"Dan" Keith said as Dan opened his front door to him.

"What the hell do you want?" Dan asked annoyed.

"Have you seen Nathan?"

"No, not for a few days. Why do you ask?" he asked his voice growing urgent.

"I'm afraid he's going to do something stupid."

"What do you mean 'something stupid."'

"Someone attacked Haley" Keith explained.

"What do you mean attacked?"

"Dan-"

"Tell me!"

"Someone raped her Dan, Nathan went out to try to find the boy so he could… kill him."

"Oh God" Dan gasped. "We have to find him."

"That's what I'm trying to do, will you help me?"

"Of course I will" Dan replied as he grabbed his jacket. "Let's go!"

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Nathan paced the River Court thinking of where he could search for Jimmy. Lucas refused to give him his address, so he was going to have to find that out himself. But how?

He saw an abandoned basketball leaning against the hoop and he picked up. He threw it as hard as he could in the distance trying to release some of his rage.

"Woah" Brooke said stepping to the side and narrowly dodging it. "Calm down there hotshot. What's wrong did you get in a fight with tutor girl or something?"

"Or something" Nathan muttered angrily.

"Hey, Nate what's wrong? Talk to me" Brooke added softly as she stepped closer to him.

"Brooke, someone- someone hurt Haley" Nathan confessed.

"Hurt her? What do you mean?" Brooke asked urgently.

"She was attacked. I'm trying to find the guy."

"So you can kick his ass?"

"No, I'm going to kill him" Nathan replied angrily.

"Kill him?" Brooke asked shocked.

"Yeah."

"Nate-"

"He raped her Brooke" Nathan blurted out. "He doesn't deserve to live."

"Oh my God" Brooke gasped. "Poor Haley, who the hell would…"

"Jimmy Edwards" Nathan said through clenched teeth.

"Who the hell is that?" Brooke asked.

"Someone who Luke and Haley used to hang with I guess."

"But why…?"

"Because he's a sick bastard."

"Nathan" Brooke said softly. "I'm not going to argue with you there. But don't do anything to get yourself in trouble."

"Do you think I really care about that right now?" Nathan yelled.

"Haley would" Brooke snapped back.

"Well Haley can't even talk right now Brooke, she's in emergency surgery."

"What?" Brooke gasped. "Then what the hell are you doing here?"

"I told you, I'm trying to find the bastard."

"Do you really think that's what is going to help Haley?" Brooke asked softly as she put her hand on Nathan's shoulder.

"No" Nathan admitted.

"Why don't you go back to the hospital. I'll go with you."

"Okay" Nathan said as he fought tears. "I'm just so scared."

"Hey" Brooke said as she looked him in the eye. "It's going to be okay."

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"Mom" Lucas said as he walked back into the waiting area. "Did anything happen with Haley while I was in the bathroom?"

"No" Karen said softly. "Honey, I'm sorry."

"I can't believe this is happening" Lucas said blinking back tears.

"I can't either" Karen admitted. "I still think of you and Haley as those little kids running around the diner you know?"

"Yeah" Lucas replied. "Haley's been a part of my life for so long, if I lose her…"

"Lucas" Karen scolded. "Don't talk like that. We aren't going to lose Haley, it's all going to be okay."

"Karen!" Lydia called running into the waiting room.

"Lydia" Karen responded as she hugged her. "I am so sorry."

"What is going on?" she asked. "Where's Haley?"

James came running in behind her and looked at Karen as if he was asking the same question.

"When Nathan called them" Lucas explained "Haley wasn't in surgery yet."

"Haley's in surgery" James gasped.

"What happened?" Lydia asked through tears.

"We aren't sure" Karen admitted. "They thought it might be internal bleeding."

"What the hell happened?" James yelled.

"Nathan didn't tell you?" Lucas asked.

"No!" Lydia snapped. "All he said was that Haley was in the hospital and she needed us!"

"Oh God" Karen sighed.

"Please" Lydia begged Karen. "You're a mother. Put yourself in my shoes."

"Lydia" Karen said softly. "Haley was attacked. She was…. She was raped."

"What?" James yelled.

"I'm so sorry" Karen whispered as tears ran down her face.

"Who the hell did this!?" James yelled.

"Jimmy Edwards" Lucas answered as tears formed in his eyes once again.

"Oh my God" Lydia gasped. "I remember that boy."

"What happened?" Jimmy asked again in a hushed tone as he choked back tears. "Where was she when he…"

"It happened in her bedroom" Lucas admitted as he tightened his fist, remembering the incident.

"Oh God" Lydia gasped.

"No" James whispered. "No!" he repeated louder. "This… this couldn't have happened. Not to Haley. Not to my Haley. My little girl…"

"Shh" Lydia said as she wrapped James in a hug. "It's okay. She's going to get through this. We're going to help her through this. She's going to be okay."

"Nathan-" Lucas said as he saw Nathan and Brooke enter the waiting area.

"You didn't…?"

"Brooke talked me out of doing anything stupid" Nathan admitted. "Hello Mr. and Mrs. James" Nathan nodded.

"Hello" Lydia responded. "Thank you for calling us."

"Of course" Nathan answered. "Has there been any news on Haley?"

"No" Karen answered. "They haven't told us-"

"Excuse me" a doctor said interrupting. "Are you the family of Haley James?"

"Yes" Lydia said as she took a deep breath and scanned the room. "Everyone in here is Haley's family."

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