Chapter 2: Lives Altered
At 6:30 the gang met up at that little Italian restraunt, Antonio's. Lucas and Peyton were the first to show up and ordered a table for five. They were seated right away since not many people were there and soon after Nathan and Haley showed up, followed by Brooke. Haley was the first to run up to Lucas and give him a hug, "Aww Luke, we missed you." Then she turned to PEyton and smiled, "Hey Hales."
Brooke smiled before going up to Lucas and giving him a hug. "Mm it's good to see you Luke."
"You to." He smiled in return and then gave his brother a quick hug.
The five sat down at a nice big table, "Man its so great to have you all nack here again." Nathan said with a smile. He really missed everyone, they were all bascially family to him. And that was what's most important.
"We hear you and Lucas finally tied the knot! That's great." Haley chimed in and smiled.
"Yeah." Peyton laughed.
"Do tell." Brooke said, couldn't be happier for her bestfriend. Haley nodded as well.
"Well Lucas was going to LA with his editor and wanted to see me. I told him i would meet him there and well, he proposed. I was in absolute thought, but i said yes. And then we basically decided to elope two weeks later." She smiled over at Lucas who did the same.
"I can't believe you didn't invite us! We would've came!" Haley cried with disappointment.
"Right. I would've been on that plane in minutes." Brooke added.
Haley sighed, "But we understand. It's just so great you guys decided to move back. It hasn't been the same. I mean Brooke was always comuting back and fourth with her company and you guys were 500 miles away." She smiled.
"Yeah but I bet you guys were just as busy. How's Jamie?" Lucas asked his brother and Haley.
"Great! He's growing up so fast! I mean, he's going to starting kindergarden this fall." Haley said proudly.
"Yeah, two days ago i gave him a bath and when he came downstairs he told Haley he'd like to have ' her assistance next time'." Nathan laughed along with the others.
The five friends enjoyed the food and eachother's company. Everyone was catching up and having a really good time. Brooke talked alittle bit about her company and Peyton talked about Mia Jones, the girl she wants to sign a record label to. Lucas and Nathan also had a nice brotherly chat. He told Nathan how writing was going for him and how happy he was. Things were going perfect. After finishing the food they talked alittle more and let their dinner settle. Brooke and Haley had went to the restroom before everyone left. "Can you believe that. Those two girls reminded me of Peyton and myself, it was scary. They were my first customers." Brooke said as she walked out of the stall and walked up to the sink where Haley was at.
"That is alittle weird. Were they dressed like Slutty Barbie and Gothic Girl?" Haley teased as she finished washing her hands and grabbed a couple paper towels to dry her hands.
Brooke laughed, "Well sorda. Idk I guess it just made me think about our days back in highschool. Do you miss it?"
Haley sighed happily, "Sometimes. But I love my life now, i couldn't ask for anything better." The two girls walked out of the bathroom and got a huge shock. Standing at the door was a man, big build, with a black ski mask and a gun. Brooke and Haley both stood there frozen.
"GO BACK IN THE BATHROOM!" Nathan all of a sudden yelled, not wanting them to get hurt.
The gunman aimed his gun at him, it was already loaded.
Haley saw that the man was about to shoot her husband, she panicked. "NATHAN!" She screamed and stepped closer to the gunman. He saw her coming and turned his gun to her, without a second hesitation he pulled the trigger a shot her twice in the chest. She immediately fell to the ground. Everything after that went to chaos. The guy who shot Haley ran out the door and into the street where he ran. He had no clue what he just did.
2 minutes earlier...
Nathan watched his wife and Brooke walk off to the bathroom and then looked back over to Lucas and Peyton. "Yeah you guys can take Jamie tomorrow if you wana spend some time with him. I'm sure he'd like to get to know you guys."
"Yeah that'd be great Nate." Lucas said just as the door to the restraunt burst open and a guy with a black mask came in. "Alright everyone down on the ground!" The guys screamed and began waving his gun at everyone. "EVERYONE, GIVE ME YOUR MONEY AND NO ONE WILL GET HURT!"
