Chapter 3- Date?

May's POV

Stupid Drew, I thought while drying my hair, making me think we were going on a date. I finally finished and tied it back in a bandana. I looked myself over in the mirror. I was wearing a red cotton dress for a change. It was a plain one with a white flower on it. The dress ended at my knee caps with thin straps going over my shoulders. I pulled on a pair of brown sandals. I nodded at myself, happy with the way I looked. I unlocked the door and stepped out rubbing my bare arms. I quickly ran to the closet and pulled out a white cardigan, throwing it over my shoulders.

"I'm ready," I announced, turning back to Drew. He had changed out of his usual attire and exchanged it for a pair of jeans and a green t-shirt. He had an eyebrow raised.

"That definitely wasn't quick," he groaned, "Oh well, c'mon." He gestured for me to follow him.

"You look nice May," said Ash handing me my crutches as I hobbled past him.

"Yeah," agreed Brock, "Now go have fun."

"Makes a change," winked Max.

"Thanks guys," I said, "you're the best."

"C'mon May," Drew called.

"I'd better go before he get too impatient," I sighed and followed after him. I closed the door after me and turned to see Drew fiddling with a red rose.

"I guess the wait was worth it though," he mumbled, "You just need a finishing touch." He placed the thornless rose behind my ear.

"Perfect," he sighed, "You look better with a bit of Drew." I smiled, not bothering to take the bait.

"Thanks, now let's go," I replied to him, punching him lightly on the shoulder.

Drew knocked on Solidad's door. She opened it and grinned. She wore a peach dress that was similar to mine, except the colours.

"Hey Drew," she greeted, "look May, we match." She twirled.

"We do!" I exclaimed, "It looks good on you."

"Thanks," she smiled, "Harley, they're here." Harley came to the door.

"Hey May!" he exclaimed, "You and Drew match! You're like Christmas!" I laughed.

"Harley, only you would think of that," I giggled.

"Oh here, I have a rose for you to wear as well," he said. He pulled out a peach rose and held it to me.

"Thank you Harley," I said, taking it, "but I think this would look really good with Solidad's outfit. Then we'll be even more matching." I tucked it behind her ear, like Drew did to me. Harley frowned slightly, but soon grinned again.

"Shall we head out," he asked. I nodded. We started to walk out.

"So what does a peach rose mean?" I whispered to Drew.

"Admiration and success," he whispered back. I nodded and continued walking.

Drew's POV

I saw Harley link arms with Solidad and I really wanted to do the same with May, but she had her crutches in the way. At least today was the last day she needed them. May was looking down, concentrating on what she was doing. I gently steered her around a corner and across the road. I opened the door for her. Harley and Solidad sat down next to each other in one side of the booth. I sat down the far end, letting her sit down to the isle for easy access out. She smiled at me.

"Isn't it such a coincidence that May and I are wearing almost the exact same thing?" Solidad laughed, "Who would've thought huh? And no Drew, we didn't plan it."

"Read my mind," I winked.

"Well, when you've known someone as suspicious as you for ages, you learn that sort of thing." I was about to respond when the waitress came over.

"Oh thank goodness I can order my own food now," said May, glancing over at me.

Oh c'mon, is it pick on Drew day?" I asked, after the waitress walked away again.

"Don't be silly, I'm just teasing," she whispered, leaning over to me.

"I know," I whispered back, "I was being silly."

"Oh you two are so cute," cried Harley, "whispering to each other like that."

"Why is everyone intent on mistaking May and I for a couple?" I sighed.

"Because you two are absolutely gorgeous together," responded Harley, grinning.

"Harley!" squealed May, "Drew and I aren't together." Solidad gave me a pointed look. I shook my head. She nodded enthusiastically.

"Why do I even bother?" I mumbled, smacking my head on the table, "Ouch."

"Drew," May giggled, "sit up, food's here." Good, that meant no more discussions about the future of May and I.

"I was wrong," I groaned as we made our way back to the dorms.

"What?" Asked May.

"I thought that once we had started eating they would drop the whole 'Drew and May' thing. I was wrong," I explained. Turns out that May and I were the only thing Solidad wanted to talk about.

"Yeah, pretty embarrassing huh?" she laughed.

"To say the least," I nodded, "oh well, we're back."

"How do you get up the stairs with those?" asked Harley.

"Very slowly," May sighed, starting up the stairs, "and painfully." I rolled my eyes.

