All OF THE THINGS WE SHOULD HAVE SEEN
Disclaimer- I own nothing except the desire to see all the things that we missed. All of the characters and One Tree Hill belong to Mark Schwann. I must say that I do own James Lafferty in my dreams. But then don't we all.
A/N This fic is to satisfy my own desires for what One Tree Hill should have been over the years. I have made some changes to the story lines but not many. It's my first shot at this so all constructive criticism is greatly appreciated. Please no hate reviews. I'm really trying here.
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Chapter 1 The World Caved In
Haley James Scott was her husband's world. As Nathan sat in the waiting room of the ER at Tree Hill Memorial he couldn't get the images of Haley being hit by the car out of his mind. How could he have let this happen? Jesus she had pushed him out of the way and saved him, while sacrificing herself and their unborn child.
Flash back
"So the Dr. said that you're fine? You and the baby?" her husband asked.
"Yeah we're fine. We are all going to be fine"
Nathan lifted his arm and twirled his beautiful wife around. She loved the romance that he so easily showered her with. "There's a reason that I played so bad tonight"
"What do you mean?" Haley saw the headlights and heard the car speed up. "Nathan look out" She pushed him out of the way. Seconds later her body was thrown up to the windshield of the car.
When she tumbled to the street Nathan ran to her. "Haley! Haley! Baby! Baby! Nathan saw that Haley was lifting her head trying to get up. "Oh God!"
Lucas had heard the screeching tires and the crash. He immediately ran out of his mom's café. "Nathan! What happened" he screamed.
"They just hit her man!" Nathan then looked at the car that had run down his pregnant wife. Dear God! It was Daunte. Rage coursed through Nathans veins. He wanted to kill him. However that would have to wait. He couldn't leave his wife. Haley had drifted off into unconsciousness.
"I'll call 911" Lucas told him while looking down into the face of the girl that had been his best friend for what seemed like all of his life.
Lucas and Nathan stayed right by Haley's side. Nathan noticed how pale she was beginning to look. He silently prayed for the ambulance to hurry up.
"Lucas, what should we do?" Is there anything that we can do to help her until they get here?"
"I can see her breathing. It's shallow and forced but she's hanging on. We just need to wait unless we see something change."
"Haley, I am right here, baby. Hang on. Please just hang on. We're going to get you some help. I promise they are on their way. Just stay with me baby. YOU HAVE TO STAY WITH ME!"
Lucas looked down on his brother who was leaning over his wife holding her hand.
Never had he seen Nathan scared. It was obvious his brother was terrified. Finally the sirens could be heard. The ambulance was almost there.
When the paramedics got to Haley the tall one kneeled down beside her. He felt for her pulse.
"You gotta help her. She's been hit by a car" Lucas told him.
"She's pregnant. My wife is pregnant" Nathan added.
"How long has she been pregnant?" asked the paramedic?
Lucas waited for Nathan to answer. Finally he said "A few, A few. I don't know exactly."
"Twelve weeks" Nathan supplied.
"Ok. Brad let's get a back board under her and a neck collar on. We have got to move quickly"
Finally they had Haley loaded up in the ambulance. Nathan was allowed to ride with her. Lucas was going to get Dan and Karen and meet them at the hospital. This had to be the longest ride of Nathan's life. When they arrived at the hospital and they got Haley out, and rushed her in the open ER doors. Nathan followed behind. When they reached the inside doors to the ER Dept. Nathan knew that he couldn't go any further. He stopped and slid down to the floor in front of the information desk. His legs would no longer hold him. He still wondered how he was lucky enough for someone like Haley to love him but he hated it that she had tried to give her life for his. That was his job to do for her. He knew what Haley would say if she knew his thoughts. "But I love you just as much as you love me". He knew that she did. He had known it all of those months ago when she was on tour. Nathan was just thankful that they had made it back together. Nothing would break them apart again. 'If only she'll come back to me.'
Haley had been back there for forty five minutes and Nathan was still waiting for word on her condition. He kept looking at the automatic doors that were between him and his wife. Suddenly his thoughts went back to the first time that he kissed her.
