Chapter 13,

*I don't ever want to feel

Like I did that day

Take me to the place I love

Take me all the way

It's hard to believe

That there's nobody out there

It's hard to believe

That I'm all alone

At least I have her love

The city she loves me

Lonely as I am

Together we cry*

Nathan's eyes opened, he looked around trying to remember where he was. He brought his hands up to his head and felt the tight bandage wrapped around his head. His first instinct was to get out of the bed. But as soon as he tried, he remembered the crash, the sun rising, and Haley's tear stained face. He took a look around the room; everything was bare except a single chair in the corner. He struggled to move but felt the pain that came with the action. He leaned back onto the pillow and gave up. He had nothing better to do then just lie. And that was the worse part of it. He was stuck in a bed unable to move and even worse he couldn't feel his legs. He raised his head up when a nurse opened the door to his room.

She walked over to the bed and looked down at the chart. "hum.huuummm ." She said shaking her head.

Nathan flashed the nurse a look and closed his eyes again. Maybe this is a dream he suddenly thought. Or maybe I am just going crazy. He said with a sudden sigh. He looked up and noticed that the nurse was standing over him.

"What is going on?"

The nurse looked up from his chart again and made the same humm sound. "You have a visitor actually about three visitors but there is only one allowed at a time." She said showing a small smile.

Who would want to visit me he thought. Nathan pulled the sheet up around his chin as he watched the nurse leave. A frown appeared on his face, as he watched the tall figure stepp into his hospital room. Nathan closed his eyes and then returned to see his father. The one person who could always make him always feel worse.

"Dad?" Nathan whispered.

Dan turned his gaze down to the floor and shifted uneasy.

"Your mother called me at work. Nathan what in the hell were you thinking? Huh? The doctor's say- they say that you may never walk again! Needless to say basketball is certainly out of the question!" Dan said yelling basketball louder than any other word.

"What do you want me to say dad? Do you think I'm happy about this whole thing?" Nathan snapped back at his father.

"LI have one question and only one question. You may have lost your legs but what do you have to show for it? Anger at the world?"

"I love Haley, and when you love someone, they mean everything. And now matter what you or any other person may say, I will love her in or out of a wheelchair.

That there's nobody out there

It's hard to believe

That I'm all alone

At least I have her love

The city she loves me

Lonely as I am

Together we cry

"So this is what is screwing your basketball career Nathan? A girl? You would risk everything, and do anything to plead her?"

"I don't care what you think, my life is no longer about basketball. And you can bet if I am able to walk out those doors I will never play again. Nathan said. Finally the words he had always wanted to say.

"You could have a future. You'll see when they tell you that you aren't going to be able to walk again. You'll regret having these- blindsided fallings that get in the way of your true purpose.