Ok, i hope that you like this chapter, it's semi long. i've got about 2 and a half more chapters written, i've just got to post them. So, i'll probably have another, maybe even 2 posted tomorrow. enjoy
Sara
The four frantically began to leave the house. Nathan was busy consoling, Haley, while Lucas was grabbing the car seat. Sydni, who had been sleeping, had waken up, and wasn't too happy with all of the commotion. She began to cry as Lucas hooked her into the car. "Shhh. It's ok, we're just going for a little ride." Haley was crying in the back, so Nathan decided to sit with her. "Brooke! We're in your car!" Lucas shouted into the front door.
"Ok, I'll be there in a minute!" Brooke said, through the tears. She was busy trying to pack stuff for Sydni. Brooke was trying to get through this small task so that they could get to the hospital. That wasn't going too well though, because she didn't know how long they were going to be at the hospital, she didn't know what or how much to pack. "Ok, we've got pacifiers, blankets, books, Lucas has the bear," Brooke was trying to think of what else they would need. She heard the horn honk, and grabbed diapers, wipes, nursing pillow, and about 5 onzies and 2 sleepers.
The horn honked again, and Lucas rolled his eyes at how long his wife was taking. Haley rolled down the window and shouted out to Brooke. "Brooke, move your ASS!" She said, trying to control herself, for Ashely's sake.
Lucas turned around to his friend, and sister in law, and gave her a dirty look. "Hey, loud mouth," He said to Haley, "Little ears!" He said, pointing to Sydni, who was just looking at the ceiling. It amazed them all how attentive to everything she was. She was trying to soak everything in, and she was only a few days old.
"Sorry" Haley said, only half meaning it. She didn't like the fact that she swore around Sydni, but she was about ready to kill Brooke if she didn't come soon. "Blame it on your wife!" Haley said, crossing her arms and leaning her head on Nathan's shoulder. "I mean, if she wasn't ok, they would have told us, right?" Haley said, hopping that her rationality was true. Nathan and Lucas nodded.
Finally, after about 5 more minutes, Brooke walked out the door. She had two designer diaper bags with her. Her larger coach bag, was filled to the top and the slightly smaller Kate Spade bag was only about ½ full. She went to open the door to the back so she could sit next to Sydni, only to find Haley and Nathan had sat down there first. She rolled her eyes and got in the front. "Hey, why are you sitting in the back anyway?" She asked, buckling her seat belt as Lucas backed out of the driveway.
Haley took a deep breath and gritted her teeth. "Well, if someone hadn't taken forever, you would have been able to sit next to her." Haley said through a fake smile.
"Sorry guys, but I had to get stuff for Sydni." Brooke said, honestly sorry that she had taken so long.
Nathan decided to chime in at this point. "Hey Brooke, you do know that were just going to the hospital. Not on vacation, right?" He said, chuckling to himself.
"Well, Mr. Know-it-all," Brooke said, making a face at Nathan. "I had to bring her necessities. Clothes, toys, blankets, pacifiers, diapers, wipes, shoes..."
"Wait," Lucas stopped her, laughing while he tried to say what he wanted to say. "Shoes?" Nathan and Luke were almost in tears they were laughing so hard.
"Hey, I don't know if little babies have to wear shoes!" Brooke said, giggling at herself for actually worrying about shoes.
They remained quiet the rest of the ride. Until about halfway through the 15 minute drive, Sydni started screaming. Not just crying, but full on screaming. "Lucas, pull over!" Brooke said, unbuckling her seatbelt. "Mommy's coming baby!" She said, as she prepared to get out of the car.
Lucas began to pull over, but was surprised when he was hit over the head by, Haley! "Hey!" He said, rubbing his head where her hand had just been.
"Lucas Eugene Scott!" Haley started in her best pissed off mother voice. "Don't you DARE pull this car over! You do, and I promise, you'll be a dead man."
