Chapter 4
A/N - You know the story...don't own the characters and nothing with the WB. It took me a while to figure out how I wanted this story to continue and I didn't know who the people would be with the poisoning. I figured it out now. So I hope you like where this one is going. Keep reviewing and thanks so much to the people who already did. Those people continue so I know you like where it's going.
The paramedics were in a hurry and were becoming impatient with Haley and Nathan. "Look, man, I'm sorry that we're taking your time but my brother's missing and his girlfriend too. I need to know who these people are." "Ok, young man I understand. The boy's description is that he has light brown or dark blonde hair and the girl's was also blonde and curly." As the paramedics said these words Haley felt her heart drop into her stomach. "The report was that they were either headed back here or could be found still at the address 1501 Pramsten Dr." "Oh my god...Haley that's Peyton's address...this doesn't sound good at all," Nathan implied trying so hard to hold back his tears. "Can you tell us who reported this?" "Yea, the girl with the blonde curly hair. She said the boy she was with was at her house and he fell down the stairs and as he got up he tripped again and hit his head on the corner of her coffee table. That's all we know kids." "Wait, do you have their names?" Nathan asked becoming very choked up. "I have no idea." "Well can you check?" Nathan half yelled, half cried at the man becoming very impatient. As the man did so he came back with a small piece of paper. "Ok from the phone call the girl said her name was Peyton Sawyer and guy's name is Lucas Scott. Sorry, but that's all I know." Nathan began to shake violently and it took a few seconds for him to calm himself down. "Ok, I don't know your name or anything about you but I do know that I am getting in that ambulance and you are taking me to my brother and his girlfriend, or whatever you wanna call her. Buddy, I am Nathan Scott and we could have a very bad lawsuit if you don't let me in that damn ambulance!" Haley was surprised at how Nathan was handling himself and the paramedic had a very shocked look on his face too. "Ok, get in the back and don't get in the way."
Minutes later they arrived at Peyton's house where she was hysterical on her front steps. Haley ran out of the ambulance and over to Peyton's side. Peyton had mascara running down her cheeks and it looked like she'd been crying all night, although she hadn't. "Peyton, I know this is gonna be hard but you need to tell us what happened." "Hales, I'm gonna go see if they need any help with Lucas," Nathan told her so she didn't worry anymore. "Haley I really don't know. We were on my bedroom floor and I'll have to tell you about that later, but anyway after that we slept for a little while and he decided to get something to drink...I heard him yell but I thought he was just playing around, ya know because he does that from time to time. When I got down there I saw blood on the floor and there was a huge gash in the back of his head. I also could only guess he may have had alcohol poisoning. So I called an ambulance and they said they'd be here soon. "As soon as Peyton got this sentence out she broke down crying all over again. "Haley...I just don't...know what happened...I was there...for him the whole time...and I just got him...Haley...I'm gonna lose him..." Peyton cried out her fears as Haley pulled her into a hug. Just then Lucas was on a stretcher with Nathan and the paramedics carrying it out. Peyton and Haley got up off the steps and Peyton had to sit down with seeing the sight of Luke on that stretcher. Haley sat down with her as tears fell from her eyes rapidly. Nathan also had tears running down his face as he stepped in the ambulance. The girls hopped in too and the sirens began to sound.
In the ambulance all 3 of the teenagers had their own emotions to deal with. Nathan sat between the two girls trying to comfort them as much as he could while holding himself together. He sat there and got lost in his own thoughts. The first was when he first found out Luke was his brother. He was furious at the thought of what his dad had done and then that he had a brother. He remembered the friction between the two boys and what a jerk he'd been to Luke at his shore house. The night they were thrown out of the bus and learned to work as a team. His thoughts consumed him and he could only think so much. He began to remember more and he thought to himself, "Hell, he's my brother and look what I've been doing to him all this time. I can't even begin to imagine what Haley and Peyton are going through, and Peyton of all people. I'm so stupid...I didn't even think about what she must be feeling. After all her and Luke have been through, all she wanted was him. Now she actually got to be happy and she might lose it all again. Why is it with her that whenever anything good happens in her life she never gets to keep it. Someone is like teasing her and waving everything good in front of her face and pulling it away again."
