49. Eternal blue sky (1/2)

date: 2-17-2011

situation:peyton is discharged from the hospital

time of day: morning

lucas (opening the window binds): wake up, honey, its time for you to go home

peyton (shields her eyes from the sunlight): so i am being discharged today

lucas (excited): yes

peyton: where is sawyer?

lucas: sawyer is at the house with my mother

peyton (trying to get out of bed): ouch..

lucas (helping peyton): the doctor said you should take it easy in your condition. you bled and tore a lot during lucky's birth.

peyton (becoming sad at the thought of her ordeal): lucky is such a miracle. i thank god for keeping us alive.

nurse (offers peyton a wheelchair): this wheel chair is for you

lucas (assists peyton into the wheelchair): i love you no matter what

peyton (becoming emotional as she sits down in the chair): so i am paralyzed?

nurse: temporarily. you have been through a lot. you should sit back and relax.

peyton: thanks

lucas (escorting peyton into the bathroom): its time for you to take a bath

peyton:so you are my dad now?

lucas (laughing as he undresses peyton): somewhat

peyton: well, this is going to be embarrassing

lucas: i am not going to watch you bathe. i was going to show you how to use the equipment. the rest is in your hands.

nurse (closing the bathroom door): have fun, love birds

(the bathroom has been accustomed made to fit peyton's needs. lucas shows peyton how to use the equipment and peyton understands everything.

after bath time, peyton gets puts on her clothes)

action: lucas pushes peyton's wheelchair pass the nursery

peyton (passing by the nursery in a wheel chair): oh, look at all of the pretty babies.

lucky (pushing lucky's wheel chair): we were once babies a lifetime ago

peyton: time surely does move fast. anyway, where is my daughter?

lucas (pushing sarah's wheel chair toward the exit door): here she comes

nurse (placing lucas into peyton's arms): lucky is surely a miracle

peyton (smiling): i know

nurse (walking away from peyton and lucas): god bless you