Our Dreams by Hot Lips @->->- “Damn it!” “I hate when we lose and what’s worse it’s starting to rain!” said Jessie “I know it sucks!” said Meowth. “James don’t you have anything to say!” said Jessie Team Rocket hated when they lost battles and now they were back in their balloon. James just looked at them and started to cough. Hard! “Are you ok?” asked Meowth “I don’t feel right.” James said very quietly. “You haven’t felt right in days.” Meowth said. “You sure have been coughing a lot.” “You probably just have the flu when we get home you can go to bed.” Jessie said still sounding angry. James then felt very dizzy and lightheaded. “Jessie, Meowth”… he said. Then almost in slow motion James fell to the floor unconscious. “James?” said Meowth Jessie turned around “James?” She went down to him “James?” He didn’t respond and his lips started to turn blue. “We have to get him to a hospital!” said Jessie. “Right there’s a Team Rocket Hospital around here.” Meowth said. While Meowth operated the balloon, Jessie just put her hands around James her head to his. “Please wakeup!” “Please wakeup!” she said. “I love you!” “Why won’t he wake up?” she said. When they got to the TR Hospital, Meowth just yelled. “Help! Help! We got a member down!” he shouted. Doctors, nurses, and staff came out running. They saw James and picked him up and put him on a stretcher. “What’s his name?” said a nurse. “James and I’m Jessie.” “And I’m Meowth.” “Ok and you're in white uniforms.” The nurse said. “What happened?” she asked. “He just passed out!” said Meowth. “Ok.” “He’s been sick for several days and we were out in the rain.” Jessie said. “Ok let's take him in!” yelled a doctor. James was on the stretcher with an oxygen mask over his mouth and nose still unconscious. Jessie and Meowth ran behind the doctors. As they took James a nurse stopped them. “I’m sorry Ma’am your not allowed in the ER.” “But I have to be there for James, he needs me!” yelled Jessie. “Nurse please take Ms. Jessie and Meowth to the waiting room.” “Ok come on,” said the nurse. “No please!” yelled Jessie. “Come on Jessie.” Meowth said taking her hand. @->->- When they got to the waiting room . . . “What’s wrong with him?” they both asked. “We don’t know but a doctor will come talk to you soon.” Then she left. Jessie didn’t know what to do. She sat in a chair and began to cry. Meowth sat down next to her rubbing her arm and back. “Don’t worry he’s a tough soldier he’ll be ok.” Meowth said. “But Meowth.” Jessie said. “Wonder”…Then she looked up and looked around the room. “Oh my God! Wonder if he dies!” she said. She hugged Meowth and he hugged back. “He won’t! He won’t!” he said. Jessie and Meowth then looked down in their chairs waiting. “You’re a good friend.” Jessie said. “Hey what are friends for?” said Meowth. Finally a doctor came in “Jessie, Meowth?” he said. “Yes.” “Hi, I’m Doctor Sam.” “What’s wrong with James?” asked Jessie. “He’s got a serious case of Pneumonia.” “Pneumonia.” Jessie thought to herself “No.” “Is he going be ok doc?” asked Meowth. “We are doing all that we can he had it already the rain just made it worse.” “We took a chest x-ray his lungs are filled up.” “But we are giving him a I.V.” “And hopefully he can fight it off.” “But I have to be honest he might not make it.” “He’s very sick.” Doctor Sam said. Jessie and Meowth could not believe what they heard. Jessie almost passed out and Meowth began to cry. “He’ll make it!” “He’ll make it!” yelled Meowth. “Can we, can we see him?” asked Jessie. “Sure, but I have to warn you he’s unconscious and there are tubes and machines and he has a tube in his mouth.” Dr. Sam said. “Ok.” A nurse let them in his room. “I’ll leave you alone.” Then she left the room. Jessie and Meowth looked at James. He had a large tube in his mouth and a tube in his nose. He had an I.V. hooked on him and machines all around him in silence and in a hospital gown. Meowth found himself shaking. Jessie was in shock. There was James her best friend, her partner, her beloved unconscious not sure if he would ever wake up. She couldn’t take it. “I’ll be right back.” Jessie said. “Where are you going?” asked Meowth. “I’ll be back!” she said. She left the room Meowth followed her. She went in the ladies room. Meowth put his ear up to the door. He could hear Jessie opening a door and then the sound of her throwing up! Meowth felt helpless he wanted to be there for his two best friends he had to do something. But what could he do? When Jessie was finally done throwing up she faced the mirror. Her face was stained with tears and her black mascara. She quickly rinsed her mouth out. Then she closed her eyes and thought “I have to be strong, I have to be strong for him, I must be strong!” Then she left the bathroom and she went down to his room. But, before she went in she saw Meowth taking James’s hand and talking. “You got to wake up. You have to wake up for Jess and me.” “We’re not a team without you.” “Remember when you and Jess saved me from that Persian, and you guys called me your buddy?” “Well I’m your buddy and us buddies have to stick together.” Then Meowth let go of James’s hand and just looked at his unconscious friend. Jessie had never been so touched or had more respect for Meowth than right that second. She could even start to cry but didn’t she just walked in and patted him on