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Identity

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May and Drew were sitting on a bench holding hands. Now, they weren't kissing, so I wouldn't "assume" anything. They're only playing with each other's hair, looking at each other in the eyes, giggling and laughing in a loving manner.

Yeah, I can assume.

"What's your problem, May?" I asked. "So during all of this, you were just cheating on me?"

"We broke up, so I thought you wouldn't care," May replied.

"Geez, who knew I was so easy to replace?" Ash asked. "We were in the old school together, then you moved here and you said you loved me when we were apart. Damn, such a liar."

"What are you going to do about it?" May chuckled. "We already discussed this whole thing and Drew didn't mind."

"I love how you didn't even try to lie," I chuckled. "You totally cheated on me. You're such a bastard. Here I thought that I was only breaking up because we were falling apart. It was actually because you loved him more! You could've just told me, you idiot."

"I'm not an idiot. Yes, I cheated on you. Cool, bye," May replied.

I rolled my eyes and left her presence.

Her and Drew. Pfft, pathetic. Oh great, now I'm becoming Paul. I don't know if that's worse or not.

"Pika Pi," Pikachu sighed.

"It's fine, buddy. You couldn't do anything about it," I replied. "I just wish it didn't happen like that."

"Pika."

Serena's POV.

I watched Ash walk into his house. I was watching from my window. He lived 2 houses away from me. He looked pretty sad, I should go over and help him.

Is that what he wants, though?

I sighed, knowing that whatever happened, he'd want some alone time first. We can just talk about it in school tomorrow.

I collapsed on my bed and looked on the floor. I saw my photo book lying on the ground. I picked it up.

I opened my photo book and flipped through the pages. They were old pictures of my experiences.

I turned to the front page. The first page held all of my memories from my old school. I flipped through the pages and saw my ex, Calem, in almost every picture. We were together for four years, and then it turns out he got 'bored' and went to another girl he was seeing.

My self-esteem was amazing after that, trust me. Hahahahahahaha, just kidding!

I saw Shauna, my old best friend (who was the girl Calem was seeing), in a lot of the pictures too. Trevor, Tierno, Sawyer... I missed all of them. I just didn't miss Calem. He was my only enemy in that school.

I flipped past some more pages. Mrs. Juniper - she was my favorite teacher 100%. She was amazing.

On some other pages, I saw my dad and mom. They grew just as much as I did! I smiled as I saw them.

I put away the photo book (by throwing it on the floor) afterward. On the back, Youngblood's lyrics were written on it. Just underneath it was one lyric from Shoutout to my Ex. I chuckled. I always had a special perspective on music.

I turned over to my clock on the left of my nightstand. It was midnight - 12:00. I guess Ash and I practiced longer than I thought.

I laughed and shut my eyes. I soon fell asleep dreaming great dreams.

Ash's POV.

"I can't fall asleep," I sighed.

I walked out on my balcony attached to my room.

No one was with me. My PokèBalls were sitting in my bedroom, Pikachu was sleeping.My hair was blowing in the wind. I stared at the starry sky.

Out of nowhere, a tear rolled down my cheek.

How could May do that... I trusted her... it's not the fact that we broke up, it's just the feeling of betrayal...

Soon, I started crying like a wimp. This wasn't like me, I'm not the person who would cry. Crying makes you weak.

I couldn't help it, though. The stars were watching me and it seemed like they were laughing.

"You aren't weak."

I took a deep breath. Of course, Lucario came out of his PokèBall.

"Yes I am, why am I crying over someone who wouldn't ever cry over me?" I asked, marching back into my bedroom.

"Because you have a heart. Having a heart doesn't make you weak."

"Yeah it does," I argued.

"It makes you human. That girl's like the person who's going to fight you one day."

"Right," I sighed. "I guess."

"I'd recommend you talk to Serena more."

"Huh? Why?" I asked.

"She made you laugh despite everything that's been going around your head recently. All she's done is joy. The real question is why not?"

"True," I sighed.

"You're okay, Ash. You're being human. If you need any help with this, talk to Serena out of everybody."

"Okay," I shrugged. "Thanks, Lucario."

"No problem, it's great being smarter than the master."

"Wow," I laughed. "I can't even fight back because that's 100% true."

"See you tomorrow, Ash."

Lucario went back into his PokèBall. I looked over towards Serena's house through my window.

"Why her? Why not Dawn or Gary or someone I know better?" I asked, looking at Lucario's PokèBall.

All she's done is joy.

Those words echoed through my head, and they were the last song I needed to make me fall asleep.