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All Shook Up	By : Dancinginthedarkkk Category: Pokemon > Yaoi - Male/Male Views: 1583 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 1
Disclaimer: I do not own Pokemon or any of the Pokemon Characters. They belong to Satoshi Tajiri and the Pokemon Company and I do not make ANY money off of this work at all.

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"Yes. Well she's having an allergic attack- it's peanut butter apparently! No! She's only eight months old and we don't have an appointment until-" Ash held Shy close as Delia fought with the nurses on the phone. "SHE CANNOT BREATHE! We're on our way to you so can you just book us a room with Doctor Vallen! Yes, yes." The corn fields that zoomed past them leaving Pallet were dark. He did his best to keep her calm as Amma got more and more frustrated in the back seat.
"YES! WE HAVE INSURANCE! We just saw Doctor Vallen three weeks ago there's NO WAY that the information changed." Soon they reached the long road that led to Viridian, the bright city lights a beacon in the darkness around them. "Shiloh Ketchum, she should be in the sys- H, is there any other way to spell it?! May 31st, 2018. Oh really? Her full name? You HAVE to be joking!"
Shy's coughing turned into wheezing and Ash anxiously looked over and saw that the driver was pushing one-ten, doing his best to get them to the hospital. "Shiloh Evangeline Maria Ketchum. Will you have doctors waiting for us in the ambulance bay? Yes? Thank you. We'll be there shortly." Delia hung up with a sigh. "I hate those nurses, how were we supposed to know she was allergic? You're not allergic, your father wasn't either."
Ash just shrugged, rhythmically patting Shy's back. "I can't even remember if... she was allergic to it..." Finally, they entered city limits and Ash prayed to Mew for safe passage to the hospital. "Can we push this car a little more?" Paul's driver let out a "I dunno" sound and switched gears or whatever and began to weave in and out of the traffic. Very soon a Jenny on a motorcycle pulled up behind them, red and blue lights flashing along with her siren. Delia leaned forwards, "Don't you DARE stop."
The driver just shook his head. "I wasn't planning on it, she's turning blue. Hold on tight, I'll get us there." Turning on the hazard lights, he continued, and more police cars joined the Jenny. Ash and Delia watched as another Jenny pulled up to the passenger side and Ash rolled down the window, holding Shy into view and Ash felt like he was going to cry as Jenny's face went pale. She revved again and pulled ahead, talking rapidly to someone on her speaker and three patrol cars pulled in front of them so they could get everyone out of the lanes.
After what seemed like hours the driver made a hard turn and pulled into the ambulance bay and both Ash and Delia scrambled out of the car with Shy where a team of doctors waited for them. Ash handed her off to one of the doctors who immediately stabbed her with a syringe and laid her down on the stretcher. Jenny followed Ash and Delia in as they watched a doctor put a breathing tube in her, and instantly Shy began to pink back up. He watched her with tears in his eyes as her tiny chest moved up and down rapidly. "Oh Mew." Ash moved to hug Jenny, apologizing for the trouble before moving to sit next to Shy, who was being hooked up to an IV. "Shy, baby..." He reached out and held her tiny hand gently, the other moving up to push her wet black hair out of her eyes. "Baby I'm so sorry. You're going to be okay, the doctors will take care of you."
Soon after telling the doctors what had happened, Shy was given medicine and the tube was removed with the doctors deeming her stable enough to be taken up to a private room. Once she was settled Ash and Delia both gave a statement for Jenny, who wished them well and left.
Despite her being six inches from meeting Arceus, Shiloh was sitting next to Amma and happily playing with the toys that had been brought to her by the nurse. And for that, Ash was happy. He kicked off his shoes and climbed in next to her, her red ladybug nappy clashed with her bright white hospital gown and her hair stuck up at all angles. Even with all the tubes, she was still adorable. Ash wiped his eyes and kissed her red cheek, hugging her to his chest he stretched out and laid down, being mindful of her IV. Shy babbled away to him, toys in hand, suddenly she turned her head to the door and Delia stood. Assuming that Dr. Vallen, who said he'd visit with Shy to make sure she was doing alright, was about to come in, Ash sniffled and wiped his eyes and sat up, turning towards the door. In the doorway stood Paul and his driver, who looked awfully short next to him.
"Ash? Do you know him?" Ash saw his mother wink and sit back down when Paul put his hands in his pocket. "He's so handsome!" She whispered at him, Ash felt his cheeks get red.
