Hey guys! Wednesday's episode! I cried! It was heart breaking for everyone im sure you all agree. Anyway, it broke my heart to see Nathan in that last scene, so i decided to have a go at a very short story. This is only going to be a couple/few chapters. So let me know if i should continue! And reviews are awesome as usual! So enjoy! xx
Guilt. Regret. Hatred. They were the only emotions going through Nathan Scott's head as he sat on the hospital floor, his hands bloody and his heart breaking.
All he could see in his mind was Haley's body collapsing against the hard ground and the deafening sound of her lifeless body hitting the floor. He felt his heart break again just when he replayed the memory. But Daunte. There was no other emotion but Hatred towards him. He run down his wife! His pregnant wife. His Haley.
And his brother. Luke, when he too fell onto the ground, Nathan thought he had just fainted from the shock but when the words "cardiac arrest" tumbled out from the paramedics mouth, he felt he was going to faint. His wife and his brother were both on verge of death. What else could go wrong? Oh yeah, he could go to prison for murder. But currently Nathan didn't care about that. As far as Nathan thought, Daunte deserved what he got. But all he wanted now was to take back everything, everything he did with Daunte, his foul playing earlier and treating his team mates like crap.
"Nathan!" Peyton cried, running towards him, with tear stained eyes.
Nathan raised his head but didn't move as Peyton came and sat with him, crying her own eyes out.
"Oh my god, what happened? I just went home then Brooke came and told me Luke and Haley were in hospital. Oh god. How are you doing?" Peyton hurriedly said between sobs, then eventually slumped alongside Nathan and cried on his shoulder.
Nathan didn't respond. Right now he couldn't. All he could hear was Haley's body thumping against the hard tarmac. All he could feel was guilt swallowing him
It wasn't long until Brooke arrived, along with Rachel and Karen. All of them ran towards the two distraught teens and pulled them to the chairs.
Karen was crying herself; her son and practically her daughter were knocking on death's door. If only Keith was here, he'd know what to do. Now she felt even more alone. But where was Dan? He said he was going to be there for her. But where was he now? She wasn't sure she could handle this again. Karen had already been in this position before and it felt just as bad.
And Brooke; her ex boyfriend and her best friend, both of them meant so much to her and they could be lost forever. She too had been in this position with loosing Luke before. Only then, she was dating him. Now she had just given her blessing to Lucas and Peyton. Sure she hated her, but did she really? Was it all just an act?
Then there was Rachel. She caringly put an arm around Brooke as the five of them sat in the chairs. Sure she didn't know them both very well, but she knew Haley was such a kind, caring person. She hated Rachel but she still tutored her. Though Rachel was beginning to feel increasing guilty about tricking Haley into tutoring her, just so she could help Brooke cheat.
The five of them sat there, in silence apart from the sobs emitted from all of them. Skills and Bevin had also joined them by this point and they both tried to comfort their friends
An hour and a half later, one tired looking doctor came out into the waiting room.
"Lucas Scott!" He called out.
Karen quickly stood up, along with Peyton quickly behind her. "Yes, I'm his mother, how is he?"
"Well, we managed to secure his heartbeat and he's currently stable."
Karen and Peyton both sighed happily.
"But. Ms Roe, you are aware that your son has HCM?"
"Yes Doctor, but he is taking medication."
"Well, I'm afraid he wasn't tonight then. The game tonight really put a strain on his heart and the added stress both contributed to the cardiac arrest."
Karen frowned and closed her eyes at the doctor's words. "Oh Luke, why were you so reckless?" She whispered.
"Is he going to be okay!" Peyton said, her voice being slightly raised. Derek just left and she couldn't stand some else she cared about leaving. Especially Lucas.
The Doctor looked at her and smiled. "If he does take his medication, and a very limited amount of sport, then yes miss. He is going to be fine."
"Oh thank god. Can we see him?"
"We're just going to check everything's okay then move him into another room. We'll let you know when you can see him."
Nathan looked over to where Karen and Peyton were happily hugging and thanking the Doctor. Well happily as far as one of the two people they loved were okay. Nathan was happy Lucas was okay, but not as happy as he'd be if Haley was okay. It had been nearly two hours. Why had no one come? What is she had died? Was the baby going to be okay?
"Haley James Scott!" Another doctor announced as he entered the waiting room, pulling off his face mask.
Nathan jolted and he immediately sprinted over to him. "I'm her h-husband." He stuttered.
"Right, Mr Scott. Your wife was in a critical condition when she arrived, and your baby was in some danger. Mrs Scott did receive bad injuries to the head, as she landed on her back area of the skull,"
Nathan breathed out and prepared himself for the worse. "Oh god…"
"However-" The doctor continued as if Nathan hadn't spoken. "Your baby is not in danger now, as your wife managed to land on her back. We had to stabilize her heart beat and settle the baby, as he was definitely jolted by the accident."
"Is Haley going to be okay?"
"Well right now we're still running tests to make sure everything is fine in her mental area. We need to check there is no memory loss; however that seems unlikely in this situation as there has been no dramatic increase in brain activity. But your wife should be okay. She will be quite badly bruised though and will certainly need a lot of rest."
"Okay. Thank you Doctor. Can I see her?"
"Well, we're still running the tests at the moment. I'll let you know when you can see her."
Nathan sat back down on the hard chair and breathed out evenly. Haley was going to be okay. So was the baby. And so was Luke. Two hours ago, everything seemed to be headed for the worse. Though now, things seemed to be turning back on track.
Already the mood was lifted. Brooke, Rachel, Karen, Skills, Bevin, Peyton and Nathan were talking more and even a few friendly jokes were spread. All the seven of them had to do was wait for Lucas and Haley to wake up.