HJS-NS-23- Hey everyone thanks so much for the reviews…umm I'll try and keep this short. We hope you like it and please leave your thoughts on it, it'll get us to update faster. This story is nearing its end and I'm really going to miss writing it with Steph and everyone whose read and review thank you. Enjoy.
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Lucas parked in front of Nathan's flat. He sighed, he wanted to spend the night with Brooke because things were getting so much better and he wanted to be intimate with her again, the way they used to be before the Keller situation. But here he was, walking to Nathan's flat.
Brooke, seeing that they were both upset sent Lucas to see how Nathan was doing knowing he might need his cousin.
Lucas knocked at the door.
"Haley?" Said Nathan hopefully opening the door. "Oh it's you…." added Nathan with some disappointment in his voice letting him in.
"Thanks cous!" Said Lucas with irony. "I'm glad that you're happy to see me"! He added sarcastically.
"I'm sorry," said Nathan sitting down on the sofa." It's just that I need to set things right with Haley." He added with sadness.
"That's why I came actually…. What the hell happened there?" Asked Lucas curiously sitting beside Nathan.
"She's so mad! I don't know how to set things right." Added Nathan ignoring Lucas' question.
Lucas padded his cousin's hand. "It didn't look like such a big fight." Said Lucas trying to sound positive. "I mean she didn't even scream and Brooke told me the hormones were driving her crazy;" He laughed. "I mean come on…she can't be totally sane to be friends with West!"
Seeing the angry look on his cousin's face, Lucas knew that it was too early to joke about the Haley Damien friendship.
"I'm sorry man…I didn't mean to hurt you…I…. " Said Lucas red with embarrassment.
"That's fine…" Said Nathan with a reassuring voice. "It's just that Damien was the reason for our fight." Said Nathan with some guilt in his voice.
"Yeah…" Said Lucas frowning. "How come?"
Nathan explained to Lucas how the fight started.
"Well…I'm sure she'll come around soon." Said Lucas trying to sound positive. "You know it's not a big deal…Give her some time to calm down and she should come around."
"That's not the worst…"Added Nathan grimacing with discomfort.
"Not the worst?" Said Lucas surprised thinking it was already big for a couple on the rocks.
Nathan told him the whole Rachel misunderstanding.
"Oh Nathan...no…no…. no…" Said Lucas with sadness in his voice. "That's not good."
"I know!!" Said Nathan with despair. "I'm not THAT stupid!"
"What the hell are you still doing here?" Asked Lucas impatiently.
"But…you said yourself I needed to give her some space!" Said Nathan confused.
"Yeah I did when I thought the fight in the bar was it! You can't let her believe you cheated on her Nathan! Come On!!" Said Lucas like he was stating the evident.
Lucas went to the table and took Nathan's keys off the counter and threw them to him.
"Now you're going to drive to Haley's and you will talk." Lucas smiled. "After a while you'll kiss and maybe after a little later you'll do more I mean who knows…" Lucas winked. "Maybe she's still how did she put that?" He added pretending to think, "« erotically charged »".
Nathan laughed and punched his cousin's arm. He was always trying to cheer him up. "I shouldn't have told you that story!!" He added opening the door with a bright smile.
However Nathan's smile disappeared as soon as he opened the door.
Peyton was standing in front of it, looking panicked with her eyes red with tears.
"What happened?" Asked Nathan worried.
Peyton looked down. "Haley is at the hospital Nathan it's bad…really bad. You…they need you there." Said Peyton knowing there was not a correct way to announce to someone that the person you loved more than anyone was at the hospital.
Nathan looked at Peyton with disbelief. It was like time just froze and the ground just opened under his feet.
"You're making a mistake." Said Nathan sure of himself. "Haley's doing just fine." He added looking at Lucas whose eyes already filled up with tears.
Nathan's vision blurred…Was he crying too?! He didn't know anymore
Nathan was in no state to drive so Lucas drove them to the hospital.
Nathan spent the whole way thinking on how the hospital made a mistake because he knew that Haley was fine.
