A/N: Title Taken From Plain White T's - Breakdown
A/N2: This chapter contains strong language and mention of violence.
Chapter Three:
Breakdown
- Two Years Before -
"Wow I think that was the best graduation I have ever attended and not just because it was my own," Peyton laughed. They were all back at her house after graduation.
"Just because you got to see these two kiss in front of the whole town," Mouth said throwing his arms around Nathan and Lucas.
"Duh! Hot man sex rocks!" Peyton fell to ground laughing.
"Wow she's had a little to much," Haley walked into the door.
"Sadly we have no alcohol," Lucas said looking over to Peyton.
"I'm running on pure Graduation!" Peyton yelled out and jump up running around the house. Everyone laughed as she came crashing into the room a few minutes later.
"That's got to hurt," Nathan said helping her up. Brooke and Rachel finally walked down the stairs after being upstairs for the last three hours.
"You better have cleaned up any mess you made!" Peyton said looking at her scraped up knee.
"We didn't do anything like that," Brooke spat back.
"In your room," Rachel laughed.
"So gross," Haley moved away from them.
- - -
The next few hours were full of laughing and memory reminiscing. They all decided to stay there at Peyton's for the night because they were all afraid of what the next day would bring. They had all fallen asleep when it happened. The gun shots were heard clearly.
"What the hell was that?" Brooke jumped up from her upstairs bed.
"Was that a gun shot?" Rachel yelled pulling on her clothes next to Brooke.
"I fucking think it was," They heard Haley yell from the hallway.
"Whoa did tutor girl just say-" Brooke looked at Rachel.
"Yeah yeah lets go!" Haley pulled Brooke out of the room and down the stairs. Rachel followed closely behind. They got to the bottom stair and saw Peyton and Mouth huddled in a corner of the room. Peyton was hysterical and Mouth was doing everything he could to calm her down. That's when they heard him.
"YOU STAY THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY SON!" Dan yelled.
"DAD GET OUT OF HERE! LEAVE US ALONE!" They heard Nathan yell. Rachel looked into the next room and saw the horror that was unfolding. Dan had a gun pointed directly at Nathan but Nathan was standing in front of Lucas. There was a bullet hole in the floor next to Lucas.
"SON GET OUT OF MY WAY SO I CAN KILL THIS BASTARD!" Dan yelled waving the gun.
"I'm not going anywhere," Nathan stood his ground and Lucas pulled closer behind him.
"You've let him corrupt you," Dan looked like he was about to cry,
"I've always been this way I've just never showed it," Nathan said in a calm voice.
"NO NO YOU HAVEN'T" Dan yelled and the gun was pointed to Nathan's head.
"WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO SHOOT ME? DO IT DAD! FUCKING SHOOT ME!" Nathan yelled moving closer.
"Nathan don't prove him!" Lucas pulled on Nathan's leg but Nathan kicked free.
"DON'T SPEAK FAGGOT!" Dan yelled and the gun was back to Lucas. Nathan lunged at Dan and as they hit the wall the gun went off. Everything went silent as the gun slid a crossed the floor. Nathan rolled over and everyone saw the blood running down his bare chest.
"Happy now Dad?" Nathan said weakly.
- - -
The next few hours seemed to fly by. Peyton called 911, Dan was taken to jail and Nathan to the hospital, surgery was needed, and a life was almost lost. By the time daylight broke the next day the graduated teens of Tree Hill were suddenly adults hoping for the best but expecting the worst. In the end Nathan stayed in the hospital for about a week and Dan was released from jail when Nathan begged them to drop the charges. Lucas was close to leaving Nathan when he suddenly sprang the idea of moving to New York without letting anyone know. Lucas told Brooke, who told Rachel, who told Mouth, who told Peyton, who told Haley. Once it was all said and done the seven of them all left for New York and their new lives.
