This is a request by LifeIsLove. It is my first Naley one-shot, so I hope you like it.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything, so don't sue me.

Empty Apartment:

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"Damn it, Haley, just tell me what you are feeling!" Nathan shouted, getting angry from Haley's silence.

"I… I can't" Haley stuttered, still shocked by what she had just heard.

"It's not that hard, just analysis your thoughts and…"

"No, I can't go." Haley said, interrupting Nathan's rant.

"Haley…"

"No, Nathan, I won't. And I defiantly won't change my mind." Haley told him finally breaking out of her gaze.

Nathan looked into he eyes, pleading her to listen to him, "If you just spend more time thinking about it, I'm sure that you will see it can be great for us, Haley."

"Us or you?" Haley asked coldly.

"Us, Haley, we are a team."

"What about going to college together Nathan? What about our current plan?"

"But, Haley, this can help us so much!"

"How, Nathan? How?" Haley asked, finally rationalizing

"Okay, imagine the Eiffel tower out of the window of the apartment…" Nathan started, sitting down next to her.

"You're not doing a very good job Nathan, The Eiffel tower is in France, not Italy."

Nathan took her hand into his and start rubbing circles on the back with his thumbs, "That's not important; what is important is that I think we should move to Italy, it's just for a year."

"Can't you coach basketball here? Whitey just retired, I'm sure you can get a job in this country."

"Even if I did, it wouldn't pay nearly as much. Don't you get it, Duke can wait a year. Then when we come back, we will have enough money to live happily in an apartment. And instead of balancing two jobs and school, I can work and you can focus on your studies." Nathan said, begging Haley to see how great it was.

"I'm not doing it Nathan. I was fine with giving up Stanford for you, but I have everything in this country and money isn't going to change that," Haley stood up and said.

"I'm going to go, with or without you, Haley!" After hearing these words, Haley could feel the tears threatening to fall.

"Fine, I can't stop you, but don't expect me to be waiting for you, Nathan."

"I waited for you when you left on tour to go for your dream!" Nathan shouted.

By now Haley's eyes were wet and couldn't hold the tears back any longer, "I know and you made life miserable for me when I came back."

"So this is for revenge?"

"No, but I learned my lesson last time. I though you had too, but if you need to go for your dream without me, then maybe it's not worth it," Haley said, as she walked to the door and opened it.

"What's not worth it, Haley? You aren't making any sense!"

"Our love," Haley said before walking out of the door, leaving an upset and shocked Nathan on the other end.

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"WHAT DO YOU WANT?" Nathan Yelled into the phone.

After Haley had left, Nathan had gone over their conversation a few times in his head. He knew that he had been wrong, but why could Haley just support him. Even though he knew that she was right and that he shouldn't leave, he couldn't help being upset, especially at himself.

"Nathan, its Haley," a voice said on the other end.

"I don't know what your problem is, but you are not Haley, so leave me alone!" Nathan shouted, about to hang up.

"No, Nathan, it's me Lucas; I'm calling about Haley." Lucas said knowing that Nathan's mood will change shortly.

"I'm not really ready to talk to Haley, yet; not that it's any of your concern."

"She can't really talk right now. That's what I called to tell you, Haley is in the hospital, man."

Nathan sat there in shock. He heard Lucas say something about an accident, but he was too shocked to respond.

"Look, Nathan, if you want I can pick you up and take you there. I don't want you driving right now, anyway." Lucas said, knowing that Nathan wasn't going to respond right away. "I found her a block away from my house; it was a hit and run. Her car was totaled and I called 911. All they can tell me is that they don't know if she is going to wake up."

"I'll be there in a minute!" Nathan said quickly.

"Why don't I come and…" Lucas tried to say before Nathan hung up the phone and ran out the door after grabbing his keys.

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"I'm looking for my wife, Haley Scott!" Nathan asked the receptionist after running into the hospital.

"Nathan!" Lucas shouted causing Nathan to turn around. "She's over here!"

Nathan ran to follow Lucas, "Well, hurry up!"

When they got there Lucas turned around to face Nathan. "The doctor went in there right before I went to get you. I talked to her nurse after I called you and got little bit of information…"

Sensing that Lucas wasn't going to continue, Nathan asked, "What did she say, Lucas? I don't care how bad it is, I just need to know!"

"She broke her right arm and two ribs, but those should heal without any long term consequences. The bad part is that her lung collapsed causing blood to flow into her lungs and…" Lucas hesitated.

"And…"

"And if they didn't patch it up completely right, she could died, Nate." Lucas finished, releasing a couple tears.

"I have to see her!" Nathan said, pushing Lucas out of the way and walking into Haley's room.

"Excuse me, who are you?" The doctor asked rudely.

"I'm her husband. What are you doing to her?" Nathan asked, trying to prevent tears from falling, when he saw Haley's banged up body.

"I am checking her stats, but I am almost done and you can spend time with her alone, before we talk."

"Just, tell me one thing. Do you think she will survive?" Nathan asked hesitantly.

"Right now, it's her choice. We did the surgery and now we are just waiting for her to wake up." The doctor responded.

"But she's not in Acoma right?" Nathan asked confused as to why she wouldn't wake up otherwise.

"No, but we can tell if the surgery was a success after she wakes up. We need her awake to run the necessary tests." The doctors said as he walked to the door. "If she wakes up hit the button on the wall and a doctor will come immediately."

Once the doctor left, Nathan turned back to Haley. He looked at her banged up face and moved a few stray hairs behind her ear.

"God, Haley, I was so scared. I wish I could take back everything I said to you before you left; I didn't mean any of it. I'm sorry, just please stay with me, I need you." Before continuing, Nathan took a deep breath and wiped the tears that were falling. "I won't leave. Italy means nothing to me! I want to go to Duke with you, right now. Just please don't leave me Haley, please! We can buy an apartment with a student loan and I can get two jobs while you focus on your schoolwork. I won't even play basketball because you know what, Haley; basketball doesn't mean anything, if I don't have you to go home to afterwards."

Nathan leaned over Haley and kissed her forehead gently, letting his tears drop into her hair.

"Nathan…" a voice murmured below him.

"Haley! Don't move! I'll get a doctor." Nathan said, as her quickly pushed the button four times.

A couple seconds later the same doctor from earlier ran in and kicked Nathan out. After an hour, the doctor came out and pulled Nathan to his office.

"Mr. Scott, your wife broke her right arm and two ribs, as well as her lung collapsing. After performing surgery and many tests, we no for sure that your wife will be fine" The doctor said causing Nathan to let out a sigh of relief. "We will need to keep he here until Sunday, then at which, we will make sure that she is well enough to go home."

"Thank you, doctor. Can I go see her know?" Nathan asked, standing up to shake the doctor's hand.

"Of course, you remember where it is right?"

"Yeah, thanks again." Nathan replied as he quickly walked to Haley's room to see her asleep.

"Always" Nathan whispered as he sat on the chair next to Haley's bed.

"And forever."

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