A/N: Hey, Omg, I'm sooooo sorry for the delay! My computer got this virus
or whatever and it had to be taken some where and fixed. My original draft
of the next chapter was erased, so it took me a little while to retype
it.please please enjoy and sorry again!
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"Hales! Haley James, stop!" Lucas cried after the sprinting figure.
Haley kept running. She didn't know where to go, what to do. All she focused on was getting away from there and those people. She had to get far away.
Nathan, who was running behind Lucas had a burst of energy and rushed past Lucas.
Haley ran in the middle of the open road, and unbeknownst to her, right in front of a car.
"Haley!" Nathan and Lucas called out.
She stopped and froze. Nathan sped up and at the last second he pushed Haley away from the speeding vehicle. They both landed on the ground with a Thud.
"Nate! Nathan! Are you guys okay? Is she alright?" Lucas called.
Nathan was trying to keep Haley on the ground. She struggled with him.
"Haley, Haley, I'm your friend, Haley! You've got to remember me! Please, just let me help you and calm down!" Nathan pleaded.
Haley calmed a little and loosened her muscles as Nathan held her gently.
"That's it, Haley. Just hold on to me," Nathan sighed with relief.
"Nathan, Nathan, why can't I remember anything? I can't remember who I am, who you are and who he is." She gestured over to the panting Lucas.
"Haley..please." Lucas said softly between breaths.
"Why am I here? I just don't understand anything."
Lucas sighed. "Haley, you were at the hospital because-"
Nathan put a hand on Lucas's shoulder. Nathan motioned for Lucas to follow him for a word.
"We'll be right back Haley, just over there." Lucas said. Haley nodded understandingly.
"Hey, so what's going on?" Lucas asked.
"I don't think it's a good idea to tell her about her mother and little brother. I don't know why, I just don't think we should be the ones to tell her.again." Nathan explained.
Lucas nodded. "Yeah, you're right. We better get back to the hospital."
The boys turned around to tell Haley the plan...but she was gone.
"Shit!" they both cried.
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"Oh Karen, how do you do it?"
Deb and Karen had headed down to the café in the hospital. They sat down heavily at an empty table, both had a steaming cup of joe in hand.
"Do what?" Karen asked after she took her first sip.
"Raise Lucas on your own?"
Karen sighed and thought for a minute. "To be honest, Deb, I have no idea. I always used to think that Lucas didn't need anyone but me, his mother. But now that he's getting older, it's getting harder and harder. He yearns for a man in the family, I can see it in his eyes when he talks to me. for him, it's getting harder to talk to me because I'm a woman. He needs testosterone to bond with."
Deb understood. "Yes, well I think Nathan is surrounded by too much testosterone. Oh, Karen, I don't know what to do about Dan. I've been with him almost 17 years, but I think I only loved him for about 6. Everyday it gets harder to stand his bullshit. I'm getting to the point where I should pack up and leave, taking Nate with me. But, Nathan is almost a man. He'll be 18 in less than 2 years; he needs his father. " she sighed wistfully.
The two women sat in silence.
"Don't you ever get scared of Dan?" Karen asked Deb.
"Of course I do. Especially when he gets in competition fights with Nathan. They both scare the hell out of me."
"Then why do you put up with that?"
Deb shrugged. "I don't really know. I guess I don't say much because I'm all by myself in that aspect. I'm not one to speak for myself." Karen didn't say anything. Then she coughed.
"Oh Deb, maybe you should leave Dan. Maybe you should file for divorce. It seems like the best thing from my point of view."
"Oh no, I couldn't," Deb gasped, "he'd kill me!"
"What do you mean, "he'd kill you?" he hasn't threatened or hit you, has he?"
Deb shook her head violently. "Oh, no, not like that. It's just that, you know Dan. He'd find a way to cast some kind of revenge on me. I couldn't divorce him. Not yet at least."
Karen nodded. "You want to wait until Nathan gets out of high school."
Deb looked down at her half empty coffee cup. "Yeah I suppose I do. And then I won't have an excuse for staying with Dan, waiting for the man of my dreams to show his face again."
Karen reached over the table and grasped Deb's cold, clammy hand.
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"Where the hell could she be?"
Doctors and nurses were going ballistic looking frantically for the missing James girl.
"Where is my daughter, damn it? I thought you said that she was secure!"
Dr. Burbanks was about to faint. He had never once lost a patient...in this sense.
"Sir, I don't know where she could be, but I need you to calm down. I'm sure she'll be alright." The doctor lied.
William was taken aback "You said she could go through a traumatic shock if we don't find her..how traumatic could it be?" he asked dangerously.
The doctor gulped. He hesitated. "Mr. James, be reasonable, I'm sure she-"
William lunged for the doctor and slammed him against the wall. "Tell me! What could happen to her?"
"If we don't find her soon, if it's not already too late, she could go into a catatonic state, or go into some sort of a state where she could be totally reckless and get herself killed!" Burbanks managed to spit out quickly. "We have to find her! I'm calling the police!" William said, lowering the doctor.
"It's already been done, sir."
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"I don't believe it, Keith. I really don't believe that you're like this, you can't wake up. I need you to just wake up and tell me what I should do about this situation with the James' family. I know you'd want me to do something about it."
Dan was next to the peaceful looking Keith. He grabbed his brother's broken hand fiercely.
"Yes, I'll avenge you. I have just the plan."
Dan's eyes glowed with anger and malice, like he was possessed.
"I'll find her..I'll kill her!"
