Im so sorry for the wait, and I will trying my damndest to update my other story as well. That one is getting harder though. Anyways, this chapter is almost all a flashback, you'll see that Haley is kinda telling the girls this, I just wanted to give you guys more insight... There are certain things in here that I have refrenced, the prom was during Haley's concert , and the day the girls were born was duringNH's first reunion
I also realize, that I messed up the numbering on my chapters. So Im fixing that, I promise.
Chapter 17: Now You Know
In these eyes, More than words more than
Anything that I've spoken
As the skies, Turn to grey my heart's
Just about to crack open
So the story goes
There's something you should know
Before I walk away and I blow the ending
FLASHBACK- SENIOR YEAR- Haley's pregnancy.
"Mrs. Scott, you're pregnant." The doctor smiled mockingly at her, god how she wanted to rip off his face. And eat some chicken..
"What, no. That can't be... I'm not even 18 yet!" She panicked.
"Age doesn't give you an exempt, and you are married. Correct?"
"Yes, but..." A million thoughts had been traveling through her head, and for the first time in a month one was not Nathan Scott. God damn doctor, she groaned internally.
"Then... I believe you will be fine. Now, you do have choices. At this point I would put you at about two months." Haley riffled through her mind, two months, had they even had sex in the last two months..? Oh god. The banquet. Why in the world did Brooke always give her so much to drink! "So see the front desk and schedule an appointment for about two weeks from today and we will discuss your decision. If there are no further questions..? Okay, I will see you in two weeks." He rushed out abruptly, slightly slamming the door, causing Haley to jump.
"Oh lord. When did I become Taylor?" She muttered as she pulled herself off the doctor's chair and down the long hallway to the secretary's office. She payed her fee, but there was no way in hell she was coming back to this guy. What a creeper. No, she'd go to her own, normal doctor that she had been too afraid to go to before.
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A week later she had finally gotten the nerve to go talk to Nathan. Sort of, more Brooke had found out and drove her to his house forcefully, and then sped away before she could stop her. She hesitantly knocked on the Scott's door, and Deb answered. "Hello, Haley." She greeted coolly.
"Hi, Mrs. Scott. Is Nathan around?" She could feel her heart beating faster as she swung the door open further, stepping back to let her in. She felt Deb's eyes trace her outline as if she knew, causing her to wrap her arms protectively around herself. "He's SUPPOSED to be doing his homework in his room, but I doubt that's what he's actually doing." She smiled. Haley tried to laugh back, but it was feeble and very forced, sounding pathetically young. She quietly thanked her and walked up the staircase, silently, in hopes maybe he would be sleeping so she could call Brooke and tell her she had tried. No such luck, she could hear the rhythmic beat of the basketball against the ceiling as she walked down the hallway. His door was open and she could immediately see him laying flat on his bed, throwing the ball against the ceiling.
"You need help or are you just neglecting those poor books?" She questioned, indicating the books scattered across his bed.
"I'm sorry, did you just say "Poor"? Those books should feel damn proud, they have my name written in them." He states agrogantly.
"Right. How could I have been mistaken?" She laughs nervously, she hopes he doesn't recognize it. He does. He's so stupid, if he could realize that she was hiding something he should of also got that she didn't want to talk about it!
"Hales," He started. She wished he wouldn't say her name so soft and affectionately. "What's wrong?"
"Me? Nothing's wrong with me. How about you?" She rambled quickly, nervously biting her lip.
"Oh, me. Nothing. I was just wondering why you were here if something wasn't wrong." He smirks, knowingly. And there's that smirk back, is EVERYONE mocking me these days?" She thought. She quickly searched the room looking for a good excuse.
"Oh. I just need a piece of paper, that's all." She smiled.
"A piece of paper? You don't have paper at your place now?"
"No, fresh out. And uh..."
"And uh... your problem is...?"
"I DON'T HAVE A PROBLEM!" She yelled, taking Nathan back.
"Oh. Okay..." He said in shock, placing the basketball down at his feet. Well, at least the smirk's gone, she sighed. "So. If you don't have a problem, and by the way I don't buy the lame paper excuse because you have like a million notebooks, so why are you here?"
"Brooke made me come." She vaguely told him, sitting down on the bed next to him.
"Brooke made you come, why?" He egged her on.
"Because I have something to tell you..."
"And that something would be...?" He asked and she walked over to the door.
"Nathan... I'm pregnant." She told him calmly, watching his face contort to terror. "I'll talk to you tomorrow." She whispered, before leaving his room and running down the stairs and out the front door. She quickly pulled her cell phone out of her purse as she walked away from the Scott household.
