"I have math this period," Nathan said as the final bell for second period rang. Haley smiled.
"I have biology," Haley said. He raised his eyebrows at her.
"Don't you also have chemistry with me and Anna?" he asked.
"Yeah," she replied.
"Science nerd, are you?" he teased. She scowled at him.
"Funny," she commented. Nathan chuckled.
"I was only kidding," he said.
"No, you weren't," Haley said in a light tone.
"Okay, maybe not," he said.
"Hey, it's ok. I'm not offended. And yes, I enjoy science. It's a great…" she started to say but her sentence trailed off as her eyes rolled up and she fell hard against the desk. Nathan reached over and cradled her head.
"Haley!" he exclaimed. Her eyes opened after he shook her a few times. "That's it. It's time to get you out of here." He started to get up and bent down to lift her up but Haley shrank back.
"Nathan, don't be stupid. Tim is still out there," Haley said.
"I know that, Haley, but that's the second time you passed out. You've lost too much blood for us to just sit around and wait for the police to decide to come in and get us and even then, they may not find us," Nathan said.
"But," Haley started.
"No buts. We're leaving so you can go to the hospital," Nathan said. He lifted her up and left the room. Once in the hall, he slowed his pace and walked as lightly as he could. After a few minutes, he stopped walking.
"What's wrong?" Haley whispered.
"I can't leave them here," Nathan said.
"Who?" she asked.
"Brooke and Luke. They're still here. In the library," he said.
"So let's go get them," Haley said. Nathan shook his head.
"I'll get them. You need to get out of here," he said. Haley looked at him incredulously.
"And how am I going to do that? I can't just close my eyes, put my feet together, say 'there's no place like home' and pop home. I can't even walk!" Haley said.
"Calm down. I'm going to get Jake and Peyton. They'll bring you out," he said. Haley nodded.
"Where are they?" Haley asked. Nathan shrugged.
"They're around here somewhere," he said. Haley pulled onto his shirt in an attempt to get him to stop moving. He did and looked down at her in confusion.
"We can't roam around the school without knowing where we're going," Haley said.
"We're going to find Jake," Nathan said.
"Yeah, except that you don't know where he is. He could be anywhere. In any classroom," Haley started.
"I know which is why we need to hurry," Nathan interrupted.
"And so could Tim," Haley finished. Nathan deflated.
"Right," he said in agreement. "I guess I'll just bring you along and hope to hell that Lucas and Brooke had the brains to stay put."
Ten minutes later, Nathan walked into the library with a very dizzy Haley in his arms. He looked around and heard some heavy breathing behind a bookshelf. He walked over and felt like the wind had been knocked out of him as he saw Brooke and Lucas in a major lip lock. "Ahem," he said. They broke apart instantly. Lucas instinctively reached for the bat.
"It's me, Lucas," Nathan said through gritted teeth.
"Nathan," Brooke said with a sigh relief. "You're ok."
"I'm not doing as well as you are but I'm alright," he said. He kneeled down and put Haley onto the floor.
"What's she doing here?" Brooke asked, looking at Haley. Haley just looked at her leg in response. "Oh, my god, Haley. You've been shot!" Haley couldn't help but smile.
"Really? I hadn't noticed," she replied, chuckling. Then her laughter died and her head smacked against one of the bookshelves.
"Not again," Nathan said as he came over and shook her a few times. "Haley!" He shook her harder. There was still no response.
"Nathan, what are you doing?" Lucas asked.
"I'm trying to wake her up," Nathan replied, explaining that this method had worked twice before.
"She's passed out more than once and you're moving her around the school?" Lucas asked in amazement.
"It's a long story," Nathan replied. Brooke moved him away and attempted to shake Haley on her own.
"Sometimes you need a woman's touch," she offered as explanation. Nathan rolled his eyes and fought the urge to ask her to point one out to him.
"Haley!" Brooke exclaimed in a singsong voice that she probably thought was soothing when to Nathan it was more akin to nails scraping against a chalkboard. "She's not waking up." Lucas came over and helped her. It didn't help. Haley was still. Nathan came over and pushed them both away from her. He shook her hard for a few seconds and her eyes fluttered open.
"What happened?" she asked.
"At this point, do I really need to tell you?" he asked. Haley rolled her eyes in annoyance.
"Again?" she asked.
"Yep," he replied.
"Can we get out of here now? I'm really not a fan of this whole passing out thing," Haley asked. Nathan laughed and nodded.
"Whoa! You're not actually going to walk through the halls, are you?" Lucas asked.
"Uh, yeah," Nathan replied looking at Haley. He bent down and lifted her up. "And you guys are coming too."
"It's way too dangerous, Nathan. What if we run into Tim? What are you going to do, throw Haley at him?" Brooke asked.
"I have to get her out of here," Nathan argued.
"It's too dangerous a risk," Lucas said.
"I don't care. I'm not going to let her die," Nathan said.