Chapter 12

"Ash...he's in the hospital." The words echoed in Serena's head. She dropped her phone and was so shocked she almost fainted. The girl put her hand over her heart and sat down, her heart beating faster than ever. Then she took a deep breath to calm herself and picked up her phone.

"Gary.. which...hospital is he in?" She asked slowly.

"Celadon City Hospital, come quick they're preparing him for surgery." Gary said.

Serena wanted to cry. She immediately got onto the quickest bus route to the hospital and ran in, wiping her tears as she came up to the front desk. She asked the receptionist, "what room is Ash Ketchum in?"

The receptionist typed in Ash's name and quickly answered "room 205, second floor 5th room down."

"Thank you." Serena said bravely as she bowed and ran to the elevator. It took too long since there was a crowd so without a thought she eyed the stairs and opened the door to the stairway and dashed up as fast as she could. She ran into the room to see Ash's friends. They looked up and studied her face. She saw Ash unconscious on the hospital bed. Tears came down on her face.

"Ash you idiot! I told you to be careful!" The poor girl started crying and crying.

She turned to his friends. "How is he? Will he live? I can't live without him. Please tell me what's going to happen to him?!" She demanded.

Paul said solemnly, "I'm sorry Serena. We all are."

Barry asked, "Serena I thought you hated Ash… Since when did you get all worked up about him?"

Serena clenched her fist. "IT'S BECAUSE HE'S MY DAMN BOYFRIEND AND WHAT KIND OF GIRLFRIEND DOESN'T WORRY WHEN THEIR BOYFRIEND IS ON THE BRINK OF DEATH?!"

Then she heard a voice speak. "Who said anything about dying?"

Serena stopped dead in her tracks. She turned slowly and witnessed Ash opening his eyes slowly. He reached for her hand and said, "Hey Serena. I'm okay, really I am." Serena was dumbfounded. Not to mention super embarrassed…. She jawdropped. "Wha?!" She turned to the boys and pointed to all of them. "YOU WERE IN ON THIS? AND YOU GUYS TEASED ME LIKE THAT AND PLAYED ALONG? YOU KNEW WE WERE DATING?!" She didn't know whether to be angry or laugh or cry.

Ash continued to hold her hand. "They knew from day one. They're my homies after all. Don't worry, they'll take care of you and treat you like a sister."

Gary immediately boasted, "wow our acting was spot on you should have seen the look on Serena's face. Not to mention Paul the superb actor. You sounded like you were the grim reaper when you told Serena that."

Gary put on a straight face and said in a mocking but serious voice, "I'm sorry Serena. We all are."

Paul punched Gary and smirked a little. "I hate you." He said jokingly.

Serena turned and slapped Ash on the leg- not to the point where it hurt but she made a fist and acted like she was going to punch him.

He raised his arms up in defense. "Easy there Serena it was just a prank."

"I know. And I hate you. But it was a good icebreaker to relieve all this tension." Serena said with a small smile. "But on a serious note, how are you? What exactly happened?"

Ash sat up slowly as the boys sat down. "Well, after I hung up I was on my way to my car which was parked across the street. I was waiting at the intersection until the walking light turned green and as I was almost halfway a car ran the red light and hit me. There are just so many careless people in the world but I'm just thankful that I have strong bones and a healthy body. I could have been in worse condition but I just ended up with a slightly torn ACL and a broken arm. They fixed my acl in surgery and if i give it a couple months to heal, it'll be all better. I'm sorry I made you worry so much."

Serena hugged him and shed a tear. "Pull one more prank like this and I'll break your other arm."

The boys made a face and let out a silent oooohh~~. Gary whistled and whispered, "now I know who wears the pants in this relationship"

Barry nudged Gary and Paul to signal it was time to leave the room and let these two lovebirds have some alone time.

The boys got up and waved to Ash. He reciprocated as he continued hugging his girlfriend and reassuring her that everything was going to be okay.

Later that day, Serena woke up and found herself in the hospital bed. Ash wasn't next to her. She jumped up and looked around and saw Ash was already practicing on his crutches but it wasn't very successful. "Ash… come on and rest. Wait till your arm heals and then you can start using them." She got up to lead Ash back to his hospital bed. He obeyed his girlfriend but said, "what about the dance? I need to heal fast so I can take you and ask you in front of everyone." He whined a little. Serna just smiled and touched his cheek. "Ash, it's okay. You might make it worse by straining yourself too much. Don't worry about the dance, there is still time."

Serena checked her phone time. "Speaking of time… It's nearly time for me to go home.. I'll call my mom to tell her you're in the hospital and ask if I can stay longer."

Ash held her hand. "It's okay go home your mom is worried about you. My mom is coming soon so I won't be alone. You can come visit me the first thing tomorrow."

Serena leaned over to kiss Ash on the cheek. "I'll visit you 24/7. So often you'll get sick of me." She said as she winked.

Ash chuckled. "Sure I'd like that. I wish I could take you home but I promise i'll never let you walk home alone again after I recover." He gave her a long hug as she patted his head. She picked up her bag and waved goodbye before leaving the room. "Bye Serena get home safe please and text me once you're home.." "Bye Ash… sleep tight."

WOOOHOOOOO. I managed to squeeze in a short chapter. This was kinda anticlimatic LMAO i actually had a better idea but i forgot to write it down so i forgot it and managed to come up with this :(

School is starting this monday so I'm mentally preparing for it. Also not to mention I got a second job! Which means less updating );

But also curious, would you guys rather want frequent updates but rlly short chapters or rlly long chapters but it'll take like a 1-2 months to update? Leave a review to let me know what you guys want!