Author's Note: Hello fellow One Tree Hill fans! I'm so upset that there
won't be any new shows until April, but that's what fanfics are for! Well,
for those of you who are still reading my story, here's chapter five...
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Karen's POV
I was gone for six weeks. That is how this all started. If I could go back in time, I would've turned down the offer. I mean, sure. It was fun at the time. I thought I would have an experience that I could always look back on and smile about. I could say that I was there. Now when I look back on it, all I do is cringe. I had no idea that when I came back, my family would be gone. I've never been good with change. That's why our family has been the same for so long. For as long as I can remember it's been me, Keith, Luke and Haley. The four of us were a family. Then I went to Italy. I come back to find out that Keith was drinking before he came to pick me up and he and Luke got in a car accident. In that spilt second, when I heard that Keith had almost cost me my son, I knew that I would never be able to look at him the same way again. Then Luke got really distant. He broke up with both Brooke and Peyton. Then he hooked up with Nikki. I want to hate her so badly for taking my son away from me, but I can't. Luke loves her, he's happy for the first time in forever. Away from the drama that is the Scott family. Even if that includes being away from me. He's happy and that's all I could ever ask for. I was just starting to get used to our new family situation, just Haley and I. I love Haley with everything that I am. She's my daughter and I won't listen to anyone who tries to tell me differently. When Peyton told me what Nathan had done to my baby, I finally broke. I had been trying to stay strong for Haley, convince her that everything would be okay. And for a while it had been. I was getting on with my life. I was actually happy. Now, I'm just trying to keep from dying.
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"It was Nathan." My heart stops. I look over at Deb, who's trying to find out what happened, and I just cry. I no longer have the strength to keep up my mask. What's the point? I'm still holding the phone as I sink to the ground and cry. "I'm so sorry, Karen," I faintly hear Peyton say.
"Where are you?" I manage to get out between my sobs. Deb is now trying to calm all the customers down. After a few moments, she's kneeling by my side again.
"Where at the hospital," she explains. My breathing hitches when I hear that word. Ever since Luke was in the hospital, I've developed a phobia to them. "Since Mr. and Mrs. James aren't here, we need you to come down and talk to the doctor. He says that he can only talk to a legal guardian of family member and since you were her emergency contact..."
"Okay," I interrupt her. "I'll be there as soon as I can." I hang up the phone and drop it to the floor. Deb is still looking at me in concern.
"Karen, what happened?" she asks. She looks at me with pleading eyes. "Did something happen to Haley and Nathan?" I bow my head when I hear her voice catch as she says her son's name. I can't tell her what happened. It would kill her. She loves Haley, too. They had gotten to know each other while I was gone.
"I...Peyton was... just..." Before I can explain what was going on, I heard the door of the Café burst open and a very familiar voice calling for his wife.
"Deb!" Dan calls out as he makes his way over to the counter. Deb jumps up and scares him a little. I slowly try to stand up too. We both see the terrified look on his face.
"Dan, what is it?" Deb asks him. They weren't exactly on the best of terms right now.
"I take it you haven't heard what your son did?" he snaps at her. He looks at me and I can tell that he knows that I heard what happened. He actually seems to be genuinely sympathetic about it.
"Nathan? What's wrong with Nathan?" She looks back and forth between us connecting the dots.
"I just got a call from the police," he informs us. I look away so I can't see the look on Deb's face when he tells her. "I seems that our son couldn't keep it in his pants when his girlfriend said no." I hear a gasp escape her mouth. "He raped her."
"No," she states. "He would never do that to Haley." I turn to look at her and to see Dan's reaction. "I can't believe that."
"Well it's true," he corrects her. "Brooke walked in on them and he tried to hit her, but Jake stopped him. Some kid called the police and they arrested him." A tear comes to my eye when I hear him say everything so bluntly.
"We have to go get him out," Deb concludes and moves to grab her coat. Dan grabs her arm and spins her around.
