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An important note to all of the readers: The Ash and Dawn romance that you want to see happen? It WILL happen. We just can't have them meet and then BAM! Instant romance forms. It's too cliche. Don't worry, it will happen, but it's a slow romance. It's gonna be kinda like Hunted Down, but not THAT drawn out.
Ash parked on the side of the school and turned the car off.
"What are you doing?" Alex asked, slightly confused.
"I have a meeting with Miss Vickers." he replied as he opened his door.
He walked to the office while Alex walked to his class. Alex found Julia already sitting at her desk with her head resting on her arms.
"You look sleepy." Alex said, sitting down.
"I am...my mom had to wake me up earlier because she had a meeting with Miss Vickers." Julia said with a small yawn.
"My dad has a meeting with her, too. Must be a parent-teacher meeting."
"Miss Vickers won't be in here until the meeting is over. We'll have someone watching us and have a free day until she comes back." Julia muttered sleepily.
The bell rang and a girl, who Alex noticed was Val, walked into the room.
"Hey, kids. I'm just gonna watch over you until Miss Vickers is done. So just be good and you can talk to your friends or whatever, just don't get too loud. Okay?"
"Okay!"
Julia closed her eyes, deciding to take a little nap. Alex started to draw on a piece of paper.
Miss Vickers, Ash, and Dawn sat in the conference room.
"Thank you for meeting with me this early in the morning." Miss Vickers said.
"No problem at all." Dawn said.
"Not a problem." Ash said.
"Well, both of your children are doing wonderfully in school. Miss Berlitz, Julia has improved wonderfully. Her grades have gotten better, especially in Math. Mr. Ketchum, judging by Alex's grades from his past years in Kanto, his English has improved greatly. Your children, they make a wonderful team."
Ash sighed in relief, glad that Alex's English grade was getting better. Dawn smiled, knowing her daughter was doing better in Math.
"They're never without one another when they're in school. I've never seen such close friends before. You could almost say that they're like brother and sister! Julia has become more talkative while in class like the other kids. But she prefers to talk to Alex, mainly. It seems that she's finally coming out of her shell. Alex seems to stick with Julia, too. Occasionally, I see him talking to the others."
The door opened and Alex's hockey coach walked into the room. "Sorry, Miss Vickers. I just need to give Alex's dad something."
Miss Vickers nodded her head and Ash walked over to the coach while Dawn and Miss Vickers talked about Julia.
"I just wanted to let you know that your son...he has a real gift for hockey. I've never seen a kid like him play that well at that age. During tryouts, he did everything I asked of him, and then some. He seemed to want to prove to me, to the other boys, and to himself that he belonged on the team. Not once did he ever complain about how strenuous it was. He's even better than some of the third graders on the team!"
"Thanks. He lives and breaths sports." Ash said.
"Well, that's good. At least he's in good health. Anyway, here's his jersey, the rest of his uniform, and the team schedules so you know what's going on."
"Thank you,"
The coach left the room and Miss Vickers stood up.
"Well, that's all. Thanks for meeting with me. I have to get back to class." she said, shaking their hands.
Ash and Dawn walked out of the room and out of the building. Dawn started to head towards her truck, but she stopped.
"You know, Ash...if you and Alex ever want to come over, you're welcome. I love that our kids are such good friends and they deserve to see each other. Don't you agree?" she said, facing him.
"I agree. And thank you, Dawn. You and Julia are welcome at my home whenever you want, too." Ash said.
Dawn gave a small smile. Dawn glanced at her phone and frowned. "Well, goodbye, Ash. Work calls." she said.
"Bye, Dawn." Ash said, watching as she walked to the small white truck and got in.
He turned and went to his car to go home.
Miss Vickers walked into the classroom to find a few students standing at the front of the room, some talking, and some sleeping or working on something.
"Miss Vickers, your class was good. Except these three, who started to horseplay and I wasn't gonna have it." Val said, motioning to the three boys.
"Thank you, Val. Do you need a pass?" Miss Vickers asked.
"No, I really like this class."
Miss Vickers smiled and Val left the room. Miss Vickers gave the boys a sentence to write for homework, at least a page full.
"Alright class, I hope you all had a nice free time. It's time to come back to the classroom and time to learn." Miss Vickers said as she grabbed a piece of chalk.
Alex poked Julia, but she didn't wake up. He shook her shoulder and she opened her eyes slightly.
"Miss Vickers is back." he said softly.
Julia blinked and nodded her head. She yawned and rubbed her face attempting to wake herself up. She raised her head and then she stared at the lights.
"Okay, I'm good now." she said, blinking her eyes repeatedly.
Alex chuckled softly.
