Drew's POV

Cilan stumbled into the room, his face flushed an outrageous red. Before we could ask him where he was, and what happened to his face, he choked out, "Iris."

"Ah," we all mused, before getting back to work.

We didn't need to know any more.

Later, still in Drew's POV

After a long while of practicing and lounging around, we were ready for a snack. Cilan's lovely "gentlemanly" habits forced us to get the girls as well; however, he did not want to do it himself. Whatever happened with Iris before must have been very embarrassing.

No one wanted to go, so to save everybody a lot of trouble and blind voting, I just got up and went to the girl's room.

What I found was a nasty surprise.

A nasty surprise, huh…I don't want to think about what else that could be…

Just like me, my conscience is very perverted.

I AM you, smart one.

I am currently ignoring you.

Anyways, I went to Leaf's room and opened the door.

What I found was this circle of girls holding hands like they were promoting world peace or something. Except their expressions were far from happy. They had the saddest look I had ever seen.

"What…happened?" I managed to say, and only Marina acknowledged my existent with a nod of her head. Peering at the rest of them, I noticed something wrong.

Oh, of course, they were all dandy before that.

Well, ignoring the whole depression thing. There was something else.

May was nowhere to be seen.

Aw, how sweet, you care for May.

Shut up before I make you.

"Where's May?" I asked as I peeked into the girl's room.

"Don't wanna talk about it," Dawn mumbled as she huddled deeper into the circle.

Marina sighed. "We kind of...got into a fight with her."

I was taken aback at that. The girls were, like the ultimate sisterhood. I didn't think it was possible for them to ever fight with each other.

"Where is she though?" I pressed.

Lyra supplied." IDK. She just ran off crying."

Anger boiled up inside me, and for some reason, I burst out "Are you stupid?"

You are slowly losing your sanity to the female gender. Do you realize that?

"I know you are, but what am I?" Lyra retorted.

"A terrible person. Why would you make her cry?" I yelled back.

"Hey, it's not our fault she was being all mean to Iris!" Dawn supported Lyra, glaring at me.

"Sheesh, what's your prob Drew?" Misty said. "You're getting really defensive."

Blood started to rise to my face, whether from anger or blushing I wasn't sure.

Bets on blushing.

Shut up.

I stormed out of the room, and made a show of crashing the door. Sighing outside, I started searching for May.

STILL Drew's POV

I finally found May curled up into a ball on the patio, her hair whipping around in the breeze. Sitting down next to her, I started to rub circles on her back, not saying anything. Looking out to the ocean, I saw the waves crash upon the shore.

It was rough today.

"Having a rough day?" I finally asked after a while.

Nodding silently, she buried her head in her knees.

"I'm fine," she said, after a while. "Why're you here anyways, Drew? I'd prefer to be alone right now."

"Suck it up then, 'cause I'm not going anywhere." I then began to stroke her hair, and I felt her shoulders relax.

"Yeah, well…I have nothing to say," May replied.

"The girls and you were fighting?" I began, ignoring her last statement.

May looked up at me, startled. "You know about that?"

I smirked. "I have my sources." May shook her head, and stared at the ocean.

"This is going to sound really weird," she told me.

I rolled my eyes. "You always sound weird."

May glared at me. "And just when I thought you had a heart."

I put my hands up in surrender. "Okay, don't mind me, just continue with the sob story."

May huffed. "Thank you. Now where was I…"

"It's gonna sound really weird…?"

"Right. It is. See, there's this voice in my head…" she continued.

"Sometime today, June?" I spat, earning myself another glare. At least I knew she wasn't feeling sad anymore.

"A voice…kind of like my conscience, I guess. Except it doesn't really help me at all. It kind of…insults me," May explained.

Hey, I'm not mean like her's! And, anyway, it's not like we particularly LIKE you guys. How can you expect us to tell you the right thing all the time? What will we have for entertainment then?

WHAT? You seriously TELL US THE WRONG THING TO DO FOR ENTERTAINMENT? What is wrong with you? That's child abuse!

Don't know, don't care. Now shut your face hole and listen to your crush.

Though I wasn't really before, I have officially decided to completely not take your advice.

If you wanted to know, the advice I gave just then was correct and true.

Eff you.

"Drew?" May waved her hand in front of my face. "Good, you're still there."

I blushed, looking into her sapphire blue eyes. Like I was going to tell her that I had a voice in my head too. Her opinion of me would change entirely.

By the way, this is true advice: Tell her about the voice in your head. She will actually think you understand her, and will like you better.

"Whatever you say, May," I said, patting her on the head.

May pouted. "No, I'm telling you the truth! There really is a-" I shushed her by putting a finger on her lips, and her face flushed red, her eyes staring down at my finger, scared.

"I believe you, May," I whispered. "Just remember that you're a great girl, and an even better friend. Don't pay attention to what those girls said. I'm sure you guys will make up soon anyway."

Standing up and stretching, I walked back inside. But, not before tossing her grabbing a rose from the nearby vase (what, I didn't have time to be classy and get the really good ones from my Roserade) and tossing it behind me and into her outstretched arms.

Dawn's POV

Peeking out of the room, I saw Drew leave the patio and walk away. Treading softly, I walked over to May.

I slowly crept up behind May and tapped her on the shoulder. The sobbing ceased, and the girl slowly moved out of her ball shape.

"What, are you here to jerk on me more?"

I gasped. "I could say the same to you!"

May slowly stood up, her eyes staring down at her feet. "I didn't do anything wrong! I don't know why you guys just-" She broke down there, and I felt absolutely horrible.

What kind of person am I, to do something like that to my friend?

Without thinking, I wrapped my arms around her, in the kind of hugs we used to give each other back in middle school. She hugged me back tightly, and we both cried together.

Just like old times.

Hi guys. :-) Don't wanna give you the sob stories, so I'll just cut to the chase: Sorry for the lack of updates. I already had this written out, so I decided to split this into two chapters, hence, Chapter 15. 5. I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP; it's just that with school coming back up and all, it's hard for me to find time for my writing. :-D But, don't worry, I'm not giving up on this story! I'm working as hard as I can for the next update!

R&R plz!