"Mom! He's... my boss.." The driver left and Ash headed for the door, leading the man across the hall so he could still keep an eye on Shy. Once they were away from his mother's hearing distance Ash turned to him. "What are you doing here?" And then it hit Ash, he was supposed to be having dinner with Paul right about now... "Oh! I'm... so sorry I didn't call.."
"It wasn't the first thing on your mind, I understand. I'm glad she's okay." Paul turned to look where Shy was bouncing in bed and Delia was giving Ash a smirk. "Shiloh right?"
Ash blinked up at him.
"My driver told me, I hope you don't mind, I told the hospital I was family so I would be let up here."
"Me and my mom just call her Shy. She's anything but that, but it's just her nickname. My full name is Ashton so we wanted to give her something short too." Ash looked away from Delia who was now wagging her brows, if only she knew. He couldn't help but laugh though. Her stares had gotten him into trouble before especially when it came to Shy's mom.
"She's cute. She looks just like you." Paul looked into the room where Shy waved at him in excitement, and Ash's heart melted like butter when he smiled and waved back at her, making Shy giggle. If only they weren't in a hospital. "She's not cute she's adorable."
"Thank you. I'm just so happy she's okay." Ash wiped more tears from his eyes. "I don't know what would have happened if I had never met you and had your driver." Had his mother not been watching with her eagle eyes he would have hugged Paul.
Before Paul could say anything, it was then that a green haired woman dressed in black interrupted him. She turned to Paul, and smiled, flipping her hair over her shoulder. "Mr. Ketchum? I need you to come with me."
Ash blinked and stepped between her and Paul, unreasonably angry at the attention she showed him. "Hi, I'm Mr. Ketchum, that's my baby, thank you very much." And for a second he just screamed at himself inwardly at the tone he'd used with her. Paul was not his boyfriend, Paul was free game and if she wanted a dip, it wasn't his choice if she got some or not.
She narrowed her eyes at him through a fake smile. "I apologize. I'm Heather from billing and collections. We need to talk so if you could follow me to my office..." She turned on her heel and marched off and Ash followed after.
It wasn't until he was being seated that he realized that Paul had followed him. She closed the door and sat down at her desk. "So Mr. Ketchum, I regret to inform you that your insurance has termed and we can't continue to provide services to..." she looked at the screen, "Sheila oh- Shiloh.. unless you pay out of pocket. We will however, refer her to the nearest local public medical center where she can continue her recovery. You, however, will still be held accountable for tonight's services."
Ash only blinked at her. "Excuse me? What do you mean I'm not covered?! I thought I was covered for the rest of the year? I still paid for that! We just brought her here like a month ago for her shots!"
She just shook her head as she printed out a bill. "Well according to your insurance you were dropped two weeks ago." She handed the paper to him and Ash felt queasy as he looked at the final, total number.
"That's illegal according to C. O. B. R. A." Her face dropped as Paul got up, plucking the bill from Ash and leaned over to turn her computer towards him so he could read. He sighed and pulled on his glasses. "The insurance company is accountable by law under the act to continue coverage up to eighteen months or longer." Ash sat back as he listened. "But..." he looked at Ash with a disappointed face. "Your insurance company would have done that, had your employer not dissolved. So even if you wanted to sue, you couldn't."
"Excuse me but who are you?" Heather looked at Paul, considerably less welcoming then she had been ten minutes ago. She pulled the screen back and locked the desktop.
Paul sat back down, "Attorney Paul Weiss, J. S. D. And soon to be Judge Paul Weiss. You will not be moving Miss Ketchum from her room and we will continue treatment here. Will you honor the insurance's fee schedule because of the situation?"
She blinked at him, pale at the mention of his name. "I'm not qualified to honor the fee schedule, you would need to talk to the Chief of Surgery and the legal team."
Ash just couldn't help but look at Paul as he nodded. "Then get me to the Chief. And while you're at it, I'd like a printed fee schedule of Mr. Ketchum's insurance and the fee schedule for the hospital itself. I don't need you overcharging my client."
"Yes... of course.. you can return to your daughter's room and I will make a call to the Chief. They'll be able to have all that ready for you." Heather pulled out a laminated paper and began typing out a number on her phone.
Once the her call was finished, Paul finally stood and Ash hurried after him and out of her office. "Paul... you don't have to do this... I'll just.. make payments on it."
