Author's Notes: Thank you so much to all who reviewed for chapter ten and I'm sorry that I only update one chapter at a time, but I think it makes you want to read more. Or maybe it has the opposite effect, I don't really know but I like only updating one chapter at a time. Anyways, back to what I was going to say. I really needed to spice things up for you all and myself as well. You're going to be very mad at me for what happens in this chapter, but…. It's FICTION! So please just bare with me.
Haley gripped the second pregnancy test she had taken minutes earlier. She knew what the results would be, but she could hope right? The pregnancy test read POSITIVE. Great. She thought this one would be different. Well, she knew what she had to do now. She had to tell Nathan. What if he doesn't think it's his? Haley thought to herself. Well, he should know that he's the only one she had ever been with.
She called his cell, since he was still away on the basketball camp thing. It started to ring.
"Hello?" She heard him answer, and her heart skipped a beat. Her heart felt so heavy with the news she
had to tell him.
"Hey baby," she said, in an airy, lighthearted voice. She had to sound like she was in a good mood.
"Hey!" He sounded genuinely excited to hear her voice, like he hadn't heard it in a month.
"Nathan, I have some really important news." She didn't really want to tell him over the phone, it wasn't really what she had imagined, but she couldn't hold it in any longer.
"Yes?" He questioned, his voice giddy but still sincere. Haley was about to utter the word that would change Nathan's life forever when she heard an announcer on his side of the line.
"Sorry baby, but we're getting on the plane home, so I'll see you in a little while, and then you can tell me the really important news." He sounded excited to get home, and she could wait to tell him later.
"Okay babe. See you when you get home."
"Bye." Nathan hung up. He would see her later. Hopefully the important news could wait until then. Nathan boarded the plane, finding his seat and pulling his headphones up to his ears, letting the music sing him to sleep.
Haley felt disappointed, but kind of relieved. She didn't want to tell him over the phone, it didn't seem appropriate for the subject. Haley called Peyton, letting herself fall back onto her bed, sighing. After a couple rings Peyton answered.
"'Lo?" Peyton answered halfway, leading Haley to believe that she was still sleeping.
"Hey, it's Haley. What are you doing? Are you still sleeping? WAKE UP!" Haley shouted, hopefully making Peyton wake up.
"No, Haley, I wasn't sleeping. I'm just looking up something on the Internet. Hey, when did Nathan's plane leave? Has it left already?"
"Yeah, I just talked to him, and they were boarding the plane. Why?" Haley felt an uneasy feeling gnawing at her heart.
"Well, I was getting on the Internet and I saw that some really bad weather was coming in, and I knew Nathan was leaving today so I was just a little worried that the plane would hit the bad weather. Then I looked up the weather on Chicago and it was really bad. They said the weather could be fatal to those airplanes in the air. I can't believe they left when they knew it might be bad." Haley bolted up off her bed, causing her stomach to impulsively hurt.
"WHAT? The airport let the plane leave when there was bad weather? I can't believe that! Do you think everyone on the plane will be okay?" Haley asked that question, knowing that Peyton would say yes, even though she didn't know.
"Yes, Haley, you're worrying for nothing," Peyton said, trying to comfort Haley, but she knew Haley knew that she didn't know. Trying to take Haley's mind off the subject she said, "So, did you ever get up enough courage to tell Nathan about your pregnancy? You took another pregnancy test didn't you? Peyton guessed.
"Nothing's going to take my mind off Nathan, but if you're wondering, yes I took another one. And I was going to tell him I was pregnant when he said he had to board the plane but I would see him later. But now, who knows if I'll ever see him again." Haley started to cry. Not hard, just sweet tears rolling down her face.
"Haley, I know I may not be able to make you feel better, but, the airport would've stopped the plane from leaving if they knew it was dangerous. You know that. They stop planes for even a little bit of rain, so I'm sure they know this weather is nothing. Don't worry, Haley, it'll be okay." Peyton closed her eyes and tried to imagine if she was Haley. She tried to imagine what she could say to make her feel better. And then she realized that Haley's whole future was on the line, and nothing would possibly make her feel better until she knew that Nate would be okay.
Haley sat on her bed, dumbfounded. She couldn't believe that this was happening. She needed to think, and let Peyton go.
"Hey,
Peyt, I will call you later, okay? I
need some time to think. But thanks for
the news, and thanks for comforting me as best as you could. I appreciate it. Talk to you later, k?"
"You're welcome. And yeah, call me later." They hung up, Peyton feeling so bad because she told Haley, and Haley feeling like her whole world was crashing down.
She felt like her whole world was in fast forward when she got the call. The most important phone call of her life. It was Nathan's mom.
"Haley, Nathan's plane was flying through bad weather, and the pilot got lost in the weather, causing him to fly around in circles, and the plane ran out of gas." She sounded like she had already lost it, and she could barely get out the words. "He died." Haley dropped the phone to the floor, and screamed and cried until she finally cried herself to sleep.
Author's Notes: Hold the tears, you know it's FICTION. I just had to add a twist and I hope you're not too mad, but I feel like this was a good direction to go in, because it has gotten me out of my writer's block, and I am able to come up with more ideas, therefore writing more for you all to read. Thank you for reading, and keep the reviews coming.