"Or like this," I added. I swept her up again and quickly got to the top. She giggled as I put her back on the ground.

"Thanks Drew," she laughed.

"No problem," I replied, "Just tell me how many more times I'm expected to do this for you?" I grinned and she laughed.

"That was so cute!" squealed Solidad, coming to the top. Oh boy. Now I was in for it.

"Yeah," agreed Harley, "are you two sure you're not a real couple?"

"Yes I'm sure Harley," I sighed, "how many times do I have to tell you?"

"As many times as it takes for you to actually say yes," cut in Solidad. I rolled my eyes.

"You'll be asking for a long time then," May giggled.

"Well, we'll see you at the contest tomorrow," I said, quickly steering May away to avoid the comment I saw coming from Solidad.

"I can wait a long time if it means you two will be together!" Solidad yelled down the halls. I cringed. Sometimes she was too obvious.

"Thanks for taking me out with you guys," said May, coming to her door, "I had a great time even if we were the talk the whole time."

"No worried," I shrugged, "I guess I had a good time too."

"Oh no!" she suddenly exclaimed.

"What?"

"I left Harley's rose with Solidad," she winced.

"Might be better for you," I laughed, "well get some rest, big day tomorrow." She nodded and entered her room.

"Night Drew," she sighed.

"Goodnight May." She smiled and shut the door.

May's POV

They others had been sleeping when I came in last night so I quickly changed and got into bed. Now Max was jumping on me.

"May wake up!" he yelled, "You have to tell us about your date."

"I'm awake," I moaned, "Stop it."

"Please tell us," begged Ash, coming to the foot of my bed like a child would when begging his parent for a bed time story.

"It wasn't a date," I corrected, "we went with Harley and Solidad."

"So it was a double date," shrugged Brock, "what difference does it make?"

"I'm not going to be able to convince you otherwise am I?" I asked. They shook their heads in unison.

"Well let's say that I had fun even though Harley and Solidad decided the Drew and I would be the table topic," I explained, sliding off the edge of the bed.

"Aww, told you that you guys were cute together," stated Ash.

"Yeah, you have my approval," said Max. I blushed.

"I have to get ready," I said, "The battles today are earlier." I locked myself in the bathroom and sank down. Why?

I headed out and met Drew in the hallway.

"I'm going to use Masquerain for the appeals. I think you should use Beautifly. They go really good together," he suggested.

"You think?"

"Yeah, sure I do."

"Alright, tell me what you have planned," I asked. He looked left and right, making sure that no other trainers could hear. He leaned close and whispered in my ear, tickling my skin.

"Sounds great," I giggled, rubbing my ear.

"What are you doing that for?" he asked.

"Your breath tickles," I answered, "my ears are ticklish."

"Oh really?" His grin got bigger.

"You wouldn't," I laughed nervously. He held my hands and moved close again, breathing next to my ear.

"How's that?" He asked smugly.

"Stop!" I laughed, "I can't!" I collapsed to the floor in a fit of giggles. He knelt down next to me, still breathing in my ear.

"You want me to stop?" he asked teasingly.

"Yes, stop!" I cry out.

"Drew!" Ash called, "Can we talk to you?"

"We'll finish this later," he whispered.

"Watch out," I warned, "They're in a 'May and Drew' craze as well. Max gave me his approval this morning."

"I'll be careful," He winked and I giggled again.

Drew's POV

Ok, now I was pretty sure almost everyone had lost it over this May and Drew faze. Max's approval? I shook my head and entered her room, bracing myself for whatever they wanted to talk to me about.

"So apart from romancing my sister, we have an important job for you," Max started.

"I am not romancing your sister," I clarified.

"Yeah sure, because what I saw out there did not look like 'not romancing May'," Ash smirked.

"I was teasing her," I clarified again, "I found her ticklish spot."

"Whatever," shrugged Brock, "back to your important job. Today's May's birthday."

"I know that," I said.

"Yeah, yeah, well we need you to distract her until 6:30 while we set up a surprise birthday party for her," blurted Ash.

"How on earth am I supposed to distract her for that long?" I asked, "You know the competition will end at around 1, that's 5 and a half whole hours!"

"That you get to spend alone with May," added Brock.

"You've lost it," I said, "I don't see how I can't distract her for that long."

"Take her out on a date," suggested Max, "like the one last night."

