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I don't own Pokemon, but I do own Ashley, Aaron, Andrea, Daughter, Felicity, Kevin, and Steven.

Chapter 23: Baby Number Two Is On Its Way!

Last time, Ash's water broke and he was starting to have contractions when he woke Ashley up to tell her that they needed to head to the hospital.

Ashley started to get her clothes on while she called Steven from her cell phone.

"Steven, it's time. We'll be there in 10 minutes." said Ashley as she got done getting dressed and going to wake Aaron up.

She hung up with Steven and then, she called Mrs. Ketchum to tell her it's time.

"Ok. I'll be right there with the car." said Mrs. Ketchum as she was grabbing the car keys.

She was parked right in front of their house when she came in to get his suitcase and helped Ashley put him in the backseat where she and Aaron sat with him to comfort him.

She called Professor Oak real quick and let him know that they were picking him up on their way to the hospital.

When they got there, he climbed into the car as fast as he could and then, they left Pallet to get to Viridian City.

When they were on their way, Ashley was calling everyone, that was at the party, to tell them that Ash was having the baby.

Tracey, Misty, and Kevin said that they would going to pick up Brock, Daughter, and Felicity on their way to the hospital.

May and Drew and Dawn and Kenny said that they would pick up Max and Molly, Professor Hale and Tonya, Angie and Tyson, and Paul and Zoey in their private jets and would be their in 30 minutes tops.

While Ashley was doing this, Ash was slightly moaning from the contractions hitting him one after another so that he wouldn't worry Aaron.

(10 Minutes Later)

They had just arrived at the hospital where Steven was waiting for them with a wheelchair.

He helped Ash into the wheelchair and took him into the Maternity Ward where there was the room that he had when he was pregnant with Aaron before that was reserved for him only.

Ash was in so much pain that he could hardly move, but with Steven's and Ashley's help, he was able to put on a hospital gown and was placed in the bed.

Steven had brought in the bigger ultrasound machine into the room and poured the gel on Ash's stomach and checked where the baby was.

It had dropped into Ash's lower abdomen with its head leading the way.

"The baby's doing great and it's starting to get ready to come out, but it could get out of the position at any time though." said Steven as he was cleaning off Ash's stomach.

"Please don't move anywhere, baby." said Ash and Ashley in unison in their minds.

"That's great, Ash." said Ashley as she was trying to comfort him.

"Let me see how far dilated and we'll judge the time from there." said Steven as he was placing himself at Ash's feet.

"Ok." said Ash as he spread his legs apart for Steven.

"Good. You're 5 centimeters dilated which means that it might be a half hour to an hour before you're fully dilated to 10 centimeters. I'll come in to check on you in a half hour. See you then." said Steven as he was leaving the room.

Ashley was just about to leave too, but Ash grabbed onto her arm before she left.

"Ashley, will you please stay with ME?" asked Ash as a contraction hit him even harder.

"Sure, Ash. Whatever you want." replied Ashley as she grabbed a chair and sat next to him on his right side.

He held onto her hand and squeezed it very often when a contraction hit him hard.

(In The Waiting Room)

Everyone was in the waiting room as they were waiting for news about how Ash was doing.

"Is Daddy going to be ok?" asked Aaron as he was looking up at Mrs. Ketchum as he sat on her lap.

"Yes, Aaron. Daddy will be alright along with your brother or sister." replied Mrs. Ketchum as she was trying to comfort him.

That did calm him down a little, but she was still worried about his Daddy.

(30 Minutes Later-Back With Ash And Ashley)

Ash was lying in the bed and squeezing Ashley's hand every now and then, when he felt something drop in him.

"Ashley, get Steven in here quickly. The baby's on its way." said Ash as he felt the baby drop a little more inside him.

"Ok, Ash. Be back with Steven." said Ashley as she left the room to go and get Steven.

She came back with him in tow in a few minutes where they found Ash holding on the sheets for dear life as he was trying to stop the baby from coming out before Steven got there along with contractions hitting him hard as the baby was on its way.

