Here's chapter two! I'm not very happy with this one, just saying. There will be a few more chapters, although I'm not sure how many exactly... I'm just going with the flow.
Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Haven. OR it's characters. YEAH.
Audrey hated hospitals. She hated the needles, the IVs, the smells. Everything about the food in the lunch room made her want to gag. It was pure luck that she had to visit Haven's hospital on today of all days.
It was Duke's fault anyway. No person in their right mind would try to jump off of a moving boat onto a dock. So the stiches that were lining down his cheek and the large knot on his head showed how out of his mind he was.
"Hurry up Nathan," she said to the taller figure behind her. She wanted to get out of this place.
"I'm coming, I'm coming," he smirked, thinking it was funny that a hospital would unsettle her.
She knocked on the door of Duke's room, entering when she heard him.
"Hey," he said groggily.
"Hey Duke," she smiled at him, taking his hand, "How ya feeling?"
"I've been better," he frowned and looked over to Nathan.
"Hello," Nathan tried his best to be civilized to Duke in his current state.
"Hey Pinocchio," Duke chuckled.
"No name calling Duke," Audrey warned him.
It was obvious that Duke was on drugs at the moment; his speech was slurred the slightest bit.
"Sorry Audrey," he closed his eyes.
Audrey turned to look at her partner, to find that he wasn't there.
"I'll be back Duke, okay?"
He didn't answer. A snore escaped his mouth when she was walking out the door.
"Excuse me, Nurse," Audrey stopped an older woman out in the hall, "Did you see where the man that came out of this room went?"
The nurse pointed her in the direction and Audrey jogged to try and find him.
Five minutes later, she found him in the Nursery.
Nathan's eyes were fixed on the glass window that was separating him and the little plastic boxes on the other side.
"What's up?" Audrey asked, standing at his side.
It took him a minute to respond; he was looking for the right words to say.
"Cooling down."
"Why do you need to cool down?"
"I'd rather not say," he replied in his gravelly tone.
"Fair enough," Audrey let this one go, she'd figure it out soon enough.
"Can I ask why you came here?"
He let out a sigh. He wasn't really sure why he had come here. There was just something about kids that killed him inside.
"You can, but I don't have an answer."
Nathan's right arm had been in his pocket when Audrey linked her arm with his. She layed her head on his shoulder, looking into the small room of boxes. Nathan took a deep breath to steady himself and tried to conquer the flood of waves that had overcome the right side of his body.
"You know," she began a new subject, "Babies aren't that messy."
He let out a dry laugh, "And Duke will be president one day."
"Nathan, just a few weeks ago you said that babies weren't messy."
"Did I?" He asked, pursing his lips, "Well, I guess I lied."
"Figured you did," she smiled; though he couldn't see it, he could hear it in her tone.
"What made you change your mind?"
"About messy babies? Well, they're too cute to be too messy."
Nathan nodded his head, "I'll agree with that."
He continued after a moment, "So I'll ask a question that I've probably already asked."
"Shoot," she prompted.
"You think you'll want kids?"
"Yeah, I think so. Although I won't know what in the world to do with them once I get 'em."
"You'll figure it out. Just like every other parent in the world," Nathan shrugged. He could feel her head move when he did that, electrifying other parts of his arm.
"And if I don't, I can always just find you to come babysit." Audrey grinned widely at him.
"Uh huh," he half smiled, "I charge six bucks an hour."
"Six bucks? Wow."
They were interrupted when an older looking nurse came to them.
"Excuse me," the woman smiled, "Are you looking for a relative?"
From the way that this nurse pointed to the glass window meant that she thought they were looking for a particular baby. Audrey released her grip on Nathan and he lost the memory of her touch instantaneously.
Nathan answered her, "No, just browsing."
The Nurse, whose nametag said her name was Shelia, knew he was joking; he made it sound like he was there to buy one.
"Browsing? Seeing if you want one then I take it," Shelia half asked.
"I guess," Nathan gave her a very small smile.
"Babies are a lot of work. You both will have to make sure that they're taken care of all the time," Shelia continued to talk.
Nathan was faster than Audrey, "We're not," he motioned between himself and Audrey, "together."
"Oh, I'm sorry. My mistake. Well, have a good day," Shelia left the scene as quickly as she could, trying to avoid further embarrassment.
Once she was gone, they started making their way back to Duke's room; Nathan taking the longest route.
"What? Couldn't stand the thought of someone thinking that I was married to you?" Audrey teased him.
He smirked, "Well I don't know Mrs. Wuornos, how do you feel about it?"
She had a few words she could answer that question with. But instead she scrunched up her nose and said: "I think you did the right thing."
"Uh huh."
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