Chapter 12

Crazy For This Girl

She rolls the window down
And she
Talks over the sound
Of the cars that pass us by
And I don't know why
But she's changed my mind

Chorus:
Would you look at her
She looks at me
She's got me thinking about her constantly
But she don't know how I feel
And as she carries on without a doubt
I wonder if she's figured out
I'm crazy for this girl

She was the one to hold me
The night
The sky fell down
And what was I thinking when
The world didn't end
Why didn't I know what I know now

Chorus

Right now
Face to face
All my fears
Pushed aside
And right now
I'm ready to spend the rest of my life
With you

Evan and Jaron

Nathan woke up just before dawn and was looking around trying to figure out where he was. Suddenly the previous day's events came back to him and his eyes quickly found Haley. She had been through the surgery the day before and had slept through most of the afternoon and night. He stood up and moved to her bedside, unable to take his eyes off of her.

FLASHBACK

"Nathan, Lindsay and I are going to go man. Hey! Is she ok?" he asked as his noticed the tears forming in his brother's eyes.

"Yeah she's sleeping. She needs to rest Luke."

"Ok" Lucas smiled. "And that's a reason to cry because?"

"Oh god Lucas I could have lost her." Nathan said as his shoulders began to shake. "I know I deserve every piece of hell I've been through but she doesn't"

"Nathan listen to me man. You've got to stop beating yourself up about this. You will never be any good to Haley if you don't. We both know that things could have been different, but Haley knows and I do too that they are different now."

"Lucas what if I hadn't been able to have taken it back? Huh? What if she had died that night or even today and I couldn't take it back?"

"Nathan the only thing you can do is make it a distant memory and replace it with the best one's she's ever had man."

As Nathan listened to his brother, he realized he was right. As much as he wanted to, he couldn't erase what had already happened. The guilt that he was feeling over how he treated Haley the four months after his accident had nearly eaten him alive but the only thing he could do about it now was make their future better. He had to make her see that she was everything to him. He never wanted to be away from Haley or disconnected from Haley like that again. It was up to him to make damn sure it never happened again and he would.

END FLASHBACK

He reached to brush a strand of hair away from her face, moving it behind her ear. "I'm gonna love you forever Haley James Scott. I promise. I'll spend the rest of our lives making up to you the hurt and pain I've caused you. I never want you to doubt that I love you and want you ever again" As he finished his words he leaned down to place his lips against her forehead.

Her skin was pale but cool to the touch. He wished she'd wake up already. He needed to talk to her. He needed to know that she was ok. When he realized that she still wasn't ready though he moved back to the seat that was beside the bed. Holding her hand he laid his head on the bed beside of her and sleep once again claimed him.

A couple of hours later, Haley opened her eyes. She felt a weight beside of her and turned her head enough to see that Nathan's head was on the bed beside of her. She lifted her hand and gently ran her fingers through the back of his hair, trying desperately not to wake him. She knew he'd been through hell over the surgery. She knew that he blamed himself. She just didn't know how to help him through this. 'Maybe they weren't done with counseling after all.'

Nathan felt her fingers sifting lightly through his hair as he opened his eyes. He lifted his head and was met with the most amazing doe eyes he'd ever seen. 'God she's beautiful'

"Hi baby. How do you feel?" he asked.

"Not bad I guess" she whispered.

"You look exhausted Hales"

"I'm ok" she said.

"No Hales, you're not ok. You're exhausted, your pale and your voice is shaky. I'm going to get a nurse" he said.

"Nathan! No. Please! I swear to you I'm fine. I'm still a little groggy yes but that's probably normal."

"Haley, you just had surgery yesterday; a very risky surgery to say the least. I'd feel better if we got a nurse to at least check you out now that you're awake."

"Nathan please tell me you're not going to panic for the next six and a half months. I can't deal with that, baby"

"Hales, I'm going to do whatever I have to do to make sure that you" he placed his hand over her stomach, "and our daughter, are ok"

Haley sighed. She'd been afraid of this. He was going to be in panic mode through the whole pregnancy. When she was pregnant with Jamie, they had been young. Nathan basically took things as they came until her accident and then he went into "protective, worrying, freaking out Nathan Scott mode" Why had she thought this one would be any different? It wasn't like they had already been through a pregnancy once before after all.

Nathan came back in with the nurse. "Mrs. Scott, how are you today?"

"I told him I'm fine."

"Well he's just concerned. Let me check your vitals." The nurse said as she patted the small young girl's hand.

After checking her vital signs the nurse turned to Haley and Nathan who had moved to the other side of the bed and taken his wife's other hand. "Everything seems to be just fine, Mr. and Mrs. Scott."

Haley looked over to Nathan and smiled slightly.

"I know you told me so" Nathan smirked.

"Oh did I?" she smiled. "Thank you Babbette"

"Sure Mrs. Scott" the nurse said and turned to leave.

Once the door closed Haley squeezed Nathan's hand. "Nathan I need for you to do something for me"

"Anything" he said as he kissed the hand he had been holding.

"Please calm down. We're ok baby. We're all going to be ok."

Both turned their head to the door as it opened. Deb stuck her head in and smiled at her family. "I have someone out here that would like to see his Mom"

Nathan turned to Haley and said "Hey, I'll be right back ok?"

Nathan moved out the door and picked Jamie up as soon as he reached him. "Hey buddy. Look, Mommy's still sore from the surgery yesterday so I need for you to be gentle with her, ok?"

"I will Daddy. I promise. I won't hurt her"

"I know you wouldn't do it on purpose. Just try to remember, Mommy's in a little bit of pain. Be careful how you move and pay attention that you don't bump her ok? Can you do that for me?"

