AN: A BIG THANKS for all your great review!! Glad you are enjoying my story! Hope you like this Chapter!
Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill or its characters they belong the Mark Schwahn and the CW.
Neither do I own the song used for the title of this story it belongs to Gavin De Graw.
Chapter 14
Wake Up Call
"Hales I'm so sorry…….."
"What is it? What's wrong?" Haley asked worriedly getting out of bed still wrapped in the sheet, moving around the bed to stand in front of him.
"Nathan whatever it is please just tell me."
"That was Peyton. She ah…. tried calling you …..but there was no answer. She said a friend of hers who works for a newspaper in New York phoned her first thing this morning….."
"Yeah that would be our friend Rachel. What did she say? Is she alright…..?" She rambled
"Hales…." He said grabbing her hand, pulling her to sit next to him on the bed, "someone took some photos of us last night and they are all over the media this morning."
"What do you mean? Do you mean when we were coming into the house last night?"
"I wish that were it. No apparently someone managed to get photos of us at the beach last night."
"What?! Please tell me you're kidding!" Haley screeched, jerking her hands from his grasp, all the colour draining from her face.
"OH GOD….how did this happen? I thought you said no one but you and Lucas knew we were going there last night." She said jumping to her feet.
"Hales I promise you, no one else knew we were going there." Nathan told her trying to calm her down. Then he noticed the look she was giving him.
"Haley, Lucas had nothing to do with this. Someone must have followed us." He said pissed that she would even think that.
"How convenient that this whole thing will end up making you look like a stud while the whole word will think I'm a slut." Said angrily, tears running down her pale cheeks.
"I can't believe you could even think I had something to do with this whole mess? I have just as much to loose by this getting out as you do" Nathan demanded
"I've gotta get out of here," Haley said wiping her tear stained face. She quickly moved around the room picking up her various items of clothing before going into the en-suite and slamming the door.
Nathan sat on the bed stunned, he couldn't believe after the night they'd spent together she could actually think he had something to do with the photos of them. He promised himself that when he found out who was responsible they would pay. Picking up his cell phone and started making some quick calls. It was time to do some serious damage control.
Haley quickly got dressed, her mind racing, she couldn't believe this had happened, it was like a really bad dream, one you couldn't wake up from. How the hell was she going to explain it to her parents and even worse her grandparents? It made her sick to her stomach that someone had been not only watching them on the beach but had taken photos of them. What had been a truly beautiful night was now ruined. Turned into something sordid and dirty. Taking a deep breath she walked out of the bathroom. Nathan was still sitting on the bed talking to someone on the phone.
"I have to go." She told him before walking through the bedroom door.
"Hang on I'll call you back." Nathan said before hanging up, dropping his cell on the bed and moving to follow her but his bad knee was stiff and soar.
"Haley wait a minute…" he called out but got no answer so he took off hobbling after her. He was half way across the living room when the back door shut behind her, then he caught his foot on a discarded shoe.
"Fuck….." Nathan yelled as he went down hard.
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Haley raced across Nathan's yard and up the back stairs of Brooke's and burst through the back door, causing her two best friends to jump and turn around.
"Well that was quick. Where's Boy Toy?" Brooke asked with a grin.
"Brooke how can you joke now, when the whole world has probably seen me having sex on the beach with Nathan Scott by now?" Haley asked incredulously
"OMG! You and Boy Toy had sex on the beach?" Brooke exclaimed.
"Have you not seen the photos yet?"
"Haley…." Peyton started only to be cut off as Haley began to ramble.
"Because I'm sure you're the only ones who haven't. I can't wait to hear what my parents have to say about this. They'll never let me hear the end of it. And Taylor… Oh God just kill me now and I…."
"Haley focus." Peyton said grabbing her by the shoulders and putting an end to her rambling. "The photos of you and Nathan don't actually show the two of you having sex." Peyton told her.
"They don't? What exactly do they show then?" Haley asked confused.
"I got an email from Rachel just after I got off the phone with Nathan. There are four photos. Here have a look for yourself." Peyton said pushing Haley into a chair and set the laptop in front of her.
Haley quickly opened the email and clicked on the attachment and four photos came up. The first one was taken as Nathan helped her into his car when he picked her up for their date. The second one was of the two of them sitting on the blanket while Nathan was feeding her the strawberry. The third was of the two them clinging together kissing passionately. The last was of her looking dishevelled pulling back slightly in Nathan's embrace looking straight at the camera.
"Whoever took the photo's probably thought you spotted them and took off. Because there are no more photos I promise." Peyton told her.
Haley just nodded her head and looked at the photos once more. The last photo was when she had looked around joking that she was checking to make sure they weren't going to be interrupted again, it appeared that they were lucky she had.
"At the risk of being yelled at again. I'm dying here Tutor Girl. I need details?" Brooke asked practically jumping up and down.
For the fist time since Nathan's cell rang this morning a smile formed on Haley's lips.