As Haley started yelling, Sydni just screamed louder. Brooke started to cry. Sydni needed her, and she needed to be there for her daughter, unlike her parents. "Haley! She's only 5 days old! She needs me!" Brooke, yelled and cried at the same time. "Lucas, if you value our sex life, you'll pull over!"
Lucas didn't even think about it, until Haley hit him again, harder this time. "Nathan and I are right here, and nothing's going to happen! Ashley's in a hospital all alone! She needs us! KEEP DRIVING!"
Nathan and Lucas looked at each other. Nathan gave Lucas a look, as if to say, 'Trust me dude, I wouldn't mess with her right now if I were you. Forget about your sex life, she'll cut your balls off if you don't keep driving!'
Lucas, scared of the wrath Haley would unleash if he didn't do as she said, continued driving. But, since Haley and Brooke continued to argue the rest of the way, neither were focused on what he was doing.
As they pulled up to the hospital, Brooke and Haley got out of the car, still going at it.
"We should have pulled over!"
"No, we should have kept driving"
"I've probably scared her for life"
"Ashley needs us!"
This continued until they reached the front desk. That's when Brooke and Haley realized that Nathan nor Lucas were with them. Brooke also realized at this point that Sydni wasn't with her. "Haley, she's gone!" Brooke said, as she started to panic.
"Don't say that Brooke. I'm sure Ashely will be fine." Haley said, trying to reassure herself as much as she was trying to reassure Brooke.
"Not Ashley! Sydni!" Brooke screamed. She hadn't even been a mother for a week and she'd already lost her baby! Brooke began to panic and pace, but quickly calmed down.
Nathan walked into the hospital, pushing the stroller, that held the empty car seat and the bags. She then saw Lucas, carrying in a very red faced Sydni. As they got closer, Brooke could see that Lucas had gotten her to stop crying, with the help of the pacifier. She stared at her husband and daughter, and the bond that they had formed was already evident. Sydni laid in Lucas arms, staring into his blue eyes, and you could tell that she knew that he was her daddy. Lucas came towards Brooke, who, he could tell by her face, was panicking before she saw him. "She's calming down." He said, as Brooke kissed Sydni's forehead. She looked like a perfect baby, with her blue eyes and dark hair and the pink pacifier in her mouth. She almost looked like a doll that they had to have for a projectfor school or something.
"Momma's so sorry sweetpea. I promise that I'll never leave you again when you need me." Brooke said. Sydni then stared into Brooke's eyes. She took several deep breaths, as she continued to get a hold of herself, and then she snuggled up next to Lucas's chest and settled in. She had already found her own spot on Lucas's chest, which happened to be Brooke's favorite spot to lay her head too. Brooke took a deep breath and began to approach the desk calmly.
Haley however, was like a mad woman. The lady at the desk was on the phone, and all Haley could do was tap her foot in an extremely impatient and irritating way. The woman finally got off the phone and looked up at an extremely pissed off Haley. "May I help you?"
Haley took a deep breath, and then spoke the longest, fastest sentence in her entire life. "We're looking for Ashley Sinclair. We got a call saying that something had happened?"
The four waited while the receptionist, Sylvia (Haley had noticed her name tag) looked up Ashley in the computer system. "Ok, here we go." She said. They all hopped that she would be able to tell them what was going on, but she didn't. "Are you Haley and Nathan Scott?" She asked, and Haley nodded. "Ok, and are you Brooke and Lucas Scott?" Lucas nodded. Brooke remembered Sydni and spoke up. "And Sydni Scott!" Brooke said, motioning towards her daughter. She didn't want Sydni to be left out at all.
"Ok," The receptionist said, giving Brooke a weird look, as if to say, 'you're a little nuts lady!' "Well, if you go up to the fourth floor..."
The receptionist was interrupted by Brooke. "Wait, you guys, that's the labor and delivery floor!"
For the first time all night, Haley actually smiled. "Did Ashley have the baby?" She knew that nothing bad had happened to Ashley. She just probably wanted to surprise them.
