Haley
I looked up at the doctor and saw his face, he looked tired and sad, My heart stopped and so did everything around me, I couldnt bear for him to tell me my baby was dead, I stared shaking and grabbed on to Nates hand, I was so thankful for all of my friends to be here, I don't think I would of been able to make it through this without them,
"Doctor ... whats wrong" I heard Nate asked, I closed my eyes and prayed it wasnt the end,
"Clair stopped breathing in the middle of surgery, but we got her resasitated, and she's alive, but i'm sorry she's in a Coma, she's stable but Critical" he said, I stared at him releved in a way, I thought he was going to say that we lost her, but at the same time, the fear become more real, thinking we really could still lose her,
"Can we see her" I asked, he smiled and nodded his head, as we all followed behind him, I felt mouth standing next to me, and put his arm around my shoulder,
"She'll be okay Hales, you'll see" he whispered, I smiled at him and gave him a big hug,
"Thanks mouth, for everything," I said softly then followed the doctor and Nate into the I.C.U ward.
Nathan
I stood there holding Hales in my arms and we watched our baby laying in bed with all these machines attached to her, I had only been there for about 1 or 2 days, but it felt like I had spent years at her side, and now as I watched her fight for her life my heart broke, this was the family I had been dreaming about, I couldn't let any of them get away, not again.
"Hales, why don't you go get some fresh air, you've been in the hospital for days, its time to get outside for a while" Taylor whispered to Hales, she just shook her head saying no.
"Come on Hales, you know Tay is right, We're here, we'll let you know as soon as anything changes," Luke said I saw Hales sigh and knew she was giving in,
"Okay fine" she answered with tears in her eyes as she got up and walked out of the room.
Hales
I slowly walked out of the I.C.U ward, my heart beating, I didnt want to leave Clair's side for anything, but I knew I had to be strong, and I had been at the hospital for long enough, as I started walking down the hall I heard voices calling me and turned to see Bevin, Brooke, Pay, and Rach running behind me,
"Want some company" Rach asked softly, I smiled at them and nodded my head as the four of us headed out of the hospital doors and to the garden,
I collapsed on the grass and felt the other three sit next to me, I sighed and breathed in the fresh air, and the smell of the freshly cut grass, we were all silent for a while, then I turned to them,
"Thank you so much for coming" I said, as the tears started to fall,
"I'm ... i'm sorry I didnt get in touch with you guys, its just I was scared, then about a year ago, I found out Clair had HCM, I remembered when Luke told me about it, but I didnt think it would get this bad, I just ... I just can't lose her" I cried, as Payton pulled into her arms for a hug,
"Its okay ... she's going to be fine" Rach said soothingly, I whipped my eyes, and turned to look at Rach and Brooke, when a big smile broke out on my face,
"What ya smiling about" Brooke asked me
"You too ... I would never imagine the two of you, being such good friends' I said, which casused everyone to burst out laughing.
"its something neither of us ever imagained" Payton joked, There was silence again,
"So besided Clair getting sick, what have ya been up to?" Racheal asked me, I smiled at them,
"I'm a music teacher at the local Junior school" I said, thinking of my class,
"and you guys" I asked them, they each grinned,
"Well Racheal and I have a clothing label, and Payton still just runs TRIC" Brooke said, I smiled at them, thinking of Tree Hill, I missed it so much there,
"Oh and the most important news is Mouth and I are getting Married" Rach said excitedly, I grinned at them,
"Congradulations" I told Rach as I hugged her,
"And Payton is pregnant" Bevin added, I grinned and hugged her too, I had truely missed this guys,
Luke
"I'm coming back now" I told the gang who now sat at Clairs bed,
"I think i'm going to phone her, Haley needs her to be here," I told the guys, they all nodded in agreement, I walked out of the room and into the waiting room,
"Hey" I said when she eventually picked up the phone,
"its not good, Clair has slipped into a comma, Hales is taking it bad, not that I blame her," I told the person on the other end,
"When can you be here" I asked,
"Perfect" I answered at the response,
"Yeah, I think that would be a good idea" I told her, then we hung up, and I headed back into the room.