The first thing Nathan thought was, Haley. Haley was still in the bathroom. Then he stood up and took out all the cash he had, "This is all i got, please just go../"
The gun man laughed, "THROW IT HERE AND SIT DOWN!" Then he looked over at the panicked waiter, "GET ME THE MONEY OUT OF THE REGISTER! WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? MOVE!"
The waiter ran back to the front counter and opened up the register within seconds and then ran back all the money to the guy. He stuffed it in his pants and looked around at everyone there.
This crazy guy stood there for another few seconds but quickly turned to the bathroom and saw two girls walk out. Frightened looks were on their faces. Then he heard Nathan yell and then things got out of control. He shot one of the girls two times in the chest without any turning back. Once she fell to the ground everyone started yelling her name and running towards him. He then started running, he ran out of the restraunt and far away as possible from that little restraunt.
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"HALEY!" Nathan screamed as he ran over to where she was shot and knelt down. His body was in shock, there, laying, on the ground was his wife who had two holes in her chest. The first thing he did was lift up her head and sit it on his lap. "Oh god, LUKE CALL 911 NOW!"
Brooke knelt down and took off her black sweater, "Here, use this to stop the bleeding." She panicked and handed it to Nathan. Her mind was spinning, she couldn't believe Haley was shot,
right next to her.
Lucas dialed 911 as fast as he could, "Uh yes, my bestfriend was just shot twice in the chest!" He looked down at Haley and saw that she was not breathing. "WE NEED AN AMBULENCE!
SHE'S NOT BREATHING. We're at Antonio's on the corner of 5th and Berkley. Okay." Lucas then shut his phone and knelt down next to Nathan, Peyton stood there just as much in shock.
Wondering if her friend was going to be alright.
The ambulence got there ten minutes later, police had arrived as well. They came in an got Haley on a gurnee right away. "What happened, how was she shot?" One of the paremedic's asked.
"Sh-she was shot by this robber. I-i don't why he did it." Nathan was panicking, he followed them out of the restraunt and to the truck. "I'm going, she's my wife." He said and jumped in the truck. "YOU'RE GONA MAKE IT HALEY! ALWAY'S AND FOREVER, BABY! YOU CAN FIGHT THIS." He yelled down at his unconcious wife. The other paremedic jumped in and they speeded off to the hospital.
Brooke sobbed into Peyton's body as the abulence truck took off down the street. "I should've been the one shot! I should of pushed her out of the way. She's the one who has everything."
"No, Brooke, you don't think that! Don't worry, Haley will be fine. She's a fighter." Whispered into her hair, trying to calm her bestfriend down.
Lucas then walked over to them, "Come on, we better get to the hospital. You coming Brooke?"
"YEs!" She replied and the two got in the car. Lucas drove, when they pulled up to the hospital, the three of them ran into the ER and saw Nathan sitting up against the wall looking down at Haley's dry blood on his hands.
"NATHAN! Is she okay, what're they doing?" Brooke walked up to Nathan, Lucas and Peyton by her side as well.
He looked up at his friends and showed the tears that were in his eyes. "She's in surgery. They don't know if she's going to make it."
"Haley will be okay, Nate. She wouldn't leave you or Jamie." Lucas said to try and console his brother. But honestly, he didn't know if his bestfriend was going to be alright.
In the next couple of hours the four of them waited to get news of Haley, hopefully good news. The waiting finaly ended once a doctor in a white came out into the lobby. "Are you Nathan Scott?" He asked.
Nathan got up from the chair, along with the rest of his friends, "Yes! Is Haley okay?"
The doctor sighed, "Well we don't exactly know. We got the bullets out but it took us a long time to stable her. She's in a coma now."
The thought of knowing Haley wasn't dead was a major relief. But he still didn't know if she was alright or not. "C-can i see her?"
"Yes but only you. If she wakes up tonight she's going to be critical, we're gona need to make sure she's okay." The doctor said, "She's in ICU rm. 3, you can go now."
