Nathan's eyes were locked onto Haley's and hers onto his. Nathan's arm shot out to his side leaving the keys dangling for Tim who came quickly and grabbed them and squeezed past them out the door. Nathan and Haley broke eye contact long enough for her to come into the house. "I'm sorry," they both said in unison.
"I um," Haley struggled with the words, "I think what bothers me most about your relationship with Becca isn't that you didn't tell me but that for the last two years there was someone else there for you."
"Yeah well you left not me," Nathan snapped to his defenses quickly.
"Look I don't want to fight," Haley said softly and a little hurt.
"You're right," Nathan said, "I'm sorry." He let her continue.
"I just don't want to be second with you. When you woke up for her and then I heard you on the phone with her… I want to be first with you I wanted you to wake up for me and I want you to want to talk to me before anyone else," Haley said.
Nathan took her hands, "you are first with me always, you and Keith. When I woke up it was for the two of you. And I know it's not much and it might make you angry but when I woke up my eyes weren't adjusted to the light I thought she was you I called her by your name," he paused, "I'm sorry. And with the phone I called up to you but you didn't answer and I really needed to talk to someone. I should have just waited but I… I couldn't," he started to breakdown.
"Nathan what was so important that you couldn't wait for me," Haley asked as they moved their conversation to the couch.
"I'm sorry," Nathan apologized again for calling Becca.
"Nathan," Haley said softly. He really began crying and Haley reached out and took him into her arms. "What is it," she asked holding him as he held her back.
"I don't know what I'm going to do. What we're going to do," he said.
"About what," she asked stroking his hair. He explained his conversation with Coach K. "Oh Nathan I'm sorry," Haley said. "We'll figure something out as long as we're together I promise." She held him for a while and he knew somehow as long as she was by his side things would work out.
"Hales?"
"Yeah."
"I'm sorry about the things I said earlier. I think I was angry about my talk with Coach K and took it out on you when we fought," he said. "I shouldn't have compared my friendship with Becca to yours with Lucas. You were right he's my brother, you were friends long before us, and he just doesn't deserve that but Becca isn't bad either. She's been great to me and I won't apologize for having her as a friend. You should know though that you come first," he said cautiously. "And I need to let go of my anger for you leaving in the past because it's the past and I keep holding it against you. I don't think I could take it if you left again and I get so angry at the thought of that because I'm scared it could happen again."
"I'm not going anywhere," Haley said reassuringly. "I don't want to push you away. I don't want to repeat past mistakes."
"Me either," Nathan said as he took her hand and pulled her up off the couch. "Alright all apologizing and making up aside can we go up to bed?" She nodded and they went upstairs.
Nathan woke up with Haley in his arms. They had both slept for nearly twelve hours. Nathan watched Haley sleep for a few more minutes before he shook her arm and woke her. She looked at him shocked.
"What do I look that bad," he laughed.
Haley touched his cheek just under his eye that was still slightly swollen and discolored, "it looks better."
"I'm sorry our make-up wasn't more special," he said.
"We'll have plenty of time to make-up when you're fully healed," she said as she kissed him and jumped up out of bed. "Now get moving gimpy so we can see our son."
Nathan and Haley walked into Keith's room hand in hand. "It's good to see you two together," Lucas said. "The longer the morning went on the more I worried that maybe you continued to fight and one of you took off and the other was chasing after."
"Yeah, uh no," Haley laughed. "We're fine." Nathan didn't look fine but Lucas didn't push the issue.
"Did the doctor come by yet," Nathan asked.
"Yeah but he didn't say much," Lucas answered, "he did say he'd come back when you were here though."
Nathan went over and picked up Keith. He had more energy today than any other day thus far. He played with Nathan and Haley for a while. Lucas watched them for a while then excused himself and told them to call if they needed him.
