A/N - Again I own nothing but the girl who Peyton is going to see in South Carolina. I own no OTH characters and I have nothing to do with the WB. Thanks for all the reviews and I do hope you all continue so I know if this is coming along okay. This chapter will mostly deal with Nathan and Haley's relationship and where that's going. There will be plenty of Luke trying to find out where Peyton is going and some of Peyton when she gets there. It will pick up not from Luke in Chapter 6 but from Nathan and Haley going outside to talk.
Nathan and Haley wandered out of the hospital without saying a word to each other. When they got out into the parking lot Haley was the first to say something. "So...how has school been?" She only asked him this question because after they broke up it became too hard on both of them to continue the tutoring sessions. Nathan was the one who told her the tutoring couldn't continue because it was too hard on him, mostly. He looked over next to him where Haley was walking and it brought back so many memories. Some that were painful to relive. "Oh, ya know the same I guess." "Well how'd you do on your report card?" "Uh, I got a C in math, and I failed English, but other than that I did pretty good." "Nathan, you failed English?" "I just didn't get it. I did all I could, but without you Haley, it wasn't making any sense." She looked up at him and just nodded her head trying not to respond. She couldn't respond without crying or at least getting upset again. It was only 8:30 so far, and she wasn't in any mood to be crying that early. They walked in an awkward silence until Haley spoke again. Nathan wasn't one to initiate conversation. "Are you handling all this ok? I mean seriously. You just don't open up to anyone, Nate. That's not good for you. I worry, ya know even if we're not going out. It used to be so easy before. I always used to be able to see what you were feeling. If I couldn't you'd just tell me. What happened to that? What happened to us, Nathan?" He took a little while to respond but when he did it was very heartfelt and he meant what he said to her. "The answer to all that is: No, I'm not handling any of this ok and I'm so stressed out that I'm on medicine to help calm me down. I'm falling apart, inside and out. There's your seriousness. I don't open up to anyone because there's no one left. Everyone's gone and my mom wants me to talk to her, but I never could open up to my mom. I realized none of this was good for me when I went on that medicine. The doctor also said I could end up going to anger management because I don't let anything out. He said I could just explode on anyone because I keep everything all bottled up. I didn't know you worried because you sure as hell don't show it. I used to be able to tell you things because before you were around, Haley. Now I hardly ever see you, even though you promised that we would be friends. I used to tell you what I felt because you used to listen. And what happened to all of that was you broke up with me. I realize I said it was mutual then, but that was so I wouldn't make you feel guilty. I didn't want to hurt you. You broke up with me and I closed up and shut down. We broke up because you didn't wanna try and you didn't wanna work at the relationship. You ran away. You were the quitter and I loved you." Nathan told her this and he took off running. Haley was bewildered. She stood there watching him run off into the distance and she knew where exactly where he was headed.
At the hospital Luke was freaking out. "Mom, she said she'd be here. She promised me. I know that at one point she said she'd be here when I woke up. She was talking to me this morning, but I just can't remember what she said to me. It was definitely something serious. I know that." Lucas was yelling now and his mom couldn't calm him down. Keith and Deb walked in and stood near his bed. Luke questioned them too. They didn't know where she was so Luke was taking matters into his own hands. He pulled his covers off and put his feet on the ground. His mom looked at him and she gave him a look that said 'don't get out of the bed.' He was doing it anyway. He went to stand up and it was harder than he remembered it. He took a step forward and decided to sit down. "Ok, since when did walking become so hard?" "Luke, you've been in that bed for four months. You're going to need some rehab to get strength back in your legs. Sorry bud," Keith said answering his question. "Great. Just damn great" Luke mumbled. He stood up again anyway and he was determined to get out into the waiting room. He took another step and it was again really hard. He sat down and tried to figure out what his approach was. He rolled over and decided he was crawling out to the waiting room. He crawled very slowly but surely. He got out into the waiting room and pulled himself up into a chair. He looked over at the doctors and was going to find out where Peyton had gone. "Can one of you doctors get over here?"
Haley slowly walked to the park where the basketball hoops were and sure enough, there he was. Shooting around, but the strange thing she noticed was that he wasn't making a lot of shots. She'd known Nathan for a while and he always made a lot of the shots he took. It wasn't like him to miss so many. She was walking up to talk to him until he put the ball down and sat down on the picnic table near the court. She decided to see what he was doing before she went over to him. He looked up at the sky and began to cry. As Haley watched this she wanted to just walk over and hold him, but she wanted to give him some time. He began to talk just loud enough for Haley to hear. "Ok, where did I go wrong? All I wanted was a good life and when I found you, Haley, I thought I was finally there. I thought I got everything I ever wanted. I got everything taken away when Luke got taken away. Come on, Luke. I know I said I wanted to make up with you and I do but this sucks. I want Haley so bad. I want to take her and just hug her and now I've got nothing. I love you, Haley." He was talking to no one directly. He didn't even know Haley was listening. As he put his head in his hands, Haley walked out from behind the bushes. He looked up and saw her. He was a little startled but grateful she was there. She sat next to him and put her arm around him. "So, you do let things out? You just talk to the sky." "Yea, how much of that did you hear?" "Enough, Nathan." "I still love you. You know that don't you?" "I didn't." "Nathan, I'm so sorry. I didn't know how much this hurt you. I just didn't want to hurt you if things got to serious and Luke didn't make it. I was trying to protect you and our relationship. I guess it hurt you a little more than I thought it would. I didn't mean it. I really didn't." "Why didn't you consider my feelings first? You said you did, but you only thought you did. Haley, nothing was worthwhile anymore after you left me. You left and expected me to still be your support and still take care of you. I can't do that. I'm trying to keep myself together. I need you, Haley. I need a friend." Nathan looked at her honestly. He had tears in his eyes and she put her arms around him. She hugged him and he took the hug with no problem. They stayed that way for a while until Nathan reluctantly let go.
