FOREVERMORE

Chapter 11

Disclaimer: I do not now or will ever own One Tree Hill or its characters

IMPORTANT NOTE:

First of all- Isabella will not be pregnant by Lucas in this fic- she will only be in the one chapter anyway. This was just Lucas trying to forget the pain and heartache from the past; and finally acting like a 22 year old- not a father.

Also- Lucas saying that he will fight for full custody of Sawyer was an empty threat that he wrote in the heat of the moment.

I hope that cleared some things up for all of you- thanks for the support and please keep reading and reviewing.

Xxxx

He is driving away from his house, his old house, his old life, when he pulls out his phone and turns it back on. He sees he has 30 missed calls from Nathan, 15 from his mother and 5 new voice mails. He starts to get worried; he doesn't know what to think he starts to play the first message "Lucas where the hell are you... Haley's gone into labour but it's not good, get to the hospital."

"Lucas Scott answer your damn phone... Haley had a girl she is so tiny, but Haley's unconscious, they lost her man, she's ok now but she is not breathing on her own... I need my big brother, and she needs her best friend."

Lucas drops his phone his eyes are filled with tears, but he keeps on driving, he has to get to the hospital, his vision is blurry, he doesn't see the red light, or the Truck coming in the other direction. He sees nothing, and he feels nothing but he can hear screaming just for a second before he hears nothing.

Karen and Peyton are standing in the waiting room of the hospital, Sawyer is asleep in her mother's arms and Karen is on her cell trying to get into contact with Lucas- only this time his phone goes straight to voicemail "Lucas Eugene Scott you better call me back and get to the damn hospital or so help me God" Karen hangs up the phone, and looks to a worried Peyton "he's still not answering?" Peyton asks. Karen gives her a sad smile and shakes her head.

A sleepy Sawyer starts to open her eyes, "mamma, thirsty"

"Hello sleepy head, I'll get your water" Karen says to her grand child who smiles at Karen before she rests her head back on her mums shoulder.

"Where's Dada?"

"Dada will be here soon baby." Peyton replies hoping that's the truth.

They are standing near the nurses' station when they overhear a call come in that there was a car accident and one person is in critical condition- the other two have minor injuries. The ambulance is on its way, and not two minutes later Peyton can hear the sirens out the front of the hospital.

Doctors and nurses are rushing to meet the ambulance out the front of the hospital. They pull the first bed out of the back and the paramedics are talking the doctors and nurses through what happened "Male, 22 and his drives licence says his name is Lucas Scott- he has a concussion and he is bleeding but we couldn't tell how deep. There was no heart beat when we found him, but we got him back. He has a broken leg, collapsed lung, and broken ribs. I'll leave you to it."

"Male, 22 and his drives licence says his name is Lucas Scott" is all Peyton heard. She ran over to the bed to see for herself if they got it right or wrong. She still had Sawyer in her arms as she was trying to push through the nurses and doctors trying to see if it was really him. She wasn't the first one to speak when she saw him though "Daddy?" Sawyer gasped confused then trying to get out of her mummy's arms so she could go and wake her dad up, but Peyton just held her tighter whilst sobbing Lucas.

A nurse comes up to a sobbing Peyton and Sawyer, "excuse me, do you know Mr. Scott?"

"He's my daddy" Sawyer says

"He has HCM" Peyton says, that's all she can say as she is ushered out of the room and the door closes in her face.

Peyton just collapses to the floor sobbing with Sawyer in her arms who is trying to understand why her daddy is hurt.

After checking on Nathan, an unconscious Haley and their still nameless baby girl Karen returns to the waiting room with Sawyers bottle. She looks around trying to see if she can spot Peyton. She walks to the other side of the room and sees Peyton on the floor sobbing with Sawyer in her arms. Karen races over to Peyton and immediately gathers her into her arms. She waits patiently for Peyton's sobs to calm before she asks "what happened sweetie?"

"Sniff, there was a ca, car accident. Lucas was bought in- he's unconscious and they took him away." Peyton starts sobbing harder and Sawyer then tells her grandmother "We saw daddy but he was sleeping." And all Karen can do is cry for her son and his family.

She struggles to get her phone out of her bag so she could call Keith- he took Lilly and Jamie to get some food away from the hospital. She dials his number and can hear the ringing through her ear, after three short rings he answers the phone "Karen, everything ok?"

All he can hear on his end is a sob escape his wife's lips "Karen, baby, is Haley ok? What happened?"

"It's, it's not Haley; Keith it's" Tears are falling from Karen's eyes as she admits the truth "Lucas, there was an accident. I need you."

That's all Karen said when she hung up the phone. "Peyton, has a doctor spoken to you yet?" Karen asks nervously "a nurse asked me if I knew him, and I, all I said was that he has HCM- they needed to know." Both Peyton and Karen are quiet and Sawyer is just sitting in her mums lap trying to figure out what's going on, and why they took her dad away. "Mummy" Sawyer whispers whilst placing her hands on her mum's checks "mummy, I'm goanna go find dada"

Peyton tries to hold in a sob, she needs to be strong for her daughter "Sawyer baby, daddy's hurt; the nice doctors you saw before are going to try and make him feel better so he can come back to you. Ok baby?"