"No we don't!" he yells at her. "After what that boy did, he deserves to stay in there for the rest of his life!" I look at him in surprise. I can't believe that he feels this way. He does have a heart after all. Then again, after the accident, he's been trying to turn his life around. Prove to everyone that he can be a good guy.
"How can you say that? He's our son!"
"And he just raped a girl," he states. "I have done a lot of jackass things in my life, but I would NEVER do that!" I have to smile at him, just a little bit. "That is not just something you forget."
"I can't believe you, Dan," she cries and shakes her head. He looks at her in disgust and turns his attention to me.
"Do you need a ride to the hospital?" he asks. I nod my head, since I'm in no condition to drive. I grab my coat and follow him out to his car. I turn to see Deb looking after us in shock. I feel bad for her, but I just can't believe that she's thinking about helping Nathan right now. Dan opens the passenger side door for me and I get in. "I'm sorry about Deb. I can't believe that she's being so selfish about this." I just nod my head and he starts the car. The short ride to the hospital is made in complete silence. He pulls up to the entrance of the hospital and he senses that I'm scared to go in. "I know. The last time you were in there was with Luke. I understand that it's hard and that you're scared. But Haley needs her mother right now. You need to be there for her."
"Thank you, Dan," I whisper. I turn and give him a kiss on the cheek before I get out of the car. He sits there of a moment with the same expression on his face as the one he had when I hugged him. When I reach the doors I hear him drive off. He really is an okay guy when he wants to be. I shake my head, go through the doors and walk towards the waiting room. It doesn't take more than a second for the girls to be at their feet and in front of me. Brooke gives me a hug and Peyton nods her head to me. I can tell that she doesn't know how to greet me, so I give her a hug as well. She sighs and relaxes in my arms.
"I'm so sorry," she mutters. I rub her back and pull away. I notice that Brooke is no longer behind me. I look around the room until I spot her at the nurses station. "She's getting Haley's doctor." I nod my head and we make our way over to Brooke. I hear the nurse page the doctor and within a few minutes he walks out of the elevator and towards us.
"Are you Miss Roe?" he asks me. I nod and pull out my driver's license to prove it. He looks at it and gives it back to me.
"Is she okay?" begs Brooke, reaching out to hold Peyton's hand. Peyton squeezed it and we all looked at the doctor.
"We did a rape kit and she was in fact raped," he explains and my heart drops to my feet.
"We know that," begins Brooke. "I saw it happen! Is she okay!?"
"Physically, she is pretty much fine," he answers. I hear the girls let out sighs of relief, but I know better than to that. There's something else. "Mentally, is a whole other story. This kind of thing will take a very big toll on her emotionally."
"I can't image what she'll be going through," Peyton muses. "Is there anything that we can do to help her get through this?" I already know his answer.
"Just be there for her and try not to treat her any differently." We all nod. "After she's released, we'll have her set up with someone who will try and help her get over it."
"What aren't you telling us?" I questioned. He tries to avoid my gaze. "Doctor? You said that she was pretty much fine. What isn't fine with her?" He takes a deep breath.
"He wasn't very gentle with her," he begins, a sad edge in his voice. "There's no way of telling if this was her first time, but..."
"It was," Peyton interrupts him. Brooke and I look at her in surprise. I had no idea if it was true and it looked like Brooke didn't either. "She told me a while ago that she was a virgin." That just makes this whole thing even worse for her. I'm suddenly filled with the overwhelming need to hold my baby.
"Yes, well," he stutters. "That might not even be what caused this, but..."
"What is it?" demands Brooke. We were all getting tired of waiting. He clears his throat.
"I'm sorry to be the one to have to tell you this, but it appears that Ms. James will never be able to have a baby now." I hear Brooke start to cry and Peyton try to comfort her. I don't think that anyone could possible comfort me right now. The only thing that could make me feel better is to see Haley smile at me. And right now, I doesn't look like that will ever happen again.
