Brooke walked back to Haley's Room. Peyton and Haley were on her bed watching A Walk To Remember.
"Hey guys," Brooke said to get the two girl's attention. "Um, Pey can I talk to Haley alone for-" She was cut off by a Doctor clearing his throat.
"Hi girls I just wanted to let you know that you are free to go home. You just have to sign some papers at the front desk." And with another flash of his smile he was out of the door.
"Well I guess that's are cue to pack you up sister!" trying to lighted the mood. She knew that Haley was upset about leaving that hospital because it meant that she had to go to the police.
Peyton drove Brooke's car back to the apartment so that she could sit in the back with Haley.
"Kay you guys I think that now you're here, I should just go, Ya know get a real night's sleep. I'll come back real early tomorrow?" the two girls nodded. Once Peyton had left the just went to the kitchen to make some smoothies, well Brooke was making smoothies and Haley was clutching on to a photo album that of her and Nathan for dear life while looking into space.
"Hales?" Brooke said trying to bring her back from her thoughts. She knew that sometimes your mind and memories could be a very scary place to spend quality time. After repeating the girl's name about five times she finally looked to Brooke with tears in her eyes. "I need to tell you something. It's not bad." Brooke said after seeing the fear flicker in Haley's eye after he use of words. "Um Nathan was at the hospital the whole time we were there. Did you know that?" Haley shook her head. "Well he was, and he wanted to see you." Haley looked down at the photo album that she was till holding in her lap, and began to trace the letters on the front. LOVE. The album was full of pictures of her and Nathan while that were dating and when they were married and then they were happy. "He told me to tell you that he'd wait for you. He said you'd know what that meant." Haley nodded and started crying, only noticing it when the small salty drops fell on to the lettering indentations of the book. She just got up not looking or saying a word to Brooke. She grabbed the phone off the counter and walked to the bedroom they shared. She locked the door and jumped on her bed sitting Indian style with the covers over her head.
Haley dialed the numbers that had been burned into her memory over the past two years. Then he answered the phone. His voice wavering, like her head been crying. It reminded her off the night he had collapsed on the basket ball court. He had taken performance enhancers but that night he came to her. Out of all the people he came to her and he told her how much he needed her.
"Nathan" she whispered into the reviver.
When Nathan heard the voice on the other line he didn't know what to feel. He couldn't even bring himself to speak.
"Brooke told me."
She didn't know what she was doing what had willed her to call him. What she thought she would get out of it. But Haley needed to see if it was true. If Nathan still loved her.
"Haley" Nathan managed to choke out.
"I love you." She said and hung up the phone. She hadn't accomplished anything. Haley had chickened out once again. She got up and looked into the mirror that hung above her dresser, looking at the bruise on her neck from where Jack had grabbed her. "Why? Why did I have to leave? Why did I have to hurt Nathan? Why didn't I fight for him when I came home? Why did I flirt with Jack at the café? Why did I take his number? Why did I call him? Why did I go out with him? Why did I let him hurt me? I can answer all those questions. Because I'm a coward. I'm a sorry excuse of a person. I don't deserve anything. I don't deserve love." Haley said, she brook down into sobs. She couldn't even support herself, and she fell on to the ground not able to move.
As Brooke was finishing making the smoothies she wondered what Haley was saying to Nathan. So being the curious and nosey person she was she stopped the blender and sat by the door. She heard the words Haley uttered. Only a simple I love you. And Brooke also heard what Haley had said to herself. Immediately she jumped up and went to open the door. But it was locked maybe she just wanted to be alone, Brooke thought. Then she heard the sobs coming from the girls tiny frame. She heard something smash on the ground, shattering. And she heard a thump and to the carpeted floor.
"Haley! Haley, open the door! Haley, please!" But it was no use. Brooke didn't now if she ws hurt, or what. She was panicking. So she did the only thing she knew to do. She called the person she knew was, in the past, the only one that made her feel like it was truly going to be ok. God she hoped her best friend wouldn't hate her after this.
Brooke ran to the living room to get her cell phone out of her sweat jacket that was draped over the couch. She want into contacts and clicked the number she was searching for.
"Nathan. Nathan, it's Haley." She couldn't hold back her tears any longer. "She's locked into the bedroom. I heard a crash, and then her fall on the ground. I don't know if she's ok. Please Nathan. Please help her."