his head. “James and I are lucky to have a friend like you.” Then she kissed him on his head. @->->- During the next few hours Jessie just talked to James and held his hand once in a while. “You got to wakeup.” “Please baby please just let me look at your pretty eyes.” “Remember the night we told each other that we loved each other?” “And how you told me that you wanted to be my husband one day.” “Then I told you I wanted to be your wife.” “Then you carried me and swung me around the room.” “So you have to wake up so we can get married and live happily ever after.” Jessie felt the tears but she did not let them out. “Strong” she thought. Then she looked at James. “Who am I kidding?” “This is all my fault!” she said. “If we had not been out in the rain!” she said. Meowth who had been silent rubbed her back. “This is not your fault he was already sick.” “But I’m his partner I’m supposed to look out for him!” “That’s what partners do!” she said. Then Jessie closed her eyes all she saw was James her beloved. How handsome he was. She could see him proposing to her and her saying yes. Then on their wedding day how handsome he looked. Telling him he was going to be a Daddy. His killer smile, them playing with their kids on their bed. Seeing him in sunglasses. Him growing a goatee and how it tickles her face when they kissed. And, them growing old with each other and him reaching over to kiss her hand. Spending the rest of their lives together until the day they die. Jessie opened her eyes and took his hand and kissed it. “Please don’t leave me we got to make our dreams come true.” @->->- Meanwhile… James’s body and soul felt peace but pain. He was between life and death. Then all of a sudden, he could see his life but not the past the Future! All he saw was Jessie his beloved Jessie. How beautiful she was, her saying yes to his proposal, her in her wedding gown how beautiful. The two of them holding hands down the beach. Jessie’s hair flowing in the wind. Her pregnant, him holding her hand during the births of their children. Them going to their daughter’s soccer games. Them going to their son’s baseball games. Telling each other that they loved one another. Them holding on to their grandchildren. And them growing old with each other. Soulmates forever. It seemed so real he wanted to touch it, touch her, but the pain. Meanwhile… Jessie looked at him. “Meowth I want you to pray with me.” Jessie said. Meowth could not remember a time when she prayed but he just closed his eyes with her. “Dear God it’s Jessie.” “I know I don’t talk to you that much.” “I can’t remember the last time I prayed.” “And I know your not supposed to beg.” “But I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing this for him.” “Please don’t take James away from me.” “Please let him come back.” “I don’t know what I would do if he died.” “He’s always been there for me, even when I wasn’t there for him.” “Please God bring him back.” “Please, please”…. Jessie’s tears came running down her face and she began to cry. Meowth looked over to her and said a prayer in silence. Jessie looked up and held James’s hand with tears down her face. “I love you.” Jessie whispered. Now James’s body and soul felt something, it felt strong! There was still pain but he was stronger than the pain! Maybe it was the I.V. or something stronger, love! His body was at peace and strong. He began to open his eyes slowly and quietly. He saw bright light; he was in the hospital. He saw Meowth and Jessie who was crying. Meowth saw him first all he could let out was a gasp. Jessie quickly lifted her head up to see why Meowth gasped. She saw him “James?” she said. James turned his head slowly and looked at them. “Do you know who we are?” Jessie asked stroking his hair. James shook his head slowly “Yes”. Jessie had never felt so happy. “I’m going to get a nurse.” Meowth said Jessie just stroked his hair saying, “I love you,” “I love you,” “I love you.” James couldn’t talk because of the tube but he made the “I love you” sign in sign language. Jessie felt tears but she did not let them out. Meowth, Dr. Sam, and a nurse came in the room. “Good he’s awake.” Dr. Sam said. “Can we remove the tube?” Jessie asked. Dr. Sam looked at his notes “I don’t see why not.” The nurse removed the tube from his mouth. Meowth put his little arms around James who was still laying on the bed and hugged him. “I’m so glad you're ok.” James hugged him back. “Nice to have you back.” Meowth said. “Thanks buddy.” James said. Then Meowth let go of him. James saw Jessie and took his finger to tell her to come here. Jessie went to him and they looked at each other face to face. He took the back of her head, and they kissed a very long passionate kiss. One single tear rolled down Jessie’s face the same with James as they kissed. It was going to be alright! Through faith and love they had been given a second chance to make those dreams, their dreams, our dreams a reality. The End Note: When Jessie and James saved Meowth from the Persian in the episode “Go West, Young Meowth” Jessie called Meowth “Our little buddy” not James. But who cares? Everybody knows Meowth and James are buds. Disclaimer: I don’t own Team Rocket they are trademarks of Nintendo If you liked the story please e-mail me telling me you did. 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