Chapter 5 -
Nathan sat in his room, this was the first time Ryan had been quiet for weeks. He was so tired but he knew that the moment he left view of Ryan before he fell asleep he would burst out crying. He couldn't help it. He let his head nod and he fell into a deep sleep.
Seconds later he woke up, he had fell down onto his side, cause his son to start crying loudly again.
'What do I do.' He thought, he didn't know what to do, or who to call. His mom was at worked, she worked for Karen full time now, and he didn't want to bother her, his dad, well he was definetly not the one to call for child advice, Lucas loved Haley, but didn't know anything about having a kid. Jake, he would know what to do.
"Hello." Said a sleepy Jake on the phone. Which wasn't surprising becasue it was eleven o'clock.
"Hi, it's Nathan."
"Why are you calling me now, having a toddler is not easy you know, she just barely got to sleep now. And we have practise tomorrow." Jake also played for Duke, he was in the school with an acedemic scolarship, and made the team.
"I know and I'm sorry but you are the only one who can help me." Nathan said hopelessly.
"What are you talking about, oh never mind go ahead."
"He won't stop crying, he has not let me get any sleep for almost three weeks. Everytime he is quiet I have to be right next to him, and if I get out of his sight at all he starts sceaming again."
"I'm confused Nathan, who?"
"Ryan." He answered.
"Ryan?" Jake was tired and confused.
"My son." Nathan said, it just hit him that very few people knew about Haley being pregnant in the first place, little own that she left the baby with him.
"Wait, what you have a son?" Jake was wide awake now. "That actually explains Haley's absence for the last half of our senior year. Most people just thought that she had graduated early. This changes things."
"Yeah, but please help me." Nathan pleaded.
"OK, he just wants your attention, just be there around him."
"But how do I sleep if he won't let me."
"Here, I remember having to do this with Jenny when she was a couple months, ok, go to the couch, not your bed, the couch because you won't roll as much. Let him lay on your chest he will fall asleep because he will be warm and it is almost like being rocked when you breathe. Oh but do you roll much in your sleep because you still could hurt him if you do."
"Well no not really I don't roll, you think it will work." Nathan asked hopefully.
"it most likely will. And he will get the sleep he needs too." Jake said. "Can I go to sleep now?"
"Yeah thanks you are a life saver." Nathan was very hopeful.
"Bye."
"Bye." He hung up the phone and picked up Ryan again. "hey bud. We are going to sleep now. Hear that We.
He layed down on the couch with Ryan an top of him. He fell asleep immediately, and he figured since he wasn't awoken for seven hours that Ryan had fallen asleep too.
When he did wake up, he realized that it wasn't even Ryan who woke him up, it was the ring of his cell phone.
"Hello?" Nathan whispered, he didn't want to move the finally quiet baby.
"Hi Nathan it's Luke. I know I am probably not a person you want to talk to right now, but I wanted to ask if things are OK. I know you might not want my help, but she just left and I know that, so I wanted to offer my help in any way."
"I actually could use help. Last night I had the first decent sleep in three weeks. Jake helped me out. I could use some help with Basketball. But then again you can't really help with that since you also go to Duke, and play for them too. I will call you though if I need help, and I would like it if you ever got any information from Haley you could tell me?" He asked hopefully.
"Hasn't she been emailing you?" Lucas asked. "She told me she was."
"I haven't had the chance to. But I'm not sure if she would she wanted to leave she chose to leave. Besides, when I left my parents house I don't have a computer anymore"
"Nathan, you really didn't give her much other choices. You embarrassed her in front of a bunch of friends of yours and then wouldn't help her with your own child."
"I didn't know that those guys were going to do that, at first I just wanted tog et back at you, but I fell in love with Haley, and when she told me about the baby, she also told me that she didn't think I could be a good father and that she hated me."
"She loves you Nathan, she still does and she loves that baby, she just doesn't think she can give him anything, and you, being rich and having the education, she thought you could do it. She left only because she didn't want her little boy to have nothing. She didn't even finish high school Nathan, she wanted to do that, then go to unversity and be able to be a good parent, don't you understand that?"
"Yeah, but this is hard, now I have to balance school basketball and Ryan, don't get me wrong, since I've had the chance to be a father it is fine, hard but fine, but she could have jsut come to me earlier I would have helped her, she just didn't realize how I felt." Ryan began to stir. "Luke I'm going to go, he is waking up and I need to get ready for school and oh crap, we have practise in like twenty minutes. I forgot, sht."
"Hey I'll tell coach why you are late, just get ready for school don't rush it, it will be OK, just go as fast as you can without rushing."
"That made no sense, I'll be there for seven for sure, talk to you then." Nathan hung up the phone, he picked up Ryan, who still was asleep. He got ready for school, it was six fifteen, Ryan was still sleeping. He then realized that the school nursery wasn't open until seven. He had to take him to practise.
