Switching Lanes Chapter 5

{Writer's note: Thank you for all the feedback! Sorry it took so long for this chapter, yesterday, I broke my wrist, so I hope this chapter is okay. Please r&r! Thank you!}

Dawn was peeking around the corner, and I was nestling deeper into Lucas to avoid it, when we heard the high-pitched scream.

I dressed quickly, as did Peyton, and we ran towards the sound, with the rest of Tree Hill.

Haley James – A.K.A Tutor Girl – emerged from the girl's bathroom, drenched in blood. Lucas ran to her support.

"There's something in there!" She cried.

Helen jogged in to the bathroom, and came out a minute later, holding out her walkie-talkie.

"...There appears to be a student inside.." We heard her say. Gasps echoed around, but I found myself looking at Haley. I hadn't seen her the entire camping trip, and she looked terrified.

Who was the student?

I had to check.

I rushed into the bathroom, hearing cries from all over.

"Brooke, stop!" or "Brooke you can't!"

The bathroom looked normal at first, until I saw a few drops of blood from the last stall. I entered the stall, my heart thundering.

I saw the face. I saw the body. I started to cry, and I put my hands over my mouth in fear of throwing up.

Poor Mouth.

He never did anything to anyone. So why him?

His body was mangled, and he looked as if he'd been beaten.

I rushed outside, afraid to look any longer.

I started to cry harder, as I fell to the ground, and hand on my mouth.

"You and Luke are both great people," I heard his words in my head, "I hope everything works out for the both of you."

Lucas came from behind me and lifted me up, hugging me close to himself.

"Who is it?" His husky voice whispered into my ear.

"M-M-Mouth.." I sobbed into his shoulder.

"Oh God." I heard him say to himself.

We both thought the same thing at the same time. It could have been me.

Later that day, Helen decided it was time to go home. Well, us to go home. She arranged for two buses to come pick us up. We waited for a while, and the bus was suddenly there. We were about to board, when I realized Lucas was missing.

Peyton, Haley, Nathan, Tim, Jake, and Theresa came with me to find him. I have no clue why I couldn't have gone by myself, but apparently Lucas had some admirers.

Lucas was rushing out of his tent when we found him. Typical.

"Sorry," He laughed, "I forgot something."

I kissed him. "It's okay."

We were making our way back to the buses (slowly, I may add,) when we suddenly realized something. The busses were gone. Now, I know what you're probably thinking: That isn't possible. How could a bus forget its students? I have no clue. But trust me, when we realized that not only were we alone, we were probably alone with a killer, we panicked.

I jogged towards the office.

"Helen?" I called.

"Anyone?" Lucas asked. The office seemed abandoned.

The police had filed a report and left over an hour ago, claiming that Mouth had committed suicide, because his writs had both been slit. But I knew it wasn't true.

I knew the staff was probably scared, and they probably would've left at some point, but now?

Jake picked up a telephone. "It's dead." He mumbled.

Five minutes later, we found Helen dead, also.

She had been stabbed.

No shock, actually.

So the only thing we could was try and survive. We figured that eventually, when the bus was back in Tree Hill, they would notice eight students missing, and when they did, they would come back and get us.

But then we did something really stupid.

We decided to explore.

Unfortunately, we got lost, but that was okay, we would still be found.

An hour later, you could have found us like this:

Nathan and Haley cuddling by a tree.

Lucas and I cuddling and whispering by another tree.

Peyton and Jake shyly talking and laughing to each other.

Tim trying to feel a very annoyed Theresa up.

After about another hour, we started to panic. It was now dark, and no one could be found anywhere.

We started to walk around again.

Theresa pointed to a single tulip by a tree. "I recognize that!"

I frowned.

Tim said, "Yeah, I did too. The last four trees!"

He laughed, and we all looked at him like he was retarded, which we all knew he was anyway.

"Look, I have to piss." Nathan complained. Jake and Lucas agreed. We made Tim go with them.

We (meaning the girls) waited for a few minutes for the boys to come back.

Tim, Lucas, and Jake came back.

Nathan was missing.

We searched for over a half hour, we couldn't find him.

Poor Nathan, he was probably scared to death.

We all thought. What would be the best way to find him?

Splitting up, we all agreed.

Lucas with me.

Tim and Theresa.

Haley, Jake, and Peyton.

Only, we were wrong.

Splitting up, was the worse idea possible.