"Did you phone her" Jake asked me, I nodded my head
"are they coming" Nate asked me,
"well she's going to tell them, she'll be here tomorrow the latest" I told Nate, as I put a hand on his shoulder,
Jake
I sat at the bed side of Clairs, and watched Nate, he looked like he had aged 10 in years in the last day or so, I felt so bad for him, all I could think of is what if that was our daughter, with Pay only a few months to go, It seemed all that more real to me, I looked up when I noticed Luke back in, it was wierd, just the other day, we were all joking around playing basketball, now all our lives seemed so different, especially Nates, going from being single to finding the love of your life has your child, must have been ruff on him, though he was handling it ever well. Luke sat down next to Nate,
"You okay Dawg" Skills asked Nate, he looked up at us and shook his head,
"man ... I should be angry with Hales, she kept this secret from me for so long, but I love her so much, everytime I think of being angry this voice just keeps saying ... Nate you got another chance with her, don't blow it this time" He said, we smiled at him,
"I've got an awsome idea" Mouth said suddenly, we all looked at him,
"its Christmas ... its bad enough for everyone to be in here, especially Clair, so lets give her the best christmas we can" Mouth finished, I saw everyone look at each other and grin,
"When Hales and the girls get back, you and Hales stay here and we'll go buy a small tree and decorations" Luke said,
"Thanks guys" Nate answered,
"For everything, especially coming here" he said, I grinned, thats what being a family is all about, sticking by each others side when the going gets tough" I said, just then the girls walked in.
Payton
We sat on the grass joking around, Haley turned to us with a smile,
"thanks guys, You don't realise how much I needed this, I feel like I haven't been able to smile for so long" she said seriously, I felt my heart go out to her, being Pregnant I could already begin to understand just a little bit how much Haley loved Clair,
"Tutor Mother, just because we havent seen you in what ... 7 years... doesn't mean our friendship just ended, We'll always be here for you and Clair no matter what" Brooke said, I smiled sadly at Hales, I could never imagain my life without these guys, it seemed almost impossible,
"Well we better head back in there, I don't want to leave my little girls side for to long" Hales said, as we all stood up, and helped Haley up,
"Come on Hales" Rach said, as she linked arms with Hales, and Brooke link her arm with Haleys other arm as the 5 of us walked back into the hospital like that, in just a few minutes with Hales, I knew we had our best friend back.
Haley
We walked back into the room and I saw the whole gang sitting around Clairs bed, I couldn't help but smile, When Luke saw us he stood up,
"We'll be back just now" he said as the other guys stood up to, Luke walked towards us,
"Brooke ... can we borrow you girls for a while" he asked, Brooke smiled at him
"Sure" she answered,
"Where ya going" I asked Mouth as he walked passed me,
"Can't tell ya, but you'll see soon enough" he said with a grin, as he hugged me and headed out the door, leaving just me, Nathan, Clair and Taylor, I sat down next to Nate,
"Tay" Luke called from the doorway,
"Ya wanna come with us" he asked, Taylor smiled and stood up,
"I won't be long okay" she asked, I nodded my head, as Nate sqeazed my hand.
"You okay" Nate asked, I nodded and stood up, as I walked over to the bed the Clair lay in, I grabbed her hand,
"Baby, please fight hard to come back to us, Mommy and Daddy love you lots, you can't leave" Nate said, taking her other hand, I kissed her hand and just held it, all of us sudden it was just to much to keep in, I sat down on the chair and just started crying, Nate walked up to me and pulled me into his arms,
"Shhhh ... Hales it's going to okay" Nate said soothingly.
Bevin
"Where we going" I asked the guys as they dragged us down the hospital hallway,
"Clair and Hales have had a bad enough time, its Christmas so we going to give them a very merry christmas" Jake said, as the girs just grinned,
Once we got into the town we had a ball going Christmas shopping,
"What about this tree" Luke asked, Brooke grinned,
"Thats cute, but this one is better" she said, picking up a silver tree, we bought everything you could think of to decorate the room, after a few hours of shopping we made our way back to the hospital,
Hales
"I wonder where everyone went" I said, I could see Nate grin at me,
"you know ... don't ya" I asked him, he nodded and kissed me,
"I love you" he whispered, I looked up at him and into his eyes,
"I love you too ... thanks for coming back ... and not being mad at me" I said as I snuggled deeper into his arms, if Clair were'nt sick, this would of been the happiest I had felt for a long time.
"We're back" Brooke called, I grinned at them as we all sat down,
"I came as soon as I could" I heard somone in the hallway say, just then in walked Karen, I stopped at stared at her shocked,
"Karen" I shouted as I ran into her arms, and hugged her, once again, the tears started pouring from my face,
"I'm so sorry ... how is she" Karen asked once we let go of each other,
"not so good, she's slipped into a coma" I said sadly,
"Where's our grand-daughter" Deb asked as she walked in shortly after Karen, followed by Dan, I smiled sadly at them, and turned to look at Nate,
"Mom ... Dad, what ya doing here" Nate asked,
"Well when we heard our grand-daughter was sick we had to come" Dan said, as we all went and stood next to her bed.
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