Sorry for this really crappy update… THANKS TO THE REVIEWERS AGAIN!

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The Sunday List Of Dreams

Chapter 2: So Much Sweeter

Satellite, in my eyes, like a diamond in the sky, how I wonder…

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Flopped on their separate beds, the three's thoughts were out there. May was panicking about her brother, while Misty had her thoughts on the boys she'd just met, as did Dawn. But then again, I guess their thoughts could be summed under one specific phrase: what the hell were they going to do now?

"Argh! I can't just sit here! I'll go mad!" May cried, mussing up her hair. The TV played in the background; some lame soap opera that they paid no attention to.

"I'm hungry." Dawn mumbled, holding her stomach.

"Why don't we eat, then sleep on it?" Misty suggested, smiling and the other two couldn't help but be relieved at the calm look on Misty's face. She was, after all, the most responsible of them.

There were a few knocks at the door, and the three squealed at the thought of food, before jumping off their beds and running, lunging at the door. May grinned, pushing the other two back as she reached for the doorknob and opened the door.

"Finally--!" May said, happily but was quickly cut off with a little boy launching at her body, attaching to her waist as he cried out happily. Four faces stood behind, looking a bit awkward and confused.

"May!" Max cried, happy to see his older sister again.

"M-max…!?" May screeched, alarmed. As she fought to dis-attach her brother from her waist, Misty and Dawn stared at Paul, Drew, Ash and Brock awkwardly.

"So… um…" Ash started.

There was a long, awkward silence, only interrupted with May yelling and fighting her younger brother, whom was hanging onto her for dear life with a joyful expression on his face.

"Are you going to invite us in or what?" Paul said, irritated.

"Don't be so rude!" Dawn snapped, but nonetheless opened the door wider for them to enter.

"How'd you find our room?" May inquired, watching her younger brother. They were scattered around the room, Brock, Ash, Drew and Paul sitting on the spare chairs, while May, Max, Dawn and Misty sat, watching Max's face.

"Asked the hotel manager." He said, smugly. The three looked at him with an expression of annoyance.

"So… why exactly are you going to La Rousse?" Dawn asked politely, their faces turning towards the four boys sitting slightly away from them.

Paul snorted, arms crossed and looked the other way. Dawn twitched, and held back the urge to desperately begin pounding some manners into his head.

Ash cheerfully chimed in, in his dense way, "Battle tower!"

"Oh…" The three girls chorused lamely.

Max grinned at his sister's bewildered expression.

"Dad wanted me to go with them, when Ash came to challenge him a while ago. Wait 'til I tell him what you were wearing!" He snickered evilly, grinning haughtily at his sister.

"You wouldn't…" She warned, her voice dangerously low and calm. Max sweat dropped.

"Maybe I won't." He said, attempting to pacify his sister.

"That's better." She smiled brightly, and Max stared at his sister with a funny expression plastered on his face.

"So, why are all you famous boys traveling together?" Misty blinked wearily, teal eyes watching them.

"No reason, really. I guess." Brock shrugged.

"Last I heard, you three hate each other." Dawn pointed at Paul, Drew, and Ash. They all looked at each other. "Well, at least that you two hated him." She pointed out Drew and Paul first, then Ash. They simply rolled their eyes. Dawn huffed unhappily.

There was another awkward pause between the eight. There was suddenly a knock at the door and they all looked confused, exchanging glances with one another.

"The food!" The three girls all said together, pointing at each other, before laughing and clambering off the bed towards the door. The five boys watched them oddly.

"H-here you go…" They heard the flustered voice of a boy, and the three girl's squeals and thanks to him, "Um, there are also some flowers…"

"You call that some!?" They heard Dawn cry, and Misty groan.

"At least they smell nice…?" May said, trying to be optimistic. The door shut, and walked back in the girls with their food and bouquets of beautiful, colorful flowers.

May chucked her flowers at Max, who unhappily yelped at this, angry.

"What was that for?!"

"You just happened to be in the way." May huffed, before opening her container and quickly beginning to stir her spaghetti angrily. Max looked at her confusedly. The three sat in a small circle on the floor, staring at their food and angrily chewing.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing." May mumbled under her breath so softly that Max had to strain to hear her. They stood there, watching three girls angrily eat their food. Dawn looked up and frowned.

"Why are you all still here?"

"Do you want us to leave?" Paul asked her, dryly.

'No!' Something screeched from inside, but Dawn could barely hear her own thoughts. "YES!" She screeched, throwing her own flowers at him. He blinked in surprise when they landed straight into his face, and he twitched at her, about ready to throw them back before Brock quickly grabbed them away from Paul.

Misty looked up at them, smiling sweetly. "What she means to say is that we've got something to discuss. Please, show yourselves out." Her voice was deathly composed, and they could clearly see the underlying threat.

"Alright but I'm still calling Dad!" Max said, grinning cheekily but soon faded when May grabbed his shirt collar, pulling him close so that their noses were touching. She had a strangely polite smile on, eye twitching slightly.

"I suggest that you don't, Max, dearie." Her eyes were clearly scaring Max, whom found it hard to speak and walk away at the shock he'd just endured.

