Lucas paced back and forth in the waiting room waiting for word on someone. Nathan had been in surgery for 2 hours and Haley for 3 hours. They should have heard something by now. Brooke, Lucas, Peyton, Jake, Karen, Deb, and Keith were all waiting in the waiting area too. Time was going by so slowly and was driving everyone crazy.

"This is ridiculous now…we should have heard something about Nathan by bow" Lucas responded frustrated.

"Luke calm down I am sure they are just being thorough" Karen explained walking over to him and putting her arm around him. Lucas just shook his head not believing what this day had brought. To think this morning he was worried about practice in that crappy old gym. He just wanted to impress the scouts at the game tonight that was supposed to be played. Next thing he knew his best friend and brother were fighting for their lives, and if it weren't for Keith and Dan he would probably be dead. Than it hit him like a ton of bricks…DAN! He snapped his head toward Keith and Deb

"Where is Dan? Is he ok?" Luke asked Deb knowing that she would know if anything was wrong. Deb picked up her head she wanted to wait to tell then the news but I guess it was now or never.

"Luke I didn't want to tell you this now because of everything else going on" Deb said taking a deep breathe

"Just tell me Deb" he said taking a step toward her

"They can find him after the explosion he hasn't been found yet. They have been searching but it doesn't look good at all…they are switching from search and rescue to a recovery mission. They don't think that if they find Dan they will find him alive. I am so sorry Lucas" Lucas just shook his head

"This is unbelievable" he said walking away

"LUKE!" Brooke yelled starting to go after him but Karen grabbed her arm

"Let him go he needs to be by himself for a minute he will be ok" Karen explained to her.

"I know I just want to help him yah know" Brooke said wiping away the tears that were dripping down her cheek. All of a sudden they saw the doctor walking toward them

"Mrs. Scott?" the doctor said walking up to her

"Yes" Deb said getting up off of the chair she was sitting in next to Keith

"Mrs. Scott we have repaired your son's lung and he had minor internal bleeding that we repaired. He has some injury to his left knee that should heel nicely with no long-term injuries. He did loose a lot of blood so we are giving him more blood as we speak. He is still sedated from the anesthesia we gave him. He is asking for his wife…but she is still in surgery" the doctor explained

"Thank you can I go see him?" Deb asked

"Yah but only one at a time because he is in recovery" he told them

Deb nodded her head in agreement. "I don't want to tell Nathan about Dan right away he has enough going on with Haley and now himself he doesn't need to know this right away." Everyone nodded agreeing this was the last thing that he needed to know right now. Deb turned and walked down the hall toward Nathan room unsure of what she would say to him because they still haven't heard anything about Haley.

Peyton and Jake were sitting in the hospital chapel.

"I cant believe this is all happening" Peyton said holding Jakes hand.

"I know but right now we just need to pray that Haley and the baby will be ok" Jake said putting his arms around Peyton.

"I love you so much Jake…I was so scared today that I would never see you again."

"I know I am so grateful that you are ok. I don't know what I would have done if something happened to you. I would never want to be in Nathan's position right now…that feeling of helplessness and just waiting to hear if the woman you love more than life itself is going to live or die has to be the most horrible thing ever."

"I know…I can't imagine Nathan without Haley. I mean they are "NALEY" they compliment each other. I remember the first time I ever really talked to Haley and realized that she had a thing for Nathan. I thought it would never last I mean as Brooke always called she was jut "tutor girl" and back then you know how Nathan was he was just an ass. Nobody ever thought that Haley could actually change him. But look he fell in love with her and they changed each other. It is so unfair that this happened to them, I mean what in the hell went so wrong that Jimmy Edwards and all those other kids went crazy and started killing people. Was it really that bad at Tree Hill for them?" Peyton said with tears running down her face unable to hold it in anymore.

"I don't know baby. I mean everyone has different feelings and experiences in high school. Maybe for Jimmy Edwards not being seen as anything was too much for him to handle and he went nuts. It's a tragedy and all we can do know is learn from it and pray that everyone we love and care about is safe. Nobody will ever be the same from it again." Jake said leaning forward and kissing Peyton on the lips

"I love you Pey"

"Love you too Jake"

Brooke walked the halls of the hospital. She couldn't sit there and wait anymore. She felt beyond useless. Haley was fighting for her life, Nathan was lying on a hospital bed recovering from surgery, Dan was probably dead, and Luke was hurting so bad and she couldn't help any of them. All the pain that everyone was feeling, she wondered if they would ever be the same. She thought no, how could they after all they saw today how could anyone ever be the same. She couldn't believe it, she always saw stuff like this happen on TV but she never thought anything like this could happen to her in her life. She sunk to the floor in the middle of the hospital hallway and sobbed. She had held it all in long enough and she just sobbed. She cried for Haley and her unborn child, for Nathan, for Lucas and Dan, and even Jimmy Edwards for him feeling he had no other choice but to do the things he did. After a few minutes she felt a tap on her shoulder and when she looked up she saw Lucas…she stood up and hugged him so tight. He rubbed her back.

"Its going to be ok" he whispered into her ear

"I hope so Luke" she sniffled back

Deb walked into the recovery room and saw Nathan lying in the bed with an IV hooked up to him. She sat in the chair next to the bed, and grabbed Nathan's hand.

"Hey Nate its mom." She said rubbing his hand. He moved his head and saw her.

"Hey mom…any word on Haley yet?" he said whispering

"No not yet they are still working on her. They are going to come in here as soon as they are done to talk to you" he nodded and closed his eyes for a minute then he turned and looked at her again

"Mom where is dad?" he asked