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So? What do you think? I have an idea of what I want to happen in the next few chapters and since I'm no March break now, hopefully I'll be updating very often! Please review! It's always appreciated. Peace.
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Karen's POV
I was gone for six weeks. That is how this all started. If I could go back in time, I would've turned down the offer. I mean, sure. It was fun at the time. I thought I would have an experience that I could always look back on and smile about. I could say that I was there. Now when I look back on it, all I do is cringe. I had no idea that when I came back, my family would be gone. I've never been good with change. That's why our family has been the same for so long. For as long as I can remember it's been me, Keith, Luke and Haley. The four of us were a family. Then I went to Italy. I come back to find out that Keith was drinking before he came to pick me up and he and Luke got in a car accident. In that spilt second, when I heard that Keith had almost cost me my son, I knew that I would never be able to look at him the same way again. Then Luke got really distant. He broke up with both Brooke and Peyton. Then he hooked up with Nikki. I want to hate her so badly for taking my son away from me, but I can't. Luke loves her, he's happy for the first time in forever. Away from the drama that is the Scott family. Even if that includes being away from me. He's happy and that's all I could ever ask for. I was just starting to get used to our new family situation, just Haley and I. I love Haley with everything that I am. She's my daughter and I won't listen to anyone who tries to tell me differently. When Peyton told me what Nathan had done to my baby, I finally broke. I had been trying to stay strong for Haley, convince her that everything would be okay. And for a while it had been. I was getting on with my life. I was actually happy. Now, I'm just trying to keep from dying.
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"It was Nathan." My heart stops. I look over at Deb, who's trying to find out what happened, and I just cry. I no longer have the strength to keep up my mask. What's the point? I'm still holding the phone as I sink to the ground and cry. "I'm so sorry, Karen," I faintly hear Peyton say.
"Where are you?" I manage to get out between my sobs. Deb is now trying to calm all the customers down. After a few moments, she's kneeling by my side again.
"Where at the hospital," she explains. My breathing hitches when I hear that word. Ever since Luke was in the hospital, I've developed a phobia to them. "Since Mr. and Mrs. James aren't here, we need you to come down and talk to the doctor. He says that he can only talk to a legal guardian of family member and since you were her emergency contact..."
"Okay," I interrupt her. "I'll be there as soon as I can." I hang up the phone and drop it to the floor. Deb is still looking at me in concern.
"Karen, what happened?" she asks. She looks at me with pleading eyes. "Did something happen to Haley and Nathan?" I bow my head when I hear her voice catch as she says her son's name. I can't tell her what happened. It would kill her. She loves Haley, too. They had gotten to know each other while I was gone.
"I...Peyton was... just..." Before I can explain what was going on, I heard the door of the Café burst open and a very familiar voice calling for his wife.
"Deb!" Dan calls out as he makes his way over to the counter. Deb jumps up and scares him a little. I slowly try to stand up too. We both see the terrified look on his face.
"Dan, what is it?" Deb asks him. They weren't exactly on the best of terms right now.
"I take it you haven't heard what your son did?" he snaps at her. He looks at me and I can tell that he knows that I heard what happened. He actually seems to be genuinely sympathetic about it.
"Nathan? What's wrong with Nathan?" She looks back and forth between us connecting the dots.
"I just got a call from the police," he informs us. I look away so I can't see the look on Deb's face when he tells her. "I seems that our son couldn't keep it in his pants when his girlfriend said no." I hear a gasp escape her mouth. "He raped her."
"No," she states. "He would never do that to Haley." I turn to look at her and to see Dan's reaction. "I can't believe that."
"Well it's true," he corrects her. "Brooke walked in on them and he tried to hit her, but Jake stopped him. Some kid called the police and they arrested him." A tear comes to my eye when I hear him say everything so bluntly.
"We have to go get him out," Deb concludes and moves to grab her coat. Dan grabs her arm and spins her around.
