Hey everybody, so here is the next chapter. I know it takes me forever and a day to get these posted, but I've got a lot going on right now and I'm trying to update as soon as possible. By the way the hospital scenes will be marked Hospital, which means those are the scenes outside of Haley's dream world. This chapter however, is apart of Haley's dream world. Enjoy!
"So, are you going to tell me what's going on?", Peyton asked, taking a sip of her freshly brewed tea. Gratefully, her and Haley had managed to sneak out of their rooms at half past midnight when Brooke finally went to sleep. They were now seated in the kitchen as Peyton expectantly waited for an answer. Haley sighed, setting down her cup. She looked to Peyton hesitantly before looking down into her mug.
"Well?"
Haley looked back up and ran her hands through her hair. She wasn't sure if she should tell Peyton, she knew she would think she was crazy, but what else was there to do? And she couldn't handle it alone.
"Alright, but you have to promise to listen to me and not think I'm crazy, 'cuz I'm not, honestly." Haley raised her hand in the air as if taking an oath causing the blonde sitting opposite of her to chuckle and nod.
"Okay, I promise."
'Where to begin, where to begin', Haley thought. A few moments later she took a deep breath and slowly let it out.
"Okay", she began, "I'm... I'm not from here. And I don't mean as in state or country."
Peyton stared at her confused, shaking her head.
"So what, you mean like a different planet?", she half joked.
"No-no, I mean like this reality."
Still seeing the confusion written on her friends face, Haley sighed. This was going to be harder than she thought.
"Listen, what I mean is, before my accident I was living a completely different life and when I woke up from my accident, I was living another completely different life, this life. Does that make sense?"
Peyton was silent for a few seconds, her eyes scanning the span of the kitchen counter as she tapped her finger lightly on her chin. Haley started to get nervous, the silence was just killing her and the lack of emotion on the blonde's face was worrying. Finally Peyton broke the tension.
"You mean like an... alternate universe?"
Haley nodded vigourously.
"That's it, that's it!"
"Okay, well then who did you know in your", Peyton paused, looking for the right words, "other reality?"
"Everyone--well I mean not everyone. There are some people I knew there that I don't know here", she finished.
"Would that happen to be Nathan and Lucas?", Peyton offered, watching as the other blonde slowly nodded her head up and down. Haley studied her friend's face, searching for the non-belief that would certainly be there, covered all over her, but suprisingly found nothing. Even more suprised when a look of understanding sprang on her features. How could Peyton not think she was nuts? Not that she wanted her too, but she was sure her and everyone else would.
"What are you going to do about it?", Peyton asked and at Haley's shocked look, shrugged.
"What?"
"You don't really believe this, do you Peyt?", She asked. Okay so she knew she must of sounded like someone who was telling a true scary story only to pop out and say it was a joke, but she couldn't help it. Peyton believing her was not expected, not at all. In fact, she expected them to freak and throw her in an insane asylum.
"Why not? Haley, you're talking to the girl who used to see her conscience dressed up as an evil twin emo--with black wings might I add--of herself."
She had forgot. It wasn't too long after Peyton's mother died, the blonde had begun seeing her 'dark angel' as she called it. Haley remembered the curly blonde talking about it one night with her and Brooke--who proclaimed her crazy and threatened to take her on a shopping spree to knock her back into sanity--and though it sounded insane, she actually believed her.
"Right, I forgot", Haley said, giving Peyton a small smile. Peyton smiled back, shaking her head.
"So I'm just as crazy as you Hales."
"Yeah, all we need is Brooke to join in and will be complete!", Haley joked as the two girls busted into a fit of giggles. When the laughing simmered down, they sat in silence for a few minutes.
"What should I do?", Haley asked, breaking the thick fog of quietness.
"I think I have an idea."
At Haley's nod to go on, Peyton continued.
"How about you go to Tree Hill to see Lucas and Nathan. I mean I know we don't know them, but that doesn't mean you don't, you very well could. Maybe you never introduced us and forgot about it from your accident or", Peyton added quickly, "because you've never been here, maybe you know them, but you don't", she finished akwardly, looking down in confusion.
"Did that make any sense?"
Haley chuckled.
"I understand what you're trying to say, but that last part is a mind twister, so you might not want to spring that one on Brooke, you know her."
Peyton laughed.
"Of course, she'll be confused before it has even begun. But in all seriousness, I think you should do it, it could help you out a lot. Maybe even solve this situation."
Haley thought about it for a moment, weiging the options in her head. Sure she could not go and try her hardest to figure everything out logically in her brain and get nowhere, or she could take a risk, and quite possibly solve the answer to this problem and all the madness. 'It's official, I'm going!', Haley thought.
"You know I think you're right, that's just what I'm going to do." But as the words left her mouth, Haley had remembered they were taking classes and she wasn't sure if she could miss them, well the her in her world most certainly wouldn't.
"Wait, what about classes?"
Peyton shrugged.
"What about them?"
"How can I leave with classes going on?"
"Well you see Haley, you grab your crutches, you hobble to your room, you pack your bag, you head to the air port, and then you get on the plane. Walaa!", Peyton replied smartly, throwing her hands slightly in the air. Haley rolled her eyes and smiled.
"I'm serious Peyt."