Steven lifted Ash's hospital gown and poured the gel onto his stomach and before long, he had found the baby as it was positioning itself to come out.

"Good. The baby has dropped far enough in your abdomen that you could start pushing right after we prep you. Ashley, would you mind leaving for a few minutes while I get Ash prepped for delivery?" asked Steven as he was cleaning off Ash's stomach and looking at Ashley.

"Ok." said Ashley as she let go of Ash's hand, after she grabbed it once they came back into the room, and started to leave.

"See you soon, Ashley." said Ash as he was wincing a little from the pain as he was watching Ashley leave.

She turned her head back to look at him and she couldn't help, but wish that was herself in there as she heard him moan from the pain as it was starting to greaten with each minute that the contractions were hitting him before she went through the doors that led into the waiting room.

(Back In The Waiting Room)

They were all waiting for news on Ash, when Ashley came out through the doors.

"Mommy! How's Daddy?" asked Aaron as he ran over to her and she picked him up to hold him.

"He's doing just fine, Aaron. He's going to give birth naturally like he wanted to do before." replied Ashley as she told everyone what was going on with Ash.

"That's great, Ashley. I'm so proud of him for what he's doing." said Mrs. Ketchum as she gave Ashley and Aaron a hug.

As soon as she finished saying that and Ashley handed Mrs. Ketchum Aaron, a nurse came out to tell Ashley that she could go ahead and be with Ash for the birth of their second baby.

"I'll see you later with the baby in my arms." said Ashley before she went through the doors.

Once she was through, she went right back to the room to find Ash getting ready to deliver the baby with Steven getting ready with two nurses in their positions to help him with the delivery.

(Back In The Room)

"Ashley, get on Ash's other side and hold his hand so that he can concentrate on pushing this baby out. Now Ash, when I say 'Push', I want you to push as hard as you can and that's when Ashley will count to 10 and when she gets to 10, Ash, I want you to relax for a little while until I say it again. Ok?" explained Steven as he was giving them orders of what to do to get this baby out.

They both nodded as they were waiting for him to give the order to push and count.

"Ok. Push!" said Steven as he gave the signal to start.

Ashley counted to 10 with Ash pushing as hard as he could, resulting in the baby's head being out.

"The head's out. Good. Again, push!" said Steven as he was telling them what was going on since they couldn't see anything.

Ash and Ashley did the same thing again and this time, the shoulders were out as a result of this push.

"The shoulders are out. That was great, Ash. Now, give me one more push, but make it a hard one so that the rest of the body will come." said Steven as he was looking at Ash.

Ash just gulped as he knew that he had to give an extremely hard and painful push to get the baby out here in the real world.

"Ready? Push!" said Steven as he gave the signal for the last time.

They did that same thing again, but this time, Ash pushed harder than he ever has to get the baby out and as a result of this hard push, the baby's body came out.

He gave the nurse the baby to hold while he cut the umbilical cord and open its airways.

Then, the nurse gave it to another nurse that had a towel in her arms and she took the baby to a little table where they could take care of it.

"Congratulations, Ash and Ashley. It's a girl." said Steven as he was cleaning up Ash a little.

Ash was smiling as he was panting from all of the pushing that he did to get their little girl into the world while Ashley was gently pulling his bangs off of his forehead since they were sticking to his forehead while he was sweating.

Both of them gave a sigh of relief when they heard their little girl cry for the first time.

As soon as Steven got done with taking care of Ash, he left along with the nurse that took the baby girl to the other nurse to give Ash some time to rest with Ashley getting ready to leave too, but before Ashley left, they decided on a name for the baby.

"Welcome into the world, Andrea Ketchum." said Ash before Ashley left to go and watch what the nurse was doing with Andrea.

Ashley went over to watch what they were doing to Andrea.

They weighed her at 5 pounds and 5 ounces and they even put down the time that she was born and it was coincidentally the same time that Aaron was born: 9:00 A.M.

Once they got done with making sure that she was ok, they handed her to Ashley so that she could take Andrea to see everybody.

(Back In The Waiting Room)

Everyone had been waiting by the doors that led into the Maternity Ward when, the doors opened to reveal Ashley holding Andrea in her arms.

