Chapter 13: Lucy Gives Birth!

Sarah fell asleep in Bill's arms a short while later, but Bill stayed up all night. The next morning Sapphire got up and saw Bill rocking on the ground with Sarah asleep in his arms. "Good morning Bill. How did you sleep?" Sapphire asked. "I didn't." Bill replied simply. "Why not" Sapphire asked curiously. "I'm sorry, but I can't tell you. Only Sarah can tell you. And that's only when she's ready. OK. Promise me that you won't try to make her tell you." "Ok Bill. I promise." She said, not really knowing what else to say.

Later that day the four reached Pallet Town, were Lucy was going to give birth. Sarah still had not told Sapphire or Lucy about her secret. When the four got to the town, they learned that that there was no hotel until the next town. But, the lady that they asked saw that Lucy was pregnant and offered that they stay at her house as long as they needed, and that Lucy could give birth in the spare room, since the next town was a three week walk in their current condition. "Maim, you really don't need to do that." Bill said, trying to convince the woman that they were fine. "Non-sense, it'll be a pleasure. I've been lonely ever since my son left to become a Pokémon master." She said, not noticing the Pikachu or the lucario standing behind Bill. "Well," Bill started, before turning to look all three of his companions, "If it's OK with you three, I think it's a good idea." Bill said, and the women just noticed the other two Pokémon, who all nodded. "We don't want to be a bother, but thank you," Bill told the woman, "Miss..." Bill started, not knowing the women's name. "I'm sorry maim, but I didn't catch your name." He said. "Oh my name is Delia." The woman said. "Well, I'm Bill, this is Lucy," nodding to the Mew, "This is Sapphire, "He said, stepping aside just enough so that Delia could see the Pikachu, "And this is Sapphire." He said, stepping behind the two Pokémon, and standing behind Sapphire. "Well, it`s nice to meet you all" Delia said. "And it's nice to meet you as well." Bill said with a smile.

That night Bill helped Delia make dinner. "Bill, you really don't need to help." Delia told Bill while they made dinner. "I insist", Bill said, "It's the least I can do to thank you for letting us stay here." Bill told Delia as they were putting the pots on the stove. "Bill, how did the four of catch Lucy, Sarah, and Sapphire. You don't seem like a trainer." Delia asked Bill as they sat down at the table. "Well, I don't look like a trainer because I'm not. And I didn't catch these Pokémon, I saved them." Bill said. "From what?" Delia asked as she poured the two of them a cup of tea. "Well, I saved them from death. I found them all at different points on my adventure, and it started with Sapphire. And I saved them from a guy named Phillip. He was the one that beat them all, but Sarah was his Pokémon. Or at least, was his, before I taught him to respect Pokémon." Bill said, before taking a sip of his tea. "Well Bill, I think it's a very kind thing that you did, but why didn't you let them go in the wild?" Delia asked, while drinking some of her tea. "Well, I would have, but they chose to stay with me." Bill said honestly. "Really?" "Ya. It shocked me to." He said, before hearing Lucy calling his name, but all Delia heard was the word 'Mew' repeated over and over again. "I'm sorry Delia, but I'll be right back." Bill said while standing up from the table and running up the stairs.

When he got into the spare room, Bill saw a puddle of water and Lucy was laying on the bed with Sapphire standing beside her holding her hand. "OK Sapphire, I'll take it from here, where's Sarah?" "She's in the bathroom." "OK Sapphire, you and Sarah go down stairs and keep Delia talking. But use your telepathy, OK?" Bill said, rushing over to Lucy. "OK," Sapphire said, and closed the door as she was leaving. "It's ok Lucy, I'm here now." Bill said and kept soothing her with more comforting words.

After an hour, Lucy's baby was born. "Congratulations Lucy, it's a girl!" Bill said to the Mew. "What are you going to name her?" Bill asked while handing the baby to Lucy. "What about, Kate?" Lucy asked. "I think it's great!" Bill said. After that the three of them went downstairs to see the other three. As they got downstairs, they saw that all three women had fallen asleep on the couch. "Should we wake them?" Lucy asked. "No, let's let them sleep." Bill said. He then looked down at the baby Mew that was in his arms, looked over at his lover, and the two of them shared a kiss. They then went to bed in the room that Delia had told will that they would be sleeping in. Kate was already asleep, so the two adults went to sleep with Kate in Bill's arms.