Ages: 20-Ash, 20-May, 19-Grace, 30-Vince
- 10 -
The doctor walked in, looking at a chart. She looked at it, then said, "Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum?"
"What?!" Ash and May asked in unison.
"Mrs. Ketchum, you're two weeks pregnant!" she announced. May gasped. Ash looked surprised.
"Two weeks? Are you sure?" he questioned her.
"Yes, I'm sure," the doctor said.
"Then why did the last test say negative?" Ash asked.
"On the chart, the last one said 'positive'," she said. Ash suddenly looked confused.
"Someone probably read it wrong, Ash," May said.
"How do you mistake 'positive' for 'negative'?!" he asked.
"It might have been that in-training doctor here. She never reads the charts carefully, I must tell her to pay more attention to what it says." the doctor started. She shook her head. "Well, go home and relax. It'll be 8 ½ months before you have to worry about this baby coming. If you asked my husband, he would usually say 'Get ready for A LOT of pain for until the baby is born.'"
Ash laughed at that comment. May glared at him. "THAT IS NOT FUNNY, ASH KETCHUM!!!" she hollered.
"Sorry, sugar," he muttered, wincing. Sulking, he followed the doctor out.
***A couple months later***
"AAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSH!"
"What now?" he sighed. The first couple months, he fussed about every
little thing that happened to May. Now, when he started to quit it, this started up.
"Help me!"
"Let me guess, can't get up?"
"Yeah," May said, squirming in her chair. Ash made a lo-o-ong sigh
"Will you please do me a favor and sit on the couch instead? You hardly ever need help getting up when there." Ash groaned when he pulled her up. "My spine is about to snap."
"OK," she squeaked.
"Thank you!" he said, sitting down on the couch and shooing the kitten away, "I swear, by the looks of it, you are probably going to have twins! Geez!"
"What's that mean?" she asked, sitting down next to him.
"It means that your tummy is getting a little big," Ash said. He regretted it instantly, because May got a very morbid look, and looked ready to cry, again. "B-but you look pretty t-that way!"
"No I don't." she said gloomily, "I feel like I weigh as much as a van, and look like I just swallowed one."
"No you don't! So don't even think that!" he said. May leaned back against him, shaking her head. Smiling slightly, Ash put his hands on her stomach. "The baby is kicking again."
"I know."
***April 10 of the next year***
"AAAASSSSSHHHH!" May cried, "GET OVER HERE!"
"Why?" Ash trotted over. Once again, he was back to fussing over everything.
"The hospital, quick!" May said. She groaned. "I'm hurting!"
"Alright, let's go!" Ash grabbed their jackets and hurried her out the door. The Prizm, oddly, refused to start. He cursed the car for doing this at the worst time ever. "COME ON! START UP ALREADY!"
He hit the dashboard with his fist, and the car instantly started. May cried that she felt uncomfortable, and Ash couldn't do anything except say something to try and soothe her.
The nurse gave a squeal of pain when Ash, not watching where he was going, ran into her. He apologized quickly, and continued to hurry May through the hospital.
The doctor in the area were they had to go looked familiar. "Duplica?!!" Ash looked at her in surprise.
"Oh, it's you Ash! What are you doing here?" she grinned, "You got yourself married?"
"Ash?" May tugged on his sleeve.
"Duh? Is it that obvious?" Ash said, looking at the plain gold band, "Well, I- oh, I mean WE have a problem."
"Ash?!" She cried, pulling harder.
"What?" Duplica asked.
"Guess why I'm here!"
"ASH?!!" May pulled even harder.
"Oh! Hehehe, silly me!"
"ASH!!! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T HELP ME HERE!!!" May yelled in his ear. Ash cringed.
"Yes, May." he said, turning back to Duplica, "Well, Doc, I say you have a patient now!"
"I sure do! Come on May." Duplica took them both and lead the way to a private little room. There were 10-20 of them in the wing of the hospital they were in. "Ash, help May get ready while I get a nurse to help."
After a couple minutes, Duplica and a nurse were ready. Ash sat at the top of the bed, May's head against his chest. "OK, you ready May?" Duplica
questioned softly.
"No." Ash looked at Duplica. She shook her head.
"Well, ready or not it's coming!" she said. The nurse saw the doc nod and trotted over. "It's now or never! Push!"
After only half an hour, Ash started to feel a little nauseated. When Duplica waved to get his attention, and her gloves had a decent amount of blood on them, it started. She had said that she had the baby's head.
"Ash, are you OK?" Duplica asked, noticing how unnaturally pale he was.
"Not really," he said. May didn't notice him start shaking. He motioned for the nurse to help him. She held May up. When she nodded, he bolted.
"Ash-" Duplica started. He didn't hear her. "Oh, poor Ash! He is most
defiantly sick! It's weird that he can't stand the sight of blood though."
