OK, I've proofread my work again and there are mistakes. Sorry! I've tried
not to make any more mistakes here. Plus, I'm not writing at 3 AM, so that
may help. ;}
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TEN HOURS LATER
"Shut up Ash, she's waking up!" This was Misty's voice. "Haley!" Ash exclaimed, leaning over the hospital bed. "Are you OK?" "I. I think so." Haley said, then yelped as she tried to sit up. "Lance," Brock yelled. "Come over here!" Too fast for Haley's aching brain to process, Lance was leaning over her and kissing her again and again.
"Haley! I thought you. that is, I thought you were. I mean. Haley, you don't know how glad I am to have you back." Lance finished lamely. His face was even paler than usual, Haley saw, and his hair was standing on end (again, more so than usual) because he had ran his hand through it so many times.
"I'm fine. I. ow!" Haley whimpered as she tried to sit up again. Giving up on sitting up, her face suddenly went sheet white and she gripped the covers so that her knuckles turned white.
"Vulpix! Where is she? And Ponyta!" she nearly shouted, upon which her hand flew to her forehead. She drew in breath sharply.
"Don't worry, Haley. Vulpix and Ponyta are fine. Vulpix was so mad after you lost consiousness. She rammed into Weezing spurting fire everywhere at the same time. Oh, she learned a new attack, it seems. oh yeah. It was Flamethrower. She forgot Tackle, but she roasted Jessie and James, and nearly killed Misty with the flames." Brock finished.
"Yeah, it was really funny!" Ash added. "ASH!!!! Why are you always picking on me?! Misty exclaimed. "I. uh. well, that is." Ash stammered. "What Ash is trying to tell you is that he has a MAJOR crush on you," Haley finished. For once, Ash nor Misty denied it. "Ash. Is this true?" Misty asked, her eyes bright. "Umm. well. I guess. NO! It's not!" At this, Misty's eyes became overbright. "Umm, Ash, that's not what I heard." Haley said quietly.
Suddenly, Vulpix burned the door down and rushed to Haley's bed. She lightly sprang up and immediately began making a huge fuss over her, licking her face and her hands, making sure that she was ok. Vulpix looked up, and, seeing that she had interrupted something important, shut up.
"Well?" Haley said quietly. Can't you see Ash? You're breaking her heart with every word you say. Haley thought. "I." Ash stammered. Then, suddenly, he blurted out, "I love you Misty! I've loved you ever since I first met you! You make me feel all warm and fuzzy!" At those last words, everyone (except Misty) raised their eyebrows, but said nothing. Ash lowered his head so that his face couldn't be seen for his hat.
"I love you too Ash." Ash looked up. "What?" he said. "You heard me." Misty replied. Pikachu leapt down from Ash's shoulder and began to push him towards Misty. Togepi pushed Misty towards Ash. And then their faces were inches from each other's, and suddenly Ash wrapped his arms around Misty and kissed her on the lips. Misty draped her arms around his shoulders. Haley, Lance, Pikachu, and Togepi looked on in silence. Finally Ash and Misty pulled away from each other. They both blushed furiously.
"Hey Haley," Lance said. "Hmm?" Haley replied, not really listening. She had found that her backpack was on the table next to her bed and was frantically searching for Ponyta's Pokeball. "I've made a decision." "What's that?" "I'm going to travel with you guys." "That's nice.. WHAT?!" Haley exclaimed. "I'm going to travel with you guys," Lance repeated.
"Say it ain't so," a familiar voice said. "I can't believe you're still at it loser. Give up. Face it. You'll never make it. And Lance, you, the Indigo master, you're traveling with these goons? And. whose the chick?" he asked, seeing Haley. "What is this, 20 Questions?" Haley snapped angrily. "Ooh, firey temper. I like that," Gary Oak, Ash's rival, announced. "WAAAA I am not a loser!" Ash whined. "Shut up Gary! Haley's going out with Lance and he'll roast you with his Dragonite's Hyper Beam if you get to close! And Ash is NOT the loser! You are!" Misty nearly screamed angrily. "Vul!" Vulpix said, as if to add extra emphasis to Misty's last remark. "Oh, a Vulpix is it? Hey Vullie, think fast!" Gary said. He quickly seized an empty Pokeball and threw it at Vulpix.
She caught it squarely in her mouth, threw it up in the air, and slapped it with her tails, sending it zooming across the room back at Gary. It hit him on the nose.
"You - you'll pay for that!" Gary yelled, rubbing his sore nose. "I challenge you to a Pokemon match!", at which Lance stepped between them. "Haley's not well enough for a battle, as you see." Lance said testily. "And she won't be until tomorrow. Now if you'll leave. animals aren't allowed in the hospital." Ash just about laughed himself to death at that one. I'll get you, Gary mouthed to Haley. He left the room with as much dignity as he had left.
"Haley, you don't know what you've gotten yourself into. Gary is a powerful trainer," Brock said. "Well, Vulpix and Ponyta and I are good too. We won't go down easily." "Haley, Gary has five Pokemon. You have two. What chance do you stand?" Ash pointed out. "I'll catch another Pokemon."
And with that, Haley fell asleep with Vulpix lying by her head, a determined smile on her face.