With that thought the ambulance came to a stop and Nathan hopped out after the girls made their way into the parking lot. He began to stare at Peyton and realized from being with her for so long just how much pain she was in. Her eyes were swollen from crying and her cheeks had a black tint from mascara running down them all night. When she finally caught him staring at her she gave him a strange look and said, "what are you looking at, you can't see your reflection in my jacket Nathan." He didn't say anything back to her, but he walked over to her and looked at her. He saw her eyes begin to fill and he came up closer and hugged her. For a minute she felt really close to him and it was like he knew exactly what she was feeling. No words were needed because Peyton knew what he was doing. She began to cry and he held her tightly so she felt secure in his arms. She was so thankful he began dating Haley because she brought out a side to him she never saw. He whispered a few words of comfort into her ear every so often and he gave her hope. The last words he said to her before he pulled away was "you found your happiness and I will do everything in my power to make sure you don't lose it," he said before he kissed her forehead and walked over to Haley. When Haley saw all of this a million reasons to why she loved Nathan floated back to her. She knew how hard this was for Peyton because she was just with Luke and she knew how thankful she was for what he just did. The thing that boggled Haley's mind was how Nathan could get any girl he knew to just cry and let out her emotions right there in his arms. She wondered, because he had just done that to her earlier that night.
As they entered the hospital to check on Luke they found him in the emergency room with a tube down his throat. It was discovered that he did have alcohol poisoning and they were now trying to pump his stomach. As they approached his doorway Nathan saw this sight first and the girls came up beside him. Both the girls were really freaked from what they saw, but Haley held her ground because she knew if she left she wouldn't be able to come back without crying. Peyton on the other hand couldn't stand there any longer. There was her knight in shining armor laying on a table with alcohol trying to be pumped from his stomach so he didn't die. She turned around and began to run back away from the room until Nathan grabbed her arm and stopped her. He redirected her and made her sit in a chair until she could calm down. "Peyton, just calm down. I know this is hard but it's not any easier on any of us." "No! Nathan you have no idea what it's like for me, no clue! I finally found it Nathan. I found what I've been looking for my whole life and there it is on an emergency room table. Do you have any idea what that feels like?! No, you wouldn't, you're Nathan Scott everything you have has been handed to on a silver platter. Do you have any way to understand that everything I got I scraped up off the floor and reused and this is the first time in my life something came easily. Can you process that in your brain?!" As she finished yelling at him he went to hug her again and she had no intention of being hugged. "NO, NATHAN DO NOT TOUCH ME! JUST DON'T EVEN COME NEAR ME!" Peyton screamed at him and after whacking him in the chest a couple times she gave in and let him hug her. As much as he was hugging her, he was crying too so it was a mutual hug each one trying to comfort the other.
Haley heard everything going on behind her but she was lost in her own thoughts. Watching Lucas lay there fighting to live sent her flying back in time. She went back to when they first met. Then to all of the special times she'd spent with him flew through her mind. From the time he acted like her overly-protective big brother as she began to date Nathan. All the advice he'd given her and the advice she'd given him. Mostly the Brooke and Peyton situation went through her mind the most. She told him to follow his heart and choose Peyton yet he chose Brooke when he was only truly happy with Peyton. A vision she couldn't get out of her mind was Luke and Peyton laying on the floor at Tim's. Lucas was so happy and there was just a happiness about him when he looked at Peyton and it was amazing seeing him look so laid-back. She started to wonder why things were so difficult when it came to Luke and Peyton. They could never just be happy and it hurt her to watch Peyton sit there and suffer with no one to help her. Haley started to consider how hard this must be watching all of this and not being able to do anything to help. Peyton loved Luke and Haley saw it in her eyes, so Haley decided to let Peyton know she was there if she needed to talk.
She went and sat next to Peyton and tried to decide what to say. "Peyton, are you ok? I mean really ok?" "Yea, why?" Peyton replied putting her tough exterior back up. "Well, I was just wondering because I know I'm a having a hard time with this and since you were the last one with him I thought this would be the hardest on you, ya know? I mean if this was Nathan I know I wouldn't be anywhere near as calm as you. I know we haven't really been friends for a long time or anything, but I just want you to know that I'm here if you need someone to talk to." Haley said and when Peyton said nothing Haley got up to walk away. "Haley...wait...sit back down." "Ok, if you insist" "I'm not as calm as you think I am, Haley" "What do you mean?" "I mean you don't know how hard this is for me...I'm not really as strong as you think I am. Why is it, Haley, that every chance I get to be happy someone just takes it again. This isn't a pity thing on myself but it's not fair." "Peyton, I know it's not fair because I've seen what you've gone through and I think to myself all the time why don't you get anything you deserve, but I just don't know." "Yea, I've kinda figured that out myself, Haley. Anyway thanks a lot Haley." "For what?" Haley asked almost bewildered at the thought that Peyton was thanking her. "For just being the friend that I needed. I've never really had a serious friend who really and sincerely wanted to be a part of my life like you have. So for that I wanted to thank you." Haley was really shocked that after all Peyton went through she was still such a selfless person. She leaned over and gave Peyton a hug in which was an exchange of thank you's. Haley then walked away and gave Peyton some time to herself.
