In My Heart

By: TheFifthCharmedOne

Disclaimer: I don't own Pokémon that belongs to Satoshi Tajiri, Game Freak, Nintendo, and TV Tokyo/Shogakukan Production Co. Ltd. I only own the idea and the plot. If any music shows up along the way, I don't own that either.

Chapter 14: Now And Forever More Part 1

'Cause you'll be in my heart
Yes, you'll be in my heart
From this day on
Now and forever more

You'll be in my heart
No matter what they say
You'll be here in my heart, always

You'll Be In My Heart, Phil Collins

-X-X-X-X-

33 weeks. 9 months. My last doctor's appointment before the babies are born was today. She told me that I could be going in labor at any time now. To be honest I wasn't sure how to feel. Excited, scared, happy, nervous….they were all twisting and dancing around in my chest. I was standing at the window in the living room of our apartment, watching the snow drift gracefully on the ground. Drew had come over a few hours before to spend time with May, and now they were in the backyard, having a snowball fight. I waddled away from the window to make myself some hot chocolate. I don't know what made me want it, but I made it anyway.

Once it was made I put milk and ice in it so I wouldn't burn my tongue and went back over to the window. I took sips of the hot chocolate as I watched the snow continue its graceful dance down from the heavens.

My birthday was in five days, I would officially be seventeen years old. I really didn't feel like I would be turning seventeen. I felt like I was be turning seventy. With all that had happened in the past few months, I'd matured. Physically, mentally, and emotionally. I wasn't the same scared sixteen year old that had run away from home all those months ago. I was and am a mother of twins.

And I wouldn't change any of it; not one bit.

-X-X-X-X-

"Happy Birthday Misty!" May ran into my room five days later and jumped on my bed, waking me up. Very rudely, I might add.

I groaned and sat up, blinking slowly until she came into focus.

"What time is it?" I yawned.

"Almost ten. Figured I should get you up because we've got an awesome surprise for you downstairs! Come on!"

On her way out she stepped on Pichu's tail, which made him accidentally electrocute her and wake himself up.

"Pichu!" May said angrily. Pichu looked at her sleepily, and rolled over and went back to sleep. She groaned. I could barely contain my laughter at the hilarious scene before me. "Oh stop laughing and get your rear end downstairs."

"Fine fine," I muttered and stood up, wobbling a bit on unsteady feet from the weight of my pregnancy. The twins were might hard kickers, I'll tell you that much.

-X-X-

I went downstairs to find Drew and May, all crowded around a pyramid of wrapped birthday presents.

"You didn't." I said. May turned to me and grinned.

"I did. Mom and Drew helped, but I did most of it. I figured since you've had a rough time lately that you needed a happy day to balance it all out." She smiled at me. I smiled back and looked at each of them Drew had become almost like a brother to me, and May a sister. Though no one could or ever would replace my real mother, Caroline had become my adopted mother. They were everything to me.

Pichu ran down the steps and climbed onto my shoulder, fully awake now. I scratched him behind the ear and knelt down carefully to open my presents.

But as soon as I did that, I felt a strange wetness between my legs. Oh…my…

I think my water just broke.

I'm going into labor.

On my birthday.

Talk about timing.

"May…." I said, whimpering when the contractions began. "I-I think it's time."

"Time? Time for what…?" her eyes widened when she saw the look in my eye. "Drew, got and get Mom, it's time."

"It's time?" Drew's eyes widened and he glanced at me I nodded and held my stomach. He ran off to find Caroline, who was just in the kitchen. They both ran back in and saw me. Caroline knelt down beside me and hushed me.

"It's okay, come on Misty breathe," she told me. "In and out. That's it. That's a good girl. Come on, we have to get you to the hospital."

-X-X-X-

After helping me down the steps and out to the car, Caroline got into the driver's seat, Drew into the passenger's and May in the back with me.

We drove to the hospital and May and Caroline helped me get through the doors while the contractions became worse and worse by the minute.

"We need a doctor here!" Drew yelled, catching everyone's attention. I cried out in pain and they brought me over a wheelchair.

"What's her name?"

"Misty Waterflower. She just turned seventeen and is Cerulean City, Kanto. Pregnant with twins and currently in labor." May answered five questions in one.

"Open delivery room one and prep for epidural." one of the doctors ordered the nurses around, and I watched it all in a blurry haze. They rushed me into a clean and white room with all kinds of medical machines and other things. This was all going very fast; and it was getting painful.

"Your doctor has been called and she is on her way," they informed me later. I responded with a weak smile and they told me I was already five inches dilated and they were going to prepare for a delivery.

This is going to very, very painful, but in the end, it'll all be worth it. While I was waiting, I decided on name for my twins.

If there's a boy, Jacob Ashton Waterflower, for Ash. If there's a girl, Alexandra Rose Waterflower, Rose for both me and my mom.

Forget all those emotions from before. Now I just want to see their faces.

My name is Misty Rose Waterflower, and I'm about to give birth to twins at the age of seventeen. The twins' father is Ash Ketchum, and their godparents are May Maple and Drew Hayden.

Welcome to my new life.

-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X-X

A/N: So, I hope you liked this very quickly written update. Misty's finally giving birth. Next chapter will be her birthing them and some other things. The final chapter, numero 16, will be a reflection chapter, with a little tidbit of the next installment of the In My Heart trilogy.

Seeing as it is chapter 14 and I may forget in two chapters, the next part of the series will be called:

In My Heart: Bound By Love

But I'm getting ahead of myself. Seeing as I can't write until you review, review your butts off and I might update by next week! Notice I said MIGHT!

~Charmed

P.S. I'm going away for the weekend and I won't be back until Sunday, so I won't be responding to reviews or PMs or anything like that until I get back to my computer.

Anyway, until then, write on!