Well here's chapter 4. Nothing real special. Tracey comes down with teh morning sickness. Aww... Poor Tracey. Also he misses Misty. hope you all enjoy.
It'll be Okay
The next day came a Misty needed to head back to the Cerulean Gym. The Indigo Competition was about to begin and she needed to be there.
"I'm really sorry that I can't stay…" she told Tracey. "Are you sure that you're going to be alright?"
"Pretty sure."
"Just be sure to rest as much as you can. Don't push yourself too hard."
"Don't worry. I won't. I promise."
The two then held hands for a short moment.
"I'll try to come back a soon is possible."
She then gave him a small kiss on the lips. Then she placed her hand on his stomach.
"I can't believe that's our baby in there…" she said with a smile.
"I have a hard time believing it myself…"
"Well… I'd better be going. I'll see you soon. Goodbye…"
"See ya."
Misty then headed down the road that led to Cerulean City. Tracey continued to watch her until she was out of sight.
"Please come back soon…" he whispered to himself.
In the early morning hours of the next day, Tracey was awoken by a strong nauseating feeling in his stomach. Realizing what was about to happen, he ran as fast as he could to the bathroom that was down the hall. He threw his head over the toilet bowl and began to vomit. After he was done, he collapsed on the floor. He had awful cramps in his stomach and couldn't stand up because of it.
Professor Oak had heard Tracey dashing down the hall so he went to see what was going on. Once at the bathroom, he saw Tracey on the floor and panting.
"Are you alright Tracey?"
"I…" Before he could answer, he had another urge to throw up and placed his head over the toilet bowl.
Professor Oak looked away for a moment. Once Tracey stopped, he entered the bathroom.
"Oh… It looks like the morning sickness is starting."
"M-m-morning sickness?"
"Yes. It's a common thing with most pregnancies."
"Ohh…" he moaned.
"Here. Let's get you cleaned up and back into bed."
He helped Tracey to the sink were he brushed his teeth and rinsed out his mouth. Then Professor Oak led him back to his room.
"Do you have anything that'll help stop this nausea?"
"I'm sorry Tracey… But I'm not sure the things I have are save for your baby. Tomorrow I'll go out and get you something for your nausea that's safe."
"Tomorrow… Oh… Alright."
Both Tracey and Professor Oak went back to their rooms and back to sleep.
The next morning wasn't any better. Tracey had to get out of bed repeatedly in order to throw up. Eventually, Professor Oak left a bucket by Tracey's bedside so that he wouldn't have to make the trip to the bathroom.
Once the local pharmacy opened at 10 am, Professor Oak headed down there and bought some medicine that would help with Tracey's nausea. The directions said to take two capsules every five hours. Tracey took the two capsules hoping that they would eliminate his pain.
They seemed to work for a short while. He managed to go down to the kitchen to get something to eat and then went to the sofa and watched television. But after an hour went by he felt ill again and found himself with his head in the toilet bowl once more.
After Professor Oak finished with his research, he found Tracey lying face-down on the couch with his face buried in a pillow. Marill was stroking his head in an attempt to comfort him.
"Ow…ow…ow…" Tracey muttered.
"Still not feeling too well, huh Tracey?"
"No…"
"Marill…" said his worried Pokémon.
"Unfortunately you can't take the medicine again until 4 o' clock. Maybe you should head back up to your room and get some more rest."
"I'd rather stay here… I don't think I can make it all the way upstairs…"
Just then, the door bell rang, making Tracey's headache even worse.
"Oh God…" he moaned as he grabbed another pillow and covered his head with it.
Professor Oak went an answered the door. It was his neighbor Delia Ketchum and her Mr. Mime.
"Oh Delia." he said in surprise. "Are you back from your vacation already?"
"Well, I just wanted to be sure I was home in time to watch my little man's competition at the Ever Grande conference."
"Mime mime!" said her Mr. Mime, Mimey.
"That's right… Ash's Pokémon League competition will be held next week. I nearly forgot."
"I just decided to stop by. I hope that's alright."