"Can I go see him?" Sawyer asks innocently

"I'm sorry baby, but we can't see daddy until the doctor fixes him." Peyton is quietly hugging Sawyer in her arms, trying to hold onto something. She then leans in and whispers to Sawyer "I think you need to go and give your grandma Karen a hug."

Peyton then hands Sawyer over to Karen. Karen opens her arms to welcome the little girl and holds her close. Sawyer pulls back from Karen only to lean up and place a wet kiss to her check making them both laugh.

After Peyton calms herself down she tells Karen that she will fill Nathan in and see how Haley's doing. She also reminds Karen that she has her phone on her and to call if she hears anything about Lucas.

Peyton walks through the waiting room keeping her ears out in case she hears something concerning the boy she loves so much- but she hears nothing and just continues walking. She goes towards Haley's hospital room and she peaks through the window where she sees Nathan holding his baby girl and talking to Haley, trying to get her to wake up for him, for them.

Peyton doesn't know how she is going to break the news to Nathan and even Haley when she wakes up. She lightly knocks on the door and opens it up gently trying not to startle any of the occupants.

"Hey Nate, how's she doing?"

"No change. God Sawyer, you look terrible take that beautiful girl of yours home and get some sleep. Has my stupid ass brother arrived yet?" Peyton gave him a week smile whilst a tear falls from her eye, followed by a waterfall of tears.

"Nathan" Peyton forces out "there was an accident" more tears start streaming down her face "he's unconscious and they won't tell us anything." She takes a deep breath "Sawyer and I saw him, and we had a fight and I just..."

Peyton doesn't finish her thought as she breaks down crying once again. Nathan who can't believe what he is hearing Places his new daughter back into her crib and he then pulls a crying Peyton into his arms. He holds her for a while with his own unshed tears glistening in his eyes not believing that not only his wife but also his brother are unconscious in hospital.

Peyton's phone starts to ring and she can see the caller ID is Karen, so she quickly answers the phone "Karen, what's going on?"

"The doctor is here to tell us about Lucas" with that Karen hangs up the phone as Peyton tells Nathan that she is going to find out how Lucas is. Nathan gives her another hug before she runs out of the room and down the hall where she can see Karen and Keith waiting. Sawyer immediately jumps in her mother's arms when she sees her approaching and Lilly and Jamie are sitting a little away out of ear shot.

"Baby" Peyton says, "Do you want to go sit with Jamie and Lilly while we talk to the doctor?"

"No, I wanna stay with you" Sawyer says stubbornly

"Alright baby. So how's Lucas?" Peyton eagerly asks the Doctor...

"Lucas is currently unconscious and, they lost him on the scene of the crash but he is breathing now. He had a heart attack and has smashed his head; he also has broken ribs, a collapsed lung, and a broken leg. We need to take him to surgery and we need your ok."

"What will you be operating on?" Keith asks barely holding it together in front of the doctor.

"His head. Because he is not conscious we don't really know what kind of damage the accident has done."

"Ok, do what you have to do." Peyton says through tears whilst the doctor nods and turns to walk away until he hears a tiny little voice asking "Can I see my daddy?"

"How about I give you and your mum five minutes to wish him good luck and then you can come back out here and wait for me to make your daddy feel better. How does that sound?"

Sawyer scrunches her nose and squints her eyes before she says "ok, let's wish daddy good luck- but can grandma and grandpa come because daddy always listens to them otherwise he gets in trouble." Sawyer whispers the last part. The doctor then lets out a chuckle and leads the three adults and one 3 year old to see Lucas.

They are standing outside Luke's hospital room when Peyton says, "do you to want to go in first- I just want to make sure Sawyer is ok."

Karen nods, and Keith holds the door open for her. Meanwhile outside the room Peyton pulls Sawyer close to her once more and sits down on a nearby chair.

"Mummy why aren't we goanna see daddy"

"We will baby, grandma and grandpa are in there first so we need to wait. I also need to make sure you know that when you go and see daddy he's going to be sleeping and won't wake up when you talk to him. He is also going to have a lot of wires connected to him so you need to be careful. Ok buttercup?"

Sawyer nods her head and whispers ok; Sawyer then gets down of Peyton's lap and goes straight to Lucas's room. Peyton is close behind her and opens the door. Sawyer takes one step in, looks around the room then tugs on Peyton's top and says "up." Peyton bends down and picks her up into her arms, she forces Sawyer to look straight into her eyes as she asks her one last time if she is ready for this, and at her nod Peyton walks her further into the room and over to Lucas; not even noticing Keith and Karan leaving the room.

"Daddy" Sawyer squeals as she struggles for Peyton to let her go, Peyton gently places her next to Lucas on the bed "ok baby girl, be careful" Sawyer sits up next to Lucas places a sweet kiss to his check, and tries to whisper "wake up daddy, I miss you." She then leans down and rest her head on his chest as tries to cuddle him the way he cuddles her when she's not feeling well. She then turns her head to her mother who has tears falling from her eyes "Mummy wish daddy good luck."

Peyton smiles at her daughter and leans in and whispers in Lucas's ear "I love you so much, and I'm so sorry for everything. Please wake up for your little girl, and for... me so then I can at least apologise once more and tell you I love you when you can return an answer." Peyton then leans down and places a soft love filled kiss to Lucas's lips.

Quick question- I can't decide if Lucas should have amnesia or not? Review and let me know xx