After recovering from his nausea, Ash sat down in a chair by the bed. He shut his brown eyes tight. It took a couple minutes, but he got the will back to get back up with May.
He stood up quickly, and returned to his place behind May. She felt him move slightly after a couple minutes. "Duplica, do me a big favor and don't let me see your gloves again," he said.
"OK," she said.
It was a few hours later, when Duplica said the baby was almost out. "You doin' OK, Ash?" she asked.
"I haven't been doing OK since this started!" Ash groaned, feeling like throwing up again.
"It looks like your having more trouble then May!" Duplica giggled. Ash rolled his eyes, then noticed that his shirt was wet. He looked at May. She was hurting. Badly.
"How are you doing sugar?" he asked.
"Ash, it huuuurts." May complained, tears rolling down her cheeks, "Make it stoooop!"
"I can't." he said, "Especially when.I'm having.my own.problems."
Ash didn't bother with the nurse. He hopped down, May crying out in surprise when she fell back. "May, don't worry." Duplica said, "He's just a little queasy, and had to get out of here and fast."
May nodded quickly. Ash made a mental note to apologize to May later. She was having a baby, while he was failing to keep the stuff in his stomach down where it belonged.
"Are you OK?" someone asked. A boy walked in, looking quite ruffled.
"Besides feeling like I want to drop dead, I'm just fine," Ash said sarcastically.
"Oh, what's wrong? Your tummy hurt?" he sat down on the floor next to
Ash.
"Sorta," Ash sighed, thinking about how he hadn't locked the door. "Could you please leave?"
" Why?"
"Er, never mind." Ash stood up, leaning against the door. He felt unsteady on his feet. "Well, it was nice seeing you!"
He quickly left. Cautiously, he opened the door and walked back in. "Feel any better, now that's you've thrown up a million times in 6 hours?
Ash gave May a big, fake, smile. His stomach was still churning. "Yes, I do," he lied.
"Ash, you have yourself a baby girl," Duplica said. Ash trotted over. The baby's little pink face and wrinkled skin, looked adorable.
"What will we name her?" he asked, letting the newborn baby grab hold of his index finger.
"I dunno. Minerva, maybe?" May asked. Ash looked at her.
"Ok, if you want it to be Minerva, it will be," he grinned. Duplica trotted out to let them be alone.
- 10 -
The doctor walked in, looking at a chart. She looked at it, then said, "Mr. and Mrs. Ketchum?"
"What?!" Ash and May asked in unison.
"Mrs. Ketchum, you're two weeks pregnant!" she announced. May gasped. Ash looked surprised.
"Two weeks? Are you sure?" he questioned her.
"Yes, I'm sure," the doctor said.
"Then why did the last test say negative?" Ash asked.
"On the chart, the last one said 'positive'," she said. Ash suddenly looked confused.
"Someone probably read it wrong, Ash," May said.
"How do you mistake 'positive' for 'negative'?!" he asked.
"It might have been that in-training doctor here. She never reads the charts carefully, I must tell her to pay more attention to what it says." the doctor started. She shook her head. "Well, go home and relax. It'll be 8 ½ months before you have to worry about this baby coming. If you asked my husband, he would usually say 'Get ready for A LOT of pain for until the baby is born.'"
Ash laughed at that comment. May glared at him. "THAT IS NOT FUNNY, ASH KETCHUM!!!" she hollered.
"Sorry, sugar," he muttered, wincing. Sulking, he followed the doctor out.
***A couple months later***
"AAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSH!"
"What now?" he sighed. The first couple months, he fussed about every
little thing that happened to May. Now, when he started to quit it, this started up.
"Help me!"
"Let me guess, can't get up?"
"Yeah," May said, squirming in her chair. Ash made a lo-o-ong sigh
"Will you please do me a favor and sit on the couch instead? You hardly ever need help getting up when there." Ash groaned when he pulled her up. "My spine is about to snap."
"OK," she squeaked.
"Thank you!" he said, sitting down on the couch and shooing the kitten away, "I swear, by the looks of it, you are probably going to have twins! Geez!"
"What's that mean?" she asked, sitting down next to him.
"It means that your tummy is getting a little big," Ash said. He regretted it instantly, because May got a very morbid look, and looked ready to cry, again. "B-but you look pretty t-that way!"
"No I don't." she said gloomily, "I feel like I weigh as much as a van, and look like I just swallowed one."
"No you don't! So don't even think that!" he said. May leaned back against him, shaking her head. Smiling slightly, Ash put his hands on her stomach. "The baby is kicking again."
"I know."
***April 10 of the next year***
"AAAASSSSSHHHH!" May cried, "GET OVER HERE!"
