The second session of cheer camp came to an end. Olivia and Ava walked down to the baseball fields together and met up with Tracie. She didn't have the car because her parents needed it. The boys were cleaning up the field.
"Baby I can't hang out today. I'm grounded." Tyler said as his teammates laughed.
"Well can you drive us to the beach?" Olivia asked with a smile.
"Sure." Tyler said as he grabbed his bag. He then grabbed Olivia's bag from her. They all walked to his truck and they got in.
"Why are you grounded?" Ava asked.
"Um…Chris came home and found me and Olivia in my room alone." He said as he drove to the beach.
"Oh." Ava said as she laughed a little. They got to the beach and Tyler said his good byes and then the girls went and changed into their suits. They finished changing and then found a nice spot on the beach and laid out their towels. They showed Tracie the dance, and she learned it very quickly.
"Hey that was really good Tracie!" Olivia said with a smile.
"Thanks." Tracie said with a smile. "So what are we going to do now?" She asked as she watched Olivia slip into shorts and a pair of nikes.
"Um, I really want to go over to the abandoned pier." Olivia said as the girls started following her.
"Um, those are abandoned for a reason. It's really dangerous." Ava said what both her and Tracie were thinking.
"Guys, seriously. Get over it." Olivia laughed as they all set down their bags. Olivia walked over to the rocks that were underneath the pier. This side of the beach was completely abandoned. She climbed up onto the pier and then stood on the railing.
"Olivia Faith Scott!" Ava yelled. "Be careful!" She said as she watched her friend do a couple gymnastics flips. Tracie looked at Ava.
"She's crazy." Tracie said as she looked over at Olivia. The pier wasn't two high off the ground; it was more like a dock with railing. The dangerous part was all the rocks underneath it. Olivia sat on the railing and smiled at her new friend and best friend.
"Y'all are lame." Olivia said as she kicked her legs.
"We aren't lame. We don't want to get in trouble Olivia." Ava said and she sat down on the rocks. "You know if your brothers find out you're going to get in a lot of trouble." She said and then turned to Tracie. "When we were seven, Nathan was in a really dark place, but he still tried to make Olivia have a nice life. Well he took us to the beach one weekend. So, Olivia and I were playing right over there." She said as she pointed right behind where they were sitting. "Nathan saw Olivia climb on the rocks and hang from the pier. He walked over to her and spanked her. I can still remember it."
"And she is over there why?" Tracie asked as they looked over at Olivia. She was standing up on the railing and singing Love Yourself by Justin Bieber.
"I think she needs a thrill in her life." Ava said with a slight smile. "I think it's because her real parents were never in her life so she pushed Nathan's limits a lot." She laughed a little and Tracie joined her.
"How long has Olivia been in gymnastics?" Tracie asked as she looked at Ava.
"Um, well I am the Olivia Scott expert." Ava laughed and then thought about the question. "Well, I started when I was four and Olivia started that same year so she was three. I stopped when I turned thirteen, but Olivia still does it. She started because her dad, Dan, needed her to be doing something until someone could come get her. Olivia's mom Deb had a really busy job and she traveled a lot. Well when Olivia moved in with Nathan the elementary school got out at 2 and the high school got out at three. Nathan needed Olivia to be doing something until he could go get her." She said as they watched her. They continued to talk as they watched Olivia do different cheer moves. "If you fall, I am going to say I told you so. And probably laugh really hard."
"Oh whatever Ava!" Olivia yelled and then laughed. She continued to do a couple flips. She went to do a handstand and place her hand on a nail that she didn't see. "OW!" She yelled and then fell of the side into sand and rocks. Ava and Tracie jumped up and ran over to her. Olivia was laying on the ground with her arm had landed on a rock and her an ankle was completely crooked.
"Okay, Olivia just stay calm." Ava said as her friend laid there in complete shock. Olivia was crying a lot.
"Please….don't tell….Nathan." Olivia said as both Ava and Tracie looked at each other. The two girls walked away from Olivia a little bit.
"How the hell are we not suppose to tell Nathan? Her foot is facing the wrong direction!" Tracie said, as she looked wide-eyed at Ava.
"I have no clue." Ava said.
"How are we going to get her to the hospital?" Tracie said as she looked over at Olivia.
