Hey guys, so first of all I am so incredibly sorry that I haven't updated in so long the truth is I have been going through I real rough patch with life and with some major writers block. I haven't been able to write in a real long time and I just can convey how sorry I am to everyone who's followed this story since I know how annoyed I get when someone doesn't update regularly. Anyways, I want to say super thank you to everyone that has subscribed to this story or favored it makes me feel good to know people like this story so I know I'm not wasting my time. Anyways please let me know what you think about this new chapter I am actually pretty proud of this so let me know how you see it.
P.S. Again I am super extremely sorry that I haven't updated in forever I know it's been a while and I left you guys on a cliff hanger but so much stuff has happened in life and I just haven't been able to keep up. Anyways please review and tell me what you think.
Chapter 23: Here We Go Again
The silent whispers and the bright lights hurt. He didn't no where he was, or what was going on but something told him there was no way out of this one.
"Nathan open your eyes." The voice said softly as his eyes batted open slowly.
He took a good look around, this was weird. He stood up from off the ground of the white floor this was awkward and strange. He walked around slowly for a second. His eyes burned in his face he had to blink a few times until the pain went away. "Mom?" Nathan asked the women standing next to him. He had seen her picture a couple of times but he was more than sure that Dan had said she had passed away.
"Hi Natey Bear!" She stated excitedly as they walked around the empty, bright, white room together.
"What's going on Dad said you passed away a couple years ago? Where am I?" Nathan began to question every thing as he sat back down on the floor.
"I did pass away sweats I'm here to get you. This is the cross over villa. See this is the opportunity for all your dad's money to come in handy. Right now your body's probably in the best hospitals money can buy and your father is worried you won't wake up. If they can't save you we'll leave here together. You will finally get to be with your real mommy." She said excitedly clapping her hands as she sat next to him.
Nathan ran his hands timidly through his hair. 'How could this be happening?' "I guess I love you and I wouldn't want you to get offended but I don't want to stay with you. How do I get back? I need my family. My dad, mom, Lucas, Brooke, Jake, Peyton, and my Haley! I know you're my mom and all but you have to help me. I need to be with the people that assured my safe survival through life. I thank you for giving me life and letting me live it perfectly, but you need to let me be free too. I just have one question." Nathan said as his body began to give in. "What's happening?" He questioned fearfully.
"Your being freed baby. I can't send you back Nate because it's not my call. I was sent here to insure that if you couldn't make it you would have a familiar face to take you to the next place. Your family is fighting for you. I am so proud of you, you're the young gentlemen I expected, you exceed what I had hoped for. Now your body is being helped they're trying to rescue you Nate but the truth is this is in God's hands he chooses. I wish I could help you Natey Bear but I don't make that call. I can hold your hand through the experience to see where you end up and I promise I'll protect you no matter what." She extended her pale hand to him. She pulled him toward her. She would save him and protect him from the horrid life that was the future she had been sent here to make the decision but hearing his admission she knew she couldn't ask him to choose and she couldn't make the choice so in that moment she held his hand tightly praying for the best for him.
"Mom, I have a question to ask you. Why did you leave me if you wanted me to be yours? I love my family but if you wanted me to be yours you could have kept me. You could have fought for me why would you just let me leave?" He asked as the tears filled his eyes he felt like a child again that small person that would curl up in airport chairs. He thought of Deb then she had been the best mommy he could have ever asked for. She had been there to hold him when he cried. "Mom? Mom? What's happening? Everything's changing make it stop mom." He cried out loudly.
"Your family is fighting for you!" She kissed his palm quickly. "I'm so glad I got this time with you Natey Bear!" The tears began to fall out of her eyes. "It's time to wake up Nathan!" She said as her grip on his hand began to loosen at the same time that his eye lids began to become extremely heavy.
"Mom! Mom! Mom! Someone Help Me! Save Me! Mom! Mom! Help." Nathan voice came out in cracked whispers. He blinked several times she was gone. "Mom!" he yelled as loud as he could.
Deb ran in the room to find Nathan awake with eyes full of water, a sad frown, and begging for help. "What's wrong baby mama's here." Deb hushed him as she pulled him into a tight hug.
Nathan's heart broke. She wasn't who he had called out to. Well originally she wasn't but now he wasn't sure. Maybe she had been who he had wanted the whole time. This was the inner demon that held him back and he finally believed he was close to it. He hugged Deb back tightly. "Mom I love you! So much!" Nathan whispered.
"Oh, Honey! I love you too! Don't ever scare me like that again! Nathan Royal Scott or I'll be kicking that butt from here to California." She said as she hugged him tightly seeing a nurse pass by she informed her that it was time to notify doctors and the family in the waiting room.
