The Following Morning

Nathan and Luke entered the kitchen and found Keith and Karen already eating breakfast.

"Nathan honey I made some pancakes, eat something before you rush off to the hospital." Karen told Nathan.

"Thanks Ms. Roe."

"Soon to be Scott." Keith said with a smirk.

Nathan smiled.

"You sure you want to be a Scott, Ms. Roe? I don't think it's all that good of a name." Brooke said as she entered the Roe/Scott residence with a couple of coffees.

Karen looked at Brooke and smiled.

"Watch it Brooke cause you're next." Nathan said to his brother's girlfriend with a smile.

"Not anytime soon." Karen said looking at her son and his girlfriend.

"Don't worry mom."

"Please like I would take Scott? No thanks. Besides Davis is so much…prettier." She said taking a sip of her coffee as she leaned against the counter.

"Watch it Brooke. You may have to pay the next time your car breaks down." Keith said with a smile.

"Oh come on Keith you know you're the exception. You're the best Scott ever." She said hugging him.

"And don't you forget it." He said as he grabbed Karen's dirty plate and headed over to the sink to wash both plates.

"So how's Tutor Wife?" Brooke asked Nathan.

"Don't know, I was going to head over there in a few." He told her as he drank some OJ.

"Peyton and I were going to head over there later this afternoon cause she promised Jake she'd watch Jenny while he went to work."

"Okay." He said as he rinsed out his glass. "Thanks Mrs. Scott." He said giving Karen a kiss on the cheek. "I'll see you guys later." He said heading out.

Karen sighed. "He didn't even touch his pancakes."

"He misses her." Luke told his mom.

"Yeah. We all do." Karen replied to her son before heading to her bedroom to get ready for work.

"Well I've got to get to the shop. Umm tell Nate to give me a call if he needs anything. Let me known once anything chances." He said to his nephew. "Brooke I'll see you later."

"Bye Keith."

"Bye Uncle Keith." Brooke said with a smile. "So how you doing?" She asked as she ran her hands through her boyfriends hair.

"Been better."

"I know you miss Haley Luke, we all do, but she'll come back to us soon." She told him as she pulled him into a hug.

"I just feel so…so guilty Brooke. She's like my sister, I should have protected her. I should have protected her child. Instead I got it killed and almost her too." He said crying on her shoulder.

"Shh…don't think like that Luke. You shouldn't feel guilty. You didn't do anything wrong, it's that moron truck drivers fault." She told him.

"I just…"

"Shhh…I know baby. I know." She said smoothing her hands over his back. "I know."

Hospital

"Hey Hales." Nathan said as he entered Haley's room. "I brought you some flowers. The purple kind." He said as he placed the vase down on her nightstand. He leaned down and kissed her forehead before sitting in the seat next to her bed and taking her hand in his.

"Hales come on…you've got to wake up. I need you to wake up." Nathan said as he cried softly. "Please Hales. Please just open your eyes and…come back to me. Please." He as he continued to cry.

"Knock knock." Jake said from the door.

"Hey man." Nathan said as he wiped the tears from his face and shook hands with Jake.

"How's she doing?"

"The same. Just waiting for her to wake up." Nathan said sitting back down in his chair.

"So…how are YOU doing?"

"I miss her man." Nathan said truthfully.

"Don't worry man, Haley's strong. She'll get through this and she'll be back, she just needs to come back on her own time."

"I know. I just…her own time needs to be just a bit quicker."

Jake placed his hand on Nathan's shoulder. "She'll be okay man."

Nathan just nodded.

"Hey Tutor Husband." Brooke said as she and Peyton entered the Haley's room.

"Hey Brooke. Hey Peyt." Nathan said standing up and receiving hugs from the two girls.

"How is she?" Peyton asked, looking over at Haley.

"The same."

"She'll be okay Nate. Listen Lucas and Jake are in the waiting room waiting for you. You need to get out of here for a little bit. Don't worry, Peyton and I will take care of her." Brooke said patting his shoulder.

"I just don't want to leave her." Nathan said looking over at his comatose wife.

"Nate, there is nothing you can do for her right now. Go get a breather. We'll be with her till you get back, promise." Peyton said seriously.

Nathan nodded. He gave his wife one last kiss before leaving her with his two oldest friends.