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AN/ I know it has been a while since my last update. Sorry about that, I am already working on the next chapter, so I am hoping to have it up sooner. Thanks for all the reviews and all of the encouragement. Please don't forget to review for this chapter.
As always suggestions are welcome!
As Nathan was waking up from his coma, out in the waiting room, Lucas was pacing. He was still angry with the news crews stationed out front of the hospital. Brooke, Karen, Chris and Sam sat quietly talking by the window that looked out into the hallway. Brooke and Karen knew better than to say anything further to Lucas about the matter. He was going to pace and he was going to mad. All they could was wait for Simon to get there; he had a way of getting Lucas to calm down. As if on Que., Simon Matthews walked into the waiting room.
"How's Nathan?"
Lucas stopped his pacing and turned towards his agent, "Still the same. He is in a deep coma."
"Oh. Karen, I am so sorry about all of this. Are you doing okay?" Simon said as he walked towards her and bent down to give her a hug. Simon was just a few years old then the rest of them. He had been Nathan's agent since he had joined the NBA five years before. When Lucas was drafted, he had known whom he wanted as his agent also. Simon had become part of the family over the years.
"I am hanging in there." Karen replied
"Simon, what are we going to do about this mess?" Lucas asked as he began pacing again.
"First off, you are going to take a deep breath and stop pacing. You are making me nervous and I just got here. Second, I need you to tell me what has been going on since I saw you last Friday." Simon said. Simon had attended Keith's funeral and flew back to his home office in South Carolina the same afternoon. Lucas took a deep breath and walked to sit beside Brooke.
"Simon, you better get a note pad, buddy. It is a long list," Brooke said placing her hand on Lucas's left knee. Simon saw the movement and smiled, finally.
Simon sat down in a chair near the group and reached inside his briefcase for a pad of paper and a pen. "Alright, Brooke, shoot"
"You want everything?" Brooke asked
"Yea, everything. Those news people are tricky. They will find anything and everything"
"Nathan and Meredith were held at gun point Friday night, by Lucas and Nathan's psycho sperm donor, who admitted that he was one driving the SUV that killed dad. We found out that Lucas and Nathan have two other siblings, meet Sam and Chris" Brooke said all in one breath
"Okay, back up. They were held at gun point, found out that Dan killed Keith and that they had two other siblings all in one day?" Simon asked already confused.
"Actually more like Friday night for the first two and very early Saturday for the other one" Lucas answered his voice calm.
One of the security guards, Scott poked his head into the waiting room door, "Sorry to interrupt, but you have another visitor."
"Who is it?" Lucas asked
"Just me" Peyton said as she walked past Scott and John
"She is okay, guys. She is part of the family," Simon said smiling at Peyton before returning to jotting down the notes on his note pad, "What else?"
"Nathan and Luke went to meet Sam and Chris in Charlotte on Sunday and they found out through a weird chain of events, that I am not even sure of, that their uncle was the hit and run driver that killed Bevin and Michael. Lucas and I got back together," Brooke said smiling at Lucas before continuing, "Nathan finally admitted to Haley that he had lied about his true feelings for her. They got back together and then Andy showed up"
"Who's Andy?" Simon asked
"He was engaged to Deb before we found out about the cancer. He was extremely close to Nathan. So close that Nathan considered him and started calling him dad" Karen said
"I am confused. I thought Keith was Nathan's dad?"
"He is. Andy has been gone since Deb was diagnosed with the cancer. No one has seen him until he show up at the café on Wednesday saying something about needing to talk to me. I didn't want to listen. His story for disappearing 20 years ago was that he was a witness protection program and he had been found."
"That is not true either" Peyton said breaking into the conversation
"What is not true, P?" Brooke asked
"He was not in the witness protection program." Peyton said sighing, "We didn't want to say anything until we figure everything out, but we found out that Andy was the one the FBI were after. He murdered his uncle in cold blood 28 years ago and has been running ever since. He wasn't found by the people who wanted to kill him, he was found be the FBI"
"Oh my god" Karen said shock written on her face, "How could we not have known?"