She began to look back over all the time since she'd broken up with Nathan and then began to have feelings for Luke. She thought back to what a jerk Nathan was at his shore house and then when Brooke and Haley took a ride with her and they ended up picking up Nathan and Lucas. She looked back over all the time Luke spent chasing her. She thought back to Nathan's party when she had her chance with Luke and she blew it. Then after all that he saved her from a date rape. Through it all she was so stupid and afraid. Then there was another night that she realized how committed Luke was to his relationship with Brooke after her dad nearly died. They never had the right timing and even after last night, a night of romance and passion and emotions all held in for months, at the end of the day his heart belonged to Brooke. She made a decision to stay by him tonight and in the morning when he was ok again she was leaving. She wasn't going home to an empty house she was leaving for good. She couldn't do this to Luke anymore. She just couldn't continue being scared and stop him from having his happiness. With her decision made she sat with tears running down her face again, but this time knowing she was leaving her whole life behind because staying here was too hard. She sat there for a few minutes until nurses and doctors began storming into Luke's room. This caused Nathan, Haley, and Peyton to run to his door to see what was going on. They looked into his room and saw his monitor for a minute before they got pushed out of the way. The line was straight and there was no beeping anymore. This sent all 3 of them into an emotional breakdown. A few thoughts ran through Peyton's mind. All she could think was that last night was the last time she'd ever be truly happy again and then the scene of Lucas saying "I'm free, and I'm yours" re-played a million times in her head. This sent her to the floor and she began to cry hysterically. Nathan and Haley's color had drained from their faces and they leaned down to try to help Peyton. It was no use because none of them had any strength left to stand. Nathan wasn't sure if he could handle taking care of these two girls while he was falling apart inside too. Neither one of these teenagers knew how to deal with these emotions that were being dragged out from inside of them.
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A/N - You know the story...don't own the characters and nothing with the WB. It took me a while to figure out how I wanted this story to continue and I didn't know who the people would be with the poisoning. I figured it out now. So I hope you like where this one is going. Keep reviewing and thanks so much to the people who already did. Those people continue so I know you like where it's going.
The paramedics were in a hurry and were becoming impatient with Haley and Nathan. "Look, man, I'm sorry that we're taking your time but my brother's missing and his girlfriend too. I need to know who these people are." "Ok, young man I understand. The boy's description is that he has light brown or dark blonde hair and the girl's was also blonde and curly." As the paramedics said these words Haley felt her heart drop into her stomach. "The report was that they were either headed back here or could be found still at the address 1501 Pramsten Dr." "Oh my god...Haley that's Peyton's address...this doesn't sound good at all," Nathan implied trying so hard to hold back his tears. "Can you tell us who reported this?" "Yea, the girl with the blonde curly hair. She said the boy she was with was at her house and he fell down the stairs and as he got up he tripped again and hit his head on the corner of her coffee table. That's all we know kids." "Wait, do you have their names?" Nathan asked becoming very choked up. "I have no idea." "Well can you check?" Nathan half yelled, half cried at the man becoming very impatient. As the man did so he came back with a small piece of paper. "Ok from the phone call the girl said her name was Peyton Sawyer and guy's name is Lucas Scott. Sorry, but that's all I know." Nathan began to shake violently and it took a few seconds for him to calm himself down. "Ok, I don't know your name or anything about you but I do know that I am getting in that ambulance and you are taking me to my brother and his girlfriend, or whatever you wanna call her. Buddy, I am Nathan Scott and we could have a very bad lawsuit if you don't let me in that damn ambulance!" Haley was surprised at how Nathan was handling himself and the paramedic had a very shocked look on his face too. "Ok, get in the back and don't get in the way."
