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With Tragedy Comes Grief, Depression, and Love

A Decision Could Take A Life

"Nathan baby its me. I know these last few days have been over whelming but we are going to get through this one together I promise. I'm always going to be there for you and I just know you will be there for me too. It's going to be okay. We are meant to be and I know I said I didn't care about you but it was all a lie. I care more than you know, the time we have had with each other may have not been that long but I do care…" She whispered as she clutched his hand.

Nathan's eyes fluttered as he heard a soft voice. He smiled to himself as he thought of her. Her long auburn hair that always surrounded her shoulders and her cute little bright pink lips in a grimacing smile.

"Hal…Haley?" Nathan asked before he lifted his drooping eyelids.

He did not see that auburn hair or bright pink lips though what he saw was quite different. Her long blonde hair was in waves around her shoulder with honey brown strands surrounding her long narrow face. Sure she was beautiful actually she was gorgeous but she didn't have that auburn hair or those bright pink lips. Where her big browns eyes were supposed to be meeting his sat a set of cool green glistening contacts.

"What! No, why would Haley be here confessing her feelings to you and saying you guys would be there for each other as a family?"

Nathan couldn't help but smile at the mention of his name. Uh oh big mistake, he thought. Allyson's face fell when he smiled and an angry grin marred her face.

"Nathan! Nathan is this amusing to you? I mean I confess my feelings to you and all you can do is ask for another girl?"

"Look Allyson, I'm going to be there for you and the baby but what I said before about breaking up I meant. You hurt someone close to me and it caused her to run scared. She got hurt that night because I chose you, which was a mistake that I won't make again. This baby will not grow up without its dad though I will be there and that I can promise. Haley and I have something more then you and I ever did. I care for her deeply and when she woke up."

"Nathan are you serious? You are choosing that scum over me? But how can you I'm carrying your child?"

Without another word Allyson stood up and headed for the door from the corner of her eye she saw Haley walking down the hall. Realizing Haley hadn't seen her yet she devised a devious plan.

"Ally wait?"

"Yeah Nathan?" Allyson turned and headed back for the bed.

"I meant what I said. I want to be there. We might not be together but this baby will have me in its life. We will do this together. You're going to be a great mom and I'm going to do my best as a dad. You have nothing to worry about you're not in this alone. Just because you don't have me, as a boyfriend doesn't mean I'm backing out on my responsibilities."

"Thanks Nathan."

Allyson bent down and placed a soft gentle kiss on his cheek. She lingered for a few minutes as she saw his eyelids flutter shut. Catching Haley walk in through the corner of her eye she moved the kiss to his lips. She captured his lips and slipped her tongue forcefully into his mouth. Out of shock Nathan opened his eyes only to see Haley tear faced and hurt standing in his doorway. Ally smiled on his lips and pulled away.

"Thanks Nathan, for saying you would be there for me forever. I'll call you later about that thing okay?" Allyson chirped as she practically skipped past Haley her grin widening on her face. "Oh bye Hannah, sorry we didn't get a chance to talk hope your feeling better."

"It's H-A-L-E-Y…I guess you're to stupid to pronounce a name though."

"Do you have a problem with me Heather?"

"Yeah you were just making out with MY boyfriend. Guess you're to stupid to remember who your girlfriend is right Nate."

"Why would you think he is your boyfriend? I mean he is the father of MY child! Whose the stupid one now. Clearly he was just using you, I mean come on did you really think you had a chance with my man James?"

"Baby? Nathan how is this possible?"

"Wow James you are even dumber then I thought. See there is this thing called sex and when two people are in a rel…" She was cut off by Haley shouting.

"Look you white-trash-corner-working-i-got-screwed-at-16-whore, I know how babies are made. My GPA is a 4.1 not a 1.4 like yours. In case you were wondering GPA is grade point average which is the average of all your grades."

"Well, who cares anyways I mean you're the one with the good grades and the perfect record. What do you have to show for yourself? You got abandoned by your father, beaten, raped, and teased, then you come to Tree Hill and history repeats it self. I have bad grades and a horrible record but what do I have money, a choice of any college, parents, oh and Nathan Scott."

"Yeah you also got knocked up cause you're a whore. Now you are going to be pregnant and fat and ruin your chances at any future. You said all that stuff about my past to hurt me right? Well guess what I'm strong, I am way stronger then you will ever be. Your words won't hurt me I've survived through worse. You can't hurt me I'm a rock and nothing can break me."

"You might be hard as stone but you still have a heart. When I pop out Nathan's baby it will break I guarantee it! Nathan will be at my side to and not just as a friend and the father as my loving caring boyfrie…"

"That's enough! Allyson I'm not your boyfriend and I'm not going to be! I don't care about you like that. Right now Haley and that baby are the only people that really have my heart. I love the baby and I care about Haley more then I ever will for you so this relationship and happy family talk is over!"

"No, no it's not. If you want me to have this baby you will be with me! We will be together or this baby won't be yours."

"You can't give up the baby if I want it Allyson. I have to sign for you to be able to put up the baby for adoption."

"I wasn't talking about adoption Nathan!"

"Okay, well if you skip town with my child I will find you and sue you for full custody and believe me when I say I will win!"

"You don't get it do you? Nathan if you don't stay with me this baby will not even be born!"

"What what do you mean Ally?"

"I mean if you leave me I'm getting an abortion. Don't even pull the you have to sign thing either because guess what you don't. It's my body that is affected by this and if I choose to not want to be pregnant that is my decision. I can have an abortion with or without your consent."

"No, Allyson you can't do that you can't have an abortion. I won't let you. If me being with you will keep the baby alive then I guess I will have to sacrifice my own wants, needs, and heart for my child. Haley I care about you and want to be with you more then anything but I have to do what is right for my child. This baby deserves a right to live and be happy and if this is the only way it will live then I have to do it. I will always care about you but for the sake of my child I can't be with you. Please don't be hurt we can still be friends and talk and stuff. I want you in my life even if we can't be together, then I want you as a friend."

"Nathan I understand, I'm going to be here for you through this even if it is just as a friend. I care about you deeply too, but I understand you have to do this for your baby."

"Their Allyson are you happy now?"

"No, no Nathan I'm not and I don't think I can go through with this."

"What? I just gave up my happiness to be with you for the sake of our child."

"Well there will be no child if you remain friends with her. I'm serious Nathan; if you continue to talk to Haley at all it will all be over. I can't stop her from living here but she might ruin this with your little friendship. The only time you are to acknowledge her presence is at the dinner table or around your mom, otherwise she is invisible. At school she is the geek and if I find the need to lash out on her you are at MY side doing as I tell you calling her names and torturing her as I say."

"I can't do that to her."

"I guess I can't have our baby then."

"Nathan don't do this, don't worry about me I will be okay. You need to let this child have a chance to live. If us having no relationship at all besides around your mom is the only way then so be it. I lo…care about you very much but you need to do this for your child. Even if you refuse to you have no reason because from this point on Nathan Scott I will no longer acknowledge you or talk to you. We are not together nor are we friends, but despite whatever you say or do on behalf of her I will never consider you an enemy."

"Alright Allyson you win."

"Good now Heather leave! Nathan and I have some fun to attend to."

Haley waltzed out of the room but not before turning back one last time.

"Thank you Hales." Nathan mouthed over Ally's shoulder.

"Always and forever." Haley mouthed back

Nathan smiled to himself knowing that even if they could never show it Haley and him had each other. Two could play this little game and he wasn't about to give up. His fear for his child would be the limit of how far he dared to go though.