Chapter 12: Can't Live Without Her

A/N: YAY! THIS IS CHRIS'S LAST CHAPTER! Thank you to all my loyal reviewers. This one is dedicated to all of my reviewers. Love you guys! Keep reading and reviewing. And again…I still don't own these One Tree Hill characters. I wish I did, though.

Peyton, Jake, Brooke and Lucas all turned around to see Nathan breaking down on the floor, with his head in his hands, crying. This just made Lucas more upset. Lucas loved Haley a lot. And once junior year hit, they were still close, but they kind of slowly separated. Realizing his little Haley was in the hospital made him loose it. Peyton, already hormonal, couldn't deal with this. Her mother died in this hospital. She wouldn't be able to handle it if she lost Haley. Jake was shocked, he was just staring ahead, wondering who would ever do anything to Haley. Brooke was the only one who even tried to go towards Nathan.

"Nathan..." Brooke called.

"I never got to say I'm sorry, Brooke. I never got to—" Nathan said sobbing.

"Shh…" Brooke said, taking her friend into her arms, crying herself.

Seeing Nathan brake down broke Brooke's heart. Usually towards Haley, Nathan was a complete and total ass. And this just proved to her that he really did care about Haley.

"I love her, Brooke." Nathan said in between sobs.

Brooke looked down, and at this point realized all of her suspicions were true, and smiled through her tears.

"I know, I know. But Haley's a strong one, she'll get through this."

"Luke," Peyton said walking over to Lucas, who seemed to be in a trance.

"Luke," Peyton said with a little more force, which earned a head turn to look at Peyton.

"Oh, Luke," Peyton said tears in her eyes, feeling horribly seeing Luke. His eyes were red and puffy, and he looked like he'd been through hell and back.

"Ya know Haley met me and Nate when we were like 2," Lucas said, looking over to Peyton, "Her, me and Nate were inseparable. Then we met you, then Brooke, then Jake. But…the three of us still had a special connection. We used to have a movie night, and Haley would sit in between me and Nate. Nate always used to like her. And me, I was her best friend. When Nate and her had their first fight, it was me she cried to. And I promised I'd always protect her, and I let her down." Lucas said, looking to Peyton. Peyton was about to say something when the doctor walked over to them.

"You're all here for Haley James?"

"Yes. I'm her sister," Brooke said stepping up.

"It seems as if Haley was abused. Her left arm is broken, she has a few broken ribs, a concussion and some tearing at the stomach."

"Is she going to be okay?" Peyton managed to ask.

"As of right now, she's in a coma."

Brooke turned around to see Nathan staring at Chris.

"Oh, and Ms. James?" the doctor said towards Brooke.

"Yes," Brooke stated.

"Haley had initials carved in her right leg. We managed to sew them up, but they looked like it was. C.K."

At this point Lucas walked up to Chris,

"I think you should leave," Lucas said forcefully.

Chris looked at Nathan and Lucas and said,

"Eh. Whatever. At least I got to screw that a few times."

And at that point Nathan jumped, but unfortunately Lucas grabbed him before he got to do anything.

"I'm gonna beat your ass Keller!" Nathan said trying to come out of Lucas's grasp.

"Bro, Bro…Wait…Not in here. Not in the hospital." Lucas said holding him back with all his strength.

"WHAT THE HELL, MAN. THAT GUY MADE HALEY LIKE THIS. I WANT TO BEAT HIS ASS," Nathan yelled with rage.

"I know, I know. I do, too. But not in the hospital," Lucas said trying to calm his little brother down.

"Guys," Brooke said interrupting, "I'm going to go see Haley."

Brooke walked into Haley's room, and tears immediately filled her eyes. Haley had bruises everywhere. She had a cast on her arm, and dry blood was all over her head. Brooke's breath caught in her throat. She went over to Haley and sat down.

"Tutorgirl. Wake up!" Brooke said crying, then getting up and running out of the room.

"Brooke?" Peyton said, as everyone walked over to her, "You okay?"

