Me: Guys I'm wondering if I'm doing too many stories at once…

Drew: Yeah you probably are and will keep deleting them.

Me: Shut up Drew! Anyways, I just felt I should upload a story to celebrate the summer holidays, plus it's my B-day today! That's right, people! The day of my birth!

Drew: That must have been a terrible day…

Me: No it wasn't! Now everyone give a big cheer for it!

People: …

Me: Fine! Geez! Anyways, this is like a B-day gift from me to my readers; whoever reads this! I hope you guys like it! Oh, yeah, I do not own Pokemon by the way in case some of you are confused…I mean it's pretty obvious, and who would think that I was anyways? So since I don't like repeating it since we all know this, and that I have a bad memory and may forget to say this in later chapters, this one disclaimer will stand for the whole story! So, without further ado, here it is!

Chapter One

School's Out!

May's POV

The sound of a ringing bell seemed to echo throughout the school. As I made my way to my locker, I could see people cheering at the idea of having no school, while others were upset at not seeing their friends for the whole summer. Me? Well, I was being my usual happy self. Besides, I would still be seeing May and Misty over the summer seeing as how close we live to each other; we were all in the same neighborhood.

"May!" Hearing my name, I turned around to see Misty and Dawn running towards me and tackling me into a tight hug. I just looked around confusedly, unsure of what to do. So naturally, I just said the first thing that came into my mind.

"Um…?" I blurted out ever so intelligently.

Misty and Dawn laughed at how my face had 'what?' written all over it. I just pouted.

"So do you guys care to tell me why you guys just came up and hugged me all of a sudden?"

Dawn's eyes became misty. "We were just going to miss you sooo much over the summer!"

I rolled my eyes. "Dawn, I'm still in the same neighborhood even if I'm not in the same street as you guys." Yeah, Dawn and Misty were neighbors, and Paul and Ash, their crushes, even if they won't admit it and would kill me if I said that, lived right across the street from them. I, on the other hand, lived next to-

"Don't think too much and hurt yourself, May," Came the very arrogant voice of my said neighbor.

I turned around and glared at him. "Shut up, Drew," (AN: We all saw that coming)

He smirked and flicked his hair. "Like I'd listen to someone as small minded as you,"

Before I could retort, Misty intervened by stepping in between us. "Break it up, guys."

"He started it," I said indignantly, crossing my arms over my chest.

She rolled her eyes at me. "Yeah well it doesn't matter. Just stop the fighting."

"But you and Ash fight all the time." I pointed out.

She blushed. "W-well that's different.

I raised an eyebrow. "How?"

She turned her head. "It just is!"

"No it-" I stopped mid protest as she turned her head and glared at me."Um, yeah, it's way different." I amended quickly.

"What's different?" I looked to my left to see Ash heading our way with Paul next to him.

"Nothing!" Misty responded a bit too quickly.

"Ok then I guess," Ash said, nodding.

Wow, he actually bought it. I thought amusedly.

"Congrats, we finally found someone actually more dense than you," Drew whispered in my ear.

"I am not dense!" I snapped at him aloud, getting a few stares from a few people passing by and our friends.

"We never said you were, May." Misty said.

I stared at the tiles on the floor, embarrassed. Luckily for me, that was the moment hyperactive Leaf bounded in, dragging a sulking Gary behind her and drawing the attention to them instead, leaving my outburst forgotten.

"Why's Gary sulking?" Ash asked, glancing at said boy.

"Aw, he's just a sore loser because I beat him in a race during track!" Leaf answered, smiling broadly.

"You only won because of all the soda you had!" Gary said.

Leaf huffed and crossed her arms over her chest before turning away. "See what I mean?"

We all nodded while Gary glared at us, causing us to shrink back a bit.

"I should've known you guys would be on her side…" He mumbled.

Drew gave him a careless shrug. "We weren't on anyone's side; but it's just true that you're a sore loser."

"You're not helping here, Drew." Gary growled.