Minutes later they arrived at Peyton's house where she was hysterical on her front steps. Haley ran out of the ambulance and over to Peyton's side. Peyton had mascara running down her cheeks and it looked like she'd been crying all night, although she hadn't. "Peyton, I know this is gonna be hard but you need to tell us what happened." "Hales, I'm gonna go see if they need any help with Lucas," Nathan told her so she didn't worry anymore. "Haley I really don't know. We were on my bedroom floor and I'll have to tell you about that later, but anyway after that we slept for a little while and he decided to get something to drink...I heard him yell but I thought he was just playing around, ya know because he does that from time to time. When I got down there I saw blood on the floor and there was a huge gash in the back of his head. I also could only guess he may have had alcohol poisoning. So I called an ambulance and they said they'd be here soon. "As soon as Peyton got this sentence out she broke down crying all over again. "Haley...I just don't...know what happened...I was there...for him the whole time...and I just got him...Haley...I'm gonna lose him..." Peyton cried out her fears as Haley pulled her into a hug. Just then Lucas was on a stretcher with Nathan and the paramedics carrying it out. Peyton and Haley got up off the steps and Peyton had to sit down with seeing the sight of Luke on that stretcher. Haley sat down with her as tears fell from her eyes rapidly. Nathan also had tears running down his face as he stepped in the ambulance. The girls hopped in too and the sirens began to sound.
In the ambulance all 3 of the teenagers had their own emotions to deal with. Nathan sat between the two girls trying to comfort them as much as he could while holding himself together. He sat there and got lost in his own thoughts. The first was when he first found out Luke was his brother. He was furious at the thought of what his dad had done and then that he had a brother. He remembered the friction between the two boys and what a jerk he'd been to Luke at his shore house. The night they were thrown out of the bus and learned to work as a team. His thoughts consumed him and he could only think so much. He began to remember more and he thought to himself, "Hell, he's my brother and look what I've been doing to him all this time. I can't even begin to imagine what Haley and Peyton are going through, and Peyton of all people. I'm so stupid...I didn't even think about what she must be feeling. After all her and Luke have been through, all she wanted was him. Now she actually got to be happy and she might lose it all again. Why is it with her that whenever anything good happens in her life she never gets to keep it. Someone is like teasing her and waving everything good in front of her face and pulling it away again."
With that thought the ambulance came to a stop and Nathan hopped out after the girls made their way into the parking lot. He began to stare at Peyton and realized from being with her for so long just how much pain she was in. Her eyes were swollen from crying and her cheeks had a black tint from mascara running down them all night. When she finally caught him staring at her she gave him a strange look and said, "what are you looking at, you can't see your reflection in my jacket Nathan." He didn't say anything back to her, but he walked over to her and looked at her. He saw her eyes begin to fill and he came up closer and hugged her. For a minute she felt really close to him and it was like he knew exactly what she was feeling. No words were needed because Peyton knew what he was doing. She began to cry and he held her tightly so she felt secure in his arms. She was so thankful he began dating Haley because she brought out a side to him she never saw. He whispered a few words of comfort into her ear every so often and he gave her hope. The last words he said to her before he pulled away was "you found your happiness and I will do everything in my power to make sure you don't lose it," he said before he kissed her forehead and walked over to Haley. When Haley saw all of this a million reasons to why she loved Nathan floated back to her. She knew how hard this was for Peyton because she was just with Luke and she knew how thankful she was for what he just did. The thing that boggled Haley's mind was how Nathan could get any girl he knew to just cry and let out her emotions right there in his arms. She wondered, because he had just done that to her earlier that night.
As they entered the hospital to check on Luke they found him in the emergency room with a tube down his throat. It was discovered that he did have alcohol poisoning and they were now trying to pump his stomach. As they approached his doorway Nathan saw this sight first and the girls came up beside him. Both the girls were really freaked from what they saw, but Haley held her ground because she knew if she left she wouldn't be able to come back without crying. Peyton on the other hand couldn't stand there any longer. There was her knight in shining armor laying on a table with alcohol trying to be pumped from his stomach so he didn't die. She turned around and began to run back away from the room until Nathan grabbed her arm and stopped her. He redirected her and made her sit in a chair until she could calm down. "Peyton, just calm down. I know this is hard but it's not any easier on any of us." "No! Nathan you have no idea what it's like for me, no clue! I finally found it Nathan. I found what I've been looking for my whole life and there it is on an emergency room table. Do you have any idea what that feels like?! No, you wouldn't, you're Nathan Scott everything you have has been handed to on a silver platter. Do you have any way to understand that everything I got I scraped up off the floor and reused and this is the first time in my life something came easily. Can you process that in your brain?!" As she finished yelling at him he went to hug her again and she had no intention of being hugged. "NO, NATHAN DO NOT TOUCH ME! JUST DON'T EVEN COME NEAR ME!" Peyton screamed at him and after whacking him in the chest a couple times she gave in and let him hug her. As much as he was hugging her, he was crying too so it was a mutual hug each one trying to comfort the other.
