Me: Thank you again for your help Zea, I will most definitely need it! Well, we're off again.

Chapter 10- Relief

"Hi! Weren't you the one who used to play at our old house?" Buddy said. Gemma nodded, her grip on the hand getting tighter.

Just then, his hand moved.

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Gemma's hand pulled away in shock, his pale hand clenched into a fist before lying flat on the bed and pushing. Looking to his face Gemma could see his eyes open as he struggled to push himself up, he collapsed back soon after.

"W-Walter?" Gemma gasped.

"Buddy, go get a doctor, quick!" Kelly said. The brown eyed boy nodded and ran out.

"G?" Walter said. Gemma grasped his hand again and nodded.

"Yeah, I'm here."

"Mom?" Kelly nodded too. A doctor walked in with Buddy, going straight over to the now conscious boy.

"Well done on waking up, Mr. Strong. Mrs. Strong, Ms. Ashmore, can you leave so I can give him a full check?" the doctor said. Kelly nodded, standing up, reluctantly Gemma followed. Once outside the room Kelly put a hand on her shoulder.

"Go and find your friends, I'll stay." She said. Gemma nodded and ran out of the hospital doors, turning down the road toward May's house. When she found the sweet little family home she ran up and rang the doorbell. Mrs. Montenegro opened the door.

"Hello Gemma, I'll call May." She said, Gemma nodded whilst catching her breath.

"I am so not made for running." She panted. A minute or so later May came to the door.

"Hey G, what's up?" May asked.

"Walter, just woke up." Gemma panted. "D'you have some water? I just ran, the whole way." May nodded and went back inside, emerging a few seconds later with a bottle of water. Gemma grabbed it and gulped it all down. "Thanks." Then Gemma noticed that May was in a short dress and a pair of leggings, and had her hair in a neat bun. May noticed and smiled.

"I was heading on a date with Ash, but I think we should go pick him up and head straight to the hospital to see Walter." May smiled. Gemma gave a quiet thank you and stood straight. May put her hands on her hips. "I don't have to attempt to give you a piggy back do I?"

"I'll be OK." Gemma said. May smiled, grabbing her friend's arm and running.

"Ash's house is on the other side of town I'm afraid, but with luck we'll bump into him as he heads over to get me." May said as they ran. Gemma nodded.

After about five more minutes off running they bumped, literally, into Ash. All three fell over.

"Ow..." Ash groaned. "May, what on earth?"
"Walter woke up, Gemma ran all the way to my house from the hospital to tell me." May explained as her boyfriend pulled her up, she in turn pulled up Gemma. "I'm sorry but the date'll have to wait for now."

"That's fine, I think this is a good enough reason." Ash said. Then they both noticed Gemma, panting like hell. "Are you OK, G?"

"Yeah, run ahead, I'll catch up." She replied.

"No, you're coming. Climb onto my back." Ash said.

"You think you could hold me?"

"Of course, your pixie sized!"

"I have enough energy to hit you know." Gemma glared. Sighing she climbed onto her friend's back and the three were off.

"Ash does have a point about you being a pixie." May said.

"I swear, you call me a pixie once more and you will be seeing pixies everywhere." Gemma hissed. May shut up.

"How much further to the hospital?" Ash asked.

"About three streets." May replied. Ash groaned. "What? She's not as light as a pixie then?" Ash didn't reply for fear of what Gemma may do.

It took them almost twenty minutes to reach the hospital, Ash let Gemma down when they reached the car park, and the trio ran in.

"Who's gonna call the others?" Gemma asked as they neared the doors.

"I have my mobile, but I only have Zea and Londie's numbers." May said.

"I'll call Jadon." Ash said. The two stayed outside so they could use the mobiles whilst Gemma went straight into her boyfriend's room.

"Did you get them?" Kelly asked. Gemma nodded.

"They're outside calling the others." She replied. Looking to Walter she saw him sitting up with help of the bed. "Hey."

"Hey G." He smiled back under his oxygen mask. "Can I take this off now ma?"

"I think so." Kelly smiled. Walter reached up and removed it.

"Thank god, I can speak properly now." He sighed. "But my ribs still hurt like crap."

"They would, they broke." Gemma said. He grinned at her.

"Well I'm OK!" He then went serious. "Where's, uh, dad?"

