Chapter Three: Living On A Prayer

Nathan pulled up to the parking lot, of the emergency room, and before he even stopped, Lucas was already out the door, and running up to the door, and on through. He almost immediately ran into Larry.

"Lucas, I'm glad you made it," Larry said, as he turned toward Luke.

"I wouldn't be anywhere else," Lucas said, with a few tears in his eyes.

"Are you the only one or should I expect the rest of the army?" Larry asked, not sure if he could deal with a lot of people right now.

"The others are coming I just, I had to get in here," Lucas said, swiping a few stray tears from his eyes.

"I know Luke, Peyton told me, about you guys," Larry said, knowing Luke felt bad about what had happened.

Before Lucas had a chance to say anything, the rest of the gang appeared. Brooke ran straight up to Larry and hugged him tightly.

"Is there any word?" Brooke asked.

"Well, they just took her into surgery, she's in critical condition," Larry said, wiping a tear from his eyes.

"She'll be alright, we just got to have faith, we just got to pray for her," Brooke said, holding onto Larry's hand for support.

Haley, noticed that Lucas had red-rimmed eyes, and that he wouldn't look anyone in the eye.

"Hey, you okay," Haley asked, as she touched his shoulder for support.

"No, I'm not, I'm to blame for this," Lucas said, and then walked away.

Haley went to Nathan, and put her arms around him.

"I have to go to Luke, he's in a bad place," Haley said, kissing Nathan on the cheek.
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"Okay everyone, we only get one shot at this, we have to get it right," Doctor Williamson said, as he grabbed for his first instrument.
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"Lucas, hold up," Haley said, as she attempted to run after him.

"I shouldn't be here, I shouldn't be aloud too," Lucas said, as tears fell freely from his eyes.

"Why would you say something like that?" Haley asked.

"Because, she told me she loved me, and I broke her heart," Lucas said.

"Luke, do you love her," Haley asked, even though she was sure she knew the truth.

"I do, I love her," Lucas said pausing to catch his breath, "But it is too damn late for that now, I may never get the chance to tell her I love her," he finished, as he fell to the ground, as tears poured out of his eyes.
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"Doctor, she's losing pressure fast," the nurse said.

"Okay, up the drip, and give her a pint of blood," the doctor yelled.

"Doctor, she's crashing, we're losing her," the nurse said.

The doctor turned around and grabbed for the paddles, just as the heart machine, stopped beeping.