Brendan knocked on the door of his new neighbor's home, waiting for the chance to make a new friend his age. From where he once lived, his friends weren't that interactive with him. They weren't that crazy about Pokémon like he was. He knocks again, anxious for his new neighbor to answer. A woman with dark brunette hair wearing a dark red shirt and a white long skirt came out to greet him.

"Oh hello. I haven't seen you here. You are?"

Brendan cleared his throat to expel the nervousness he was feeling. "My name's Brendan. I believe you heard my name from the Professor?"

The woman nodded her head rather slowly with her mouth opened; she forgot they had new neighbors moving in. "Oh, you're Brendan! Our new next-door neighbor! Hi! We have a daughter about the same age as you! She has been so excited about making a new friend."

"S-She!?" Brendan nearly recoiled back from hearing that his new next-door neighbor would be a girl. He was more comfortable talking with males than females. For many his age, talking with the opposite gender is awkward and he was no different.

The woman gave a light laugh. "Come on, now, don't be shy! I promise you she's nice. She should be in her room upstairs. I hope you'll go and introduce yourself! Go on up and say hi."

Brendan's face flushed red as he scratched the back of his hat. He didn't interact that many times girls before but when he did, he would often be elusive when talking to them, as if they were a different species all together. He looked down and gave a heavy breath of air. "Come on... Why? We're off to a great start to our new life, already..."

Slowly, Brendan made his way up the stairs to his new neighbor's room. He made light and careful steps, trying not to announce his presence. Once he came to the top base of the stairs, one step below the very top, he saw a view of a slim, lighter brunette haired girl wearing a headband with a bow that's on top of her head. She was also wearing a red, sleeveless shirt top with a black one underneath. She also had on a pair of white shorts with black leggings that extended from her shorts to just above her knees. Brendan took a moment to also observe a fanny pack strapped around her waist with the storage unit on her lower back.

Brendan's heart was slightly pounding in his chest. Over the sound of his heart beating, Brendan could hear her mumbling to herself.

"Pokémon fully restored, items already, and..." The brunette girl noticed something out of the corner of her left eye. "Huh!?" She turned to look straight at Brendan's direction.

Brendan's eyes went wide but then tripped as he tried to take a step forward. He forgot he was one step before the upper-base of the stairs. "Ow..."

"A-Are you alright?" The brunette expressed concern as she came to help Brendan up.

Before she could help him up, Brendan quickly did the job on his own strength. "Y-Yes! I'm okay! No need to worry!"

The brunette girl tilted her head to one side, looking at her would-be-new-neighbor awkwardly. "Who...are you?"

Brendan swallowed his saliva, then took a deep breath. "My name's Brendan. Uh...I just moved in. I didn't expect my new neighbor to be a girl, to be honest." Brendan quickly shut himself after he said something that could potentially offend her.

May looked at him a couple of seconds before responding. She didn't seem to mind what Brendan said. "So you're Brendan. Your move was today, huh?" She gave off a brief giggle, smiling with sincerity at him. "Well, I'm May! Glad to meet you! I...I actually have this dream of becoming friends with Pokémon all over the world. And then when Dad-oh, I mean Professor Birch told me about you moving here, Brendan..."

"So she must be his daughter... Isn't my father good friends with the Professor?" His bad gut feeling just got worse upon making that realization, although he put up a poker face to conceal his...distress.

May continued. "...Well, I was hoping you would be nice and we could be friends."

"Y-Yes. Likewise." Brendan struggled to say while stuttering.

May's mouth slightly opened a bit upon realizing something. Brendan noticed and started to wonder if she was thinking a similar thought. "...B-But that's just silly, isn't it? I've just met you. Right, Brendan? So what am I talking about? Hee...hee..." She giggled nervously while scratching the back of her head while blushing. "May...you and he just met. Don't be so forward. He's uncomfortable right now..."

Brendan did the same action she did while nervously grinning. "Ha, ha, ha... Uh...I don't know. But...you seem comfortable enough with me that you told me that." Brendan, again, quickly shut himself up. "Shoot! Stop it! You're going to creep her out with your observational skills!"

"Oh..." May continued to blush. "Stupid May! You need to stop treating everybody like you're friends with them when you just met them for the first time!" "Well...we seem to be getting along quite nicely already." May gasped. "Oh no! I forgot! I was supposed to be going out to help Dad catch some wild Pokémon!"

Brendan quirked his eyebrow at that. "Oh? How about I help?"

May shook her head and hands. "No! No! No! You just moved in and I'm sure you're still feeling rocky after that long ride here. You just go and do your own thing for now." Her lips formed another smile at Brendan. "Brendan, I'll see you later!"

She went past him, down the stairs. Brendan looked at her, all the way going down. "Well...that didn't go so bad. But..." His face morphed into a frown. "She seems to be a spunky one. I dislike spunky..."

Meanwhile, May was at the door outside of her house, panting heavily. "So that was Brendan... He seems nice." She then made a confused expression. "...But what was up with him and his way of talking? Is he always like this?"