Haley paced back and forth, she didn't know how she was going to approach him or what she was going to say. First, she wanted to apologize but slowly build what they had back up. She knew what she did was wrong and she should have listened to her husband, she hoped that's what he wanted to hear. She looked up, Nathan was in Lucas' room, staring down at him. This was her moment, she was going to get her husband back. Iris left Brooke's room, just to use the restroom, she walked past Lucas' room and grabbed Haley's attention. Haley blinked.
"Iris," Haley called out her name. "Iris!" she said again until Iris finally stopped. She turned around to a bright smile Haley James Scott. Iris gave her a fake smile. "How's it going?" Haley asked her, Iris looked past and saw Peyton staring at them. She didn't know what was going on and she wanted no part of it.
"Fine," Iris tried to leave but Haley grabbed her once again with a warm smile.
"Are you okay?" Haley asked her, really wanting to know. "I mean, are you really okay?" Haley asked, waiting for an answer. Iris licked her lips, looking away from her. She didn't want to cry, she couldn't.
"Not even a little." Iris said honestly, Haley didn't want to talk about her life. She didn't even want to mention about her not wanting to cry. "And if I cry, I don't think I'll stop." Iris cleared her throat, looking back at Haley. Haley could understand that.
"I know that you think that I hate you but I don't." Haley tried to explain to her. Iris narrowed her eyebrows, from the days that she had to think by herself. She realized that Haley had no reason to hate because she did nothing to her.
"I know you don't because I didn't hurt you." Iris told her. "But you hurt Brooke, putting her in the hospital." Iris blamed it all on Haley and she wasn't going to let her have that.
"No, I didn't. If wanted to point the finger at me then fine, I came here to ask if you were okay-" Haley tried to explain to her, Iris didn't believe her. She had been by herself for weeks, no one was talking to her nor looking at her.
"I have had the worst three weeks of my life and not once have you came up and asked me if I was okay." Iris explained to her, she wasn't going to let Haley think that she was an angel and she is doing a good thing by talking to her.
"I know but now," Haley tried to explain, now she knew what was happening and she felt bad. She was so worried about herself and her relationship with Nathan that she didn't see Iris slowly breaking down.
"Now?" Iris frowned at Haley, wondering what she was going to say but she could guess. "Now that Mouth and Millicent have gone and I'm alone, you want to be my night and shining armor. No, no thank you. I didn't need you then and I don't need you know." Iris yelled at her, grabbing everyone's attention.
"I wanted to help you." Haley tried to explain.
"I don't need your help! I don't need help ! I just want-" Iris stopped herself from saying what she actually wanted. She looked past Haley, watching Nathan leave Lucas' room to see what was happening. Iris blinked and a tear rolled down her face, she quickly whipped it away and stopped herself from crying. "If I cry, I won't stop." Iris said to her again, Haley could actually see how Iris was hurting herself and damaging herself. "Leave me alone, don't talk to me. I don't need anyone to talk to me. I'll be fine." Iris turned around quickly and left Haley standing in the middle of the hallway. She turned around to see Peyton and Nathan staring at her. Nathan didn't have a certain look on his face but Haley felt terrible. Peyton huffed and walked into Lucas' room to let Nathan and Haley talk for a moment.
"Why couldn't you just leave her alone?" Nathan started to say.
"I thought she needed my help. I thought if I could fix her, I could fix us." Haley tried to explain.
"She's doesn't need, fixing." Nathan looked at her confusedly. "She's not a toy, she's a person. A person that needs a certain person and it's not you." Nathan told her, he didn't want to sound harsh but it seemed like that's how she would understand. He turned around but Haley continued to speak to him.
"And who do you need?" Haley asked, stopping him. Nathan turned around, he didn't know.
"No one." Nathan said to her, rubbing his hair. He couldn't think. "I just need Brooke and Lucas to wake up. I need Iris to get better, I need us to get better and I need Mouth and Millicent to stay, I need a lot of things Haley but neither of them will happen." Nathan shook his head.
"You don't think Brooke and Lucas would wake up?" Haley asked softly. Nathan paused, that's what he thought.