The doctor walked over to Luke and stood in front of him. "Can I help you, sir?" "Yea, did you see where a blonde curly haired girl went? She was known as Peyton Sawyer." "Yes, she walked out of the hospital around 6 o' clock this morning. She didn't come back at any point, sir." "Thanks, bud." Lucas told his mom the information he'd just received and she looked back at Keith and Deb. They didn't know where she went either but they only thing they knew to do was to call her house and try her cell phone. So they called her house and no one answered. After that Luke tried her cell phone and got her voice mail. "Hey, you've reached Peyton's cell phone so leave a message and if I like you I'll get back to you." Luke heard the beep and decided to leave a message. "Peyton, I don't know where you are. But I'm looking for you and I have a feeling you told me something serious and I want you to get back to me so call my cell." He flipped his phone shut and looked over at his mom who had an idea.
Back at the park Nathan and Haley had been talking for a while. Nathan had finally let all his feelings out and by the time he finished he had her in tears. She also told him what she was feeling and he listened to her and then just held her. "Nathan what is it that you love about me?" "I love everything about you, Haley. I love how you listen to me and I love how patient you are. I love how loyal you are to everyone and I love how everything you do you take into consideration. I love how you're the complete opposite of me and I love how you love me." He told her this and she was shocked that he could tell her all of this off the top of his head. She looked at him and put her arms around his neck. His heart began to pound as she leaned in toward him and was so close he could smell the shampoo in her hair. It was the perfect moment until her cell phone began to ring and the caller id said LUKE'S CELL.
HOPE YOU ENJOYED!! THE SONG FROM THE LAST CHAPTER WAS 3 DOORS DOWN - CHANGES. SORRY PEYTON WASN'T REALLY IN THIS CHAPTER. KEEP READING FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER AND KEEP REVIEWING. THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS AND THE NEXT CHAPTER SHOULD BE UP SOON.
Nathan and Haley wandered out of the hospital without saying a word to each other. When they got out into the parking lot Haley was the first to say something. "So...how has school been?" She only asked him this question because after they broke up it became too hard on both of them to continue the tutoring sessions. Nathan was the one who told her the tutoring couldn't continue because it was too hard on him, mostly. He looked over next to him where Haley was walking and it brought back so many memories. Some that were painful to relive. "Oh, ya know the same I guess." "Well how'd you do on your report card?" "Uh, I got a C in math, and I failed English, but other than that I did pretty good." "Nathan, you failed English?" "I just didn't get it. I did all I could, but without you Haley, it wasn't making any sense." She looked up at him and just nodded her head trying not to respond. She couldn't respond without crying or at least getting upset again. It was only 8:30 so far, and she wasn't in any mood to be crying that early. They walked in an awkward silence until Haley spoke again. Nathan wasn't one to initiate conversation. "Are you handling all this ok? I mean seriously. You just don't open up to anyone, Nate. That's not good for you. I worry, ya know even if we're not going out. It used to be so easy before. I always used to be able to see what you were feeling. If I couldn't you'd just tell me. What happened to that? What happened to us, Nathan?" He took a little while to respond but when he did it was very heartfelt and he meant what he said to her. "The answer to all that is: No, I'm not handling any of this ok and I'm so stressed out that I'm on medicine to help calm me down. I'm falling apart, inside and out. There's your seriousness. I don't open up to anyone because there's no one left. Everyone's gone and my mom wants me to talk to her, but I never could open up to my mom. I realized none of this was good for me when I went on that medicine. The doctor also said I could end up going to anger management because I don't let anything out. He said I could just explode on anyone because I keep everything all bottled up. I didn't know you worried because you sure as hell don't show it. I used to be able to tell you things because before you were around, Haley. Now I hardly ever see you, even though you promised that we would be friends. I used to tell you what I felt because you used to listen. And what happened to all of that was you broke up with me. I realize I said it was mutual then, but that was so I wouldn't make you feel guilty. I didn't want to hurt you. You broke up with me and I closed up and shut down. We broke up because you didn't wanna try and you didn't wanna work at the relationship. You ran away. You were the quitter and I loved you." Nathan told her this and he took off running. Haley was bewildered. She stood there watching him run off into the distance and she knew where exactly where he was headed.
