Nothings Bigger than love – Chapter ten
She woke to the sound of her mobile phone ringing on the bedside table, she was completely disoriented and threw her arm over the other side of the bed, she realised that she had hit her husband when he groaned and let out a yelp, after that she decided that it was probably best to open her eyes, she located the ringing and the brightness of the screen, she scrambled to get it before the person on the other end of the phone hang up, it was extremely late at night so she assumed that the phone call was important. "Hey gorgeous" she said into the receiver.
"Hales" she said and Haley could hear the exhaustion in her voice, Haley wasn't really surprised that she was tired as a matter of fact she was a mother of two of course she was tired but the tone she could hear over the phone sounded different it sounded broken
"Peyton what's wrong?" she said sitting up abruptly with Nathan soon following
"It's Alexis, She was in a car accident last night, it's pretty bad, they are going to have to watch her and if it gets any worse they are going to have to deliver the baby by caesarean"
"Oh Peyton" Haley said as she put a hand to her mouth "How is she doing with it?"
"I haven't seen her yet, Luke went up to sit with her now but she was on her way here when it happened and so she was rushed to a hospital about two hours away and I can't go up and be with her because the kids need me at home"
"Peyton what can I do?" she asked as she leaned forward, Nathan looked on her with an extremely worried look on his face
"I know this is a big ask and that you have four gorgeous kids that need your attention but Brooke isn't answering her phone and Karen is out at sea and I just can't get into contact with her and I was just wondering…."
"Yes" she said and Peyton briefly let out a laugh
"I haven't even asked you yet"
"Peyton I will be there in a heartbeat" she said before telling Peyton to stay strong and how much she loved her before hanging up the phone and getting out of bed.
"What's going on babe?" he said all tired yet gorgeous
"Peyton and Lucas need me"
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Haley had explained it all to Nathan, called Brooke, packed a bag, kissed her kids goodbye and jumped in her minivan driving straight to Brooke's house, she stood out the front of her house with her bags and smiled, it was a cold night so she was all rugged up and ran to the car quickly. She kissed Haley's cheek and smiled "I know that it is under horrible circumstances but I'm really glad that we are road tripping Haley James Scott"
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Peyton was pacing up and down the hallway, she was waiting for calls from Lucas, Karen, her dad and a whole other bunch of people but most of all she was waiting to go and check on Alexis and her baby. She had this paralysing fear inside of her and she was scared to death that everyone that she talked to seemed to be skimming over the fact that not only could they lose Alexis, who was a fantastic friend but they could also lose their baby, the baby they pined for, for such a long time and that was killing her. Peyton looked around the room and remembered that her kids were asleep and broke down onto the floor in hysterical tears. She bawled her eyes out in this raw pain, this raw incredible pain and all she wished for was her husband to walk through those doors that she sat in front of and like clockwork she felt arms around her and she turned to face the gorgeous woman that knew how to hold her when she was at her lowest, then she turned to the other side and found another person that she would be happy to have hold her until the tears dried up.
"Everything is going to be fine baby" Brooke said sitting on her knees wrapped around Peyton's collar as Haley sat next to her holding her hand and wiping the tears away with the free one "Now get your scrawny bum off the floor and go be with your husband and your baby cause we are here now and we are going to be the best babysitters in the world" Brooke said as Peyton and Haley smiled at her, Peyton brushed a hand over her damp eyes and nodded hugging Brooke then Peyton before hopping up and waking Sawyer.
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Peyton was in her car when her husband finally called and as soon as she saw his name she breathed a sigh of relief before pulling over to the side of the road.
"I'm on my way" she practically yelled into the receiver
"Where are the kids?" he asked briefly being re directed from his own train of thought
"Haley and Brooke just arrived and swung into Baby sitter mode, so how is our Alexis doing?" she said with a smile on her face, she was just relieved that she could hear her husband's voice.
"Ah Peyton, it's not good. Alexis is getting worse and they have to get the baby out" Peyton felt like her heart was being ripped out, it took her awhile to get her words back
"Well okay I will be there in an hour" she said looking down at her watch
"Peyt they have to do it right now, they have to get the baby out or she might not make it, now the baby has a strong heartbeat and the doctors say she should be perfectly healthy"
"She? It's a little girl?" Peyton said with a quiver in her voice
"Yeah it is!" he said and she swore he sounded happy but soon his tone turned serious again "Peyton I've got to go, have to go have a baby"
"Hug Alexis for me, and Lucas Scott take care of our baby" she said as tears streamed down her cheeks.
