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Okay so i don't know any medical terms lol, so just go with it hahaha maybe i should watch ER

Chapter 10: Good Times Bad Times

"I'm really happy for you and Brooke" Mouth said to Lucas while they were standing at the bar.

"Thanks Mouth" Lucas said with a smile. Tonight had been going great, Brooke was being her usual social butterfly self and Lucas was just enjoying seeing every body again.

"I really miss you two" Mouth told him.

"We really miss you too" Lucas looked at his childhood friend with a smile and then decided that he should be the first to know, "Me and Brooke haven't told anybody this yet but we've decided that were going to move back here. Brooke can run her line from here she'll just have to go out to LA every now and then for shows and what not. And it's basically the same for me. As long as I go see my editor once every few months I can live here and do all my writing here".

"Lucas that's great" Mouth said happily.

"Yeah I know, we've been talking about it for a while now. It's the best thing for us. We love it here, our family is here, our friends are here. It just makes the most sense. I'm not a huge fan of LA anyway, the only thing that I will miss is seeing Nathan all the time" Lucas told him.

"Speaking on Nathan where is he?" Mouth asked.

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"Where the hell is your soon to be brother in law" Peyton asked. She had just tried his cell but couldn't get through.

"Don't worry about it P. Sawyer I'm sure we will survive with the amount of booze we have" Brooke told her.

"It's not just that he has to make a speech and he is meant to be doing half the work. Instead I've been running around and doing everything" Peyton replied.

"And I love you for it" Brooke said as she gave her a big hug.

"Someone's in a good mood" Peyton laughed.

"I'm in a great mood. It's the night before my wedding. I'm so excited to be Mrs Lucas Scott. I can't wait for our married life to begin" Brooke told her.

"Hello Brooke, are you nervous about the big day?" Deb asked as she gave Brooke a small hug.

"Not at all" Brooke replied.

"Is Nathan with you?" Peyton asked.

"No he left the house before me, why. Isn't he here yet?"

"No I called him over an hour ago to get some extra wine and haven't heard from him since" Peyton told her.

"He most likely brought a bottle of Whiskey and has passed out" Brooke joked but nobody laughed, "Sorry".

"I'll try calling him" Deb said as she walked away with her cell phone in her hand.

"Nice going girlie" Haley said as she walked up to her friends. "This looks great".

"Thanks" Peyton said with a smile, "Mouth helped".

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"Deb are you okay?" Karen asked as she walked over to her best friend. Deb looked as white as a ghost.

"I was trying to ring Nathan and I couldn't get a hold of him... Then the hospital rang. He's was hit by a car Karen" Deb told her as she began to cry, "they wouldn't tell me anything except that it's serious".

"O my god. Keith!" Karen called to her husband.

"Yeah honey whats... Deb whats wrong" Keith asked when he saw her tear stained face.

"Nathan's been in accident... Can you take her there now and I'll tell Lucas and the other's and meet you there" Karen said to him quickly.

"See you soon" Keith said as he placed his arms around a now silent Deb and led her out of the hall.

Karen searched around the hall desperately trying to spot Lucas, after what seemed like forever she finally saw him at the bar with Mouth, "Lucas!"

"Mom, where's the fire?" Lucas joked when he saw him mother rush towards him.

"There's been an accident. Nathan is in the hospital" Karen told him.

"What! Is it serious, is he okay?" Lucas asked as he felt his blood run cold.

"It's serious we have to go" Karen told him. "Keith has already left with Deb".

"Fuck" Lucas said. He couldn't lose his brother. It was funny when he first met Nathan he couldn't stand him but now he couldn't imagine his life without him. He didn't realize it but he had been standing there for a while saying and doing nothing.

"Lucas" Karen said snapping him out of it.

"I have to get Brooke" He said as he rushed over to where he saw Brooke, Peyton and Haley standing. 'O my god, Haley' Lucas thought to himself, how was he going to tell her.

"Hey Broody having fun" Brooke asked when she saw Lucas approaching them.

"... We have to go" Lucas was looking at both Brooke and Haley.

"Where?" Brooke asked with confusion. She saw the look on Lucas's face and knew that there was something wrong.

"The hospital... Nathan" Was all Lucas could manage to say as he felt his eyes water up.

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"Keith... Deb what's going on?" Lucas asked as he Karen, Haley and Brooke all ran into the waiting room. Jake and Peyton had taken there car and were planning on meeting them there.

"He's in surgery... The Doctor says it looks pretty bad" Keith told them with a grim face. Deb was as white as a ghost, sitting in a chair staring blankly at the wall.

"What happened?" Haley asked. She hadn't said anything during the car ride. She didn't know what to say. She was to busy thinking about Nathan and wishing as hard as she could that he would be alright.

"He was walking back to his car and some drunken idiot hit him" Keith told him as he wiped a tear away. "He's really banged up from what the doc was telling us".

"But he's going to okay right" Haley said in an almost hysterical voice, "Right!"

"I don't know" Keith whispered.

An hour later they were still waiting to hear some news about Nathan. Keith and Karen were both sitting beside Deb who was still in her own little world. Brooke was holding an extremely upset Lucas, while Peyton and Jake both sat with Haley. Both Haley and Peyton were quietly crying and Jake was holding both their hands.

"I'll never forgive myself if... if he doesn't make it" Peyton whispered.

