Title: The ill-bred one
Name: Joy
Email: Julianna@ziplip.com
Rating: PG 13
A/N: I'm not happy about the number of reviews I got when I updated with two chapters so I don't think I will be doing that again. Please make it up to me this chapter.
9.
Bright and early on that cold school day, Karen had rubbed her eyes and looked at her son, his best friend and girlfriend lying unconscious and then her own boyfriend. Boyfriend. She was too old to have a boyfriend.
Lucas was sleeping in the chair by Haley's bedside clutching her hand while Keith snored lightly in a chair near the tiny bathroom that adjoined the hospital room. Karen had kissed the top of each man's head, telling them she would be back later.
Karen had to open the store. She contemplated calling Deb for help since she was now short staffed since her best worker was in a coma and her son was a faithful appendage to her. Due to the suspicions over Nathan's involvement in the 'incident' Karen decided she would ask for Deb's help but not tell her why Haley was unavailable. Deb's help wouldn't be necessary until the afternoon anyway.
Awhile later, Keith stretched and patted Lucas's back who rolled his shoulders. Keith knew Lucas was ready to beg whatever god in heaven was available to bring Haley back to him. "Don't worry son. Haley made it through a ton of siblings...she can take a bonk to the noggin."
The teen remained unconvinced. "It's been over twenty-four hours, Keith. It wasn't even a very big rock. It couldn't have hit her that hard...so then that means the reason she's not awake is I didn't catch her in time," Lucas stated sadly.
"No...Who ever threw the rock in the first place is responsible...but you heard the doctor. She should be waking up soon."
The blonde looked at his uncle, "How do they know?"
"Luke...you are going to have to go home sometime soon. Trust that Haley will find her way back."
The teen sighed, "I just want to be the one to help her find her way."
"I got to go open the garage. I'll grab a taxi and leave the truck okay?" Keith said. Lucas nodded. "She will wake up, Luke"
"Yeah...right...because life is fair and just," he mumbled to himself after his uncle had left the room.
Nathan made his way to the information desk at the hospital frantically ringing the bell. A nurse approached slowly. "Haley James. Haley James. I need to find Haley James," he said out of breath having run from the parking lot, up the stairs, to the desk he now stood before.
The nurse raised her eyebrow, "And you are?"
"Her boyfriend."
The woman smirked, "Nice try kid but I was th'r when his face got stitched up. Try again."
"What?" Nathan stared at her. "I don't know what you're talking about but I need to see Haley. What room is she in?"
Keith saw his demanding nephew badgering the nurse and grabbed him by the scruff of the neck. "You aren't welcome Nathan. Go home...actually get yourself to school. That's where you belong."
"You know this boy?" the nurse asked.
Keith looked at her, "Yeah Clara. This is my other nephew...the ill- bred one."
Clara snarked, "Shoot, I would luv' ta see the look on ya'r brotha's face if he had heard ya say that."
Nathan pushed his uncle away roughly, "I have just as much right to be here as you do. You can't keep me from..."
"Now boy, don't start that with ya'r uncl'," Clara said in her deeply southern accent.
"And your wrong," Keith challenged. "Haley told you a dozen times in the last week she didn't want to see you. The last thing I want is for her parents to arrive to find their youngest daughter being lorded over by you when they have listened to her frustrations over your break up..."
Nathan's face began to crumble, "I just want to know she's all right."
That pissed Keith off to no end. "Look around Nathan. Haley is not all right. She has been unconscious for over twenty-four hours. They have no idea when she will wake up...She is not all right!" he snapped.
The dark haired teen swallowed uncomfortably.
Keith recognized the look in Nathan's eyes. It was the look Dan had gotten when he found out Deb was pregnant too...he was in way over his head. It was then he knew Lucas's suspicions were probably correct. Most likely Nathan saw the couple kissing and chucked a rock at the window for all his might and then ran off before he knew what happened.
"Come here," Keith stated and field marched Nathan to Haley's room.
Lucas was in the little bathroom washing his hands when he heard the commotion in the room. Keith was snapping at someone, so Lucas waited.
"You did this didn't you?" Keith accused. "You were the one to chuck the rock at the window. You were the one to run away like a coward...you did it?" There was silence. "Answer me. Did you do this to her?"
Keith pushed Nathan to the bed. "Look at her face. You see the stitches on her brow? You see the bruising? You see how pale she is?" Nathan tried to look away. "Well there she is Nathan. She look okay to you?"
Lucas stayed quiet and waited. He wanted to know if he was right. If Haley had been trying to tell him she saw Nathan. He wanted to know if Nathan was cruel enough to run away.like their father.
Keith leaned on the end of the bed frame, "What happened Nathan? You saw your brother kiss 'your' girl and you had to make them stop?"
Nathan didn't say anything, just went over to Haley's bedside and touched her brow, grazing the butterfly bandage as his fingers traced her skin. His eyes began to well with tears. His voice was thick as he spoke, "I saw her two days ago. She was so angry with me...angry enough to yell at me. She told me to live with my mom so 'the Spawn of Satan will not have successfully cloned' or something like that." Nathan traced his finger across the stitches on her head and the bruise surrounding it. "She believed in me. Time and time again. I would screw up and she would give me another chance...just like mom and dad."
Nathan kissed Haley's forehead and then turned to Keith bodily. Tears descended his cheeks completely pained. He nodded his head and said, "I saw them...I saw them together dancing...I was just angry. I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt."
Tbc...
REVIEW PLEASE!
