Hello my lovely readers! Like I said before I had finals earlier this month and wouldn't be back until the end of June… well it's the end of June now thus a new chapter! Hope you enjoy!
May's P.O.V.
"May come on already, if we don't leave now we're going to miss the ferry and the next one isn't until tomorrow! And I'm going to hold you personally responsible for having to tell Soledad why we weren't there." Oh shit! There was no way I was going to face Soledad's wrath again. Once in a lifetime was way more than enough for me!
"Okay! Okay, I'm coming!" I grabbed my purse and sprinted out of my room at the Pokémon Center. While I ran past Drew, who was leaning ever so cutely against the far wall with his arms crossed over his chest, I grabbed his hand and pulled- it was more like dragging dead weight- him along as I ran down the hallway and to the front desk area. I threw the room keys at Nurse Joy with-a-shouted-thanks and was out the door in record timing.
"Which way are we going?" Come on! Come on! Come on! Hurry up! There was no time to waste!
"Well, I don't know May. Maybe towards where the water is." I looked around for a second, and seeing no water in eye sight I glared at him. Evil, that was the word I was looking for. Drew is evil in the morning.
"This is no time to be a smart ass! I'm not getting yelled at by Soledad! Now which way?" Grr, I put on my mad face.
"Chill May, the boat doesn't leave for an hour and the walk there's only ten minutes." I was about to open my mouth to shriek at him, but his hand was already over my mouth. I wonder if I could bite his hand… better not try that here.
"Let me finish, I thought if I got you ready with enough time to spare we could stop and get ice cream on the way there." Ice cream? I like the sound of that! Wait, I couldn't let Drew see that I was really actually happy. Time to start trying to learn how to lie. I put on my best poker face.
"Really Drew? How old do you think I am, five? You can't just threaten me with Soledad's rage and smooth it over with ice cream!" I looked him straight in the eyes. He was staring right back with a blank face. Maybe I pulled it off?
"You know May," he was moving closer to my face and I mean really close. As in he just invaded my personal space times ten. Is he going to kiss me? Oh my god.
"You are a very bad liar." I could feel his minty fresh breath tingling on my lips. Then he pulled away and laughed. Hmph, there goes try number one and no kiss.
"I am not! And let's get going I want to still have my ice cream when we get to the dock so I have something to do while I'm waiting." Like if you pissed me off I could smash the ice cream in your hair. Wait, that would be mean. I couldn't do that to the poor ice cream!
"What? Having my company isn't enough?" I needed the ice cream to distract myself from your Drewness invading my brain. I didn't need Soledad and Harley showing up out of nowhere, like they always do, and see me all starry eyed at Drew. I could just imagine what they would say if that happened.
"Oh no it is, but ice cream makes everything better!" it's awesome creamy sugary goodness always made me feel better. And there were just so many different flavors out there to choose from and then each region has different flavors. It was mind blowing! I love ice cream yes I do! I love ice cream how bout you?
"Yah, I guess it does."
We walked the rest of the way to the ice cream place in silence because; 1.) I didn't know where we were going. 2.) Drew looked like he was thinking. 3.) I had no clue what to talk about. 4.) It just seemed really awkward as it was so starting a conversation would make it seem even weirder. 5.) Drew was really cute to watch while he was thinking because there was not smirk on his face.
I guess we'll just have to get used to traveling together. Come to think of it, we have never traveled together alone before. In all of the other regions I somehow always managed to meet up with an old friend and traveled around with them. Drew did what he always does, traveling by himself being a loner and all. I would run into him at the occasional contest and then we would meet up at the region's Grand Festival. We would always end up battling each other and most of the time he would win, but I won once or twice. And then at the after party we would hang out and chat about the other contestants and where we were heading next.
And to think that it only took two regions for us to become somewhat civilized towards each other and eventually friends. Hopefully the next eventually will lead to more than friends. I really did like Drew; he was really amazing and talented.
"So May, what flavor do you want?"
"Hmm, what was that?" See I went and got distracted by Drew thoughts and look at that. I had no clue what he was talking about now. And you would think that I wouldn't get distracted by Drew thoughts when I was with the guy, but no it was even worse.
"I asked which ice cream you wanted." He gave me a weird look. I didn't blame him, I mean I just blanked on ice cream. I never did that. Oh right ice cream! Yay!