"What?" Jake said as he kissed her forehead.

"It's my fault... I asked him to go and get the stupid fucken wine. If I hadn't have he wouldn't have been there" Peyton's crying became louder now.

"No this isn't your fault baby. It's the dick head who was driving, he is the one to blame" Jake said firmly.

Haley looked over at Peyton and took her hand, "He'll be okay... He has to be".

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"This is Doctor Clark he will answer all you question's" The nurse said to the group.

"Is my son okay?" Deb asked as she got up at of her seat and stood in front of the doctor. It was the first time she had moved or spoken in almost three hours.

"We are not sure yet" He answered honestly, "Nathan has suffered server blunt trauma to his head and chest. His right leg is broken, the cartilage in his knee was already damaged from a previous accident and doesn't look to good at the moment. There was a lot of bleeding but we have managed to stop that now... We'll know more in a few hours".

"Thank-you" Keith told him. Doctor Clark just nodded respectful before turning to go back to the emergency room.

"Please let him be okay" Deb whispered as she started to cry all over again.

"It will be okay" Karen said as she wrapped her arms around her.

"A few hours... God" Haley said as she also started to cry loudly. All of a sudden Deb un-wrapped her self from Karen's arm and walked straight over to Haley and slapped her across the face.

"Deb" Karen said shocked as she stood between them.

"You little bitch, acting like you care" Deb said with anger in her voice.

"Of course I care" Haley said as she touched her cheek lightly, it was stinging but she didn't really notice. "I Love him so much".

"You don't care. If you cared you would have never cheated on him. You broke his heart and now your here acting like the concerned little wife, give me a break... Just leave. I don't want you anywhere near me or my son!" Deb screamed at her.

Haley was going to reply but was stopped by Brooke who took her arm and led her out of the waiting room. Haley was crying so hard that she could barely walk now, once they were out of sight from Deb, Brooke took her friend into her arms, "Shhh Hales, it'll be okay".

"How can she think that. She knows how much I love him... I can't live without him Brooke. If he dies I'll die to" Haley was a mess. She couldn't think straight. She kept getting the image of Nathan dead going through her mind. It sent shivers down her spine.

"Deb is just up set. She's a mother who's afraid of losing her son. Don't take it personally Hales. We will just hang out here and give her some space and I'm sure that in a few hours everything will be fine" Brooke tried to re-assure her. Truth was Brooke was scared as hell. Over the past five years Nathan had become like a brother to her and she didn't want to lose him. She didn't want Lucas to lose him and she didn't want Haley to lose him. "He'll be fine Haley. You know how I know that".

"How?" Haley managed to calm herself down enough to ask.

"Because I say so. And Nathan knows the hell I'll put him through if he doesn't do what I say" Brooke tried to joke.

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"Deb" Lucas began to say but she cut him off.

"Don't Lucas. That little slut almost killed my son the first time she broke his heart. She cheats on him... Now she thinks she has the right to be here. She's a selfish little brat who doesn't care about anybody but herself" Deb said in a cold voice.

Lucas was about to say something but Keith stopped him, "Just leave it for now" He whispered and Lucas just nodded before sitting back down.

"Dan" Karen said out of no where.

"What?" Keith asked her.

"Nobody's rang Dan to let him know what's happened" Karen realized.

"Would you mind doing it?" Deb asked. She wasn't in the mood to talk to her snake of an ex-husband.

"Sure" Karen replied as she got up and walked outside. She dialed Dan's number which she had saved under 'the devil'.

"Hello sweetheart" Dan said sarcastically as he picked up. Karen wanted to vomit.

"Hi Dan" She said with an annoyed tone.

"So to what do I owe the pleasure of this phone call?" He asked in a smooth voice. Karen wanted to punch him.

"Dan... It's Nathan. He was hit by a drunk driver. Were all at the hospital" Karen told him. She was surprised by the silence that followed.

"Is he okay?" Dan finally asked after a few minutes of silence.

"We don't know. His head and chest were hit pretty hard. His right leg is broken... The doctor said we'd know more in a few hours. I'm sorry Dan, I really don't know if he'll be okay" Karen replied.

"Will his game be alright?"

"What!" Karen screamed into the phone, "Your son could die and your asking about his game. You son of a bitch" Karen slammed her mobile shut effectively hanging up on him.

Karen walked back into the waiting room with the angry written all over her face, "How did he take it?" Keith asked her.

"The ass wanted to know if is game would be alright!" Karen yelled. God she hated Dan Scott so much.

"What?" Lucas asked in disbelief. Sometimes he couldn't believe how horrible his father truly was.

"I wish it had been him, not Nathan" Deb said as she rubbed her forehead, "God... I hate this, sitting around and not knowing".

"They don't call it the waiting room for nothing" Peyton said as she paced around the corridor.

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"Miss Lee" Doctor Clark said getting Deb's attention.

"Doctor... How is he?" Deb asked.

"He is still unconscious. But It's looking good. He's heart rate is nice and steady... All we have to do know is wait for him to wake up" He told her.

"But he's okay" Deb wanted to confirm.

"As I said it looks good but we are still going to have to keep a close eye on him".

"I'm going to find Haley and Brooke" Jake whispered to Peyton as he left to go find the two girls.

"How long till he wakes up?" Karen asked.

"That's up to him" Dr Clark replied.

TBC

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