Dan's SUV
Dan saw the way Nathan's head came up slowly
"What is it?" Dan asked
"If he believes that he's the cause for this mess…he's not going to wait seven and a half days…if he keeps seeing that one image that…" Nathan started
"Me…I slammed him against the wall and I wanted to hurt him but I then realized that it wasn't Mike I wanted to hurt…it was the other Derrick" Lucas replied
"He's not going to wait seven days." Nathan sighed
"Wait so how long do we have?" Dan asked
"Just floor it" Nathan sighed
When they got there they got to the inn I was at and into my room to see me on the floor, the knocked over nightstand and lamp and both bottles empty…
Nathan went ballistic with grief as he tried to get to me but Dan stopped him just as the paramedics walked in
Dan had to hold Nathan back as he was hysterical including Lucas as they rushed me to Mercy Hospital
They were in the ER as it took hours and hours
They nearly lost me four times on the table then the doc walked out
"We tried for hours…nearly lost him five times on the table but I kept telling him to hold on to something to stay alive and I guess whatever he was holding onto was enough…"
"He's stable?" Brooke asked
"He's on a four milligram morphine drip…and he's not in restraints wait ten minutes as we move him to a private room then you can go see him." The doc started to turn then he looked at the crowd there
"What drove him to do this? I mean he took twelve thousand milligrams of Advil tablets…usually people who want to end it all down one bottle not both unless they really didn't want to come back…and yet we were able to get him back five times."
They didn't answer then Skills said "It's been a fucked up week and a fucked up time for us…him especially…I think we never really thought of wondering how it would happen…"
"I need to know."
"There's this guy Derrick…not the brother in Military gear but another one…He didn't know he was a stalker and he came to me and told me that he slept with him…he evaded on how many times…when he found out Nate and Lucas were the only ones able to pull him back." Skills replied as the Doc nodded
Hours later I came to as I woke up and saw I was in a hospital room and the lights were off
Nathan saw me wake up as he tapped my hand and I looked at him and he saw the tears as he got up and pulled me into a hug
"It's okay!! They don't blame you…none of us do…we wanted to hurt Derrick not you…" Nathan whispered as I pulled him tight and just silently cried
He was rubbing my back as he said "I'm just glad we got to you in time"
The door opened and he felt me try to move away as he saw Lucas
"Mike…it's okay(Lucas raised his hands as one of them had a white flag in it) I don't blame you…I know I can't make you see that now but…I want you to understand that I wanted to hurt the other Derrick so do everyone that Peyton knew…You're not at fault for this." Lucas replied as I just didn't say anything and just cried harder silently
Come morning the others found me asleep…more like Nathan watching over me
"How is he?" Dan asked
"Shredded…I think he believes Lucas telling him that he's not at fault but I'm not sure." Nathan replied
"How did Haley take it?" Dan asked
"We're getting an annulment on the marriage but…I'm still going to be there for the baby." Nathan replied softly then added "Here for Mike as well…"
The second Nathan felt Dan's hand on his shoulder he stood up and pulled his dad into a hug while he was crying
"I came inches to losing him!! All over Derrick!!..." Nathan stated as Dan rubbed his back
"It's okay son…you just need to remember to be strong for Mike…he's more fragile than he appears…" Dan stated as Nathan nodded
Then the doctors walked in as I then was wincing from the damn light in my eye and I glared at them
"How are we feeling?" One of them asked as I felt my head rising up briefly
"I don't know" I whispered
"Do you feel suicidal?"
I looked at the doc
"I slept with a guy who I thought was normal turned out to be a stalker… then he came back to finish the job…how do you think I should feel?" I stated
Then two more people walked in as I sighed
"Let me guess: Special Victims Unit." I replied in a sigh then I got out of bed and stood up
"Yeah…we need to know why you were willing…"
I gestured to Nathan as Nathan revealed it
How Peyton met up with "Derrick" How I met up with him
"He slept with him once…." Nathan stated
"Twelve times (Nathan and the others look at me)…split into two days straight…" I replied as I grabbed a shirt a pair of boxers and cargo shorts then I went into the john to change then came back out two minutes later I braided my hair at a fast speed into a ponytail then I used two rubber bands at the ends and I moved it back
"So everything's fine now?"
