Hey, I'm back from my vacation. It was fun. I spent money! I wrote half of this chapter in the car ride but it was hard typing it on my iPod. I'm sorry if there are a lot of typos, I'm hoping that Microsoft Word caught them all for me. And if you are not comfortable with sexual harassment, I recommend you to not read part of it … :( But I personally liked this chapter very much.
Drew went to the video chat and dialed Solidad. "Hey Solidad," he said once she picked. "Guess what?"
"What?" Solidad said.
"May's going out with Brendan Birch," Drew said. "Kind of by force. Brendan's a terrible boyfriend. When I was walking in the woods I found May shivering in the cold! Brendan was out training and he didn't care at all."
Solidad smirked. She already knew that Drew is madly in love with May but he always hides it from her. "So what did you do?"
"I gave her my black jacket that I bought," he said. "She's still wearing it. I was about to tell her it was me who gave it to her. But know her, May just walked away, not really knowing what I was going to say."
"Poor you," Solidad teased, pouting. "Even if she's going out with Brendan, May likes you, she just doesn't realize it. Every time I'm with you and we talk about you, she blushes. Even when she was going out with someone… I forgot who it was. But she broke up with him of course. She's in love with you, Drew. She's slow."
"I think those two will be together for a really long time," Drew mumbled. He hoped that Solidad didn't hear him, but she did.
"And after that 'really long time', May will realize she loves you," Solidad assured to him. "I promise."
Drew just nodded.
"Haha, it's okay little brother!" Solidad teased.
"Don't treat me like a kid," he half-yelled, glaring. Solidad stuck her tongue out at him. Drew looked up at the clock. "I got to go, Solidad. The contest is starting."
Minutes later.
I grinned when I looked up at my score for my performance. I got 28.5. I exited the stage and saw Drew. "Good luck Drew!" I said, slapping his back and walked away. Drew nodded and walked onto the stage. I went back stage and looked at the TV. Drew used his Roselia and did a really beautiful performance and got a 29. Why does Drew always get good scores? Curse him.
"Beautiful!" the woman in the pink dress said. Shoot, I forgot her name. "Let's see what the judges have to say!"
"Such a great combination," the first judge said.
"Remarkable!"
Nurse Joy smiled. "It made such a great sparkle to my day." I grinned at what they said.
A hand graves my arm. I turned around, startled. It was a man, maybe the age of 17. "C-can I help you?" I said quietly, shaking my arm a little so he can let go. Talk about creepy.
"I need help!" he said. He had gold hair and black eyes. Not a pretty appearance since he was acting creepy. The guy quickly brought me to the bathroom. I heard some shocking whispering as the teenager pushed me into the bathroom. I saw another man, about the same age as the other.
I looked at him. He was leaning on the bathroom stall. "What?" I say. "I don't see anything wrong."
(Normal POV)
The man smiled. "Oh, it looks like he's fine now. But maybe you can help a little bit more by giving us your body."
"Yeah," said the second man. "Maybe a little comforting would do."
"Wh-what?" May stuttered. "I'm sorry, you should ask someone with a better body." the first man's smile widened.
"But you're May Maple," he said. "Winner of one of the grand festivals and one of the best coordinators. I wonder what the media would say about this? May Maple has been sexually harassed in a bathroom? Sounds interesting, am I right? You'll be more famous than you are now. Then you can tell your boyfriend, 'I'm no good for you anymore.'"
"M-my boyfriend?" May repeated. How did they know she had a boyfriend?
The second man smirked. "Drew Hayden, correct?" she shook her head. "Whatever, it doesn't matter. What really matters," he said, putting his hands up her shirt and pushing her on the ground. "Is this. Aidan, mind keeping the door shut tightly so no one can come in?"
"Of course," he replied. "I want to do some too though. Let's take turns." the second man grinned and took his headband (AN: one of those thick headbands that guys wear) and put it on her mouth.
Drew looked around for May. He swore when he walked to the stage she went to sit on that bench. She always sits on benches and watches the TV. Where would she have gone? He thought she was at the bathroom but he waited for about 15 minutes again. Finally, he walked to another coordinator his age. Drew asked her, "Hi, I'm looking for May Maple. You probably know her, right?" the girl nodded. "Do you know where she is?"
"It was shocking but," the girl said slowly. "Umm…"
"What?" Drew interrupted.
She pointed to the men's bathroom. "I think she was pushed into that men's bathroom by some guy. He said he needed het help. A lot of people saw it but was too freaked to go see what was happening. And plus someone tried but the door was like, not able to budge. I think the guy is holding it."
Drew widened his eyes. "Th… thanks." he ran to the bathroom that the girl had pointed at. He tried opening it but it didn't work. He asked some other people to help but they refused. Drew took a deep breath. He ran to go find an Officer Jenny.
Wait. If he tells her, then probably a whole bunch of people would know because she'll have to report them. That wouldn't be good for May. Drew tried once more and it busted opened. Drew looked to see May pushed on the floor with a guy on top of her and the other looking at him, shocked. "What… are you guys doing to her?" May's clothes were still on but her shirt. All they did was unzipped her shirt and ripped it a little and that's all they did to her clothes.
"Oh no, just when things were getting fun," the first man said sadly.
"What?" Drew said, furious. "What did you do to her?"
"Nothing special," he said. "Don't worry; we were just about to do it. But someone interrupted our fun." the two guys ran off.