"In a cell waiting to be put on trial." Kelly replied. She then noticed the way the two were looking at each other. "Uh, I'll leave you two alone." She said before walking out.

"She's figured it out already." Walter smiled. Gemma nodded.

"Mother's intuition I guess." She said. The green eyed boy nodded. Before either even knew they were doing it they leaned in and kissed, well, Gemma did most of the leaning.

Just then Ash and May, now accompanied by Zea and Jadon, burst in.

"Whoa.." Ash said. The two broke apart, blushing. "That was..."

"Uh... unexpected." Jadon added.

"This is awkward." Walter said. It was silent for a second before May spoke.

"Good on you G!" she giggled. Gemma laughed.

"Thanks." She said, blush still evident on her normally almost white cheeks. Her eyes were now once again bright yellow.

"Well, I have something with me that may just get Walter back on his feet a lot quicker now he can swallow." Zea said, holding up a small pill. "Leafeon and Espeon, with some slight help from Vaporeon, have practiced making these. It's a special type of healing they made, it heals someone without any pain and brings them back to full health, like nothing ever happened! It's still pretty new, and this will be the first time it's used on a human."

"So he's basically a guinea pig?" Gemma said.

"Pretty much, but it worked fine on Pokémon!" Zea assured.

"OK, try it. I hate this place." Walter said. Zea handed him the pill and he swallowed it, taking a gulp of the water next to him afterward. "That didn't taste nice."

"What medicine does?" Zea shrugged. "It'll take its time, but soon you'll be right as rain!"

"I hope so... what day is it today?"

"Friday, luckily for you. You don't have to go straight back to school after that pill works its magic." Jadon said.

"Hey, where's Londie?" Ash then asked.

"I don't know..." May said. "She didn't answer her phone, come to think of it."

***

Londie was crying in her room again. This wasn't like her, she was normally the hyper girl everyone laughs with, not at. But ever since Bradley was an insensitive jerk who dumped her by text, she had gone mad with sadness. She knew after a few more days she'd be over it, but she just needed a few days of self pity first.

She then heard her phone bleep at her, she had a message. Probably from May wondering why I didn't answer her call. She thought.

'Walter's awake, Londie! C'mon!- May.' It read. Londie sighed and replied.

'Sorry, I'm piled under my entire sis's homework pile, I can't get there.' She sent the lie and lay down.

She needed to be alone, just for a few days.

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"She said she's trapped under her sis's homework." May said as she walked back in. "Hey, isn't the bruise on his forehead gone?" she added, pointing at where there used to be a bruise on Walter's head.

"The pill is already working." Zea smiled. "Told you!"

"Yeah, I believe you now." Gemma giggled, hugging Walter openly.

"I shoulda noticed you two earlier." May said. "I'm normally good at that sorta stuff."

"Well, not this time!" Ash chuckled.

"Speak for yourself!" May frowned. Ash scratched the back of his head and sweatdropped. May giggled and glomped him. "Aww, I'm only teasing."

"You two!" Jadon said.

"We were supposed to be on a date, guys, don't blame us." Ash said.

"Then by all means go!" Zea smiled. "Don't let this ruin it."

"OK, c'mon Ash!" May grinned, grabbing his hand and pulling him out.

"They are so made for each other." Gemma said. Then she saw a weird look on Walter's face. "What's with you?"

"This pill, Zea was right, there's no pain but what's weird is I can feel my ribs going back together."

"Eww!" Gemma squirmed. "I really did not want to know that."

"You asked." Walter shrugged. He then had the weird look on his face again. "This is seriously weird."

"Don't blame me." Zea said. "I didn't make it."

***

Gemma went home happy, she went upstairs and changed into her PJs, bright blue ones, and ran downstairs.

"What's got you so happy?" Her mother asked. "Earlier you looked like death."

"Walter woke up. Zea gave him some magic pill too so he'll be out by morning." Gemma smiled, eating a tub of ice-cream as she sat on the sofa. Louise jumped up next to her, Andy sitting on the floor chewing his rattle again. "You can't fit all that in your mouth you know." Gemma smiled at the little two year old. He looked up at her innocently before chewing it again. Gemma chuckled. Chimchar decided to be cheeky and pinch some ice cream, making Gemma laugh.

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Me: Happy chapter! YAY! That pill idea belongs to Zeaeevee, not me, by the way. R&R!