Flash back
Lying on his bed staring at the ceiling, Nathan thought "Why in the hell did I do that". I should not have tried to hide that I was with Haley. What was I thinking? When she asked him why he was only nice to her when they were alone, he realized that was not the way he wanted things to be between them anymore. Haley James had opened up a whole new reality for him and he knew it. He had never had someone in his life prove that he didn't have to show off and be more for them. Last night Haley had told him that she liked it that he let her in past all the bluster he gave everyone else. He had to go see her this morning and make things right. When Nathan arrived at Haley's house it was early and it didn't appear that anyone was up yet. He through pebbles at the window he thought was in Haley's room.
Haley asked "Trying to wake up my parents? That's their room."
Nathan turned around to see her behind him. "Wait! Haley, look, I need to apologize, okay?"
She couldn't believe her ears "Well, you should write them in bulk if you're going to hand apologies out that often."
"Can we just? I don't know how to do this, alright? I'm not like you" having a hard time looking her in the eye.
"What does that mean" she asked. She was not going to make this easy for him.
"I screw up a lot, alright? And being around you, I just, I don't want to be that guy anymore."
Looking at him, thinking it was probably just another line. "Well who do you want to be, Nathan?"
He seriously looks straight into her eyes "I want to be someone who's good enough to be seen with you."
"Well you should've thought of that last night. You know, I keep, I keep putting myself out there, and you keep blowing it, it's probably a good thing because at this point there's nothing you could say or do that's gonna surprise me."
Nathan leaned in and kissed her suddenly. When they both pulled away, he looked at her wondering what she is thinking.
'Oh my god'. Caught off guard, she looked back at Nathan after rubbing her lips together. "Except that. You shouldn't have done that, Nathan."
As his eyes searched hers "I wanted to."
That was all she needed to hear. Her eyes dropped to his lips "Yeah". After a quick pause, she quickly jumps up placing her arms around his neck kissing him again passionately, sucking his bottom lip between hers. This was what she had been waiting for. Nathan Scott was kissing her because he wanted to.
Nathan wrapped both arms around her tiny waist as he caught Haley in his arms and held her up to his face with more emotion shown on his face with this kiss than any he had ever had. He never expected the feelings he was having. His brow furrowed. 'God, what this girl was doing to him?' He had never felt like this when kissing a girl. His lips tingled. Once they pulled away. He took her hand in his. "Want to ride to school with me?"
"Sure let me get my bag"
During classes that day Nathan and Haley both zoned out constantly, thinking about that kiss. They hadn't seen each other since they arrived at school. At the end of the day, he searched her out. Finally he saw her coming out of the gym. She nearly runs into another student, who's tell her bye, when she sees Nathan down the hall. "Bye… sorry." He began walking toward her, until he ran into his friends
Coming up with the guys, Tim yelled "What's up, Nathan?"
Nathan knocked fists with Tim. Then he saw she had started to leave, he called her and ran after her. She stopped to allow him to catch up. Pushing her hair back behind her ear, he wanted to make t obvious he didn't care who knew, he placed a hand on her neck, rubbing her cheek with this thumb as he leaned in to kiss her. "Let me take you home". She smiled taking the hand that he held out for her and nodded.
Nathan was brought out of his daydream by Dr. Baldwin. He had been the Scott family's Doctor since Nathan was five years old. Nathan stood up when he called his name. "What's happening? How's Haley?"
"They're prepping her for surgery. She has several broken ribs, a collapsed lung, trauma to the head, multiple fractures to her right leg and good deal of internal bleeding. We've put a chest tube in due to her inability to breath on her own"
Nathans head dropped and his shoulders slumped. "How long will surgery take? What about the baby? Haley is twelve weeks pregnant"
"It depends on what we find once we get in. I assure you Nathan I will keep you posted. Right now I want you to meet Dr. Latimer. He is the surgeon that will be operating on Haley. I will be in the OR with him."
"Nathan keep your chin up. We're going to do everything we can. We have to save Haley first" She is holding on but we don't have any time to waste"
Nathan just nodded. He had known Dr. Baldwin all of his life. It was comforting to him to know that he would be with Haley. Walking over to the pictures that laced the walls in the waiting room, he just stared. God what was he going to do. He couldn't lose Haley. They couldn't lose their son.
"Nathan! How's Haley?" Lucas asked.
