Chapter#7~Just Hold My Hand!
A shot rang out.
"NATHAAAAAN!" Haley screamed at the top of her lungs, tears streaming down her face as Nathan fell to the ground. Dan put the gun in the gym bag and looked at Haley.
"Have a nice life!" he snickered before turning around and running out the back door. When Nathan heard Dan's car drive off he got up.
"Oh my God Nathan are you okay?" Haley asked desperately crying.
"Yea baby I'm fine," he said walking over to her and then she saw his shirt was bloody on the arm. She gasped and when she was about to say something, he instinctively read her mind.
"Haley don't worry its just a graze wound."
"I was so scared" she said between free falling tears. "He said he was going to kill you to get back at all of us and I just..."
"Shh...its okay he's gone now ok." She looked at him and he knew something else was wrong. She looked down and that's when he saw the ropes tied very very tightly around her stomach.
"Oh My God the baby" he said as he got up, going to the drawers to find a knife to cut through the ropes.
Haley began to explain "I told him I was pregnant but he didn't believe me and I just..."
"Its okay sweetie everything's going to be alright. Does anything hurt?" he asked calmly. He was trying desperately to be the strong one so that she wouldn't worry but his heart was going a mile a minute. She had probably been tied like that for half an hour now, this couldn't be good. He finally got the ropes free around her stomach and her hands and finally her feet. She got up to hug him but instead doubled over in a scream clutching her stomach.
"What is it baby what's wrong?" Nathan's voice cracked, he knew what was wrong.
"The baby...my stomach...it hurts so much" she cried falling to her knees. He got down too and held her in his arms across his lap. "Oww" she winced and cried clutching her stomach tears falling like crazy over her face. "Nathan our baby!" Nathan bent down and kissed her forehead, it seemed hotter than it should be. He wasn't sure if she had a fever or not. He wasn't sure what to do at all. He was about to ask her if she felt feverish but he felt her shiver so he took off his jacket and wrapped it around her.
"Its ok sweetheart the police are on their way and they'll have an ambulance with them." Nathan knew it wasn't even worth it trying his cell phone because he never got good connection in there and he wasn't going to leave Haley's side. He kissed her temple tenderly hugging her tight in his arms. Haley's forehead was sweating and now he was sure she had a fever but she was also shivering.
"Nathan..." she whispered with her eyes closed and trying to breath through the pain. "I think I'm bleeding," she said it bravely and he knew she wanted him to see if she was or wasn't. With his hand shaking, he lightly grazed his fingertips on the crotch of her pants. He prepared himself for turning his hand around and hot tears filled his eyes and spilled over when he saw his bloody fingertips. He swallowed hard knowing that already too much blood had come out if it was that much seeped through her pants. He knew that this was not good for the baby and not even good for Haley. He looked down at her beautiful face. Her eyes were closed and she was breathing deeply and silently crying. She was dealing with the pain all on her own trying to be so brave. He realized that right now, he could be losing the baby he just found out about yesterday and Haley only found out last weekend. Worst of all he could be losing his sweet beautiful Haley too. He rubbed her thigh slowly up and down, he took her hand in his and tried to say it strongly but he choked and his voice cracked at every word.
"Here just take my hand ok. Squeeze it every second it hurts ok. I don't care if you break my knuckles just hold on ok," more tears spilled over his eyes as he realized that hold on had a double meaning. "It'll be good practice for when you're in labor you know and you're pushing our baby out and I'm there with you holding your hand and you're yelling at me that I did this to you and that you'll hate me forever and I'll just tell you to hold my hand, just hold my hand." He whispered the last four words. Haley smiled softly. He was trying so hard to be brave to be her hero. She knew he didn't want to tell her that she was bleeding but he didn't have to because the pain confirmed her suspicions. She squeezed his hand as a single tear slid down her cheek. Nathan bent down to kiss her forehead, "Just think about that okay" he said also crying. He looked down at his beautiful wife, his girl, and let the tears roll down his cheek when he realized that he couldn't protect her this time.
"I love you Nathan" Haley breathed barely above a whisper.
"I love you too sweetheart" he told her squeezing her hand. She squeezed back for a second and then her hand went limb as her face fell over to the side of his chest where it was laying. "Haley?" Nathan cried. There was no answer. "HALEY?" he cried louder as he heard the sound of sirens in the background.
AN: I know nothing about medicine and I don't know if the ropes would have had that effect on Haley so whatever just go along with it and pretend. It is fan FICTION after all. LOL (
A shot rang out.