"Look don't worry about it girly, you just got out of the hospital, they expect you to be at home in bed for awhile so your off the hook, and if it makes you feel any better me and Brooke will come with you, ditch our classes", Peyton responded.
"Are sure that's such a good idea? And would Brooke even go for it?"
Peyton gave Haley a look.
"Hales, it's Brooke, you know she would, she hates class and besides that, now that she has her mom running her fashion line, she doesn't have anything to do, plus I have someone who can look after the studio."
Haley gave in nodding.
"Alright then it's settled."
"Okay, first thing in the morning, I'll call up the air port and book us seats to Tree Hill as early as possible."
"Sounds good to me", Haley yawned, rubbing her eyes sleepily. Peyton grabbed their mugs dumping them into the sink as Haley stood up and grabbed her crutches.
"Well I'll see you in the morning Peyton, tired, gona hit the sack."
"Right back 'atcha crip!"
"Ha ha", Haley emphasized as she stuck her tongue out at Peyton, who stuck hers out in return.
"Night!"
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"So why again, are we skipping class to fly all the way across country to that hell hole we call Tree Hill?"
Peyton sighed for the fifth time as her and Haley stuffed the last remaining suitcases into the back of Peyton's car, Brooke standing on the sidewalk with arms crossed, and foot tapping the ground.
"Brooke, for the last time, Haley has some buisness that she needs to take care of and she didn't want to go alone."
They had decided it was best to not tell Brooke about their agenda or even about the whole situation in particular, for they knew she would freak and they would never hear the end of it.
"Besides, it's not like you don't have the time", Peyton added.
"That is not the point P. Sawyer."
"Then what is? Or would you like to stay here all alone for a week, attending class?"
Brooke looked to the side, her lips pressed firmly together before she huffed.
"Fine."
Peyton smiled victoriously and looked around the front yard.
"Is that it?"
"Yeah, I believe. I got all of my stuff and the FIVE MILLION SUITCASES Brooke brought", Haley said, glaring at the brunette.
"What? I need my stuff", Brooke clarified, before putting on a smile and bouncing to the car and hopping into the back.
"How does she do it? Go from completely mad to completely happy in less then a second?"
"I hear ya", Peyton said as they both headed for the vehicle.
Six long and excrutiating hours later, the trio of three stepped off of the plane and into Tree Hill air port, quickly collecting there bags and heading to the entrance.
"I'm hungry, are you hungry?", Peyton asked and Haley nodded in return. Brooke who clearly wasn't paying any attention, peered out of the huge glass doors leading out to the front of the air port.
"Brooke", Peyton shook the brunette and she snapped her head towards Peyton.
"What?"
"Are you hungry? We are going to get something to eat." Peyton pointed to the Taco Bell over in the corner of the air port and Brooke shook her head.
"You guys go ahead, I'm going to go and check to see if the rental car is here, be right back."
She stalked off towards the entrance ordering an employee on the way to watch the luggage as Peyton turned to Haley who shrugged as the two made their way toward the samll restaurant. As Haley turned her head to dig into her purse, her body collided with another sending her hand bag to the ground, it's content spilling out.
"Jeez, I'm sorry, I wasn't watching where I was going", she apologized not even looking at the person she just hit as she bent down to pick up her items.
"It's okay. Here let me help you with that." At the sound of that voice, she froze dead in her tracks. No, that couldn't be him could it? Well the only way I'm going to find out is if I look, she thought. She slowly lifted her head as the figure bent down down to retrieve some of her items. When he stood back up, she was greeted with blonde spiked hair and baby blue eyes.
"Lucas?"
The guy looked at her in confusion, handing her the few items he picked up looking at her closely.
"I'm sorry, do I know you?"
"It's me, Haley."
Lucas shook his head, biting his bottom lip.
"I'm sorry, I don't recall knowing anybody by that name. Did I go to school with you?"
Shit. He didn't know who she was. Haley began to panic, her hands shaking as thoughts raced through her mind. She really wasn't dreaming. This was another world, another world where she didn't know Lucas or Nathan. She was hoping it wasn't, that she was wrong, and this all was some big nightmare, but now she knew officially, it wasn't. She should of known when she didn't wake up that it wasn't just a horrid dream.
"Excuse me, are you okay?"
Lucas' voice broke her out of her thinking as she finally noticed they were just standing in the middle of the air port as he looked worriedly into her face.
"Uh I'm, I'm fine", Haley replied, wiping the perspiration from her forehead as she took calming deep breaths.
"So you never answered my question, did we?"
"I'm sorry?", she asked, lost.
"Did we go to school together?"
We more than went to school together, Haley thought. She wanted to scream it, shout it out loud. Shake him and make him see he knew her, he had too. But she knew deep down, this version of him didn't, no matter how much she didn't want to believe it.
"Uh yeah."
"Ah I see, well lis-"
"Hey Luke, what's taking you so long man, hurry up", Lucas was interrupted by another voice and again Haley stilled in her spot. She would know that voice anywhere. Her heart began to beat and it almost felt like it was going to pop out of her chest. She turned her body around, looking frantically through the milles of people, trying her hardest to avoid the scene in front of her that she was apart of, but when she turned back around, she dropped her purse all over again, the contents once again dropping out as she came face to face with the blue eyed boy who held her heart. Nathan Scott.
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