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Chapter 2

"Hello?" Lucas groggily answered his cell phone the next morning.

"Lucas...this is Chris... please don't hang up."
"Dude, what the hell... Why shouldn't I hang up? You made my brother's wife leave him," Lucas angrily yelled into the phone.

"I know that's what you all like to believe... but please. Haley's really sick. I think you should come to New York as soon as possible."

"What? What's wrong with her? Where is she?" Lucas questioned as he got out of bed and got dressed.

"We're at the hospital right now. She's going in and out of conciousness. The doctors are running all kinds of tests but it doesn't look good. They don't think she'll make it through the night... I know that she would want you to be here. You've always been her best friend, Luke."
"I'm on my way."

Lucas packed some clothes and headed straight for the airport. He was on the first flight to New York. He had a taxi take him to the hospital. He walked into the waiting room and saw Chris with his elbows on his knees, holding his head. He immediately saw Lucas and got up to shake his hand.

"Thank you for coming so quick," Chris smiled.

"Haley is like a sister to me, no matter what... Is there any news?" Lucas asked.

"Nothing new, really. Right now she's still out of it... Lucas, theres something you should know and you should probably sit down."

"Okay..." Lucas dropped his belongings and sat down.

"Haley's 7 and a half months pregnant..."

"What?!? Is it Nathan's baby?" Lucas asked angrily.

"Yea. Haley and I aren't like that. We're just friends..."
"Why didn't she tell anyone?"

"I suppose the same reason she left him to begin with. She didn't want him to give up basketball..."Chris said bluntly.

"I have to call him. I have to tell him to get his ass here and be with her. If either of them die... it would kill him,"Lucas spoke almost so quietly it was like he said nothing at all.

Lucas pulled his cell pone out of his pocket and dialed Nathan. Nathan answered after several rings.

"Do you have some kind of special power or something? You always seem to call right when Ashley and I are in the middle of sex... This better be good, Lucas, or I'm coming straight to Brooke's house to kick your ass," Nathan laughed.

"Nate, you might want to pack a bag and get on the first plane to New York... It's Haley," Lucas spoke with no emotion in his voice.

"I'm not doing that. Haley isn't my concern anymore. Besides, I meeting Ashley's parents tonight for the first time and it's a big deal. Ash has been planning this for weeks..."
"I'm going to say this one more time. Pack some clothes and get to New York as soon as possible."

"I'm not leaving Ashley here... Besides, like I said before, Haley is no longer my concern..." Nathan stated angrily.

"No," Lucas interrupted, "but your baby is!"

There was a silence over the phone.

"I'll be there as soon as I can," Nathan added before he hung up. He got up and got dressed, explaining what he knew to Ashley, kissed her on the forehead and left for the airport. By the time he got there, he saw Karen and Keith as well trying to catch the same flight as him.

"Lukie," Haley groggily spoke when she saw Lucas through the glass. The doctor nodded at Lucas, allowing him to come in.

"You may not have very long, son. Chances are she'll slip into a coma again very soon," the doctor quickly spoke as he exited the room. Lucas nodded.

"Hey, Hales... What's going on?" Lucas asked, trying to smile and pretend nothing was wrong.

"I guess I'm having a baby soon..." Haley smiled.

Lucas nodded.

"You kept this from Nathan. Why?" he asked.

"I tried to call, he blocked my number. As soon as they were born, I was going to take them to Tree Hill and tell him then... I guess you already called him and he's on his way."

"They?" Lucas asked.

"Twins," Haley smiled, "I get to have two miniture Nathans for the price of one. I'm pretty lucky."

"You're not lucky Hales, you're sick... did the doctor tell you whats wrong?"

"Dr. Forbes says that one of the babies is really sick right now and it's causing me to get sick too, but they're giving them both antibiodicts, so hopefully we'll all be okay, but if I don't make it Lucas and they do... Please promise me you will take good care of them. Help Nathan with them. If they're anything like him, they'll be a handful."

"You can't think this way, Hales. I need you to stay here with us. Nate needs you too..."

"Nathan..." Haley's eyes are now looking past Lucas. Lucas turns around and sees Nathan at the window. Lucas gets up and kisses Haley on the cheek and leaves allowing Nathan to come in.

"Haley, sweetie, you don't look so good..." Nathan almost choked on his words at the sight of a very pregnant Haley looking so fragile and ill.

"Nathan," Haley started as the tears poured down her cheeks, "I'm sooo sorry. I never meant for any of this to happen. I'm so scared right now."

"Shh... It's okay, Hales," Nathan smiled down at her, "I'm here now. Just focus on getting better and keeping the baby healthy..."

"There's two, Nate."

"Two what?"

"Bab..." Haley's words cut off as her eyes roll back and shes in a coma again.

"Damn it, Haley! You have to wake up. You can't leave me here with two babies and not knowing anything that has been going through your head!"

The Doctor comes in and escorts Nathan out.

"I understand you're the husband of Mrs. Scott?" Dr. Forbes asks.

"Yeah, legally that would still be me," Nathan solemnly spoke.

"You're going to have to make some decisions reguarding your wife and babies... let's go somewhere private."

"If you don't mind Dr. Forbes, I would like to have my family present to hear what you have to say and to help me," Nathan spoke maturely. The doctor nodded and Nathan, Lucas, Keith, and Karen followed him into his office leaving Chris sadly staring at Haley.

"Okay, Nathan. There are two babies currently inside your wife. Baby A and Baby B we like to call them. Baby A is perfectly healthy and if for some reason we were to have to do an emergency c-section, Baby A most likely would survive. Baby B on the other hand is extremely ill. Seems the lungs are still very prematurely developed and this illness it has caught is making matters worse and your wives immune system is losing its energy by trying to fight for Baby B... I know this all sounds rather complicated."

Everyone in the room just nods.

"What about Haley though?" Nathan asked.

"Well," The doctor began, "Haley's best bet would be for us to go ahead and do an emergency c-section and get both babies out. Baby B has a very slim chance of survival but Haley should pull through... On the other hand, should you choose to let both babies stay where they are until they're ready to come out on the chance that Baby B's lungs will be better off and the chance of survival is greater, Haley most likely will pass away within the next two weeks."

"How in the world am I supposed to make a decision that will ultimately cause the death of somebody I care about?" Nathan asked suddenly crying.

"I'll leave you all some time to think. I'll be back in thirty minutes and I'm going to need an answer."

The Doctor quietly shut the door behind him.

"How am I supposed to be responsible for this? Haley and I are over... Somebody else should make the decision..." Nathan cried.

"Listen to me, Nathan... No matter what, you can't spare Haley. No matter how much pain she has caused you. You just can't get revenge by letting her die..." Karen urgently tried to persuade Nathan.

"No matter how mad I have been at Haley, I couldn't stand it if she were to die... but, I think Haley would want me to save our children." Nathan spoke quietly.

"No! You can't let Haley die. We all lost her once, we can't do it again," Lucas spoke up.

"I've made my decision," Nathan spoke as he walked out of the office to find the doctor. All of a sudden he saw a rush of hospital staff go by and run into Haley's room. He ran right behind them. He watched in the window horrified as they tried to revive Haley.

To Be Continued. Please let me know what you all think so far.