Chapter 2

Brooke and Lucas have come to the hospital as quick as they could while Karen was watching Jude and Davis, their two twin boys along with a sad Jamie and fussy Lydia in tow. Brooke saw Nathan sitting somberly in the waiting room and hurried toward him with his daughter in his arms.

"Nathan, oh my god. Is Hales gonna be ok?" The brunette asked as she hugged the sad young man. Lucas was standing silently next to his wife, feeling terrible for his brother and best friend/sister in law.

"I don't know Brooke. I haven't heard anything from the doctors yet" Nathan said as he simply stood there in Brooke's slender arms. That meant it probably wasn't good if the doctors haven't told him anything about her condition. Nathan couldn't begin to imagine a life without Hayley-the love of his life, the mother of his children, his tutor girl…the thought of it made Nathan want to have a breakdown but he knew he had to be strong for Jamie and Lydia.

"Daddy? Is Momma gonna be all right?" Jaime asked sadly as he stood next to his father. He loved both of his parents, including his mother and he didn't want anything to happen to her.

Nathan kneeled to Jamie's level and hugged his son tightly, trying not to cry. "She'll be fine Jamie. We just have to pray and hope that she'll be ok" He said.

"I'm gonna see if I can reach Peyton and Jake" Brooke said as she got out her cell phone to call her best friend and her boyfriend. Peyton and Jake were currently living in California with Jake's daughter Jenny whom Peyton always considered as her own since her mother Nicki wasn't in the picture.

At the same moment, the doctor came out and Nathan let go of Jamie and waited anxiously for anything on his wife. Brooke and Lucas were anxious to hear something too. Jamie stood there with a sad look on his chubby face while Lydia was sleeping in Lucas' arms.

"Your wife is stabilized which is good. But however, due to the extent of her injuries which was on her head, we're gonna keep her here tonight to make sure there's no permanent damage" The doctor said professionally.

Nathan sighed of relief. "Oh thank god. Can I see her if that's ok?" He asked, wanting to go in and tell his wife how much he loves her. The thought of her in there all alone with no one in there to keep her company made Nathan feel hopeless.

"Sure but one at a time please, she's still sleeping" The doctor said before opening the door to Hayley's room, letting her husband in.

Nathan walked toward her hospital bed, relieved that she was alive and sat next to her taking her small, fragile hand in his large one. He softly cried as the lights of the hospital room hit the diamond on her wedding ring perfectly, making it kind of sparkle.

"Hayley…baby it's me…" Nathan said softly to his slumbering wife. Her beautiful brown eyes were shut, her brown hair scattered about on the pillow framing her lovely face. A noose was attached to her nose.

Nathan continued to cry softly as he brushed some hair off her face. He was patiently waiting for her to wake up so they can get back to their normal lives, how it should be. Her waking up next to him every morning, making love to her every night and raising their two wonderful children and watching them grow.

Hayley slowly woke up, not remembering where she was. But all she could know was that she was in a cold, small room with machines all around and then she saw a man sitting next to her who looked exactly like her husband Nathan. Same eyes, same face, same everything. But she couldn't put her finger on why.

"Hayley, you were in an accident and you hurt your head but you're ok" Nathan said softly. "I'm here, the kids, Brooke and Lucas are here too" He continued, thankful she was awake now.

Hayley looked up at the man who was talking to her. How did he know her name? She tried so hard to remember Nathan, her family and her friends but it was too hard. The last thing she remembered was hitting her head somewhere in the car and being crushed.

"Who are you?" The young woman asked weakly. It's Nathan, your husband. Her conscience was telling her but somehow memories of him have faded from her mind somehow, like a blank slate with nothing in the past.

Nathan had a sad and shocked look in his eyes. She didn't even remember him! "Hales, I'm your husband Nathan" He said as he wiped some new tears. "We have two children together James and Lydia…"

"Husband?" Hayley asked, confused. "I don't have a husband or kids…I…don't" Hayley continued in her same weak voice. Oh god, she lost her memory. Now everything was gone as if they never met.

Nathan cried as the reality of the situation sank in finally. He was at a loss for what to do or say, he wished he could help her remember and maybe he could. He reached into his jeans pocket and pulled out a picture of the couple together and showed it to his wife.

"Mr. Scott, I know this is hard for you and your family to deal with but it seems that your wife has suffered memory loss as a result of her head injury" The doctor said seriously, standing behind Nathan. The young man sighed sadly. He didn't want Hayley to lose her memory. He wanted his happy, beautiful, upbeat wife how she used to be. He hoped this was all a bad dream. It just had to be.