"R-right…" He squeaked, in a high-pitched voice before tottering behind his traveling companions.

They could clearly hear the door close, not noting the fact that there were no footsteps leading away from their door.

"Why meeeee?" May wailed, flopping backwards with her legs still crossed, her spaghetti on her stomach.

"You're not the only one who wants to die." Misty said miserably, staring at her salad.

"Can't we just… leave La Rousse the moment we get there?" Dawn suggested hopefully.

"No… they'll just follow us 'til the end of the world!" May cried, and Misty nodded to a slouching, unhappy Dawn.

"This isn't exactly how I planned our trip to La Rousse." May murmured.

"I know. Man, why don't they get the idea?" Misty pondered, mindlessly chewing on some green leaves.

"They deny it." Dawn answered easily, picking at her chicken.

"I say we get boyfriends or bodyguards to drive them off."

"But we're constantly traveling, May."

"…Throw them over the ship's edge?"

"That would basically be murder, Dawn."

"So?"

"… True…" May speculated, finger on her chin. Misty stared at her aghast.

"I can't believe you're even thinking that option!"

"So who exactly is stalking you guys, May?" Max stepped from the corner, four boys behind them.

"You never left!?" May screamed, sitting up abruptly, spaghetti amazingly still safe.

"Maybe if you were paying attention…" Drew sneered. May glared at him with ten times the force of her usual glare.

"Do you really want to know?" Misty asked, voice tired.

"Well, I'm sure we could work something out with them…" Brock said, sympathetically.

"Oh no, they are not easily convinced." Dawn snorted.

"Just who are they?" Paul was impatiently tapping his foot, arms crossed.

May sighed, "Melvin, Brendan, and Todd."

"Hey, those were the three from the other day!" Brock pointed out.

Max scrunched up his nose in disappointment, "Stinks for you."

"Thank you for the amazing consolation, Max." May pointed out sarcastically, and Drew couldn't help but smirk at her.

Pikachu had suddenly chimed in cutely on Ash's shoulder. The three girl's eyes lit up.

"What a cute Pikachu! C'mere, Pikachu!" Misty cooed, and Pikachu cheerfully hopped off of a protesting Ash, and Misty picked him up.

"You're so cute!" May poked at Pikachu's cheeks lightly, and Dawn giggled.

"How do they change moods so quickly…?" Ash said, staring at them incredulously. Brock, who stood beside him, stayed silent. Paul and Drew spared him a glance that clearly said they were thinking about his naïveté.

"So, what're you going to do about it, May?" Max asked, watching his sister's face carefully. She shrugged in response.

"I guess we'll just avoid them, eh?" She looked at Dawn and Misty, who nodded in response.

Ash's stomach suddenly growled.

"Can we go eat now?" He whined, and Pikachu jumped back onto his shoulder, agreeing with him.

"Sure." Brock shrugged.

"Well, I guess that's that." Drew mumbled.

"Okay, see you later, May!" Max said cheerfully, and the three waved at the departing boys, this time paying attention to the footsteps growing distant from their cabin door.

The three were laughing wildly, as a random show played on the TV, while they played Monopoly, Dawn in the lead.

"Did you see the way Misty was looking at Ash!?" May howled with laughter, and Misty blushed brightly.

"I was not!" She screeched indignantly, face still flaming wildly.

"And what about you, May? I think Drew likes you!" Dawn giggled, and May stared at her with blank eyes.

"You're kidding! Hmm, well he is cute…" May admitted, grinning sheepishly. Misty cooed silly and ridiculous things about May and Drew, May protesting and attempting to hit her friend.

"But what about Dawn…? I think she likes Paul! After all, he was the only one you talked to!" Misty grinned, poking fun at Dawn.

"No way, no way!" Dawn squeaked, waving her hands wildly in front of her face.

"Whatever!" May laughed, and the three resumed their friendly, competitive game of Monopoly, Dawn ultimately winning in the end.

"HAH! I win!" Dawn laughed, pointing at the two bankrupt losers.

"How the heck…" Misty said, sweat dropping.

"Dang it…" May said, but still laughed anyways.

Laughter and friends made everything so much sweeter.

"So, what did you guys think of my sister and her friends?" Max asked curiously, watching his companions' faces closely.

"They were nice." Brock said, smiling at the young boy.

"I liked them." Ash said, grinning cheekily.

"The blue haired girl was annoying." Paul said, obviously in a bad mood.

"They seemed nice." Drew shrugged, being polite about said girls. Truthfully, he thought they were crazy but Max's sister was still quite cute in his eyes.

Max nodded, and grinned. "I'm surprised you don't think they're completely out of their minds!" He smiled cheerfully, and continued to chew on his food.

Paul and Drew sweatdropped. 'That's exactly what we think.'

Aghh! Sorry for this really crappy chapter. I'm so stressed; I didn't realize my teachers would pile more and more homework so quickly! …Okay that was a complete lie, I kind of knew that, but I wasn't expecting this much! This chapter was especially short, so I'm sorry about it's pathetic length. (Tear)

Oh well… Hope you liked this chapter, and please review!

I gobble them up like ramen noodles!