Authors Note:
Thanks for all the awesome reviews! I know the last chapter was a big dramatic, but please read and review. It means a lot. 2nd chapter written in a day! Is this a record or what?! Lol.
Here's chapter 12!
Ten minutes. All she had to do, was wait. Ten minutes. What kinds of things take ten minutes? Walking to the subway in Toronto, playing wheel of fortune on your computer, but it also takes ten minutes to find out if your husband, and the father of your unborn child, is alive or dead.
Peyton sat on the dirty couch in the waiting room, Jake's blood still on her hands. She couldn't bring herself to stand, or to speak. She couldn't do anything, she was in shock. All she could do was think about him. And about what he meant to her.
Lucas and Brooke had turned around from the airport when they heard the news. Lucas and Brooke were now sitting on the couch beside Peyton, while Lucas had Brooke crying in his arms.
Peyton just sat there, staring at her hands. When Jake got hit, he didn't even move. His eyes rolled in the back of his head and stayed that way, with his blood pouring out from under him. She pictured the nurse coming over to her and telling her he was gone. What would she do? She had to hope for the best as she noticed the nurse walking towards her.
"Are you Peyton Jagielski?" Peyton nodded, and Brooke removed herself from Lucas's arms, wanting to her the news. "Well, the good news is he's alive, he just has a few broken ribs and minor head trauma. The bad news is he's going to be in a coma for quite some time, and...his heart stopped once. But we got it going again."
"How long?" Peyton asked, choking on the words. The nurse shrugged. "Could be a few hours, could be a few days." Peyton nodded and whispered a thank you.
The nurse walked away as Brooke and Lucas sat on either side of Peyton. "So, that's good news." Peyton nodded sadly. "I need to see him." She said removing herself from Brooke's grasp and walking onto the hospital room.
Brooke rested her head on Lucas's shoulder and he put his arm around her. "Today was supposed to be perfect." Brooke whispered crying onto his shoulder. "And now it's a nightmare." She finished. "No, no pretty girl it's not a nightmare. He'll be okay, just...believe." Brooke nodded as Lucas kissed her forehead.
"If anything ever happens to me..." Lucas started. "But nothing will happen to you, ever! I can't stand to lose you Lucas, I just couldn't do it!" Brooke cried onto his shoulder.
"I love you pretty girl." Lucas said, looking into her brown eyes that were now misty with tears. "I love you, Lucas. And I always will."
Peyton walked into Jake's hospital room and choked on her own despair. There he was, just lying there, helplessly. And there was nothing that she could do. She walked closer to him and noticed the bruises and scars on his face, the bandages around his torso, and the cloth on his head.
She looked at him and started to cry harder then she ever had before. She sobbed onto his lifeless shoulder as Nathan and Haley walked through the door. "Peyton." Haley said walking over to her and hugging her, letting her cry on her shoulder. "It's okay Peyton." Haley whispered in her ear as Haley passed her off to Nathan, Nathan holding her and comforting her. Peyton sighed. She had never gotten this much attention.
Peyton let go of Nathan and walked back over to Jake. Sitting at his bedside and crying. Nathan wrapped his arm around Haley and she smiled as they walked over to Jake.
Peyton sat there with her friends by her side for hours on end. She saw no point in leaving, because if she did he would be all she thought about. When she was alone, she would tell Jake how much she loved him, and how much she needed him. And how she had to break the news of their pregnancy to their friends.
She kissed his lips just as Brooke and Lucas walked through the door. "Hey. Peyton are you okay?" Brooke asked, Peyton just glared at her. "Right." Brooke whispered hugging Peyton. "It's okay P. Jagielski, I'm here for you." Lucas nodded. "Me too." Lucas whispered. Brooke held on to Peyton and Peyton whispered in her ear, "Brooke, I'm pregnant." Peyton sobbed out quietly.
"What?" Brooke asked, baffled. "Does Jake know?" Lucas stood there confused. "Does Jake know what?" Lucas asked, clearly not hearing Peyton's confession. "Lucas, I'm pregnant." Lucas stood there and smiled. "Peyton that's great!" He said smiling. Brooke nodded. "He has to wake up Brooke, he has to!" Peyton cried onto her shoulder. "And... I told Jake, and he was so nice about it..." Peyton continued crying.
"It's okay P. Jagielski its okay." Brooke kept whispering as Lucas pulled them into a group hug. Peyton laughed sadly.
Then, Brooke felt something. She pulled away from the hug and held her expanding stomach. "Lucas! The baby just kicked! Oh my god!" Brooke said smiling and choking on her tears. Lucas sighed happily and rested his hand on her stomach, feeling a slight gentle bump hit his palm.
Lucas smiled and held back tears as him and Brooke hugged. Peyton smiled at them. That was going to be her and Jake soon, if he woke up. But he had to wake up, he just had to.
A few more hours past without any change. Soon a nurse appeared at the door. "Sorry, visiting hours are over." The nurse said to Peyton smiling. "But he's my husband. I have to stay here." The nurse frowned. "I'm sorry, but you have to leave. It's the rules." She stated opening the door wider.
"So screw the rules! I can't leave here, he's too important to me; he's all I think about. I won't be able to last at home. Please just let me stay here tonight." The nurse looked at her and nodded. "Okay. But only for tonight." Peyton smiled. "Thank you." She whispered as the nurse shut off the lights and closed the door.
Peyton crawled into bed with him and sang.
I keep dreaming you'll be with me and you'll never go
I'll stop breathing if I don't see you anymore.
We've been far away, far away, far away for far too long.
She looked at him as she sang. Hoping that he would just open his eyes. Just open his eyes and see how much she needed him right now. But he didn't. "I love you." Peyton whispered in his ear as she toed off her sneakers, wrapped his arm around her, and fell into a deep sleep.
Authors Note:
Okay, so obviously major Jeyton there, but I promise next chapter will have more Brucas! Thanks so much for the reviews!
Next Chapter:
Brooke and Lucas have flashbacks and new discoveries.
We find out if Jake wakes up.
Karen finds new love.