my first attempt at a long CS fic so plz no flames just some constructive critisism thx lol

oh n i apoloize if Drew's a bit OOC

Teardrops

May hugged her knees to her chest tightly, the tears flowing down her face blurring her vision. She took a shaky sigh and reached for the radio dial. Once she heard the song that was playing, she turned up the volume. It was the only one she had been thinking of for the past week. In fact, it was the only song she could think of.

"Don't know why I do..." May sang along softly with Taylor Swift, more tears pouring out of her eyes. All the events that had occured the week before suddenly rushing back to her as each set of lyrics escaped from her lips...

Walking to school with Drew last Monday, May was preparing herself to tell him what she had been hiding for so long. At first she had been so afraid of him rejecting her or not returning her feelings, but now she just didn't think she could lie to herself or anyone any longer. She was in love with her best friend Drew Rosieur and it was time for him to know.

"Hey Drew, I need to te-" She began, but cut herself off as a girl with dirty blonde hair and sparkling hazel eyes ran up and threw her arms around Drew, and he replied by pecking her on the cheek and placing his arm around her waist. He seemed to overjoyed at the new girl's arrival to even remember that May was still there. But, the girl seemed to recognize her presence, because she tapped Drew on the shoulder and gestured towards her.

Drew looked over his shoulder and nearly jumped out of his skin when he spotted her. He had obviously thought she had gone up ahead to the school. "Oh! Uh, May," Drew stumbled, removing his arm momentarily from the girl, and blushing. "This is...um..." He paused again and looked at the girl as though asking for help. She just smiled and nudged him slightly, urging him to continue. "My...girlfriend... Kate."

That's when May's entire world came crashing down. Girlfriend!? Girlfriend!? B-But May was the closest person in Drew's life and who the heck was Kate? May a Drew shared a special bond with each other, but was it nothing more than friendship? She was sure there had been something else, but-but if Drew had found someone he seemed happy with, then May must've been wrong about the signs she thought she had seen. Girlfriend!?

Kate's cheery voice broke through her thoughts. She appeared to be feeling the exact opposite May at the moment as she happily clung to Drew's arm and beamed at her. "Oh, so you're May! Drewy's told me so much about you!" Is it just me or did she just call Drew Drewy!? May wondered, trying to hide her disgust as the girl went on, "He said you're a really talented coordinator, tough rival, adn a really great friend."

Kate continued smiling politely as she ran over May's appearence in her head. No wonder nothings ever happened between them, look at her. Stubby legs, bony ankles, horrible split-ends, not the big-chested, and just look at her uniform, from a second-hand store obviously. She tried to hide a smirk. Yup, I have nothing to worry about. That skanky brat has absolutely no chance with my Drew.

She continued studying May long after May had averted her attention elsewhere. Currently, she was staring up at the trees, a solemn look in her eyes as if she felt as though she had missed out on something she so terribly wanted. Then, Drew called out May's name to see if she was alright and her sapphire eyes lit up like jewels. May smiled and told him she was fine, just worrying about a test she was having today and began staring at the trees again, with that gleam still slightly visible in her eyes.

I guess she is kind of pretty, Kate thought to herself as she took in May's features once more. I'll have to keep an eye on her... But her thoughts were cut short as they had arrived at their school, La Rousse's School of Coordinating and Contests.

"Hey Drewy, I gotta go. I need to go to the library to study for exams. I'll see you later at lunch, 'kay?" She said as Drew smiled, winked at her, and gave her a one-armed hug.

"Yeah okay. Go study. See you at lunch." She pecked him on the cheek, causing Drew to turn a light shade of pink, and dashed off to the school, leaving what was left of May's heart to shatter.

Once Kate was out of earshot, Drew turned toward May, a hand behind his head and an apologetic look in his eyes. "Listen, May, I'm uh, sorry about not telling you about her earlier. It's just," He sighed, "I don't know, I guess I was afraid you wouldn't like her..."

"Don't even worry about it," May stated quickly, looking off in the opposite direction to better disguise the pain in her voice form Drew.

"Are-Are you mad at me?" Drew asked uncertainly, uneasy about her seclusive behavior.

"No," May lied, trying to keep her voice from shaking any worse than it already was, "No, I'm fine."

"So we're still friends?" Drew asked, still a little uneasy by the way she was avoiding his gaze.

"What?" May exclaimed, finally looking his way, "Why would I drop my best friend just because he got a new girlfriend?"

Drew breathed a sigh of relief, "Good, cause May," He looked her in the eyes, "My friendship and rivalry with you is way more important to me then some girl I start dating. Without you, I won't have anyone to talk to and, most importantly, to demolish in contests." He chuckled before becoming serious again, "Do you believe me?"

May turned away for a moment to hide her blush. He was just so cute when he cared. She took a deep breathe and looked back at him, "Yes, yes I believe you Drew."

Up at the school, the bell rang signaling another hectic day full of pop quizzes and smelly teachers. Both May and Drew groaned in response to the terrible sound.

"Oh well, I guess we should head to class..." May mumbled and Drew nodded. She hadn't waled two feet, though, before he called her back. She turned around, "Yeah Drew?"

Before she even had time to think, Drew had pulled her into a warm hug. May's face flushed instantly, but Drew didn't notice.

"May thank you for being such a good friend." He broke the embrace, his hands on her shoulders and looked at her straight on, his eyebrows raised. "Are you sure you're not mad?" He asked uncertainly, while May flashed him a fake smile.

"Yes," She said, pushing him towards the school, jokingly, "Now get going before you're late."

"Fine!" He laughed as she stopped pushing him. He turned back to her, grinning, and flicked his hair. "I'll see you at lunch," He said before turning and heading to school, his hands buried deep in his pockets.

Once he left, Mays face fell and she soon felt the burning sensation of the tears in her eyes that she had been holding back ever since she had seen Drew with Kate.

"Bye Drew," She whispered, a tear escaping from her eye and rolling down her cheek, slowly. She watched as he disappeared into the group of people on the school grounds and suddenly heard the beginning of "Teardrops On My Guitar" playing softly in her head.

Drew looks at me

I fake a smile so he won't see

That I want and I'm needing

Everything that be...

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plz let me kno wat you think i tried to get it as close to the song as possible and dont hate me because drew gots a girlfriend other than May, I promise it'll all turn out contsetshippiy in ther end. or will it? o.O mwahahahaha lol