"It was perfect. So romantic, the place we went was beautiful there were thousands of purple wild flowers everywhere." Haley told her two friends with a smile.
"That's great Haley, but I think the details Brookie here is after area about the sex on the beach." Peyton said.
"Please P Sawyer. You are just as desperate for those details as I am." Brooke said with a roll of her eyes.
"Guys……"Haley said blushing furiously.
"Come on Tutor Slut we've been waiting years for this so dish. How would you rate it out of ten?" Brooke said.
"Well you know how they say chocolate is better than sex?" Haley asked and both girls nodded, "well they've obviously never had sex with Nathan Scott. It was off the chart." Haley said with a grin.
"OMG it was better than chocolate? I wonder if it runs in the family? Coz I have a date with Lucas later today." Brooke said with a grin.
"It was amazing Nathan……OH GOD Nathan….." Haley said her eyes going wide she jumped to her feet.
"Jeeze he must be good if just saying his name can….."Brooke stage whispered to Peyton.
"No! I was a total bitch to him this morning. I practically accused him of tipping off the paparazzi about us." Haley told her friends the horror at how she'd acted earlier sinking in.
"No I did accuse him of it. Oh God what have I done? I've gotta go over and talk to him." Haley said grabbed her cell phone that was sitting on the table, then turned and ran out of the room and headed back to Nathan's.
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20 mins earlier back at Nathan's just after Haley left…….
Nathan lay on the floor stunned for a moment, then the pain set in and he groaned.
"Shit…."He said when he raised a hand to his head, where he'd managed to clip it on the edge of the coffee table, and it came away covered in blood. Carefully he started to roll over into a sitting position but abruptly stopped when his knee felt like he'd plunged a knife into it.
It took him a couple of minutes to finally move into a sitting position on the floor and when he looked at his knee he wished he hadn't. It had blown up like a balloon, and fresh bruising was coming out, the sight of it made him feel sick to his stomach. Nathan was sitting there thinking that he probably needed to get to the hospital but had no idea how he was going to manage that and he'd left his cell upstairs, when he heard the front door open.
"Haley?" He asked
"Nate where are you?" Lucas called out looking for his brother, then he saw him sitting on the floor next to the coffee table, blood dripping down his face.
"Shit Nate what happened?" Lucas asked as he went over to where Nathan was sprawled on the floor.
"Don't ask. Can you just help me up please?"
Lucas helped his brother off the floor and onto the couch, then went into the kitchen to get the first aid kit. Walking back into the lounge room he noticed that Nathan was looking pretty pale. Handing Nathan a towel so that he could press it against the cut on his head, he crouched down next to him.
"How bad is it?" Nathan asked holding the towel slightly away from the gash near his hairline so his brother could see.
"I think it might need stitches. When did you get so clumsy?" Lucas asked with a shake of his head.
"Luke I've had a shit morning. Can you just help me out to the car and take me to the hospital please." Nathan asked in a defeated tone.
It was then that Lucas noticed how bad Nathan's knee looked.
"Man what the hell did you do to your knee?" Lucas asked turning slightly green.
"I think I twisted it on my way down."
It was a slow and painful process but Lucas managed to finally get his brother in the car and headed for the hospital. They were about halfway there when Nathan asked him to pull over. One look at him had Lucas pulling over immediately, Nathan flung open the car door and leaned out vomiting, when he was done he pulled the door closed and leaned back weakly in his seat. Then once more they were on their way to the hospital.
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Haley couldn't believe she'd been such a bitch to Nathan about the whole photo thing earlier. Deep down she'd known he hadn't had anything to do with it but she'd been so mortified at the thought of someone watching and taking photos of them making love on the beach that she'd gone a little mad and lashed out at the closest person, and that happened to be Nathan. She just hoped that he would forgive her for doubting him and Lucas. Because although they had only known each other for just over a week she really liked him and wasn't sure what she'd do if she had ruined things between them.
She walked up to Nathan's back door and knocked, waited a few moments and then tried again to no avail. Cupping her hands around her eyes she peered through the glass door but could see no movement inside. Haley got her cell phone out of her pocket and dialled Nathan's number. There was not answer though it just rang out.
"Great he's probably screening my calls." Haley muttered.
She knocked another couple of times but there was still no answer. When it was clear that he obviously didn't want to see her she walked dejectedly back to Brooke's.
When she heard Haley enter the house again Brooke looked up from where she was sketching some new designs at the kitchen table.
"How did it go?" Brooke asked wincing when she saw the look on Haley's face.
"It didn't go. He's not answering the door or his cell." Haley said with a sigh as she slumped down into the seat opposite Brooke.
"I'm sorry Hales. Maybe he just needs time to cool off." Brooke said patting Haley on the arm.
"It's my own fault. I just had to go and ruin what may have been the best night of my life." Haley said her head in her hands.
"Where's Peyton?" Haley wanted to know.
"She had to go to pick up Jake from the Airport." Brooke told her.