"Mom? Can I ask you a question? Not counting this one." Nathan said slowly with huge nerves beginning to form in his stomach. When he saw her nod he began. "Mom what happened to my other mom? I won't say my real mom because I know that's you. You're my real mom the one that made a difference, but this other woman is my mom as well. What do you know about her?" As he saw her face flash in pain, fear, and sadness he spoke again. "Never mind it's no longer important. I'm just glad I'm ok because then I still have you." He said as he smiled at her.
"Let me go call your dad and everyone else they are waiting for you sweetie. They have been sitting at the ends of chairs waiting for you to be okay." Deb said as she kissed the top of his head and walked out of the room letting go of a deep sigh. What was she suppose to tell him? She knew he wanted to know but how do you approach a young soul like him with something like that.
"Hey guys, Nathan's awake!" Deb informed everyone in the waiting room. Who had been silently waiting. The head popped up slowly as the teens rose to their feet rather quickly. The kids bolted toward the rooms as Deb and Dan stood in the waiting room for a little while.
"What's wrong my darling?" Dan asked pulling Deb close to him. He had known something was wrong the moment she walked into the waiting room though he wasn't sure. He was hoping that she hadn't found out anything bad about Nathan while she was there but at this current time there was no way to be certain of anything.
"Dan it's time to tell him the truth. I love you more than anything in this world, but I will not stand by and allow you to make his life a sham, or a lie. You have to tell Nathan what happened to his mother because I will not stand by everyday watching him as the cranks turn in his head and he begins to feel like she abandoned him when you know that is not the case at all." Deb told Dan as she pulled away slightly. She could see his face had fallen quite a bit and it seemed he was giving her a hard stare she assumed it was for questioning the way he fathered their son. "Dan, Nathan has grown so fast. I thank the both of you for letting me be a part of his life, but he deserves to know it is gave him up." Deb informed him.
"My darling, I will not burden my son with such things while he is ill. Nathan has never asked about her because he does not care. He accepts you as his mother and so I do not see the purpose for me to have to include her in his life." Dan stood firm walking in the direction of the hospital's emergency room entrance.
"He asked. While I was in there I heard him calling for his mom and when he woke finally, I don't think I was the mom he had been looking for. He then went on to ask me what it was I knew about her. I wouldn't ask you to just throw her on him, but he wants to know who she is and what happened. don't allow his imagination to make her a horrid animal. Give him the right picture of who she was and what happened that long time ago." Deb told him as she followed him to the emergency room.
"Nate you woke up!" Brooke yelled as she and the other kids ran into the room.
"We have been worried sick about you. You stupid nutcase." Peyton yelled at him as she approached his bed.
"How you doing buddy?" Lucas asked as he walked behind Brooke.
"Are you okay Nate?" Jake asked from behind Peyton where he stood with Jenny in his arms.
"Nathan…" Came a whisper from the end of the bed behind the two couples. It was soft and serine and it sounded like the smooth voice of an angel. "Nathan are you okay?" The voice questioned softly pushing past everyone else.
"Haley…" Nathan whispered through heavy lidded eyes. She was here with him and she wanted to assure he was okay. He attempted to sit up and look at her.
"Umm Nathan maybe you should stay asleep for a while since the doctor said you were barely made it here since the poison had been inserted pretty early. They said that if you hadn't gotten here when you did you could have died." Brooke said to him as she shoved him back into the hospital bed.
"I'm fine." Nathan said as he laid back down feeling the strength of her hand. Okay maybe he wasn't completely fine but he wasn't that far off either. He was for the most part okay, his strengths were just down a bit but he would get it back.
"Look Nate maybe we should go until you feel better and then we can all come back." Lucas mentioned as they all pulled chairs up to sit near him. He noticed Haley move toward the middle of Peyton and him and it was starting to feel a bit awkward to have Brooke in the middle staring at Nathan and be sitting around while his life was still on a monitor.
"No you guys don't have to leave. I'm sure I'm doing fine. Look maybe you guys could just ask the doctor when I could leave and then wait around a bit?" Nathan asked just as the doctor entered in the room. "Just the man I was looking for, give it to me straight doc." Nathan said with a small smile.
"Well Nathan I won't sugar coat it for you. You were between life and death for a while there kiddo. As far as I can see with the surgery you had everything seems to be clearing up quite well. I think we might need to keep you for tonight but you'll be home by tomorrow morning. I think you might need to say goodbye to all your friends tonight and have someone come and get you in the morning. My advice to the nurse is that if you must have someone here it can only be a parent or guardian otherwise I am going to advise that no one be aloud to stay. I am very sorry, but I have no doubt that you will be okay here for a couple hours while your body gets cleaned up and refueled to get you home. Be sure to say your goodbyes and I will return in an hour at the latest to assure that all of you are seen off." The doctor informed them as he took Nathan's chart with him and walked out of the room.