"Uh sure! Come on in."
"I brought some souvenirs for you and Tracey." she said as they were walking down the hallway. "Seeing them just made me think of the two of you."
"That's awfully nice of you. Maybe they'll help Tracey feel a little bit better."
"Oh dear… what's the matter with him?"
When the both entered the living room, Delia saw Tracey on the couch covering his head with a pillow.
"Uh… Hey Mrs. Ketchum." he said after he heard her voice from the hallway.
"Oh Tracey." she said with worry as she put the bags of souvenirs on the floor. "How are you doing?"
Tracey pulled the pillow off his head and then turned on his back.
"Not so well I'm afraid…"
Delia approached him and then placed her hand on his forehead.
"Oh you poor thing. What's the matter…?"
"Uhh…" He then looked at Professor Oak.
The professor just simply nodded at him. Delia was going to find out about it one way or another.
"It's kind of hard to explain… You see… I have morning sickness."
"Morning sickness? Tracey, you can't be having morning sickness. You can only have that if you're…"
"Pregnant? I know. And that's what I am… I'm going to have a baby."
Delia was now more confused then ever. Professor Oak assisted Tracey in explaining exactly how it all happened. By the end of the explanation, she was able to understand. She then sat on the couch with him and placed her hand on his lap.
"My goodness…" she said. "This is certainly a big step in your and Misty's life. Congratulations. I'm very happy for the two of you."
"Thanks Mrs. Ketchum." Tracey said as he smiled. "That really makes me feel better to hear that."
Four days later…
Misty was finally able to get a chance to call Tracey during her busy schedule. Both of them were overjoyed to finally be able to talk.
"I miss you so much…" she said over the phone. "Are you feeling okay?"
"Um… yeah. I've been just having some morning sickness symptoms. But I'm feeling way better today."
"That's good. So what'cha been up to."
"Nothing much. I told Mrs. Ketchum about the pregnancy. She was very supportive."
"That's great. I've tried to tell my sisters but… they just don't believe me."
"Well, I'm sure they'll believe you in a few months. You know, once I start showing in all."
"Yeah."
"So… do you think you'll be getting a couple days off soon?"
"About that… I'll be getting a whole week off."
"Really?" he said with excitement.
"But… It won't be until the end of the month."
"You mean three weeks from now?"
"Yeah… I'm sorry Tracey. I wish I could come now but things have been just so busy around here…"
"I-it's alright. There's no need to explain. I understand…"
Misty and Tracey talked for a few more minutes before Daisy interrupted her saying that there was another challenger.
"Well… I guess I have to go now…"
"Yeah…"
"Hey keep your head up. Soon we'll be able to see each other again."
"I know."
"Take care of yourself. I love you."
"I love you too…"
The two said goodbye and hung up the phone. Before Misty knew, she already started to cry. She missed Tracey dearly and felt horrible that she couldn't be there with him at this time. But she tried to dry up her tears and do her job. A powerful gym leader like herself shouldn't be seen crying. As she walked down the hallway to the gym, her sister Daisy was pushing her to move faster.
"Come on, come on! Like this challenger isn't going to wait forever. It's time to stop talking to your boyfriend and like get serious already…"
"Oh shut-up Daisy! What would you know about being serious!?"
Daisy didn't answer. She was in too much shock to do so. Realizing what she had done, Misty covered her mouth.
"Sorry…"
Misty then started running faster towards the gym; all the while trying to hold back the tears.
Back at Professor Oak's lab, Tracey was sitting on his bed in the dark, hugging Marill, and quietly crying. He wanted to be with Misty just as much as she wanted to be with him.
"Marill…" said Marill. She was also upset that she couldn't do anything to comfort her trainer.
"God… I've got to get a hold of myself. I can't just keep crying myself to sleep every night."
"Rill…"
"Sorry Marill. I didn't mean to make you sad too."
"Marill."
"It's like Misty said. I need to keep my head up. Things'll just get better… I hope."
Yep that's it... Stay tuned for the next chapter when Ash finds out. Oooohhh... Review please.