Haley's POV
I was sitting with Clair in the hospital, while she was watching TV,
"Mommy ... can you tell me a little bit about daddy again" Clair asked in a small voice, I smiled at her and nodded,
"Your daddy was co-captain for the Raven's basketball team with your uncle Luke, he was very cute, and would adore you if he ever saw you" I told her with a smile,
"Mommy ... when I get out, can I go visit him" Clair asked, I smiled down at her,
"We'll see" I told her quietly, just then Tay walked in,
"AUNT TAY" Clair squealed and put her arms out to give Taylor a hug, I turned around and to my surprise, there in the flesh stood Nathan,
I just starred at him, unable to come up with any thing to say, the fact that after everything he still came, was beyond me.
"Hey" I whispered, he grinned and walked up to us,
"Hey Hales ... whats up?" he asked, I smiled and turned to Clair,
"Clair ... this is your daddy ... Nathan ... your daughter Clair" I introduced them, Clairs face was priceless when she realized who he was,
"Hey" she whispered softly, he smiled at her
"Hey" he said back,
"Nate ... would you like anything from the cafeteria" I asked him, as Tay and I stood up
"Nah, im fine thanks" he said, I smiled at the two and headed out of the door,
"We'll be back now" I called, they both smiled at me,
Nathan's POV
I stood there looking at clair, I couldnt believe this was my daughter, she was so beautiful, she reminded me so much of Haley,
"Can you put the ninetendo on for me please" she asked softly, I smiled at her and attached the ninetendo to the tv,
"like that?" I asked, she grinned at me and nodded her head,
"Do you want to play" she asked me,
"What game you playing" I asked, her eyes immediately lit up,
"NBA ... I'm the best Ninetendo NBA player ever ... mommy can't even beat me" she said proudly, her whole face lighting up,
"oh yeah, Well I bet you I will beat you" I told her with a grin,
"You're on" she said, I grinned at I took the other controller, we started playing, and I realized how good Clair really was, I decided to let her beat me, it wasnt about winning anymore, it was more about getting to know what my daughter loved,
"I won ... I won ... I won" she chanted, I grinned at her and started to tickle her, she had the most beautiful smile. there was only one other person who could make my heart melt with their smile and that was Haley.
"NO ... STOP IT..." Clair squealed as I tickeled her side,
"PLEASE ... STOP ... IT ... TICKELS ... DADDY" she said inbetween giggles, I stopped immediatley after she called me daddy,
Wow I thought to myself, I had been called alot of things before ... but daddy that was new, and it felt so good.
Luke's POV
"Brook ... its okay" I soothed my wife, I knew that this was just as heart-breaking for her, during senior year, Hales and Brooke had become really close. we even joked about Peyton, Brooke and Haley being the 3 musketteers,
"I can't believe we doing this" Peyton said with a sad smile,
"Hales is totally going to freak" Mouth added as we all grinned, this was by far, the best idea Brooke had ever come up with,
"Are you all ready" Jake asked the nervous group, everyone nodded,
"Okay ... well lets do this" Racheal added in.
Haley's POV
"Thank you so much Taylor" I said giving my little sister a huge hug, We were never really close until I left Nathan, but Taylor had been amazing through everythng, she had really grown up at lot in the last few years.
"did you see thier faces ... it was priceless" I said, remembering what Nathan and Clairs faces were when they first met.
"Now the two of you can stop being so full of yourselves and work things out" Taylor said, I starred at her,
"he came because he wanted to see Clair, not me" I said to Tay
"No ... he came for the both of you" she added, I shook my head, as we both made our way back to the hospital room, I didnt want to leave Clair and Nathan for too long.
I stopped my the door, as I watched the man I love, play with the daughter I love,
"aww look at that" Tay whispered to me, I grinned at the sight, and we stood there watching them for a while,
"I won ... I won ... I won" Clair chanted, as Nate grinned at his daughter and started to tickle her
"NO ... STOP IT..." Clair squealed
"PLEASE ... STOP ... IT ... TICKELS ... DADDY" she said in between giggles, I stopped immediatley had she just called Nathan daddy, I smiled when I saw his reaction, I just hoped it didnt freak him out.
"Hey kids" Taylor joked as we walked back into the room,
"What ya doing" I asked Clair as I sat down on the other chair, and Tay got a spare chair,
"Daddy and I played NBA on the ninetendo, and I beat him" she asnwered proudly, I grinned at her,
"Really ... thats so cool" I told her, and gave her a hug, just before the doctor walked in to check on her,
"will you excuss me" he asked, the three of us headed out of the room and into the hall way,
"We just waiting here untill the doctor leaves okay" we told Clair, she nodded and smiled at me,
We just stood in the hallway, neither knowing what to say, the silence was broken when doctor Hudson, walked out of Clairs room,
"Tay ... can you go to Clair, I just want to speak to Doctor Hudson" I told my sister, she smiled at us and nodded,
"Doctor" Nathan called, he turned around and smiled at us,
'Just the people I needed to see" he said,
"You must be Clairs father" he asked looking at Nate, we just nodded,
"Good, will you follow me please" he asked, and lead us to a office,
"come in ... and sit down" he instructed, I smiled nerviously at Nate, but we did as he asked,
"Well ... Clairs heart is worse ... I need you to sign the paper to say we can operate tonight, if we do not operate as soon as possible, it may be to late" he answered I sat there shocked, was he telling me that if they didnt operate today, I would loose Clair I thought to myself, I couldn't say anything, I just nodded and listened as Nate started asking the questions, we signed the paper and left.