"Everyone, I'd like you to meet the new addition to our family, Andrea Ketchum." said Ashley as she was showing off Andrea before she lowered Andrea for Aaron to see.

"Oh, Ashley. She looks just like you and Ash combined." said Mrs. Ketchum as she came over to see Andrea and she was right.

Andrea had Ash's hair color and brown eyes along with Ashley's features.

"Thanks, Mom." said Ashley as she was starting to blush really big, which confused Aaron a lot.

"So how's Ash doing?" asked Misty as she was looking at Ashley with Tracey and Kevin right behind her.

"He's doing just fine. He's resting after pushing a lot so hopefully by the time that I get back in there, he'll be awake and wanting to hold Andrea as much as I wanted to sine the day that I found out that he was pregnant." replied Ashley as she was looking at Andrea and then, at Aaron.

"I guess you should go back and see if Ash is awake, Ashley." said Daughter as she gave Ashley a hug.

"Mommy, can I go with you to see Daddy?" asked Aaron as he was looking up at her.

"Sure Aaron. See you later." replied Ashley as she took a hold of Aaron's hand and walked through the doors to the Maternity Ward proudly with her daughter in her arms and her son walking next to her with his hand in hers.

(Back In Ash's Room)

Ash was just waking up from a nice nap when Ashley, Aaron, and Andrea came into the room.

"Hey, Ash. Someone wanted to see you." said Ashley as she was walking over to the bed with Andrea in her arms and helping Aaron up onto the bed.

"Well, it's nice to finally meet you after you gave me a lot of pain, Andrea." said Ash as he was handed Andrea to hold with Aaron sitting next to him.

"Well, hello, you four. So how's the proud parent and child doing?" asked Steven as he was standing next to the bed.

"We're both doing great. So when will we be able to leave?" asked Ash as he was making a question of his own while he was looking at both Aaron and Andrea.

"You and Andrea will be able to leave tomorrow. I'll be in to help you get home as soon as possible. Bye and congratulations." said Steven as he was leaving.

"Thanks and bye." said Ash and Ashley in unison.

"I love you, Ash." said Ashley as she was looking at him.

"I love you too, Ashley." said Ash as they kissed on the lips.

Andrea was fast asleep in his arms and Aaron was fast asleep next to him which they were watching for a little while they talked about certain things.

(Later That Same Day)

Ashley went into the waiting room to let everyone know what's going on with Ash and Andrea and told them when the four of them would be able to leave the hospital.

Then, she and Aaron stayed the night with Ash and Andrea at the hospital while everyone stayed at a hotel close by, except Mrs. Ketchum and Professor Oak, who went back to Pallet to take care of the pokemon at the lab and the Pikachus, the Pichu, and the Pichu egg too.

(The Next Day)

Everyone was excited because this was the day that Ash and Andrea were coming home, even the Pikachus, the Pichu, and the Pichu egg were excited because they get to see Ash, Ashley, and Aaron along with Andrea since they didn't see them that much the day before because of Andrea.

Once they had gotten home, they put Aaron and Andrea, who were already tired after two long days, to sleep in their own cribs and as soon they got dressed for bed, they fell fast asleep with the baby monitor, that they kept when Aaron was first born and used for about a month or two after they brought him home, but put it away sine he was doing just fine by himself, on, but before they did, they were blinded by a sudden light that was coming from the nightstand.

"What is that?" asked Ash as he shielded his eyes from the sudden light.

"It's the Pichu egg! It's hatching!" replied Ashley as they were watching the egg hatch into a Pichu.

It was as energetic as its older brother was when it was born and both Pikachus and the older Pichu calmed it down pretty quick so that they would all be able to go to sleep since they all had an exhausting two days with having Andrea born and all.

After having Andrea and brining her home, Ash, Ashley, Aaron, and Andrea are going to be surprised at what May and Drew and Dawn and Kenny have up their sleeves.

Hope you enjoyed Chapter 23! The next chapter is pretty sweet and I know that you will enjoy it. See ya later!

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