Chapter 13-All Kinds of Time
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Nathan,
Never in my wildest dreams did I think I would find my soul mate at 16. I want you to know if anything happens to me, if we are 16, 36 or 96 years of age, I want you to find someone that makes you happy. Don't end up like Whitey, Nathan, and pining away years after they are gone. Someone deserves your love, if not me, find the person who is going to love you back. Nate, know that you made me happy just being with you. Every time I look at my wedding ring, it reminds me of the feeling I had, that day on the beach when I knew no matter what happened, we would look after each other. Some say that you only get one true love in a lifetime, and Nathan Scott, your mine. Always and forever, your Haley.
Nathan didn't know at first where he had put the folder that Haley had given him 10 years prior. Finally, after tearing apart the guest bedroom in which he had been residing, he found a key. Slowly he had opened the storage room, revealing everything he had been running from the last 10 years. For Nathan's position at the entrance, he could see Haley's white summer dress from when they got married, her keyboard, and the wedding wall. Nathan had lost count of the times he went down to the beach to burn everything that reminded him of her. But he couldn't. Instead everything had ended up in a storage facility he had paid for every month since she had left. 120 months. And in that time, he had been in there exactly one time.
He glanced around the space, trying to locate the folder.
Sighing, Nathan took one step into the enclosed space. And then another. Finally he stood in front of a container, full to the brim of wedding memorabilia. He touched the vase containing sand from the beach, and some photos that have fallen off the wedding wall that had been thrown haphazardly beside it. And there it was. Inside the purple photo album, right beside the photo of Nathan and Haley in the beach after they had recited their vows, was the folder. The death folder. Nathan shuddered at the thought. Haley isn't dead yet, he thought. But maybe it was just time to open it.
Just like she said 10 years prior, everything that he may have needed when they were married was there. Social security numbers, insurance numbers, pin codes to their joint account, everything. As Nathan ruffled through the folder, he came upon a note Haley hadn't mentioned.
Nathan-
Just in case
I want There You'll Be by Faith Hill to play at the funeral. I want to be buried in Tree Hill with my family. I want you and Lucas to do the eulogy. Tell Brooke and Peyton not to be too sad, I've gone to a better place. And if we have kids-I want you to tell them everyday til you die how much their mother loved them. And how much I loved their father.
Always and Forever,
Haley xoxo
A single tear slipped down his face, but he brashly wiped it away. The tear dropped onto the last 2 words of the letter. Typical Haley. Always being so damn practical. Not only had she left a parting letter, but her funeral arrangements as well.
Nathan would be damned if he was going to let her slip away again. He grabbed the contents of the folder and ran out of the unit, heading back to the hospital as fast as he could physically go.
"Peyton where is he?" Brooke screamed
"Brooke you have to calm down, the doctor said he was fine" she said trying to soothe a panicked Brooke
"Well if he is so fine where if he?!"
"Brooke, Lucas has been in a major accident" Peyton gently reminded her friend
"I just don't think I can do this without him" Brooke cried, as she held onto Peyton's hand as she screamed through another contraction.
"Sure you can, plus you have me here"
"Really?"
"Of course" Peyton said, giving Brooke a awkward hug round her still pregnant belly
"Hello ladies, how is the mom to be?" the ward nurse whose name was Greta, asked as she walked into the room
"In pain mostly" Brooke replied dryly
"So is anyone coming into the delivery room with you?"
"My husband" Brooke said automatically.
"And where is the lucky daddy to be?"
"He's not here actually he's on the 3rd floor, he was just involved in a car accident" Peyton said quickly, before Brooke burst out in tears once again.
"Oh I am so sorry Mrs Scott. Well just in case, is there anyone else who will go in with you?"
Brooke thought for a moment
"Peyton?" she squeaked
"Oh no Brooke I don't do births"
"Please, Peyton. Nathan is with Haley so god knows how long will he will be or how well Haley is plus Karen is with Lucas." Brooke rambled
Peyton looked at Brooke who was flushed and looked like she was ready to pop. Most of all she saw the desperation in Brooke's eyes.
"Ok…" she said reluctantly
"Ok I'll get you some scrubs"
"Thanks, P. Sawyer"
"That's ok B.Davis-Scott"
Lucas eyes shot open, his eyes focusing to unfamiliar surroundings. A woman was staring out of the window, her decade torn face stained with black, from the constant flow of tears after receiving the call hours prior.
"Mom?" Lucas rasped
"Lucas, my boy!" she cried, rushing over and hugging her son
"What happened?" he asked his mind still cloudy.
"You were in an accident with Haley, Lucas" she said calmly
"How is she?"
"It's not good" Karen said looking downcast
"Oh god Brooke!" Lucas said suddenly
"Calm down, Lucas. Brooke is still in labour, Peyton is with her."
"I have to be there" he said as he climbed out of the bed and started putting on the hospital issued robe
"Alright but I am wheeling you down there myself. There is no need you collapsing while Brooke is labour, she is stressed out enough" Karen said sternly before pointing to the wheelchair.
"Alright" he said begrudgingly
Brooke was breathing through another contraction, and they were coming a few minutes apart. Brooke was exhausted, she had been going at it for 12 hours, and still no word from Nathan or Karen.
"Peyton" she groaned
"Its going to be ok, Brooke, just breathe"
"Easy for you to say you're not pushing a human being out of your vajayjay!" Brooke said as she squeezed Peyton's hand tight.
"Hi Mrs Scott, how are you going?" Dr Freeman said
"Wishing that the pain would go the hell away and my husband was here" she whimpered
"Alright Brooke, lets see how far along you are"
The doctor examined Brooke for a few moments before getting up
"Ok Brooke, you're ready. Who is going in the delivery room with you?"
"Me" Lucas said from the door
"Lucas, you're here" Brooke cried, tears spilling rapidly down her face.
"I wouldn't miss this for the world, Pretty Girl" Lucas said as Karen wheeled him to Brooke's bedside
"I could kill you know" she said slapping his arm
"Alright, Brooke, let Lucas put on his scrubs and then we can get you to the delivery room" the doctor said as the orderlies came in to move the bed.
"Oh thank god, I have never felt so much pain in my life" Brooke said, her face scrunching in pain. Brooke looked back for a moment before she was wheeled out of the room.
"Hey Peyton…thanks for being there for me" she said, genuinely smiling at the blonde woman.
"No problem, buddy" Peyton said squeezing her former friend on the shoulder as she got wheeled out of the room.
Lucas, Karen and Peyton watched the gurney move down the corridor and Lucas took a deep breath.
"Thanks for looking after my girl, Peyton" Lucas said giving her a brief hug before following Brooke's gurney to the delivery room.
"Anytime" she said to herself, taking a seat outside in the waiting room.