Alex and Julia walked into the gym to find the teacher with two bins full of colored jerseys in front of him. He blew his whistle to get the kids to come over.
"Today, we're going outside to play soccer. It's nice out and you all love to go outside, right?"
A few cheers and groans from the kids.
"Don't complain, you kids need fresh air."
A few grumbles were his answer.
"Hmm...team captains will be the ladies today. Hmm...Julia-" the coach started but laughter came from many of the kids. He gave them a stern look and the laughter stopped.
"-And Amy will be the captains. Julia, you pick first and what color do you want to be?"
Julia glanced at the jerseys which were either white or black. "Black, please. I pick Alex." Julia said. Alex walked over to Julia's side.
"Gregg," said Amy.
The picking continued until everyone was picked. The jerseys were handed out and they put the jerseys over their shirts.
"Alright, to the field!"
The class walked out of the gym and to the school fields. Alex knew he would have to keep an eye on Amy, since she was one of the people who had made fun of Julia when he first came to the school. He knew Gregg wouldn't try anything since they had a truce, but he still knew he would be a tough person to play against.
"Okay! The main rule is simple. No tripping. Now I understand a small trip up may happen when you try to steal the ball, but don't run over and trip them without attempting to get the ball. Have fun and play fair." the teacher explained.
Julia and Amy were standing in front of each other in the middle of the field with the ball between them. The whistle was blown and Julia quickly got possession of the ball. She dribbled along and was approaching Gregg quickly. She saw Alex jogging a little ways ahead and faked a pass to the right and passed to Alex, tricking Gregg.
Alex dribbled and was clear for the goal. He kicked the ball and scored. Julia ran over and gave him a thumbs up. He nodded his head.
The game continued on with the black team leading 3-1. Julia had just passed the ball to Trent after stealing it from Amy. Amy looked very mad and was running very close to Julia.
"You shouldn't have done that, Little Julia." she hissed.
Amy ran a little ways ahead of Julia and quickly stuck her leg out, causing Julia to trip. As Julia was falling, her right leg went out, quickly causing her whole weight to fall onto her right leg. There was a loud crack, followed by the sound of Julia's scream in pain.
The coach blew the whistle, seeing the trip that shouldn't have happened. Alex ran over to Julia and crouched down next to her. She had tears falling down her cheeks and her teeth were clenched in pain.
"Julia...your leg..." he trailed, unable to make a sentence.
Julia felt like she was going to throw up at any second and her right leg was killing her. Her skin had gone pale.
"I...I can't move my leg." Julia said in a strained voice.
Alex looked at her leg and shook his head. He knew it was broken.
"Aww. Julia, it's just a scratch. Get up!" Amy cried.
Amy started to laugh at Julia. Julia didn't care, she just wanted her leg to quit hurting.
"Alex...my leg is hurting...bad." she said, barely audible.
Amy laughed even harder.
"Oh...he can't help you. He doesn't want to help you." Amy said, laughing.
At that point, Alex snapped. He knew this was no accident. She had deliberately tried to hurt Julia. With his anger building, Alex stood up and without even thinking he felt his fist connect with something and then he heard someone else crying. Alex blinked and looked at his hand to find some blood on it. He looked at Amy who was on the ground, holding her nose with blood all over her face.
"Oh no..." he muttered, kneeling back down to Julia.
The teacher ran over to find the two girls on the ground and one was bleeding. He knelt next to Julia and looked at her leg which was still under her, unable to move it from the pain.
"Julia, we need to get your right leg out from under you." he said.
"No, it hurts." Julia said, shaking her head.
"An ambulance is on it's way. We have to get your leg out from under you."
"We need to get it out from under you. It'll hurt, but it'll feel better once they get here. It'll be okay." Alex said reassuringly.
Julia bit her lip and nodded her head.
"Help me get her up." the teacher said to Alex.
Alex stood up, and together they were able to get Julia up to a standing position.
"It hurts," she muttered.
"Don't worry, they'll be here soon." Alex said softly.
"Can you keep her upright?" the teacher asked.
Alex nodded his head as the teacher carefully let Julia go and went to check on Amy.
"So what happened here?" he asked.
Sirens were getting louder and louder. Soon the ambulance was pulling onto the fields and the paramedics hurried over to where Julia was.
"We've got her now, son. Thanks." he said, carefully taking Julia. Julia was put into the ambulance and they drove off.
"Alex," the teacher called.
Alex rubbed his fist against his pants to wipe off the blood and walked over.
"Yeah?" he asked.
"Did you...really punch her?" he asked, slightly shocked.
"Umm...actually, I'm not really sure. I didn't see it." he replied.
He looked at Alex, confused. "What? They said you straight up punched her in the nose."