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A/N: Okay, it was as good or put together as well as the first draft, but I guess this will do. next chapter: Keith wakes up! Dan's gone missing, Haley gets attacked...review!
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"Hales! Haley James, stop!" Lucas cried after the sprinting figure.
Haley kept running. She didn't know where to go, what to do. All she focused on was getting away from there and those people. She had to get far away.
Nathan, who was running behind Lucas had a burst of energy and rushed past Lucas.
Haley ran in the middle of the open road, and unbeknownst to her, right in front of a car.
"Haley!" Nathan and Lucas called out.
She stopped and froze. Nathan sped up and at the last second he pushed Haley away from the speeding vehicle. They both landed on the ground with a Thud.
"Nate! Nathan! Are you guys okay? Is she alright?" Lucas called.
Nathan was trying to keep Haley on the ground. She struggled with him.
"Haley, Haley, I'm your friend, Haley! You've got to remember me! Please, just let me help you and calm down!" Nathan pleaded.
Haley calmed a little and loosened her muscles as Nathan held her gently.
"That's it, Haley. Just hold on to me," Nathan sighed with relief.
"Nathan, Nathan, why can't I remember anything? I can't remember who I am, who you are and who he is." She gestured over to the panting Lucas.
"Haley..please." Lucas said softly between breaths.
"Why am I here? I just don't understand anything."
Lucas sighed. "Haley, you were at the hospital because-"
Nathan put a hand on Lucas's shoulder. Nathan motioned for Lucas to follow him for a word.
"We'll be right back Haley, just over there." Lucas said. Haley nodded understandingly.
"Hey, so what's going on?" Lucas asked.
"I don't think it's a good idea to tell her about her mother and little brother. I don't know why, I just don't think we should be the ones to tell her.again." Nathan explained.
Lucas nodded. "Yeah, you're right. We better get back to the hospital."
The boys turned around to tell Haley the plan...but she was gone.
"Shit!" they both cried.
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"Oh Karen, how do you do it?"
Deb and Karen had headed down to the café in the hospital. They sat down heavily at an empty table, both had a steaming cup of joe in hand.
"Do what?" Karen asked after she took her first sip.
"Raise Lucas on your own?"
Karen sighed and thought for a minute. "To be honest, Deb, I have no idea. I always used to think that Lucas didn't need anyone but me, his mother. But now that he's getting older, it's getting harder and harder. He yearns for a man in the family, I can see it in his eyes when he talks to me. for him, it's getting harder to talk to me because I'm a woman. He needs testosterone to bond with."
Deb understood. "Yes, well I think Nathan is surrounded by too much testosterone. Oh, Karen, I don't know what to do about Dan. I've been with him almost 17 years, but I think I only loved him for about 6. Everyday it gets harder to stand his bullshit. I'm getting to the point where I should pack up and leave, taking Nate with me. But, Nathan is almost a man. He'll be 18 in less than 2 years; he needs his father. " she sighed wistfully.
The two women sat in silence.
"Don't you ever get scared of Dan?" Karen asked Deb.
"Of course I do. Especially when he gets in competition fights with Nathan. They both scare the hell out of me."
"Then why do you put up with that?"
Deb shrugged. "I don't really know. I guess I don't say much because I'm all by myself in that aspect. I'm not one to speak for myself." Karen didn't say anything. Then she coughed.
"Oh Deb, maybe you should leave Dan. Maybe you should file for divorce. It seems like the best thing from my point of view."
"Oh no, I couldn't," Deb gasped, "he'd kill me!"
"What do you mean, "he'd kill you?" he hasn't threatened or hit you, has he?"
Deb shook her head violently. "Oh, no, not like that. It's just that, you know Dan. He'd find a way to cast some kind of revenge on me. I couldn't divorce him. Not yet at least."
Karen nodded. "You want to wait until Nathan gets out of high school."
Deb looked down at her half empty coffee cup. "Yeah I suppose I do. And then I won't have an excuse for staying with Dan, waiting for the man of my dreams to show his face again."
Karen reached over the table and grasped Deb's cold, clammy hand.
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"Where the hell could she be?"
Doctors and nurses were going ballistic looking frantically for the missing James girl.
"Where is my daughter, damn it? I thought you said that she was secure!"
Dr. Burbanks was about to faint. He had never once lost a patient...in this sense.
"Sir, I don't know where she could be, but I need you to calm down. I'm sure she'll be alright." The doctor lied.
William was taken aback "You said she could go through a traumatic shock if we don't find her..how traumatic could it be?" he asked dangerously.
The doctor gulped. He hesitated. "Mr. James, be reasonable, I'm sure she-"
William lunged for the doctor and slammed him against the wall. "Tell me! What could happen to her?"
"If we don't find her soon, if it's not already too late, she could go into a catatonic state, or go into some sort of a state where she could be totally reckless and get herself killed!" Burbanks managed to spit out quickly. "We have to find her! I'm calling the police!" William said, lowering the doctor.
"It's already been done, sir."
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"I don't believe it, Keith. I really don't believe that you're like this, you can't wake up. I need you to just wake up and tell me what I should do about this situation with the James' family. I know you'd want me to do something about it."
Dan was next to the peaceful looking Keith. He grabbed his brother's broken hand fiercely.
"Yes, I'll avenge you. I have just the plan."
Dan's eyes glowed with anger and malice, like he was possessed.
"I'll find her..I'll kill her!"
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A/N: Okay, it was as good or put together as well as the first draft, but I guess this will do. next chapter: Keith wakes up! Dan's gone missing, Haley gets attacked...review!