She got Ryan's seat all hooked into the car and took off.
He got there five minutes late but he still had to change. he saw his coach who was mad, but Lucas had talked to him and he was OK with it considering situations. "You brought him?" He asked.
"I know I know, I'll put him up in the seats I can't take him to the nursery until seven." Nathan said as he got changed as fast as he could.
"Hey son, take your time. You have your shirt on backwards." Nathan looked down, he did too. "And you can keep him by the bench."
"Thanks." Nathan said.
He was on the court two minutes later. Lucas like he was sorry for him, all the other guys, except Jake looked shocked. The girl cheerleaders who were having a meeting in the stands thought he was adorable.
Nathan set him down and his coach subded another guy off.
The practise went great until about six forty five when the tech group were working the buzzer, and it went off really loud and wouldn't stop. This woke Ryan up instantly. Nathan looked to the coach who let him go calm him down.
The buzzer continued, the tech guys couldn't get it to turn off. Nathan stepped out of the gym. He tryed everything to get him to calm down. Lucas came out in a few minutes, he had been taken out for a while too. "He is acting really weird." Nathan said. "He slept soundly last night, the first time ever, and now he won't calm down from anything."
Lucas motioned to hold him. Nathan passed him to his brother. "What happened?" Lucas asked.
"Huh?" Nathan asked.
"His arm, it looks weird and sorta twisted." Lucas said.
"What?" Nathan asked frantic. He looked at Ryan left arm. It was bend a bit out of shape. "Oh crap, I'm going to the hospital. I can't believe I didn't see it. Tell coach where I am."
"Like hell." Lucas said. "I'm going."
"It's OK he'll be fine I'll take Ryan the hospital, I don't want you getting in trouble, he's my son and the coach will give me a break." he turned to run down the hall.
Lucas grabed his arm before he went anywhere. "He's my nephew, I'm going."
They went out. They got to the car, where they noticed that they forgot to bring his seat for the car. Lucas puleld out his phone and called the coaches cell. "Hey coach it's Lucas," pause "I know, but we think Ryan's arm is broken can you send one of the guys out with his stuff, we need to car seat."
A few minutes later Jake arrived. "I told him I was going with you. Is he OK?"
"He won't stop crying." Nathan said. They put him in the car and drove to the hospital, surprisingly, not getting a ticket on the way.
Nathan sat in his room, this was the first time Ryan had been quiet for weeks. He was so tired but he knew that the moment he left view of Ryan before he fell asleep he would burst out crying. He couldn't help it. He let his head nod and he fell into a deep sleep.
Seconds later he woke up, he had fell down onto his side, cause his son to start crying loudly again.
'What do I do.' He thought, he didn't know what to do, or who to call. His mom was at worked, she worked for Karen full time now, and he didn't want to bother her, his dad, well he was definetly not the one to call for child advice, Lucas loved Haley, but didn't know anything about having a kid. Jake, he would know what to do.
"Hello." Said a sleepy Jake on the phone. Which wasn't surprising becasue it was eleven o'clock.
"Hi, it's Nathan."
"Why are you calling me now, having a toddler is not easy you know, she just barely got to sleep now. And we have practise tomorrow." Jake also played for Duke, he was in the school with an acedemic scolarship, and made the team.
"I know and I'm sorry but you are the only one who can help me." Nathan said hopelessly.
"What are you talking about, oh never mind go ahead."
"He won't stop crying, he has not let me get any sleep for almost three weeks. Everytime he is quiet I have to be right next to him, and if I get out of his sight at all he starts sceaming again."
"I'm confused Nathan, who?"
"Ryan." He answered.
"Ryan?" Jake was tired and confused.
"My son." Nathan said, it just hit him that very few people knew about Haley being pregnant in the first place, little own that she left the baby with him.
"Wait, what you have a son?" Jake was wide awake now. "That actually explains Haley's absence for the last half of our senior year. Most people just thought that she had graduated early. This changes things."
"Yeah, but please help me." Nathan pleaded.
"OK, he just wants your attention, just be there around him."
"But how do I sleep if he won't let me."
"Here, I remember having to do this with Jenny when she was a couple months, ok, go to the couch, not your bed, the couch because you won't roll as much. Let him lay on your chest he will fall asleep because he will be warm and it is almost like being rocked when you breathe. Oh but do you roll much in your sleep because you still could hurt him if you do."
"Well no not really I don't roll, you think it will work." Nathan asked hopefully.
"it most likely will. And he will get the sleep he needs too." Jake said. "Can I go to sleep now?"
"Yeah thanks you are a life saver." Nathan was very hopeful.
"Bye."
"Bye." He hung up the phone and picked up Ryan again. "hey bud. We are going to sleep now. Hear that We.
