Hello Everyone! Thank you all for the great replies!... and im sorry to say it could be a little while before i post again... not THAT long though... im going out of town for a couple days and then, I have to work full days for a little while... so.. here's an update... lol...read and enjoy...

Disclaimer: I do not own One Tree Hill, nor do i know any of the characters in this fanfic

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Chapter Fifteen: Miss That Old School Love

This night seemed to be dragging on in front of Nathan and Haley. They watched as doctors busied around, coming and going from Natalie's room, giving them sympathetic glances as they passed by them in the waiting room. And this waiting room, was beginning to feel like home, a haunted one none the less. All of the small details of the room, every little crack in the ceiling, every smear of the paint on the faded walls, were becoming old friends of their's. Nathan was trying to sleep, laying uncomfortably on the sofa, with it's torn edges and worn fabric that felt like plastic. While Haley shifted around the room, drinking coffee and staring at pictures on the walls that she now knew every last inch of. She watched the clock, high on the wall, as the sun began to rise. 4:56, Haley thought, a later sunrise than usual. She peered out the window, overlooking the broad town, everything seeming so dead and quiet. She was lost in her angry thoughts, of how everyone else's lives could seem so simple, so perfect, while her's just seemed to get worst by the minute... she was lost in these thoughts when she felt a pair of arms stretched around her waist, his chin resting on her shoulder as he let out a tired sigh.

"Sleep well?" Haley whispered, leaning her head back to rest on his, letting her coffee cup sit on the window ledge as she tangled her fingers in his and found some comfort in his arms, comfort she'd been longing for since this nightmare began.

"No." Nathan said flatly, laughing a little, in a pathetic way. "It seems like nothing goes right anymore." Nathan breathed into her neck, causing her to shiver with the feeling of him so close to her, for the first time in a long time, she was feeling a certain intimacy with him, but she felt so guilty feeling it at such a time as this. "Now, even when I dream, it just turns out wrong..." Nathan sighed sadly.

"It's weird isn't it? That we're the only people in this waiting room." Haley whispered as she glanced around, hands still holding tight to Nathan's. She hadn't forgiven him yet, she wasn't even sure if she was ready to be this close to him again, it actually scared her but she needed him now, and she couldn't deny that.

"I know." Nathan responded, lifting his head from her shoulder and kissing the side of her face. "It's like no one else in Tree Hill gets sick, it only happens to us."

"Can I ask you something?" She suggested, as she whispered through the silence in the waiting room. Though there was no one else there, hospitals always seemed like a place where you needed to be quiet, like a library or a church. Nathan just nodded at her, as she turned around and stared at him, still holding his hands as the dangled between them, barely hanging to one another, threatening to let go at any second. Their hands in that moment, if they would have looked down and took it in, almost symbolized everything about their relationship and their lives, dangling, barely hanging on. "Where were you? When you left, where'd you go? What did you do?" Haley asked in an urgent voice, like there was no better time to get everything sorted out. But Haley herself felt that if it didn't get sorted out now, it could be too late some other time.

"Haley..." Nathan moaned stressfully, not wanting to discuss it right now. But Haley gave him that look, the one that told him that she needed him to continue, even if he didn't want to. "Well, I played basketball with a team for awhile, but I quit. Then I just lingered around our old house, realizing how stupid I was." Nathan smirked, wanting to not seem sensitive, wanting to seem tough like he used to be. But since Haley and Natalie happened to him, his tough exterior seemed to melt away, even though he wanted it back at times, especially during these times when he didn't want to have to let everyone know the pain he was suffering because of the mistakes he made, and because of what he believed caused them.

"Why'd you quit?" Haley asked, she was eager to know everything, every last detail.

"Because." Nathan shrugged, glancing around the room as though he was searching for an anser in the ceiling tiles. He then glanced down at their hands, which were now holding onto each other tighter with each progressing second. He smiled then, as he spoke softly. "Basketball used to be my dream, I was sure that if I had a problem I could just use it as an escape you know? And then, everything I had on my mind would fade away when my mind was on the game. So I went back to it, and tried that, like I used to in highschool. But for the first time in my life it wouldn't work. And I realized that no matter what my dreams were, they'd never be complete without you, and now without Natalie. Because, and I never saw it before, but you guys are the biggest part of my dreams, the biggest part of me."

Haley blushed as she smiled, it was one of the first times she had heard Nathan talk like this, and it actually made her a little nervous, not knowing how to respond. "What movie did you get that one from Scott?" She laughed as she nudged him a little, for a second it felt like all of their problems were non existent, like they were back in highschool without a care in the world, but when Haley realized that they were laughing, she felt guilt rip through her body for allowing herself to become so happy during this time.

Nathan laughed too, nudging her back a little, wanting her to take what he said seriously, because he meant every word of it. "Im serious!" Nathan laughed, biting his lip as he tucked a piece of hair behind Haley's ear. Haley blushed again as she sighed and leaned into his chest, feeling that tang feeling of intimacy with him once more.

"Let's try to get some sleep okay?" She whispered, taking his hand and leading him to that old worn out sofa that they now called a friend.

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"Mr and Mrs Scott?" A voice asked, waking the couple as they slept, cuddled together on the sofa, still in the hospital waiting room. Haley jumped up, and Nathan sat up straight as they stared worriedly at the tired doctor in front of him, it was obvious he had gotten as little sleep as they did. He wipe the beads of sweat from his forehead, and Haley and Nathan knew that he was one of the doctors who spent the whole night working on their daughter. "Im sorry it has taken so long for us to inform you, but this case is very rare in a six month old child." Haley nodded understandably as she reached to the side and grasped Nathan's hand.

"What's wrong with her?" Nathan asked sadly, his lip quivering as he thought of his daughter inside struggling.

"It took us all night to figure this out, and we still aren't sure why, but it seems that your daughter has a tumour in her liver." The doctor said flatly, wanting to say it before the look in the couple's eyes stopped him. Haley mouth dropped open as she gasped painfully. She tried to speak, she had so many questions, but tears flooded her eyes as she looked up at Nathan, who had not yet seemed to process it.

"What do we do now?" Nathan asked, trying to seem strong for Haley and Natalie, but he knew that the last thing he was, was strong. His arms were wrapped around Haley's shoulders, comforting her as she cried.

"Well, with your permission, we'd first like to try and remove it. It shouldn't be that difficult if the tumour hasn't yet grown too large for her small liver." The doctor nodded, trying to give them all a little hope that everything should easily work outHaley wiped her tears from her eyes, deciding that it was time for her to get her act together, to be the strong parent that Natalie needed. She glanced up at the doctor, he was young, handsome, and had such a strong, yet blank expression on his face, ands he wondered how he could be so young, probably her age, see so much, and still keep it all together like he did.

"And if the tumour is too big?" Haley whispered. Nathan stared down at her, wondering how she could think such negative thoughts.She glanced up at Nathan, noticing the look he was giving her, like he wanted her to stop whatever she was thinking... now. But she stood up straight and waited for her answer. There was an awkward silence, as Nathan sighed stressfully and removed his arms from Haley's shoulders. She raised his eyebrows at the doctor, waiting for him to answer her question.

"Well, in that situation we may need to remove the infant's liver and find a donor, but let's all pray that it doesn't come down to that okay?" The doctor smiled sweetly, trying to be encouraging, but it wasn't working.

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Alrite, there it was...(man I really need a new sign off!) lol... hope you liked it... review please!