Drew bent down and unwrapped the headband that was tied around her mouth. May trembled with fear. Drew slowly untied the ropes that were keeping her wrists together. "May?" Drew said softly as he watched May tremble. May didn't say anything. Instead, she fell into Drew's arms. "Can you bring me to a bed?"
Drew nodded. "Just walk out of the bathroom quietly so it won't look so obvious." May nodded and walked out slowly with Drew next to her side. Once they were out of the waiting room (?), Drew picked her bridal style and to Nurse Joy. "Can I use a bed please?"
"Of course," Nurse Joy said. "Is Ms. Maple okay?"
"Yes, she's just tired," he lied. "And dizzy," he added. Nurse Joy brought him to the room for patients.
"Do you want me to get something for her?" she asked.
Drew shook his head. "This is fine." Nurse Joy nodded and walked out with a worried look on her face. Drew set her on the bed and took a chair and sat down next to the bed. "You okay, May?"
"I think," she said. "Thanks Drew. How'd you know I was there?"
"Well," he started. "I was looking for you for a couple minutes. I assumed you were in the bathroom but I was waiting for about 15 minutes. Then I asked some coordinator and she told me that you were pushed into the bathroom." Drew smirked. "Why would guys want you?"
May glared at him. "Drew! You told me that you would tease me when I'm hurt or something bad happened to me."
He rolled his eyes. "Sorry. It's a habit."
"Get rid of the habit already," May said. She gasped and sat down. "Crap! Drew, we need to get to the contest right now! We might get kicked out of the contest."
"May," he said. "You need to skip the contest today. You can still catch up if you only miss one."
"But I got such a good score today!" May whined. She stood up and grinned. "Look. I'm just fine," she started but fell on the bed.
"How can you be fine if you were sexually harassed?" he said, rolling his eyes. Drew stood up and walked to Nurse Joy. Wait, why was there a Nurse Joy here if there's one judging at the moment?
"Nurse Joy," he said. "May Maple and Drew Hayden will not participate in the contest today."
"Alright," Nurse Joy said calmly. She went to the computer and started typing.
"Hey Nurse Joy," Drew said. "Why are there two Nurse Joys in this city?"
She smiled sadly. "Because this city has many Pokemon and women harassers. And the truth is, there are actually 5 Nurse Joys and Officer Jennies here."
"I see," Drew said. "Tell Officer Jenny to make sure harassers don't come into the contest building."
"I will," she said. "I'm very sorry."
He nodded. "It's fine," Drew walked back to May's room and she was looking at her shirt. "What are you doing, May?"
"Looking at my shirt. What do you think I'm doing?" she answered. "I think I should get a new shirt. This one is dirty and wrecked," May looked up at Drew. "Drew, I don't think you should skip the contest for me. You should enter and get another ribbon. I'll just lay here and when I feel better I'll call Brendan then we'll go to the mall together." Drew twitched.
"I'll stay here and you don't need to call Brendan," he said.
"Well I'll eventually have to call him because I travel with him," May said.
Drew rolled his eyes. "May, why can't you break up with him? It's not like you like him," May turned her head to avoid looking at him. Drew looked shocked. "May? You like him? As in boyfriend like?"
"Umm," she said slowly. "I don't know Drew maybe. I don't think so though," Drew shifted uncomfortably. "Drew! I know you're my best friend and you love protecting me! Here, I like him 0.03%. Is that good? Less than 1%!" May gasped. "Oh my gosh!" she shrieked.
"What?" Drew asked, alarmed by May's horrible shriek.
"My jacket!" May exclaimed. "Drew! The guys left it in the bathroom. Can you get it please! Please Drew, it's really important to me. I need you to get it before someone steals it."
"Your jacket?" Drew asked.
"The black one," May said. "Remember? I told you about it."
He nodded. Drew hesitated to tell her that he gave it to her. He stood up and walked away. "I'll go get it."
"Thanks Drew," she said. Drew nodded and ran to the boy's restroom. He looked around and found it next to the garbage. Drew smelled it and it smelled like the men's bathroom. And everyone knows that the men's bathroom always smells bad. Drew took the jacket and brought it to May's room.
"Hey May," Drew said. "The jacket was on the floor, I think I should wash it."
May gasped. "What? It no longer smells like roses?"
"Huh?" Drew asked, confused.
She blushed and turned away. "I really like it when it smells like roses." Drew smirked. He tossed her a rose.
"Because it reminds you of me?" he asked teasingly.
"W-what?" May stammered. "O-of course n-not. I-I mean…"
Drew covered his mouth and turned around to keep him from laughing. That was so funny! Her stammering, her blushing, her shyness… she's just too cute. Drew remembered what Solidad had told him. May likes you, she just doesn't realize it. He turned around. "It's okay May. I'll just wash it then I'll wear it for a while."
"Huh?" May asked, confused.
"So it'll smell like me," Drew teased. He flipped his hair and smirked.
May's blush darkened. "N-no, it doesn't n-need to smell like you. J-just roses."
"I smell like roses, don't I?" he teased once again. May couldn't stand this! She hid herself under the blanket.
"O-okay, do whatever. Just get the smell back," she said shyly. Drew smirked and left the room.
Lol. Hope you liked this chapter! Cause I did. Not my fault that this was a late update. D:
~Citra
