Chapter 12: She's Awake

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When Brooke left the room, Nathan lifted his head up and sighed. He moved hischair closer, held Haley's hand and spoke.

"You know, Brooke's right. About everything she said. Look, I'm sorry I got mad at you. If I never got mad at you, then you probably wouldn't be here," he sighed, "I--I need you Haley. I need you so much. I can't live without you. I mean, when you left, I thought I was gonna die and that I wouldn't be able to handle it. And when you came back, I felt so glad. But I was just so upset that you lied, that I just pushed you away. I need you, Hales. I-I love you," he sighed as he put his head back down. A few minutes later, he fell asleep.

The next day, Nathan woke up around 9:45 A.M. When he woke up, he noticed that everyone else there. He figured they came a while before. But they were all asleep, except for Jenny, who was taking care on James and Kayla. Nathan yawned as Jenny looked up at him and then Haley.

"Oh my God, she's awake!" Jenny yelled out. Nathan looked at her puzzled. "What!" Nathan then looked at Haley.

"Oh my God, you're awake." Nathan breathed. Haley looked at him and smiled. Jenny quickly got up and hurried over to Haley.

"Hey Jenny," Haley smiled.

"Hey," Jenny smiled. Jenny looked at Nathan, who was still surprised, waiting for him to say something to Haley. Nathan looked at Jenny then to Haley.

"H-Haley, you're awake," Nathan said.

"Yeah, I guess I am," Haley chuckled.

"Oh my God! Haley!" Brooke yelled. Apparently, she just woke up… and so did everyone else, considering she practically yelled. Everyone got up and walked over to the bed, leaving Kayla and James. Nathan sighed, got up, went over to where Jenny was sitting and started taking care of Kayla and James. He didn't feel like being with them right now. No one noticed he left the bed, except for Haley, who was a bit upset he did. She just wanted to be with him right now. But she smiled and pretended she didn't notice either.

"When did you wake up?" Brooke asked Haley.

"Yea, we really missed you, you know," Peyton smiled.

I um- actually woke up around the time you guys came. When was that? Around 7:30 in the morning?" Haley asked.

"Wow, you were awake that long?" Jake asked.

"Yea, I was too lazy to open my eyes and say, 'Hey guys I'm awake, so I just pretended that I was still sleeping," Haley answered.

"Yea, I always thought you were the lazy-ass," Lucas joked. Everyone chuckled.

"Well, ha-ha, very funny!" Haley smiled. It was quiet for awhile until Haley sighed. "What happened to me anyway?" Haley asked.

"You were upset with me. So you took Peyton's car and drove to God knows where. We decided to go to Cold Stone for the kids but we never got there because we saw you. You crashed into a tree. We got you thank God, and brought you here. Doctors do some surgery, you get into a coma. The next day, here we all are," Nathan said, not looking up. Everyone looked at him, surprised. It was quiet again. Nathan looked up and saw everyone staring at him. Nathan got annoyed by this. "What!" Nathan asked annoyed. Brooke, who was sitting next to Haley on her bed, looked up at Lucas, who had his arm around her. Lucas looked at Brooke, confused and then looked back at Nathan. They've all been looking at Nathan for a good 2 minutes now. Nathan was really getting annoyed by them.

"Why are you guys looking at me! I just answered her damn question!" Nathan said. Brooke sighed.

"Nathan, you sounded angry," Brooke said.

"Yeah. So?" Nathan asked confused. Brooke got up from Haley's bed,

"Nathan, can I talk to you outside? Privatley," Brooke said getting up and going toward the door.

"But..." Nathan started. "Now!" Brooke demanded and walked out in the hall. Nathan got up instantly and followed Brooke, closing the door behind him.

"What was that about?" Haley asked. Everyone shrugged. Haley sighed.

"Does he hate me that much?" Haley asked, upset.

"Look, he doesn't hate you. He loves you from the bottom of his heart. He's just really upset cause' you left him. And he's afraid you might leave him again, Haley," Peyton answered Haley with consideration. Haley smiled. Peyton smiled too.

"So, where are Kayla and James?" Haley asked, changing the subject.

A/n: Hey dudes! L0L .. so sorry for the LONG wait. But I'm really trying to update as much chapters as I can before school starts and I'm going to be starting two Harry Potter stories soon. Me and my cousin are going to be working on one of them together and I'll be working on another one myself. But I won' t be abandoning this story! SO don't worry. Anyway, I hope you guys liked this chapter! Please review!