"Jake's coming?" Haley asked surprised that Peyton hadn't said anything.
"Yeah it was last minute, and you were a little side tracked." Brooke explained.
" Sorry. I think I'm going to go jump in the shower and crash for a little while." Haley said then got up and left the room.
Brooke sighed this was a seriously messed up situation, she felt so bad for Haley. Her and Nathan should be together blissed out after their night together, instead they had to contend with people taking photos and making up stories about them. Maybe she would ask Lucas to have a chat to Nathan and tell him how sorry and miserable Haley was. 'Yes,' she thought with a wide smile that's what she would do.
She looked at the clock on the kitchen wall and saw it was nearly twelve-thirty, only and hour and a half til her date with Lucas. Walking towards the stairs she planned out what she was going to wear. She was going to knock Lucas Scott's socks off, she thought with a smirk.
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Tree Hill Hospital
Lucas sat in the waiting room for news on how Nathan was doing, he'd been in there for a while now he guessed that's why they called it a waiting room, but Lucas was getting worried at the amount of time that had passed. He heard the bell on the lift and looked up and saw his parent come rushing out.
"Lucas how is he? Is he alright?" Karen asked distressed
"He's in with the Doctor now." Lucas explained throwing an arm around his mother.
"What happened?" Dan Scott asked his son.
"I'm not totally sure. When I arrived he was on the floor. It looked like he tripped over and split his head open on the coffee table. But he also managed to twist his knee again and it looked pretty bad." Lucas told his parents.
The three Scott's sat down and waited for news on Nathan. A few minutes later the Doctor came out.
"How is he Doctor?" Karen asked jumping to her feet soon followed by her husband and son.
"Well I have good news and bad….." The Doctor told them.
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Back at Brooke's
Brooke was getting ready for her date with Lucas when her cell phone rang, seeing Lucas' name on the screen Brooke answered with a smile. They spoke briefly, then Brooke raced to Haley's room and burst through the door.
"Hales, Lucas just rang to cancel our date….." Brooke started only to be cut off by Haley.
"Tigger I'm so sorry it's probably my fault….."
"No Haley he rang to say that he couldn't make our date because he's at the Hospital."
"Oh no is he alright?" Haley asked worriedly, she felt bad that she had thought Lucas could be responsible for tipping off the photographers.
"No Hales he's fine. It's Nathan he's in the Hospital."
"What is he alright? What happened? Oh God this is all my fault." Haley said fighting back tears.
"Come on Tutor Girl let me drive you to the Hospital." Brooke said
Haley quickly grabbed her jacket and followed Brooke down stairs and out the door.
"What if he doesn't want to see me?" Haley asked
"I guess there's only one way to find out. Um Hales you don't happen to know which way the Hospital is do you?" Brooke asked sheepishly.
Tree Hill Airport
Peyton was waiting by the baggage claim looking around she couldn't find the person she was looking for then she saw him and a smile broke out on her face and she ran to him. He caught her in his arms and swung her around, causing her to laugh and say.
"Jake put me down. Are you trying to make me dizzy?" Peyton said.
"I thought you always got light headed around me?" Jake said with a smile.
When Jake had picked up his bag they walked hand in hand out of the terminal, Jake turned to Peyton and said.
"So have you told them yet?"
Back at Tree Hill Hospital
When Brooke and Haley finally made it to the Hospital, Haley was in a bit of a panic, they went straight up the reception desk.
"Hi can you please tell us what room Nathan Scott is in?" Haley asked.
"I'm sorry I have been instructed not to allow any visitors in to see him." The nurse told them.
"I'm sure he'd be upset to know you refused to let his girlfriend in to see him." Brooke said pointing to Haley.
"Oh I'm so sorry Miss James I didn't recognise you straight away." The nurse said apologetically when she noticed who she was, and directed them how to get to Nathan's room.
"Um…. That's ok." Haley told her feeling like a fraud.
When Haley and Brooke were in the lift Brooke turned to her and said, "I knew there would be an up side to those photo's."
"I can't believe you told her I was his girlfriend."
"Hey it got us in didn't it? And how do you know you're not his girlfriend?"
"I guess I'm about to find out aren't I." Haley said.
When they reached the door of Nathan's hospital room Brooke took a seat and Haley knocked briefly took a deep breath and opened the door.
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AN: Oh dear! So it seems there was a miscommunication about the photos.
I hope you enjoyed that Chapter and aren't too mad at Haley the girl had a really bad 'first morning after.'
Poor Nathan I think he had an even worse morning.
I'm sure everything will work out. Maybe…….
So I noticed that a lot of my chapter titles start with W that is not intentional.
Please Review and let me know what you thought!
I really enjoy reading them!
Thanks L
TITLE SONG: Wake Up Call by Maroon 5
COMING UP: Is Nathan alright? How will he react to Haley? And what hasn't Peyton told the girls?
Will Brooke and Lucas get to go out on their dat?
Well I guess you'll just have to wait and see……..