"Hey baby, how are you feeling?" Nathan asked his wife. He had just gotten done talking to the doctor and she suggested that he tell her as soon as possible before she starts to ask questions.

"Good." She then looked down at her hands. "I'm not pregnant anymore…am I?" She asked quietly.

Nathan was shocked. How could she know? The doctor said she didn't say anything to her.

"The doctor didn't tell me Nathan." She told him as though reading his mind. "No one said anything about the baby…so I guess I'm no longer pregnant or I never was."

Nathan sat down on the bed and pulled her hands into his. "You were Haley. The accident…a piece of the glove compartment went into your uterus and killed the baby." He told her, a tear rolling down his cheek.

Haley only nodded. "I'm sorry you had to find out like this Nate. I just…I was scared."

Nathan nodded. "I figured as much. Lucas told me you seemed worried when you told him."

"I was…we're just so young and…we never talked about having a family…I wasn't sure how you'd react." She confessed.

"I know baby…don't worry about it. I'm not mad. At first I was a little…but not anymore. I understand that Lucas is your best friend and that you were worried, but Haley… you NEVER have to be afraid to tell me something. I love you Haley Scott. You are my world. No matter what comes our way I know we will get through it, so long as we're together." He said kissing her hand.

Haley scooted over and placed her head on his chest. "Did you want…"

"Haley I'm not going to lie to you. I would have probably freaked out, but yeah Haley…I would have wanted him or her. I can't image anything more perfect or more beautiful than a child created between us. Out of our love. There is nothing more that I could hope for." He said softly.

Tears were flowing down Haley's cheek. "I'm so sorry Nathan." She croaked out.

Nathan looked down at Haley. "Hales baby…what are you sorry for?"

"For not protecting it…him…her…our baby." She said through her tears.

"Shh…Haley it's not your fault. It's the ass hole who was driving drunks fault." He said shaking his head. "Haley do not, not for a second, think that I blame you for what happened. I don't blame anyone but that asshole who hit you two." He told her. "God I hate him. Not only did he take away my child but…I could have lost my brother and my wife also." He said crying along with her.

"Nathan, I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere."

"I was so scared Haley. So scared that I'd lose you too. I love you, I love you so much and the thought of losing you too…I wouldn't have been able to handle it had I lost you too."

"Shh baby, I'm right here." She said as they held each other, both crying freely.

Nathan pulled away. "God, I'm sorry Haley. I'm supposed to be comforting you and here I am…"

"Shh…we comfort each other Nathan, that's how a marriage is supposed to work." She told him.

Nathan only nodded.

"Tutor Girl!" Brooke said happily as she entered Haley's hospital room.

Haley and Nathan both wiped the tears from their eyes and looked up at their friends. "Hey Brooke." Haley said forcing a smile. "What'd you do, buy out the gift shop?" Haley said with a laugh as she noticed all the bags in Brooke's hands.

"Don't joke, Hales, she did." Lucas said as he Peyton and Jake followed Brooke into the room, each carrying bags of goodies.

"Brooke you're crazy." Nathan said shaking his head at his brothers' girlfriend.

"Hush, they're for me." Haley said seriously, causing Nathan to laugh.

"So Hales…how was the coma?" Peyton asked plopping down to sit on Haley's bed.

"Yeah you look wicked rested." Brooke said shoving Nathan out of the way so she could sit on the other side of Haley.

"I feel fine." She told them.

All eyes turned to Nathan.

"She knows guys." He said nodding.

"Well I think we should leave the girls to do their… girl talk thing." Jake said as he nodded to Nathan.

"Yeah let's get some air." Lucas said pulling his brother from the room.

"Hales...you going to be alright?" Nathan asked her.

"She'll be fine Tutor Husband…she's with us." Brooke said.

"Yeah now LEAVE!" Peyton said pointing toward the door.

"I'll be fine honey." Haley said blowing a kiss his way.

Nathan blew one back and smiled before leaving with his brother and Jake.

"Okay Haley…Nathan's not here so you can tell us the truth. How are you REALLY doing?" Peyton asked, laying a comforting hand on Haley's.

Haley sighed as she looked at her friends. Less than a year ago she didn't even know them now Brooke and Peyton had become her best friends.

"I'm sad." She told them truthfully. "I was freaked out by the fact that I was pregnant but now…the truth that I'm not…it hurts. I can't say I was all excited cause…duh I'm only seventeen years old, but a child that's mine and Nathan's…I could only love." She told them as a tear rolled down her cheek.

"Oh Tutor wife…I'm so sorry. You would have made a GREAT mom." Brooke said hugging her friend.

"You think?" She asked her friends.

"Totally. You're loving and smart…having a child would have been probably the easiest thing in the world for you."

"Besides Nathan IS a child…so you already know how to handle them." Brooke said with a smile.

Haley and Peyton just laughed.

"Oh…okay enough mopping…unless you have more to say…" Brooke started looking over at Haley. When Haley shook her head, she continued. "Anyways, it's time for PRESENTS!" She yelled as she started grabbing the bags the guys had left and brought them to the bed.

"Ooo. What'd you get me?" Haley asked.

"Everything." Peyton told her. "I swear Brooke gets like a 'Frequent Shoppers Discount' or something."

"Hey!" Brooke said as she placed her hands on her hips in mock annoyance.

Haley and Peyton just laughed harder.

Front of Hospital

"So how did she take the news?" Lucas asked his brother as the three sat on a picnic table in front of the hospital.

"How I expected. She blamed herself for losing the baby." He told his brother.

"She shouldn't blame herself, it's not like she threw herself down the stairs." Jakes said, when the two brothers looked at him, he shrugged. "Peyton and I were watching some Spanish soap last night."

Lucas and Nathan just smiled.

"So what did the doctor say? Is she going to be okay?" Lucas asked.

"She said that she should be fine but wants to run some test now that she's awake, to see if she'll be okay…to…to have kids someday." Nathan replied looking down.

"Does Haley know that…that there's a chance she may not be able to have kids of her own?" Jake asked.

"Yeah." Nathan nodded. "The doctor told us at the same time." He looked at his friends. His older brother, who he NEVER in a million years thought would be this close to, and Jake the loner of the basketball team. "She's scared. We're scared." Nathan confessed, dropping his head.

Lucas patted his shoulder. "Don't worry little brother…Haley's going to be fine."

"I don't know what to do guys. She's my wife and she's worried and hurting…and I…I don't know how to help her."

"All you've got to do is be there for her Nate. That's all she needs right now. If you're around and there for her, when she really needs something else, she'll ask for it, cause she'll know you'll be there." Jake told his friend. Jake had known Nathan since Junior High when they started to play basketball and had only recently got to know Haley through Lucas and later through Nathan. Though a few months ago he barely knew the two, he knew now, without a doubt that they were his friends, his family and he hated to see them hurting like this. "You guys will be okay Nate." Jake said reassuringly.

Nathan just nodded.