"Well Nate I guess we'll see you tomorrow afternoon for your welcome home surprise party that I am more than sure you knew of before I just told you, but if you weren't don't tell your mom I told you." Jake informed Nathan as he plucked Jenny right out of Peyton's hands and exited the room first.
"I think that's are cue to start heading out you guys. I'll see you soon nate and if Jake did give the surprise away then I guess we'll see you at the party late tomorrow afternoon don't worry so much we'll all be waiting for you and I'm sure if your dad doesn't pick you up first thing Brooke will so don't give it much though okay buddy." Lucas said as he moved to exit the room.
"Nate don't worry so much okay. Plus I'll be sure to tell your mom that it was Jake if she ends up asking how you knew. Nate please be okay your like one of my best friends. Just let the night take you so you can come back to us as soon as possible okay." Peyton kissed the top of his head and fluffed his pillow a bit as she walked out of the room.
Haley grabbed Nathan's hand as she began to talk to him. "Nathan I am really glad you are okay and I am so grateful you saved me I am so proud of you Nate and you are so amazing. I wish I could stay here with you forever but I know I can't be strong for me Nate because I know you can be. I love you more than anything in the world Nathan Royal Scott. You are the love of my life. I know I didn't say it before because I was so scared but the reality is that I think you're my soul mate Nate and that scares me too but I couldn't walk away without letting you know that." Haley informed him as tears filled her small eyes. She bent down and kissed his mouth sweetly. His lips were so soft and unreal, just like he had continue to prove to her that he was. He was like a super hero someone who couldn't possibly exist but in her own little private world he was. She massaged the back of his next as he kissed her back ever so softly. She ran her hand slowly down his chest. "I'll see you later Nate." She said with a smile as she kissed his cheek.
Nathan pulled her back down to his lips and kissed her again sweetly she tasted exactly like she should like sweet, subtle, perfect, Haley James. She had told him that he was her soul mate and he felt utterly breathless. He could imagine whispering those words into her ear, but he couldn't believe she had said them out loud for him to hear without having to ask her to repeat them. He knew that she was perfect and everything he would ever get or want from a women. She was finally honest and now he had to be too. "You're it for me Haley James and if I have to wait ten minutes, ten days, or ten years I'll wait for you because I love you so much, and I just want you to know that you could never do anything to push me away. I will never ever stop loving you Haley James and I know your scared but I can promise you that no matter what happens and what change's occur nothing will ever change the fact that I love you beyond anything in the entire world. You will always and forever be the most amazing women I have ever intimately loved and nothing and no one could ever change that. Haley you're my soul mate and I am so grateful to have you, and I cant begin to explain how grateful I am to know you love me back." Nathan informed her as he kissed her sweetly again and watched a smile come to her lips. Then she walked away giggling and he knew they would be okay.
"Well I guess it's just you and me buddy." Brooke said as she kissed his forehead. And rubbed her hands over his pale knuckles. She was on the verge of tears again and she just couldn't wrap her head around how much time they had spent here. "Nathan I don't want to leave because I don't want to come back here and know you're not here. With your dads connections I know that if you wanted to leave you could just tell him and even being hurt you would be on a plane anywhere you wanted to go." Brooke said she began to sob.
Nathan pulled her close to him. He had forgotten he had told her and only her that he was considering leaving Tree Hill and hearing her say it again there was a part of him that wanted to reassure her there was no way he was leaving but I very small part of him wondered if maybe he had been right in his decision to leave. "Ahh Brookey bear don't cry. Look I know I told you I wanted to leave and a very small part of me still thinks that's a good idea but an even bigger part of me can't even consider the idea of leaving my best friend. You are the first girl I ever talked to Brooke Davis, you made me feel safe, secure, and at peace. I am grateful for everything you have ever given me Brooke Davis and no part of me could ever want to leave you." He took in a shaky breath and he felt his heart sink a little in his chest.
"I won't lie to you though it is hard. To love someone so much and know that you have to wait until they are without a doubt ready to love you back. You heard her Brooke and still with everything she said to me I know she's not ready to be with me forever. A part of me is hurting so bad to know she just can't be Haley James Scott because she would be so happy, I know I could make her happy." A couple of loose tears rolled down his pale face and he wiped them quickly sucking in a deep breath.
