Ages: 18-Ash, 18-May, 18-Cyrus, 18-Anne
- 5 -
The 20th of September arrived, bringing with it the chaos that had been dreaded for months. Cyrus and Anne were to show up that day. That was also the day May was due to have the baby.
The doorbell rang. Ash stood up and answered the door. Cyrus and Anne walked into the living room.
When they had all sat down in the living room, Ash and May told them all that has happened. Stupidly, Cyrus made an unneeded comment about the way May's stomach wasn't flat like it was when they last saw each other.
May burst into tears the instant he said it. Ash and Anne both yelled at him for it. "YOU IDIOT!"
"What did I do?" Cyrus asked.
"May's pregnant, you fool!" Ash said, hitting Cyrus in the side of the head. He hissed in pain.
"I didn't know that!" Cyrus hissed, glaring at Ash.
"How is it that everyone else knows it, except you?!" Anne yelled. Cyrus cringed.
"I'm sorry, ok?!?!" Cyrus said. May wiped at the tears with her hand. She sat up straight.
"Stop yelling!" she said. They looked at her. "I'm going into the kitchen. Do any of you want something to drink?"
May stood up. Cyrus nodded sheepishly. Anne stood up too. "I'll come."
She smiled. "Thanks Anne," she said.
Ash was about to get up, when May said, "Sit back down."
"May, you aren't suppose to be doing unnecessary work like you are, though."
"Like I said. I ain't going to die from going in the kitchen. Unless Anne tries to murder me, nothing is going to happen."
"What ever you say, your majesty!" Ash sat back down. May went to the kitchen with Anne, right after hitting Ash, giggling afterwards.
Anne put ice into four separate glasses. May filled three of them with soda. She took hold of the forth glass and picked it up.
May squeezed the glass in pain. The tiny pieces of glass fell all over the counter and floor. Anne looked at her. "What did you do that for?" she asked.
"Get Ash!" May said.
"Why?" Anne asked.
"JUST DO IT!" May barked. Anne turned around to go get him, but Ash came in instead.
"What happened?" he asked. May looked at him. The glass shards in her hands cut through her skin, as she balled her hands in fists. Blood came up between her fingers, making the gold of her wedding ring look red.
"Get me to the hospital," she said. Ash walked over.
"What is it?" Ash asked. He took out the glass in her skin while he talked.
"It's th-the baby," May said.
Ash took the car keys out of his pocket and tossed them to Anne. "Go get the car started," he said.
"Why?" she asked. Ash looked at her.
"Darn it, just do it!" he snarled. Anne hurried out of the room. He looked at May. "Let's go."
May took two steps, before crying out in pain. Ash looked at the doorway. The garage where the Sedan was linked to the house itself. The door to it was down the hall.
Ash looked at May. He picked her up and carried her. May whimpered in pain.
Anne had all four of the car doors open. Ash got May into the car and climbed in himself. Cyrus and Anne got in, too.
Ash pushed the remote to open the garage door. He stepped on the gas pedal and the car went forward with a spurt of speed.
The Silver Sedan sped through Pallet Town on its many roads. Ash pushed the brake when they got to the hospital, making the car dead stop.
Ash got May into the hospital as fast as possible. Anne pulled the keys out of the ignition, since Ash was in too much of a hurry to do it himself. Cyrus climbed out of the car and went in with Anne.
They walked up to a woman in the emergency room. She looked up. "Hello, may I help you?" she asked.
"No, not at all. We're just going to wait for two friends of ours," Cyrus said.
"Who is are these friends of yours?" she asked.
"Ash and May Ketchum," Cyrus said.
"Really? I just had some one take them into the emergency room. There's a delivery room in there." she said, "It'll be a few hours before we can let any one go back there to see them." Cyrus nodded. Him and Anne went and sat down.
"Cyrus, have you noticed the way the people here are all excited about something?" Anne asked. Cyrus looked around and nodded.
"Yeah, I wonder what happened." he said. He looked at a little girl sitting next to him with her father. She was bouncing up and down in her seat. "Uh, little girl?" he asked.
She looked at him. "Huh?" she said.
"Why are you so excited?" he asked.
"I saw the pokemon master! I asked him if he would sign my autograph book, but he said, 'I'm sorry, but I really can't do it right now. If I can, I'll do it later.' He said that quickly," she said.
Cyrus nodded. Anne looked at them. They looked at the emergency room door, wondering what was happening.
May squeezed Ash's hand, making him wince. She had been screaming in pain. "May, please don't-" he started.
May screamed again, right in his ear. "-scream in my ear," he finished.
Ash rubbed the side of his head with his hand. "I'm already getting a head ache from this," he moaned, "Anyone have some aspirin?"
"Come on, Mrs. Ketchum! Push!" the nurse said.
"That sounds easier then it is, huh?" Ash asked. May nodded.
"Mrs. Ketchum! Try harder!" the doctor snapped. Ash looked at her.
"SHUT UP!" he snapped at the doctor.
The doctor looked at him. Ash didn't look that happy. "Stop snapping at her to do something that she is already doing!" Ash said.
