April Rain

Chapter Six

Holding On

Peyton sat unpatiently in the waiting room of Tree Hill General Hospital. Silently, she sat alone letting each tear fall from her eye with its own definitive sound.

"Peyton Sawyer?" the doctor walked up to her.

"Yes?" she replied, as she quickly stood up.

"Well, Lucas is doing extremely well for how long it has been since he first got shot. We'll need to keep him overnight for observations but he can go home no later than tomorrow night," he started to walk away as Peyton sat back down. He turned around, "Oh, and Ms. Sawyer..."

Peyton stood up very attentively, "Yeah?"

"Lucas will need to be in a wheelchair for the next couple weeks. And, just know that he might possibly be sentenced to a wheelchair... for the rest of his life," he replied.

Peyton's eyes widened. Lucas would be torn to hear that. Basketball was his life. All he wanted to do in life was play basketball. She didn't know how she was going to tell him... or how he would handle it.

A few hours later, the doctor let her know that he was stable and she would be able to go in and see him. She walked nervously up the hallway to the room that he was staying in. She walked through the doorway, a small knock on the door frame. He looked over at her and waved for her to come in.

"Hey..." she said, her eyes welling in tears.

"Hey..." he held her hand as she sat down on the bed beside him. He looked up at her eyes, "Peyt, don't cry..." he comforted her.

"Lucas, you got shot three times in the leg! I think I'm allowed to cry!" she raised her voice.

"Ok, ok..." he said. Her crying became more heavy as she just couldn't hold it in any longer. He grabbed her into a hug, and pulled her on to the bed so that she could lay beside him. He wrapped his arms around her, holding her close to him tightly. He missed the feeling. She held on to him like there was no tomorrow. She never wanted to be away from him again.

As the day went on, Keith, Karen, Haley, Nathan and Deb all wanted to come visit the two. They walked into the room to find the two fast asleep together. They all smiled at eachother at the sight of the two, both of them holding on to eachother like they were glued.

Karen felt tears coming to her eyes. She was terrified when she found out that Lucas was gone. Peyton, too. Everyone else decided that they would go out for dinner, and Karen really just wanted to stay by their sides. She couldn't leave him alone anymore. She felt like if she did, she might lose him for good this time.

She sat on the chair next to the bed, and rested her head, before she knew it, she was asleep as well.

Peyton woke up not too long after. She looked over beside her to see Karen asleep, and Lucas still drifting in a deep sleep. One that she knew he deeply needed. She got off of the bed, and walked out of the room. She walked down the halls, feeling as dizzy as ever, but she ignored it and kept on going.

She was starting to feel queezy, so she walked into the washroom. Well, before she knew it, she had thrown up. She felt disgusting, and just felt like crap.

After, it had all just started to get worse and worse as the minutes went by. She went back into Lucas' room and sat by him for another hour or two until, finally, she knew what she had to do. She knew that even if it was true, well, the question was, was it true? She needed to find out.

If it was true, then she would have the worst reminder of the past that her and Lucas both were trying so hard to forget and get out of their minds. Of course, they couldn't. Especially after what Peyton had to go through. The last thing that she wanted to know was that it was true, but she couldn't go any longer not knowing if it was or not. She had felt everything you were supposed to feel if it was. So, she went for it.

"Umm.. nurse, can you help me?" she asked a lady in a pink and white uniform.

"Yes, what is it Ms?" she replied.

"Ugh.." she paused. "... I think I might be pregnant."

(A/N: Hey! Did you like it? I know it's short, so is my new chapter for Take Me Away, but I'm trying to write as much as possible, but I'm just really low on ideas right now! I try to think of new stuff to put in as much as I can! I'm sorry that I haven't updated lately, I've been really busy with school projects and activities at school, so this hasn't really been my first priority. Well, I'll try to write as soon as I can! I appreciate reviews as always!:D Plz plz leave some suggestions for me and if I'm doing good with it so far! Thx a bunch! BrOoKe)