"Her dad! Not Nathan, but Dan! He lives really close!" Ava said as she ran back over to Olivia. "Tracie is going to stay with you. I will be right back!" She said as she ran up the beach. Tracie sat down next to her friend and waited. She could see how much pain Olivia was in. She opened up Olivia's cheer bag and grabbed out her white cheer tank. She wrapped it around Olivia's hand that had the nail go in it. In had been about thirty minutes since Ava left that they heard a car pull up. Dan ran down to the two girls. He picked up Olivia and walked up to his car and gently set her down in the back seat. Tracie got in the car and Dan drove to the hospital. He parked and then carried Olivia inside. The doctors took Olivia back and started working on her. Dan sat in the waiting room. He called Nathan.
"Hey son." Dan said.
"What do you want Dan? I'm busy." Nathan said as he told his client he would just be a minute.
"Um, Olivia got hurt. She's at the hospital." Dan said unemotional.
"Oh god. Is she okay? Is she going to need surgery?" Nathan said as he started running around his office trying to find his keys.
"I don't know son. The doctor hasn't come out yet." Dan said as the doctor started walking over to Dan.
"Will you please tell Olivia I will be there in twenty minutes? I'm on my way." Nathan said as he excused himself from the meeting he was having with Clay and a client. "Oh and Dan, can you tell her I love her."
"I sure can." Dan said as he hung up. He sat there and tried to think why he wasn't as emotional as Nathan was. It finally hit him. The only relationship he has to Olivia is seeing her every once in a while when he helped out at the café. He has never had a father-daughter relationship to Olivia. He was always to busy for her. When Nathan asked for custody of Olivia a long time ago, Dan saw it as a way out. He sighed and then looked up. The doctor was standing in front of him.
"Mr. Scott?" Dr. Chance said.
"Yes." Dan said as he got up. "How's Olivia?" He asked as the two walked together.
"She will be fine. She had a cut on her hand that had tetanus in it. We managed to take care of it. She will be going into surgery in about an hour. I thought you would like to see her before she goes under." The doctor said as he opened her door. Dan smiled at the doctor and walked into the room. Olivia looked over at the door with a huge smile.
"I'll leave you two alone." Dr. Chance said as he walked away.
"Hey dad…" Olivia said as she looked at him. Dan nodded and stayed by the door.
"Um…Nathan said he would be here soon and that he loves you." Dan said as he looked down at the ground. He felt like he was a stranger to his own daughter and he knew it was his fault. "Um, so the doctor said that a nurse should be coming in soon, so I am going to go wait in the lobby." He said as he opened the door. He was about to walk into the hall when he heard Olivia make a noise. "What?"
"Dad… I need you. Don't leave." She said in almost tears. She was on a lot of pain medicine so she was a little more emotional than normal.
"Olivia... I'm not your dad. I never was and I never will be." He said as he turned to walk out of the room. Nathan was standing there and heard what Dan had just said to Olivia.
"Can I talk to you?" Nathan said trying to hold back his anger. Dan nodded and then they walked around the corner. "Did I seriously just hear you correctly? You literally just told your own daughter that you were never her father. Why are you such an ass?"
"Nathan…I'm sorry." Dan said. He didn't really know how to tell his son how he felt.
"I want you to stay away from Olivia for good. I know I never addressed this, but you promised that you would be there for her cheer competition and you never showed. I'm glad I didn't tell Olivia. It would have crushed her. You can stay in Jamie's life for now, but you are done being in Olivia's. I mean it. You are completely done being in her life." Nathan said as he stormed off and then walked into Olivia's hospital room. "Hey there champ." He said with a smile.
"Hi." Olivia said and then looked back up at the ceiling. Nathan sighed and then walked over to her bedside and sat down.
"Are you okay?" He asked with a slight frown. She looked at him and smiled. She never realized how lucky she was to have a brother like Nathan.
"Yeah. I am now." She said as the nurse walked in.
"Are you ready?" The nurse asked as Olivia nodded her head.
"How long is she going to be in surgery?" Nathan asked.
"Um, she broke her ankle so about a two hour surgery. Her wrist won't take as long though. That is a really quick fix. She will be able to leave an hour after she wakes up." The nurse said as she put Olivia under.
