I'm back with chapter 8 :) hopefully you all enjoy it!
Lucas stared at Peyton in shock. Really? This again?
"So... Did you feel anything?" Peyton asked, a goofy grin plastered on her face. Lucas didn't know how to reply. Of course he felt something but at the same time he felt nothing. The ache he felt for Brooke had just been further pushed into the light.
"Peyt you're a great friend and I really value your friendship..." Luke started.
"Oh cut the crap Luke. I was just trying to show you how hard it is to find someone you feel something with," Peyton explained, rolling her eyes in the process.
"You mean... You don't like me?" Lucas asked tentatively, a smile starting to creep onto his face. Peyton was right. It was incredibly hard to find someone like Brooke and he shouldn't let it go so easily.
"Luke you're a good friend. Besides I have someone else," Peyton replied winking.
Lucas laughed. It felt good to laugh.
"Go get her cowboy," Peyton smiled and within seconds, he was out the door.
Haley had barely closed the door before she came face to face with the worried look of Polly Jame. In her arms was a bundle of blankets which Haley knew to be Alivia. Wait... Something was wrong...
"What's wrong?" Haley asked, panic boiling through her veins. Had something happened? Had she hit her head? Had she fallen? A million scenarios surged through at once.
"Hales I tried but I just didn't know what to do," Polly started apologetically.
"Cut the crap Polls. What the hell is wrong with Alivia?" Haley screamed. She snatched Alivia from Polly and starting scouring her for any sort of harm. That was when she realised how hot Alivia was. She was practically scorching.
"Haley I'm so sorry but I didn't know what to do. She starting burning up around mid day and I was waiting for you to come home before making a decision but I know that I should've gone straight away and Haley don't leave me! I'll drive," Polly blubbered but Haley wasn't listening. Something was wrong with her little princess.
Polly had barely finished when Haley had tore open the door with one arm, grabbed her purse with another and dashed into her car. Polly slid into the drivers seat a few seconds later. Haley tossed her the keys as she stared intently at the bundle of blankets, willing the fever to go down, willing Alivia to be okay.
Nathan had injured himself yet again. It was his knee this time. Whitey had finally demanded him to check it out at the local hospital. He threatened to bench him otherwise.
Currently Nathan was sat in one of the beds in the emergency room with his knee up and a nurse pressing down an ice pack onto his kneecap. It didn't really hurt. It was more of a sharp sting. Rachel has said she was coming but then she had texted him saying that she was going to go get froyo with the girls from cheer and that she'll be late. Typical.
Nathan didn't really care. It wasn't Rachel he wanted to see anyways. Haley's chestnut brown hair drifted into his thoughts as he started daydreaming about the "what could have been"s.
It wasn't long before a doctor along with two young women rushes into the cubical next to Nathan's. An infants cry could be heard blaring in the background, causing Nathan's migraine to worsen. He hated kids. They did nothing but cry and it irritated Nathan. He was glad he didn't have a younger sibling. Kids, they were the worse.
"Doctor what is it that we can do to bring down his fever?" a familiar voice drifted across the thin fabric partition. Immediately Nathan recognised the voice. It was Haley's voice. What was she doing here at the emergency room? Why was she here with an infant?
"Miss please come down. I need to speak to your mother. This is your sister right?" the doctors soothing voice rang out clearly. Even from behind the curtain Nathan knew that Haley was rolling her eyes.
"No she's my daughter," Haley replied, the irritated stark obvious in her voice. Wait what? Nathan almost jumped at the sound of daughter. Haley had a daughter? When did she even give birth? How had he not noticed?
"Alright then mam. This baby needs to go into surgery. I need the father to be present too. This is an important decision for the both of you," the doctor declared.
"Hes not in the picture anymore," she snapped in response.
"Miss I understand but it is procedure. Please give us the name of your baby's father. Well contact him as soon as possible. In the meantime I will get one of the nurses to place your baby in an ice bath to bring down the temperature."
"Like I said doctor he's not in the picture!" Haley roared.
"Miss its-"
"Haley just tell them who the god damn father is. This is not the time," an unfamiliar voice chimed in.
"Nathan Scott. He's not going to come anyways," Haley replied flatly.
Nathans heart stopped. He had a daughter and he didn't know about it? Emotions flew through his veins and he struggled for a response.
"Here," he finally croaked as he pulled back the curtain, coming face to face to a shocked Haley and for the first time, the small red face of his daughter.
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