"I'll have two scoops of the double fudge cookie dough supreme with sprinkles in a chocolate tipped waffle bowl please." Aw, I just love my hometown flavor. It's the best in the whole region.
"And I'll have a single scoop of vanilla dipped in chocolate in a waffle cone." A no nonsense vanilla guy, and then the chocolate coat is so it won't melt on him! Drew is such a prep! He turned and looked at me, probably because I was laughing.
"What's so funny Maple?" Oh Drew, going and calling me by my last name. How adorable! I love it!
"Oh it's nothing Hayden." Two can play at that game. Well, one can play for sure, I can just try my best to figure out how to play.
"Maple, I know you better than that. Nothing is always something with you." Curse Drew and his smartness. But I can't tell him that I was mentally making fun of him because then he would just verbally make fun of me for not having the guts to make fun of him out loud. You see, I lose. So now, very verbally, I'm going to change the subject.
"Oh look here's our ice cream!" I pointed to the same guy who took our order, who was walking back towards our table with our tray of ice cream. I have to say the waiter was kind of cute, but not nearly as attractive looking as the ice cream he was holding. Plus Drew's hotness mostly just cancels out most guys' pleasant appearances.
"Stop trying to change the subject." Ummm, now what in the world could you possibly mean by that? Little old me wasn't trying anything of that sort…
"No really! The guy is walking over here with our ice cream! I would know my favorite ice cream from a hundred miles away!"
And I totally would too. Ice cream is what got me through the Glitz Region. With all of the crazy high fashion people I needed an escape, and since I couldn't always reach Ash or Drew on their dexes to talk, I turned to ice cream. Which probably wasn't the smartest thing to do, but hey it was a lot healthier than some of my other options.
"Well don't just sit there Maple. Get your ice cream and let's get going." Are you on something! Dude when you order ice cream you're kind of supposed to like eat it.
"Why can't we sit here and enjoy our frozen treats?"
"Because I don't want to be here and then forget about the ferry and have to call Soledad. Better yet, you can call her and tell her we missed the boat because you wanted to eat your ice cream here." Soledad? That's it, Drew really knows how to motivate me!
I scooped up my waffle bowl in my hand and booked it off of the patio. After a minute I stopped because once again I had no clue where we are or where we're going. I looked around for Drew and spotted him a few yards away pointing in front of him. I looked closer and noticed that I could make out the ocean in between the houses. Okay so I just sprinted in the wrong direction. Great going May, great going.
When I finally caught up to Drew, who by the way did so not stop and wait for me, my ice cream was almost finished and I was very happy for the sugar rush in the morning. He was sitting on a bench along the pier, a little out of the way of the boat-which I'm guessing is ours- was docked. Wow, Drew totally lied when he said that this thing was only a ferry. It had to be at least twice the size of the SS Anne and the SS Aqua combined, maybe even bigger.
"Really Drew you could have stopped and waited for me yah know." I teased him. He was just sitting there, watching the cerulean waves break as they hit the elevated gray sea wall. In my mind though, I wanted to smack him upside his head for not waiting for me like he should have.
"Yah I could have, but what would have been the fun in that?" So making me run and eat ice cream at the same time in fun for you? Lookie here mister that was not fun for me! I almost dropped my ice cream three times! I will get you back later. It's a promise.
"No you won't May so don't even think about it." Did he just read my mind? Holy crap!
"Now what was I thinking about now?" Safest to play it dumb.
"That you're going to get me back eventually and right now you're playing stupid on purpose." He said in a matter of fact way. Stupid Drew being right about everything in the entire fricking world…
"Are you sure that you can't read minds or something and just keep with holding this piece of vital information from me every time I ask?" Because seriously this is starting to remind me of a book series where the main guy protagonist can read the main girl protagonist's mind when he wants to.
"No, I've already told you. You just wear your emotions on your face twenty-four seven. It makes it really easy to tell what you're thinking. Haven't you ever heard of a poker face?" Um, yah I have, but no one ever said that I was any good at it, but I guess that's a given.
"Yes I have thank you very much! I'm just not good at lying because I don't like to lie because lying is wrong!" Hmph! Take that!
"Are you saying I'm a bad person?" hmm… is that what I'm saying? Maybe I am? Nah, Drew isn't a bad person, he's just yah know… Drew. Which is actually a very bad explanation once I thought about it; I tend use a person's name when I don't know how to describe something about them.