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Peyton sat with tears streaming down her face as she sat down next to Alexis' hospital she put one hand on the bed next to the woman who still hadn't woken up from the emergency caesarean, Peyton put her head in her other hand but looked up when she felt pressure on her right hand.
"Hey" Peyton said looking up at the woman with dried blood on her face and her raw scars from the car accident.
"I'm so sorry Peyton" she said struggling to get the words out
"Everything happens for a reason" she said putting her second hand on top of the hands already on the bed
"Where is the baby?" she asked putting a hand on her stomach and looking at Peyton with her big watery eyes
"You were really bad after the accident and you weren't getting any better so they had to deliver the baby to make sure that they could save you" Peyton said matching Alexis' watery eyes
"BBuut the baby wasn't ready yet" she said as tears streamed down her face
"You did nothing wrong, I'm just going to go get Lucas" she said kissing Alexis' hand and walking out into the hallway soon Lucas walked in with a slight smile on his lips and Alexis burst into tears as he came and sat down next to her.
"She is absolutely gorgeous" Alexis said as she broke into tears looking down at the bundle of pink blankets in Lucas' arms "What are you going to name her?"
"Hold you horses I haven't had a proper look at my baby girl yet" Peyton said referring to the fact that she had run into the hospital and straight to the nursery where Lucas held up their baby and told her that she was perfect before she ran up the hallway to be with Alexis when she finally woke up. Lucas handed the baby to Peyton and she looked down at the baby and cried before looking up at Lucas and smiling
"Ellie" they both said at the same time as they smiled widely from one to another
"Rebecca" Lucas added
"Ellie Rebecca Scott" Peyton concluded "You my darling are named after two of the women that I loved the most in the whole world" Peyton said down to the baby girl.
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That night after the little baby was checked out by the doctors they were told that they could take her home with them but to go to the closest health care provider if they were worried about anything but little Ellie Scott was born perfect, so they dressed the newborn put her in a blanket and then put her in the baby carrier that would click in and convert into a car seat for the drive home, it was the only thing besides a pram that Peyton had managed to throw in on her way to the hospital, the only thing that they had prepared for the impending birth, They carried her to Alexis' room and she weakly smiled, she was well and truly exhausted.
"How is she?" she asked sitting up and adjusting the pillow behind her and Lucas placed the carrier on the bed and Alexis put a hand on the sleeping baby
"She is perfect, Look Alexis we are so grateful for everything you have done for us and given us and we love you for that, just one more thing"
"If you ask me to have another baby I will hurt you" Alexis said with a laugh
"God No" Peyton said also laughing "We just wanted to tell you that you can come and recuperate at our house, I mean I know that we will have kids running around everywhere but as long as you don't mind that we have a spare bed for you" Peyton said showing her a smile
"Didn't the doctors tell you?" Alexis asked as both Lucas and Peyton looked at her "They are transferring me to a hospital back where I live so that I can be with my family, I'm going first thing tomorrow morning"
"I'm going to miss you, I was looking forward to the last week of the pregnancy where we got to sit on the couch and watch soap operas" Peyton said walking up and putting her arms around her and hugging her as tightly as she could without worrying that she was hurting her.
"Me too" Alexis said as Lucas hugged her too, it was kind of emotional for all of them for practically the last three years they had been in constant contact and Alexis had brought so much and meant so much to them so it was no surprise that both Peyton and Alexis had tears in their eyes as they looked on at each other, Alexis took one last look at Ellie and smiled before looking back up at her parents "You have to send me photos all the time of those gorgeous kids" she said as Peyton nodded.
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By the time they got home they were both exhausted, it wasn't that late but this whole day had been emotionally draining and knowing that Haley and Brooke were at home with the kids was a whole weight off their shoulders. Peyton pushed the pram up the driveway, they got to the deck and Lucas ran ahead to lift the back end up the step "Careful Luke" Peyton whispered across the pram to him, it was like the sound of her speaking alerted the house of their presence and soon the door was open and two heads were popped out the side with massive smiles, one belonged to the little girl with blonde curly hair referred to as her daughter and the other one belonged to a brunette with luscious waves who was referred to as her over excited best friend, Peyton smiled at the sight of them, she stopped the pram as they both walked outside, Brooke walked over as Sawyer ran and jumped into her mother's arms before they all looked into the sleeping babies bassinet. They both fell silent for a moment "Where is Haley?" Peyton asked looking around
"I'm here" she said with a simple smile on her face, in her arms lay a sleeping Leo slightly covered in a blanket with his little chubby face so innocent with his tiny little blue socks, blue singlet, grey tracksuit pants, beanie with horns on it and green striped jumper over the top. Lucas quickly walked over and scooped the sleeping boy out of his best friends arms as she looked into the bassinet
"She is amazing" Haley said looking at the gorgeous baby "You did good best friend" she said weaving her arm in Lucas' as he smiled
"Oh Wow" Brooke said wiping tears away from her eyes "She looks like Ellie" she said looking up at Peyton and smiling "What are you naming her?"