"It's true you know." Paul added in his usual emotionless way.

"Yeah, you're not exactly the best in sportsmanship, Gary." Ash chimed in.

Gary groaned. "Great, my best friends all ganging up on poor me."

"Hey! We girls aren't your best friends too?" I exclaimed, with a wave of my arm for emphasis. We'd all known each other since kindergarden, so shouldn't we be his best friends too?

"Well you're my best girl friends, but technically they're my best friends." He answered, earning a punch on his shoulder from all us girls.

"Hey!"

"You deserved it," Leaf said, the rest of us girls nodding in agreement.

"Hey guys, wasn't there something we were supposed to do today?" Ash interrupted us, tapping a finger on his chin in thought.

Everyone's eyes widened in realization before one thing ran through our minds.

Oh, crap!

And we dashed out of the building, eventually stopping in front of a small ice cream shop before pushing open the doors, causing a bell to ring and signaling there was a customer. Sitting at a table was a pretty girl with light blue hair, who usually gave off a cheery and girly aura, although today, she just seemed irritated and pissed off.

"Marina!" I called, causing her to look up at us upon hearing her name.

"We're sorry we're late!" I heard Misty apologizing beside me.

"Well it's about time you guys got here…" She muttered.

Dawn smiled apologetically. "We're sorry, Marina, we just all got caught up in a conversation…"

"We didn't mean to be late," Leaf said.

"Yeah, we're sorry, honest." Ash chimed in, being the only boy who actually decided to speak up and say sorry due to their 'manly pride'.

Marina grinned, the irritation in her features suddenly seeming to disappear into thin air. "Ok then!" She chirped. "I accept your apologies!"

We all sweatdropped.

"…Okay then…" I scratched my head awkwardly.

We all sat down. "So, where's Jimmy?" I asked. Jimmy was Marina's boyfriend, and we'd known him for just as long as all the other boys.

"Oh, he had to leave early because his family really wanted to see him, since they hadn't seen him for so long." She responded. Jimmy had gone on a vacation with Marina and her mom (unfortunately her mother and father divorced when she was around ten so she's living with her mom).

Hearing this, the boys decided to leave, not seeing the point in being here if Jimmy wasn't here. But as soon as they were gone, Marina spoke up. "So, have you guys gotten together yet?"

Misty, Dawn, Leaf and I all blushed a deep shade of scarlet. "W-what?" We stuttered in unison.

"You know what I mean; have you guys gotten together with Drew, Ash, Paul and Gary yet?"

"T-that's n-never going t-to happen!" I found myself stuttering once again.

"Oh, yeah sure just keep on telling yourself that," She said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "I mean, it's just so obvious you guys like each other!" She squealed, her eyes glinting with something I didn't like. "And besides, if you guys don't get together soon, then they'll end up taken; cause you guys have to admit, they are hot!"

"There is no way I'm getting together with Paul!" Dawn shrieked, earning a few stares from customers around us. She blushed and looked away.

"I never said you were getting together with Paul in particular," Marina said slyly.

"W-well, y-you meant it!" Dawn retorted.

"Guys, we all know Dawn has a crush on Paul so now let's just move on," Misty said.

Dawn glared at her. "Not helping. And what about you and Ash?"

Now it was Misty's turn to blush. "I don't like him!" She protested, surprisingly not stuttering; probably from all the years of practice she got from the millions of accusations of them being boyfriend and girlfriend.

"Riiiiiight…" Dawn seemed to have sarcasm dripping from her voice.

"Very convincing, Misty," Wow, since when did Marina and Dawn start teaming up to tease Misty?

Leaf and I just stood by on the sidelines, enjoying the show and glad we weren't the ones that were getting the teasing right now.

Misty mouthed a 'help' with her mouth, but Leaf and I just smirked and shook our heads at her.

Somewhere in the conversation, Misty was able to direct it to Leaf and Gary. "Oh, yeah, we forgot about you for a moment there, Leafy!" Marina chirped happily.