She looked at him. May bit her lip, holding back from screaming in anguish again.
Ash stood by May the 3 hours it took for the baby to be born. May's every scream of pain and suffering like a spear to him.
May looked at Ash. He turned around and was about to walk out. "No,
no, don't go!" she cried.
He looked at her and smiled. "I'm just going to get Anne and Cyrus, plus," he said, "I promised a little girl out here that I'd sign her autograph book, and you know I never break my promise unless I have a good reason for breaking it."
May nodded. Ash walked out and went into the room Cyrus and Anne were at. He looked at the little girl. "Hand me your book," he said.
She handed it to him, with a red pen. "What's your name?" he asked.
"My name's Nicky and I want to become a pokemon trainer and go into the pokemon league," she said.
Ash turned to an empty page and wrote her a little note: To Nicky: Good luck when you're a pokemon trainer and in the league. Train hard with your
pokemon on your journeys. -Ash Ketchum
Ash handed it back to Nicky. She smiled and showed her father. He looked at Anne and Cyrus. "Come on, let's go back," he said.
They stood up and followed Ash into the emergency room. May looked at them when they made it. She smiled.
"Told you I just went out there to get them and sign that girl's book," Ash said. May smiled.
"Do you two know if the baby is a boy or a girl?" Anne asked.
"We've known that for a while. It's a girl," Ash said.
"A girl? What's her name going to be?" Cyrus asked. Ash looked at May.
"We don't know." May said. Anne frowned.
"Well, shouldn't you think of one?" she asked. Ash frowned.
"Jessica," he said. They looked at him.
"Jessica?" Anne said.
"Yeah, I just thought of it." Ash said, "I heard it on a game I played before."
"Which one?" Cyrus asked.
"Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete," Ash said.
"For a name from a video game, it sounds nice. Why don't we name the
baby Jessica?" May asked.
"Ok, Jessica it is," Ash said.
"Can you think of any other names from the video games you've played?" May asked.
"Yes. There's Jean, Lucia, Lemina, and Mauri from Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. Then there's Mia, Luna, Phacia, Royce, Althena." Ash said.
"How about Jessica's middle name be Althena?" May said.
"Jessica Althena Ketchum?" Cyrus said. Ash thought a minute.
"Ok," he said, smiling.
"Do you know what the girl's name is going to be?" the nurse asked. She looked up at the clock and wrote something down on a form in her hand.
"Yes," Ash said.
"What it is going to be?" the nurse asked.
"Jessica Althena Ketchum!" May said.
- 5 -
The 20th of September arrived, bringing with it the chaos that had been dreaded for months. Cyrus and Anne were to show up that day. That was also the day May was due to have the baby.
The doorbell rang. Ash stood up and answered the door. Cyrus and Anne walked into the living room.
When they had all sat down in the living room, Ash and May told them all that has happened. Stupidly, Cyrus made an unneeded comment about the way May's stomach wasn't flat like it was when they last saw each other.
May burst into tears the instant he said it. Ash and Anne both yelled at him for it. "YOU IDIOT!"
"What did I do?" Cyrus asked.
"May's pregnant, you fool!" Ash said, hitting Cyrus in the side of the head. He hissed in pain.
"I didn't know that!" Cyrus hissed, glaring at Ash.
"How is it that everyone else knows it, except you?!" Anne yelled. Cyrus cringed.
"I'm sorry, ok?!?!" Cyrus said. May wiped at the tears with her hand. She sat up straight.
"Stop yelling!" she said. They looked at her. "I'm going into the kitchen. Do any of you want something to drink?"
May stood up. Cyrus nodded sheepishly. Anne stood up too. "I'll come."
She smiled. "Thanks Anne," she said.
Ash was about to get up, when May said, "Sit back down."
"May, you aren't suppose to be doing unnecessary work like you are, though."
"Like I said. I ain't going to die from going in the kitchen. Unless Anne tries to murder me, nothing is going to happen."
"What ever you say, your majesty!" Ash sat back down. May went to the kitchen with Anne, right after hitting Ash, giggling afterwards.
Anne put ice into four separate glasses. May filled three of them with soda. She took hold of the forth glass and picked it up.
May squeezed the glass in pain. The tiny pieces of glass fell all over the counter and floor. Anne looked at her. "What did you do that for?" she asked.
"Get Ash!" May said.
"Why?" Anne asked.
"JUST DO IT!" May barked. Anne turned around to go get him, but Ash came in instead.
"What happened?" he asked. May looked at him. The glass shards in her hands cut through her skin, as she balled her hands in fists. Blood came up between her fingers, making the gold of her wedding ring look red.
"Get me to the hospital," she said. Ash walked over.
"What is it?" Ash asked. He took out the glass in her skin while he talked.
"It's th-the baby," May said.
Ash took the car keys out of his pocket and tossed them to Anne. "Go get the car started," he said.
"Why?" she asked. Ash looked at her.
"Darn it, just do it!" he snarled. Anne hurried out of the room. He looked at May. "Let's go."