"Ellie Rebecca Scott" Peyton said with a mammoth grin as the girls looked on at her with this look of approval, just the name coming off her lips made her smile widely. They all headed in side and as Brooke and Haley stayed in the kitchen to give the little family some alone time they walked up the hallway to their bedroom "Should we get the bassinet out of the garage or should we just leave her in the pram tonight?" Peyton asked turning her head as she pushed the pram and held Sawyer on her hip as Lucas smiled and nodded and then opened the door with his spare hand.
"Ah I don't think we have to" he said as Peyton herself stepped into the room and smiled
"BROOKE BAKER AND HALEY JAMES SCOTT GET YOUR B-U-T-T-S UP HERE" they were there with cheeky grins on her face "What have you done?"
"Well we noticed that you weren't very prepared for that baby" Haley said as Peyton laughed at her
"So we went SHOPPING" Brooke said with this excited look on his face as they all looked on at the girls handy work, they had set up the bassinet and the mobile, the change table everything that they needed for the first couple of days till Peyton and Lucas could sort everything out and then of course a whole bunch of bags from baby clothes shops.
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"I'm so in love" Peyton said as she lay next to her baby girl before looking to her right
"Yeah I think I am going to kidnap this one" Brooke said with a smile before turning to her right and smiling at Haley who had Sawyer on her back
"Little Ellie Scott" she said placing a kiss on the sleeping babies hand
"Come on Sawy its bed time" Lucas said walking into the room after putting Leo to bed, Sawyer had a leg on either side of her Aunt's back as she stood up in her adorable gold fish pyjamas that her Aunt Brooke had got her that day, she blew everyone kisses as her dad lifted her around the waste and carried her out in a way that made Sawyer laugh hysterically, Peyton looked lovingly up at her amazingly gorgeous daughter before looking down at her other and then back up at her girls.
"I never said how much It meant to me that you two left your incredibly busy lives at the drop of a hat just to be here for Luke and I" she said as her eyes began to well up "You guys mean so much to me and just knowing that you were here today with Sawy and Leo just lifted heaps of weight off our shoulders and it really just let us be with Alexis and Ellie today and all of this" she said indicating to all the baby stuff in the room " You didn't have to do it all"
"We wanted to, and we are so glad that you called and that we got to hang out with your amazing kids"
"Sawyer is in love with you two, couldn't get her to shut up about her cool Aunt Haley and Aunt Brooke" Lucas said walking into the room with a massive smile before heading over to the pile of new baby clothes that sat in piles on the ground, the girls went back to their cooing over the baby and conversation until Lucas let out a massive laugh and then they all turned around
"Look at this one Peyton" he said lifting up a long sleeve top that said 'Good Looks run in the family'
"It's da truth" Haley said in her best gangster voice "Have you or have you not seen my husband" she said as they all laughed and she got up off the bed "Speaking of Nate I better give me a call" she walked out of the room, up the hallway, out the front door and onto the deck, she dialled and then lifted the phone up to her ear. Nathan answered and mumbled into the receiver
"Were you asleep?" She asked as she leant against the railing with a smile
"Yeah"
"That's not the answer I wanted, I wanted you to say that you couldn't fall asleep without me" she said with a smile
"Babe our kids are crazy, I nearly fell asleep watching cartoons this morning and I had only been watching them for two hours" he said with a chuckle "So do I have a niece or a nephew?"
"You have an Ellie Rebecca Scott"
"So it's a boy then?" he said and she could tell that he was smiling on the other end of the phone
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"Hello little girl" Lucas said as he leant over the bassinet and picked the wide eyed baby up, he draped a small blanket over his bare chest and got a bottle of milk "I'm your dad, and I am always going to be there for you I promise you that, and do you know who else you have on your side, you have a crazy big brother and big sister who are going to hopefully not show you how to be naughty and you have your amazing mum who loves you with her whole heart" He continued to feed her as his wife woke up and wrapped her arms and legs around him, resting her head on his bare back.
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*Authors Note* This was the second last chapter, hope your looking forward to the next and last chapter, I am looking forward to writing it and getting it out there.