"They are taking her up to surgery" was all Nathan could get out. He sat down on the long couch that was up against the wall. " We won't know anything for awhile."
"Nathan we're here for you son' Dan offered his support.
"Thanks Dad!"
Nathan just stared off into space, his mind still seeing the images of horror that had become his reality. Lucas and Karen shared a knowing glance. Nathan drifted off to his wedding night. All he could think of was how happy they were.
Flashback
"Nathan, you're going to drop me!" Haley giggled.
"Drop you? I could shoot you across this room like a three pointer I know that this isn't exactly what you dreamed of for a wedding or a honeymoon but I can carry my wife across our threshold"
"I got my dream guy."
He stretched his arms behind Haley and grabbed hold of her waist to pull her closer Nathan looked in her eyes. "Well yeah you did get that" he smiled. He reached down and picked her back up and carried her to their bedroom. When they reached the bed, he placed her gently on top of the comforter and lay down beside her. Placing both hands on her cheeks, he pulled her in for a wet kiss. As her tongue slid between his lips, Nathan groaned and pulled her even closer. Haley's arms wound around Nathan's neck. As the kiss intensified, he felt Haley move just a little, so he opened his eyes. "What's wrong"
"Nothing she said. I just had to catch my breath. Hold that thought a second. I have a surprise for you." She disappeared into the bathroom. After shutting the door, she went in and got the gift bag that she had placed in the closet. She pulled out the white negligee. It had a lacy bra type top and low rising boy shorts. Once she got in on, she let her hair down from its bun and brushed it. She was so nervous. They had dated for a long time and had never had sex. She put on the sheer white shirt type robe that was the cover up to the outfit and took one last look, turned the light out and opened the door.
Nathan respected her desire to wait until they got married but he had wanted this for so long. Sure they had fooled around, got into hot and heavy make out sessions and had actually taken each other to heavenly orgasms, but he longed to be inside of her.
While waiting for his wife to return, he decided to take off his suit. He stripped down to his black boxers and hadn't even realized that he had put them on when he dressed earlier. 'I guess this will work. When the door opened and he got a look at his beautiful wife and his throat went dry. God she was beautiful. His Haley was the most beautiful girl in the world.
Haley stepped out and her eyes met Nathan's sapphire eyes now even deeper blue with desire. She walked into his open arms. Nathan held on to her for several minutes. He pulled away to look in her eyes. "Are you sure you are ready to do this? We don't have to, I married you because I love you, not because I want to have sex with you"
"I have never been more sure of anything in my life"
Satisfied with that answer, Nathan bent his head to claim her lips. His hands were roaming up and down her back. He walked her back to the bed and gently laid her down, making sure to be more beside her than allowing his weight on top of her. After several minutes, his hand moved down to her collar bone and his lips followed, kissing the length of the bone and then looking back at her face, making sure that he was pleasing her. The look on his wife's face took his breath away. The emotions he found there were so intense. He smiled, realizing that she was enjoying the ravishing of his mouth. He then moved his hand down to her breast, kneading them softly and he heard her moan. Nathan used his other hand to unbutton the robe when he made it to the last button he pushed it from her shoulders and lifted her up to remove it and through it on the pile of his clothes on the floor. Haley was running her finger nails over his scalp at the base of his neck as she knew that he loved for her to do. His lips claimed hers in an earth shattering kiss. His hands moved under her to unhook the top of her pretty negligee. Once it was undone he pulled the straps down her shoulders, revealing her full breast. Nathan deeply moaned when his eyes took in the sight of her without her top. He loved to see Haley topless. The only thing he loved to see more would be Haley naked.
His mouth moved down to take a rosy nipple between his teeth. He nibbled lightly, smiling when he felt Haley arch her back to him, pushing her breast even more into his mouth. She felt his hand squeeze the breast that Nathan had been loving with his mouth. He removed his hand to move down her flat stomach continuing to move lower until he reached her panties. He slipped his hand in the waist band and moaned when he reached her center feeling her slightly tense and then relax again. He stroked his finger through her lower folds, watching her face the entire time. When he saw Haley's body arch up he knew there would be no stopping this time. She grabbed onto his shoulders, using them to push back on. "God baby, you're so wet" he moaned as he slid a finger inside of her. A groan escaped her lips and she began gyrating her hips against his hand.
