Chapter 2 -
"Lucas." Haley said in her cell from the cab.
"Hey, whats up?"
"I'm leaving. I am leaving Tree Hill for good, I can't take it anymore I'm going." She said.
"You can't everyone you know is here, Ryan needs to grow up around people he knows and loves."
"Well he will Nathan has him."
"What? He is going to take care of Ryan, you can't do that, he will be a terrible father, even if he wants to be in Ryan's life now." Lucas said.
"Well he doesn't. I took care of Ryan for the last year from when I got pregnant, I need to graduate, I haven't even finished my senior year, I need to graduate I can't do this right now."
"Are you coming back?"
"No, not now not ever. I can't Lucas. I can't have any connection with this town. Or you."
"What? no Haley, I will still have your cell number, so will Nathan, you know it isn't possible for you to run." He said worried.
"Yes, it is Lucas, I'm leaving." She said, "Bye." She hung up the phone, then threw it out the window, it broke on impact.
"Um Ma'am, that's an offense." The cab driver said.
"I know, but I have to leave, can you drive me to the bus station?"
"Yes."
"Thank you sir." And she drove to the bus station.
She got a ticket to Chicago, she had just picked a city, and chose it, she figured she could start a new life there.
She got on the train, sat down pulled her head phones over her ears, and fell asleep almost instantly, she hadn't had a decent sleep in three months.
"Deb, this is Nathan's problem not yours why can't he sleep in his room." Dan yelled at three in the morning.
"He doesn't know anything about taking care of a baby, I'll help him out after tonight." She replied.
"Well he should be the one up at three o'clock in the morning, not us, we had our kid, we don't need more."
"I had my kid, you had kids, but you don't know a thing about raising them. I'll take him downstairs and you can get your sleep." She said as she stormed out of the room.
She got downstairs and warmed some milk for him. "Hey mom." Nathan said sleepily. "Dad woke me up with his yelling he's right, I need to do this for myself." He took baby Ryan from his moms arms. "I almost can't believe all of this." He said. "Dad keeps saying it might not be mine but i don't know at all."
"Hey, Nathan, this is really big, don't doubt it, but we should make sure, but we should also try to find Haley."
"Yeah." He replied. He took the warm bottle from his mom, and awkwardly fed the baby.
Deb watched her son, she felt so bad for the position he was in but she also knew that he had gotten himself into it, and he had left Haley and not helped at all. He was finished feeding him.
"I'll go put him to bed." He said quietly. "I'll slip into your room, unless you want me to move the cradle."
"No it's OK." She took the baby and went upstairs.
Nathan, after a few minutes of thinking did the same.
Nathan woke the next morning hoping it was all a dream. but then he heard the baby fussing in the next room. He took a deep breath then went to help his mom.
He went into the room expecting to see his mom trying to calm the infant, but he saw his dad sitting on the bed letting him cry. "What are you doing?" He asked him.
"Nothing. Ignoring that bastard kid." He said. "do you know what this will do to your life Nathan?"
"Stray it away from you I hope." He said, grabbed his son carefully and took him out of the room.
"Lucas." Haley said in her cell from the cab.
"Hey, whats up?"
"I'm leaving. I am leaving Tree Hill for good, I can't take it anymore I'm going." She said.
"You can't everyone you know is here, Ryan needs to grow up around people he knows and loves."
"Well he will Nathan has him."
"What? He is going to take care of Ryan, you can't do that, he will be a terrible father, even if he wants to be in Ryan's life now." Lucas said.
"Well he doesn't. I took care of Ryan for the last year from when I got pregnant, I need to graduate, I haven't even finished my senior year, I need to graduate I can't do this right now."
"Are you coming back?"
"No, not now not ever. I can't Lucas. I can't have any connection with this town. Or you."
"What? no Haley, I will still have your cell number, so will Nathan, you know it isn't possible for you to run." He said worried.
"Yes, it is Lucas, I'm leaving." She said, "Bye." She hung up the phone, then threw it out the window, it broke on impact.
"Um Ma'am, that's an offense." The cab driver said.
"I know, but I have to leave, can you drive me to the bus station?"
"Yes."
"Thank you sir." And she drove to the bus station.
She got a ticket to Chicago, she had just picked a city, and chose it, she figured she could start a new life there.
She got on the train, sat down pulled her head phones over her ears, and fell asleep almost instantly, she hadn't had a decent sleep in three months.
"Deb, this is Nathan's problem not yours why can't he sleep in his room." Dan yelled at three in the morning.
"He doesn't know anything about taking care of a baby, I'll help him out after tonight." She replied.
"Well he should be the one up at three o'clock in the morning, not us, we had our kid, we don't need more."
"I had my kid, you had kids, but you don't know a thing about raising them. I'll take him downstairs and you can get your sleep." She said as she stormed out of the room.
She got downstairs and warmed some milk for him. "Hey mom." Nathan said sleepily. "Dad woke me up with his yelling he's right, I need to do this for myself." He took baby Ryan from his moms arms. "I almost can't believe all of this." He said. "Dad keeps saying it might not be mine but i don't know at all."
"Hey, Nathan, this is really big, don't doubt it, but we should make sure, but we should also try to find Haley."
"Yeah." He replied. He took the warm bottle from his mom, and awkwardly fed the baby.
Deb watched her son, she felt so bad for the position he was in but she also knew that he had gotten himself into it, and he had left Haley and not helped at all. He was finished feeding him.
"I'll go put him to bed." He said quietly. "I'll slip into your room, unless you want me to move the cradle."
"No it's OK." She took the baby and went upstairs.
Nathan, after a few minutes of thinking did the same.
Nathan woke the next morning hoping it was all a dream. but then he heard the baby fussing in the next room. He took a deep breath then went to help his mom.
He went into the room expecting to see his mom trying to calm the infant, but he saw his dad sitting on the bed letting him cry. "What are you doing?" He asked him.
"Nothing. Ignoring that bastard kid." He said. "do you know what this will do to your life Nathan?"
"Stray it away from you I hope." He said, grabbed his son carefully and took him out of the room.