"I didn't find out until the other night. We decided not to say anything until we knew more. We called the FBI. We never though anything like this would happen"
"Who's we?" Lucas asked
"Mom, dad, Uncle John, Aunt Lydia, Haley, Jake and myself" Peyton answered
"You knew that he was a murderer and you didn't think to tell us. You knew he would come back to the café" Lucas said his voice rising
"Lucas, you had already been through enough. Plus Chris and Sam were coming to visit and we didn't want to ruin that. We wanted to wait till we knew more"
"Lucas, they didn't just sit around and do nothing. They did call the FBI, right Peyton?" Karen asked
"Yea, they sent one of their agents down to keep an eye on Andy and take him down when necessary. The agent was never given the chance"
"We never saw an agent" Lucas said the anger still in his voice
"Yes, you did" Peyton said as she looked back towards the waiting room door where Trent stood.
"I am the FBI agent," Trent said making his presence known.
"What?" Karen asked
"I was sent to spot Andy Hargrove, make a positive ID and then arrest him."
"Nathan, I am going to go get a doctor and tell your mom that you are alive," Haley said as she pulled back from Nathan's forehead.
Nathan blinked once
"Does that mean 'Yes'"?
Nathan blinked once again
"Okay, I will be back." Haley said smiling before walking towards the door. She walked out into the hallway and toward the nurse's station.
"Excuse me?"
"Yes, ma'am?" The nurse behind the counter asked
"Is there anyway that you could page Dr. Jenkins?" Haley asked
"Is everything okay?" The nurse asked her eyes diverting to the monitors in front of her.
"Everything is fine. Nathan is awake"
The nurse looked up suddenly her eyes wide, "Excuse me?"
"Nathan Scott is awake," Haley said again with a growing smile on her face.
The nurse immediately reached for the phone. She dialed a number and waited for the tone before dialing a five-digit number.
"He should call back any second," The nurse said as a small spread across her face. She knew the odds of this ever happening. Nathan Scott was not supposed to wake up this soon. The phone rang and she reached for it.
"Intensive Care"
"Yes, I paged you Dr. Jenkins"
"I have some outstanding news"
"Nathan Scott is awake"
"Yes, I am serious"
"Okay."
"He is on his way up" The nurse said as she dropped the phone back in its cradle.
"Great. I am going to tell the others," Haley said as she bounced down the hallway
"You are an FBI agent?" Brooke said
"Yes, I am an FBI agent. I was sent down here to blend in with you guys to act like Jake's long time friend from Texas. The first time that I saw him was when I was checking for a pulse at the cafe"
"No one could have prevented what happened at the café, Lucas" Karen said softly to her son.
"I know that, mom. It just makes me so mad. Nathan is laying in there fighting for his life and Andy got off the easy way."
"I know it is not fair, Luke. We just have to keep believing that your brother is going to pull through this."
Haley stood in the doorway watching the scene in front of her. Tears came to her eyes as she thought of how close they had all been to losing Nathan. Haley smiled as she thought of the good news she was about to share. Haley took a step into the waiting room, the tears still rolling down her face.
"Oh Hales" Peyton said as she stood and walked towards her friend pulling her into a hug, "are you okay?"
"Yea, I am okay," Haley said pulling back from Peyton and walking straight for the older woman they all loved.
"Mom" Haley said as she bent down in front of Karen. Karen braced herself for the worse. Haley began to smile, "Mom, Nathan is awake," Haley said softly
Karen gasped causing everyone to look at her, but her eyes were on the young woman in front of her.
"Are you sure?"
"Yea, he is alive"
"Oh god. Thank you" Karen said as she reached out and pulled Haley into a hug, tears falling down her face.
Lucas looked over at his best friend and mom, but couldn't ask the question burning in his head. Instead, his sister asked, "Is Nathan awake?"