"No, I'm just saying that I am not the type of person to lie. I never said anything about you. You're the one who brought yourself up, not me." And that is how you answer that kind of question. There is always another option; you just have to use your brain.
"Darling! Is that you and Drew I see sitting over there?" Oh crap, Harley and Soledad have arrived. I wonder if I still have enough time to run away and hide.
"Drew they're here," I whispered into his ear.
"No duh. No one else in the world has a voice like Harley!" he whispered back.
"You mean no one in the world talks like he does." Truth be told, he sounds like a girl.
"That too."
"I think we should stop whispering before they get any closer."
"Good idea," he said. "Harley! Soledad! We're over here!" he then shouted in their general direction.
"Oh look Soledad it is them!" is it possible for people to get stupider?
"Really Harley, what other couple do you know of that would be sitting on a bench near the ship who have green and brown hair?"
"Point taken my dear Soledad."
"Did they just call us a couple?" I asked Drew.
"Well, Harley already started that a long time ago, but this is the first time that I've heard Soledad say that about us," answered Drew.
A long time ago? More like forever ago! Ever since I started out and he found out that I knew you and we were rivals he's called you my boy toy or my boyfriend. As for Soledad she only asked me about you all of the time back in Glitz. She finally got me so annoyed one day that I told her to just call you up herself. She told me that she does that already, but you always seemed distracted and didn't really pay much attention. Which is totally funny because you weren't ever like that with me when we talked, so it made me feel really special.
"Think we should set the record straight?" I mean almost six years of people telling you that you're dating your green haired rival and almost six years of you flat out denying it gets old real fast.
"What's the point? Everyone else in the world seems to think that we're dating and I'm getting tired of correcting people. Maybe we should just let it go and act like it doesn't bother us anymore." Hmm, I've never thought of that before. It could work, but then again I really do want what everyone's saying to be the truth.
"Maybe we should try that." I mean there's no harm in trying right?
"Try what?" asked Harley out of nowhere.
"Oh Harley! Nothing! Nothing at all! Drew and I were just talking!" Just then Drew's dex went off. He pulled it out of his pocket and flipped it open. After a few seconds he texted back a reply.
"Come on guys let's go. The boat's about to start letting passengers on in twenty minutes and I don't want to have to walk through a crowd of annoying tourists." Annoying tourists? Isn't that a bit harsh? I mean aren't we a part of those annoying tourists? And why the hell are we going so early? I mean I know that I'm usually running super late to catch my boat and almost miss them, but twenty minutes seems a bit much.
"Drew," said Soledad, "you haven't told May why we're going early." I was more a statement and not a question the way she said it.
"Haven't told me what?" Okay I know that Drew has secrets and all, but if Soledad knows then I should have the right to know too!
"Great job Soledad. Thanks so much for that." Why is this such a big secret?
"Well, if you won't tell her then I will." She turned and looked at me. "The reason is that Drew is kind of like a VIP on this ship." Not really surprising there. I thought you were going to tell me something I didn't already know.
"Isn't he a VIP everywhere? I mean he is a top coordinator and all. What makes this ship so different?"
Like for example when we went to the mall the other day whatever store we went to we had a personal assistant and no waiting in line for a dressing room or check out. I mean I thought it was because I was a top coordinator too and all, but no it was Drew that everyone wanted to see. I mean it was really annoying, but I kept my cool because Drew was starting to get annoyed with all his crazy fan girls. I mean its bad enough when the fans are younger than you, but when they're older than you, that's when it starts getting creepy.
"The difference is May, that Drew's family owns this ship. Didn't you wonder why it was called the SS Hayden?" Umm… what the hell is going on here? I mean I know that Drew is rich and stuff, but he owns a luxury cruise liner too?
"Holy shit! Drew! This is so cool! No I didn't wonder why the ship was his last name because he never told me what the ship's name was! He just kept calling it a ferry. This is so obviously not just a fricking ferry Drew!" seriously after everything I found out yesterday and he just so happened to leave this out?
"And where the hell are you walking off to Drew!" I screamed. You can't just walk away like that while I'm talking to you!
"There's no use in yelling at me and it's only wasting time. Now let's go already." I hate it when he's right.
"Fine." I huffed. I reluctantly followed after him with Soledad and Harley in tow.
In the next chapter one of my favorite couple will be making a guest appearance! Well that's that so please review!