Disclaimer: I don't own Pokemon, but I do own Ashley, Aaron, Steven, Daughter, Felicity, and Brock's last name.

Chapter 17: It's Time For Brock And Daughter's Baby!

After Ash and the baby almost died, Ash, Ashley, and Aaron will be surprised when they get a call from Brock early in the morning.

The phone rang around 5 in the morning and Ash got up to get it since he was already awake from the morning sickness.

"Hello?" asked Ash as soon as he picked up the receiver for the videophone.

"Ash? It's Brock. Daughter's gone into labor. We're at the Viridian Hospital." said Brock in a rushed voice.

"Ok. We'll be there in twenty minutes. See ya there." said Ash as they hung up.

He ran into the bedroom and woke Ashley up quickly.

"What is it, Ash?" asked Ashley as she put her glasses on while he got dressed quickly.

"Daughter's in labor. They're at the Viridian Hospital. I'll get Aaron." said Ash as Ashley got out of bed.

"Ok. Meet you at the door." said Ashley as she got dressed while Ash got Aaron, who was quite tired, dressed quickly.

As soon as they met at the front door, Ashley released Ponyta from its pokeball and they got on it and took off toward Viridian at a gallop.

(20 Minutes Later)

They arrived at the hospital and Ash and Aaron ran into the hospital while Ashley returned Ponyta for a nice long rest.

When they got to the front desk, they went straight for the Maternity Ward waiting room where everyone was, even Mrs. Ketchum and Professor Oak.

They took a seat by their Mom, who was looking at Ash and how different he was.

"I guess you're eating fine by the way you look." whispered Mrs. Ketchum to her son.

"Yeah. Well, you know how I am with food." whispered Ash back as he blushed a little.

After a couple of minutes of being there, Brock came out with news on Daughter and the baby.

"Daughter's almost ready to give birth. Right now, she's being prepped to give birth naturally. Well, see ya later with the baby in my arms." said Brock, going back with Daughter.

Ashley noticed that Ash was thinking about how he had to give birth to Aaron by C-Section instead of the natural way.

He got up and went into the bathroom so that he could throw up thanks to the morning sickness and before he came out, he put his hands on his stomach and looked at how big he was that his Mom had noticed and said that comment.

"The only thing that I want is to give birth the natural way just like Daughter's doing right now. Please don't be like your brother and move out of position like your brother did when he was ready to come out." thought Ash, looking at his stomach in the mirror.

Then, he went back into the waiting room and sat back in the seat that he had before.

(5 Minutes Later)

Brock came out of the Maternity Ward with a baby in his arms.

"Everyone, I would like you to meet out new addition to out family, Felicity Steel." said Brock, showing off Felicity.

Everyone went to see Felicity, even Ashley and Aaron went to see her, except Ash, who just sat there in his chair with his hand on his stomach and eyes closed as he was trying to tune out the sound of everyone going crazy over Felicity.

Then, he felt a hand on his arm, which startled him, and saw that it was Ashley with Aaron in her arms.

"Do you want to go and look at Felicity, Ash?" asked Ashley.

"Sure." replied Ash as he grabbed her hand and walked over to Felicity.

When he saw her, he almost cried because she looked like a combination of Brock and Daughter with Daughter's features and eyes and Brock's hair color.

Then, they went home after they saw Daughter and told her congratulations on having Felicity.

(Back At Ash And Ashley's House)

They had just gotten done putting Aaron to sleep since he woke up so early when Ash pulled Ashley into the bedroom, closing the bedroom door, and set her down on the bed while he started to pace back and forth in front of her.

"What's wrong with you, Ash? You haven't been the same since we entered the hospital." asked Ashley, watching him go back and forth.

"What's wrong with me? What's wrong with me? Mom thinks I'm fat because we haven't told them that I'm pregnant! That's what's wrong with me! I can't believe that Daughter had to give birth the natural way while I had to give birth by C-Section! I hate that!" replied Ash angrily as he stopped in front of her while he said that.

Then, she got the idea about why Ash was like this.

"Are you mad at Mom and jealous of Daughter? At the same time?" asked Ashley, looking him in the face.

As soon as she got done saying that, she noticed tears running down his face as she figured out what was wrong with him for real.

"Oh, Ash. Come on. Let's lay down." said Ashley, lying down on the bed.

He walked over to the edge of the bed, where he laid down next to Ashley and cried on her shoulder until he cried himself to sleep.

Once she made sure that he wasn't going to wake up, she got up and put her jacket on a nearby chair so that it could dry after Ash's crying session.

She looked at the clock and noticed that it was about time for Steven to check on Ash and the baby.

She opened the door as Steven was getting ready to ring the doorbell, which surprised him, but he didn't show it.