"Brooke..." She cried.
"I'll be there in five." She reassured.
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Not even a week later the whole school had found out she was pregnant, Nathan was avoiding her, her parents weren't talking to her, Deb kept giving her dirty looks at work, Lucas was at basketball practice all the time, Brooke was busy with some class officer action week, Jake had just came home so Peyton wasn't in school, and she still had to write an essay on the way people are affected by other's choices. Oh, great! What an amazing way for her to be made fun of more. Not only will she be "Pregnant tutor girl." but now she'll be "Pregnant tutor girl that is ruining some guy's life!" The only funny part was that only their friends knew it was Nathan's baby. Even though he should of been their first guess, he was her husband after all. But she had heard some crazy stories of who it was that knocked her up. The best to her was Tim Smith. Of course, Tim STARTED that rumor but...
"Haley! Wait up!" A voice called down the hallway. She stopped and swung around, hoping it was Nathan, it didn't sound like his voice though. The Friday after-school rush made several people cut around her, revealing Mouth, ah, Mouth always knows when he's needed.
"Hey Mouth. You wanna walk with me? I have to go to my shift, but I'm sure Karen wouldn't mind if you wanted some pie or something." She offered hopefully.
"Oh, um Haley, that sounds great, but I can't. I just wanted to give you back your French book. I'll see you at the game right?" He smiled not waiting for an answer before taking off back down the hallway.
"I can't even get Mouth to stay with me anymore..." She sighed, feeling the tears starting to come. Haley walked quickly toward the nearest exit, noticing some kids pointing and laughing at her as she burst open the door. The rain and harsh February air hit her full force as she briskly ran away from the building. "Where? I don't see her!" Some kid from her Physics class said to his friends as she walked by. She turned to smile at them, but one of the girls he was with grabbed his shirt and pointed directly at her. "HER! I heard she's having a boy!"
The whole group looked over at her and Haley let the tears start to fall. They all laughed as she turned back around and ran full-speed ahead to Karen's. "IS RUNNING THAT MUCH GOOD FOR YOUR BABY, PREGNANT GIRL?" Someone yelled after her.
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"That's all he said!" Brooke exclaimed as she dragged Haley into the party at the Scott beach house a month later. Haley's ears already rang with the blaring rap music, and the pungent alcohol and vomit smell was making her nauseated. Or maybe that was the apples and peanut butter she was craving earlier. They walked threw the crowd, and into the kitchen, avoiding half of the party. "Yeah... Did you expect anything else?" Haley shouted over the party noise.
"Well, no.. but I was kinda hoping..." She trailed off, as she searched the cabinets for liquor. "AH! There you are, Mr. Daniels. Haley, you want some?" She offered as she poured the alcohol into a blender.
Haley looked at her blankly then pointed at her stomach. "No thanks Brooke."
"Oh, right. Sorry, I forgot." She apologized.
"It's alright, Im glad one of us can forget." She mumbled, leaving the kitchen as she spotted Lucas sitting next to Mouth. "Hey guys." She greeted.
"Hey, Hales. How are you doing?" Lucas asks.
"I feel like someone ran me over with a steamroller, and then backed up and ran over me again, just to make sure. But hey, thanks for asking." She faked smiled, then sat down next to them. Lucas looked apologetic at her.
"Sorry Hales, I didn't mean it like that."
"Yeah, I know." She smiled meekly as she watched Nathan walk toward them at the same time as Peyton and Brooke.
"Lucas, let's dance."
"Yeah, Mouth, Let's go." Peyton agreed. "Where's Jake?" He asked, Peyton shrugged.
Nathan, who had already sat down next to Haley, thinking they were all staying, looked down awkwardly at his drink.
"So... how have you been?" He mumbles.
"Fine." She says coarsely. He flinched. She didn't care, he had avoided her for a month, two weeks and five days, not that she was counting.
"Haley, um. I... can we talk?"
"Isn't that what we are doing?"
"No, well, yes, but... I mean, you want to go for a walk with me?" He asks nervously. Haley looks over at Brooke, who winked at her.
"Not especially." She replies, receiving a disapproving frown from Brooke.
"Please, Hales." He whispers desperately.
"Fine." She agrees. 'Maybe after five minutes with Nathan and a little but of fake crying Brooke will let me leave. When did I become so scheming?' She thinks.
Nathan grabs her hand and leads her threw the party. "HEY! It's pregnant girl!" Some drunk junior yells after them causing Nathan to drop her hand and spin around forcefully. The terror in the kid's eyes wasn't even half of the anger in Nathan's. "Nathan, don't, please." Haley pleaded, trying to grab his arm. He ripped it away from her.