THE NEXT DAY
Haley was feeling well enough to leave the hospital the next day.
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TEN HOURS LATER
"Shut up Ash, she's waking up!" This was Misty's voice. "Haley!" Ash exclaimed, leaning over the hospital bed. "Are you OK?" "I. I think so." Haley said, then yelped as she tried to sit up. "Lance," Brock yelled. "Come over here!" Too fast for Haley's aching brain to process, Lance was leaning over her and kissing her again and again.
"Haley! I thought you. that is, I thought you were. I mean. Haley, you don't know how glad I am to have you back." Lance finished lamely. His face was even paler than usual, Haley saw, and his hair was standing on end (again, more so than usual) because he had ran his hand through it so many times.
"I'm fine. I. ow!" Haley whimpered as she tried to sit up again. Giving up on sitting up, her face suddenly went sheet white and she gripped the covers so that her knuckles turned white.
"Vulpix! Where is she? And Ponyta!" she nearly shouted, upon which her hand flew to her forehead. She drew in breath sharply.
"Don't worry, Haley. Vulpix and Ponyta are fine. Vulpix was so mad after you lost consiousness. She rammed into Weezing spurting fire everywhere at the same time. Oh, she learned a new attack, it seems. oh yeah. It was Flamethrower. She forgot Tackle, but she roasted Jessie and James, and nearly killed Misty with the flames." Brock finished.
"Yeah, it was really funny!" Ash added. "ASH!!!! Why are you always picking on me?! Misty exclaimed. "I. uh. well, that is." Ash stammered. "What Ash is trying to tell you is that he has a MAJOR crush on you," Haley finished. For once, Ash nor Misty denied it. "Ash. Is this true?" Misty asked, her eyes bright. "Umm. well. I guess. NO! It's not!" At this, Misty's eyes became overbright. "Umm, Ash, that's not what I heard." Haley said quietly.
Suddenly, Vulpix burned the door down and rushed to Haley's bed. She lightly sprang up and immediately began making a huge fuss over her, licking her face and her hands, making sure that she was ok. Vulpix looked up, and, seeing that she had interrupted something important, shut up.
"Well?" Haley said quietly. Can't you see Ash? You're breaking her heart with every word you say. Haley thought. "I." Ash stammered. Then, suddenly, he blurted out, "I love you Misty! I've loved you ever since I first met you! You make me feel all warm and fuzzy!" At those last words, everyone (except Misty) raised their eyebrows, but said nothing. Ash lowered his head so that his face couldn't be seen for his hat.
"I love you too Ash." Ash looked up. "What?" he said. "You heard me." Misty replied. Pikachu leapt down from Ash's shoulder and began to push him towards Misty. Togepi pushed Misty towards Ash. And then their faces were inches from each other's, and suddenly Ash wrapped his arms around Misty and kissed her on the lips. Misty draped her arms around his shoulders. Haley, Lance, Pikachu, and Togepi looked on in silence. Finally Ash and Misty pulled away from each other. They both blushed furiously.
"Hey Haley," Lance said. "Hmm?" Haley replied, not really listening. She had found that her backpack was on the table next to her bed and was frantically searching for Ponyta's Pokeball. "I've made a decision." "What's that?" "I'm going to travel with you guys." "That's nice.. WHAT?!" Haley exclaimed. "I'm going to travel with you guys," Lance repeated.
"Say it ain't so," a familiar voice said. "I can't believe you're still at it loser. Give up. Face it. You'll never make it. And Lance, you, the Indigo master, you're traveling with these goons? And. whose the chick?" he asked, seeing Haley. "What is this, 20 Questions?" Haley snapped angrily. "Ooh, firey temper. I like that," Gary Oak, Ash's rival, announced. "WAAAA I am not a loser!" Ash whined. "Shut up Gary! Haley's going out with Lance and he'll roast you with his Dragonite's Hyper Beam if you get to close! And Ash is NOT the loser! You are!" Misty nearly screamed angrily. "Vul!" Vulpix said, as if to add extra emphasis to Misty's last remark. "Oh, a Vulpix is it? Hey Vullie, think fast!" Gary said. He quickly seized an empty Pokeball and threw it at Vulpix.
She caught it squarely in her mouth, threw it up in the air, and slapped it with her tails, sending it zooming across the room back at Gary. It hit him on the nose.
"You - you'll pay for that!" Gary yelled, rubbing his sore nose. "I challenge you to a Pokemon match!", at which Lance stepped between them. "Haley's not well enough for a battle, as you see." Lance said testily. "And she won't be until tomorrow. Now if you'll leave. animals aren't allowed in the hospital." Ash just about laughed himself to death at that one. I'll get you, Gary mouthed to Haley. He left the room with as much dignity as he had left.
"Haley, you don't know what you've gotten yourself into. Gary is a powerful trainer," Brock said. "Well, Vulpix and Ponyta and I are good too. We won't go down easily." "Haley, Gary has five Pokemon. You have two. What chance do you stand?" Ash pointed out. "I'll catch another Pokemon."
And with that, Haley fell asleep with Vulpix lying by her head, a determined smile on her face.
THE NEXT DAY
Haley was feeling well enough to leave the hospital the next day.