"Well, I felt something come in contact with my fist and there was blood. I just didn't see and had no control of my actions."
"Oh...so anger, right?"
"Yes, she was laughing at Julia and she tripped Julia for no reason. Julia's my friend and she was getting bullied. I guess I couldn't take it."
"Alright..."
Alex had been quiet the rest of the day at school. It was the first time since he had moved to Twinleaf Town that he had to be at school without Julia and he was worried about what had happened to her.
Ash had been quiet during the car ride home and once in the house, Alex was jittery. He wanted to see how Julia was.
"What happened at school?" his dad asked, looking at him.
"Julia's in the hospital. Can you take me to see her?" Alex asked.
Ash looked shocked, but he grabbed his keys and headed back out the door.
"How did this happen?" he asked as he drove towards the hospital.
"Her leg was broken."
After a ten minute drive, they were pulling into the parking lot. They walked into the hospital and they spotted Dawn and another woman who looked exactly like her, but older.
"Is Julia okay?" Alex asked.
Dawn and the other woman jumped, startled by Alex. Dawn looked behind her and saw Ash and Alex.
"Yes, she's fine. Her leg is just broken. She should be waking up soon. They said they would let us know when she woke up." Dawn said. "Oh, Ash, Alex, this is my mom, Johanna Berlitz. Mom, this is Ash Ketchum and his son, Alex."
"Nice to meet you." Ash said, bowing his head.
"Nice to meet you." Alex said, bowing his head also.
"It's nice to meet you both."
Johanna had sapphire hair that was pulled into a tight bun on her head with gray stripes of hair here and there. She had sapphire eyes, and she was slightly pale. She wore a gray wool sweater over a peach colored shirt, jeans, and some flats.
"Julia Berzil?" a nurse called.
"It's Berlitz, and right here." Dawn said.
"Oh, sorry. She's awake, are all of you going back there?"
"Yes,"
"Okay. Well, she's in room one hundred and six."
The four walked through the hall and found Julia's room. Dawn opened the door and she walked in, followed by Johanna. Alex and Ash then followed behind and Ash closed the door softly.
Dawn was by the top of the bed, smoothing Julia's hair. "You feel better?" she asked.
"Yeah...much better, but my leg itches." Julia said.
Julia was still in her black jeans, her bright yellow half sleeve shirt with the black jersey still over it, and she had on one black sneaker. Her right leg was in a cast.
"Sweetie, how exactly did your leg get broken? They called and told me you were being taken to the hospital for your leg, but they didn't tell me how it happened." Dawn asked.
"We were playing soccer in P.E. I was a captain and so was Amy. We were winning the game and I stole the ball from Amy...again, and she was mad. I passed the ball and Amy tripped me up." Julia explained. "I somehow landed on my right leg. My whole weight fell on it and it hurt so badly."
"She really does need to leave you alone." Dawn said, sighing.
"Oh...I think she will after what happened today." Julia said with a small laugh.
"What do you mean?"
"She got taught a lesson."
Ash saw that Julia's eyes looked at Alex for a second.
"What?"
"Alex...he, umm...hit her. She was bullying me. Plus, she had caused it. I couldn't do anything."
Alex glanced at his dad to find that Ash was looking at him with a look that read, "We'll discuss this later."
After talking for a little while longer, Ash and Alex had to go.
"You'll be better in no time, Julia." Ash said as he put his hand on the door handle.
"Bye, Julia. Get better soon." Alex said.
"Bye, Mr. Ash. Bye, Alex. Thank you for coming to see me." Julia said.
"Bye, Dawn, Johanna." Ash said.
"Bye," Alex said bowing his head.
"Goodbye, Ash and Alex. It was nice to meet you both. I can see why Julia talks about Alex so much." Johanna said.
"Bye, Ash. Bye, Alex." Dawn said.
Once Ash and Alex were back in their house, Alex tried to get out of the conversation he was dreading.
"Alex..." Ash said, making the boy stop in his tracks.
Alex sighed and walked to the living room where his dad was. "Yeah?"
"Sit,"
Alex sat down on the couch and waited.
"Why did you hit that girl?"
"She was bullying Julia. I had to stand up for her. I don't like seeing my friends being treated the wrong way. Dad, I didn't even see it happen. I only felt it. My anger got the best of me and I couldn't control myself."
Ash shook his head and muttered, "You definitely have your mother's temper."
Then he faced his son and said, "Alex, don't let your anger get the best of you. I don't want you to get kicked off of the hockey team or kicked out of the school. Do you want that?"
"No,"
"Okay, just stand up for Julia, but no fighting. Got it?"
"Got it,"
"Good, now what do you want for supper?"
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