Chapter 9
Nathan looked down to see Peyton's dead body on the floor covered in blood. Nathan ran to her side and lifted her top to see a huge splint of glass stabbed into her stomach. From the wound gallons of blood was falling out all over the floor and now Nathan's hand. Nathan felt her heartbeat or pulse, which neither he could find. He started to panic and got out his mobile but realised that he was too late so instead he called Lucas. Then he mourned over Peyton's body wishing he could take back the things he had said.
"Nathan are you alright, you have spoken the whole service." Lucas asked concerned about his brother.
"I just need some fresh air." Nathan replied walking out of the church out to the graveyard. He walked over to the nearest gravestone and his heart broke when he saw whose it was.
"I'm so sorry Peyton." These were the only Nathan could bring himself to say. Next to Peyton's grave was Anna-Rebecca Sawyer's. Nathan thought to himself that what Brooke said about Peyton being happy with her mum now. "I hope so." Nathan said, it was all he could say because the rest of the mourning group had joined him out at Peyton's grave armed with dozens of single red roses.
"Bye P.Sawyer." Brooke said laying down a rose and moving out of the way and letting Lucas walk pass to place a rose too. When Lucas then stepped back his hand gradually made its way into Brooke's and they did not need to look at each other to know what each of them were feeling. Peyton's dad Larry placed a rose down on Peyton's grave and then one on his wife's too, and as he did he turned back to look at Peyton's grave and said, "Look after each other, baby girl." Then Larry walked away in tears and so did Nathan and Haley and the rest of the funeral party. They were all heading back to Larry's house for an after party type thing. This just left Brooke and Lucas holding hands standing in front of Peyton's grave. This was the first time Brooke and Lucas had been alone since the day in the hospital when they almost kissed.
"And then there were two." Lucas said to Brooke and when Brooke realised that it was actually only her and Lucas still there she immediately took her hand away from his. Lucas was shocked by this movement and quite upset so he said, "Brooke I know that a lot has changed…….." But he was cut off by an angry Brooke. "You think a lot has changed, Lucas I almost died because of your psychotic father, my best friend did die and all you can think about is us two hooking up. Well in case you were wondering that wasn't top of my list of things to do right now. OKAY!" Brooke almost shouted, but couldn't still weak from hospital and from her friends death. As she finished speaking she stormed out of the graveyard in the footsteps of where the rest of her friends had exited minutes ago.
This left Lucas standing by himself totally shocked by what Brooke had said, all let him to do was follow Brooke the way she had just left, and go to Larry's house,