He imagined already his arrival and the apologies the hospital would make. Jake will be there with a smile, apologizing for bothering him.
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However as soon as they arrived at the ER, Nathan saw Jake sad on the floor crying his head on his hands. His eyes stopped on something green and red lying on the floor next to Jakes' left foot. Nathan frowned. It was Haley's broach but it was covered in blood…Her blood!! Thought Nathan as his heart was ripped out.
Nathan couldn't deny the truth any longer and felt on his knees buckle as he cried like there was no tomorrow. There won't be a tomorrow for me if Haley's not there! He thought helplessly.
Lucas kneeled beside his cousin and hugged him tight. He used all his will power to contain his own tears. "It's going to be fine." Whispered Lucas to his cousin.
Lucas finally looked at Peyton who was still standing there, tears falling down her cheeks.
When she finally locked her eyes on Lucas' he mouth Brooke to her.
"Yeah! It's her sister!" Said Peyton as the fact just stroke her. She nodded to Lucas and left to fetch Brooke.
"Why…"Asked Nathan still on his cousins arms. "Why is god always trying to take the people I love from me." He added with a broken voice.
Lucas tightened his embrace. He never heard such a broken voice before and this increased his pain and worries.
"I can't live without her Luke…. I won't live without her." He added sobbing against his cousins' shoulder. "There's no point to life if Haley isn't there."
Lucas looked around with distress. He didn't know what to say or even what to think anymore. "He won't take her from you Nathan." Said Lucas who couldn't contain his tears anymore. "Haley won't allow that, she loves you too much not to fight for a life with you," He added. That was the only thing that crossed his mind.
"I'm looking for the family of Haley James-Scott," a gray hair man said wearing a doctor's coat came out with a clipboard in his hands.
"Yes that's us," Lucas said trying to keep calm.
"Well Mrs. James-Scott suffered a severe blow to the abdomen, internal bleeding and a concussion. We had to go in and provide surgery but we need Mr. Scott's permission to do an emergency cesarean to make sure the babies survive."
"Yea that's fine" Nathan choked out scared for his wife and children's health. "Can I…can I be in the room when you do it?" Nathan asked in a sad quiet voice.
"Sure young man," the doctor said before motioning him to follow him, leaving Jake and Lucas back to pace in the waiting room.
After Nathan signed some papers and got changed into scrubs he was led to a sterile, white room where Haley was laying in the middle of it all banged up. Nathan's heart lurched when he saw her all bloodied and bruised. Everything's going to be fine Nathan whispered before placing a kiss on his unconscious wife's face.
The doctor started cutting Haley to get the babies out knowing that this was the only way they would survive. After a few minutes the doctor pulled the first baby out and handing it to a nurse Nathan heard as its first breath of life was taken and started crying wildly.
Next the doctor grabbed the little girl as another nurse took her and Nathan could hear her cry at being taken away from her mothers' womb. Nathan brushed off the tears that were running down his cheeks as he brushed a finger across Haley's cheek and then waited as the doctor stitched up his wife and the nurses took care of his children.
"Okay boy Scott is 6 pounds 8 ounces," One nurse said to another who wrote it down.
"Girl Scott is 5 pounds 1 ounce," the other nurse called out.
"Both have ten fingers and ten toes?" The next asked as the other two simultaneously said yes.
"They're so tiny are they going to be ok?" Nathan asked the doctor worriedly.
"They should be fine." The nurse calmed the worrying father.
"So daddy want to help give your children a bath?" the pretty, mid-forties nurse asked holding a baby wrapped in pink.
"Yea," Nathan blew out the tears prickling at his eyes again.
The 2 nurses showed him how to wash the baby and stood back helping him when he needed it to give his children their first bath.
After they cleaned the babies up one of the nurses spoke up. "Do you know their names yet or not?" the nurse asked kindly knowing that he probably wanted to wait for his wife to wake up.
"Yes we discussed it before they were born," Nathan told her before giving her the names as she scribbled it on a paper.
"Okay now we need to take them to the nursery but you can visit them in a little while," the nurse told him as they pushed the baskets away.