"No, you won't. You can't let people like them just push you around. You're a single father with only one source of income, you have to stand your ground and not just roll over for them or they're going to continue to take from you." Paul looked at the bill. "This would easily be a whole year's worth of income for you Ash, if you had still been working for Cilan."
Ash moved to take the paper. "Shiloh is worth it."
"Yes, she is. But this." Paul just shook his head as he looked at it, "If you made this much all year, you still would have been in debt for at least ten years if you starved yourself to pay this off. You're not paying this."
That thought scared Ash, the thought of all the medical bills and collection calls made his head spin. He looked at the bill and sighed. Nearly two grand for a simple emergency visit, and now they had a room with it.
He just looked back around the small billing office before the sign caught his eye. "You're right!" Ash couldn't help but grin up at him, "I won't be. And you won't either." He headed over to one of the counters where a cute pink haired clerk sat. "I'd like to apply for Kanto's emergency medical benefits."
The clerk just looked up at him and smiled sweetly, clicking away at her computer. "Let's get started then."
"Alrighty! Shiloh has been approved, you should receive your cards in the mail over the next three weeks but I've already gone into her account and attached her coverage. Usually it takes a few days for her coverage to kick in but I'll leave a note in her chart to send out the claims once she's active. As for right now, you and your husband can have peace of mind that we're gonna take care of her!" The clerk smiled at both Ash and Paul as she handed Ash all of the paperwork. "Now get back to your baby, I'm sure she misses you!"
Ash ran around the desk and hugged her tight before he and Paul made their way back to Shy's room. "Emergency benefits?" Paul looked at him with a slight grin.
"My mom used to have me on it because my dad couldn't afford insurance at the time. I don't have to pay, I don't have to worry about if anything else happens, it's covered. She's covered. It's only until she's twenty one, and I can take her off of it once I get actual insurance." They stopped outside of Shy's room. Dr. Vallen was inside giving Shy her exam.
"I'm impressed. I never would have thought about that." Hands in his pockets, he and Ash watched through the window. "But now I don't have to go make those lousy hospital lawyers feel bad and I was kinda looking forward to that."
Ash couldn't help but laugh as he looked at Paul, who was completely serious and actually looked disappointed. "You are..." Ash took a deep breath, "Thank you for standing up for me like that. I probably wouldn't have even given a second thought about being dropped. You didn't have to do that for me, but.. thank you."
Paul's eyes were soft as he took off his glasses and put them up. "You're welcome. But.. with who we are to each other, I would not have felt right leaving you to sort with that on your own." He looked inside where Shy was playing with the doctor. "I want you to call me if you ever need me for things like this. Anything you don't understand, anything." Ash held his breath as Paul looked back at him, "As long as I'm not in court, or with a client, I will help you."
Tears pricked at the corners of Ash's eyes as he looked away from Paul. "Thanks." Just then, the door opened and Dr. Vallen spotted him, coming over for a hug.
"Mr. Ketchum! Shy's doing fine, but I am going to keep her for the week. We're going to start patch testing for her and I can already tell you, she won't be happy but it'll help her in the long run until she needs to get repatched at ten okay?"
Ash nodded. "Thank you Dr. Vallen."
"It's my pleasure, I'll see you in the morning. We'll start around eleven. I would just head home and pack a few bags for you and your mom and Shy. You'll need it." The kind, graying Doctor just smiled sweetly and both of them before continuing on down the hall.
"I should get going then..." Ash felt Paul's hand on his shoulder.
"No, wait." He turned to Paul. "Do you wanna meet her?"
While his face didn't change, Ash could see the surprise in Paul's eyes. "Are you sure?"
He looked over at Shy through the window, Delia held her close and rubbed her back. He then gently reached out for Paul's hand, holding it onto it and led him into the room. "Yeah.. I'm sure."
Delia raised a brow at him as her eyes caught where Paul's hand wrapped around Ash's. "Shy, corazón." Shy turned back, smiling happily and cooed as she reached for Ash. Ash sat down on the edge of the bed, with Paul awkwardly taking seat next to him. "Hi beautiful. I want you to meet my... friend. Paul." He looked up at his mom. "He's... my boss..." And even then he couldn't help but blush as he felt Paul's foot gently tap at Ash's.
"Hello." Paul reached out to shake Delia's hand, she smiled at him as she shook it.
"It's nice to meet you Paul." She then got very serious, pulling Paul close. "Please date my son."
"MOM!" Ash practically screamed as Paul grinned.
"It's been seven months, please take him out. I promise he's so sweet." She continued. Paul just looked at Ash, who was using Shy to hide behind.