I looked at the doctor
"Is it? Cause I want to spend June through August getting over it and not in Mercy Hospital." I replied
Nathan frowned "How'd you…" he asked
I indicated the bed rails
"Mercy has them…no other hospital in the city would." I replied
Then Haley walked in as she saw me get really nervous as she slowly touched my hand then pulled me into a hug
"It's okay…we both care a lot about him…" She replied as I slowly hugged her back
I pulled back and she saw why I had that fear look as she knew that Derrick walked in that and I was practically trying to climb out the window as he said
"Mike!! I'm not going to harm you!!" I whipped my head as he saw my wild eyed expression
"The Doctor walked me through it carefully making sure I understood everything…Peyton had internal bleeding from her spleen and he purposely made sure that her heart would bleed out…you're right I want to hurt Derrick bad…but I don't want to terrify you or make you pathologically afraid of me (Sees me slowly stop trying to get out the window) I know…you're thinking that I'm lying or trying to manipulate it to my advantage…but I'm not…what I want to do right now is apologize to you right now for making you think that I was trying to hurt you" Derrick replied as I moved away from the window slowly
I could tell that Derrick was going through his options carefully…and so picking the ones with the best results
I closed my eyes and was breathing slowly calming myself down
I grabbed my bag as Derrick frowned
"Where are you going?"
"Home: My…former parents live in this state and I want to put some distance before they realize I'm here and they start to torment me…" I replied
"We drove here." Dan replied
"I don't care if you flew here as long as we can leave." I replied
"We need to take care of the bills."
I pulled out my credit card and I signed the forms and when it was done I had it charged to my card and I didn't even bother to look at the receipt
Nathan looked at me
"By the way…I've been wondering to ask you…"
"Online site." I replied softly as he nodded
"But still I haven't seen one bill come to the house." Nathan replied as I looked at him and ticked off my fingers
"Internet, Cell, AMEX, Visa, Discover, MasterCard, Car Insurance, Onstar, Brinks, FIoS Bill, Electricity, phone tied into my Bank account and set up payment plans…I put a hundred on each bill…including the Gas bills." I replied as he nodded
"So that's what?" Nathan hinted
"ISP, TV and Phone 90, Cell buck thirty, AMEX is the Black card so that's automatically paid for via them, My Visa I haven't used in a while so that should be pretty much paid off same with my Discover and MasterCard." I replied
Later on we were driving back as I was lying in Nathan's lap as he continued to rub my back
"How much money do you have in your Bank account?" Nathan wondered
"Your age and CS combined." I replied as Nathan frowned then his eyebrows went up
"Wow."
"Yep." I replied
"How long was I unconscious?" I stated
"Four days." Nathan replied as I nodded
We then moved to the back of the SUV as I laid down on Nathan's abs and he continued to hold me while Dan was driving then Nathan heard my cell go off as he pulled it out and saw a NY number then he saw me look at it and roll my eyes
"That's no one other than the family that disowned and disinherited me as well as cut me off financially." I replied
Nathan turned it off as he said "We're changing your number and cell provider"
"Let me guess…Cingular."
"Why not?" Nathan asked
"If I'm going to use a cell phone it better double as a MP3 player besides I'm already with Cingular." I replied
"How many songs you have?"
"552 songs totaling forty-one hours, forty-nine minutes and sixteen seconds totaling two point sixty-seven gigabytes, forty seven videos totaling Eight point thirty-seven gigabytes combined total eleven point four gigabytes." I replied
"You tallied all of them up that fast?" Nathan asked
"Yep." I replied then I pulled out his cell and made a call as he chuckled
"I'm SO beyond interested in getting a new number and a PDA…Mike Chase…Tree Hill… (I gave my mobile number and passcode) yeah…here's what I want…jack up my plan to the six large in minutes plan…no not unity then Messaging extreme with Unlimited mobile to mobile messaging…then basically what I have on my existing service plan…the memory card reader/writer, Two SanDisk Micro SD memory card with SD adaptor…one gig and two gig…Stylus tri pack for the Palm 680…yes the 680 in Crimson or Customized in Black and blue…if not go Crimson…can it be shipped as I speak…throw it on my card…you guys have it on file… FEDEX…Second day air…okay…Oh…I want the new number to have the following last four digits 3323…thanks okay bye."
I flipped it closed and Nathan pocketed it
"You said you wanted a music phone."
"It is a music phone…" I replied
"No way." Nathan replied
"Nathan…why do you think PDA's have Windows mobile media player ten in them?" I asked
"Mike." Dan stated
"I know…I know." I replied
"What was I going to say?" Dan asked as I popped up
"I break Nathan's heart you'll try to break my neck." I replied
"There's no try in that part." Dan stated
"if you had read the part where it says I'm licensed to carry weapons and use weapons of various types…" I drifted
Nathan pulled me down as he sighed