Author's Note: Short and sweet didn't want there to be too long of a wait. Another update in a few days maybe sooner. Thanks for reading!!!

Haley, Brooke, and Peyton were gathered by Keith still. They continued to watch Becca interact with an unconscious Nathan. Suddenly she stood up and walked toward them and they pretended to not have been looking.

"Hi, Haley," she said sticking her hand out to Haley, "I'm Becca. I would have introduced myself sooner but I was just so worried about him. I'm sorry. I got both Nathan's message about your son and Lucas' message about Nathan when I got back in the states and came straight here."

"Oh," was all Haley could muster. She was taken aback and had no idea what to say.

"I'm sorry," Nathan didn't mention me did he," she said noticing Haley's expression.

"No he did not," Haley answered.

"Before I left for Europe I checked in with him and he mentioned seeing you at the café, you ran out or something. I talked to him once more after that and he said you were talking and taking things slow. I told him he should mention me; make sure everything was out in the open. I hadn't talked to him since but you should know we are just friends. I was interested in him in the beginning but he told me about you and your history, I knew he needed a friend. As much as he swore he knew you weren't coming back to him I think he secretly wished it every night. He'll never admit that though. He was never over you."

"I," Haley paused she didn't know what to say, "well thank you for coming and thank you for saying all that."

Becca nodded, "so how is Keith," she asked rubbing his hair, "hey buddy."

"He's doing a lot better now," Haley answered.

"That's good," Becca said, "I hope I'm not intruding."

"Of course not," Haley said trying to sound polite, "I'm sure Nathan will be happy to see you when he wakes up."

"I'll get out of your way for a bit. I need to find a place to say anyway," Becca said.

"Oh, ok," Haley said sounding a little too relieved. Becca smiled then left.

Haley hadn't noticed but Tim was watching over Keith and Lucas was sitting by himself. "He looks good Haley," Tim said.

"Yeah thanks to you," she said coming over to hug him. "I'm sorry I didn't come up and thank you."

"It's ok you belong down here anyway," Tim said. "Oh and about this girl Becca. That man loves you he's waking up to be with you so don't worry about her ok." Haley nodded she still didn't know what to think of this girl.

Haley walked over to Nathan, sat down and took his hand. "Who is Becca and why didn't you tell me about her?" Lucas came over and joined her on the other side. She looked at Lucas, "I wish he was awake so he could answer all the questions we have."

"About the kidnapping or Becca," Lucas asked. Before Haley could answer he spoke again, "you really have nothing to worry about with her."

"Are you sure? You said they were close."

"I'm sure," Lucas said just as Haley got a surprised look on her face. "What," he asked.

"He just squeezed my hand," she answered. She stood up and ran her hand through his hair, "Nathan baby, Nathan wake up."

There was no response, "maybe he just wanted to reassure you but he's just not ready to wake up yet," Lucas said.

Haley sighed, "I, I just…I can't deal with this anymore," she said breaking down. She was sobbing. Lucas came around the bed and hugged her. He looked at the others and Brooke mouthed to him that they were going to leave. He nodded and gave a quick wave as everyone left them alone in the room. Lucas pulled Haley over to her cot and sat her down. "Here rest," he said, "try and sleep."

Peyton and Rachel had left Brooke and Tim at the elevator. Brooke wheeled Tim into his room, "did you know about this Becca," Brooke asked angrily.

"Not exactly," he said, "I mean I knew he had a friend, well a close friend, I just assumed it was one of the guys or something."

"She better not be a problem for them," Brooke said.

"She won't he loves Haley too much, you know it, I know it, hell the world knows it," Tim said.

"Yeah but they've been through enough already. Why didn't he just mention her," Brooke wondered aloud.

"He's a guy. I don't know why but we don't think these types of things bother others when they wouldn't bother us. He probably figured it was no big deal because they are just friends," Tim said.

Karen entered the room and saw that Haley was sleeping and Lucas was reading. "Hey, how is everyone," she asked him.

"Nathan's still out, Keith's sleeping, they have him on a lot so he heals before he gets too active, and Haley broke down this afternoon. I actually just got her sleeping a little while ago," Lucas said. "This friend of Nathan's, Becca, came. Haley didn't know about her."

"Well she is just a friend right," Karen asked.

"Yeah but still Nathan didn't mention that his best friend was a girl. I guess that could be a little unsettling," Lucas said.

She'll be fine he loves her we can all see that," Karen said. "So is she doing anything tomorrow? Having friends and family stop by?"

"I don't know. I'm not even sure, with everything that's been going on, if she realizes tomorrow is Keith's birthday," Lucas answered.

"Well let me know, maybe I'll just stop by tomorrow, let her rest now," Karen said.

"Yeah, I've already called our friends and asked them to just stay away for today let her rest. I think that Becca will be back but I left her a voicemail asking her to just wait until tomorrow so maybe she won't be back. Haley's parents are gone and Deb will probably stop by," Lucas said.

"Yeah, she probably needs a break. The quiet will probably be good," Karen said. "Tell her I stopped by."

"I will ma," he said and kissed her on the cheek.