Pretty Baby
By AmericanBaby
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story, other than Lacey Scott; they belong to the WB or whatever. I just like writing about them!
Chapter 2, Deb:
Look What You've Done
I watched from my bedroom window as Nathan walked slowly towards her. His wife. Even after all of the months I've had to adjust to it, I can't. Nathan was my first baby- his growing up has been hard for me to grasp. No one in Tree Hill knows it, but I'd already lost one baby in my life time, I didn't want to lose another.
Nathan and Haley held each other in a silent embrace. His cheeks glistened in the dull light from the front porch. I decided it wasn't my place to watch their private moment so i8 slipped the curtain back into place and stepped away.
A few feet away from the window, I collapsed onto the couch. I closed my eyes and massaged my temples. I could feel a headache coming on; it had been a long day. Being away from the quiet halls of the rehab center had finally started to catch up to me.
Then I heard the alarm chirp as Nathan walked in the front door. He closed it and said, "Come on." I could hear his foot steps entering the kitchen, followed by Haley's.
It was late and Dan hadn't come home yet. I started to wonder what had been keeping him, but a second later decided I didn't care. There was a loud bang as Nathan closed a cabinet door in the kitchen and a clink as he put two glasses on the counter. The refrigerator opened and popped shut loudly. Every sound seemed louder than it should have. Nate clinked ice cubes into the glasses and plopped a can of soda on the counter. Then he popped it open and I heard the liquid fizz over the ice. "Here," he said as I heard a glass slide over the counter-top. "Thanks," Haley replied. Somebody tapped their fingers on their glass as Nathan and Haley began to discuss their problems.
My vision suddenly became blurry and the room started rocking black and forth around me. Then, as abruptly has it started, everything was still. I heard Nathan used Haley's name in a sharp tone of voice and then everything went dark.
I woke up and rubbed my sore neck, not remembering what had happened. I looked at the clock that sits next to what used to be mine and Dan's bed. The numbers read one-oh-nine. Was it afternoon or the middle of the night? I couldn't tell. I got up quickly and reached to pull back the blinds of the nearest window. The world outside was quiet, dark, and asleep. I sighed, I had only been asleep for a couple of hours.
Then I noticed a dark car pull into the driveway. It looked like an Explorer or something, but one I didn't recognize. A tall, slender figure slipped out of the passenger's side and shut the door gently. The mystery person walked slowly towards the front door of the house. Once standing in front of it, she reached her hand forward and looked as if she was going to ring the bell or knock. She quickly retracted her hand and held it up to her face as though biting her fingernails. She then let her hair down and ran her hand through her long hair a few times. She then reached out for the door and I jumped slightly at the sound of the bell, even though I knew it was going to happen.
"What the hell? I got it, mom," Nathan called up to me. The door opened and the alarm chirped. "Hi, can I..." Nathan cut off and I walked to the hallway so I could see who was at the door. The girl standing on the other side of the door was about my height and I was knocked speechless at the sight of her.
She had long, dark brown hair, the exact same color as Nathan's. Her eyes were the same color as his, too. Dark blue eyes that looked almost identical to Dan's, only they didn't hold the same coldness. The features in her face though, her nose and face shape, reminded me of looking into a mirror. She looked like me.
Nathan recovered first. "Can I help you?" he managed to sputter out. She looked back and forth from me to him a couple of times.
Then she bit the right side of her bottom lip and stood up a little bit straighter. She said, "I'm… I'm looking for Dan or, um, Deb Scott." It seemed rehearsed, but unsure. "My name is-"
"Lacey," I whispered running down the stairs, cutting her off.
"Yeah," she replied as she smiled and frowned at the same time. "Lacey Scott."
Oh, look what you've done
You've made a fool of everyone
Oh well, it seemed like such fun
Until you lose what you had won
Give me back my point of view
'Cause I just can't think for you
I can hardly hear you say
What should I do, well you choose
Chapter Title and Song Lyrics are from Jet!