Nathan was told that they would be moving Haley into a different room and to go wait in the waiting room as they ran more tests on Haley to make sure she was ok.
Nathan made his way to the waiting room and saw Jake and Lucas pacing along with Peyton, Brooke, and Damien.
"What's he doing here?" Nathan asked venomously.
"I called him," Jake spoke up. "Haley would've wanted him here" He told Nathan before he could say anything.
"Did it go okay?" Brooke asked nervously trying to diffuse the argument before it could happen.
"I have two beautiful children. A baby boy and a baby girl," Nathan said in shock as he fell into a chair. "I just need their mother back now."
"Uh do you know what you're going to name them?" Brooke asked playing with her hands.
"Well Hales and I discussed it and she wanted to name the boy and wanted me to name the girl. Our son is Daniel Jacob, after Jake and my dad and our daughters name is Kelsey Rayne because rain is something special to us, and Kelsey was her grandmother's name.
The waiting room was silent as they all thought back to earlier that night and then now waiting for news on their friend.
"Mr. Scott," the doctor said coming out into the waiting room an hour later. "Your wife seems to be doing ok. She's in a coma but so as soon as she wakes up we will know better the extent of her injuries." The doctor said sadly seeing the broken man in front of him. "You may go and see her she's in room 283 but please one at a time" the doctor stated before walking away.
"Um you guys can go first I need to…I'll be back" Nathan said getting up and walking away.
"I'm going to go first okay?" Jake asked watching Nathan's retreating back.
"Yea" everyone agreed.
When he got into the room he broke down seeing his best friend lying in the hospital bed.
"Hey baby girl you gotta wake up. This is the second time I've had to see you in a hospital bed and that's twice too many. We need you. Especially Nathan and your children. I haven't seen them yet, but I bet they're beautiful and I bet the little girl looks just like you," he told her softly. "Come on baby girl you can't leave this world we all need you and we love you. I'm going to go now to give the others a chance to see you but please wake up soon" Jake begged before giving her a kiss on the forehead and leaving the broach on her bedside table.
Brooke was the next one in to see her sister. "Hey tutor sis," Brooke said before taking a breath. "Nathan's a mess. You gotta wake up soon." Brooke said her voice breaking with tears. "Your baby boy and girl need you. I need you. You're the glue that holds everyone together. When I found out I was going to be rooming with you I was so excited. I wanted to get to know my sister again. Now that I have please don't leave me." Brooke said as tears ran down her face. "I love you. Please wake up sis!" Brooke looked to see if Haley woke up but she was still lying there with tubes coming out of her nose and arms. Holding back a sob she left running into Peyton to talk with Haley.
"Hey," Peyton said quietly looking down. "So the last time I was in a hospital was when my mom died. I hope the same thing doesn't happen now. You have a husband who loves you so much and two little babies you just brought into this world who need you. Jake needs you too." She whispered softly fighting the tears that burned her eyes. "Please wake up." She said gently.
"Hey Hales" Luke said walking into the room as Peyton got up and left leaving the two friends to talk. "Look you need to wake up, for Nate and your kids but also for me. I'm selfish I want my friend back. I need someone to talk to about Literature. Who's going to hop on my back and demand a horseback ride? I need you to stay in shape please just wake up." He told her before leaving the room.
"Hey has anyone seen Nathan?" Brooke asked curiously looking around the waiting room.
"No not since he's left to go get some air," Jake replied with his hands on his head.
"Maybe someone should go look for him" Peyton chimed in grabbing one of Jake's hands and squeezing it.
"I'll do it" Jake said getting up and placing a kiss on Peyton's forehead before going to look for Nathan.
Jake finally found Nathan in front of the nursery looking at baby girl Scott and baby boy Scott. "Scared?" Jake asked standing next to Nathan who had his hands in his pockets.
"Shitless," Nathan told him honestly.
"Why haven't you seen her yet?" Jake asked curiously.
"I don't deserve her... Not after tonight…" Nathan trailed off looking into space.
"What happened tonight?" Jake asked confused.
"I told Haley I didn't trust her with Damien" Nathan said bowing his head in shame.