Nathan nodded and then gave his friends a look before heading to her room. When he walked into the right room he spotted Haley laying there in a hospital bed hooked up to all these machines. Her face was pale, she didn't look good at all. Nathan sat down in the chair right next to the bed and took her tiny hand in his hands. "You're going to be okay. Haley, you're strong.
You can't stop fighting, me and Jamie need you." He sobbed and laid his head on her lap. She was unmoving, her body was completely still and lifeless.
Through the night Nathan couldn't go to sleep, he watched Haley laying there not breathing on her own. It pained him, why did he have to he'd shoot her? They'd finaly had their life set, and now something like this happened. It was the longest night he'd ever had. His body finaly forced shut down and he fell asleep with his head in her lap. He didn't wake up again until morning. The first thing he did was look up at his wife. He was absolutely shocked to see her eyes flutter open. Nathan sat up and grabbed her hand again, "Hales, oh god i thought i'd lost you. But everything's going to be okay now. You're going to be okay." Nathan smiled and waited for her to answer.
But she didn't.
"Hales, are you okay? Are you in pain?" He asked frantically when he saw a single tear fall down her cheek. Why couldn't she speak to him?"
Still there was no answer.
Nathan stood up and turned toward the door to see the doctor and a nurse come in. "My wife isn't speaking to me. What's wrong with her?" He cried.
A certain fear flashed through the doctor, "I need you to leave now. I just need to make sure she's okay. Will you please go wait out in the lobby?"
"What? No i need to make sure she's okay! She's my WIFE!" Nathan yelled.
The doctor tried to calm him downm "Please this won't take long Mr. Scott."
Nathan looked over at Haley and whispered, "You're going to be okay. I love you." He said and noticed her watery eyes. She didn't speak to him. Then they made him leave, he went back down to the lobby and saw Brooke and Peyton sleeping on Lucas's shoulder. They woke up when he walked up. "She woke but. But she couldn't talk to me. The doctor said they had to make sure everything was okay.
"Why wouldn't she talk to you?" Brooke asked suspiciously, she hoped haley didn't have amnesia. (nope this was much worse)
"I don't know. But she opened her eyes and then started crying. Ugh why is this happening?" He yelled.
Lucas stood up, "When will they let us see her again?"
About a half an hour later a nurse walked up to them, "Nathan Scott? You guys can go see her, follow me." The four of them followed the girl to the ICU room and into room 3. Once they were just outside the room, Dr. Stevens walked up to them and sent the nurse away. "Hello again. Uhm, well i took some tests after you left the room and found some awfully bad news.
Nathan, Lucas, Peyton, and Brooke's face turned still.
"I'm afraid your wife was paralyzed from the neck down. This being so its going to be awhile until she can talk again." The doctor said with as much empathy as he could. Giving news like this was terrible. The person's life was basically over, and there was nothing they could do about it. After along pause he continued. "She's going to be transferred to a specialized Clinic in Charolette. There people will beable to work with her and get try to help with her speech. I'm very sorry Mr. Scott."
The words that he just heard felt like two knives sticking in his back. This couldn't be happening, how could something this terrible happen to them. They didn't deserve this, Haley didn't deserve this. The mother of his child was never going to walk or play with Jamie again. Oh no, what was going to happen with Jamie? He basicically just lost his mother and now it would be him having to raise his son.
Nathan turned to look at Lucas who was fixed on Haley layin there in the room. Then he saw Brooke looking down at the ground while tears fell down her cheeks. This, his life couldn't get any worse. EVen though he'd beable to see his wife, she wouldn't be moving, talking, or nothing. Right then he knew all of their lives were altered.
And so the beginning of their horrible lives were about to stop.
A.N.- Okay that was really sad. And i'm sorry to all the Haley lovers out there, i love her too! But I hope some of you guys will still read and let me know what you think. I promise Haley won't be cut out of this story. But there's no spoilers, so keep watch for an update. Thanks.
~TweetieLoveMe