"What did you just say?" He spat at him. The kid didn't answer, just walk toward him, sternly, hey, if he was going out, he was going out valiantly.
"What, can't say anything, now?" He said, throwing back his arm and driving it right into his face. The kid fell and Nathan grabbed his shirt and plowed him again. "NATHAN! STOP IT!" Haley shouted. Lucas and Mouth rushed over and pulled him off the kid and pushed him out the front door.
"What the hell, dude?" Lucas exclaims, but Nathan just turns away and storms off. "Go after him, Haley." She sighs, but nods in agreement.
"NATHAN! Wait up." He stops and turns around, looking at her almost annoyed.
"What, Haley?" He sighs.
"What the heck was that about!"
"He was making fun of you Haley, are you just going to let him say that stuff!"
"I don't know, but it would be my choice. Not your drunk and belligerent self."
"Yeah, but... we are still married." He stated, as if that helped his case at all.
"Im fully aware of that. But, weren't you the one that wanted the divorce? And either way, you can't go beating people up because of me!" She exclaims, starting to walk away from him, but he catches up and walks with her
"Yeah, but people should know not say stuff about you!"
"WHY! Because it's wrong? Or because Nathan Scott will beat them up if they do! I don't need you protecting me anymore Nathan. If you were gonna do that, you should have started a month ago, when I actually cared." She walked away.
"You can't tell me that when he said that you didn't care! Cause if you do that's bull, and you know it!" He followed.
"Oh, my gosh. NATHAN! Leave me alone. I don't need you, this baby doesn't need you, and I sure as hell don't want you." She lied.
"Don't say that." He groaned, letting go of her arm, allowing her to walk away. "Haley... Haley wait!"
"WHAT!" She shouted. "Isn't that what you wanted to hear! I don't want you to help me! You don't want this baby, so fine! You're free! I can do it by myself." She told him, he grabbed her arm and pulled her into him, grabbing her waist to steady her.
"Haley James SCOTT, don't do this. I love you, and I want this baby. And I'm sorry for acting like an ass." He told her confidently, making her cry.
"God damn hormones." She cried as he pushed her toward him, kissing her softly.
--
"It's going to be a girl Nathan." Haley promises as the nurse leads them into a room.
"Yeah, whatever, but when it's a boy I will want a reward." He smirks.
"Ew. Nathan. Shut up." She tells him as the nurse jots down some information about her. The doctor appears soon after and they set up the ultra-sound. "Oh, wow." The doctor says.
"What! What's wrong with my baby?" Haley panics, and Nathan squeezes her hand.
The doctor laughs, "Nothing. Just, there is two." Nathan drops her hand.
"What do you mean, two?"
"Congratulations, you are having twins." The doctor says. "Two baby girls."
Haley's eyes well up with tears. "Two baby girls...!"
"Two..." Nathan echoes.
"Now Haley, I want you to be sure you are taking your vitamins and drinking enough water." The doctor tells her.
"Right."
--
"It's Prom night tutorgirl! Aren't you excited!" Brooke squealed.
"Extremely." Haley said dully, as she got into her dress. "I think it's a pretty safe bet that I'll be the only one there in a maternity dress."
"Haley, and I'm not exaggerating here, I think you look gorgeous. Nathan will be pleased." She smiled.
"Yeah, yeah." She said disbelievingly, walking out of the room and into the kitchen. She riffled through the freezer, settling on Cookie Dough Ice Cream. She pulled out a spoon and sat down.
"Where are they? If we're late, I'll kill em." She promised, and not two minutes later they walked in.
"Didn't the decor comity do a great job?" Brooke comments as they walk into the gym.
"They covered up our state championship banner with cray paper!" Lucas enrages.
"THEY DIDN"T!" Nathan shouts in disbelief, but Lucas points and sure enough it was covered. "Hales, we'll be back. We need to do some demolition."
"Boys, don't touch the decorations!" Brooke yells after them, but they were soon lost in the crowd. "Ughh... men." Brooke scowls, Haley laughs.
'Hero' By Mariah Carey comes on, taking the place of blaring rap music as Peyton and Jake join them. "Hey girlies." Peyton says, but Jake pulls her onto the dance floor. Nathan and Lucas come back, and lead the girls out onto the dance floor.
"And then a hero comes along, with the strength to carry on..." Haley sings into Nathan's ear as they sway to the music. But suddenly the singing stopped, and Nathan felt Haley lean on him heavily. Then her arms slipped off of his neck and she slid to the floor, Nathan caught her and laid her down gently. "Hales? HALES!" He shouted. "Lucas, call 911!"