"Nathan, I need you" Haley said after just a couple of minutes. He hooked his thumbs in the waistband of Haley's panties and slowly pulled them down her silky legs. Then he stood to remove his boxers, never taking his eyes off of Haley. When there were no more barriers in between them, he moved back next to his wife and claimed her lips once again. This time the kiss was even deeper, even more intense. She could feel the need and want in this kiss. God she had waited for this for so long. After retrieving a condom and smoothing it down his shaft, Nathan moved slightly on top of her. "Spread open for me baby" he whispered. She allowed her legs to part wider, opening herself to her husband. Taking his throbbing erection in his hand, he placed it at her entrance moving to push just the tip inside. As Haley tensed up, he knew that he was about to hurt her and wasn't sure if he could do that causing him to withdraw his rock hard erection.
Haley opened her eyes and saw the conflicting emotions on his face. She reached up to cup her hand to his cheek. "It's ok. I expected this. After this one time it will be amazing"
Nathan slightly smiled. "Are you sure?"
"Yeah, no regrets"
He placed the now throbbing member back at her entrance allowing just the tip to enter her, easing slowly as his body could possible allow, gently pushing into her. When he felt the barrier of her innocence, he pulled back just a little hating to do this to her but if anyone was going to it had to be him. Drawing back slightly he pushed through as he claimed her lips catching his wife's scream in his mouth. It was all Nathan could do to remain still and allow her body to adjust to him. As he looked at her face and saw the tears running out of the corner of each of her eyes his heart broke. Finally felt the tension in her body begin to release, she opened her eyes to look at him and nodded for him to continue.
Nathan began to move slowly in and out of his wife moaning her name. "You feel so good baby. Oh God you're so wet and tight and warm, " He heard Haley moan he moved his hand between them to circle her clit with his thumb, rubbing it to match the rhythm of his movements. Haley's eyes flew open. "Oh! Nathan!"
Feeling her trying to hold back he told her "It's ok baby. Let it go. I am right here."
Haley felt her body tingle from her head to her toes, it continued to reach for something knowing feeling would be wonderful. She opened her eyes to watch him above her and saw the play of emotions on his face. It was giving her the most secure feeling she had ever had, telling her that Nathan was as touched by their joining as she was.
Nathan knew she was close. He could feel her quiver. Suddenly he felt her body tighten. She was gripped with pleasure as she rode the waves of ecstasy causing him to moan her name as he felt her inner feminine muscles grip him. He thrust quickly into her one last time and exploded inside. "I'm love you Haley James Scott forever. I promise"
"I love you too Nathan Scott. You are my world.
"Nathan, how's Haley? Brooke asked.
"She's in surgery" Brooke and Peyton each placed a hand on Nathan's shoulder, trying to let him know they were there for him. "It should have been me. This is all my fault" he cried.
"No it wasn't. It was an accident like the bridge." Brooke started to say.
"No it wasn't. And now Haley's in surgery and even if she makes it the baby could. She could still lose the baby. I can't lose either of them. What am I going to do?" Nathan broke down again.
"Excuse me" the nurse said "Dr. Baldwin asked me to come out to let you know that they have run into more than they expected and the surgery is taking longer than they expected but Mrs. Scott is hanging in there."
"Thank you" Nathan replied.
"Nathan, how long has she been in surgery?" Brooke asked.
"Four hours. It seems like forever."
Nathan noticed Lucas coming up. "Where have you been?" Peyton asked.
"Mom, Dan and I were in the chapel. We went over there after we got some coffee in the cafeteria. Nathan we brought you some. They assured me it would stay hot while we went to light a candle for Haley."
Nathan took the cup of coffee and began to drink it. Brooke Peyton and Lucas watched him in disbelief. Nathan usually put cream and sugar in coffee. He was drinking this cup black and didn't even seem to realize it. Brooke felt so sorry for him. The man was a mess. His love for his wife clearly expressed across his face. She had never seen anyone love as fiercely as Nathan and Haley loved each other. When she said that they could make the rest of their group believe in true love, it was said with confidence and belief. This couple was the definition of unconditional love. All any of them could do now is be there to try and help Nathan through this wait and see game that seemed to be the center of his life. He would never make it if the game wasn't won.