Haley heard everything going on behind her but she was lost in her own thoughts. Watching Lucas lay there fighting to live sent her flying back in time. She went back to when they first met. Then to all of the special times she'd spent with him flew through her mind. From the time he acted like her overly-protective big brother as she began to date Nathan. All the advice he'd given her and the advice she'd given him. Mostly the Brooke and Peyton situation went through her mind the most. She told him to follow his heart and choose Peyton yet he chose Brooke when he was only truly happy with Peyton. A vision she couldn't get out of her mind was Luke and Peyton laying on the floor at Tim's. Lucas was so happy and there was just a happiness about him when he looked at Peyton and it was amazing seeing him look so laid-back. She started to wonder why things were so difficult when it came to Luke and Peyton. They could never just be happy and it hurt her to watch Peyton sit there and suffer with no one to help her. Haley started to consider how hard this must be watching all of this and not being able to do anything to help. Peyton loved Luke and Haley saw it in her eyes, so Haley decided to let Peyton know she was there if she needed to talk.
She went and sat next to Peyton and tried to decide what to say. "Peyton, are you ok? I mean really ok?" "Yea, why?" Peyton replied putting her tough exterior back up. "Well, I was just wondering because I know I'm a having a hard time with this and since you were the last one with him I thought this would be the hardest on you, ya know? I mean if this was Nathan I know I wouldn't be anywhere near as calm as you. I know we haven't really been friends for a long time or anything, but I just want you to know that I'm here if you need someone to talk to." Haley said and when Peyton said nothing Haley got up to walk away. "Haley...wait...sit back down." "Ok, if you insist" "I'm not as calm as you think I am, Haley" "What do you mean?" "I mean you don't know how hard this is for me...I'm not really as strong as you think I am. Why is it, Haley, that every chance I get to be happy someone just takes it again. This isn't a pity thing on myself but it's not fair." "Peyton, I know it's not fair because I've seen what you've gone through and I think to myself all the time why don't you get anything you deserve, but I just don't know." "Yea, I've kinda figured that out myself, Haley. Anyway thanks a lot Haley." "For what?" Haley asked almost bewildered at the thought that Peyton was thanking her. "For just being the friend that I needed. I've never really had a serious friend who really and sincerely wanted to be a part of my life like you have. So for that I wanted to thank you." Haley was really shocked that after all Peyton went through she was still such a selfless person. She leaned over and gave Peyton a hug in which was an exchange of thank you's. Haley then walked away and gave Peyton some time to herself.
She began to look back over all the time since she'd broken up with Nathan and then began to have feelings for Luke. She thought back to what a jerk Nathan was at his shore house and then when Brooke and Haley took a ride with her and they ended up picking up Nathan and Lucas. She looked back over all the time Luke spent chasing her. She thought back to Nathan's party when she had her chance with Luke and she blew it. Then after all that he saved her from a date rape. Through it all she was so stupid and afraid. Then there was another night that she realized how committed Luke was to his relationship with Brooke after her dad nearly died. They never had the right timing and even after last night, a night of romance and passion and emotions all held in for months, at the end of the day his heart belonged to Brooke. She made a decision to stay by him tonight and in the morning when he was ok again she was leaving. She wasn't going home to an empty house she was leaving for good. She couldn't do this to Luke anymore. She just couldn't continue being scared and stop him from having his happiness. With her decision made she sat with tears running down her face again, but this time knowing she was leaving her whole life behind because staying here was too hard. She sat there for a few minutes until nurses and doctors began storming into Luke's room. This caused Nathan, Haley, and Peyton to run to his door to see what was going on. They looked into his room and saw his monitor for a minute before they got pushed out of the way. The line was straight and there was no beeping anymore. This sent all 3 of them into an emotional breakdown. A few thoughts ran through Peyton's mind. All she could think was that last night was the last time she'd ever be truly happy again and then the scene of Lucas saying "I'm free, and I'm yours" re-played a million times in her head. This sent her to the floor and she began to cry hysterically. Nathan and Haley's color had drained from their faces and they leaned down to try to help Peyton. It was no use because none of them had any strength left to stand. Nathan wasn't sure if he could handle taking care of these two girls while he was falling apart inside too. Neither one of these teenagers knew how to deal with these emotions that were being dragged out from inside of them.
R&R. HOPE YOU ENJOYED!! KEEP READING TO FIND OUT IF LUKE MAKES IT. REVIEW IF YOU WANT ME TO CONTINUE!! SORRY TO LEAVE YOU HANGING BUT IT'LL MAKE IT MORE EXCITING. SORRY THIS WAS SO LONG!!