even Drew himself. Things might become awkward between us if I told him. No this was going to be my nice warm secret. One that I could keep to myself and treasure.

"Hey Manaphy sure looks happy," Ash said. I jumped. I turned to see that Ash, Misty, Drew, Max, Lizabeth and Brock had joined me looking out at Manaphy. I saw him jump off the Lapras and into the water.

"You don't think Manaphy will get lost do you?" I asked, suddenly thinking of tiny Manaphy with all those bigger Pokémon.

"Don't you worry May," Lizabeth laughed.

"But-"

"Oh c'mon May," Max whined, cutting me off, "you worry too much. Children need freedom to grow or else you know."

"Oh who asked you Max," I retorted hotly. They laughed at me.

"Don't worry about it May," Drew said, "remember what Shep said. Manaphy has a sort of inborn map."

"I guess you're right," I sighed. Manaphy jumped of the water, waving to me as he yelled his newly learnt words. I smiled. He jumped high and landed on the deck.

"Hi Manaphy," I cooed, bending down to pick him up.

'Happy love you mama,' he said. He turned and spotted Drew. He jumped out and cuddled into Drew's arms.

'Happy love you dada,' he said. I blinked in shock. Drew blushed slightly.

"So that's why Manaphy is so attached to you," I whispered, "he thinks you're his dad."

"Seems that way," Drew mumbled.

"Aww you two are so adorable," Ash cooed.

"Yeah," Misty agreed, "I can totally see you two as parents." I blushed and this time Drew couldn't hide the pink on his face. I was about to retort when Jackie came in.

"I need to steal Drew for a minute," he said, "is that ok?"

"Sure," I muttered, "not like you have to ask me anyway." Drew handed Manaphy back to me and followed Jackie as he went back inside. I turned and let Manaphy back into the water. When I looked up, I saw everyone else giving me a strange look.

"What?" I asked.

Drew's POV

I followed in silence as Jackie led me down under the ship. He opened the door to the room with the underwater viewing platform. I walked in, shooting a suspicious glance at him as he let the door close slightly.

"Ok spit it out," I demanded, "why have you dragged me down here?"

"I need you to take this seriously," he said, "You can't let your feelings get in the way of this."

"What do you mean?" I asked, my guard going up.

"You need to separate Manaphy and May," he admitted bluntly.

"But why?" I questioned, "can't you see how happy she is with him? I can't take that away from her. Don't you know how devastated she'll be?"

"Like I said, don't let your feelings for May get in the way," he said bluntly.

"I don't know what you mean," I lied, "but seriously, why do they have to separate. She'll be heartbroken!"

"You know exactly what I mean," he growled, "I've seen the way you act around her. Don't even try to deny it anymore."

"Whatever," I sighed, rolling my eyes, "Couldn't there be another way?"

"No," he replied, "You know that if Manaphy and May's bond continues to grow he won't want to leave and then…" he trailed off.

"Couldn't there be another way?" I begged, "Please, for May's sake? She'll be so hurt."

"Which is why I've chosen you to do the task," he said.

"Why me?" I asked.

"May will need you to be there for her," he sighed, "You're the only one who's going to be able to gently guide her away. She trusts you."

"Are you sure there's no other way?" I asked, checking.

"I'm sure," he said, "You need to separate Manaphy and May." I ran my hand through my hair. That was going to be a difficult task.

"Please Jackie," May said, suddenly coming in, "you won't have to worry about me. I'll be fine." I blushed. When had she come in? How long had she been there? How much had she heard.

"What about Manaphy huh?" Jackie questioned. May's eyes widened.

"Put yourself in Manaphy's position just for once," Jackie said, "remember he's the Prince of the Sea and destined to become leader of all the Sea Temple Pokémon until the heir shows up to make peace." I watched her bottom lip quiver slightly.

"I hadn't thought of that," she whispered.

"You can't expect Manaphy to stay with you forever," Jackie said rather harshly. May bowed her head, looking very upset and torn.

"That's the way of nature," Jackie finished in a softer tone. She nodded slightly. I stepped forwards and she looked up suddenly.

'Happy,' Manaphy cried, 'Mana happy, happy.' May's eyes glazed over and she swallowed.

"I'm sorry," she apologised quietly and ran out, brushing passed Lizabeth as she went through the door. Jackie sighed and rubbed his forehead.

"Go on Drew," he sighed again, "go after her. She'll need you." I nodded and went to look for her.

A/N: Well I threw in a kiss. Too bad Drew thinks it's all a dream.