Name: Joy
Email: Julianna@ziplip.com
Rating: PG 13
A/N: I'm not happy about the number of reviews I got when I updated with two chapters so I don't think I will be doing that again. Please make it up to me this chapter.
9.
Bright and early on that cold school day, Karen had rubbed her eyes and looked at her son, his best friend and girlfriend lying unconscious and then her own boyfriend. Boyfriend. She was too old to have a boyfriend.
Lucas was sleeping in the chair by Haley's bedside clutching her hand while Keith snored lightly in a chair near the tiny bathroom that adjoined the hospital room. Karen had kissed the top of each man's head, telling them she would be back later.
Karen had to open the store. She contemplated calling Deb for help since she was now short staffed since her best worker was in a coma and her son was a faithful appendage to her. Due to the suspicions over Nathan's involvement in the 'incident' Karen decided she would ask for Deb's help but not tell her why Haley was unavailable. Deb's help wouldn't be necessary until the afternoon anyway.
Awhile later, Keith stretched and patted Lucas's back who rolled his shoulders. Keith knew Lucas was ready to beg whatever god in heaven was available to bring Haley back to him. "Don't worry son. Haley made it through a ton of siblings...she can take a bonk to the noggin."
The teen remained unconvinced. "It's been over twenty-four hours, Keith. It wasn't even a very big rock. It couldn't have hit her that hard...so then that means the reason she's not awake is I didn't catch her in time," Lucas stated sadly.
"No...Who ever threw the rock in the first place is responsible...but you heard the doctor. She should be waking up soon."
The blonde looked at his uncle, "How do they know?"
"Luke...you are going to have to go home sometime soon. Trust that Haley will find her way back."
The teen sighed, "I just want to be the one to help her find her way."
"I got to go open the garage. I'll grab a taxi and leave the truck okay?" Keith said. Lucas nodded. "She will wake up, Luke"
"Yeah...right...because life is fair and just," he mumbled to himself after his uncle had left the room.
Nathan made his way to the information desk at the hospital frantically ringing the bell. A nurse approached slowly. "Haley James. Haley James. I need to find Haley James," he said out of breath having run from the parking lot, up the stairs, to the desk he now stood before.
The nurse raised her eyebrow, "And you are?"
"Her boyfriend."
The woman smirked, "Nice try kid but I was th'r when his face got stitched up. Try again."
"What?" Nathan stared at her. "I don't know what you're talking about but I need to see Haley. What room is she in?"
Keith saw his demanding nephew badgering the nurse and grabbed him by the scruff of the neck. "You aren't welcome Nathan. Go home...actually get yourself to school. That's where you belong."
"You know this boy?" the nurse asked.
Keith looked at her, "Yeah Clara. This is my other nephew...the ill- bred one."
Clara snarked, "Shoot, I would luv' ta see the look on ya'r brotha's face if he had heard ya say that."
Nathan pushed his uncle away roughly, "I have just as much right to be here as you do. You can't keep me from..."
"Now boy, don't start that with ya'r uncl'," Clara said in her deeply southern accent.
"And your wrong," Keith challenged. "Haley told you a dozen times in the last week she didn't want to see you. The last thing I want is for her parents to arrive to find their youngest daughter being lorded over by you when they have listened to her frustrations over your break up..."
Nathan's face began to crumble, "I just want to know she's all right."
That pissed Keith off to no end. "Look around Nathan. Haley is not all right. She has been unconscious for over twenty-four hours. They have no idea when she will wake up...She is not all right!" he snapped.
The dark haired teen swallowed uncomfortably.
Keith recognized the look in Nathan's eyes. It was the look Dan had gotten when he found out Deb was pregnant too...he was in way over his head. It was then he knew Lucas's suspicions were probably correct. Most likely Nathan saw the couple kissing and chucked a rock at the window for all his might and then ran off before he knew what happened.
"Come here," Keith stated and field marched Nathan to Haley's room.
Lucas was in the little bathroom washing his hands when he heard the commotion in the room. Keith was snapping at someone, so Lucas waited.
"You did this didn't you?" Keith accused. "You were the one to chuck the rock at the window. You were the one to run away like a coward...you did it?" There was silence. "Answer me. Did you do this to her?"
Keith pushed Nathan to the bed. "Look at her face. You see the stitches on her brow? You see the bruising? You see how pale she is?" Nathan tried to look away. "Well there she is Nathan. She look okay to you?"
Lucas stayed quiet and waited. He wanted to know if he was right. If Haley had been trying to tell him she saw Nathan. He wanted to know if Nathan was cruel enough to run away.like their father.
Keith leaned on the end of the bed frame, "What happened Nathan? You saw your brother kiss 'your' girl and you had to make them stop?"
Nathan didn't say anything, just went over to Haley's bedside and touched her brow, grazing the butterfly bandage as his fingers traced her skin. His eyes began to well with tears. His voice was thick as he spoke, "I saw her two days ago. She was so angry with me...angry enough to yell at me. She told me to live with my mom so 'the Spawn of Satan will not have successfully cloned' or something like that." Nathan traced his finger across the stitches on her head and the bruise surrounding it. "She believed in me. Time and time again. I would screw up and she would give me another chance...just like mom and dad."
Nathan kissed Haley's forehead and then turned to Keith bodily. Tears descended his cheeks completely pained. He nodded his head and said, "I saw them...I saw them together dancing...I was just angry. I didn't mean for anyone to get hurt."
Tbc...
REVIEW PLEASE!