ALRIGHT! So this is the first one that I decided to name, because, well I can!
Chapter 6- A Few Deep Breaths
"Well, um, I have some good news and some bad news."
"Okay.."
"Well, she seemed to have suffered a head injury." That made sense to her, Jenny had said that she heard a crash and saw her by the table, so she could have hit her head. Haley took a deep breath.
"Okay, So..." She prompted.
"So, I asked her the normal 'Who are you and what day is it' questions, and she seemed to know everything up until this past week or so."
"Wait! This means she woke up?"
"Oh, yes, she is awake and stable. Now, I want to keep her here threw the night, just for a few more tests and observation. But after, you may take her home."
"So, she has memory loss?" Haley said trying to process all of this.
"Yes, but I am sure it's temporary. It could be from a day to a few weeks until she gets it back. Until then, keep her surrounded by familiar things, doing normal day-to-day activities. It will help key-up memories that may have been lost, and prevent post concussion syndrome. Or PCS. Some of the questions she asks may seem odd or shocking that she doesn't remember them, but don't let that show, it may make her afraid to ask questions, that may help her regain memories. The nurse will give you some information before you leave. You can visit her now, but keep the number low."
"Okay, thank you."
"If you have any further questions, or need anything, nurse Kelly has been as8igned to Megan, so you can ask her."
"Alright, thank you"
He turned and walked out. She took a few deep breaths before turning around to face the group.
"He said-" She started softly.
"We heard!" They said in unison.
"Um. Right. I'll go see her first, and then you guys can come in."
She went to the desk and found she was in room #231. She walked down the quiet, eerie, hallway and once again took a few deep breaths before entering.
"Knock, Knock." She said quietly as she poked her head in before entering and closing the door behind her.
"Hi, Mommy." Megan breathed weakly. Haley's heart broke at the sight of her baby in a hospital.
"Hey, you okay?" She asked tentatively.
"Yeah, I gots a headache though. And please don't ask anymores dumb questions that hurts my head."
"Sorry." She takes a seat next to her bed and reaches for Megan's hand and holds it, idly rubbing her thumb on the top of it.
"Mommy?"
"Yes, baby?"
"Am I going to be okay?"
"Of course, in fact, you can get out of her tomorrow morning."
"What day is tomorrow?"
"Sunday." She looks as if she trying to think about something really hard.
"What do we do on Sunday?"
"Nothing, usually, but Aunt Brooke may need some help with the wedding again."
She looked confused again, but her face lit up with excitement when it clicked.
"You mean the one to Uncle Luke?"
"That's the one baby."
"Don't I have to wear an itchy dress for that?"
"Yes, you do, because you're are the flower girl and-"
"AND she will look absolutely beautiful in the itchy dress." Said a voice behind them.
"Yep. And Uncle Luke will be the one up by the priest, all white and looking like he'd pass out at any given moment." She joked.
"Funny." He said walking closer to the hospital bed, and directing his attention to his niece. "How you holding up Meg?"
"I'd be a little better if there weren't so many darn machines hooked up to me."
"I know that feeling."
Megan slightly smiled at him. " I don't like hospitals."
"Neither do I." Lucas agreed.
"And definitely not me!" Haley chipped in.
"I don't think many do like them." Deb said as she stood in the doorway with Nathan and Dan behind her. "How you feeling honey?" She asks walking closer.
"Been better. Mommy- I am hungry."
"I'm on it!" Lucas says as he walks out of the room.
"You guys coming in or what?" Megan asks Dan and Nathan. They enter nervously, and Haley smiles slightly at how freaked they seem. 'Tough Scott Men alright!' She thought, rolling her eyes.
"I am going to go talk to the nurse. You going to survive without me baby?"
"I'll try." Megan said, putting on a brave face.
Haley walks out of the room in search of a nurse, when she walks right into Brooke.
"You can go see her, if you want to."
"I'd rather wait until Lucas gets back to see her. I hate hospitals. They creep me out, with all those beeping machines and wires." She shuddered.
"That seems to be te general consensus today."
"So, is Nathan in there?"
"Yeah, but he wasn't saying much, actually anything, and Deb was saying enough to keep Megan occupied. Anyways, she remembered about your wedding and about the dress we bought her so maybe that's a good sign?" She asked hopefully.
"Absolutely!" Brooke always knew when Haley needed some major reassurance and gladly dished it out.
Lucas came back with the food for Megan, and Haley gave up on looking for the nurse, took Brooke's hand and reentered the room.
"-I wish I knew why too." Deb finished, getting up, taking Dan's hand and motioning out of the room with her head.
"Is there something wrong with your neck Deb?" Dan asked confused.
"No, my neck is fine lets go." She said rolling her eyes and dragging him toward the door. "Bye, honey."