May took two steps, before crying out in pain. Ash looked at the doorway. The garage where the Sedan was linked to the house itself. The door to it was down the hall.
Ash looked at May. He picked her up and carried her. May whimpered in pain.
Anne had all four of the car doors open. Ash got May into the car and climbed in himself. Cyrus and Anne got in, too.
Ash pushed the remote to open the garage door. He stepped on the gas pedal and the car went forward with a spurt of speed.
The Silver Sedan sped through Pallet Town on its many roads. Ash pushed the brake when they got to the hospital, making the car dead stop.
Ash got May into the hospital as fast as possible. Anne pulled the keys out of the ignition, since Ash was in too much of a hurry to do it himself. Cyrus climbed out of the car and went in with Anne.
They walked up to a woman in the emergency room. She looked up. "Hello, may I help you?" she asked.
"No, not at all. We're just going to wait for two friends of ours," Cyrus said.
"Who is are these friends of yours?" she asked.
"Ash and May Ketchum," Cyrus said.
"Really? I just had some one take them into the emergency room. There's a delivery room in there." she said, "It'll be a few hours before we can let any one go back there to see them." Cyrus nodded. Him and Anne went and sat down.
"Cyrus, have you noticed the way the people here are all excited about something?" Anne asked. Cyrus looked around and nodded.
"Yeah, I wonder what happened." he said. He looked at a little girl sitting next to him with her father. She was bouncing up and down in her seat. "Uh, little girl?" he asked.
She looked at him. "Huh?" she said.
"Why are you so excited?" he asked.
"I saw the pokemon master! I asked him if he would sign my autograph book, but he said, 'I'm sorry, but I really can't do it right now. If I can, I'll do it later.' He said that quickly," she said.
Cyrus nodded. Anne looked at them. They looked at the emergency room door, wondering what was happening.
May squeezed Ash's hand, making him wince. She had been screaming in pain. "May, please don't-" he started.
May screamed again, right in his ear. "-scream in my ear," he finished.
Ash rubbed the side of his head with his hand. "I'm already getting a head ache from this," he moaned, "Anyone have some aspirin?"
"Come on, Mrs. Ketchum! Push!" the nurse said.
"That sounds easier then it is, huh?" Ash asked. May nodded.
"Mrs. Ketchum! Try harder!" the doctor snapped. Ash looked at her.
"SHUT UP!" he snapped at the doctor.
The doctor looked at him. Ash didn't look that happy. "Stop snapping at her to do something that she is already doing!" Ash said.
She looked at him. May bit her lip, holding back from screaming in anguish again.
Ash stood by May the 3 hours it took for the baby to be born. May's every scream of pain and suffering like a spear to him.
May looked at Ash. He turned around and was about to walk out. "No,
no, don't go!" she cried.
He looked at her and smiled. "I'm just going to get Anne and Cyrus, plus," he said, "I promised a little girl out here that I'd sign her autograph book, and you know I never break my promise unless I have a good reason for breaking it."
May nodded. Ash walked out and went into the room Cyrus and Anne were at. He looked at the little girl. "Hand me your book," he said.
She handed it to him, with a red pen. "What's your name?" he asked.
"My name's Nicky and I want to become a pokemon trainer and go into the pokemon league," she said.
Ash turned to an empty page and wrote her a little note: To Nicky: Good luck when you're a pokemon trainer and in the league. Train hard with your
pokemon on your journeys. -Ash Ketchum
Ash handed it back to Nicky. She smiled and showed her father. He looked at Anne and Cyrus. "Come on, let's go back," he said.
They stood up and followed Ash into the emergency room. May looked at them when they made it. She smiled.
"Told you I just went out there to get them and sign that girl's book," Ash said. May smiled.
"Do you two know if the baby is a boy or a girl?" Anne asked.
"We've known that for a while. It's a girl," Ash said.
"A girl? What's her name going to be?" Cyrus asked. Ash looked at May.
"We don't know." May said. Anne frowned.
"Well, shouldn't you think of one?" she asked. Ash frowned.
"Jessica," he said. They looked at him.
"Jessica?" Anne said.
"Yeah, I just thought of it." Ash said, "I heard it on a game I played before."
"Which one?" Cyrus asked.
"Lunar: Silver Star Story Complete," Ash said.
"For a name from a video game, it sounds nice. Why don't we name the
baby Jessica?" May asked.
"Ok, Jessica it is," Ash said.
"Can you think of any other names from the video games you've played?" May asked.
"Yes. There's Jean, Lucia, Lemina, and Mauri from Lunar 2: Eternal Blue. Then there's Mia, Luna, Phacia, Royce, Althena." Ash said.
"How about Jessica's middle name be Althena?" May said.
"Jessica Althena Ketchum?" Cyrus said. Ash thought a minute.
"Ok," he said, smiling.
"Do you know what the girl's name is going to be?" the nurse asked. She looked up at the clock and wrote something down on a form in her hand.
"Yes," Ash said.
"What it is going to be?" the nurse asked.
"Jessica Althena Ketchum!" May said.