"Thanks." He said as he got up and walked out to the waiting room. One by one the family started showing up. Lucas walked in and sat next to Nathan. Ava was still there and she quietly slipped away. She went to a different part of the hospital to call Tyler.
"Hey Ava, what's up?" Tyler said as he picked up the phone. He was still with Chris at Red Bedroom Records.
"So, um don't be mad." She said as her voice trailed off.
"Why would I be mad?" He asked as Chris walked back into the office.
"Well, Olivia is in the hospital." She said very quickly and it caught Tyler off guard.
"What do you mean Olivia is in the hospital. She was completely fine when I dropped y'all off at the beach." He said as he looked at his brother.
"She broke her arm and her ankle." She said as she sat down on the floor. She felt like it was her fault. Right before Olivia fell she told her that if she fell she was going to laugh and say told you so.
"What was she doing?" He asked as he asked his brother if he could go to the hospital. Chris said he could and Tyler headed out the door.
"She was being stupid and she fell into a pile of rocks and sand. She hit mostly sand though." She said as she sat there and watched different people.
"I'll be there in ten minutes." He said as he hung up and got into his truck. Ava got up and walked back to the waiting room. Jamie ran up to the chair next to her and sat down.
"Hey Jamie!" She said with a smile.
"Hi Ava!" He said back and then looked at her. "Do you know what happened to Ollie?" He asked. Ava looked down as she started to get nervous. She knew that Olivia's family needed to know but she was afraid Olivia would be mad at her for saying something.
"Um, yeah I was there when it happened. She slipped." She said as she looked up and Nathan was sitting in the chair across from her. Haley, Peyton and Lucas were also sitting across from her.
"What do you mean she slipped?" Nathan asked. "Y'all were at the beach. What could she have slipped on?" He looked at the teenager who quickly looked down.
"The abandoned pier." Ava mumbled into her hands.
"The what?" Lucas said. Ava looked up and then looked at Peyton. She was the only one of the adults that Ava felt like she was talking to Olivia's sibling rather than parent.
"The old abandoned pier by the rocks." Ava said as she continued to look at Peyton.
"Are you kidding me?" Nathan said with a little anger in his voice. "Why were y'all over there? Whose idea was it?"
"Olivia's…" Ava said as she looked at Nathan.
"What were you guys doing?" Lucas asked. He wasn't mad at all.
"Um, we were practicing the dance because Tracie wants to try out. Well after we were done we decided that we would just hang out. Well Olivia told us to follow her and we walked to the deserted part of the beach. Olivia climbed up onto the railing and was practicing her flips and stuff. She was completely fine until she went to do a handstand. She set her hand right on top of a rusty nail and she fell into the rocks and sand. But she landed mostly on sand." Ava said as she looked at Lucas. All four adults faces were in shock.
"Was she in pain when it happened?" Haley asked very concerned.
"Um, no not really. Well she was crying but she was crying before she fell. I'm pretty sure the pain sent her into complete shock." Ava said.
"Thank you for being honest with us Ava. I know it's really hard to turn in your best friend." Nathan said as he looked at Ava who looked like she was about to cry.
"It's not that. Right before she fell I told her that she was being stupid and dangerous. I also said that if she fell I would laugh and say I told you so." Ava said as she looked down. "I jinxed her." Haley got up and sat next to the teenager.
"Sweetheart, it's not your fault. Olivia shouldn't have been doing it. Don't blame yourself, now of us do." Haley said with a sweet smile. Tyler walked in and saw the family sitting with Ava he joined them. Haley got up and sat back with the adults. Tyler was sitting next to Jamie talking about basketball and baseball. The adults got up and moved to a table.
"So something else happened." Nathan said as he looked at his brother.
"What happened?" Lucas asked.
"So, Dan got her here. Well when I got here Dan was in her room with her. She said dad don't go I need you and he said that he was never her father." Nathan said as she shook his head and sighed.
"What did you do?" Haley asked. Lucas couldn't even speak.
"That he is completely done being in Olivia's life. I don't want him seeing her ever again. I though he was changing but I was so wrong." Nathan said as he looked down at his hands. "But he did have one thing right, he was never a father to her. He was just a bully."
"Do we know how long it is going to take Olivia to recover? Is she going to be able to cheer at all this summer?" Peyton asked.
