Shoving the two boys aside, Dawn shook Misty's hand. "Hi Misty! I'm Dawn."
"Hi Dawn." Misty greeted her. "So I hear you're a Pokémon Coordinator like May?"
"That's right! And you're a Gym Leader right?"
"Yup! Though I still dream about a becoming a Water Pokémon Master."
"No wonder you're putting up a water show." Dawn giggled. "Guess we've found that beautiful girl in the picture guys." She gave a sly smile at her traveling companions.
"Actually I don't want to do the show." She crossed her arms.
"Don't be silly of course you do!" Violet put her arm around Misty's shoulders.
"Now if you four will like excuse us, we've got rehearsals to do." Daisy said.
"GARY! DREW! GET OVER HERE!" Violet yelled so loud everyone felt their eardrums burst from the volume of her voice.
"Drew's here? What? Why is he here?" May asked as soon as she regained her sense of hearing.
"He's playing my love interest… you are okay with that right May?" Misty asked.
"Of course, I mean I'm just surprised that's all." She hesitantly giggled.
"Believe me, I was too. I knew the guy for like 30 seconds, and suddenly he's my co-star."
As soon as Ash recovered from Violet's yelling, he ran up to Misty. "I heard her say Gary. Please tell me she didn't say Gary."
"I would, but I can't." Misty sweatdropped.
"Gary's going to be your co-star?"
"What's the big deal? It's just an underwater ballet Ash."
"Yeah but that's Gary, since when does a Pokémon researcher do underwater ballets?"
"I'm a gym leader and I do underwater ballets." She placed her hands on her hips.
"Well you're a water Pokémon trainer, he doesn't stick with water types."
Lily stepped in. "Calm down Ash, it's not like he's gonna ruin the show. He's actually the perfect fit, he's tall, handsome, and charming."
"You guys get seats up close of course." Daisy handed them the tickets. "VIP. The best seats in the house."
"Wow, I can't wait!" Dawn hugged the ticket.
Just then Misty's co-stars walked up to them.
"What's up Ashy boy?" Gary cockily grinned at him.
"Hey May." Drew flicked his hair. "Glad you could make it."
"Hey Drew. Have you signed up for the contest yet?" May asked.
"Actually I won't be participating. I've got this underwater ballet to prepare for."
"But, we travelled all the way to Sinnoh to take part in the contest."
"Correction, YOU guys travelled all the way to Sinnoh to take part in the contest, I on the other hand, have a role to take."
"It wouldn't hurt to tell me things like this sometime you know." She crossed her arms.
"Oh don't worry about it May, I won't forget about you." He winked at her.
"You've got a pretty big head for someone who's never done this before."
"Is someone a little jealous?" he smirked.
"Yeah right! Like I would be jealous of someone doing a stupid underwater ballet." She turned her back on him, only to face the four sisters scowling at her.
"What was that?!" Violet growled.
"I meant for… ummm… guys cause I haven't seen guys do underwater ballets." May stepped back from the fuming sisters. "He made me say it!" she pointed at Drew.
"Really? That's your defense?" he shook his head.
"Well if you weren't being so cocky I could have avoided saying something I didn't mean!"
He rolled his eyes. "Okay girls calm down, May does this stuff all the time."
"WHAT?!" May scowled at him.
"She never really knows what she's doing." He shrugged.
"I-" she started but Drew placed a hand on her face.
"Let's just forget she said that and move on to rehearsals." He suggested.
"Okay like fine whatever. Just go to backstage and practice your kissing scenes." Violet directed.
"WHAT?!" Ash and May exclaimed together.
"Well it takes time to for Misty to warm up to a co-star, so like what better way than practice?" she shrugged.
"Wait, you've done this before?" Ash asked her.
"So what? You don't own her." Daisy smirked.
"Oh well yeah… but… umm…. Brock help me out here."
"I'd rather not." Brock took a step back.
Ash looked at Dawn. "Don't look at me, I barely know her." She grinned.
"Why don't we just go and rehearse?" Misty pulled Gary and Drew to the backstage.
"Good idea little sister." Daisy grinned.
"We're practicing act 1 not the kissing scenes Daisy!" Misty shouted back.
May and the Sinnoh trio moved to the bleachers to watch the three older sensational sisters rehearse with the Pokémon.
"I can't believe Drew is part of the show!" May frowned.
"I can't believe Misty is doing this!" Ash crossed his arms.
"I can't believe how jealous you two are." Dawn giggled along with her Piplup.
"I'm not jealous, I'm furious." May defended.
"Why are you furious? Cause he's gonna practice a kissing scene with Misty?" she raised a brow.
"She said she's not practicing the kissing scene."
"So why are you angry?"
"Well… I just… got mad cause Drew didn't say anything."
"Misty didn't tell you either, why aren't you mad at her?"
"She didn't know!"
"OKAY STOP IT!" Brock sat between the girls. "Look, it's just a play and besides I'm pretty sure Misty didn't know that you were dating Drew."
"I'm not dating Drew!" May insisted.
"Then why are you acting like you are?" he asked, grinning along with Dawn.
"I'm not acting like I am, I'm just a friend… who's mad at the fact that… he didn't tell me any big news cause that's what friends do."
"I thought you were just rivals?" Dawn asked with a sly smile.
"Whose side are you on Dawn?!"
"Well chill out alright? It's not like Misty has feelings for Drew, she only met the guy." she calmed her down.
"I wouldn't care if they dated. I don't even care if she dated Gary, she's a big girl, she can do whatever she wants."
"What?! That jerk? Why would she?" Ash suddenly joined in.
"Here we go." Brock groaned.
"Well Gary's cute." Dawn replied.
"And smart." May added.
"A great trainer."
"The grandson of a famous professor."
"And knows a lot about Pokémon."
"That's not really helping me." Ash glared at them.
"Sorry, got carried away." Dawn giggled.
"She's done this before Ash, what's the big deal?" Brock asked a question he already knew the answer to.
"She's doing this with my rival!"
"I thought you guys buried the hatchet?"
"We say it's buried but you know it's not!"
"Woah there Ash, calm down. I'm sure he won't flirt with your girlfriend." Dawn rolled her eyes.
"She is not-" a thundershock from Pikachu ended the argument whose ears were hurting from the conversations.
"I thought they'd never stop." Daisy finally relaxed.
"I know right? Okay from the top!" Violet said through a megaphone to the Pokémon.
A/N:
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