"Yeah. Can we go see her now?"

Nathan couldn't help but smile at his little boy. "We sure can Jimmy Jam"

Nathan moved into the room with Jamie. When Jamie saw Haley lying in the bed, he began to get scared. Nathan squeezed his hand and picked him up and placed him on the bed beside Haley.

"Hey momma" Jamie said

"Hey buddy" she whispered.

"I missed you Momma. I'm glad your surgery is over" Jamie smiled.

Nathan watched as Haley's eyes met his with a silent question. Nathan nodded and then turned back to his little boy. "Hey Jamie?"

"Yeah"

"What would you say if I told you, you were going to have a little sister?" Nathan asked his son.

"A WHAT?" Jamie said with the most adorable smile on his face.

"A little sister" Nathan repeated.

"I'd say alright" Jamie said as he pumped his arm.

Deb turned to Nathan and Haley and smiled. "A girl?"

Nathan nodded. "Yeah, Mom. It's a little girl." He smiled as he turned to his wife, pride, love and adoration evident on his face. "She's going to be beautiful just like Haley" he said as he smiled.

Two days later Haley was discharged from the hospital. They had kept her so they could monitor her and the baby and were satisfied that they were going to be fine. When Nathan got her home he wouldn't let her get out of the Range Rover. He decided that she needed to be carried into the house, so that's what he did. He moved to place her on the couch and then immediately went to get a throw blanket to put over her lap. After that was done he moved to the fridge to get a bottle of water and stopped by the counter to grab her prescription before moving back to her side.

He handed her the bottle and then proceeded to open the bottle as Haley watched him. "You promised" she said.

"What?" he smirked.

"You promised that you would calm down"

"No I promised to do whatever I had to do to make sure you and our daughter are ok" he smiled.

"No I asked you to do something for me and you said anything, so you promised to calm down"

"Hales…"

"Nope."

"But Haley….."

"Nope"

"Ok, I'll calm down" Nathan conceded.

"Thank you"

"Can I get you anything other than water and your medication?"

"Yeah actually you can" Haley smiled.

"Name it"

"You haven't kissed me today" she smiled.

Nathan moved to place a soft kiss on her lips. "Are you sure about that Haley Scott?"

"I'm positive" she smiled.

"I'm sorry Hales. I'm just so glad to have you both home and know that you're ok"

"I know baby" she whispered.

Just as Nathan was moving in to claim her lips again the door bell interrupted them. "Shit" he said and changed direction to place the kiss on her forehead. "I'll be right back ok?"

When Nathan opened the door his blood immediately began to boil. "Q? What are you doing here?" he asked.

Quentin held up the flowers and nodded to the coach. "I brought these for Ms. JS"

Nathan stood there glaring at the guy. If looks could kill Q wouldn't be able to ever have that affect on him again.

"Can I come in?" Q asked.

"Q I told you to stay away from my wife man. What are you up to?"

"Nate, I promise I'm not up to anything. Ms. J S has been really good to me and I heard she had been in the hospital and I wanted to stop by and see her and thank her. You know let her know I care"

Nathan stood to the side of the door to allow Quentin room to come in. He didn't like this kid and he wasn't sure what they guy was up to but if he ran Q off Haley would be pissed. The doctor had told them to help her avoid as much stress as possible. She was still in a very delicate situation. Therefore Nathan really didn't have a choice. As he closed the door and turned to Quentin he said. "She's in the living room on the couch."

Quentin followed Nathan to his teacher and once he reached her he noticed that Haley had gone to sleep. Nathan turned to Quentin and motioned for him to be quiet as he moved behind the living room to the kitchen table. He offered Quentin a seat and then politely asked. "What in the hell are you up to Quentin? I don't buy that you give a shit about my wife. If you had, you would never have grabbed in the first place. I got news for you too man. My brother doesn't buy that you've changed either.

"

"I told you I wanted to do something nice for Ms J S to thank her for being kind to me"

"If I ever find out you're not sincere I'll beat the hell out of you. Do you understand me Quentin?"

"Nate… do we have to go through this again?"

"Yeah Quentin we do. Haley's pregnant. I don't want you upsetting her"

"She's pregnant?" Q asked. "Wow Nate, that's awesome. Is it mine?" he asked with a smirk that was quickly lost.

Before Nathan had even thought about what he was doing, he had Quentin lifted from the kitchen chair and up against the wall. "I don't know what your game is man but you need to get the hell out of here before I beat your ass"

Nathan let Q's collar go and Quentin moved towards the door. "Hmmm I don't think Ms. JS would be too stress free if she knew what a jackass you just were to me" he smiled. "Hey man, you better take care of that back. You never know when that temper will put you back in that wheelchair. Don't worry though I'll see to it that your wife is well taken care of"

Nathan pointed to the front door. "OUT!"

Quentin held up his hands and turned to the door and left.

"Stupid ass jock" he mumbled and then thought about Haley. He turned so he could see her and was relieved when his eyes found her still asleep. He didn't trust Quentin and somehow he found that he had no choice but to accept that Haley would be tutoring him. He had to find a way to make sure this kid didn't try anything else with his wife. Nathan didn't believe for a second that Q had turned over a new leaf. The display he'd just given proved that Quentin was without a doubt as mean and as much of an issue as he'd ever been.

He turned to grab his phone, while his eyes never left his wife's peaceful face. "Yeah hey man. I need to talk to you. No Haley's asleep. I just brought her home from the hospital. Can you come over here? Ok. I'll be here waiting.

As Nathan closed the cell phone his mind was spinning. He had to come up with a plan. He wouldn't take any more chances with his girls being in danger. There was no way in hell he could leave Haley alone with Q no matter the reason.