"Um, I have no idea." Nathan said. "I didn't even think about that. I haven't even been able to think of anything. When Dan called and said that Olivia was in the hospital my mind has been going 1,000 miles per hour."
"Well I think we need to all be supportive. We have dealt with someone in this family losing something that they loved. We all know how to get her through it. We just need to be her strength." Haley said as they all agreed. The doctor walked out.
"Mr. Scott?' Dr. Chance said as he looked around for Dan Scott. Nathan got up and walked over to the doctor.
"Yes?" Nathan said.
"Sorry son. I'm looking for the Dan Scott, the father of Olivia Scott." Dr. Chance said.
"I am the father of Olivia. Dan is my father….well it's a long story. Is Olivia okay? Can we see her?" Nathan said as Lucas walked over with Peyton and Haley behind him.
"My apologies." Dr. Chance said. He was very new to Tree Hill, and didn't know of the Scotts history at all. "So your daughter is out of surgery. She is doing fine. She is still asleep though. Do you know what she did?" He asked.
"Yes, we just learned what happened. She was practicing her gymnastics moves on a railing and she slipped." Nathan said.
"I see that would explain the tetanus." Dr. Chance said.
"Tetanus?" Lucas said as he stood next to Nathan.
"Yes she cut open her hand. It was a pretty deep cut and pretty length cut. She will probably have a fever for a day or two. That is completely normal. If it spikes up past 104 then you need to bring her in. Her ankle will take about six weeks to heal. She needs to stay off it as much as possible for the first week or two. Her arm should take about five to seven weeks to heal. It wasn't as bad as we thought it was going to be. " Dr. Chance said as he looked at all four adults.
"Can we go and see her?" Nathan asked.
"Yes but just family. It's after hours." Dr. Chance said as Haley walked over to Ava and Tyler and told them they could go home. They got up and walked out. Haley walked back over with Jamie and Sawyer.
"Everyone here is family?" Dr. Chance said, as the family got ready to walk back.
"Yes." Nathan said as he grabbed Jamie's hand.
"Well only immediate family." The doctor said expecting a couple of them to sit down.
"Listen, we are all going in there." Lucas said trying to hold in his anger.
"Alright." The doctor said as he walked them to the room that Olivia was asleep in. They all walked in and sat in different spots. Nathan was walking back and forth. Haley walked up next to him to comfort him. Olivia woke up and everyone looked at her.
"How are you feeling?" Nathan asked as they all stood by her bedside. Olivia looked around the room.
"Overwhelmed." Olivia coughed and then went to scratch her face with her cast. They all smiled and laughed a little.
"Well we can leave if you want." Nathan said as he stood up. "We can just come by tomorrow and see you."
"I have to stay the night?" Olivia asked.
"No goober. I meant we can come see you at Lucas and Peyton's tomorrow morning." Nathan laughed.
"Oh…" Olivia said as her voice trailed off. Peyton looked at Olivia and smiled.
"Or, you can go home with Nathan and Haley." Peyton said as Lucas looked at her and mouthed no. Olivia smiled and then looked at Lucas who was shaking his head.
"No. It's fine. I'll stay with Lucas and Peyton." Olivia said trying to hide the sadness in her voice. Lucas looked at her and then slightly smiled.
"How about Nathan and Haley take you home and we will come visit you tomorrow morning." Lucas said as he kissed her forehead.
"Okay…." Olivia said. "Can I go to cheer tomorrow?"
"NO!" All four adults said in unison. The teenager crossed her arms and hit her stomach with her cast.
"Ouch." Olivia said.
"That's why you can't go." Lucas said as he laughed a little. "See you tomorrow kiddo." He said as he walked out of the room with Peyton and Sawyer.
"We are going to head home to." Haley said as she smiled at her husband and kissed Olivia's forehead. "See you two in a little bit." She said as she walked out of the room and left Olivia and Nathan alone together. Nathan smiled as his sister looked at him.
"So…what do you want to talk about?" Nathan asked as he tried to avoid that he knew the truth about how she got hurt.
"Um… did mom and dad ever love each other?" Olivia asked.
"Uh…" Nathan started.
Hope y'all like this super long chapter! Promise I'll post on a schedule! Please review! –M J