"Yea, Sam, Nathan is awake" Haley said this time loud enough for the entire room to hear. "He is alive"
"Oh thank god," Brooke said reaching over to put her arms around Lucas. Tears of relief came rolling down his face.
"I am going to go see him," Karen said as she stood
"I will come with you, Karen" Sam said as she also stood. The two women walked out of the room and down the hallway towards Nathan's room.
"I am going to go call Jake" Peyton said as she stood and walked towards the doorway.
"I will come with you" Trent said following Peyton
"I am going to call everyone else" Brooke said as she stood, "You okay, Lucas?"
"Yea, I will be okay" Lucas answered with a small smile
"Okay" Brooke said as she stood and walked towards the doorway, pulling out her cell phone as she walked
Lucas looked over at Simon as he asked, "A lot has happened this past week. I know the press will get a hold of some of it"
"They might, but I can limit what they find out. Do you want me to tell them that Nathan is awake?"
"Might as well. I am not sure they ever knew he was in a coma"
"Okay, I am going to go downstairs and see about containing the circus. Are you going to be okay?"
"Yea, I am fine. Nathan is alive and he is awake" Lucas answered
"Okay, I will be back" Simon said as he stood from his chair and walked out of the room.
Dr. Jenkins was coming out the door to Nathan's room when Karen and Sam approached it.
"Can we see him?" Karen asked
"Of course. Mrs. Scott, it is an absolute miracle that your son is awake. He is still hooked to all the machines. I want to keep him on the ventilator for awhile. We will try letting him breath on his own in a couple of hours, see how he does."
"What about his legs?
"We are still not sure. One step at a time. For right now, he is alive and doing incredible"
"Thank you Dr. Jenkins" Karen said as she and Sam walked through Nathan's door. Karen rushed to the bedside. Nathan's blue eyes were looking back at her. She smiled widely as tears fell down her cheeks.
"Oh, Nate. You gave us quite a scare there. We were so worried about you" Karen said. Nathan not being about to speak just looked at his mom. "I am so glad you are okay, sweetheart," Karen said as she leaned down to give Nathan a kiss on the forehead.
"Hey there, big brother. Trying to run away on me, huh?" Sam said jokingly as she smiled. Nathan blinked his eyes once and smiled with his eyes.
"Glad you are back, Nate."
Nathan just blinked once more as he looked back and forth between his sister and his mother. He couldn't wait to be able to speak again; he had so much to tell them.
Simon took the elevator to the first floor walking past Peyton and Brooke as he made his way towards the entrance doors to the hospital. He looked back at the girls, who smiled at him. He was entering the lion's den. Simon walked out of the hospital as the crowd of reporters started shouting towards him. Police were holding the mob 30 feet back from the entrance. Simon took a deep breath and raised his right hand. The crowd quieted down.
"My name is Simon Matthews. I represent Nathan Scott. I know you all want to know what happened and how Nathan is doing. I will be making a formal statement to the public within the hour. Please contain yourselves until then." Simon turned back from the crowd and back towards the hospital. He walked back into the doors and smiled at Brooke.
"You okay?" She asked
"Yea, the one thing I hate about my job, talking to the press."
"Would you like me to do it?" Brooke asked
"It is my job" Simon replied
"It is my job too. I work in public relations"
Simon smiled at Brooke; "Do you really want to do this?"
Brooke smiled back, "Sure"
"Okay. Let's go work on the statement" Simon said as the two walked back towards the elevators.
"Haley?" Lucas asked
"Yea"
"You are the miracle worker," Lucas said smiling
"Miracle worker?"
"Yes, you are the one person who brought him back to us"
"I think everyone did that, I was just the one who happened to be there when he woke up"
"No, I think it was you. You are the reason that made him want to live"
"I may be part of the reason, but he has more to live for then just me."
Lucas just smiled at Haley. Whether she believed or not, she was the miracle worker. She was the one that brought Nathan back. She was his main reason for wanting to live.