"NATHAAAAAN!" Haley screamed at the top of her lungs, tears streaming down her face as Nathan fell to the ground. Dan put the gun in the gym bag and looked at Haley.
"Have a nice life!" he snickered before turning around and running out the back door. When Nathan heard Dan's car drive off he got up.
"Oh my God Nathan are you okay?" Haley asked desperately crying.
"Yea baby I'm fine," he said walking over to her and then she saw his shirt was bloody on the arm. She gasped and when she was about to say something, he instinctively read her mind.
"Haley don't worry its just a graze wound."
"I was so scared" she said between free falling tears. "He said he was going to kill you to get back at all of us and I just..."
"Shh...its okay he's gone now ok." She looked at him and he knew something else was wrong. She looked down and that's when he saw the ropes tied very very tightly around her stomach.
"Oh My God the baby" he said as he got up, going to the drawers to find a knife to cut through the ropes.
Haley began to explain "I told him I was pregnant but he didn't believe me and I just..."
"Its okay sweetie everything's going to be alright. Does anything hurt?" he asked calmly. He was trying desperately to be the strong one so that she wouldn't worry but his heart was going a mile a minute. She had probably been tied like that for half an hour now, this couldn't be good. He finally got the ropes free around her stomach and her hands and finally her feet. She got up to hug him but instead doubled over in a scream clutching her stomach.
"What is it baby what's wrong?" Nathan's voice cracked, he knew what was wrong.
"The baby...my stomach...it hurts so much" she cried falling to her knees. He got down too and held her in his arms across his lap. "Oww" she winced and cried clutching her stomach tears falling like crazy over her face. "Nathan our baby!" Nathan bent down and kissed her forehead, it seemed hotter than it should be. He wasn't sure if she had a fever or not. He wasn't sure what to do at all. He was about to ask her if she felt feverish but he felt her shiver so he took off his jacket and wrapped it around her.
"Its ok sweetheart the police are on their way and they'll have an ambulance with them." Nathan knew it wasn't even worth it trying his cell phone because he never got good connection in there and he wasn't going to leave Haley's side. He kissed her temple tenderly hugging her tight in his arms. Haley's forehead was sweating and now he was sure she had a fever but she was also shivering.
"Nathan..." she whispered with her eyes closed and trying to breath through the pain. "I think I'm bleeding," she said it bravely and he knew she wanted him to see if she was or wasn't. With his hand shaking, he lightly grazed his fingertips on the crotch of her pants. He prepared himself for turning his hand around and hot tears filled his eyes and spilled over when he saw his bloody fingertips. He swallowed hard knowing that already too much blood had come out if it was that much seeped through her pants. He knew that this was not good for the baby and not even good for Haley. He looked down at her beautiful face. Her eyes were closed and she was breathing deeply and silently crying. She was dealing with the pain all on her own trying to be so brave. He realized that right now, he could be losing the baby he just found out about yesterday and Haley only found out last weekend. Worst of all he could be losing his sweet beautiful Haley too. He rubbed her thigh slowly up and down, he took her hand in his and tried to say it strongly but he choked and his voice cracked at every word.
"Here just take my hand ok. Squeeze it every second it hurts ok. I don't care if you break my knuckles just hold on ok," more tears spilled over his eyes as he realized that hold on had a double meaning. "It'll be good practice for when you're in labor you know and you're pushing our baby out and I'm there with you holding your hand and you're yelling at me that I did this to you and that you'll hate me forever and I'll just tell you to hold my hand, just hold my hand." He whispered the last four words. Haley smiled softly. He was trying so hard to be brave to be her hero. She knew he didn't want to tell her that she was bleeding but he didn't have to because the pain confirmed her suspicions. She squeezed his hand as a single tear slid down her cheek. Nathan bent down to kiss her forehead, "Just think about that okay" he said also crying. He looked down at his beautiful wife, his girl, and let the tears roll down his cheek when he realized that he couldn't protect her this time.
"I love you Nathan" Haley breathed barely above a whisper.
"I love you too sweetheart" he told her squeezing her hand. She squeezed back for a second and then her hand went limb as her face fell over to the side of his chest where it was laying. "Haley?" Nathan cried. There was no answer. "HALEY?" he cried louder as he heard the sound of sirens in the background.
AN: I know nothing about medicine and I don't know if the ropes would have had that effect on Haley so whatever just go along with it and pretend. It is fan FICTION after all. LOL (