Ash woke up in a white room, he heard beeping and people crying and talking.
"We shouldn't have left him alone!" He heard Iris saying.
"It's not your fault. He brought this on himself, you thought you were helping. Don't be too hard on yourself." He heard Cilan say.
"Do you think he'll be okay?" Iris asked.
"I sure hope so." Cilan said.
A few minutes later he heard them leave the room and his mother entered he heard them talk about his condition and the doctor assured her he would be alright.
"Hey…" Ash croaked.
They turned their heads toward Ash, his mother pushed past the doctor and pulled him into a hug.
"You're alright!" she cried.
"I told you he would be." The doctor said.
Delia smiled and wiped tears away from her eyes, "Ash you're grounded! You scared me to death! I thought I was going to lose you." She said, still holding Ash in her arms.
There was a knock on the door, and after they got permission Brock, Misty, May, Max, Cilan and Iris came into the room.
"You sure do have a lot of friends." The doctor noted, "Just make sure to leave by 10 pm. That's when visiting hours are over." The doctor said and left.
"Ash you are so stupid." Misty said, giving him a hug, "I don't see you in four years and you do this. Do it again and see if I don't bring my mallet out." She laughed.
"I missed you buddy." Brock said and May and Max said something about missing him too. Max showed off his badges that he had collected since becoming a trainer. Everyone told him how proud they were of him.
Ash apologized to Cilan and Iris, and got their forgiveness. They were all having a good time, until visiting hours were over and they had to leave.
"Bye guys!" Ash said.
They left, Brock and Misty were going back to Kanto, which is where Ash would be going after this. He decided he needed to spend some time at home. Max was heading back out on his journey and May decide to join him for a few months, he waved them goodbye and Cilan and Iris said they would see him tomorrow.
Delia was the last to leave, giving him a hug and telling him she would be staying and traveling with him back home.
"Mom…did you really mean it when you said I was grounded?" Ash asked.
"Of course I did honey." She said, and left.
Ash was left alone in the room, he wondered where Pikachu was but his question was answered when Pikachu hopped onto the hospital bed.
"Night, buddy." he said. Pikachu snuggled up to him and Ash smiled letting himself drift off to sleep.
He awoke the next morning to sun pouring in through the window and groaned.
"Still not a morning person?" he heard someone say. He recognized that voice! Ash rubbed his eyes to clear his vision and looked around. He saw Gary standing at the foot of the bed.
"Hey Ashy-boy." He said smiling.
"Why are you here?" Ash asked.
"I wanted to see if you were ok." Gary said sincerely.
"Yeah right…."
"I'm serious! I'm not here to taunt you or to say how stupid you were ok? I've totally been in this situation before."
"You tried to kill yourself?" Ash asked.
"Well no…but I have gotten dumped by my boyfriend before, and I've been cheated on one too many times. So trust me I know how you feel, but nothing is worth ending your life over."
"Funny, that's what he said." Ash said, thinking back to the conversation him and James had the night they decided to start dating.
"Twerp nothing is worth ending your life over."
"Forget him! I'm sure you've heard it before but just forget him…how long were you guys dating anyways?" Gary asked.
"A week."
The look on Gary's face said it all. He thought Ash was an idiot.
"A WEEK? YOU TRIED TO END YOUR LIFE BECAUSE OF SOMEONE YOU'VE ONLY BEEN DATING A WEEK?!" he yelled.
"Why do you care?"
"Because you can't keep acting so stupid! What if it had worked? What if you were dead right now?"
"Then I wouldn't be so miserable."
Gary slapped him.
"DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE CAME TO SEE IF YOU WERE ALRIGHT?! DO YOU KNOW HOW MANY PEOPLE YOU WOULD HURT HAD YOU ACTUALLY SUCCEEDED IN KILLING YOUSELF? ALL BECAUSE SOME JACKASS CHEATED ON YOU? GET AHOLD OF YOURSELF! YOU ARE BETTER THAN THIS!"
"That's what everyone says…" Ash said quietly.
"Because it's true dumbass. You deserve better."
"No…I don't."
"Do you want to be with someone who cheats on you and makes you so upset you want to kill yourself? Or do you want to be with a loyal man, who would never, hurt you?"
"A loyal man who would never hurt me."
"Was that what your boyfriend was?" Gary asked.
"No…."
"Then yeah, you deserve better."
A/N:
AAAAH! I LOVE GARY! THIS ISN'T THE WAY I WANTED THINGS TO WORK OUT…JAMES AND ASH WERE SUPPOSED TO BE BACK TOGETHER BY NOW…BUT NOW EVERYTHING HAS CHANGED. I GOT INSPIRED.
THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS ARE DEDICATED TO:
moonshadowcuteness1