"She's fine! She's fine…" Brooke trailed of sobbing, Lucas gathering her in his arms, "It's a joke," she finished off whispering.

Everyone looked on at Brooke, tears in their eyes realizing the once-strong girl just had her own break-down.

"Peyton, you want to go in?" Jake asked.

Peyton nodded her head no.

"Why not, Peyt?" Jake asked, confused.

"I can't..I can't see her…when she's like that," Peyton got out.

"Peyt…"Jake started.

"Brooke is a lot stronger then me. If she can't deal with it, I know I can't," Peyton said ever so surely.

"I'm going to go in," Luke said,

As Lucas walked in, and he saw Haley, his Haley, all bruised up, tears started pouring out of his eyes.

"Hey, buddy," Lucas said tears streaming down his cheeks, "I need you. I…" Lucas started, choking back sobs, "I'm sorry. I should've been there…to…to protect you from him. But I promise you. As soon as you're out of here. He's dead," Lucas promised, laying a kiss on her head, whispering an, "I love you," and walking out.

"Nate…you—" Before Lucas could even finish, Nathan walked into the room.

"Oh, Haley," Nathan said walking into Haley's room and seeing the horror Chris actually did, "I can't believe he did this to you," he said with tears into his eyes, taking Haley's hand. "I'm sorry, Haley," he started, "When they called me to come over here, all of our memories came into my head. And, it just…I couldn't believe it that…that the last thing I told you was how your rape was an act. I know it wasn't Haley. I know. And I'm sorry for everything, Haley. I can't believe I said all that to you. I never, I never meant it.. Haley…I know I don't show it….but….I love you Haley," Nathan said crying, "I love you...," he finished walking out of the room.

"Nate?" Lucas asked, as Nathan ran out of the hospital.

"Guys, I'm going to go in," Jake said.

"Okay," he heard murmurs of.

"Hey Hales," Jake said walking in. "I can't believe that this happened to you…You know, I remember the first time I met you. You were with Nathan, and you said to me, "You're the one Peyton talks about? You are cute." And I remember Nathan got mad, and you said, "Nate…you know you're my number one cutie." And then the two of you just hated each other," Jake said, and he felt a movement of a hand.

"Haley?" Jake asked.

"Hey, Jake," Haley said, "Where am I?"

"Guys! She's up! She's up!" Jake said running out.

Lucas, Brooke and Peyton ran into Haley's room to see the doctor talking to Haley.

"Tutorgirl!" Brooke screamed.

"Haley!" Peyton screamed.

"Hales." Lucas said.

"Hey buddy," Haley started, "I missed you."

Lucas came over and hugged Haley fiercely.

"You scared me to death," Lucas said tears streaming down his face.

"Where's Nathan?" Haley asked. The four faces had a mixture of shock. Haley asking for Nathan? Where do we tell her he is? They all thought.

All of a sudden a police officer came into the room.

"Excuse me," a police officer said, stepping into Haley's hospital room, "Is there a Lucas Scott in this room?"

"That would be me," Lucas said walking up.

"You should come with us," the officer said.

"What? Why?" Lucas questioned.

"You're brother's in jail, right now. He assaulted a man by the name of," the officer paused as he looked through his papers, "A Chris Keller."

Up Next on Accidentally in Love:

Nathan?

"Lucas, I don't care. I didn't kill him! And I regret that!"

"Beating him up?"

"No. Not killing him."

Lucas?

"Nathan. I want to kick his ass from here to kingdom come, too."

Jake?

"Haley, I didn't like Chris at a glance."

Peyton?

"Haley…you should press charges."

Brooke?

"Tutorgirlie, why didn't you tell me?"

Haley?

"How is Chris?"

"Do you care?"

"No. I hope its 10 times as bad as this."

A/N: I used that quote "Hey Buddy, I missed you," from episode 1.14, "I Shall Believe." It's the quote that hooked me to the show, so I decided to use it.