Disclaimer: Don't I wish I owned One Tree Hill.
"I'm looking for James Scott." Lucas told the receptionist as he, Peyton and Keith walked up to the desk.
"James Scott, and his father Nathan, are in Intensive Care." The receptionist smiled politely.
Lucas and Peyton quickly looked at each other.
"What happened to Nathan?" Peyton asked worriedly.
"Didn't you hear? There was an ambulance accident." She said calmly.
Peyton stared at the lady, her hands beginning to shake.
"Peyton, what's wrong?"
"I...I..." Peyton stuttered, and then she collapsed to the ground.
"Can we get a doctor?" Lucas screamed, kneeling down beside his wife.
"What's wrong with Mommy?" Keith asked.
Lucas shook his head, "I don't know, Keith."
Hours later, Three Scotts found themselves in hospital beds. Peyton had merely fainted, but she was still feeling rather weak, so they were keeping her overnight.
Nathan had broken a rib, and fractured his arm in the accident, and could barely move. James' white blood cell count was down, and was feeling like he had the flu. He had also suffered a broken leg from the accident.
The other two Scott's sat in the waiting room, doing simply that, waiting.
"Lucas Scott?" The doctor asked as he approached them.
"That's me." Lucas nodded, getting to his feet.
"All of your family members will be okay. Peyton can leave sometime tomorrow morning. Nathan and James may be here for a while, but they'll all live."
"Thank you so much." Lucas whispered, hugging the doctor.
The doctor nodded, "No problem. You can go visit them now." And with that, he walked away.
Lucas turned around and picked Keith up out of his chair.
"Let's go see your mom." Lucas grinned.
"Yay!" Keith exclaimed.
"I knew he was afraid, but I told him to call the ambulance anyways. I shouldn't have done it, Luke. It's my fault."
Lucas shook his head.
"Peyton," He sighed, "Car accidents happen. Us Scotts just seem to get into them more often. If you hadn't gotten Nathan to call, James might not still be alive."
Peyton frowned, "Then why do I feel so terrible for doing it?"
"Because they got hurt, Peyt'. But things like that happen. People get hurt. But they also get better."
"I love you, Luke." Peyton smiled weakly.
"I love you too." He laughed, leaning down to kiss her softly.
"Eww. Icky." Keith said, as he watched his parents from his seat at the foot of the bed.
They broke apart, both laughing contently.
"Keith, you stay here with Mommy, I'm going to go visit Uncle Nathan and James now, okay?" Lucas said.
"Okay," Keith smiled.
He walked down the hallway and finally found the right room. He stepped inside quietly, not wanting to wake them if they were sleeping, but they were both wide awake.
"Lucas." Nathan whispered.
"Hey Nathan." Lucas smiled, walking towards his brother.
"How's Peyton? I hear she fainted." Nathan asked, his voice barely there anymore.
"She's okay, they're keeping her over night. But what about you, how are you?"
"I've had better days."
Lucas nodded, frowning at his younger brother.
"She wants you to know, she's sorry. She blames herself."
Nathan shook his head, "It's not her fault."
"That's what I told her. But I don't think she'll change her mind until she hears it from you."
Nathan nodded understandingly, as he looked across the room and pain was clear as daylight on his face when he saw James.
"Hey James." Lucas smiled, as he walked over towards his nephew, taking a seat next to the bed.
"Hi Uncle Luke." James breathed.
"How's it going?"
James shrugged slowly, "I'm okay."
"You're doing great, James. Just remember, we all love you."
James nodded slowly, "Thanks."
Lucas got up from the chair and turned to face Nathan.
"I'm going to take Keith home, it's way past his bedtime, and he's a tired little kid. We'll be back in the morning to get Peyton so I'll see you then."
"Okay, bye Luke." Nathan said.
Lucas nodded, leaving the room and finding his way back to Peyton's room. He walked in the door and opened his mouth to speak but shut it once again when he saw Keith curled up next to his mother, both sound asleep. They looked so peaceful, so Lucas decided not to wake them. He settled himself into the chair beside Peyton's bed and closed his eyes, as he fell asleep in the peace and quiet. Little did he know it wouldn't be so quiet the next morning when he woke up.
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I will hopefully get Chapter 13 up soon.