Chapter 1
It was a beautiful day, bright and sunny. Lucas and brooke were walking on the quad. 'So boyfriend, I didn't see you this weekend, where were ya?" Lucas chuckled at Brooke's straightforwardness, 'i was helping my mom get ready for her and Keith's wedding.' Brooke smiled, "Aw baby, what a great son!" Lucas laughed as Brooke's dimples showed through. 'I have gym first, so I'll see you at lunch." He leaned down and kissed the top of her head and she waved. Brooke saw Peyton in the distance and shouted, "Hey P. Sawyer!' Peyton turned around and smiled as her best friend came skipping over. "Hey B. Davis, you ready for History?" Brooke rolled her eyes, "Am I ever ready for school?" They laughed as they walked into the school with linked arms. They were about to walk through the glass doors when Brooke saw Jimmy Edwards holding a gun towards them. 'Peyton!' Brooked dropped to the floor for cover. She tried to pull Peyton down with her as she heard two gunshots.
The halls were buzzing. People were running and screaming everywhere. Along the way Bevin lifted Brooke up off the floor and pulled her along to get outside. Brooke saw Lucas and ran into his arms. 'Brooke, what's going on!?" Brooke was flustered but did her best to respond, "There was a gun and me and Peyton, and she's still in there, she..she..." Lucas was getting impatient, "She what Brooke!?" Brooke whimpered, 'The glass it broke, and she may have been shot." Lucas let go of Brooke's arms and started to run back into the school. "Lucas! Lucas!" But he was too far gone.
Lucas slowly crept throughout the school to not make any noise. He bumped into Nathan, "Man what are you doing in here?!" Lucas whispered, "Peyton's in here somewhere!" Nathan smiled, he knew the bond that Lucas and Peyton had, then he frowned, 'So is Haley." Lucas got more worried as he began to back away to go searching when he heard Nathan speak up, "You know Lucas, Most heroes are dead." Lucas nodded, 'Be careful Nate."
Lucas looked down and found blood on the floor. He slowly followed the drops of blood to the library. Carrying the metal baseball bat he took from gym class, he slowly opened the library doors. He walked through the aisles, and he began to hear heavy breathing and whimpers. He got the bat ready until he saw the curly blond head and heard her small whisper, "Please don't, it hurts!" Lucas dropped the bat at the sight of her. He knelt next to her and asked, 'What hurts?' Peyton uncovered her hands from her arm and leg. Her hands covered in blood as the open wounds began gushing. Lucas gasped and he took her hands in his. They were freezing and he knew he needed to stop the blood. He ripped off the sleeve of his shirt as he wrapped her arm and leg tightly. They were silent for a while until Peyton whispered, "It was your friend Luke, Jimmy, he didn't look mean or angry though. he just looked scared." Lucas was shocked., but Peyton kept talking. 'They're all going to try and make something out of this. Find a reason for it. but they won't. because they weren't in here. They weren't there, and they won't understand it. Although they'll tell you they know how your feeling.' Lucas nodded and Peyton fell onto his shoulder, 'I'm tired Luke are you tired?" Lucas looked over at Peyton and she was ghostly white. "Yeah, I'm tired too, but you can't go to sleep Peyt, you got to stay awake. How about you tell me about your favorite song?' Peyton smiled and nodded, 'My favorite song would have to be 23 by Jimmy Eat World...' As Peyton continued whispering as Lucas listened. When her voice faded she began to whisper a little louder, "Why are you still here Luke? I mean why did you even come in the first place?" Lucas was confused. "Peyt, what do you mean?" Peyton raised herself off of Lucas, "If I tell you, I love you right now, Will you hold it against me, because I've lost a lot of blood?" Lucas looked at her and smiled. "Come here,' Lucas whispered. Peyton leaned forward and he kissed her slightly on the lips. It was filled with emotion and passion. 'Lucas, you need to go. Brooke needs you. Haley and nathan need you. Your mom needs you.' He smiled. 'You need me right now." Peyton closed her eyes, "They don't need me and I won't be responsible for them losing you. Losing you, it hurts to much and they don't deserve that pain." Peyton's eyes watered from the emotion and pain. Lucas looked at how vulnerable she was and realized just how much he hurt her. "Go!" She raised her voice slightly. Lucas began to get up. She wouldn't look at him, it hurt to much. He began to walk away. He was almost out of the school when he looked down and saw traces of her blood on the floor. He continued walking until he saw her blood on his hands and came to a short stop. He turned around and began running back to the library when he saw her laying lifeless, on the cold ground. He whimpered, 'Peyton!?'