Nathan's POV
I sat in Doctor Hudson's office, and listened as he told us that if we didnt get the operation for Clair done in the next few hours, it would be to late, I would lose my daughter before I even got to know her. I could see that Hales wasn't able to handle the whole situation, so I took over, she just sat there, her eyes glazing over as the doctor told us they would operate at 6 pm and it would last for 6 hours, my heart started beating, how could I look at Clair knowing there was the chance of not seeing her again. We signed the papers and I helped her out of the chair,
We walked in silence, but I couldn't take it anymore, just seeing the sight of her broke my heart, so I pulled her into my arms, and she cried, I had dreamed about this for so long, that it was hard to believe I was holding her again,
"Hales, Clair will be okay, she's a fighter" I told Haley softly, I had to have that strength for me ... Hales and mostly Clair, If they saw me break down, it would freak them out, I felt Haley wrapp her arms tightly around me, as she cried on my shoulder, after she calmed down, we sat in the waiting room,
"I'm really sorry you had to find out about Clair like this Nate, I just ... you said you weren't ready for a family ... and I was pregnant ... we wanted different things, " Hales rambled on, I smiled sadly, then got up and pulled her into a hug,
"Its okay Hales," I said, pulling her closer to me,
Haley POV
"No Nate ... its not okay" I shouted pulling away from him,
"I should have told you, that way you could of got to know her before she got sick," I cried, I thought of loosing my babygirl was too much, and Nathan being so nice, made me feel so bad,
"I'm such a horrible person" I cried, falling to the chair,
"No your not, Hales, this isn't your fault, yes you should of told me, but secretly, I always hoped that I would find out we had a child, Hales i've always loved you, and since the day you walked out, I havent been with anyone, because you're the one and only, and as horrible as it sounds, maybe this was meant to happen so we would realize how much we were meant to be together" Nate said looking into my eyes, I smiled at him and hugged him,
"Thanks for not being angry with me" I said to him, he grinned at me,
"You know I can never stay mad at you, even if I tried" Nate answered, wiping the tears from my eyes, he kissed me then we headed to Clair's room,
Luke POV
I took a deep breath, and turned to the group, everyone was waiting for me to open the door, I grabbed Brooke's hand and opened the door then headed into the hallway,
"Can I help you" a nurse asked, I smiled at her and nodded,
"Yeah, we're looking for Clair Scott or Clair James room, not sure which surname she is using," Mouth said. The nurse smiled at us,
"Its Clair Scott ... her mother is Haley James" a doctor said with a sad smile,
"yeah" Brooke clarified,
"Follow me please, but you can only see her for a while, as we got to get her ready for surgery" the doctor told us, we all shared concerned glances but followed the doctor into the room. Hales or Nate were no where to be found, but we saw Taylor sitting with a little girl that was the splitting image of Haley,
"Clair ... you have some visitors" the doctor said, I saw her look at us in confustion, then Taylor turned to us, and stared in amazement,
"What ya guys doing here" she asked shocked,
"Well we heard about Clair, and figured, Haley and Clair could use all the support" Brooke said softly, Taylor smiled at us, and I noticed the tears in her eyes,
"Thank-you" she said, then invited us to join them,
"This is your uncle Luke, and these nice people are Brooke, Jake, Payton, Mouth, Racheal, Skills and Bevin" Taylor said,
"Everyone this is Clair" she introduced, Clair smiled shyly and said hello then snuggled into bed,
"Where's mommy" she asked looking at us,
"I'll go find her" Tay said, then got up, leaving everyone to stand around Clair,
"You like Basketball" Skills asked her, seeing the NBA ninetendo box, Clair smiled widly at them and nodded,
"I even beat Daddy today" she said proudly, everyone laughted.
"Everyone can beat daddy at that" I said, jokingly to her, as she giggled.
Haley POV
Nate and I walked slowly towards the room, and I smiled sadly at Nate,
"Thanks for being here, Clair needs you ... and so do I" I told Nate, he smiled at me and pulled towards him again
"She's going to be okay ... you'll see" he said, I kissed him and turned back to the room, we were just about to walk in when I heard Clair giggling and lots of voices coming from the room, I looked inside and gasped, I couldn't believe it, there in the flesh were the whole gang, I hadn't seen any of them for so long, but yet here they were,
"Nate" I whispered, squeazing his hand, he looked as shocked as I felt,
"There you are, Clairs asking for you" Taylor said, as she also stopped in the doorway, I turned to Taylor and grinned,
"I can't believe they here" I said, she wipped her eyes and turned back to Nate and I,
"What did the doctor say" she asked, Nate explained it, and we headed into the room,
"MOMMY" Clair squealed when she saw me, I grinned at walked up to her,
"Hey Baby" I said, I looked up at the gang, but couldn't say anything, them being here was more then I could ever ask for.
"Hey guys," I whispered, before throwing my arms around Luke, I felt him pull me in for a hug, as I cried on his shoulder.
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