"Why would they? Who would want to wake up to a broken town like this with broken people and broken things?" Nathan asked her, Haley thought about the broken town and she didn't think that it wasn't broken. Of course it had it's cracks but she felt like she would fix them. "I'll talk to you later." Nathan turned around and walked away from her. Haley looked around, she had no one and now she could understand what Iris was feeling.
Skills knew that Lindsay was never coming back and he had to move on from that, as much as he wished that she was here, there was something that he had to do. He needed his friends to friends again. It was going to take some work but he would have to do it himself. He felt like he helped with mess by helping Lindsay winning Lucas back. He dialed the number and placed the phone to his ear. Mouth looked down at his phone, it was Skills. Millicent quickly grabbed the phone before Mouth did, she didn't want anything to effect what was going to happen tonight. Mouth looked around the airport, they were leaving for Maryland. For a short period, they were in a different town but nothing felt right and Mouth didn't want to leave.
"Do we have to leave?" Mouth asked her, wanting to stay. There was things that he wanted to stay for, his friends needed him.
"If you want to stay with me, yes." Millicent said to him, Mouth narrowed his eyebrows. He could feel that this wasn't going to end great, he was nervous.
"Our friends needs us." Mouth tried to explain, holding his hand out. Millicent placed his phone in her purse, making sure that it was close to her. "Your being immature." Mouth rolled his eyes.
"I'm saving our relationship, something you seem not to want happen." Millicent frowned at him, calling out his intentions. Mouth wanted to fix this but he felt like leaving town was going to be bad mistake.
"I do want to be with you Millicent, that's why I proposed to you." Mouth explained, Millicent walked over to him, calming herself down.
"Then, let's leave this town. I just want to spend the rest of my life with you. Our friends will be alright without us. They have Skills, Haley...Peyton." Millicent shrugged her shoulders, she didn't know what else to say.
"Skills needs us, Haley-" Mouth tried to explain.
"Mouth!" Millicent yelled at him. Mouth closed his mouth, there was nothing else that he could say that would change her mind. He would miss them but if this is what she wanted, he would do it.
"Just let me call Skills and say goodbye." Mouth begged Millicent, Millicent stared at him and hoped that he wouldn't call Iris but either way, they were going to leave this town together. Millicent reached in her bag and gave Mouth his phone back. Mouth gave Milicent a slight kiss and walked away from a her so that he could talk somewhere that was quiet. He walked out of the airport, looking up at the night sky. He looked down at his phone, he had missed calls from everyone. He had a voicemail from Skills and Iris. Mouth took in a deep breath and called Skills back. He was scared to call Iris, not sure if she was going to call back.
"Mouth," Skills asked, excitedly.
"Yea, buddy." Mouth chuckled, Skills smiled at Mouth's goofy laugh. It was good to hear from him and hoped that he was coming home soon.
"I'm glad to hear from you." Skills said to him.
"You too." Mouth said to him but only wanted to know one thing.
"Dude, when are you coming home?" Skills asked him.
"I'm not...were leaving tonight. In a few minutes." Mouth glanced at the clock on his phone.
"No, man. You have to come home, you have to. Everything is upside down here, I need your help." Skills said to him, hoping that he would change his mind.
"You'll be fine. It's not that bad." Mouth said to him. Skills shook his head, Mouth had no idea.
"Lucas is getting worse, his heart is failing and Brooke is in surgery." Skills explained.
"What? What happened?" Mouth asked in hurry.
"Brooke's brain started to swell." Skills tried to explain, Mouth started to think about Iris. "Iris was there when it happened." Skills said softly. Mouth swallowed, afraid to ask the question that he has been thinking about.
"How is she?" Mouth asked Skills. Skills huffed.
"I don't know, she's not talking to anyone and when she does, it seems like every word is toxic to her. She hides in Brooke's room, she's alone. She doesn't cry...Something is wrong with her. You need to get here and talk to her." Skills tried to explain to him. Mouth looked back at the airport.
"I can't." Mouth said to him. "I'm engaged now." Mouth said to him. "I don't even think she wants to talk to me."
"Did she call you?" Skills asked him, Mouth didn't want to answer the question.
"Yes." Mouth answered.