"I'm afraid that I'm not at liberty to discuss Ms. Sinclair's condition with you. Now, I'm going to have to ask you again to go the fourth floor. There is a doctor waiting for you. He can answer any of your questions."
The girls ran towards the elevator, and Nathan went after them with the stroller. Lucas walked closer to the receptionist. "Thank you. They're not usually this crazy, well ok, sometimes they are. It's just."
The receptionist laughed. "It's ok. If I was pregnant/ just had a baby, and my friend was in the hospital, I'd be nuts too." They both laughed and Lucas started to walk off again. "She's beautiful. Congratulations."
Luke turned around and did his famous smile. "Thanks."
"Baby, let's go!" Brooke shouted from the elevator.
"Look who's talking," He said to Sydni. "I'm coming!" He hopped on the elevator and Nathan pushed the "4" button. Sydni gurgled and Brooke and Lucas looked at each other. "I can't believe Ashley had the baby!" Lucas said.
When they reached the fourth floor, Haley ran (as best she could) up to the nursery. She and all the others scanned the bassinets for a baby Sinclair. "Hey, you guys," Haley said, beginning to get worried, "I don't see a baby Sinclair." Brooke was opening her mouth, when the doctor walked up behind them.
"Excuse me, did you say Sinclair?" He asked, looking down at his chart and then back up at the friends.
"Yes," Brooke said, "We're Brooke, Lucas, and Sydni Scott, and" She was interrupted by Haley.
"And we're Haley and Nathan Scott. We were told to come up here. We got a call from the hospital that Ashley was here."
"Ah yes, I'm doctor Dalloy, Ms. Sinclair's doctor." He said, sticking his hand out for Nathan and Lucas to shake. Lucas nodded toward a finally sleeping Sydni. And the doctor understood why he didn't want to shake his hand. "Please, can you follow me?" He said, taking them into a conference type room. "Have a seat."
"Doctor," Nathan, who up until now had been very quiet, spoke out. "You never answered the question. Why is there no baby Sinclair in the nursery?" He grabbed Haley's hand showing her his support.
The doctor took a deep breath and looked at the five Scotts in front of him. "There is no baby Sinclair in the nursery because the baby is no longer legally Ashley's." Everyone looked at each other with confused looks. The doctor picked up on this and slowed his speach down so he could explain. "Shortly after delivery, we went to go and check on Ashley, and have her fill out the birth certificate. We discovered at that time that she had signed out of the hospital against medical advice. She left this note for Lucas." The doctor solemnly pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket and gave it to Lucas.
He opened it up and read it out-loud. "Lucas, this is your daughter. I'm sorry, but I must leave you. Take good care of her for me. Love, Ashley."
Haley cried into Nathan's shoulder and Brooke took the note from a shell shocked Lucas. She looked at it as Dr. Dalloy started to talk again. "Mr. Scott, your daughter is very healthy, considering the fact she was born premature. She should stay tonight, but you can take her home tomorrow. Congratulations." He said as he stood up and left the room.
Brooke continued to study the note for a half hour after Dr. Dalloy had left. She finally saw what she thought she had seen the first time she read through the note. "Guys! Look." Brooke said, as she read the note to them. "Lucas, This is yOur daughter. I'M sorry, but I Must leave You. Take gOOd Kare of her for ME. Love Ashley."
"Yeah, we know Brooke." Haley said, sniffling.
Brooke shook her head. "No, look!" She said, as she pointed towards the note. "She spelled care with a k, and she capitalized and bolded the letters T,O,M,M,Y,T,O,O,K,M,E. Tommy Took her!" They all quickly saw what Brooke had prayed that she hadn't seen. She knew that Tommy was just as bad as Felix, and they were all worried.
"We've got to find her!" Haley said, for the first time with hope in her voice. They all stayed in the room, praying, each in their own way, for Ashley's safe and quick return.
Ok, i hope you approve of the drama! one week until new oth! And only 6 day's until chad is nolonger single! I'm so happy for them though! Anyway, you know the drill review review review, and also, should i do a sequal? Thanks again!
Sara