Haley had just woken up it was late afternoon early evening. Lucas had managed to keep people away so things were quiet. Becca had not returned. Lucas assumed she got his message.

"Good morning sunshine," Lucas said. "I asked everyone to give you a break."

"Thank you," she said. "He's not awake right?"

"No honey, he's still being stubborn," Lucas said. "The doctor was in to check on them both. He thinks Nathan either twitched or it's possible he reacted to us talking but he thinks he might wake up soon. Oh and Keith's doctor said he looks good and they're gonna give him less of the sedatives tomorrow because his incisions look good. They just want u s to make sure he doesn't grab or itch."

The room phone rang and Lucas answered. At the same time Deb entered the room. Haley had just picked up an awake Keith.

"How's he doing," Deb asked.

"Good," Haley answered. "Lucas was just telling me the doctors are going to decrease the sedatives tomorrow so he'll be more alert, more active."

"That's good," Deb said, "just in time for his birthday."

"Oh god," Haley said.

"Yeah I was meaning to ask you about that," Lucas, who was no longer on the phone, said.

"I've been so distracted," Haley said handing Keith to Lucas and putting her hands on her head.
"I know," Lucas said. "It's not a big deal we can just have friends and family stop by. My mother asked about it earlier when she was here. By the way she said she'll stop back tomorrow."

"Yeah I don't want a party or anything no fuss, just a regular day," Haley said. "There's already just too much going on."

"Yeah," Deb agreed. "So how is Nathan?"

"He squeezed my hand today," Haley said.

"Oh that's good," Deb said sounding excited.

"Well the doctor thinks it's either a twitch or he's going to wake soon," Lucas said.

"Oh," Deb said, "well let's hope for the best." She took Haley's hand, "how are you holding up?"

"I've been better," Haley answered honestly. She looked at Lucas, "who was on the phone," she asked changing the subject.

"Oh it was Becca she got my message she won't be back until tomorrow," he answered.

"Oh Becca's here," Deb said sounding excited again. "She's a doll isn't she? Real sweet girl, she's good to Nathan."

"Eh-hem," Haley said, "am I the only person in the world who didn't know about her."

"Nathan never mentioned her," Deb asked but then quickly spoke again, "I'm sure it's because they're just friends. He only has eyes for you, even during all that time apart it was always you."

"Someone should have warned me his best friend was a girl," Haley snapped.

"Hales relax," Lucas said.

"Oh you relax," she snapped again, "you didn't just reconcile with your husband after almost two years. Then have him turn up missing, only to return unconscious and have a female friend show up at his bedside. Not to mention all the other stress I'm under, so you relax ok." She exhaled loudly and stormed out of the room.

Lucas looked at Deb who looked completely baffled. He shrugged his shoulders and handed her Keith and went after Haley. He tracked her down to the waiting room where she was standing staring out the window. "Hey you alright," he asked but didn't wait for an answer, "you really got to calm down."

"I know I just don't, I don't know how. For two years almost I had shut those feelings off. I didn't need him. I had forgotten how it felt to need him and now he's unconscious. And I'm so angry at him right now for not mentioning Becca. Everybody keeps saying they're just friends but I need to hear him say it. I …," she paused, "I need him to wake up."

Lucas just hugged her.

They returned to the room and Lucas ad Deb stayed a while.

There was a knock at Rachel's door. When she answered Lucas stood there looking completely drained. "Hey sorry I didn't call first. I hope you don't mind. I just had to get out of there for a bit," Lucas said.

"Yeah no problem," Rachel said, "come in." He walked into the house and sat on the couch. "How's Haley?"

"She's freaking out, had enough. She needs Nathan," Lucas said. "She was asleep in his bed when I left her."

"I assume you'll be going back," she asked.

"Yeah but I had to get out of there for a little while. I figured it'd be better to leave her while she was asleep and I knew she'd be out for the night."

"So what do you want to do? Hang out here watch a movie or go out, hit up Tric," Rachel asked.

"Oh please no going out, no Tric. Sorry I do have fun when we do that but I just don't have the energy for it," he answered.

"I understand, so movie it is," she said as she got up and headed for the DVD rack, "what do you wanna watch?"

He picked something they'd both enjoy and Rachel dimmed the lights and joined him on the couch.