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September 21st. They told him he'd be father the day her water broke. Sure enough, here they were, on the day her water broke. Oh, god, He gulped, looking at his wife who was sleeping. Sleeping on the day that she said mattered most. Suddenly, the monitor next to her bed picked up its beeping pace. It wasn't supposed to, Nathan panicked. Doctors and nurse of all sorts flew into the small delivery room.
"Mr. Scott, we are going to ask that you leave."
"But... that's my wife..." He trailed off looking at his helpless wife be poked and prodded by people in scrubs and masks and gloves.
"I know, but there has been complications, I promise I will inform you as soon as I can." The doctor told him as they shoved him out of the room. Nathan paced in the waiting room as Lucas tried his best to calm him down. It didn't work. A nurse came out and walked toward them, Nathan looked at her hopefully, but kept walking, back to a small family in the corner.
"Family of Haley Scott?" A nurse asked who had just left the operating room, where Haley's emergency C-section was taking place. Emergency, the word that didn't seem to leave Nathan's mind.
"That's us." He sprang up quickly.
"We need you to sign these wavers." She told him politely.
"What for?"
"Well, um. In case of serious complications, we need to know whether to save the mother or child first. Or in this case, children, if possible." She told him solemnly.
"You mean choose between my wife or kids!" He gulped, running his hand threw his hair, he felt Lucas's hand on his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, sir. It's just a formality. In case. Please fill them out, and return them to the front desk."
Nathan sat back down and stared at the forms for quite some time. He read them over and them finally circled mother. Wiping the tears from his eyes, he returned the forms to the desk like asked. About twenty minutes later, the doctor came out. "How is she?"
"She's holding on. But she's so small, and she's lost a lot of blood. Baby A is safely out, but Baby B is the problem." Damn. He had hope with the word safe.
"What's wrong with her?"
"Well, to put it in common terms, the position she is in will make it difficult to deliver her. But I think we will be able to save her."
End of Flashback
Feel so light, Craving not searchin'
All this truth's left me empty
When you run, Can you handle it
'Cause I need you to tell me
And Maybe this is bold,
But I'm hopin' you'll stay for the happy ending
"Wow. Rough. " Hannah breaths.
"Yeah... my pregnancy, wasn't that great" Haley sighs.
"Two questions, Who was baby B and why did you pass out at prom?" Nicole asks as they continue to walk toward the Rivercourt.
"I passed out because I didn't listen and didn't drink enough water-"
"Smart, mom. Real smart. You could've killed us!"
"Hey, I was only eighteen. I didn't know what the heck I was doing.
"Your forgiven I suppose, if you tell us who baby B was..."
"Nicole, you were baby B." She smiles, waiting for the fight.
"HA! I was a miracle baby!" Nicole smugly states, rubbing it in Hannah's face.
"Now, hey, we thought you were both miracles." Haley smiles, but they ignore it.
"YEAH, but that means IM older!" Hannah smirks back.
"Aw, man..." Nicole pouts.
"Alright, so after that..." Hannah prods.
"After that, we moved you two into our tiny little apartment, and didn't sleep at all. Then we got divorced and you know the rest."
"No, but why did you get divorced?"
"Well, your father wanted to go to UCLA since, I don't know. Forever probably. And I wanted to go to NYU, and I... don't know... Its complicated. Nathan and I are... complicated."
"But how did you choose, between me and miracle kid over here." Hannah laughs at the triumphant look on her twin's face.
"Nathan, well he named you and I named Nicole. Hannah starts with H, and I wouldn't let him name you Haley jr. So he and all of his worldly common sense decided on the first name that came to his mind that sounded like my name. Then I just went with Nicole to make him feel like I wanted to name me baby girl Nathan, plus I just always liked the name. So when we split, he wanted to split them up by letters."
"So I got cheated out of a mom because my dad's a loser? That's really fair." Nicole grumbled as they approached the Rivercourt. "Speak of the Devil." Nicole jokes as they see Nathan playing basketball.
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I never want to be without you
Oh I go here you go now I know
What I feel about you
There's no runnin'
I must of been wrong about you
Oh no there I go no control
And I'm fallin' so now you know
"Will you be my wife?" He proposes, looking at her face of shock as he takes the ring box from his pocket.
"Yes, Lucas Scott I-" She starts, but his lips cut her off. She pulls away slightly. "But on two conditions." She starts again and his smile fades. "One, I don't want to get married like immediately, lets go slow." He nods in agreement. "Two, you put the ring on my finger already!" She giggles and he opens the box and slides the diamond onto her finger.
So the story goes, Yeah, you already know
So don't be a fool and go spoil the ending
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