Lucas drove as fast as he could from the police station. The cops were already there when he got to Peyton's because he had told them what was going on. He got there just as they were bringing out Derek.

"It's too bad you didn't do her Luke because she's really good! She's so easy!" Derek said. Lucas went after him but a cop stopped him.

"Calm down son. He's not worth going to jail over." The cop said. Derek smirked as they put him in the car.

"Where's Peyton?" Lucas asked.

"She's in her room refusing to come out of her closet. She looks pretty bad. It's pretty obvious from looking at her that he rape her." The cop said.

"I can get her to come out if you'll let me do it." Lucas said. The cop nodded and lead him into the house. Lucas gasped when he saw her room. There were pictures of her all over her walls and her records were thrown all over the place. A lot of them were broken.

"We still can't get her to come out. She freaked when I tried to touch her." The paramedic said.

"This kid says that he can get her to come out." The cop said. The paramedic stepped aside. There was Peyton huddled in a corner of her record room. Her cheerleading uniform was all ripped and she had bruises all over her. Peyton saw him and ran into his arms and clung to him.

"Can you give us a few minutes please." Lucas asked. The cop nodded and left.

"Just bring her out when she's ready." The paramedic said as he left.

"Peyt, we need to get you out of here so that you can be checked out by a doctor." Lucas said. Peyton only clung tighter. Lucas picked her up and carried her out of the house with her clinging to his neck.

Hospital
Peyton refused to let go of Lucas so he held her the entire ride to the hospital. When they finally got to the hospital Lucas put her down on the gurney that the doctors had brought out but Peyton refused to let go of his hand.

"Sir, you're going to have to wait out here while we exam her." The doctor said.

"I don't think she'll let me. I was the only one that could get her out of the house. She wouldn't let me go the entire time we were in the ambulance. If I leave her she'll freak out." Lucas said.

"OK. You can stay as long as you stay out of the way. We don't want her to be more traumatised than she already has been." The doctor said as she opened a rape kit. As soon as the doctor touched her, Peyton freaked out.

"Give her something to calm her down." The doctor said.

"Wait. She hates needles. I can calm her down." Lucas said.

"Ok." The doctor said. Lucas looked at Peyton.

"Peyton, I need you to calm down so that they can exam you and make sure you're not hurt inside. I know you hate hospitals and you're scared but I'm with you and I'll protect you." Lucas said. Peyton calmed down.

"Ok Peyton. I'm just going to take some pictures." The doctor said. The exam lasted an hour. Once it was over they put her in a private room for the night. They had given her a sedative, which Peyton refused until Lucas had her look at him. She was now sleeping for the moment so Lucas took the time to go out into the hall and call Karen. He had called Nathan and Haley but they couldn't come because Nathan's leg was still really sore. Karen was there in twenty minutes.

"How is she?" Karen asked as she ran up.

"They gave her a sedative once they brought her to this room. It took her a while but she finally gave into to it and went to sleep. I could've prevented this mom. I knew there was something fishy about that guy. I never should've let her go home. She wanted to come with me to the police station but I told her not to." Lucas said as he started to cry.

"Lucas, none of this is your fault. You didn't do this to her." Karen said as Lucas cried.

Three Hours Later
Lucas had managed to get some sleep sitting on a chair hold Peyton's hand. Karen woke him up.

"Luke, why don't you go home and rest? I'll stay with her." Karen suggested.

"I'm fine. I do need to go to the school though. I just have to go talk to Whitey and Principal Turner about what happened because I can't play tonight. I also want to get my homework. Lucas explained. Karen nodded.

"Peyton, I have to leave for a bit but I'll be back." Lucas said as he kissed her head.

"Mom, if she wakes up and starts freaking out, don't let them give her a sedative. Talk to her and let her know that she's safe." Lucas said as he left.

A/N: That's the first chapter. I watched the two hour season premiere. It was great. The only thing I hated was the whole Leyton thing and the way Nathan was acting. By the way the kid who plays Jamie is so cute!