"Nate," Jake said disappointment in his voice and shaking his head.
"I know but that's not the worse of it. She came to see me and Rachel was at my door and I was trying to get rid of her and then she said how I shouldn't just stay with Haley for the kids when I love her and I was just so shocked I didn't know that Rachel saw Haley and that's why she said that. I tried running after her but…" Nathan trailed off before looking up at his children again.
"Yea," Jake said understanding and looking down.
Unaware to either of them Damien West was listening to the conversation and his blood boiling at what Rachel did after he told her to leave them alone. He couldn't even think anymore he was so insanely angry with Rachel. He asked her to leave Nathan and Haley alone but she didn't do it and now Haley was lying in a hospital bed because of her.
He didn't want to go and face her now for a couple of reason. Firstly, he wanted to stay in order to be updated on Haley's situation as things were evolving, plus he knew that if he did he could something he would regret.
Damien walked outside and took his mobile out and called Rachel.
"You couldn't leave them alone could you?" Asked Damien aggressively. "I thought we agreed to let them be together! "
"Please…" Said Rachel nonchalantly." I never agreed to it plus if you can't bang her now that she's that depressed, you'll never bang her. "
"Bang her?!" Said Damien with disbelief. "You are the type of girl we bang Rachel!" Said Damien sincerely. "We bang girls that don't deserve respect! And you're the queen!"
Rachel laughed. "Awww she doesn't want you! I'm sorry!!" She said with fake concern.
"She's lying in a hospital bed because of you whore!" He said with hate in his voice. "But listen carefully now because I'm not joking…. You better pray for her to be okay because if she dies…you die understand." He added frighteningly calm.
"I…what happened?" Asked Rachel panicking. She could hear in Damien's voice that he meant every word he just said.
"It doesn't matter." He said calmer. "But you're the one to blame and I swear to god that if my Angel dies your life won't be worth much…I'll track you , I'll hunt you down and I'll kill you." He took a deep breath "if you can believe only one thing coming from my mouth it's that." He added hanging up.
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"You should go see her… so she knows you still care and that Rachel lied. Just talk to her and tell her how you feel," Jake said patting Nathan's back before leaving.
Damien walked in the room, seeing Haley lifeless body made him take a trip back in memory lane. He could see Jen…The girl he once loved and lost.
I just started to believe in love, life and future again!! He thought with anger.
"Hey…" He said sitting down beside her and taking her hand. "Come on Hales open your beautiful eyes. You changed me…I'm a better person and it's all because of you." He added kissing her hand. "You…you know how much I love you Haley. Please just wake up and come back to us." He started to caress her hair gently. "Come back to me. I know it's egoistic but I need you in my life. I need you around to show me that Angels do exist." Tears starting to fall down his cheeks. "Please don't give up, just…. just fight a little harder. Your babies are beautiful. I can't believe you did that!" He added with a small smile. "They want their mom you know. They've been blessed to be your children and they need to discover that. We can't be the only ones to know what a fantastic person you are." Damien stood up and brushed his lips gently against hers. "I would give everything I have for you to open those perfect, smiling little brown eyes of yours. Please…we love you…I love you" added Damien with a sob dying in this throat.
He rushed outside the room; he didn't want to cry in the room. He left so fast that he didn't see that Nathan had seen the whole scene.
"Hey baby, you know I need you so much. I need you to come back to me. Nothing happened with Rachel I promise." Nathan said before looking down at her hand. Grabbing her hand gently in his he continued. "Just listen move one of your fingers if you can hear me. Just move one of those beautiful fingers and let me know your still here with me. I can't be a single father. I can't raise them without you. Our children need to know how beautiful and caring their mom is. God they're beautiful. I can't believe that our love created two beings who are so perfect! Please baby just wake up so we can be a family," Nathan begged emotionally. Nathan sighed "How about this if you wake up I'll give you what you want the most…your freedom back," he bargained before he laid his head on her stomach. "I'll give you your divorce Haley," Nathan added feeling his heart breaking in his chest and cried himself to sleep wishing she would wake up, when he felt her hand squeeze his.