Ch. 15: The Places You Have Come To Fear the Most

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When he got to, what he thought was Maple Wood Street, he turned the corner not realizing how fast he was going or that he had run a red light. All of a sudden he heard a horn blowing and then BLACK

The driver of the black hummer quickly jumped out of the car. Surprisingly he didn't get hurt, but he wasn't too sure about the boy in the other car. When he got there he noticed that the boy had banged his head on the steering wheel and he wasn't conscious. He quickly dialed 911 and they told him to check for any gas leaking, if there was he needed to get the boy out of the car as fast and smoothly as possible. The man didn't notice any thing that was leaking or spill out of the car. Three minutes later a fire truck, ambulance, and two cop cars pulled up. The fire men and EMT's ran over to the crashed car with the boy inside and got him out smoothly. They placed him on a gurney and rolled him in to the ambulance. The ambulance was on a one way trip to Tree Hill Memorial. The two cops pulled the older man aside and asked him to tell them his side of the story of what took place.

Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself
And covered with a perfect shell
Such a charming, beautiful exterior
Laced with brilliant smiles and shining eyes
Perfect posture, but you're barely scraping by
But you're barely scraping by

The gang, minus Nathan, was lazily hanging out at Haley's. Jake and Luke were sleeping and Brooke and Peyton were off doing God knows what, but Haley was trying to reach Nathan. He promised that he would stop by to hang out after practice. It was five hours after practice and he wasn't home and no one had seen him. She was getting kind of nervous and Peyton could tell.

"Hales I'm sure it's nothing. He mentioned that he might go out shopping for your Christmas present after practice. Maybe he's still at the mall." Peyton reassured her.

"Yeah your right he's just at the mall." Haley said more to herself. She had this bad gut feeling and it wouldn't go away. The house phone rang shrilly. Brooke ran to get it and handed it to Haley.

"Tutor girl it's Deb. She says it's important." Brooke told her. Haley picked up the phone and listened to what Deb had to tell her. When she processed all the information her face went pale and she dropped the phone. Brooke ran and picked it up and told Deb that they'd call her later. Peyton went and sat Haley on the couch.

"Hales what's the matter?" Brooke asked. Haley took a big breath, "Nath…an's in the hos…pital." Haley cried.

"What!" Peyton yelled. Brooke hugged Haley and tried to get her to calm down.

This is one time, this is one time
That you can't fake it hard enough to please everyone
Or anyone at all...or anyone at all
And the grave that you refuse to leave
The refuge that you've built to flee
The places that you've come to fear the most
It's the place that you have come to fear the most

The doctors had place Nathan in room number 357 and had called his emergency contact Deborah Scott. She had told them that she would be there as soon as possible. All of a sudden a frantic, short blonde woman ran into the ER.

"Hello. How may I help you?" The nurse on duty asked the woman.

"I'm looking for my son Nathan Scott. He was brought in her about twenty minutes ago." Deb told her.

"Oh yes the young boy in the car accident. Dr. Mitchell is on call and he is in the waiting room with some information. Just fall down that hallway until you come to the sign "Family Waiting Room"." The nurse told her. Deb thanked the woman and made her way down the hall. When she got there Dr. Mitchell informed her that Nathan had some slight head trauma and that he was still unconscious. Deb made her way to room 357 to go talk to Nathan, Dr. Mitchell said that it helps people sometimes to hear familiar voices. Deb walked into his room and saw her baby lying on a bed hooked up to all sorts of machines.

"Hey baby boy." Deb whispered into his ear and lightly kissed his forehead. "The doctor says that if you wake up sooner that everything will be all right." Deb had tears in her eyes when she left the room. She went into the waiting room and saw Haley crying, Brooke and Peyton comforting her, Lucas waiting for her, and Jake just waiting to get some news. Deb informed all of them on what Nathan's condition was like. Luke got up to go talk to Nate. When he got in his room he pulled up a chair and sat down by the bed. He grabbed Nate's hand and started telling him some of "Luke's Words of Wisdom" as Nate liked to refer to them as.

"Hey man. Soo the doctor says it helps when we talk to you and I thought my words of wisdom would help." Luke chuckled with tears in his eyes. "You have so many people that love you and that are waiting for you to wake up. Haley's not doing soo well and she just wants to talk to you. Actually I think she wants to talk to you right now, soo little bro you hang in there and come back to us soon." He squeezed Nate's hand and walked out of the room. When he got back to the waiting room he nodded for Haley to go in. Haley practically ran for his room and walked in cautiously.

Buried deep as you can dig inside yourself
and hidden in the public eye
such a stellar monument to loneliness
Laced with brilliant smiles and shining eyes
Perfect make-up, but you're barely scraping by
but you're barely scraping by...

Nathan's Conscious:

He was having a hard time depicting what was real and what wasn't. He had heard his mom and Lucas talking he just couldn't talk back. Then he saw her. She was surrounded by black light and he could tell that she was crying. He wanted soo badly to reach out and wipe her tears away. Then he saw only white and wanted soo badly to go back to her face wrapped in black.

-End of conscious-

She tried to be strong and not cry but it was way too difficult. She kissed him on the cheek and held his hand while she sat down in the chair pulled up by his bed.

"Hey baby. How are you?" Haley asked when she didn't get an answer she wanted to cry, but she held them in. "Squeeze once if your okay and squeeze twice if something hurts." Nothing but silence. "I was gonna wait until Christmas to tell you what I got you. Brooke, Peyton and I we pitched in and we bought season tickets to the Bobcats for you, Jake and Lucas." Haley told him. She felt a light squeeze but didn't know if it was her imagination or not.

"Haley?" Nathan barely whispered. Haley defiantly heard him this time. She didn't want to rush him soo she gently took the buttons that controlled the TV but also had a nurse call button on it. She pressed it and the phone rand. Haley explained that Nathan had briefly woken up and that she wasn't sure if he was fully awake yet.

Well this is one time, well this is one time
That you can't fake it hard enough to please everyone
Or anyone at all...or anyone at all
And the grave that you refuse to leave
The refuge that you've built to flee
The places that you've come to fear the most
It's the place that you have come to fear the most

"Nate, are you awake?" Haley whispered into his ear softly.

"Water?" He asked again in the same hoarse whisper. Haley grabbed the water bottle off of the stand and placed it to his lips.

"Here you go babe." Haley told him. He drank slowly at first but then he started gulping down the water. When he finished his throat didn't feel as dry. He just opened his eyes and stared at Haley. Haley couldn't take it anymore and she got on the bed and kissed his face all over.

"I was soo worried about you." She said with tears streaming down her face. Nathan took his thumb and grazed them over her cheeks.

"Shh don't cry. It's okay I'm here now and I'm not going anywhere." Nathan told her just as Dr. Mitchell and the nurse walked in. Haley got up off the bed and stood in the corner while Dr. Mitchell checked all of his vital signs and checked for any brain damage. Then he left to go inform Mr. Scott of her son's recovery. As soon as he left Haley got back on to his bed and he wrapped his arms around her. She felt safe and fell asleep while he was running his hand over her back.

The places that you've come to fear the most
It's the place that you've come to fear the most
It's the place that you have come to fear the most

So there's the next chappie…soo I hope you all don't hate me anymore…I didn't leave you at a cliff hanger this time…soo YAY!...alright reply and you'll get an ud…peace…

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