Chapter 14
Nathan's POV
Haley's been drifting in and out of consciousness since this morning. It's a good thing she's awake, the in and out thing was just the after effect of the concussion.
She was disoriented and her head really hurt so the doctors had to inject some drug to calm her and put her to sleep again. Peyton and Brooke finally convinced me to come home for awhile to change and eat. They told me to get some sleep but I didn't want Haley to wake up without me by her side.
Feeling a bit refreshed, I drove back and noticed a lot of press outside the hospital.
This sucks! I need to dodge some of these guys or else….
I put on my dark sunglasses and baseball cap. Hopefully they'll think I'm just an ordinary guy. Thankfully, they didn't notice me.
I went up and saw Lucas coming in Haley's room. I asked Peyton if Haley was awake already and she just nodded. Peyton was really quite, she was too busy dialing on her phone.
"Who are you calling?" I asked her
"Well…Um, when Haley woke up…she asked for Chris…I had to tell her that Chris just went out for awhile. Lucas is in there talking to her."
I felt nervous; I knew that sooner or later Haley will find out that I was the one who told Chris that we were still married. Looking back it might not be the best move.
I could hear Haley's voice rising inside the room. Lucas must be telling her right now. I could feel my palms sweating. I heard Haley say my name….and it wasn't in the endearing way I hoped she'd say it.
"I messed up again, didn't I?"
Peyton smiled weakly. She couldn't really offer me any answer. I knew I was going to face Haley soon.
And soon was apparently now.
"Hey, little bro." Lucas said. Faking the cheerfulness in his voice. "Hales wants to talk to you"
Before I entered the room, Lucas whispered to me "Um, whatever you do, don't open your mouth and say something stupid. She's not…..well, she almost took my head off when I tried defending you."
I nodded. Way to go Nathan Scott!
I took a deep breath before entering, and there she was. My Haley, fully awake and her eyes were filled with fury.
"You had no right to tell him, Nathan" she said. Her voice seemingly calm but of course I knew it wasn't like that.
"Hales, do you really think you're up to this?"
"When do you want to talk about it Nathan?" she asked sarcastically
"When you're well. When you're not in a hospital with a broken arm and….."
"That'll take weeks Nate. I need you to give me what I want"
"Is it what you really want Hales?"
"Yes, Nathan! I want to get a divorce. I want to be free of you!"
"Don't you love me anymore?"
She looked at me like I was the stupidest moron in the world. Maybe, I am a stupid moron for pushing myself on her.
"Okay" I said
Her mouth opened, her brows knotted. She's in shock it seems.
"That's it? No begging, no getting down on your knees?"
"Why do you really want me to do that?"
"No, of course not."
"Then, here." I pulled out a large envelope and handed it to her. "I asked Peyton to look for it last night. It's already signed"
"Why? I mean…what made you change your mind?"
I smiled at her. This hurts! A lot…
"You said this was what you wanted right?"
She nodded her head. Haley seemed to be processing I've just told her.
Before I went out the door, she asked me again.
"Why Nathan?"
"I always keep my promises, Hales."
"What promise?"