At the hospital Luke was freaking out. "Mom, she said she'd be here. She promised me. I know that at one point she said she'd be here when I woke up. She was talking to me this morning, but I just can't remember what she said to me. It was definitely something serious. I know that." Lucas was yelling now and his mom couldn't calm him down. Keith and Deb walked in and stood near his bed. Luke questioned them too. They didn't know where she was so Luke was taking matters into his own hands. He pulled his covers off and put his feet on the ground. His mom looked at him and she gave him a look that said 'don't get out of the bed.' He was doing it anyway. He went to stand up and it was harder than he remembered it. He took a step forward and decided to sit down. "Ok, since when did walking become so hard?" "Luke, you've been in that bed for four months. You're going to need some rehab to get strength back in your legs. Sorry bud," Keith said answering his question. "Great. Just damn great" Luke mumbled. He stood up again anyway and he was determined to get out into the waiting room. He took another step and it was again really hard. He sat down and tried to figure out what his approach was. He rolled over and decided he was crawling out to the waiting room. He crawled very slowly but surely. He got out into the waiting room and pulled himself up into a chair. He looked over at the doctors and was going to find out where Peyton had gone. "Can one of you doctors get over here?"
Haley slowly walked to the park where the basketball hoops were and sure enough, there he was. Shooting around, but the strange thing she noticed was that he wasn't making a lot of shots. She'd known Nathan for a while and he always made a lot of the shots he took. It wasn't like him to miss so many. She was walking up to talk to him until he put the ball down and sat down on the picnic table near the court. She decided to see what he was doing before she went over to him. He looked up at the sky and began to cry. As Haley watched this she wanted to just walk over and hold him, but she wanted to give him some time. He began to talk just loud enough for Haley to hear. "Ok, where did I go wrong? All I wanted was a good life and when I found you, Haley, I thought I was finally there. I thought I got everything I ever wanted. I got everything taken away when Luke got taken away. Come on, Luke. I know I said I wanted to make up with you and I do but this sucks. I want Haley so bad. I want to take her and just hug her and now I've got nothing. I love you, Haley." He was talking to no one directly. He didn't even know Haley was listening. As he put his head in his hands, Haley walked out from behind the bushes. He looked up and saw her. He was a little startled but grateful she was there. She sat next to him and put her arm around him. "So, you do let things out? You just talk to the sky." "Yea, how much of that did you hear?" "Enough, Nathan." "I still love you. You know that don't you?" "I didn't." "Nathan, I'm so sorry. I didn't know how much this hurt you. I just didn't want to hurt you if things got to serious and Luke didn't make it. I was trying to protect you and our relationship. I guess it hurt you a little more than I thought it would. I didn't mean it. I really didn't." "Why didn't you consider my feelings first? You said you did, but you only thought you did. Haley, nothing was worthwhile anymore after you left me. You left and expected me to still be your support and still take care of you. I can't do that. I'm trying to keep myself together. I need you, Haley. I need a friend." Nathan looked at her honestly. He had tears in his eyes and she put her arms around him. She hugged him and he took the hug with no problem. They stayed that way for a while until Nathan reluctantly let go.
The doctor walked over to Luke and stood in front of him. "Can I help you, sir?" "Yea, did you see where a blonde curly haired girl went? She was known as Peyton Sawyer." "Yes, she walked out of the hospital around 6 o' clock this morning. She didn't come back at any point, sir." "Thanks, bud." Lucas told his mom the information he'd just received and she looked back at Keith and Deb. They didn't know where she went either but they only thing they knew to do was to call her house and try her cell phone. So they called her house and no one answered. After that Luke tried her cell phone and got her voice mail. "Hey, you've reached Peyton's cell phone so leave a message and if I like you I'll get back to you." Luke heard the beep and decided to leave a message. "Peyton, I don't know where you are. But I'm looking for you and I have a feeling you told me something serious and I want you to get back to me so call my cell." He flipped his phone shut and looked over at his mom who had an idea.
Back at the park Nathan and Haley had been talking for a while. Nathan had finally let all his feelings out and by the time he finished he had her in tears. She also told him what she was feeling and he listened to her and then just held her. "Nathan what is it that you love about me?" "I love everything about you, Haley. I love how you listen to me and I love how patient you are. I love how loyal you are to everyone and I love how everything you do you take into consideration. I love how you're the complete opposite of me and I love how you love me." He told her this and she was shocked that he could tell her all of this off the top of his head. She looked at him and put her arms around his neck. His heart began to pound as she leaned in toward him and was so close he could smell the shampoo in her hair. It was the perfect moment until her cell phone began to ring and the caller id said LUKE'S CELL.
HOPE YOU ENJOYED!! THE SONG FROM THE LAST CHAPTER WAS 3 DOORS DOWN - CHANGES. SORRY PEYTON WASN'T REALLY IN THIS CHAPTER. KEEP READING FOR THE NEXT CHAPTER AND KEEP REVIEWING. THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS AND THE NEXT CHAPTER SHOULD BE UP SOON.