He layed down on the couch with Ryan an top of him. He fell asleep immediately, and he figured since he wasn't awoken for seven hours that Ryan had fallen asleep too.
When he did wake up, he realized that it wasn't even Ryan who woke him up, it was the ring of his cell phone.
"Hello?" Nathan whispered, he didn't want to move the finally quiet baby.
"Hi Nathan it's Luke. I know I am probably not a person you want to talk to right now, but I wanted to ask if things are OK. I know you might not want my help, but she just left and I know that, so I wanted to offer my help in any way."
"I actually could use help. Last night I had the first decent sleep in three weeks. Jake helped me out. I could use some help with Basketball. But then again you can't really help with that since you also go to Duke, and play for them too. I will call you though if I need help, and I would like it if you ever got any information from Haley you could tell me?" He asked hopefully.
"Hasn't she been emailing you?" Lucas asked. "She told me she was."
"I haven't had the chance to. But I'm not sure if she would she wanted to leave she chose to leave. Besides, when I left my parents house I don't have a computer anymore"
"Nathan, you really didn't give her much other choices. You embarrassed her in front of a bunch of friends of yours and then wouldn't help her with your own child."
"I didn't know that those guys were going to do that, at first I just wanted tog et back at you, but I fell in love with Haley, and when she told me about the baby, she also told me that she didn't think I could be a good father and that she hated me."
"She loves you Nathan, she still does and she loves that baby, she just doesn't think she can give him anything, and you, being rich and having the education, she thought you could do it. She left only because she didn't want her little boy to have nothing. She didn't even finish high school Nathan, she wanted to do that, then go to unversity and be able to be a good parent, don't you understand that?"
"Yeah, but this is hard, now I have to balance school basketball and Ryan, don't get me wrong, since I've had the chance to be a father it is fine, hard but fine, but she could have jsut come to me earlier I would have helped her, she just didn't realize how I felt." Ryan began to stir. "Luke I'm going to go, he is waking up and I need to get ready for school and oh crap, we have practise in like twenty minutes. I forgot, sht."
"Hey I'll tell coach why you are late, just get ready for school don't rush it, it will be OK, just go as fast as you can without rushing."
"That made no sense, I'll be there for seven for sure, talk to you then." Nathan hung up the phone, he picked up Ryan, who still was asleep. He got ready for school, it was six fifteen, Ryan was still sleeping. He then realized that the school nursery wasn't open until seven. He had to take him to practise.
She got Ryan's seat all hooked into the car and took off.
He got there five minutes late but he still had to change. he saw his coach who was mad, but Lucas had talked to him and he was OK with it considering situations. "You brought him?" He asked.
"I know I know, I'll put him up in the seats I can't take him to the nursery until seven." Nathan said as he got changed as fast as he could.
"Hey son, take your time. You have your shirt on backwards." Nathan looked down, he did too. "And you can keep him by the bench."
"Thanks." Nathan said.
He was on the court two minutes later. Lucas like he was sorry for him, all the other guys, except Jake looked shocked. The girl cheerleaders who were having a meeting in the stands thought he was adorable.
Nathan set him down and his coach subded another guy off.
The practise went great until about six forty five when the tech group were working the buzzer, and it went off really loud and wouldn't stop. This woke Ryan up instantly. Nathan looked to the coach who let him go calm him down.
The buzzer continued, the tech guys couldn't get it to turn off. Nathan stepped out of the gym. He tryed everything to get him to calm down. Lucas came out in a few minutes, he had been taken out for a while too. "He is acting really weird." Nathan said. "He slept soundly last night, the first time ever, and now he won't calm down from anything."
Lucas motioned to hold him. Nathan passed him to his brother. "What happened?" Lucas asked.
"Huh?" Nathan asked.
"His arm, it looks weird and sorta twisted." Lucas said.
"What?" Nathan asked frantic. He looked at Ryan left arm. It was bend a bit out of shape. "Oh crap, I'm going to the hospital. I can't believe I didn't see it. Tell coach where I am."
"Like hell." Lucas said. "I'm going."
"It's OK he'll be fine I'll take Ryan the hospital, I don't want you getting in trouble, he's my son and the coach will give me a break." he turned to run down the hall.
Lucas grabed his arm before he went anywhere. "He's my nephew, I'm going."
They went out. They got to the car, where they noticed that they forgot to bring his seat for the car. Lucas puleld out his phone and called the coaches cell. "Hey coach it's Lucas," pause "I know, but we think Ryan's arm is broken can you send one of the guys out with his stuff, we need to car seat."
A few minutes later Jake arrived. "I told him I was going with you. Is he OK?"
"He won't stop crying." Nathan said. They put him in the car and drove to the hospital, surprisingly, not getting a ticket on the way.