"Bye Grandma."
Nathan stood there, not sure where he should go, but before he could decide Megan chose to acknowledge him.
"Who are you?" She asked curiously.
"Uhh.." He glanced at Haley, who glanced at Lucas and Brooke, who motioned for her to tell Megan. She took a deep breath, again.
"Baby, um, that is Nathan... your father." She stood in anticipation, unsure of Megan's reaction.
"I don't remember him." She said simply.
"That is because you've never met him. He came home for the wedding." Megan looked at Lucas, silently asking him if this were true, he nodded.
"Oh... Hi. Nathan." It sliced through his heart to have her call him Nathan, because it reminded him of his relationship with his father.
"Hello, Megan."
"Ew! Is this supposed to be pudding!" She exclaimed, omitting an awkward laugh from Lucas and Brooke. Haley looked at Nathan and shrugged. Megan was as good at changing the subject as she was.
Haley had fallen asleep on the chair next to Megan's bed with her dress and high heels still on. Yet her hair and makeup were disheveled and unkept.
"Haley? Haley!"
"Uh.. What?" Haley said opening her eyes and looking around.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, Nathan, I'm fine."
"Good. Brooke said, and I quote 'Tell Haley to meet me at the Café when she busts out of this creepfest.'" He informs her, rolling his eyes at Brooke.
"Yeah, okay. Look Nate, um, sorry for yelling at you yesterday. I was like totally messed up emotionally at that point and you were and easy target, and so I am sorry. And I am also sorry for Megan, you know she needs some time to get used to the idea of you, more importantly you, ya know? And you are just gonna let me keep rambling aren't you?"
"Yeah, it's still fun to see you get all flustered and ramble on. And it's okay. Megan was hurt and you were freaked, and it's not like I thought she'd immediately like me or something."
"Nathan Scott! You seriously matured! Hearing you admit that you didn't expect someone to fall in love the minute they saw you, well, that shocks me!"
"I said immediately, but come on who doesn't love me?"
"That's more like you."
"Hi, Mommy!" Megan said waking up. "Hey Nathan."
"Good Morning baby!" Haley said
"Hey, how you feeling?" Nathan asked
"Better today," she replied.
"Good, I'll go talk to a nurse and see if we can bust out of here. Megan, do you think you can watch Nathan for a minute?" She joked.
"Of course Mommy!"
"Okay, I'll be right back." She kissed Megan on the cheek and left the room.
"So Nathan. You're my dad."
"Yeah, I am."
"So how long are you staying?"
"Um. Until the end of the summer."
"Why'd you come back?" 'God these girls ask a lot of questions.' He thought.
"Umm. Well, if you don't tell your mother it was mostly about her and you, and also cause of the wedding."
"Hmm." She seemed content with that for a minute. "Did you love my mommy? 'Did? As in past tense?' He thought.
"Yes, I did. Its hard not to."
"Yeah, I love her. She's really a cool mommy. No, I take that back, she is a really huge dork, but she's got her cool times too."
"That is really true. So Megan, what do you like to do?"
"I like dancing, even though I fall a lot, sing with mommy, color, hang out with Jenny, and sometimes it's fun to play with the grown ups when they go to the Rivercourt. What do you do?"
"I play basketball, professionally."
"Like on the TV?"
"Yeah. You ever been to a basketball game?"
"Once. That I remember, all the other ones were when I was a baby. But Uncle Luke and Uncle Jake took me. They were really excited, but I had no idea what was going on." Haley reentered the room.
"Hey! We can leave! So you put these clothes on, and then we'll go get some breakfast."
"Okay. Can Nathan come too?"
"Sure. Should we invite everyone else?"
"Yeah!... Mommy? Did I ruin breakfast yesterday?"
"No, baby, we were just worried about you."
"Cause I hit my head?" She asked pulling on her top.
"Yeah. Wait! How did you remember that?"
"I dreamed about it last night."
Haley looked at Nathan, excited, and then smiled at Megan. The nurse came in to help Megan out of bed. They walked to the car, and drove toward the Café. Haley got out her cell phone, as if to call and invite everyone, but they were all there already.
They has a normal breakfast, and for once there was no talk of basketball, but mostly of the wedding and Megan's accident. The tension between some of them was still there, but they could easily ignore it, it was a talent of all of theirs, to act like everything is perfect.
Their day continued on normally, Brooke needed some help choosing a color of tablecloths and it wasn't like she gave her much of a choice: white or white with pink embroidery. After that she gave Megan a bath and she showered. They sat in the two person swing snuggled together, in their pajamas, drinking kool-aid. These moments to Haley were like heaven, like all is right with the world. Until..
"Haley!" A voice called.
'Oh Shit.' She thought. 'Taylor.'