Season 3 Episode 6
Haley James Scott sat around the gym watching her best friend and husband run around the gym practicing, while she sat around on the other side of the gym waiting for cheer leading practice to end. it was just about over and she was sitting next to Brooke Davis cheer leader captain and roommate talking about the Scott brothers. Lucas, Haley's best friend and Brooke's new love interest, and Nathan, Haley's estranged husband well I mean if you could call him that they don't live together anymore and he seems to hate her after she left him to go touring with Chris Keller and the Wreckers. She doesn't blame him she would be hurt to but, she just really missed him. Their friends while they were hurt she left understood partly I mean they are 17 years old, and they would have followed their dreams to if they got the chance of a life time. But one of their friends, Peyton Sawyer, Nathan's ex, was on Nathan's side she froze her out and stuck to Nathan like glue. Haley became a cheer leader this year when begged by Brooke. She did get to see Nathan more since he was the captain of the basketball team as well as Lucas. The clock struck 3:57 as Haley went to move toward the door she got off the bleachers and Brooke followed, she once again tried to get Peyton to talk to Haley, saying it was tearing them apart, as Peyton was Brooke's best friend, Haley went to walk away not really wanting to hear the insults about to be aimed at her, but, stopped when 2 police officers came into the room the boys stopped running the girls all quiet the gym an eerie silence
"Can I help you?" asked coach Whitey Durham.
"Um yes we need to speak to a Mrs. Haley James Scott" all eyes were on me...
"May I ask what this concerns?" Whitey once again spoke for me
"As much as I would like to tell you sir I can't is she her or not?" spoke one of the older looking officers
"Um I'm Haley" I spoke in a little voice they calmly walked over to me Brooke grabbed my hand and sent me a slight squeeze before they reached me they stopped and looked at me
"We're going to need you to come with us" I heard Peyton make some comment but I just passed it off
"Can I ask why?"
"Your parents were in a saver car accident not too far from here and were not sure if they're going to make it, you're the closes of their children" my parents? Why were they around here?
"Swooping in like a halk on their surprise vists" I spoke quietly but with the silence in the gym I'm sure everyone heard me
"Excuse me?" the officer asked
"Uh nothing…were my other siblings contacted?" I asked I pried they had I didn't want to have to be the one to do that they simply said no. I almost fell to the ground with the tears that consumed my face I was caught by the strong arms I knew so well…Lucas I sobbed into his arms not caring if there was a crowd.
"Lucas, I can't call them, they're going to hate me so much" he shushed me
"They are not going to hate you, Hales, you can do this you need to call them and tell them to come down here as fast as they can"
"How can I make that same phone call 4 times?" he brought my face up so I had to make eye contact with him
"With the people who care about you around" I laughed without humor
"People who care about me? Lucas, People don't care about me, My parents hated me so much they let me get married at 16 and ran, my siblings never call and when I call them they don't answer, I mean why would they, and Taylor took my husband virginity!" at this point all eyes were on Nathan and I assumed he was blushing
"I'm so unable to be cared for I mess up the one person who did and enough to promise in front of god, a priest, and my parents that he would forever, but I turned that around, Peyton hates me, Brooke feels sorry for me, and you, and you Luke, somewhere deep down resent me for leaving you and hurting your brother" I finished everyone looked at me surprised
"I don't deserve to be there with my family, because they don't want me to be there, I'd probably just hurt them even more anyways" but this time whitey stepped in
"I don't know you very well but I do know how sweet you are and how you made my star player nice and even better on and off the court. How you tutored him against your better judgment" he glanced at Nathan "and how you stuck by Lucas no matter what, I don't know you well Mrs. Scott but I know you are worth being cared for" and then Brooke stepped in
"I don't feel bad for you tutor girl I care about you, what can I say, you grow on a person, and well you've given me great advice with my Lucas trouble and stood by me when I didn't want to sit alone when I was fighting with Peyton, Whiteys right you deserve to be cared for, and you are" which surprised me was Peyton stepping in next
"I'll go with you Hales, you should be there, I know what it's like to lose a parent so, I'll be there if you want, because I kind of understand, and Haley, I don't hate you, I just was mad because you left, everybody was leaving and it hurt" I looked at her I slowly left Lucas's arms and went into Peyton's, she hugged me tightly
"Mrs. Scott we have to leave um we have other things to do so miss cheerleader good luck with your parents" they went to walk away but turned around at Whiteys voice yelling after them he looked like steam was going to come out of his ears at any moment
"She has to drive herself? What kind of cops are you?" he just looked at the old man unfazed
"Sir it was our job to inform her nothing about taking her there" they smugly left the gym after yelling behind them the hospital name
"They are so lucky they are cops" Lucas said with anger hidden in his voice Brooke, Peyton, and half of the other people in the gym nodded in agreement
"I'll drive you hales" Peyton suggested
"I'd love that thanks so much" I glanced at Lucas
"Oh and I'm so going missy" Brooke spoke
"And I will to" Lucas finally said
"awe it's your whole gang…well minus Nathan" Bevin the more dense cheer leader said…..I glance over at Nathan I slowly walked to him, I don't know maybe it's all this crying and my sadness but I made my way over all eyes on the 2 of us but our eyes glued to each other's
"Nathan" I spoke softly
"will you please come with me, I know you hate me and stuff but the last time I saw them I was with you and, I don't think I can do this without you, sadly"
'what am I doing!' I yelled at myself before Nathan could reply I started to talk again
"I'm sorry this is stupid of me, you hate me I hurt you why would you go sit in a hospital with me and my crazy family watching me cry my eyes out"
"Haley if you want me there, I'll be there, because I promised I'd always be there for you. I could never hate you Hales, so what are we waiting for lets go come on we got to get going on those phone calls" he started to walk toward the gym doors when he noticed I wasn't following he turned around
"Hey, Always and forever" he walked back grabbed her hand and gestured for the rest of the gang to follow them as he walked out of the gym doors.