Chapter Five

It was now a few days later, and Haley was still in the hospital. The doctors, they had to run tests, because they didn't know what was wrong yet. Taylor had also come back to town, she wasn't going to let her baby sister go through this along and she brought her boyfriend Chris Keller. Taylor acted strong, she had too, but inside, she wasn't really. That's why she brought Chris, sure they have only been together for a year, but he helped her deal with her emotions. Because Taylor was scared for her baby sister.

Peyton knew Haley was scared, she could see it in her eyes, she also knew her parents were too. She heard it, when they whispered to each other, when they whispered with the doctors. She knew they didn't know what was going on with Haley yet, but she felt it. She felt like something terrible was about to happen, and she couldn't deal with it. That's why she needed her friends, there for her. She vowed she would make a change, if something terrible were to happen to Haley. She would defend her sister, she would stand up to Brooke and Alexia, she would talk to Haley at school. She had too, but she couldn't get through this if something really was wrong with Haley, if she didn't. Because Haley was her baby sister.

Keith and Deb just looked at each other. They were scared, though they tried not to show it. They were scared for their baby girl. They didn't know what was wrong, but they knew it had to be something bad, because why else would the doctors be running test after test after test. Something was wrong with their baby girl and they couldn't stand the thought.

Sarabeth is scared to death
To hear what the doctor will say

Haley was scared. She was so scared, it scared her sometimes. But she didn't want to let it show. Besides she knew it would worry her parents and her sisters. She didn't want anyone to know she was scared. She didn't want to know what the doctors would say. Because she knew it would be something bad, she felt it, it was her body, she knew something was wrong. And as long as she didn't know, she could pretend it was nothing, she could pretend it was just the flu or some rare flu and she would get better. She could pretend that she was normal and things would be okay.

Nathan was sitting out in the waiting room. With his friends and Haley's friends on the opposite side of the room. He tried to tell himself, he was there for Peyton, or that's the way he acted. Inside, he was there for Haley. Because it scared him when he fainted, it scared him so much to know that something was wrong, that he might lose her, he would never see her pretty face in school, he would never see her smile, never be able to tell her that he liked her, and realized what might have been. It was then that he decided that he would break things off with Alexia. If Haley just made it through, he would break things off and he would ask Haley out on a date and he hoped that she would say yes. Because he didn't want to lose her again, he didn't want to feel the way he did when he saw her faint. He wanted to be Haley James' Boyfriend and he didn't care what his brother or friends had to say, he would be, somehow, someway, he would get her to go out with him.

She hasn't been well
Since the day that she fell
And the bruise, it just won't go away

She hadn't been well since the day that she fainted. She knew it. She kept getting sick, getting dizzy, since the day she fainted until now and she had a bruise on her leg, that hasn't gone away yet. That was why she was scared. Scared to feel what she was feeling, scared because she knew what the signs were. She knew and there was nothing she could do about it.

So she sits and she waits with her mother and dad

There wasn't anything Haley could do but wait, with her mother and father on one side and her sisters on the other. Nothing she could do. And the waiting was killing her. It was killing her parents and her sisters too, the waiting. She wished they would just come in and tell her what was wrong already. Instead of keeping them waiting.

And it was then, that the doctors walked in. Doctor White, was her primary physican, but there was one new doctor, she has never seen before Dr. Knight.

Between the red cells and white
Something's not right
But we're gonna take care of you

Six chances in ten it won't come back again
With the therapy were gonna try
It's the strongest there is
I think we caught it in time

"I'm sorry Haley, I wish the news were something else. The results show you have Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia, or often refered to as ALL. It's the leukemia most often found in children and adults. But with chemotherpy, there's a good chance that you will beat it."

Her mom had broken down and was crying, her dad was holding her mom and her sisters, they were shocked, Haley herself didn't know what to do.

Haley looked at Doctor White.

Haley says,"Are you going to be treating me?"

"No. I've taken care of you since you were a baby, Haley. I know every broken bone, every scrape, every illness. But I can not treat you for this. You need a specialist, and that's Doctor Knight. She can answer any questions you guys might have. I have to go. Good luck Haley."

And with that she was gone and Haley was left with her parents, her siblings and a doctor that she didn't know.

Keith says,"Doctor Knight, how soon do we need to start treatments?"

"Since you are already here in the hospital. We can start soon."

Deb looked at Doctor Knight and says,"What if we decided to skip treatments, just forgot this and take Haley home."

Doctor White looks at Deb seriously and says,"That would be unwise Mrs. James. Untreated, most cancer patients, die within the first year."

"I don't want to die."

Doctor White smiled and says,"That's why you are here. To live."

Keith says,"Is there any other treatments?"

"Chemo is the best treatment for this kind of cancer, there's two types, you will take pills by mouth and take it through an iv. However if chemo, doesn't work, we'll cross the bridge if we get too it, there's also a bone marrow transplant. We will test you families, your best bet is a twin or your siblings. If we need it, we will do the transplant, but for now chemo."

Haley says,"Do I have to have surgery?"

"We have to give you a venous access device, basically it's just a plastic tube that goes into one of your veins, so we can do chemo and take blood samples easier with not as much needle pokes. That's it. The surgery will take about 3-4 hours and then we can start chemo tommorrow. You guys can have a few minutes to say goodbye, before we start prepping for surgery."

Sarabeth is scared to death
Cause the doctor just told her the news

Haley was scared, but she knew she had to go through with everything. It would make her will. But she had one request.

"Peyton, please don't tell anyone yet. It's okay to tell Chris, but I don't want anyone else to know."

"But Haley, they are all out there, they are going to want to know what happened."

"I can't Peyton. Please promise me. I don't want their pitty, just promise me that you won't say anything, don't tell anyone. I want to tell them myself."

Peyton says,"Fine I promise. Bye Hales, I'll be right outside when you're done."

Taylor says,"I love you little sis, you'll be okay."

"Princess, mom and I will be right outside, waiting, we aren't going to leave you baby. We love you."

And then her family left and she was left alone. She closed her eyes.

Sarabeth closes her eyes
And she dreams she's dancing
Around and around without any cares
And her very first love is holding her close
And the soft wind is blowing her hair

Haley dreamt that she was dancing, things were normal, she didn't have cancer, she didn't have to have surgery, she wasn't sick.

And she dreamed of Nathan. He held her close to him, as they danced under the moonlight as the wind blew her hair. She looked so beautiful, so perfect, and then Nathan leaned in and kissed her and it felt so right. That it was real and it wasn't a dream.

She dreamt of a life with Nathan, getting married, having children, feeling loved, like all that mattered to her was she was Mrs. Haley James Scott. She liked the sound. But it was only in her dreams, but little did she know how true her dreams were about to become.

And there you go with chapter five. You know for once, one of my fanfics, acutually made me cry. I know there wasn't a lot of Naley. Sorry, but I needed to get out Haley's emotions, dealing with her illness and just what's going on in her mind. Oh the song I used was Skin- Rascal Flatts, because I love the song and it fit so perfectly with this chapter.

More Naley to come. And don't worry, everyone is going to find out Haley has cancer soon, probably in the next chapter or at least Nathan will.

Please read and review, it makes me happy.

Love,
Gracie