"Why?" Ash trotted over. Once again, he was back to fussing over everything.
"The hospital, quick!" May said. She groaned. "I'm hurting!"
"Alright, let's go!" Ash grabbed their jackets and hurried her out the door. The Prizm, oddly, refused to start. He cursed the car for doing this at the worst time ever. "COME ON! START UP ALREADY!"
He hit the dashboard with his fist, and the car instantly started. May cried that she felt uncomfortable, and Ash couldn't do anything except say something to try and soothe her.
The nurse gave a squeal of pain when Ash, not watching where he was going, ran into her. He apologized quickly, and continued to hurry May through the hospital.
The doctor in the area were they had to go looked familiar. "Duplica?!!" Ash looked at her in surprise.
"Oh, it's you Ash! What are you doing here?" she grinned, "You got yourself married?"
"Ash?" May tugged on his sleeve.
"Duh? Is it that obvious?" Ash said, looking at the plain gold band, "Well, I- oh, I mean WE have a problem."
"Ash?!" She cried, pulling harder.
"What?" Duplica asked.
"Guess why I'm here!"
"ASH?!!" May pulled even harder.
"Oh! Hehehe, silly me!"
"ASH!!! I AM GOING TO KILL YOU IF YOU DON'T HELP ME HERE!!!" May yelled in his ear. Ash cringed.
"Yes, May." he said, turning back to Duplica, "Well, Doc, I say you have a patient now!"
"I sure do! Come on May." Duplica took them both and lead the way to a private little room. There were 10-20 of them in the wing of the hospital they were in. "Ash, help May get ready while I get a nurse to help."
After a couple minutes, Duplica and a nurse were ready. Ash sat at the top of the bed, May's head against his chest. "OK, you ready May?" Duplica
questioned softly.
"No." Ash looked at Duplica. She shook her head.
"Well, ready or not it's coming!" she said. The nurse saw the doc nod and trotted over. "It's now or never! Push!"
After only half an hour, Ash started to feel a little nauseated. When Duplica waved to get his attention, and her gloves had a decent amount of blood on them, it started. She had said that she had the baby's head.
"Ash, are you OK?" Duplica asked, noticing how unnaturally pale he was.
"Not really," he said. May didn't notice him start shaking. He motioned for the nurse to help him. She held May up. When she nodded, he bolted.
"Ash-" Duplica started. He didn't hear her. "Oh, poor Ash! He is most
defiantly sick! It's weird that he can't stand the sight of blood though."
After recovering from his nausea, Ash sat down in a chair by the bed. He shut his brown eyes tight. It took a couple minutes, but he got the will back to get back up with May.
He stood up quickly, and returned to his place behind May. She felt him move slightly after a couple minutes. "Duplica, do me a big favor and don't let me see your gloves again," he said.
"OK," she said.
It was a few hours later, when Duplica said the baby was almost out. "You doin' OK, Ash?" she asked.
"I haven't been doing OK since this started!" Ash groaned, feeling like throwing up again.
"It looks like your having more trouble then May!" Duplica giggled. Ash rolled his eyes, then noticed that his shirt was wet. He looked at May. She was hurting. Badly.
"How are you doing sugar?" he asked.
"Ash, it huuuurts." May complained, tears rolling down her cheeks, "Make it stoooop!"
"I can't." he said, "Especially when.I'm having.my own.problems."
Ash didn't bother with the nurse. He hopped down, May crying out in surprise when she fell back. "May, don't worry." Duplica said, "He's just a little queasy, and had to get out of here and fast."
May nodded quickly. Ash made a mental note to apologize to May later. She was having a baby, while he was failing to keep the stuff in his stomach down where it belonged.
"Are you OK?" someone asked. A boy walked in, looking quite ruffled.
"Besides feeling like I want to drop dead, I'm just fine," Ash said sarcastically.
"Oh, what's wrong? Your tummy hurt?" he sat down on the floor next to
Ash.
"Sorta," Ash sighed, thinking about how he hadn't locked the door. "Could you please leave?"
" Why?"
"Er, never mind." Ash stood up, leaning against the door. He felt unsteady on his feet. "Well, it was nice seeing you!"
He quickly left. Cautiously, he opened the door and walked back in. "Feel any better, now that's you've thrown up a million times in 6 hours?
Ash gave May a big, fake, smile. His stomach was still churning. "Yes, I do," he lied.
"Ash, you have yourself a baby girl," Duplica said. Ash trotted over. The baby's little pink face and wrinkled skin, looked adorable.
"What will we name her?" he asked, letting the newborn baby grab hold of his index finger.
"I dunno. Minerva, maybe?" May asked. Ash looked at her.
"Ok, if you want it to be Minerva, it will be," he grinned. Duplica trotted out to let them be alone.