What If (A Mirror Amourshipping Story

Chapter 11

Ash has not been faring well either. Ever since the confrontation at the diner, Ash has been working on moving on from Serena... or at least trying to. Dawn and Jeffrey have been doing everything they can to try to cheer him up whenever he's at home, but he coldly rejects their attempts despite knowing deep down they're just trying to help him. Brock and Holly who have long since made up from their fight have been unsure of how to help him as he seems to stay in his attic room more and more. His actions outside of his home become more robotic whenever he does his chores or go home I'm running errands or goes to his dead-end job.

Everyone realizes that what he's doing is very similar to how it was when he first broke up with Miette, and yet it is clear that what happened between Ash and Serena is worse than any breakup Ash has ever experienced in his life. Secretly, Ash has been hoping to get over Serena as easily as he has with past girlfriends. They had her confrontation, he gave everything he had and in the end, she rejected him and so he must get over her. And yet as much as he accepts this there's a subconscious part of his mind that accepts that his heart is filled with so much excruciating pain without Serena. But the rest of him is fooling himself into believing that this might be for the best.

It is late at night just a couple of days before Serena gets ready to fly to Sinnoh. Ash decides to meet up with Holly and Brock at a bar and talk over things

"So I think everything worked out for the best," Ash says to the married couple. "In fact, I'm going back to medical school. I just sent my application this afternoon.

"Oh, so you just gave up just like that?" Holly asks disapprovingly.

"I'm not giving up," Ash contradicts. "I'm going back to the life I originally was supposed to have by now."

"Are you sure this is the best decision, little buddy?" Brock asks worryingly. "I mean when you are old and wrinkly with nothing at home to comfort you but your medical equipment, whatever degrees you have hanging on your wall and your bookcases full of books on human health that you don't even read, will this seem like the right choice?"

"Yes," Ash claims. "Because I'm going to look back and think that dropping out because of a woman was stupid, not making a move on a woman who doesn't want me was smart, I'm a doctor and I've saved millions of lives, I've even cured a few diseases because I'm brilliant in which case you are all welcome so stop criticizing my choices."

Brock and Holly look at each disapprovingly which Ash ignores as a waitress comes in bringing three empty glasses and a pitcher of beer. Ash silently thanks the waitress before she leaves and he starts pouring the beer into the glasses. Before he starts pouring on the third glass, however, Brock's eyes widen and he quickly snatches it away leaving Ash confused.

"Sorry, babe," Brock says apologetically To Holly. "I forgot."

"Forgot what?" Ash asks. "What's going on?"

Brock and Holly look at each other with excited grins before Holly turns to Ash and says, "Well, it was supposed to be a secret, but Mr. tall, dark and sexy here... Oh, how should I put this? He knocked me up!"

Ash's eyes widen And he looks at Brock in disbelief. Brock giggles in excitement as he nods to his friend that what his wife just said is true.

"Holy crap!" Ash exclaims. "You got a baby in you! That means the Apocalypse Is about to start already!"

"I know!" Holly squeals. "I'm going to be a mommy! I'm going to be a mama!"

"And I'm going to be at daddy!" Brock giggles like a little boy. "And you are the first person we've told so you can't get angry with us and you have to forgive every little thing that pregnant people do to you. It's like the law."