Brooke ran into the hospital scanning the area for Karen, Keith or Deb. Finally her eyes recognized someone.
"Karen" she yelled. Karen stood up and waved them over where they were. Brooke, Jake, and Peyton all hurried over to them.
"What is going on?" Peyton asked all worried.
"It's Nathan he blew a clot in his leg…he was rushed into emergency surgery. They think that he will be fine they just need to tie off the clot because if they don't get to it quick enough he can lose his leg." Deb explained. You could see Deb was one step from falling apart. First her husband was dead, even after all the hatred they had come to have for one another she didn't want him dead. Dan was becoming a better person these days, he was changing. Now Nathan was in surgery and might lose his leg, and if that happened Nathan would rather be dead and everyone knew it.
"Where is Lucas?" Brooke asked looking around.
"He was with Nathan and then he went to see Haley. In the midst of all this Haley came out of recovery and is in the ICU…" Brooke nodded
"I am going to go find him and see if I can get in to see Haley also" Peyton and Jake nodded.
"Let us know we can see Haley" Peyton said walking up and giving Brooke a hug. Brooke got choked up and some tears started to stream down her face. She shook it off though.
"You got it P Sawyer" Brooke said turning and walking away.
Lucas stepped into the ICU room, and he literally couldn't breathe at the sight of Haley. She was hooked up to thousands of tubes, and she was breathing on a machine. He did see a fetal monitor on her stomach and saw both of the baby's heat beats. It was amazing the shape that Haley was in and those babies's still had a strong heartbeat. He sat down in the chair next to her; he grabbed her hand and took a deep breath.
"Hey Hales it's me Luke. I know you probably cannot hear me but I am going to talk. It's been a long time since me and you just hung out and talked. I mean I am your best friend and I didn't even know you were pregnant; you must have been so freaked out. No less you're having twins Hales that is crazy. You going to be such a good mom and I of course going to be the best uncle in the east coast. Nathan has had this huge smile on his face ever since he found out. I think the thought of having twins makes him a little nervous though to be honest. Nathan needs you Hales we all do, he is doing good. He just had to get a little procedure done on his leg but as soon as he is better he will be here. He has been so worried about you Haley; I never realized how much Nathan needs you. You have always told me about the bond that you two share but I have never really seen it first hand until now. We all need you Hales so open your eyes and let me see your beautiful brown eyes please." Lucas begged laying his head down on the side of the bed holding her hand. The exhaustion slowly started to take over Lucas's body and the next thing he knew he was fast asleep next to his best friend in the whole world.
Brooke walked into the ICU and was directed towards Haley's room. She stopped in her tracks when she saw the condition that Haley was in. As she stepped in the room she noticed that Lucas was asleep right next to Haley. She walked over to the other side of her and sat down in the chair. She took a deep breathe.
"Hey Tutor Wife" she said laughing. "I guess I should really be calling you Tutor Mom. Now that everybody knows I guess I can call you that. Wait until you wake up and find out that you're having twins, your going to be so ecstatic. I can't believe it, and Nathan is so excited, you were so afraid to tell him but he wasn't mad or anything he was so happy and worried about you all at the same time. You need to wake up Hales and make fun of me about my thrifty spending. I haven't lost it yet and I promised you I wouldn't. I promised I would stay strong for you and for Nathan until everything was ok, but when you and Nathan are in the clear I am due for some major meltdown time. Also when you're back on your feet me you and Peyton are going to have a girl's night and eat cookie dough ice-cream and plan the most kick ass baby shower for you. We need you Hales we all have to help each other pull through this…Nathan and Lucas especially I know they didn't have the best relationship with Dan but he was still their father and saved all of us in that school…and now he is gone and the reality will hit them soon and its going to be bad and we need you here to help us…so you need to wake up now." Brooke wiped away her tears on her face and put a blanket on Lucas who was still fast asleep on the chair beside Haley. She got up and walked out of the room for a minute to go and check on Nathan and see if he came out of surgery yet.
Peyton sat with Jake in the waiting room, and just sat to hear how Nathan was, how the surgery went. Brooke walked up to them and gave them a nod letting them know everything was still same.
"Any word on Nathan yet?" Brooke asked already knowing the answer. Peyton shook her head no.
"Nothing we have been waiting for awhile now. Keith took Karen and Deb to go get some air, so we have just been waiting. I am going to go see Haley for a minute do you want to stay here with Jake incase the doctor come out about Nathan?" Peyton asked as she wiped the sleep from her eyes. She was exhausted; she didn't know even if Haley and Nathan came thru this would anyone ever be the same. Dan was dead, Jimmy was dead, and the act of destruction was unbelievable. Nobody was ever going to be the same again. She walked into Haley's room and couldn't believe how bad she was, she felt like she was looking at her mother in that bed. Peyton felt like she was reliving that experience all over again. Her chest started getting very tight and she was having trouble breathing…she was having a complete panic attack. She turned around and walked down the hallway and sat on the chair in the waiting room and was able to calm down for a bit.
Brooke was sitting in the waiting area waiting with everyone for news about Nathan. She was falling asleep against Jake when she heard some say "Mrs. Scott". Deb jumped up from her chair and walked over to the doctor.
"I am Mrs. Scott, How is Nathan?" she asked
"Well he made it through surgery and we repaired the artery in his leg. He had other internal bleeding that we found when we were in there which we repaired. We heavily sedated him so he will not be up for sometime, he woke up right after the surgery and wanted to see his wife but he cannot move right now so we sedated him for his own well being" the doctor explained. Deb nodded her head listening to the doctor
"Are there going to be any repercussions, or permanent damage to him. His life is basketball if he cant play I don't know what he will do if he can't play." She said to the Doctor
"He will need a lot of physical therapy but I don't see why he couldn't get back up on his feet" he said. Deb took a huge sigh of relief; he knew that Nathan would die if he couldn't play basketball anymore.
"When can I see him?" Deb asked
"You can come and see him now if you want he is sleeping but you can sit with him" he replied to her extending his hand down the hallway, Deb turned and gave a nod to everyone who was standing right next to her, they all knew she was going to go to Nathan. Brooke looked over towards everyone "I am going to go and tell Lucas about Nathan" she stated rubbing the sleep out of her eyes.
Lucas had finally woken up he had been sleeping for the last two hours. He was exhausted the past 22 hours he had been up; he needed just a few hours for himself. He looked over towards Haley who was the exact same as before he fell asleep. He just shook his head in disappointment, and then it dawned on him he was sleeping for 2 hours Nathan had to be out of surgery by now. He got up and was about to leave when out of the corner of his eye he saw Haley's hand move, he turned around
"Hales?"