"Rest assured Mrs. Ketchum, we are in fact, seeing each other." And Ash almost dropped Shy as Delia turned red. Paul then turned his attention to baby who was eagerly reaching for him. "And hello to you, I've heard so much about you." He gently took Shy and hugged her.
Ash watched as she got comfy in his arms, Paul's expression soft. The room was quiet as she stopped giggling and a very tiny "Hi!" replaced the silence. Both Ash and Delia sat up in shock as Shy giggled.
"Shy!" She turned back and looked at him. "Hi!"
"Say it again baby." He couldn't help but cry as she happily said her first word over and over again until she leaned against Paul and yawned, long lashes fluttering. He leaned forwards and kissed her cheek.
"Mom." Ash gently took Shy from Paul and tucked her into the bed. "I'm gonna go home and get her stuff packed since she'll be staying here a week. Just text me everything you need so I can bring it back." She nodded as Shy sleepily waved at Paul as he stood.
Paul smiled back softly and waved as he got his keys out. "Goodnight Mrs. Ketchum, Shiloh."
"I'll be back in a few hours okay?"
"Okay." Ash gave her and Shy a kiss before he followed Paul out of the room. He silently followed Paul through the hospital, dodging doctors and nurses, grateful that his daughter was okay.
The ride home next to Paul was quiet, Ash sneaked a peek over at him. "Paul..?"
"Yes?" Ash's eyes moved to where Paul's hand rested on the wheel.
"You know... you didn't have to lie to my mom. I mean, I don't need her knowing that.. I'm sleeping with you but.. I told her I was just working for you. You didn't need to tell her that we were dating when we're not." He gulped when Paul's brows pulled together. "I just.. I know you're not really looking for anything right now and.. I mean.. certainly not with me." Ash kept blabbing, unable to stop talking as he stuttered. "I mean come on Paul you're-,"
"Ash." Paul's deep voice cut through his own and Ash clamped his lips shut. "Are you seeing anyone else?" And Ash took a quick breath as he felt the irritation in Paul's voice.
"No..."
"Do you remember what we agreed on when we started dating?" Paul looked over at him.
Ash could only shake his head. "I have to go to school... I know that.. But you said it was an arrangement, not that we were dating..."
Paul frowned. "When we met in my office, do you remember me telling you that you would be off limits from everyone else?" When Ash nodded he continued. "Then why would you think that you wouldn't be the only person I was seeing? Do you honestly think that I would want to share you?"
"... No.."
"Okay. We have been going on dates and sleeping together for almost two weeks Ash, I think it's safe to say that we're officially seeing each other now. Don't you think?" Ash blinked as he tried to process what Paul just said.
"But you're still giving me money." Ash sat up in his seat.
"And? Was I supposed to just cut off your only source of income because we moved into dating?"
"You never even properly asked me out! How was I supposed to know we were dating?" Ash huffed, "Don't you know that you have to formally ask someone to date you?"
Paul just sighed as they left Viridian city limits and hit the single road that led to Pallet. "Ash. A week is usually enough for people in our situation to figure out if they want to take the next steps." A warm hand wrapped around Ash's. "Do you officially want to date me? The only thing that will change between us is your status."
Ash looked down at the hand and twined his fingers between Paul's. "... Yes. I like the word 'boyfriend' better than.." Ash bit his lip, "you know.."
"Better than sugar baby?" And Ash just nodded as Paul laughed. "You put that title on yourself because I have never once used those terms. Either way, now it's official." He looked over at Ash as he pulled into the driveway and parked the car. "I'll wait here so I can drive you back to the hospital."
Back at the hospital, after carrying up all of the bags, Paul pulled Ash in for a long kiss that made him feel dizzy. Ash could feel his cheeks turn red as he caught a glance from his mother, and Paul only grinned at him, watching with amusement as he stumbled away. "I'll see you in the morning."
Ash closed Shy's room door and headed to bed.
"He's handsome honey." Delia's hushed voice was soft. "I'm happy for you. You deserve it."
Ash just looked at her as he fit himself into bed with Shy. "Thanks mom.."
"Does this mean I'll get more grandbabies?" Even in the dark he could see the smirk on her face. "He'll give you beautiful babies."
"MAMA!"
"Oh please? Maybe in a year or so? Shy needs siblings you know."
"Goodnight mom!" Ash whined as he hugged Shy close.
"Goodnight sweetie."
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