"Mr. Scott" the doctor called his name as Nathan turned his head around when hearing his name being called.
"Yes I am Nathan Scott, Haley's husband. My brother explained the situation to me; I just wanted to go over the risks of the surgery."
"Not a problem. Haley has a collapsed lung, bleeding in the brain that needs to be stopped and major internal bleeding…the extent of her internal injuries we don't know yet. We will find out once we are in there. If she doesn't have the surgery she will die. It is risky she could end up in a coma, or have some brain damage but the surgery is the best option. But we cannot do anything until you sign the consent forms. Time is of the essence, this is the best chance to save Haley and your child."
"My child?" Nathan asked completely shocked and at a loss for words. Brooke who was standing right next to him was shocked too, her jaw was hanging open.
"Oh I'm sorry Mr. Scott I assumed you knew your wife is pregnant" the doctor said
"I wasn't aware that my wife was pregnant…how far along is she?" he asked
"She is only a month pregnant…Mr. Scott she may not even be aware of the fact that she is pregnant." The doctor handed Nathan the consent forms for him to sign. Nathan signed the forms and handed them back to the doctor.
"Do anything you have to in order to save them both" he said
"Ill do my best" the doctor said walking away. Nathan took a deep breathe and looked up at Brooke "Well it's done then. I want to go and see her before she goes into surgery" he said to Brooke. Brooke nodded and took Nathan to her room. They were at the door about to go in when Brooke stopped the wheelchair. Nathan looked at Brooke with a confused look on his face. "Nathan I just wanted to warn you that she doesn't look good at all. She is pretty banged up and has a lot of tubes." Brooke explained to him. Nathan nodded his head and entered the room. Lucas looked up and saw Nathan come in with Brooke. "Ill leave you alone with her Nathan" he said getting up and going out the door with Brooke.
Nathan took a deep breathe because he felt like he was going to pass out when he saw his Haley all cut up and bruised with 50 tubes in her. She even had a machine helping her breathe. He took her hand in his and kissed it very gently.
"Hey baby its me Nathan…I don't know if you can hear me but I need you to pull through this. I cannot imagine my life without you, we have been through so much to get back to each other. We didn't go through all of this just to lose one another now. You always tell me not to worry that you're not going anywhere well right now I am going to hold you to that. I love you so much and I am so sorry I wasn't there to protect you, I tried to get to you but I failed. I said I would always be there for you and that I would always protect you and I didn't. But I am here for you now and if you can't fight for yourself or me then you need to fight for our child. I don't know if you knew that your pregnant and where too scared to tell me, but it's ok. I love you so much and I love our child already and without you I don't know how to go on. You're my life baby; you saved me long ago when I was out of control and now let me save you. Be strong, be fearless and come back to all of us here. All of our lives would never be the same without you in it. I love you more than life itself and please come back to me." Nathan leaned over and kissed her forehead, he was still holding her hand when he felt her fingers move. He quickly turned his head to look at her hand and saw that her finger was moving.
"Mr. Scott we need to get her into surgery now" the nurse explained to Nathan
"She just moved her fingers when I was talking to her, is that good?" He asked
"Yah she must hear you and know that you are here with her. It's a good sign Mr. Scott." Nathan nodded his head and the nurses wheeled Haley out of the room and into surgery. He came out of the room and everyone was there waiting with for him. Brooke, Lucas, Peyton, Jake, Keith, and Karen. Where were his parents he thought? With that thought Deb came walking through the doors of the hospital, when she saw Nathan she breathed a sigh of relief and walked over to everyone. She immediately knew that something major was wrong. How was she suppose to tell them what she knew…it would have to wait.
"Thank god your ok Nathan" she said giving him a hug.
"Mom Haley is hurt bad…she is in surgery right now and they don't know if she is going to make it through the surgery." He couldn't hold it in anymore and completely broke down. Deb was holding him in her arms and rubbing his back like she did when he was a little boy.
"Oh Nathan its going to be ok…Haley is going to be fine. You need to be strong for her and keep it together, she needs you more than you know." she said consoling him. He shook his head and pulled himself together.
"Mr. Scott?" he looked up to see his doctor.
"Yea.." he responded
"MR. Scott you have a small rip in your right lung which needs to be repaired as soon as possible. We can go in and repair it quickly, if it is left there could be serious problems." the doctor explained
"Not yet my wife was just taken into surgery and I am going to wait until she is out and I know she is ok" he told the doctor and he knew by the way he was talking that there was no convincing him to wait.
"Ok but you know that waiting is not good for you Nathan…do you want to be around when your wife wakes up? Because the longer you wait the worse your condition will get" the doctor explained to him.
"I am aware of it, I just need to be here for her when she gets out of surgery. If something happens I need to be able to be reached and not in surgery." He said getting irritated.
Lucas walked over to Nathan "Nate can I talk to you for minute?" Nathan looked at Lucas and nodded his head. Nathan and Lucas both excused themselves from the doctor.
"Nate, you're being stupid you need to have this surgery now. The doctor said that Haley is going to be in surgery for hours. The procedure you need is routine, you will be in and out before Haley is even half way through her surgery. I am out here if they need anything and I know your wishes and what you would do. You need to do this and take care of yourself." Lucas explained to him
"Okay Okay I'll do it" he said looking at Luke. Lucas was the only other person that Nathan trusted with Haley's life. Not that he would have to do anything because Haley was in surgery for hours and he would be done before she was. So it would all work out. Lucas and Nathan went back over by the doctor
"Let's do this" he told the doctor and he nodded and wheeled Nathan off toward the other surgery room. He was going in the left one and Haley in the right one.