"No we don't!" he yells at her. "After what that boy did, he deserves to stay in there for the rest of his life!" I look at him in surprise. I can't believe that he feels this way. He does have a heart after all. Then again, after the accident, he's been trying to turn his life around. Prove to everyone that he can be a good guy.
"How can you say that? He's our son!"
"And he just raped a girl," he states. "I have done a lot of jackass things in my life, but I would NEVER do that!" I have to smile at him, just a little bit. "That is not just something you forget."
"I can't believe you, Dan," she cries and shakes her head. He looks at her in disgust and turns his attention to me.
"Do you need a ride to the hospital?" he asks. I nod my head, since I'm in no condition to drive. I grab my coat and follow him out to his car. I turn to see Deb looking after us in shock. I feel bad for her, but I just can't believe that she's thinking about helping Nathan right now. Dan opens the passenger side door for me and I get in. "I'm sorry about Deb. I can't believe that she's being so selfish about this." I just nod my head and he starts the car. The short ride to the hospital is made in complete silence. He pulls up to the entrance of the hospital and he senses that I'm scared to go in. "I know. The last time you were in there was with Luke. I understand that it's hard and that you're scared. But Haley needs her mother right now. You need to be there for her."
"Thank you, Dan," I whisper. I turn and give him a kiss on the cheek before I get out of the car. He sits there of a moment with the same expression on his face as the one he had when I hugged him. When I reach the doors I hear him drive off. He really is an okay guy when he wants to be. I shake my head, go through the doors and walk towards the waiting room. It doesn't take more than a second for the girls to be at their feet and in front of me. Brooke gives me a hug and Peyton nods her head to me. I can tell that she doesn't know how to greet me, so I give her a hug as well. She sighs and relaxes in my arms.
"I'm so sorry," she mutters. I rub her back and pull away. I notice that Brooke is no longer behind me. I look around the room until I spot her at the nurses station. "She's getting Haley's doctor." I nod my head and we make our way over to Brooke. I hear the nurse page the doctor and within a few minutes he walks out of the elevator and towards us.
"Are you Miss Roe?" he asks me. I nod and pull out my driver's license to prove it. He looks at it and gives it back to me.
"Is she okay?" begs Brooke, reaching out to hold Peyton's hand. Peyton squeezed it and we all looked at the doctor.
"We did a rape kit and she was in fact raped," he explains and my heart drops to my feet.
"We know that," begins Brooke. "I saw it happen! Is she okay!?"
"Physically, she is pretty much fine," he answers. I hear the girls let out sighs of relief, but I know better than to that. There's something else. "Mentally, is a whole other story. This kind of thing will take a very big toll on her emotionally."
"I can't image what she'll be going through," Peyton muses. "Is there anything that we can do to help her get through this?" I already know his answer.
"Just be there for her and try not to treat her any differently." We all nod. "After she's released, we'll have her set up with someone who will try and help her get over it."
"What aren't you telling us?" I questioned. He tries to avoid my gaze. "Doctor? You said that she was pretty much fine. What isn't fine with her?" He takes a deep breath.
"He wasn't very gentle with her," he begins, a sad edge in his voice. "There's no way of telling if this was her first time, but..."
"It was," Peyton interrupts him. Brooke and I look at her in surprise. I had no idea if it was true and it looked like Brooke didn't either. "She told me a while ago that she was a virgin." That just makes this whole thing even worse for her. I'm suddenly filled with the overwhelming need to hold my baby.
"Yes, well," he stutters. "That might not even be what caused this, but..."
"What is it?" demands Brooke. We were all getting tired of waiting. He clears his throat.
"I'm sorry to be the one to have to tell you this, but it appears that Ms. James will never be able to have a baby now." I hear Brooke start to cry and Peyton try to comfort her. I don't think that anyone could possible comfort me right now. The only thing that could make me feel better is to see Haley smile at me. And right now, I doesn't look like that will ever happen again.
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So? What do you think? I have an idea of what I want to happen in the next few chapters and since I'm no March break now, hopefully I'll be updating very often! Please review! It's always appreciated. Peace.