Leaf groaned and rested her head in her arms on the table.

"Aw, c'mon, Leafy, we all know how much you like Gary and want to talk about him; why don't you talk about him with us?" Dawn asked.

Leaf blushed. "One, I don't like him, and two, I don't want to talk about him."

"You know that's a lie, Leaf," Marina said.

"No, it isn't!" Leaf protested. She then became silent, probably thinking of a way to direct the conversation to something else; I could practically see the gears turning in her head! "Guys, isn't it getting dark? We should be heading home." She spoke up.

We all glanced at the windows to see the dimly lit sky. "Yeah, it does seem to be getting late," Misty observed.

We headed out of the now nearly empty shop; the bell once again ringed as we opened the door. We all lived in the same neighborhood, so we took the same routes home. Our homes weren't far away from the shops, though, so luckily, we reached out neighborhood within ten minutes. We soon passed Misty and Dawn's street, were we separated. There was a fork in the road; there was one path straight and another that went to the left, which was where Misty, Dawn and Marina went (Marina's street is in that direction). Leaf and I just walked in silence; I was absorbed in my own thoughts from back in the ice cream shop.

"So have you guys gotten together yet?"

Misty, Dawn, Leaf and I all blushed a deep shade of scarlet. "W-what?" We stuttered in unison.

"You know what I mean; have you guys gotten together with Drew, Ash, Paul and Gary yet?"

"T-that's n-never going t-to happen!" I found myself stuttering once again.

"Oh, yeah sure just keep on telling yourself that," She said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "I mean, it's just so obvious you guys like each other!" She squealed, her eyes glinting with something I didn't like. "And besides, if you guys don't get together soon, then they'll end up taken; cause you guys have to admit, they are hot!"

I could feel myself blushing again and shook my head, wondering why these thoughts were bothering me so much; especially the last part.

"And besides, if you guys don't get together soon, then they'll end up taken; cause you guys have to admit, they are hot!"

There was just something about Drew taken that I didn't like…what was it?

"May! Hello! Earth to May!" I snapped out of my thoughts to see Leaf's hand waving in front of my face and said girl calling my name.

"Huh?" I tilted my head in confusion, staring at her curiously. "Something wrong?"

"Well, you were just kinda spaced out there." She responded, eyeing me. "Are you ok?"

I nodded, but then noticed how dark it had become and wondered if she could see it. "Yeah, I'm fine."

"That's good to hear. Well, bye!" She waved at me before walking, well, more like skipping, to where I realized was her house; I hadn't seen that we were in front of it.

My house was only a street away, so I'd gotten there in no time at all. I opened the door to find my mom on the phone, seeming worried, but as soon as she saw me, she immediately pulled me into a tight hug.

"Oh, May, you're finally home! I was getting worried and calling everyone to ask if they'd seen you! Are you okay? Did anything happen?"

She continued doting on me for another half hour, until her ranting finally came to an end. "Are you hungry dear?" She asked me, getting up and pausing. I nodded before she continued walking to the kitchen to reheat dinner for me. When she was gone, I sat down on the couch to ponder again about the conversation. It was true that Drew was quite the ladies man; with charming smile, emerald orbs…Ugh! Get a grip, May! This is Drew you're thinking about! I accidently let out a groan of frustration, before quickly covering my mouth.

"May sweetie, are you okay in there?" My mom called from the kitchen.

"Yes, mom," I called back.

Tomorrow would be the first day of summer vacation, and hopefully, I'd forget about this by the end of it…

So, how was it? Please review and tell me what you think! Please no flames, but criticism is appreciated! Oh, yeah, I know this first chapter may have been kinda boring, but it was just to start off the story, you know? Anyways, I'll be updating this throughout the summer holidays; my goal's to finish this by then and then maybe start a sequel! Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself, aren't I? Well, anyways, bye for now!

~xXFireRoseXx