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The group ran to the voice with everyone else to see what it was. They ran along the beach until they reached the massive group. Everyone was murmuring, some crying. Nathan couldn't see but tried to listen to the small conversations going on.
"Who would do that?"
"Is she alive?"
"Who is it?"
"I think it's that Haley girl"
At the mention of Haley's name Nathan pushed himself through the crowd followed by the rest of his group. He stopped in his tracks when he saw her. He couldn't see much because of the man crouching next to her but he could see the outfit she looked beautiful in earlier was now ripped and dirty. He heard Brooke gasp and Peyton cry out and immediately snapped out of his trance. He ran to her and pushed the guy out of the way. He looked at her closely.
Her hair was a tangled mess with dirt and blood in it. Her faces had many scratches and cuts. Her lip was bust and swollen and her left eye was turning a purple colour and swelling up. Her arms had bruises and cuts scattered all over. Her stomach was revealed due to the ripped tank top and was extremely red, starting to bruise. Her legs were also cut but her right leg seemed to be in a strange position, showing it was possibly broken.
Nathan felt anger swelling up at whoever did this to his Haley but he ignored it and focused on getting her help. He looked around and the crowd had become smaller.
"I'm taking her to the hospital" Nathan spoke.
"I already call-"
"I don't care I'm taking her."
With that Nathan took Haley in his arms and ran to his car. He gently placed Haley in the backseat and sped off to the hospital. He heard her whimper and thanked god she wasn't dead however he soon remembered she was probably suffering with pain and put his foot on the gas pedal again.
When he pulled into the hospital they were already waiting with a stretcher. He picked up Haley and gently placed her on while telling everyone who touched her to be careful. Once he watched them wheel her away he sank to the floor, finally letting his emotions take over him. He punched the ground hard before crying into his hands.
A few moments later he was pulled up and led into the hospital by a sombre Lucas. Once they asked the nurse where Haley was they were led to the appropriate waiting room. Nathan stayed silent for several moments before finally talking.
"It's my fault Luke"
"Did you do it?"
"What?! Of course not! I could never hurt Haley like that."
"Well then it's not your fault."
"But if I hadn't of argued with her, she would be okay!"
"You don't know that. She wanted us back together Luke! I turned her down; I said I didn't love her anymore. I…I….I told her she was dead to me" tears started rolling down his cheek again.
"Why Nate, we all know that you've never stopped loving her. Why would you lie like that?" Lucas was trying to keep his composure.
"Because I was scared she would leave me again."
"Do you really think that would happen?"
"No, but now I'll never know, because she hates me and she'll never forgive me! Or what if she dies Luke! What will I do then!?"
As Nathan was about to break down again Peyton, Jake and broke walked into the emergency room.
"How is she?"
"Where is she?"
"Have you heard anything?" all three spoke at once.
Nathan couldn't speak so Lucas stepped in.
"The last we heard she was going to surgery but that was about an hour ago, no one has spoken to us since"
"She's going to be okay right?" Brooke asked timidly.
Nobody replied. Lucas got up and hugged Brooke while Peyton was grasping onto jakes hand, silent tears rolling down her cheeks. Nathan looked between the two couples and could no longer hold it in. he stood up and stormed over to the wall punching it as hard as he could. Despite the pain he kept on punching until his knuckles were bleeding and he was being pulled away by Lucas and Nate.
"This is my entire fault!" he yelled angrily "I should have been there! ARGHHHHHHH"
He was about to start yelling again when he saw the doctor walk towards him.
"Son, is it correct you are here for Haley James?" The elder man said.
"Yeah is she okay? What's going on? Does she need blood? You can take mine! Just help her please!" Nathan rambled.
"Hey its okay, I need you to calm down. Miss James has suffered many injuries. She has 6broken ribs, her jaw has had a severe blow to it, her wrist is sprained as well as her ankle, but that shouldn't take too long to heal. Her knee has been dislocated but our main worry is the amount of blood she lost. She suffered internal bleeding which we hope has been fixed however we need to keep a very close eye on her. She is unconscious at the moment and there is no telling when she will wake up….or if she will wake up. We have done all we can, she's not in the clear yet but hopefully she will pull through. I received a call from the man on her emergency contact form, Neil. He was the one that gave permission for you to find out this information. He is on his way as I need to discuss some things with him. I would greatly appreciate it if you told him where to go as I need to speak with him as soon as possible."
"Is everything okay?" Jake asked worried.
"It should be." With that the doctor walked away.
Nathan had now sat on the chair letting the shock take over him. His Haley was fighting for her life and he couldn't do anything to help her. Never before had he felt so useless. Brooke's voice brought him back to reality once again.
"What does he need to talk to Neil about?"
"Do you think it's to do with what happened you know, before?" Peyton asked Brooke quietly but not quite enough.
"What happened?!" Nathans voice boomed.
"Nate we can't say, I'm sorry."
"Yes you damn well can say!"
"Maybe I can help" the group turned around to see Neil standing a few feet away. "Maybe we should all take a seat."
The group all sat down together, everyone faced Neil. He started to tell Haley's story. He started recounting events, stopping whenever Nathan had to punch something or someone had a question. Although the girls had already heard the story they were interested to hear it from Neil's point of view. Neil finally stopped when it got up to what the girls had been told by Haley.
"I can't believe this!" the anger was pouring from Nathan, not at Haley but at himself and Dan and Chris for putting her in those situations. For not helping her and protecting her. For not saving her from herself until it was almost too late to be saved.
"No" was all Lucas could say. He was hunched in his chair fingers running through his hair. He hated himself for not being there for his best friend.
Jake just sat in shock. Unable to speak. Everything they had thought about Haley in the past 5 years was wrong. Every time they spoke badly about her she didn't deserve it. Every time they criticised her for following her dream she was doing the opposite. He felt sick to his stomach.
"There's one last thing you need to know." Neil finally spoke up.
"Please no, don't say that, I can't hear anymore" Nathan now had tears threatening to fall.
"One night Rick got Haley pretty high. She was too far gone to object and just accepted anything her would give her. That included alcohol. She said she wanted to go home so one o Ricks henchmen offered to walk her to her car. When the got to the alley the guy stopped and started beating her. She was too weak to fight back or cry for help. He continued to hit her then proceeded to…. To…." It never got any easier for Neil to tell this story. "He raped her then left her, cold and alone. A group of girls were leaving the club when they found her and took her to the hospital. She was in a bad way. She's been going to counselling sessions ever since. That's why she's here. She was told that it was time to face the past and hopefully that would help her move on to the future. I need to talk to the doctor because there is a possibility that this attack may have aggravated her old injuries that are still healing. He needed me to bring her medical documents. I'll give you guys some time to process this. I know it's a lot and it's hard to know but maybe it'll help you understand."
Neil walked away leaving the whole group behind in tears.
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