"Hey, Steven. Come on in." said Ashley as she let him in and in a whisper too.

"Hey, Ashley. Sorry I'm a little late. I wanted to make sure that Daughter and Felicity were ok and all." said Steven, standing by the front door and whispering too.

"That's ok. Ash is sleeping after crying on my shoulder for 15 minutes." said Ashley, looking toward the bedroom.

"What caused him to do that?" asked Steven curiously as they were still standing by the front door.

"Mom noticed that he was pregnant and thought that he was fat, which made him mad, and he's jealous of Daughter because she delivered Felicity by natural birth while he had to give birth to Aaron by C-Section." replied Ashley, looking at Steven.

"Wow. Well, hopefully he can deliver the baby by natural birth instead of C-Section again." said Steven as they were heading toward the bedroom, but she stopped by the nursery to get Aaron.

"Come one, Aaron. Let's wake Daddy up from his nap." said Ashley as they were heading into the bedroom.

She put Aaron on the bed and he went walking up the bed and shook Ash as best as he could with Ashley helping him a bit.

"Daddy! Daddy! It's time to wake up!" said Aaron as he continued to shake Ash with Ashley's help and it worked.

As soon as his eyes opened and saw Aaron, he sat up and gave Aaron a big hug before he noticed Ashley and Steven waiting for him.

"Hey, Ashley. Hey, Steven. I guess it's time to check on the baby, right?" asked Ash with Aaron sitting in his lap as best as he could with Ash's baby bump in the way.

"Yeah. Did you have a good nap?" asked Ashley as she took Aaron into her arms as Ash was lying down and Steven as he was setting everything up.

"Yeah. At least I feel better than I did before." replied Ash as Steven poured the gel onto Ash's stomach.

As soon as he put the wand on his stomach, he found the baby.

"Well, the baby's doing fine, but I would like to talk to Ash by himself. Ashley, Aaron, would you mind?" asked Steven, looking at Ashley and Aaron.

"Sure. Come one, Aaron. Let's get something for breakfast." said Ashley as they were leaving the room and closing the door.

"Ash, she told me about what happened between you, your Mom, and Daughter. Now, I know you wanted a natural birth for Aaron, but he moved out of place because he thought that he was going the wrong way and if we didn't do a C-Section, both you and Aaron would be dead now and Ashley would be all alone, except for your Mom." said Steven, looking at Ash while he put a hand on his stomach and looked down at it.

"I never thought of that happening to Aaron and I." said Ash as he looked at Steven with his hand on his stomach still.

"I know, but we'll see when it's time for baby number two to come. Maybe you'll be able to give birth naturally instead of the C-Section again." said Steven, trying to cheer Ash up and it worked.

"That would be great, Steven. Thanks." said Ash, getting up from the bed.

"No problem, Ash. See you next month." said Steven, leaving the room with Ash right behind him.

"Ok. Bye." said Ash as he let him out.

"Bye." said Steven, leaving.

As soon as he turned around, he saw Ashley and Aaron standing there, wondering what was going on with him.

He picked Aaron up and bugged both Ashley and Aaron before he took Aaron to play with him.

Ashley was so happy to see that both Ash and Aaron were happy while they were playing and they played all day with Ashley joining them every now and then.

(Later That Same Day)

They had just put Aaron down for the night and laid in bed when Ashley thought of something.

"What was with you playing with Aaron all day?" asked Ashley, looking at him.

"Can't I just play with our son when I want to?" asked Ash, surprised that she would ask a question like that.

"Ash…" said Ashley, getting annoyed by how he was acting.

"Ok. You got me. Steven was talking to me and made a point that I will never forget as long as I live." said Ash, comforting Ashley, but he was also making her curious too.

"What was that?" asked Ashley curiously as she laid her head down on his shoulder.

"He explained the whole reason why I gave birth to Aaron by C-Section and that was that both Aaron and I could've died because he thought he was going the wrong way when he was going the right way. That's what I'll never forget as long as I live." replied Ash, looking at her.

"Wow. That's amazing, Ash." said Ashley, surprised by what Ash told her.

"Yeah, but I promise to never leave your side as long as we have the kids and each other, Ashley." said Ash as he put his left hand on his stomach.

"Yeah. Same here, Ash." said Ashley as she put her right hand on top of his and kissed each other good night.

They fell right to sleep in the same position with smiles on their faces.

After Daughter had Felicity, Ash, Ashley, and Aaron will be surprised when they get an urgent call from Tracey.

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 17! There is a clue as to what the gender of Ash and Ashley's second baby will be if you paid attention. If not, everything will be revealed in time. Next chapter will be a little crazy, but still a good one. See ya later!

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