Chapter Four

Mouth paced back and forth for a few minutes, before he decided to go and see Shelly. He walked into the bedroom, and grabbed some clean clothes. He went out into the hall, and saw that the bathroom door was open, so he decided to take a short shower, before leaving.

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Lucas paced back and forth in his living room.

"Mom, you can't go back there, I mean what if he figures it out?" Lucas asked.

"I know honey, but if I don't go back, then he will figure it out," Karen said.

"Mom, if you're here he can't get to you," Lucas said, trying to convince himself as well.

"Do you really believe that, I mean, do you believe that if I don't come home, Dan is just going to let it go. No, if I don't come home, he is going to come looking for me, and you know what. He'll start here.," Karen said, knowing she couldn't have a cold-blooded killer walk into her son's house, with his pregnant wife.

"I can not and will not, let you go home, and go to bed with the man that killed Keith. Mom, he is the man you really love, can you honestly go to bed with the man that you know killed him. The man that killed your daughter's father," Lucas asked.

"No, I can't, I hate him, in fact the sheer thought of having to lie next to him makes me sick," Karen said.

"Well, don't you think he'll catch on soon enough?" Lucas asked.

"Yeah," was all Karen could say, thoughts running through her mind.

"That's why you and Becca are staying here, at least till it's safe," Lucas said.

"I'm sorry Luke," Karen finally said.

"Why?" Lucas asked.

"For not believing you," Karen said, as a single tear slipped down her face.

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Mouth arrived at the State Park, a little early. He sat, on a near by bench. Why had he come, why was he even listening to her. She was the woman who ripped out his heart, but in all fairness, if it wasn't for her, he wouldn't be getting married to Rachel. He was pulled out of his thoughts, when someone tapped him on the shoulder. He got up, and looked behind him.

"Hi Mouth," Shelly said.

"Hey," Mouth said, nonchalantly.

"Look, I know the last thing you want, is to be here, talking to me," Shelly said.

"Yeah, your right, in fact I don't even know why I came," Mouth said, turning his head from her.

"I need you to know that I still love you," Shelly said, the words were like knives in Mouth's heart.

"Yeah, well I'm engaged, and expecting a child, so I don't need your I love you's," Mouth said, his words cutting into her.

"Look, I didn't call you here, to talk about how I never forgot about you. I call you for something far more important. I think, my life might be endanger," Shelly said.

"Oh what, did your pimp not get his money," Mouth said, regretting it shortly after.

"No, and that hurt," Shelly paused, long enough to turn from his face, "I think someone might want to kill me," Shelly said.

"Oh, and why is that," Mouth asked.

"Because, I know something that they did, and they don't want no one to know," Shelly said.

"Okay, Shelly, these mind games are killing me, and I don't have the time to put up with your stupid little drama," Mouth said, as he was getting up.

"I'll tell you the whole story," Shelly said, pulling on his arm.

Mouth sat back down, and turned to face her.

"So," Mouth said.

"It was the day of the school shooting, I was in the bathroom," Shelly paused, "I had my headphones on, I was having a bad day, and music helped calm me down," Shelly finished, reminiscing back on the day.

"Okay Shelly, lets pull ourselves together, you have a clean teen meeting to get to," Shelly told herself out loud.

She got up, and walked out of the bath stall. She looked herself over in the mirror, and then turned to leave. When she got out into the hall, it was something out of a horror movie. The halls were empty, in fact they looked like a ghost town. She saw that book bags where cluttered all over the ground, and that books had been thrown all over the place.

"What is going on," she thought to herself.

She heard some ruckus coming from the tutor center, and put her ear to the door. She heard everyone talking, about guns, and mistakes. She decided something weird was going on and she didn't want to get stuck in whatever was going on. She decided to hide, but the closest place to hide, besides the bathroom, was the empty classroom, right outside the library. She went in and kneeled down, and looked out the window. She heard the library door open, and knelt down even farther, but making sure she could still see out the window. She saw, Lucas Scott carry Peyton Sawyer out of the library. Peyton had a rag tied to her leg, and some blood was dripping on the floor. She saw the door, that led outside, open, and in walked Keith Scott. She didn't really know him, just heard about him, seen him once. He stood in front of Lucas and Peyton, blocking something, or someone. As soon as Lucas went out the door, he came into her view. Jimmy Edwards was pointing a gun at Keith, he didn't look mad, he looked scared. All of a sudden Jimmy feel to his knees, and pointed the gun at his chest. That was it, she thought, that is what is going on. Jimmy bought a gun into the school, he must have shot Peyton, and now it's over, he was dead. Keith fell to his knees, right beside Jimmy, and checked him over. He was dead, no doubt about it. But then, someone just out of her view, picked up the gun Jimmy had dropped. She moved enough to get a better view of this new person. She was shocked when she saw that it was Nathan's father Dan. She about died next, when Dan pointed the gun at Keith's chest and pulled the trigger.

Shelly came back to reality, to find that Mouth was looking at her, with tears in his eyes.

"You knew Jimmy was my friend, you knew I blamed myself, for Jimmy's and Keith's death. In fact I believed, that Jimmy killed Keith, and I resented him for that. When in fact, you knew that truth and didn't tell me," Mouth yelled.

"I know Mouth and I'm sorry, but I did tell someone," Shelly said.

"Yeah, who," Mouth said.

"Lucas Scott," Shelly said.

"Luke knows?" Mouth said.

"Yeah, that's why I think he left Tree Hill, and hasn't come back," Shelly said.

"Okay, so let me guess, you think Dan is going to kill you," Mouth asked.

"Yeah, and I'm so scared, I need your help Mouth," Shelly said, pleading with him.

"Why the hell should I help you?" Mouth asked.

"Because it's not just for me," Shelly said.

"Who else is it for," Mouth asked.

"Your daughter," Shelly said.