Ash and Misty's Love?

Part 5

Written by TwistedReality

"How is he, doctor?" Brock asked nervously after a long pause. I would
have asked the doctor myself, but I didn't trust my voice. I wasn't
even sure if I really wanted to find out the news about Ash's
condition.

"He's bleeding internally, and he has lost a lot of blood from a deep
cut on his side. We had to give him a blood transfusion when he came
in..."

Brock and I exchanged looks of horror at this news.

"Will he...live?" I asked hesitantly, cringing at the thought that the
answer could be negative.

"I..I don't know.." the doctor said, sounding a little less rehearsed
after he had looked into my panicked facial expression.

"Can we see him, doctor?" Brock asked, stepping up to the doctor, with
an anxious tone. I could see that his hands were balled up into
shaking fists.

"He's in surgery right now." the doctor stated, before walking away.

Brock just watched the retreating doctor for a whole minute. He stood
completely still, and his face didn't even twitch.

"Brock...?" I whispered cautiously, feeling worried about him.

He didn't move a muscle. It was like he didn't even hear me. I walked
over to him, and put my hand on his shoulder. He twitched, but he
didn't make a sound.

"Are you alright?" I asked, trying to keep a scared tone out of my
voice.

Suddenly I heard a sob come from Brock's throat as he crumpled to his
knees.

Brock burst into tears, and all I could do was watch in silence as I
witnessed the unexpected scene. I had never seen Brock cry in all the
time that I had knew him, and the sight had paralyzed me.

I wished I could have said *something* to comfort him, but he was the
usually one who comforted me and Ash when we got upset.

All I could do was help him to one of the waiting room chairs so we
could both wait to see Ash.

***

I don't know how many times I had cried in the three hours that I had
waited to see Ash.

Brock had only cried that one time. Now he was just staring at the
floor with a great intensity.

"Is Ash going to be alright?" a voice asked me anxiously. The voice
was cracked, and I was sure that the speaker had been crying for a
long time.

I looked up and saw that Ash's mother stood in front of me. Her eyes
were filled with tears.

I couldn't bear to look at her, but I knew I had to answer her. I had
to say *something.* She was his mother. She had to right to know.

"They...They don't know.."

Mrs. Ketchum sat in the waiting room chair next to me, burying her
head in her hands.

She reminded me of my own mother before she...

"Mrs. Ketchum?" a nurse asks, her voice was a monotone, but I could
see concern in her eyes. There's a small smile forming on her face
that I know she is trying to suppress.

Ash's mother stops crying as she stands up anxiously, her whole body
shuddered as she open and closed her mouth to talk, even though no
words came out.

"He'll be fine." the nurse said, surrendering to a full smile now.

Brock looks up at her, moving for the first time in the hour with the
slight raising up of his head.

"Really?" He asks breathlessly.

I want to scream, shout in joy, cry in relief, anything! But the
sickness that had settled at the pit of my stomach still remained. I
felt sick; I wanted to throw up. All I could manage was a tear.

Mrs. Ketchum just smiles, and I could hear her gasping and
hyperventilating in excitement until she finally collapses onto her
chair.

"Mrs.." the nurse started helping steady her.

Ash's mother calms down a bit, until she is finally able to speak
normally.

"Can we see him?" she asked, "Is he awake?"

"Yes, you can see him now, and he should be waking up soon."

I let out a small cheer and I turned to look at Brock, who had also
been smiling.

I couldn't believe it. I was going to see Ash again!

***

I wished I could have been the first one to see him, but I knew it
would have been wrong for anyone besides Mrs. Ketchum to go first.

All I could do for the next hour was fiddle with my hands.

I tried not to remember how Ash had looked right after the explosion.
How he had cried in the ambulance...

How I lied to him..

I hear the door close softly before Mrs. Ketchum puts a gentle hand on
my shoulder.

I can tell that she had been crying, but she is much calmer than she
was before.

"Your turn, Misty.." she says gently.

I turn to Brock to see if me going first would be okay with him.

He just nods stiffly.

I walk into the hospital room, closing my eyes to collect myself
before I look at Ash.

My heart skips a beat when I realize I couldn't have prepared myself
for what I was seeing.

"Oh...Ash..." I whispered softly, falling to my knees.

He was so still...

I held his hand, wishing with all my heart that he would squeeze my
hand back.

"You're going to be alright..." I said softly, more to convince myself
of that fact than anything else.

Suddenly I felt anger well up in my heart as I stared at Ash's
motionless face. "You idiot!" I cried, "How could you do something
stupid like that?!" I burst into tears when my voice lost its angry
edge to it.

I slowly reached my hand over to his face, touching his cheek.

He felt so cold...

I moved my hand away from his face, my fingertips lightly brushing
over his lips as I withdrew my hand.

Maybe if I yelled at him more, he would wake up...or maybe if I kissed
him, he would open his eyes and we would live happily ever after and..

Did I really want to kiss him?

The hand that had touched his cheek seemed to tingle in response.

A tear rolled down my cheek, followed by another. Everything was just
too confusing.

A part of me wanted to run out of this room, to escape Ash and these
*feelings* I had for him, but a larger part of me wanted to stay, to
be as close to Ash I could be.

"Oh, Ash..." I whispered, clasping his hand in both of mine. "I..love
you...come back to me..."

***

Okay, I finally wrote this part! *blushes in embarrassment for waiting
for four months to write this part!* Okay, I have an excuse this time,
and it's a good one...(pauses)...uh..nevermind!

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I just watched the "Please Save My Earth" DVD, and I thought it was
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