"Then she wants to talk you, your the only person that she wants to talk to right now. Come home man, please. I need you here." Skills begged his friend, Mouth turned around to see Millicent waving at him with a smile.
"Flight 182 is bording." The lady said on the speaker. That was his flight, Skills closed his eyes. Mouth took in a deep breath, hanging up the phone and turning around and walking into the airport. Millicent walked up to him with their bags.
"EVerything okay? Did you say goodbye?" Millicent asked him.
"Yea, I'm okay and I did say goodbye...I love you." Mouth said to her.
Iris couldn't breathe, she couldn't feel her body. She looked down from the observing area and watched as Brooke was going to surgery. It was a scary situation. She didn't think that Brooke would get any worse. She had been praying and hoping that she would get better, nothing was happening. Iris took in a deep breath, everything was happening so much. Haley walked into the room, wanting to apologize.
"This is all my fault," Iris said to Haley, knowing that she was there and she accepted her apology. "None of this would have happen if only I would have left this alone." Iris swallowed, finally talking to someone.
"It's not your fault, it's not my fault, it's not one's fault. You were trying to be a good friend to Brooke. She doesn't blame you for none of this." Haley said to her, making sure that she understood. Iris turned around with her eyes completely red but no tears coming out. Haley didn't know what to say, she wanted Iris to get better.
"What kind of friend puts another friend in a hospital?" Iris asked her.
"You didn't do this, you didn't do none of this." Haley tried to explain to her.
"Yes, I did! We all did." Iris argued with her. "I can't take it anymore, I'm losing my mind here." Iris pleaded to Haley. "Brooke is dying and Lucas is dying as well but at least they get to be together." Iris said to her.
"Iris-" Haley tried to explain.
"She's dying," Iris said to her. "She's dying." Iris repeated until she realized that it was true. "And I'm can't do anything- I have to sit here and watch my friend slip away from finger tips." Iris didn't cry, still, she had this straight face. "You and Nathan are drifting apart, Millicent isn't talking to me and Mouth left," Iris pulled her hair back, she was losing her mind and she couldn't control her emotion. She felt like this is the last straw. "He left me, alone..." Iris bit her lip. "I'm alone. Peyton hates me, she's making my life a leaving hell." Millicent said to her. "I lost them both, I have nothing." Iris shrugged her shoulders. "Millicent and Mouth got married and Lucas choose Peyton over Brooke- I just..." Iris started to breathe heavy, trying to catch her breath. Haley took a step forward, panicking a little.
"Iris, are okay?" Haley asked her. "Your going to be okay." Haley assured her but it wasn't working.
"No, I'm not okay." Iris breathed heavily, trying to catch her breath. It was like her chest was going to explode, she felt like she was going to throw up and the room was spinning around her. "I can't breathe, I can't breathe." Iris pushed past Haley and ran down the hallway. Running from the reality, running from the pain and the guilt. She was running from it all and she didn't want to stop running. She ran out of the hospital, the ran dropped down from the ground. Her clothes stuck to her as she was soaked in rain. She took in a deep breath, trying to hold it in. She dropped it in, she felt so much pain. She placed her hand on her stomach and began to cry. Her tears blended in with the rain on her face. She cried and she felt like she couldn't stop. Hard. She screamed hysterically, it seemed with every tear she dropped, the pain was slowly slipping away. She dropped onto her knees, crying still.
"Your always one for the dramatic." She heard a deep voice say, she looked up and could see him slowly walking away from the shadow. She was surprised that he was here, that he would hear her voicemail. Her heart fluttered, she felt at home when she looked into his eyes. She didn't want to think it was true but he was here. He was here. She was filled with excitement.
"Chris?" Iris stood up, running to him as she jumped into his arms. Chris wrapped his arms around her tightly, never wanting to let go. Iris cried into his arms, glad that he was here and hoped that he would stay for a while. "I didn't think that you will ever come." Iris cried, wrapping her arms around his neck. Chris frowned, concerned that she would think that way.
"Well, when my sister left me on the voice message crying, I had to come to her rescue. Chris Keller never leaves his family behind, I promised you that." Chris Keller promised, Iris was happy to hear his voice. She happy, finally happy and all the pain was gone.