"May and I are not dating," I felt like yelling, but I kept my voice calm.

"Yet," added Ash annoyingly.

"Fine," I agreed, "I'll see what I can do, but we are not going on a date." I started to walk out.

"You can't tell her anything," Brock called.

"I know the meaning of surprise guys, don't worry about it. Don't start yet though, May will need to get some stuff. Anyway, I have a contest," I waved, escaping while I could.

"You were right," I said to May while eating breakfast, "everyone is crazy about us."

"I warned you," she giggled.

"Yes you did, but I just had to find out myself," I groaned. She laughed again.

"C'mon," she said, "we'll be late for the contest." We got up and continued to the Poke stadium.

"You know," She commented, "It feels really good to be able to walk properly again. You never realize how good it is until you have to go without it."

"You do have a funny way of looking at things," I chuckled, "but I guess I haven't experienced not being able to walk properly."

"We could fix that," she teased, giving me a sly grin.

"No, that's ok," I hurried to defend, "I like my legs how they are."

"I'm just kidding," she giggled, "I'm not going to do anything to your legs. I was going to say how about you go and use the crutches for a day." I laughed and shook my head.

"Oh May!" Harley called, running to us, followed by Solidad.

"Hey guys!" May greeted, smiling, "I was beginning to think we wouldn't see you before our match."

"Nah, we've been running around all morning trying to find you," panted Solidad.

"You haven't been avoiding us would you?" asked Harley.

"Why would we do that?" May cried.

"So you two could have some time alone," teased Solidad.

"We're not a couple," May squealed, getting flustered. Harley opened his mouth, but was interrupted when the MC called our names.

"Looks like we're up," I said, "see you two after."

"Here May," I heard Hayley tell May, "a rose to bring you luck."

"C'mon May," I sighed, grabbing her wrist and dragging her.

"Thanks Harley," she called.

May's POV

We did well in the preliminaries, but the battling didn't go so well. We were knocked out after the first round. Harley and Solidad went on to claim the ribbons for this contest.

"So what colour rose did Harley give you this time?" Drew asked as we walked around looking for them.

"An orange one," I replied, "what does that colour mean?"

"Desire, fascination and enthusiasm," he replied, "I definitely think Harley has no idea what they mean."

"Maybe that's not such a bad thing," I giggled, "It's kinda nice, but I don't know how I feel about getting all this attention."

"There they are!" he exclaimed, "Solidad!"

"Hi Drew, hey May," she greeted, "we were just talking with your friends."

"Oh yeah, what were they saying? Anything about me?" I asked.

"No nothing like that," Solidad laughed, "they just said congrats on winning."

"Yeah, you did a good job," agreed Drew. I looked around.

"Where's Harley?" I asked, "I don't see him."

"He went to the toilet," explained Solidad, "he'll be back soon."

"Do you guys want to go out for lunch?" I asked.

"Actually, we've got plans sorry," Solidad apologised, "maybe next time."

"Oh sure," I agreed, "I promise." Harley came back.

"Hey you two," he said, "C'mon Solidad, we need to go." He linked his arm with hers and they left, waving as they went.

"Well that was weird," I commented.

"Yeah weird," Drew agreed, "let's go eat lunch."

We all ate in silence. Nobody talking at all, which, seemed strange to me. I had no idea what was going on. Suddenly Brock stood up and collected all our bowls, taking them to the kitchen.

"May, I hope you don't mind but I think we're going to take a quick nap," said Max, "we were up pretty late waiting for you and then up again really early."

"Yeah," Yawned Ash, looking at Drew for a moment.

"Hey May, how about we return your crutches," suggested Drew, "we can give them time to sleep and we can do something fun."

"Like what?" I asked, brightening at the thought.

"We could go to the beach for a while, it's a nice day," he shrugged. I clapped my hands together and nodded.

"Let me get my bathers," I told him. He nodded.

"I'll wait outside," he told me. I ran to my closet and looked at my choices. I eventually decided on the yellow pair. I took out a towel, a spare set of clothes, and sunscreen and stuffed them into a bag. I pulled off my shoes and replaced them with a pair of thongs.

"Don't worry, I won't be too long," I told them as I grabbed the crutches and headed out. Just like he said, Drew was waiting outside my door. He had changed his usual track pants with a pair of green board shorts. He had bare feet and had slung a back pack over his shoulder.

"Let's go," he said.