"The truth Brooke when I first got hurt when I think they injected me was down at the river court. I never really told anyone but when I left the apartment for my mom's house I just wanted someone thing that was safe, secure, and unmovable. Something that no matter what happened it would never change but I couldn't stay still and I shifted wrong on my bike and it smashed against one of the hoops and I pulled with me to my mom's house through back roots so no one would seem me." Nathan told her as her hold on his hand tightened a little more. "Brooke nothing can ever make me want to be away from you, but a couple things can make me wish to be away from Tree Hill, I know I would miss you every single day that I woke up and I know I would miss Chris." He smiled up at her then looked over and smiled this was his family. "That doesn't change the fact that I would lave Haley and never be able to move on, but I am going to promise you something right now, Brooke Davis I promise that as long as you don't tell me to leave I wont ever leave you and if I have to live in Tree Hill for the next eighty years I would if that's what you wanted." He kissed her soft hand. "Don't ever change Brooke Davis because you're perfect. I love you Brooke Davis, god knows I could in love with you but I will never ever stop loving you and wanting what's best for you. And if it put's you at ease you can come pick me up tomorrow just as long as you promise to get Chris too. I'll make sure the doctor let's me take him home." Nathan said rather loudly as he noticed Chris coming back to conscience.
"I don't know Nate you know how crazy your mom got when we would try to bring strays to her house when we were little I think the same principal applies her I know that it's so cute but I don't think that makes it okay to take him home. Besides we don't even know if he has all his shots and I know I don't want to get rabies I'm real sorry buddy but I don't think we can take him home. " Brooke said giggling.
Chris scuffed his nose up at her and then pulled her into his bed and licked her face something he knew she hated. "Well Brooke Davis if I do have rabies, which I don't, I just gave them to you. Now whatever you touch has rabies if I had them, and now Nate can't take you home either. Plus his mom always had a soft spot for Chris Keller so she'll just give me a bath and I'll get to stay but you won't." Chris said laughing as Brooke rubbed at her face.
"Well I am leaving to go get a rabies shot. P.s. his mom totally liked me better than you. I think you made her wonder if her son was gay." Brooke said
"Hey!" Nathan said clearly offended and ignored.
"Better than having her wonder if her baby boy was trying to nail thee school slut." Chris countered back at her smiling as she shoved him.
Nathan cut in again this time being heard. "Okay guys that's enough I don't know whether to be offended or flattered, but at this point I really don't care you guys stop or neither of you are coming home with me. I can't believe you guys would think such things about my mom. Really I mean come one. " Nathan said as the all broke into a fit of hysteria."Well then I am definitely out of here, but I am really glad you're okay Chris. And I am so proud of you Nathan. P.s. don't tell your mom I told you about the party." She told him as she kissed his forehead and headed for the door.
"Hey Brooke Davis," Chris yelled causing her to turn around. "Any chance you would leave that lover boy sap of a boyfriend you have and be the true love of my life." Chris asked.
"No, but it was a nice try Keller." Brooke told him as she walked out the door.
"Thanks for saving Haley Chris." Nathan told him as he took in deep breaths when the topic of Haley returned.
"No problem dude you're like my baby brother and she's like my version of you're Brooke like I love her I just could never be in love with her, now your Brooke I could definitely try hard for if she ever gave me the time of day." Chris replied reaching over to put a hand on his shoulder.
"Well you best keep waiting because she's ready to pop out a little Lucas. I guess it was kind of out of no where for them and I don't know I know she's really happy." Nathan told him as he stared at the ceiling.
"It's going to be okay Nathan I promise. Everything with Haley, and my heart for Brooke will heal and I know that's one of the things that worries you the most but I will be okay." Chris informed as Nathan laughed. "Plus Brooke's a strong girl she can do this, Nathan if you want to go you should. I know and I've known you for a real long time and I know that if you don't want to be someone where you regret it forever remember all the letters you sent me after you decided to try soccer camp." Chris told him looking directly at him. "Nathan you are strong and I am living proof that no one ever died loving someone who wasn't ready to love them back. I know she will never take me seriously but when we were younger and sometimes now she when she teases me I am reminded of how in love I am with Brooke Davis which is why I would never do anything to stop her from being in love with someone who loves her more than I could ever imagine ever loving her. Lucas is good for Brooke and I don't like it but she's happy. You are good for Haley and she's not ready but waiting never killed anyone Nate. Just give her time and space and let her realize that even going one more second without Nathan Scott would drive her crazy." Chris told him as he laid down on his bed and closed his eyes.
"Thanks Chris." Nathan replied as he attempted to go to sleep as well.
So that's the end of this chapter and I liked it but its probably because I wrote it, lol. Anyways so please leave your opinion of this chapter and if it's your first time reading this story thanks for reading it and please leave your opinion. I promise I wont take so long to update next time if I get the feedback I am looking for so I know I am in the direction I think I want to be in.
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