Like a Puzzle Chapter 7: Knock Me Down, an one tree hill fanfic

Baby, what do you say we just get lost?
Leave this one horse town like two rebels without a cause.
I got people in Boston.
Ain't your daddy still in Des Moines?
We can pack up tomorrow.
Tonight, let's flip a coin

He wished he was saying this to her, she had no idea how much he wished that she was sitting right there next to him, making fun of him for listening to Jo Dee Messina

Heads, Carolina Tails, California.
Somewhere greener, somewhere warmer.
Up in the mountains, down by the ocean.
Where? It don't matter, as long as we're goin'
Somewhere together. I've got a quarter.
Heads, Carolina Tails, California.

"If only life were that simple. If only I could flip a coin and it would tell me what to do with this mess I've made. If only's aren't going to cut it anymore, pull yourself together," he mumbled to himself

We can load what we own in the back of a U-haul van.
Couple modern day Moses', searchin for the promised land.
We can go four hundred miles before we stop for gas.
We can drive for a day, and then we'll take a look at the map.

There was a time when this would have been so easy. She would've packed up and left with him if only he had asked her. Why didn't he just ask her. Then they wouldn't be in this huge mess.

So which way's it going to be? Back to her house or are am I going to high tail it to California?

We're gonna get outta here if we gotta ride a Greyhound bus.
Boy, we're bound to outrun the bad luck that's tailin' us

"Ooo SHHHHHIIIIIIIIIII TTTTTTTTT" he slowly closed his eyes and then opened them. He had hit his head against the steering wheel but all he cared about now was making sure she was safe. He had tried not to hit her and all that got him was a body pinned between the lamppost and the car. By now a crowd had gathered around. They weren't sure what to do. If they move the car would the body it cause any more harm to her? Would the car ignite into flames if they didn't do anything.

"The ambulance is on the way, I just called, who's hurt?" said Lucas trying to push through the large crowd and without any luck remained all the way in the back. He tried seeing who was in the car and what had been hit but no one would let him through.

He slowly opened the car down and fell out, his legs went limp and he couldn't move. He tried to talk but all that came out was "help her somebody please help her" in a whisper that no one could hear. The body of the girl lay on the hood of the car pinned from the waist down. She was lifeless or so it seemed.

"Everyone OUT OF THE WAY! PARAMEDICS COMING THROUGH" one of the paramedics yelled as loud as their vocal capacity would allow. Everyone took this as their cue and started walking back towards their houses. They were curious to see what was going on but didn't want to interfere. Lucas grabbed Brooke's hand and pulled her after the paramedics.

Slowly, Brooke's hand went up to her mouth as tears spilled out of her eyes. "Jake? Oh mi gosh, what happened is he going to be okay?" she rambled quickly, not noticing the girl pinned at first. The paramedics quickly took action while another ambulance appeared and rushed to the girl, it was then that they realized who was pinned.

"PEYTON! Peyt PLEASE WAKE UP PEYT WAKE UP!" Brooke yelled terrified for what had become of her best friend. All she could see was the mass amount of blood on the hood of the car. "HURRY UP DAMNIT! THAT'S MY BEST FRIEND. PLEASE HELP HER!" Brooke kept yelling and yelling until she collapsed from exhaustion. This was not happening, not to her, especially not to Peyton.

Lucas turned to his mom and asked her if she could take Brooke back to their house and keep her calm as possible. He informed his mom to call Peyton's dad, Nathan, Haley, and anyone else that should now. Lucas had to repeat himself 3 times as Karen just stared at Peyton. Over the past year she had come to regard Peyton as a sort of foster daughter. That was her daughter pinned, lifeless and helpless. Lucas understood this but Brooke needed to be calmed and people needed to be contacted. It finally took Brooke to get Karen back to the house.

"What can I do to help? Is there anything I can do to help? Just tell me what to do." Lucas said sounding concerned, worried, scared, and anxious just with one tone.

"We'll need you to slowly reverse the car. The only chance of saving her is saving her from this car." Said the paramedic, "normally we'd have the fire department do it but they're---"

"I don't care I'll do it. Just tell me when to slow down and stuff."

"Be careful, if we do this wrong, she's going to die, listen to my instructions and take your time."

Lucas got behind the wheel of Jake's 4x4. He unhurriedly put his hands on the wheel. He only had one shot to do this and he was definitely not going to screw it up.

"Nate, can you pick up the phone please?" Haley called from the kitchen, they were just about to start talking, for real talking no more small talk and once again another outside source was interrupting. She heard Nathan talk quickly and in short phrases and then hung up. "Um…who was it? Any messages?"

"Hales, we need to go, there's been an accident."

"Care to be a little more specific?" She asked flirtatiously not realizing the full weight of the situation.

"All I could understand was there's been an accident with Peyton and Jake and as of now, neither of them is looking like they're gonna make it so we need to go now."

Haley stood, feet glued to the floor from temporary shock but Nathan quickly grabbed her shoes and ushered her out the door. Lucas 2 blocks away so they decided to run over. When they go there they was Lucas behind the wheel with Peyton pinned and Jake on a gurney being pushed into the back of the ambulance. Their first impression that was Lucas had been driving and he'd run over them. One of the officers quickly told them what had happened once they said they were friends of the two injured.

"As of now we're not really sure what happened. We took his BAC and there was nothing. He just plowed into the girl. The paramedics aren't sure whether or not she's going to make it. We need you to cooperate with us okay?" they both nodded their heads silently. "We need you to identify the two so we know who they are. After that, we'll need you to come down to the hospital with us. The girl---"

"Peyton, her names Peyton" Haley interrupted

"The girl, Peyton, will need a blood transfusion as soon as possible and hopefully one of you will be a match. Come one, I'll drive you to the hospital."

By the time the officer was done talking Peyton was already in the ambulance and both ambulances had sirens going signaling emergency and took off towards the hospital.